Category: Promises
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Freedom to let go … Freedom to be healed
Jordan River Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 2 Kings 5:13 Naaman was the captain of the…
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From weary to refreshed … Let Jesus shine on you
I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. Psalm 69:3 This weary tomato plant produced many tomatoes during the summer, fall, and yes, it even produced a few tomatoes during the California winter, and now into March. A Christian’s spring is filled with…
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Need a miracle, healing, blessing? Cry out to God
The Jordan River Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely…
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From disease to healing; from avoiding people to pointing them to Jesus
The Garden Tomb Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste? For…
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Lay the impossible at Jesus’ feet … become hope-filled
Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. So the…
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Enjoy the pleasure of God’s company
Dutch Sheets addresses a much-needed subject for today’s busy Christian in The Pleasure of His Company. Sheets walks the reader through the Bible to examine followers like David, Joshua, Paul, Jesus, and even Samson. Throughout the book of short meditations, he peppers his writing with practical, everyday applications, many times stemming from his relationships and marriage.…
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Questioning God? What do you see and hear when you look at Jesus?
Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?” 4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive sight and the…
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Do you have the audacity to get in Jesus’ face for healing?
As Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” And after He had come into the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to…
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Pluck the pleasures from God’s right hand!
You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. Psalm 16:11 Keith and I lived in the Philippines for three years in the late 1980s. We enjoyed calamansi, small citrus fruit that is also known as the Philippine lime.…
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God heals today … 7 fruits
On the Sea of Galilee Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. The news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering…