MARCH 4

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Revelation 21:4

“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Isaiah 53:5

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”

Malachi 4:2

“But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.”

Isaiah 57:19

“I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “And I will heal him.”

Isaiah 58:8

“Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”

Isaiah 61:1

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;”

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Our book for this month  is called “100 NAMES OF GOD”  written by Christopher D. Hudson.  Each day we’ll take one Hebrew name for God as given in the Bible to study and relate to.

JEHOVAH – RAPHA

THE LORD WHO HEALS

Exodus 15:26

“and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

When we think of healings in the Bible, we tend to think of those jaw-dropping physical restorations:  lepers made whole, the blind healed, the lame suddenly leaping through the air.  Without question, these are marvelous demonstrations of God’s power.  Yet His power far transcends the physical realm.

God created us in His own image, which means that He gave each of us a mind, a will, and emotions, and he enabled us to have relationships.  We are complex beings, and our brokenness due to sin is complex as well.  Sometimes our deepest hurts cannot be seen on an X-ray or through the results of a blood test.  If you’ve wallowed in guilt and shame, felt the heartbreak of a broken relationship, agonized over a wayward family member, felt grief over the loss of a loved one, or been disappointed by an unfulfilled dream, you know that spiritual, emotional, and relational hurts can sometimes be more painful than physical maladies.

The good news is that God is able to heal more than just the physical – MUCH MORE!  In fact, He can meet our greatest need:  spiritual healing.

When Jesus was on earth, He healed many.  But none of these healings was ever an end in itself.  Each compassionate healing was a sign of things to come.  These physical healings pointed people toward the kingdom of God that was coming, toward the new heaven and restored earth, where there will be no more pain, no more suffering, and no more tears, (see Revelation 21:4 above).

Today, when God heals – a broken bone, a broken heart, a broken relationship – He is giving us a foretaste of what is to come.  God is JEHOVAH –RAPHA, our Healer.

God alone saved from spiritual death.  He only can give eternal life.

In what specific aspect of your life do you need to experience God’s healing?

PRAYER

JEHOVAH-RAPHA, thank You for caring about every part of me.  You desire that I find healing – physically, emotionally, and most of all, spiritually.  Thank you for providing me with a way to be healed of my sin.  Amen.

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