Questions About Healing
Bible Studies on Healing
Regulations for Skin Diseases
Leviticus 13 provides detailed instructions for priests to diagnose and manage skin diseases (often translated "leprosy"). These regulations protected...
7 min readCleansing from Skin Diseases
Leviticus 14 describes the elaborate ritual for restoring healed individuals to the community. The ceremony involved sacrifices, washing, and ceremoni...
7 min readNaaman Healed of Leprosy
Naaman, the Syrian general with leprosy, comes to Elisha at a servant girl's suggestion. Angered by Elisha's simple instruction to wash in the Jordan,...
5 min readHezekiah's Illness and Folly
Hezekiah falls ill and Isaiah prophesies his death, but Hezekiah prays and receives fifteen more years plus healing. He shows Babylonian envoys all hi...
5 min readHezekiah's Illness and Recovery
Hezekiah falls deathly ill. Isaiah tells him to set his house in order—he will die. Hezekiah prays tearfully, and God adds fifteen years to his life...
5 min readJesus' Authority Over Disease, Nature, and Demons
Jesus demonstrates His divine authority through a series of mighty works—healing a leper, a centurion's servant, and Peter's mother-in-law, calming ...
7 min readAuthority to Forgive, Heal, and Call Sinners
Jesus demonstrates His authority to forgive sins by healing a paralytic, calls Matthew the tax collector, and responds to criticism by declaring He ca...
7 min readPower Over Demons, Disease, and Death
Jesus demonstrates comprehensive authority: He delivers a man possessed by a legion of demons, heals a woman who touched His garment after twelve year...
8 min readHealing at Bethesda and the Authority of the Son
Jesus heals a man who has been an invalid for thirty-eight years at the pool of Bethesda—on the Sabbath. When Jewish leaders object, Jesus claims to...
7 min readHealing at the Temple Gate
Peter and John heal a lame man at the temple's Beautiful Gate, creating opportunity for Peter to preach. He proclaims that faith in Jesus' name has he...
7 min readFaith, Healing, and Forgiveness
Jesus heals a centurion's servant, marveling at the Gentile's great faith. He raises a widow's son from the dead at Nain. When John the Baptist sends ...
7 min readNebuchadnezzar's Humiliation and Restoration
The king dreams of a great tree cut down, with only its stump remaining. Daniel interprets: Nebuchadnezzar will lose his mind and live like an animal ...
6 min readSowing in Tears, Reaping with Joy
Psalm 126 celebrates the joy of restoration from exile and expresses hope that God will turn weeping into rejoicing once again.
4 min readRestore Us Again, O God Our Savior
The Sons of Korah remember past restoration while crying out for present renewal. This psalm beautifully portrays how love, faithfulness, righteousnes...
5 min readParables, Storms, and Power Over Demons
Jesus teaches the parable of the sower, explaining how different hearts receive God's word. He calms a storm on the sea, demonstrating power over natu...
7 min readThe River of Life and Jesus Is Coming Soon
A river of the water of life flows from God's throne through the city; the tree of life yields fruit monthly, its leaves for healing. The curse is no ...
5 min readCalling the First Disciples
Jesus calls His first disciples by the Sea of Galilee after a miraculous catch of fish. He heals a leper and a paralytic, demonstrating authority over...
7 min readPeace to the Far and Near
Idolatry is exposed while the righteous, though dying, enter peace. God dwells with the contrite and lowly, promising to heal the crushed in spirit. H...
6 min readBlessed Is the One Who Considers the Poor
The final psalm of Book I pronounces blessing on those who care for the weak, describes betrayal by a close friend, and ends with confident praise.
5 min readWeeping May Tarry for the Night
David dedicates the temple with praise for God's healing, celebrating how God turned his mourning into dancing and his weeping into joy.
6 min readPraise the Lord, O My Soul
One of Scripture's most beloved psalms, calling the soul to praise God for His benefits: forgiveness, healing, redemption, love, satisfaction. David c...
6 min readConflict, Calling, and the Unforgivable Sin
Jesus heals on the Sabbath despite Pharisees' hostility, withdraws to the sea where crowds follow, appoints the twelve apostles, and warns about blasp...
7 min readA Prayer for Cleansing and Renewal
David's profound psalm of repentance after his sin with Bathsheba. This deeply personal prayer reveals the path from guilt to restoration through God'...
5 min readThe Suffering Servant
The most detailed messianic prophecy in the Old Testament describes the Servant who would be despised, rejected, and pierced for our transgressions. H...
7 min readOracle Against Tyre
The great commercial city of Tyre will fall. Ships return to find their home port destroyed. Yet after seventy years, Tyre will be restored—and her ...
4 min readPatience Until the Lord's Coming
James's final chapter warns the rich of coming judgment, calls believers to patient endurance like Job and the prophets, forbids oaths, encourages pra...
6 min readElisha and the Rise of Hazael and Jehu
The Shunammite woman's land is restored after years in Philistia. Elisha weeps knowing Hazael will harm Israel, then sends a prophet to anoint Jehu. I...
5 min readThe Woman at the Well and the Official's Son
Jesus breaks barriers by speaking with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, offering her living water that satisfies forever. Many Samaritans believe. J...
7 min readPeter and John Before the Council
Peter and John are arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin for healing in Jesus' name. Peter, filled with the Spirit, proclaims that salvation is fo...
7 min readFaith, Forgiveness, and the Coming Kingdom
Jesus teaches about causing others to stumble, the duty to forgive repeatedly, and faith like a mustard seed. He heals ten lepers but only one returns...
7 min readBodily Discharges and Purification
Leviticus 15 addresses ceremonial uncleanness from various bodily discharges, both abnormal and normal. These regulations taught Israel that all aspec...
6 min readElijah Taken to Heaven
Elijah and Elisha travel from Gilgal through Bethel and Jericho to the Jordan. Elijah parts the waters and is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind with c...
5 min readBlessings for Obedience, Curses for Disobedience
Leviticus 26 presents the covenant blessings and curses—the outcomes of obedience versus rebellion. This dramatic chapter outlines escalating conseq...
7 min readLord of the Sabbath and Conflict with the Pharisees
Conflict escalates as Jesus defends His disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath and heals on the Sabbath, declaring Himself Lord of the Sabbath. Th...
8 min readThose Who Returned: Jerusalem's Post-Exilic Community
This chapter lists the families who returned from Babylonian exile and resettled in Jerusalem, with particular attention to the priests, Levites, and ...
4 min readRestoration and the Choice of Life
Moses promises restoration after exile, describes the accessibility of God's commands, and calls Israel to choose life over death.
4 min readPaul Arrives in Rome
After wintering on Malta, Paul finally reaches Rome. Under house arrest, he continues proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about Jesus—the bo...
5 min readIconium, Lystra, and Derbe
Paul and Barnabas continue their journey through opposition and misunderstanding. At Lystra, healing leads to false worship, then stoning. Yet they st...
5 min readThe Name of the LORD Is a Strong Tower
Proverbs 18 addresses isolation, speech, God as refuge, and the power and danger of the tongue—including the famous "death and life" proverb.
5 min readDavid's Return to Jerusalem
Joab rebukes David for excessive mourning. David returns to Jerusalem, dealing with Shimei's submission, Mephibosheth's vindication, Barzillai's rewar...
5 min readOracle Against Egypt
Egypt will face civil war, failing gods, economic collapse, and conquest. Yet astonishingly, the chapter ends with Egypt, Assyria, and Israel worshipi...
6 min readThe LORD Directs the Steps
Proverbs 16 explores divine sovereignty over human plans, the priority of the LORD over human achievements, and the wisdom of humble, self-controlled ...
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