Healing
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Our understanding of the word “compassion” is mostly wrong. The Oxford Online Dictionary defines compassion as “a sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.” Synonyms of compassion are: “pity; sympathy; understanding; empathy; concern; solicitude.” All these words describe feelings, which are a by-product of compassion. But compassion, as it is used in the scriptures, is much…
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In the fourth chapter of Mark’s gospel, Jesus told a parable about a man sowing seed. Some of the seed fell on the pathway beside his field, and was eaten by the birds. Some seed fell on rocky, shallow soil. It shot up quickly, but died just as quickly, because it developed no real root…
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Henry was desperate! His health had quickly deteriorated. He had gone from being a strong self-reliant young man in his early 30’s to someone unable to care for himself, or provide for his family. The onset of his paralysis had been sudden and devastating, with no apparent cause. Within a few short days, Henry no…
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Have you ever thought, or had the feeling, that something or someone was following you? David did. He had something much greater than a hunch, something stronger than a suspicion, that he was being shadowed. As a matter of fact, he was absolutely sure that he was being followed everywhere he went. And it wasn’t…
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Mark 1:40-42⁴⁰ Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him, and saying to Him, “If you’re willing, you can make me clean.” ⁴¹ Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” ⁴² As soon as He had spoken,…
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NOTE: This week we posted three special teachings on Jesus’ sacrificial death and glorious resurrection. Today’s is the second. The last will be posted tomorrow and is entitled: The Rock That Rolled May He bless you and your loved ones as you celebrate the unconditional, unfailing love of His resurrection life. ************************************************* All of mankind’s…
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NOTE: This week we are posting three special teachings on Jesus’ sacrificial death and glorious resurrection. Today’s is the first. The other two are: Saturday – A Perfect Salvation Resurrection Day –The Rock That Rolled May He bless you and your loved ones as you celebrate the unconditional, unfailing love of His resurrection life. ************************************************* I…
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Joel 2:25 – “So, I will restore to you the years…” The Hebrew word (shanah) translated as “years” means “a cycle ; to do again, but differently.” Did you notice that the meanings of this word are almost completely opposite? To “repeat” and yet “change” are seemingly contradictory. Only Holy Spirit, our Teacher, can give…
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Joel 2:25 – “So I will restore to you the years…” In our last post, we studied the word translated as “restore” and found out that it means: to repair what has been broken; to replace what has been lost; to make whole; to make complete; to bring to peace. We can see in this…
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We are all on a journey. We are all “on the way”. We are all a “work in progress”. No one is completed. No one is perfected. As His people, we are the “sheep of His pasture.”(Psalm 100:3) We know our good Shepherd leads us, protects us, and provides for us. (Psalm 23) But sheep,…