Prayers That Bring Healing

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When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. —Matthew 8:16 From the verse above, it doesn’t appear that Jesus told people it wasn’t the will of God for them to be healed or that God wanted them to suffer. He never said, “God wants you to carry this for a while to teach you something.” The prophet Isaiah says that Jesus bore our griefs and sorrows (Isa. 53:4). In Matthew 8:17, it says He took our infirmities and sickness. What causes so much grief and so much sorrow? Sickness and disease. When you’re not healthy, you can’t enjoy the blessings and the fullness of God. Isaiah 53 is the redemptive chapter. Verse 5 talks about being healed by the stripes of Jesus. The Bible says that Jesus took thirty-nine lashes on His back and body. There are thirty-nine major categories of sickness and disease. Every stripe that Jesus endured took care of a different sickness and disease. Young’s Literal Translation puts Isaiah 53:4 this way: “Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, and our pains —he hath carried them.” God doesn’t even want people to be in pain. Millions of dollars are spent on pain relief. Toothaches, headaches, neck pain,