Post by Woody Williams on May 13, 2007 6:58:47 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- John 5:1-9
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After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew
Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids
blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for
thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he
had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made
well?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into
the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way,
someone else steps down ahead of me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up,
take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took
up his mat and began to walk.
Devotional
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Jesus was a healer. He instructed his disciples in healing. He
included healing in his commission to those he sent out (preach,
teach and heal). The healing miracles in John are called signs. They
are signs that the kingdom of God has come near and is being
manifested in Jesus or those who serve Jesus. Healings in Jesus' name
still serve as a sign of the kingdom's presence. Be bold. Pray for
healing.
Prayer
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Give me courage to pray in faith for those I know who need healing,
gracious God. Amen
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After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew
Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids
blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for
thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he
had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made
well?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into
the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way,
someone else steps down ahead of me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up,
take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took
up his mat and began to walk.
Devotional
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Jesus was a healer. He instructed his disciples in healing. He
included healing in his commission to those he sent out (preach,
teach and heal). The healing miracles in John are called signs. They
are signs that the kingdom of God has come near and is being
manifested in Jesus or those who serve Jesus. Healings in Jesus' name
still serve as a sign of the kingdom's presence. Be bold. Pray for
healing.
Prayer
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Give me courage to pray in faith for those I know who need healing,
gracious God. Amen