Our faith will heal us

Mt 9:22, 29

                (Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman)

²² Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.

(Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute)

                ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;

Mt 8:13(Jesus heals centurion’s servant)

                ¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.

Mark 10:52(Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight)

                ⁵² “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Luke 7:50(Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman)

                ⁵⁰ Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 17:19(Jesus Heals Ten Men with Leprosy)

            ¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

God desires mercy not the sacrifice

Mt 9:13(God desires mercy, not sacrifice)

            ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Hos 6:6(God desires the acknowledgment of God)

                ⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Mic 6:6-8(God expects us to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God)

                ⁸ He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Mt 12:7(we should not condemn the innocent)

            ⁷ If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

The Lord knows our thoughts

Mt 9:4(The Lord knows our thoughts)

                ⁴ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

Psalm 94:11(The LORD knows all human plans)

                ¹¹ The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.

Mt 12:25(Jesus knew their thoughts and said household divided against itself will not stand)

                ²⁵ Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Luke 6:8(Jesus knew what they were thinking, healed the man with the shriveled hand)

            ⁸ But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

Luke 9:47(Jesus, knowing their thoughts explaining His disciples who will be the greatest)

            ⁴⁷ Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. ⁴⁸ Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.” 

John2:25(God knew what was in each person)

                ²⁵ He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

Kneeling before God to get His favor and blessing

Mt  8:2(A man with leprosy came and knelt before Jesus for his healing)

            ² A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Mt  9:18(synagogue leader came and knelt before him for his daughter’s healing)

                ¹⁸ While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.”

Mt 15:25(A woman came and knelt before him asking for help)

                       ²⁵ The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.

Mt 18:26(servant fell on his knees before his Lord and ask for his patience)

                      ²⁶ “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

Mt 20:20(mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus, kneeling down asking for a favor)

                   ²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.      

we should enter through the narrow gate that leads to life

Mt 7:13, 14(we should enter through the narrow gate that leads to life)

                             ¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴ But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Luke 13:24(we should make every effort to enter through the narrow door that leads to life)

                    ²⁴ “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

John 10:7, 9(Jesus is the narrow gate. whoever enters through Him will be saved)

                        ⁷ Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

                         ⁹ I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.^[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture.                                                                     

God gives us what we ask

1 Ki 3:5(Lord promises Solomon that he will get what he asks)

                  ⁵ At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

Mt 18:19(When two of us agree on a one thing and ask for it, God grants that request for us)

                 ¹⁹ “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Mt 21:22(If we believe, we will receive whatever we ask for in prayer.)

                ²² If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

John 14:13, 14(if we ask God for anything in His name, and He will do it)

                 ¹³ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

                ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.                         

Jas 5:14, 15, 16(The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective)

               ¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

1John 3:22(If we do what pleases God, we will receive from God anything we ask)

                  ²² and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

God’s hands made us and formed us

Psalm 103:14(God knows how we are formed, as He is the creator)

                ¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 119:73(God’s hands made us and formed us)

                ⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

Psalm 139:13, 14, 15(God created our inmost being)

                ¹³ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Isa 29:16(we cannot question God as He is our creator)

                ¹⁶ You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “You did not make me”?  Can the pot say to the potter, “You know nothing”?