{"id":6731,"date":"2017-02-01T03:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T03:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2017-02-01T03:36:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T03:36:38","slug":"healing-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6731","title":{"rendered":"HEALING HAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong>The power to heal comes with the power to believe and receive.<\/p>\n

Matthew 12:1-14<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once on a Sabbath day, in a synagogue, the Pharisees knew quite well that a man who had withered hand was going to encounter Jesus\u2019 attention when they asked Jesus, \u201cIs it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?\u201d\u2014that they might accuse Him. (Matthew 12:9), Jesus\u2019 answer demonstrated the importance of doing that which is good and the placement of good deeds above the law. He points out that law is not a reason to be excused from caring for others. Most importantly, He pointed out how valuable is man when He stated,<\/em><\/strong> \u201cOf how much more value than is a man than a sheep?\u201d (Matthew 12:12)<\/em><\/strong>. Jesus the tenderhearted shepherd, the caring\u00a0 and compassionate master, after answering the Pharisees now turned His attention to the man with withered hand, \u201c<\/em><\/strong>Then He said to the man, <\/em><\/strong>\u201cStretch out your hand.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.\u201d (Matthew 12:13).<\/em><\/strong> Just a word from Jesus terminated the mark of shame and mockery and put restored glory to the withered vessel.
\nWhat is it that is withered in your life? Among the words synonymous with \u201cwithered\u201d is decay, wrinkle, shrink, dry, decline, languish, waste, etc.<\/em> To be withered in any area of life is not what can be hidden but what a man can be healed and be delivered from, just as the man with the withered hand got his healing and deliverance from Jesus\u2019s word.
\nIt was the healing power in the word of God that healed the man with withered hand. Jesus spoke to him, \u201cStretch out your hand.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The power to heal comes with the power to believe and receive. When the healing word of Jesus found the man with withered hands, there was no doubt in his heart as he stretched out his hands as commanded by Jesus. Self-recognition and acceptance is a very important step and so pivotal to getting delivered. If you will behold Him in His word of healing and say to yourself, \u201cI am coming out in Jesus name\u201d<\/em> you have loosened yourself from whatever tie you down and lay claim to deliverance by confession. Remember, \u201c<\/em><\/strong>Death<\/em><\/strong> and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.\u201d (Proverbs 18:21)<\/em><\/strong>. Also, the power to get satisfied with good is through the mouth. Proverbs 12:14, \u201cA man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Jesus buttresses the power of self-deliverance by stating, \u201cFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.\u201d (Matthew 12:34)<\/em><\/strong> He went further to let us know that with good treasure of the heart one is able to bring forth good things. (Matthew 12:35)<\/p>\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask for the grace to be delivered from every form of situation that is not of God.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: The power to heal comes with the power to believe and receive. Matthew 12:1-14 Once on a Sabbath day, in a synagogue, the Pharisees knew quite well that a man who had withered hand was going to encounter Jesus\u2019 attention when they asked Jesus, \u201cIs it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?\u201d\u2014that they … Continue reading HEALING HAND<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6732,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731\/revisions\/6732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}