God is a healer
God heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds. ~ Psalm 147:3 (CEB)
(Jesus) welcomed them and taught them about the Kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick. ~ Luke 9:11b (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
God is a healer.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for being the healer that we can count on. I'm in need of some more healing right now. It's not just my body but my whole soul that hurts with disappointment. Please restore my health and sense of well-being so that I can tell people more about how you heal. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)
REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press) TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)