TOTAL HEALING : THE LORD WANTS TO MAKE US WHOLE
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OUTLINE
1. SPIRITUAL HEALING
2. PHYSICAL HEALING
3. EMOTIONAL HEALING
4. RELATIONAL HEALING
5. VOCATIONAL HEALING
6. SOCIAL HEALING
7. NATIONAL HEALING
THE MESSAGE
TOTAL HEALING : THE LORD WANTS TO MAKE US WHOLE
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1. SPIRITUAL HEALING
The Lord wants to make us whole . He wants to minister total healing to us . We must be prepared and willing to receive His healing. Jesus asked the man who was an invalid for 38 years whether he wanted to become well. We should not allow prolonged suffering to rob our hope ,confidence ,dream and desire. Once we are delivered by God we will have to take responsibility for our life. We will no longer be able to be dependant on others and expect pity and sympathy from people. We will face drastic changes in our life. And once God delivers us , we must be careful to walk in obedience to God lest a worse tragedy occurs in our life . The Lord wants to heal us spiritually . He wants to heal our backslidings . He wants us to come back to Him and be filled with His love and live in close fellowship to Him.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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JOHN 5:1-9 ,14
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease he had.
One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"
"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."
At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."
HOSEA 14:4
"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
JEREMIAH 3:22
"Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God.
2. PHYSICAL HEALING
The Lord wants to heal us physically. The Lord is a healer . When we walk in obedience to Him , He promises to heal our sicknesses. we must claim the promises of God and experience His healing in our lives.
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EXODUS 15:26
He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."
PSALM 103:3
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
MALACHI 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.
MATTHEW 8:16-17
When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."
3. EMOTIONAL HEALING
The Lord wants to heal us emotionally. He wants to heal our broken hearts and wounded emotions and painful memories. We must not live all our lives with a broken heart because of a painful experience in the past. We must not live in fear that our past traumatic experiences will be repeated again. The Lord wants to reassure us that He will do a new thing in our lives and therefore we should be willing to forget the past and face the future with confidence.
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PSALM 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
LUKE 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
ISAIAH 43:18-19
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
ISAIAH 54:7-10
"For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the LORD your Redeemer.
"To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
4. RELATIONAL HEALING
The Lord wants to heal us relationally. He wants to mend our broken relationships. The Lord wants us to be free from bitterness and anger and malice . He wants us to be kind and tender hearted towards each other and forgive one another. Just as God has been merciful to us and forgave our sins , we must be willing to forgive others . Unforgiveness is very dangerous and can block the answers to our prayers. The Lord wants to have good relationships with our loved ones and and has given us clear instructions on the roles that we must play . When we obey His commandments we will experience loving relationships in our life.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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EPHESIANS 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
MARK 11:24-26
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your sins.
MATTHEW 6:9-15
"This, then, is how you should pray: " ’Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
JAMES 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
MALACHI 4:6
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."
COLOSSIANS 3:18-22
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.
5. VOCATIONAL HEALING
The Lord wants to heal us vocationally . He wants to bless the work of our hands and cause us to prosper in our endeavours. The disciples had tried all night to catch fish and failed to catch any . But the Lord gave them instructions to fish and they caught more fish than they could handle and had to get help from others. The Lord helped them to succeed where they had failed. The Lord wants to bless us in our vocation and bring healing in the areas where we have failed in the past.
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LUKE 5:1-9
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God,
he saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch."
Simon answered, "Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.
So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!"
For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
PSALM 1:1-3
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
PSALM 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
6. SOCIAL HEALING
The Lord wants to heal us socially . He wants to use us to bring healing to our society and community. The prophet Elisha healed the waters of the city and brought healing to the community. The prophet Elijah prayed for rain and brought prosperity to the land. The Lord wants us to carry a burden for our society and community and use our spiritual authority to bring the blessings of God upon it.
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2 KINGS 2:19-22
The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive."
"Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.
Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: ’I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’ "
And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
JAMES 5:17-18
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
7. NATIONAL HEALING
The Lord wants to heal us nationally. He wants to bring healing to the nation. When God’s people humble themselves and pray and seek the face the God and turn from their wicked ways , the Lord will hear their cry and heal their land. Our prayers for the nation can bring peace and prosperity to our land.
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2 CHRONICLES 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
1 TIMOTHY 2:1-3
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
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