Day 12 January 20, 2022
Prayer Focus: Faith For Our Lives - Faith for My Healing
1 Peter 2:24 (NIV) 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
Key phrase “By His wounds you have been healed.”
It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been serving the Lord, we All need healing. There are areas of our life that we need healing.
You have been healed. Notice that this is past tense. Not that you will be or should be, but that you have been.
This can be emotional, physical, financial, or spiritual - you are waiting for a breakthrough.
Peter is quoting the prophet Isaiah, hundreds of years in advance, that Jesus would provide the healing we need.
Jesus knows what we need.
It’s easy to fall back into old habits or ways. The Apostle Paul felt that tension.
Galatians 5:1 (NIV) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
We have a part to play. There’s a choice. We can let discouragement set in or we can stand firm.
We know that physical exercise is good for my physical health. The same way with my eating. Or if I invest my time into relationships they will be good.
But if we stand firm we can claim that healing has already been provided.
Three Prayer points
Renew my mind. I want His thoughts not my thoughts. I can come up with every excuse to hit the snooze button rather than get up early and spend time with God. God’s thoughts are for us to “get up” and enjoy that time.
Healing comes from not repairing what was broken but replacing what is broken I want the mind of Christ.
Romans 12:2 (NIV) 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Search my heart. We need to allow the Lord to examine the most private part of my life.
King David prayed Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV) Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Our hearts, our emotions. It’s you. Allow the Lord to search our hearts and point out what needs adjusting.
Heal my body.
Psalm 103:2-4 (NIV) Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
I want to be healed. God has a physical healing for us.
We believe that His word promises us this.
We should look forward to what God can do with our bodies when we pray and ask Him to do that work for us and in us.
