Jesus My Healer

Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness . . . These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: . . . “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”   (Matthew 10:1, 5, 7, NASB)

According to Apostle Matthew’s account, Jesus sent the twelve out, and He “gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.”  Further, He gave them instructions to tell all the people that “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”  

The last thing He told them is important.  In heaven, there will be no sickness, no disease.  It will be a place of pure joy.  No more death, no pain, or sorrow.  It will be . . . HEAVEN!  We all implore God, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  When Jesus announces that His kingdom is “at hand,” it sounds as if it’s imminent.  When measured by eternity, it is!  

God the Father on his throne, Westphalia, Germany, late 15th century.  Found at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God_(Christianity). 

For regular viewers of The 700 Club, we’re used to Gordon Robertson making this consistent argument, that God wants to heal us, because that’s how it will be in heaven.  But he often says that he doesn’t know why we ALL don’t obtain healing.  I’ve heard that while we don’t all get healed while here on this earth, the followers of Jesus will see healing when they get to heaven.  That’s MY hope! 

Worship:  “Healer,” by Kari Jobe

Prayer for the Well-Being of the Israel Defense Forces: 
He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Forces, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God, from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.
May the Almighty cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighters from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.
May He lead our enemies under our soldiers’ sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is the Lord your God, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.
Found at Jewish Virtual Library

Worship:  “Christ of Hope,” by Michelle Tumes