You can count this as your February 4 devotion,
but I hope you'll read it on Friday and
come to our healing service on Saturday, February 4, 8:30am
O Lord, restore me to health
and make me live.
Isaiah 38:16
There are many types of hurts in life.
The three major categories are physical, emotional, and spiritual.
Our body hurts. Our heart hurts. Our mind is overloaded. And our soul is weighed down.
All of these hurts keep us from "liv[ing]" fully. That's why the psalmist asks to be "restore[d]." Why? So he can "live" -- fully, wholly, wonderfully, and completely live.
God also invites us to unite our prayers with his power. He wants to heal. He wants us to live.
I hope you'll join us for our Healing Service at 8:30 on Saturday morning, February 4. We'll address many of the false hopes, needless worries, and guarded expectations when praying for healing. We'll also pray with expectation, hope, confidence, and power. Why? Because God wants to heal. He wants us to live.
Note: The healing service started three days early!!! Some of us have been at the hospital praying for Lesley -- a teenager from the youth group who was recently diagnosed with a rare form epilepsy. Even with surgery, she was looking at a life of seizures, medications, and partial blindness. PRAISE GOD, she's been healed. If she has any lingering effects, they appear to be minor.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who can't wait
to see how God shows up
on Saturday!
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