The passage from 1 Corinthians 12:28 discusses the roles and gifts appointed by God in the church, including apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, healings, helps, and administrations. The author emphasizes the importance of these roles in the church and questions why some are overlooked. They express a desire to see these roles and gifts fully embraced and utilized in the modern-day Church.
Grounds for Healing
”And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the... Continue Reading →
He Will
”I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners, Creating the praise of the lips. Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “and I will heal him.”“Isaiah 57:18-19 Just as God... Continue Reading →
Rewrite your story
”Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.“. Psalms 139:16 Maybe you have heard the advice of learning to rewrite your story. This is common in a person who is experiencing trauma,... Continue Reading →
Death to Life
”Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, “Do not weep.” And... Continue Reading →
Healed
”and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.“. 1 Peter 2:24 Healed Strong's G2390 - iaomai to make whole i.e. to free from errors of sin, to bring about salvation, to cure... Continue Reading →
Need
”But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.“. Matthew 9:12 The Pharisees were complaining about who Jesus kept company with, but Jesus saw the need. Jesus saw the desire in the tax collectors and sinners and met them where... Continue Reading →
Restoration and Healing
For I will restore you to healthAnd I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord,‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying:“It is Zion; no one cares for her.”’ Jeremiah 30:17 This prophecy by Jeremiah was a promise from God not to abandon His people so long the other nations would say that God forgot about them. It... Continue Reading →
Pretending
I am broken over the brokenness of the daughter of my people.I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.Is there no balm in Gilead?Is there no physician there?Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored? Jeremiah 8:21-22 The prophet was warning that the leaders were just playing religious. They were acting like things are OK. Yet,they... Continue Reading →
Bitterness and Unforgiveness
Lord, by these things people live,And in all these is the life of my spirit;Restore me to health and let me live!Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness,For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back. Isaiah 38:16-17 I am noticing the theme of health and sickness tied to sin. Bitterness and unforgiveness also... Continue Reading →
