Does God Really Heal Today?
GOD’S HEALING???!!!
HOW DOES GOD HEAL?
2 KINGS 20: 1
How do you think King Hezekiah felt when he heard this?
2 KINGS 20:2-3
Do you think he believed God would heal him?
Was he comfortable asking him? Why?
2 KINGS 20: 5-6
Do you think God was always going to heal him or did his prayer change his mind?
WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THIS?
Much healing today comes from doctors, nurses, medicines.
Where do all their skills come from?
JAMES 1: 16-17
How can they tap into these gifts?
JAMES 1:5
Do you think it’s hard for medical people to do this?
Given a choice, would you choose a “believing doctor or a non-believer”? Why? Why not?
How should you pray?
JAMES 1: 6
Is this hard to believe when it seems hopeless?
MARK 2: 1 – 5
JAMES 5: 13-16
What does this tell you about being “your brother’s keeper”?
Why are other people’s prayers important?
Can the faith and prayers of others heal?
Is it important for the one who needs healing to pray?
PSALM 6:2
How should you pray for anything – especially healing?
PSALM 9:1-2
Why is praising God important? Does He need it? Do you need it?
PHILLIPIANS 4:6
Why should you feel thankful for your serious problem?
PHILLIPIANS 4:7
How can this be explained to a non-believer?
1 JOHN 5:14
What does “in line with his will” mean?
What if your idea of healing is not God’s?
How should you deal with this?
1 JOHN 5:15
This almost seems like a contradiction. What does it mean?
2 CORINTHIANS 12: 7-9
This is the Apostle Paul talking. What does this mean?
Can you think of people whose lives became more meaningful because of their “infirmities”?
GOD ALSO HEALS BY…..
Mark 3:5
Luke 5: 12-13
Miracles! Do they still happen today? Do you know of any?
But sometimes God’s healing does not happen in the way you want. What then?
REVELATION 21:4
WHAT CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT?
How do you know that God will ultimately heal you in heaven?
JOHN 3:16
So, accepting and knowing this, how can you share this with unbelievers? Those that are angry with God? Questioning if there even is a God?
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
JAMES 5: 13 – 16
WHY ARE OTHER PEOPLE’S PRAYERS IMPORTANT?
CAN OTHERS’ FAITH AND PRAYERS BE ENOUGH FOR GOD TO HEAL SOMEONE?
PSALM 6: 2
IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE ONE WHO NEEDS HEALING TO PRAY? WHY? WHY NOT?
HOW SHOULD WE PRAY FOR ANYTHING…..ESPECIALLY HEALING?
PSALM 9: 1 – 2
WHY IS PRAISING GOD IMPORTANT?
DOES GOD REALLY CARE?
PHILLIPIANS 4: 6 – 7
1 JOHN 5: 14 – 15
WHAT DOES “IN LINE WITH HIS WILL” MEAN?
2 CORINTHIANS 12: 7 – 9
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
CAN YOU THINK OF EXAMPLES OF UNHEALED PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES MIGHT BE MORE MEANINGFUL BECAUSE OF THEIR “INFIRMITY?
GOD ALSO HEALS BY…..
MARK 3: 5
LUKE 5: 12 – 13
MIRACLES!!!!! DO THEY STILL HAPPEN TODAY? SHARE?
BUT SOMETIMES GOD’S HEALING DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE WAY WE WANT,,,WHAT THEN?
REVELATIONS 21: 3 – 4
WHAT CAN WE TAKE AWAY FROM THAT?
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT GOD WILL UNTIMATELY HEAL US IN HEAVEN?
JOHN 3: 16