Wholeness starts with forgiveness since our most important need is to be forgiven. Jesus came into this world to die for our sins and restore us to God. While we need food, water, and shelter to survive physically, nothing compares to our spiritual need. Without forgiveness, we remain separated from the very One who created …
Being made whole in Jesus through life’s obstacles is not the path most of us want to go down. In God’s plan for our lives, obstacles can be times of testing that help us become better people. Perhaps as you read this, there is a major obstruction in your life that you are trying to …
Wholeness through divine intervention may not be our plan, but it is God’s. We may think we have our own path figured out, but the good news is the Lord always has a better one. His plans require divine intervention—and that intervention is always aimed at making us whole. We often think we know best …
As Naaman comes to know the true God, we see his efforts to live out the faith. 2 Kings 5: 15 Then Naaman and his entire party went back to find the man of God. They stood before him, and Naaman said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in …
Realizing who God is was an experience that happened to Naaman, the commander of the Army of Aram. The Holy Spirit must open our hearts for us to come to faith. Perhaps the Lord is calling you today to open your eyes to who He is. Revelation 3:20 Look! I stand at the door and knock. …
The government can’t save you. This was true in the days of the Kings of Israel and is also true today. Naaman was a great commander of the army of Aram, but he had leprosy. Although the King of Aram greatly admired Naaman, he could not cure him. In God’s divine mercy, a young girl …
Wealth but no health is not a good situation and compounds problems when we don’t have faith that God can save us. This was the situation a wealthy man found himself in during the days of the Kings of Israel. 2 Kings 5:1The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his …
God supplied the widow of Zarephath and Elijah with the miraculous provision of oil and flour during a drought. The next tragedy showed the widow misunderstanding God. 1 Kings 17:17 Some time later the woman’s Son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died. 18 Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, …
In the story of the lame man healed from Acts 3, Peter preached, and the names of Jesus tell a story. Peter was preaching in the Temple, so the gathered crowd would have been all Jewish. Peter wanted to tell them about Jesus but began in a way that would have connected with what they …
The lame man in Acts 3 is hopeless without Jesus. He has friends who help him come to a gate of the Temple so he can beg. He has never walked and has no way to make a living in his culture. He must depend on the handouts of generous Jews. It would have been …