GOD SPEAKS TO US ABOUT HEALING MATTHEW 4:23-24 Jesus went all over Galilee. He taught in the synagogues and spread the Good News of the kingdom. He also cured every disease and sickness among the people. The news about Jesus spread throughout Syria. People brought him everyone who was sick, those who suffered from any kind of disease or pain. They also brought epileptics, those who were paralyzed, and people possessed by demons, and he cured them all. Mark 5:25–34 In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse. Since she had heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched his clothes. She said, “If I can just touch his clothes, I’ll get well.” Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness. At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?” But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this. The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth. Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace! Be cured from your illness.” Luke 5:12-13 One day Jesus was in a city where there was a man covered with a serious skin disease. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground. He begged Jesus, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out, touched him, and said, “I want to. So be clean!” Immediately, his skin disease went away. JESUS HEALED MANY PEOPLE, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD IS STILL IN THE HEALING BUSINESS. GOD IS OUR HEALER. TAKE YOUR CONCERNS TO GOD AND HAVE FAITH HE WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER. GOD PERFORMS HEALINGS, AND MIRACLES WHERE THERE IS FAITH, BUT REMEMBER GOD DIDN’T WORK MANY MIRACLES WHERE THERE WAS A LACK OF FAITH. TRUST, OBEY, BELIEVE, AND RECEIVE. GLORY!!! HALLELUJAH!!! Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
GOD TEACHES US HOW TO DEAL WITH BELIEVERS WHEN THEY DO WRONG. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com Matthew 18:15-20 “If a believer does something wrong, go, confront him when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back that believer. But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you so that every accusation may be verified by two or three witnesses. If he ignores these witnesses, tell it to the community of believers. If he also ignores the community, deal with him as you would a heathen or a tax collector. I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you imprison, God will imprison. And whatever you set free, God will set free. “I can guarantee again that if two of you agree on anything here on earth, my Father in heaven will accept it. Where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them.” ALLOW THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE TO BE A GUIDE UNTO YOUR LIFE. PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
Christ’s Forgiveness Overcomes Our Weaknesses Mark 2:5–7 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.” Some experts in Moses’ Teachings were sitting there. They thought, “Why does he talk this way? He’s dishonoring God. Who besides God can forgive sins?” Colossians 2:13–14 You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures. He did this by erasing the charges that were brought against us by the written laws God had established. He took the charges away by nailing them to the cross. Hebrews 10:22 We have been sprinkled ⸤with his blood⸥ to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come ⸤to him⸥ with a sincere heart and strong faith. James 5:19–20 My brothers and sisters, if one of you wanders from the truth, someone can bring that person back. Realize that whoever brings a sinner back from the error of his ways will save him from death, and many sins will be forgiven. Let all the world know that the Lord Jesus will not cast away His believing people because of short-comings and infirmities. The husband does not put away his wife because he finds failings in her. The mother does not forsake her infant because it is weak, feeble, and ignorant. And the Lord Christ does not cast off poor sinners who have committed their souls into His hands because He sees in them blemishes and imperfections. Oh! No! It is His glory to pass over the faults of His people, and heal their backslidings, —to make much of their weak graces, and to pardon their many faults.
DON’T ALLOW YOUR SINS TO CAUSE YOU TO RUN AWAY FROM GOD BUT ALLOW YOUR SINS TO CAUSE YOU TO RUN TO GOD FOR FORGIVENESS KNOWING THAT GOD WILL NOT CAST YOU AWAY.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Deuteronomy 10:21 NKJV He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen. TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE. TOO OFTEN WE FAIL TO GIVE GOD THE CREDIT FOR HIS GREAT WORK IN OUR LIFE. LET US RECOGNIZE, AND GIVE GOD HIS PRAISE. Ephesians 4:2 GW Be humble and gentle in every way. Be patient with each other and lovingly accept each other. DO NOT BE ARROGANT, DO NOT BE HARD OR ROUGH, DO NOT BE QUICK TEMPERED, STOP THE HATE, AND LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
HOLY BOLDNESS Christ set an example of. John 7:26 But look at this! He’s speaking in public, and no one is saying anything to him! Can it be that the rulers really know that this man is the Messiah? LET US FOLLOW JESUS’S EXAMPLE, LET US NOT BE AFRAID OR ASHAMED TO SPEAK ABOUT GOD IN PUBLIC. ALLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, BE BOLD. Trust in God. Isaiah 50:7 The Almighty LORD helps me. That is why I will not be ashamed. I have set my face like a flint. I know that I will not be put to shame. THINK ABOUT ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU AND REALIZE YOU CAN TRUST GOD. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
TRUST GOD Jeremiah 17:5 GW “This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord . Jeremiah 17:7 GW Blessed is the person who trusts the Lord . The Lord will be his confidence. DO NOT LIVE YOUR LIFE IN A MANNER THAT WILL CAUSE YOUR LIFE TO BE CURSED. LIVE YOUR LIFE IN A MANNER THAT WILL CAUSE GOD TO WANT TO BLESS YOU. Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR: ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
DON’T BE A FOOL. Proverbs 26:11 As a dog goes back to its vomit, ⸤so⸥ a fool repeats his stupidity. Note that a fool does not learn from his disgusting mistakes: He repeats them (v.11). When wise people are corrected or rebuked, they learn from their mistakes. Foolish people do not. They repeat the same disgusting, foolish actions and continue to be harmed by them. DON’T BE A FOOL. THINK ABOUT IT AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE. Visit us at: Everlastingsavationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
Caution against Deathbed Conversion Few are ever saved on their deathbeds. One thief on the cross was saved, that none should despair; but only one, that none should presume. A false confidence in those words, “the eleventh hour,” has ruined thousands of souls. Luke 23:43 Jesus said to him, “I can guarantee this truth: Today you will be with me in paradise.” TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO TURN TO GOD AT THE POINT OF DEATH, NOT BECAUSE THEY LOVE GOD, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF GOING TO HELL!!! LET US REMEMBER, WE CAN’T TRICK GOD, WE CAN’T PIMP GOD, GOD KNOWS OUR MOTIVE, AND GOD KNOWS OUR HEART. THINK ABOUT IT. Visit us at: Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PayPal.me/donatetochurch PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM
Security in God’s Faithfulness If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, his arm over us, his ear open to our prayer; his grace sufficient, his promise unchangeable. Under his protection, though the path of duty should lie through fire and water, we may cheerfully and confidently pursue it. Deuteronomy 7:9 Keep in mind that the LORD your God is ⸤the only⸥ God. He is a faithful God, who keeps his promise and is merciful to thousands of generations of those who love him and obey his commands. Psalm 4:8 I fall asleep in peace the moment I lie down because you alone, O LORD, enable me to live securely. Psalm 46:1–3 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. That is why we are not afraid even when the quakes or the mountains topple into the depths of the sea. Water roars and foams, and mountains shake at the surging waves. Selah I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS QUICK REFRESHER TO BE HELPFUL. SHOULD WE CONTINUE THESE QUICK REMINDERS, DO YOU RECEIVE FROM THEM? Visit us at: Everlastingsalvationchurchofgod.com PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM PayPal.me/donatetochurch
A QUICK REFRESHER: Titus 3:2 to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people. 1 Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Ephesians 4:27 and give no opportunity to the devil. Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. Matthew 7:12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 1 Corinthians 10:32 GW Don’t cause others to stumble, whether they are Jewish, Greek, or members of God’s church. LIVE GODLY, AND BE BLESSED BY GOD. I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE FROM THIS QUICK REFRESHER. PASTOR ANDRA HIGGINBOTHAM EVERLASTING SALVATION CHURCH OF GOD MINISTRIES PayPal.me/donatetochurch
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