“None of your or my realities (diseases, infirmities, troubles, worries, decisions, choices, outcomes) impede Jesus from CHOOSING IN FAVOR OF US.”
Tag: healing
Once Recognized
“THE FEELING OF BEING IN HIS PRESENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AGAIN. Not merely a picture on the wall or a celebrity in a train station, it was feeling familiar when they encountered Jesus again.”
Why Not Now?
Luke 13: 10-17 When Jesus saw her. . . She caught Jesus’ attention. This story always reminds me of the days I worked at a department store while I attended college. I worked an evening shift, and there was a woman who came in the store from the transit bus stop just outside the door….
This Is What I Came to Do
Isaiah 40: 25-31 Mark 1: 29-39 It was a very busy Sabbath day. Jesus fell asleep late and got up early the next day. We might say that’s what only Jesus would do. Have you ever been at a place in your relational life or professional life or when you were a child when you…
The Whole Package
Mark 1: 21-28 A bible commentary I read recently depicted Jesus in the gospel of Mark in three facets: preacher, teacher and exorcist. In our lesson today, he’s described as a teacher with authority, not like the scribes. We don’t know what he taught in the synagogue that day. Chances are he taught about the…
Manifestations of God In You, Part 2
1 Corinthians 12: 4-11 The next three gifts from 1 Corinthians 12 are healing, working of miracles, prophecy. I feel the need to say I believe in the manifestations of the gifts of God in and through believers in and through the church. I believe, as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:7, “To each is…
Bring Him What You Are
And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” — Mark 2: 12 Great God, I love you. We have never seen anything like this! Alleluia. “Bring him your best. …
Forgetfulness Removed
While driving home from work one day last week, I stopped by to see April’s uncle at the hospital. As I neared the hospital, I recalled visiting a woman from Albertville at Marshall South Medical Center in Boaz six years ago. She’d been diagnosed with cancer. I shared with her being prayed for by a…
Shame, Labor, Destiny
We sense, no, we know seasons have changed. I saw a posting by Kris Vallotton on Facebook. Its a quote from Thomas Leonard, a major contributor to the development of personal coaching. “Motivation is an external temporary high than pushes you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which pulls you forward.” Motivation is…
Psalm 102 in The Message 