Sermons on Healings:

What It Isn't

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Oct 17, 2006

Forgiveness heals the hurts of the past and can change the future...but to know what it is, I offer a list of what it’s NOT.

“What it isn’t”…Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts. Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Jesus is known as the “Man of Sorrows.” He endured personal abuse, culminating in His ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:32

Denomination: Congregational

The Blind See, The Sighted Are Blind

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 30, 2006

The miracle of a blind man receiving his sight addresses the Problem of Affliction and Healing and that criticism by the Pharisees brought out both negative and positive reaction.

There’s a saying that ‘There’s none as blind as those who won’t see!’ As Helen Keller said: ‘What would be worse than being born blind? To have sight without vision.’ It’s certainly true in the encounter that Jesus had with the Pharisees on the occasion when He healed a man who had been born ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Baptist

Sin, Saliva And Sight Series

Contributed by Chip Monck on Feb 9, 2006

A series exploring the seven miracles, and seven "I Am" statements in the Gospel of John. This message reflects on Jesus healing of the man blind since birth.

I’ve got some bad news for you today. As we look at our next miracle, one of seven, around which the Gospel of John is focused, we find ourselves coming upon some tough teaching. If you are looking for three points and a poem today, the news is not good. Not only are there six points. . .but ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Want To Be The One

Contributed by Dr. Travis Campbell on Dec 12, 2009

10 were healed, but only 1 returned to thank the Lord. I want to be the one who expresses thanksgiving for all the Lord’s blessings.

As we open our Bibles once again to the Gospel of Luke, we are reminded that it was penned by Luke the physician. Luke, a Greek, was a well educated man who was used of the Lord to pen two books of our New Testament, The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. As Mark had written for the Romans, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Baptist

Bitter Or Better Ends

Contributed by Charles Scott on Dec 16, 2007

It is in the narrow places of life, the places where we are closed in and helpless that we may experience the healing presence of God, often at the bitter or beter end.

BITTER OR BETTER ENDS NUMBERS 22__21—35 LUKE 24:13—16, 28—32 The story found in the Book of Numbers about Balaam and his ass is one of the difficult passages in the Old Testament. For some folks, it is clear evidence that the Scriptures are an ancient relic that has absolutely no meaning for ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:21-35

Denomination: Anglican

Discharge Instructions Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 28, 2010

The patient's healing and continued health will depend on the willingness and determination of the patient to fully accept and unfailingly apply the Great Physician's prescriptions for cure and continuing care.

SERIES: PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A HEALTHY & HOLY CHURCH: A Study in 1 Corinthians Applied To The Church Today IV. DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS (1 Cor. 16:1-24) Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, August 30, 2009 AM INTRODUCTION: Together, we have spent most of the past eight months examining ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Burdens Into Bridges Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 1, 2011

True healing in our relationships begins when, in reliance upon God, we recognize our own sin with a remorse that leads to full repentance.

Sometime ago, an ad appeared in a Kansas newspaper, which read: “We will oil your sewing machine and adjust the tension in your home for only $1. (Leadership, Fall 1986, p.46). Wouldn’t that be nice, getting a quick fix for the tension in our homes or in any of our relationships? As we all ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:10, Genesis 42:1-38

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Love And Being Christ's Bride

Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 7, 2010

The love described in 1st Corinthians chapter 13 helps heal and restore unity to a divided and bickering congregation to live out the unity of the faith.

Intro If there’s ever been a part of the Bible that we’ve used--and abused!--it’s 1st Corinthians chapter 13. We’ve understood that chapter in so many different ways that we’re not even sure what point Paul is making, except that it’s something about love. To ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

An Attitude Of Gratitude

Contributed by Jon Miller on Mar 1, 2011

This message was preached the week of Thanksgiving and shows how as Christians we can keep an attitude of Gratitude by looking at the lepers that Jesus healed in the gospel of Luke

An Attitude of Gratitude Luke 17:11-19 ILL.- A Sunday School teacher asked her class what they were thankful for. One little boy said, “My glasses.” When asked why he was thankful for his glasses, he said, “Because they keep the boys from fighting me and the girls from kissing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009

A sermon on Blessed are the Pure in Heart, focusing on guilt. (Taken from John Baker’s Book, Life’s Healing Choices on Choice #4)

Evening Sermon for 3/15/2009 Matthew 5: 8- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Introduction: Have you ever tried to outrun your past? A convention of Arkansas State troopers was asked to submit the best excuse they’d ever heard for someone trying to get out of a speeding ticket. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Looking On And Taking In The Crucified One

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 28, 2009

As Moses lifted up the healing serpent, so the Jews lifted up Christ, the healer, on the cross, so that we might take him and be transformed.

April 4, 2006 Tuesday of 5th week in Lent If we read John’s Gospel from start to finish, one of the impressions we get over and over again is that Jesus was surrounded by idiots and incompetents. It seems like every page turn brings the words “they did not understand.” But there is nothing new ...read more

Scripture: John 8:21-30

Denomination: Catholic

The Last Days: Getting Ready For The Second Coming

Contributed by C Jordan on Jun 5, 2009

We are living in the last days. How do we get ready for the second coming of Jesus? By looking for opportunities to provide people with hope and healing.

THE LAST DAYS: GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OPENING TEXT: “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.” (Revelation 1:7). • One of the basic fundamental doctrines of the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:7

Denomination: *other

The World Is Lame: What Are We Doing About It?

Contributed by Rodney Burton on Jan 30, 2009

A look at the story of the healing of the lame man at the Gate Beautiful. How many "lame" people do we encounter, only to leave them in their condition.

The World is Lame: What Are You Doing About It? Acts 3:1-12  There are so many people outside of the church in a state of hurt and need, but so many within the church leave them in that state.  Peter and John were on their way to pray and encountered a man who was lame. They took ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Understanding The Term Jeremiad, No Balm.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 17, 2021

NO BALM? No healing? There is a term we seldom hear: JEREMIAD. JEREMIAD means long mournful complaining. Often Jeremiads contain a glimmer of hope and restoration.

JEREMIAD, NO BALM? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Jeremiah 8:22, 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Deep: Redeemed #3 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 27, 2019

A decision to follow Jesus allows us to radically disregard our past so that He can partner with us for the healing of the world in Jesus’ name.

Over the course of the last 2 weeks, we have been swimming through our message series we entitled, “Deep.” For those who haven’t been with us, let me bring you up to speed. We are reading through the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. You find the story in John 4. The first week was about ...read more

Scripture: John 4:28-42, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational