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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once.

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A week, we will dive deeper into.

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These words that we are
familiar with in scripture.

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So come along with me.

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Let's study the Word of the Week.

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Pastor Josh here.

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We're back with another Word
of the Week, and we are in a special

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study with our Word of the
Week series, and that is the study

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of the names of God.

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And as we've been studying the
names of God, we've been learning

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about his character, we've
been learning about his work, and

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we've been learning about how
he interacts with us as his children.

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So the name that we're going
to be studying here this week is

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Jehovah Rapha.

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Jehovah Rapha, which means the
Lord who heals.

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And so this week, we're gonna
be talking about how God heals us.

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And in most cases, when we
hear that word healing, we think

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of physical healing.

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And certainly we know that God
is a God who can heal the sick.

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He can repair the wounded.

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Even so, with our own family,
we've been praying for that with

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our.

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Our son Silas, in regards to
some medical things that he's going

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through and surgeries and recovery.

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And so certainly we know that
within the context of God's power,

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he is a physical healer.

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But we know that the greater
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be a spiritual healing when it
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Where we see this reference to
Jehovah, Rapha, is in Exodus, chapter

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And as you well know, the
Israelites are leaving Egypt.

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God has allowed Moses to lead
them out of Egypt, and they are running

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from Pharaoh.

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They cross the Red Sea.

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And even though they get out
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they obviously have a lot of
other issues that they're going to

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be facing.

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And that one would be.

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One of those issues would be a sickness.

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And God Sundays in Exodus
15:26, and.

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And said, if thou wilt
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the Lord thy God, and will do
that which is right in his sight,

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and will give ear to his
commandments and keep all of his

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statutes, I will put none of
these diseases upon thee which I

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have brought upon the
Egyptians, for I am the Lord that

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healeth thee.

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And that last phrase there,
for I am the Lord that healeth thee

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is Jehovah Raphael.

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Now, in.

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In that case, it's obviously
provisions and protection of the

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Israelites from the diseases
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them.

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But in the case of us today,
we know that there is a plague, and

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that plague is a plague of sin.

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And, and the Bible teaches
that God is a God who heals and God

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is a God who restores.

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And you might have even heard
people call God the Great Physician

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via references from the New
Testament when there's, there's mention

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of that.

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And so what does that mean for us?

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What does that mean for us as
believers today?

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How can we claim that God is a
God that can heal?

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Well, Isaiah 53 says, but he
was wounded for our transgressions.

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And this is speaking to Jesus.

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This is a messianic reference
prophesying what Jesus would do for

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us as our Savior.

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So he was wounded for our transgressions.

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He was bruised for our iniquities.

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The chastisement of our peace
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we are healed.

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So the Bible says that he
would bear the weight of our sins.

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He was.

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He was bruised for our
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And, and, and I think that's
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if we think of God's healing
only as a physical healing, we sell

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short what Jesus has done for
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The reason why we can know
that is through First Peter, chapter

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2, verse 24.

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It's a reference back to
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understanding of what it means
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So it says in reference to
Jesus, who his own self very bear

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our sins in his own body on
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should live unto
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were healed.

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And so he directly references
that passage there in Isaiah 53,

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and he reconciles that to the
understanding of God sending Jesus

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Christ to pay the price for
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We were dead to our sins.

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And because of what Jesus
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there in verse 24 of 1 Peter
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We can be righteous in the
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And so really, the greatest
act of healing is the act of salvation.

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And so the verse there is a
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not only sickness and disease.

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And so in, in the bigger
picture of Scripture, we know that

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being healed and Isaiah 53 has
the implication of being forgiven

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and saved, not only physically
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Jesus demonstrated the fact
that if he has the power to physically

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heal, he has the power to
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And vice versa.

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Meaning, you know, you know,
if God can heal us in our sin, he

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can certainly heal us in our sickness.

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We saw that through examples
of what Jesus did in his miracles.

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And so this isn't to say that
we are downplaying the importance

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of praying for physical
healing because we should.

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We, we know that even in the
Book of James, it tells us to pray

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for those that are sick.

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And we, we know that there are
plenty of passages of scripture that

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give us direction in doing so.

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But I think the point that I
would like to make here in this lesson

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is the fact that there is a
greater healing in the spiritual.

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And so that no matter what, no
matter if God heals us physically

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on, on this side of heaven or
not, we know that there is an eternal

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healing that will be even
better than the healing that we can

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have here on this earth.

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And so the Bible doesn't
specifically link physical, physical

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healing with spiritual healing.

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Sometimes people are
physically healed when they put their

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faith in Jesus Christ
according to scripture.

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But that's not always the case.

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Sometimes it is God's will to
heal someone physically, and sometimes

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it's not his will.

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And of course we, we know that
the, the Apostle John gave us the,

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the proper perspective in, in
thinking this.

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In 1 John, chapter 5, verse
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that we have in him, that if
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will, right, so it's all about
his will when it comes to healing.

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He heareth us.

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And if we know that he hears
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we have the petitions that we
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So we are not downplaying
miracles by any stretch of the imagination.

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God still is working miracles.

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God still heals people from
sickness, cancer, pain, suffering,

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all the things that we face in
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But it's according to his will.

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But, but we know that even so,
sometimes we forget about the miracle

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of salvation.

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The miracle of salvation is
that all of us are dead to our sins.

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For, for all have sinned and
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The wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life through

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Jesus Christ our Lord.

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And so the greatest miracle
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our life would be the miracle
of salvation, the healing of those

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that are spiritually sick.

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So though it's not always
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it is God's will for us to be
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He is not willing that any
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come to repentance.

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And so ultimately our full
Healing, spiritual and physical will

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be when we get to heaven.

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We know in the Book of
Revelation the description of being

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with our Savior for eternity
is, is no more sickness, no more

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pain, no more suffering, no
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Oh, death, where is thy sting?

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Right?

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There's no more sting in death
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life.

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And so I think that if we.

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And this is difficult, right?

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And, and this is coming from a
parent who his is praying for physical

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healing for his, his child
and, and physical healing for church

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members and, and, and family
members and, and friends.

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But if, I think if we as
believers are so preoccupied with

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our physical condition and the
things around us in the material

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and forget about the spiritual
condition of those around us, we

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get our priorities flipped.

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The spiritual condition of our
world is brokenness and devastation

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and lostness and punishment
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And we are very adamantly
willing to participate in praying

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for those that are hurting,
and we should physically.

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But how often are we willing
to pray and petition for those that

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are spiritually hurt?

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So when our focus is on the
eternal, the physical problems will

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still be there, but they take
a back seat to the spiritual needs

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of those around us and
ultimately the hope that we have

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in the salvation that God
extends to us in his great healing.

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So Jehovah Raphael, the.

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The one who heals, the God who heals.

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And again, that is both
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So if you're listening to this
podcast and you have been going through

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emotional pain, physical pain,
spiritual pain, the answer to all

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of that is the Lord.

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The answer to all of that is
putting our faith and trust in him

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as the great physician, as
Jehovah Rapha as the one who heals.

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And we seek after his will.

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And so if it is his will for
someone to be healed, that is an

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amazing thing when it comes to
the physical.

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But we know that it is his
will that all come to him and that

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all trust in him and have that
physical and spiritual and emotional

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healing in everlasting life.

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So that should be our prayer.

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Our prayer for the healing,
first and foremost, should be the

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healing of the sick when it
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And so another name of God
that we can see, He.

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He is one who cares about our pain.

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He is one that cares about our future.

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But even more so, he is one
who can do something about our.

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In our future.

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You know, I think that there's
a lot of times in my life that I

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will have compassion for
somebody or maybe even see the need.

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But for whatever reason, in my
limitations, I am not able to meet

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that need.

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I'm not able to heal, I am not
able to fix what has been broken.

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But we know that God notices
in his omniscience and omnipresence,

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he knows what to do about it.

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And then in his omnipotence
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able to do something about it.

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He is not limited by the
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I'm thankful for, for doctors.

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I'm thankful for surgeons.

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I'm thankful for folks that
are able to do surgeries that are

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needed in, in this world.

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Today.

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Our son's about to go into surgery.

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And we're thankful for those
doctors who are willing to do that

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surgery.

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But we know that those doctors
can only do what God allows them

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to do.

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And we know that the doctors
do not do the healing.

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They put things into place.

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And it is God who does the healing.

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And so he is the healer, the
one who heals.

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So he is the one that can heal
you today.

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He.

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He is the one that can heal
your brokenness, your pain, your

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sorrow and your hopelessness
that you might be facing.

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And so my prayer for you, my
prayer for me is that we can give

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ourselves over to the Lord,
stop trying to fight against what

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he has for us and allow
ourselves to learn and to grow and

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to cling to him in the midst
of our pain and suffering.

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I wish I could tell you that
that wasn't going to be the case.

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But the Bible says that it is
when we are weak.

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Second Corinthians, chapter 12.

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It is when we are weak that he
is made strong.

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His grace is sufficient.

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And I want that to be my testimony.

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I want that to be my rallying
cry in the midst of my pain, suffering.

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Is that Lord, Your grace is sufficient.

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My grace is not enough.

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My mercy is not enough.

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My.

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My strength is not enough.

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But you are enough for me.

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You are enough for all of us.

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And so I hope that this can be
an encouragement for you today as

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we continue to study the names
of God.

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We've talked about Jehovah,
Jireh, Jehovah, Nisi, and now we've

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talked about Jehovah Rapha,
the Lord who heals.

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So, so he is the great healer
and we have one who is on our side.

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If everyone turned their back
against us, we know that if we are

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a child of God, he is on our
side and that nothing could separate

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us from his love.

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So I hope that this has been
an encouragement for you here today.

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I hope that you have a
wonderful rest of your week and we

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will be back next week with
another Word of the Week, studying

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the names of God.

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God bless you.

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Take care.

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We'll talk to you soon.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listen to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
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Or you can find the podcast on
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directly at Josh Massaro at
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tuned for future Word of the
Week week episodes where we dive

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deeper into words that impact
our life according to Scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God Bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.