Tag: healing

Morning Reading: Luke 18:35-43 NLT – mercy

Reading: Luke 18:35-43 NLT

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening. They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by. So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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“Healing of the Blind Man”
by Brian Jekel

“Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him.

But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”

“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”

And Jesus said, “All right, receive your sight! Your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus, praising God. And all who saw it praised God, too.

Intercessions: Taizé

O Christ, born of the Father before all ages, you took upon yourself our humanity and you rose for us: we worship you.
— Glory to you, O Lord.

Son of God, Source of life, we invoke your goodness upon us and upon the entire human family.
— Hear us, Lord of glory.

Allow us to live by your life and walk as children of light in the joy of Easter.
—Hear us, Lord of glory.

Increase the faith of your Church; may it faithfully bear witness to your resurrection.
— Hear us, Lord of glory.

Comfort all who are burdened, and engrave in their hearts your words of eternal life.
— Hear us, Lord of glory.

Strengthen those who are weak in faith, and reveal yourself to doubting hearts.
— Hear us, Lord of glory.

Give strength to the sick, support the elderly and reassure the dying by your saving presence.
— Hear us, Lord of glory.

Liturgical Music: “O Lord Hear My Prayer” – Taizé

Prayer: Taizé

Risen Christ, through the Gospel your voice makes itself heard softly. You tell us: “Why worry? Only one thing is necessary, a heart attentive to my words and to the Holy Spirit.”

Morning Reading: Luke 17:11-19 NLT – gratitude

Reading: Luke 17:11-19 NLT

As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

Ten LepersJames Christensen
Ten Lepers
James Christensen

He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.

Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.”

Prayer: Psalm 103

Morning Reading: Luke 14:1-6 NLT – Sabbath work

Reading: Luke 14:1-6 NLT

sabbathOne Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely. There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, “Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?”

When they refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away. Then he turned to them and said, “Which of you doesn’t work on the Sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don’t you rush to get him out?”

Again they could not answer.

Prayer: Lord Jesus – you are Lord even of the Sabbath. Give us your heart and mind – to reverence the Father and pace our lives by resting… and yet be sensitive to the needs of those around us by acts of mercy. Holy Spirit – give us the discernment to know when to be still… and when to act. Heavenly Father – we would join with those who keep your commandment to remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy. Amen.

Spiritual Song: “The Sabbath Song” – Loretta Weinberger

Morning Reading: Luke 13.10-17 (NLT) – wonderful things

Reading: Luke 13.10-17 (NLT)

Jesus_crippled_womanOne Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!” Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!

But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.”

But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water? This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”

This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.

Prayer: Psalm 103.1-5, 1 (NLT)

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

Hymn: “To God Be the Glory” – Fanny Crosby (1875)

Morning Reading: Luke 10:1-20 NLT – migrant workers

Reading: Luke 10:1-20 NLT

The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. Don’t take any money with you, nor a traveler’s bag, nor an extra pair of sandals. And don’t stop to greet anyone on the road.

He Sent Them Out Two by Two, illustration from "The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ" by Tissot (1886-1896)
He Sent Them Out Two by Two,
illustration from “The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ” by Tissot (1886-1896)

“Whenever you enter someone’s home, first say, ‘May God’s peace be on this house.’ If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you. Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.

“If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you. Heal the sick, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near you now.’ But if a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!’ I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.

“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you. And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead.”

Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”

When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!”

“Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you. But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.”

Prayer: Lord Jesus – All over the world today your followers are going out as “sheep among wolves” to bring the Good News of the Kingdom of God to people who are lost. Prepare the way for them – open hearts and minds and homes to welcome them. Protect them from the evil one, and empower them to heal the sick and cast out demons in your name. Fill them with joy… and put their detractors to shame. For it is in you that we live and move and have our being. Amen.

Spiritual Song: “We Speak to Nations” (YouTube)