February 8th, 2021
Heal Beyond Brokenness Devotional Series – Week 1 – Do You Want to be Well - Monday – Pastor Chris
Healing Comfort
Scripture Reading — Mark 6:12-13 (NASB)
“And they went out and preached that people are to repent. “And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.”
Jesus sent out his disciples to do his work. Not wanting them to be loaded down, he told them to take along only what they were wearing. Things seemed to be urgent. Jesus wanted them to live by faith, trusting in God to supply their needs.
As they ministered from place to place, they would find both hospitality and hostility, both friends and enemies. Jesus told them to lodge at only one house in each community. And if a place did not welcome or listen to them, they should leave and “shake the dust off” their feet, a cultural and social statement reflecting the rejection the disciples experienced. This action by the disciples would imply that the townspeople needed a change of heart.
All in all, the disciples experienced the power of God working through them. They cast out demons and anointed sick people with oil, healing many.
As a pastor, I have anointed people with oil. The Bible calls church leaders to pray over people with physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds and anoint them with oil. For me, it has been a humbling and holy experience. Though God has not always healed these people of their physical or emotional pain, all were spiritually comforted.
Anointing oil is not meant to seem like a healing potion. God decides when and how to heal—whether it’s on this side of the grave or the other. The oil of anointing is a blessed comfort that reminds people of God’s constant care.
Pray this prayer with me:
Father, help us to see that the healing we need most is in our hearts and souls. Strengthen us to serve you as long as we live. Amen.
Healing Comfort
Scripture Reading — Mark 6:12-13 (NASB)
“And they went out and preached that people are to repent. “And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.”
Jesus sent out his disciples to do his work. Not wanting them to be loaded down, he told them to take along only what they were wearing. Things seemed to be urgent. Jesus wanted them to live by faith, trusting in God to supply their needs.
As they ministered from place to place, they would find both hospitality and hostility, both friends and enemies. Jesus told them to lodge at only one house in each community. And if a place did not welcome or listen to them, they should leave and “shake the dust off” their feet, a cultural and social statement reflecting the rejection the disciples experienced. This action by the disciples would imply that the townspeople needed a change of heart.
All in all, the disciples experienced the power of God working through them. They cast out demons and anointed sick people with oil, healing many.
As a pastor, I have anointed people with oil. The Bible calls church leaders to pray over people with physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds and anoint them with oil. For me, it has been a humbling and holy experience. Though God has not always healed these people of their physical or emotional pain, all were spiritually comforted.
Anointing oil is not meant to seem like a healing potion. God decides when and how to heal—whether it’s on this side of the grave or the other. The oil of anointing is a blessed comfort that reminds people of God’s constant care.
Pray this prayer with me:
Father, help us to see that the healing we need most is in our hearts and souls. Strengthen us to serve you as long as we live. Amen.
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