Pray for Healing!

Psalm 30

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, April 17.

When you are sick, pray for God to heal you. Persevere in prayer because God is our Jehovah-Rapha (Exodus 15:26; Psalm 103:3; Jeremiah 30:17). When you get better, thank God for healing you. Praise God for He is worthy! Psalm 30 captures a time when David was sick and in need of God’s healing touch, so David prayed for healing and then rejoiced in God for healing him, as witnessed in verses 2-5:

O Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit. Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones, and give thanks to His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning.

I have been with people when they wished for death in a moment of great suffering. Not everyone who wishes for death truly wants to die. Often, they just want relief, so, when they are healed from their acute crisis or receive relief from their chronic pain, they are filled with a great joy for life and a profound thankfulness to God for their healing. Trust God for your healing by asking in the name of Jesus who, according to Isaiah 53:5, “was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.”

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 30, meditating upon the power of God’s healing presence in your life – “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever” (11-12).

God bless you!

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