Jesus heals and in each of the accounts of healing there is a common factor—faith. 

Jesus tells His listeners that He’s doing something new. He doesn’t want to patch up our old lives but instead, He wants to give us brand new lives that worship God from a new, soft, heart, not an old stony one.

Whatever we do for God must be done from a heart that loves Him and loves people. The heart behind our sacrifices matters to God.

People bring their paralysed friend to Jesus and first he forgives the man’s sins and second, he heals. God knows what we need the most even when we are unaware.

Jesus cast demons out of 2 men and they were healed. Demons harass and possess people even today. As believers, we need to be aware of the schemes of the devil, but never afraid!

Salvation is free but there’s a cost to being a disciple of the Lord Jesus and that cost is having to trust God daily for all things that pertain to life. Faith in God is the cost.

The Gospel writer, Matthew, tells us of the healings of Jesus showing us His compassion and willingness to help people.

To have an ‘unshakable’ life when the storms come we need to build our lives on the solid rock foundation of God’s Word. Jesus tells us that the wise person will both hear it and obey.

We never want to hear God tell us to depart because He never knew us. What needs to happen for God to ‘know’ us?

Jesus told us we only have 2 real choices in life; the narrow path or the broad path. Hint—the narrow path leads to life. I’d go with that one.