3 - Dis-Ease
Matthew 9:
2. And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. And Jesus,
seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your
sins are forgiven you."
3. And at once some of the scribes said within themselves,
"This Man blasphemes!"
4. But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in
your hearts?
5. "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,'
or to say, 'Arise and walk'?
6. "But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins,"
then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
7. And he arose and departed to his house.
NKJV
Sometimes dis-ease in our lives is because of wrong things we've done and
foolish choices we've made.
Dis-ease comes in many packages:
sometimes it's an illness;
sometimes it's a broken relationship with God or with other people;
sometimes it's a lost opportunity which may never return;
sometimes it's a dead-end path in life from which we feel we can never turn back;
sometimes it's a setback from which we feel we can never recover.
This man had evidently been crippled as a result of something wrong he had done.
The forgiveness Jesus extended to him that day freed him to come out of his dis-ease.
He ceased to be a cripple and he got up and walked!
Today if there is some dis-ease crippling your life and walk with Jesus,
let His forgiveness into your life so that you can get up, take up your
bed and go to your house in freedom!
Prayer:
Father, today I accept the forgiveness You are offering me in Jesus Christ.
I take Your forgiveness into my life today.
I also forgive myself for the things I've done to mess up my life.
Help me from today forward to live my life by Your principles, so that I can
make restitution to those I've wronged and hurt.
I commit my future into Your hands and I thank You for Your mercy towards me,
in Jesus' name,
Amen.
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See you tomorrow, God willing, and be blessed in all you do today!
Sol Wise.
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