Welcome to Daily Growth Point, I’m Pastor John Bingham.

Dr. W.A. Criswell told of a visit he paid to a missionary who worked with the lepers of Africa. For days they drove from settlement to settlement, and in each one the missionary would provide medical care and then Dr. Criswell would preach.

Criswell said, ‘They had built a little church out of mud. ... I did my best through an interpreter to preach to them about our blessed Jesus. After the preaching was done, the lepers stood up in the congregation and sang this song:

‘the great physician now is near, the sympathizing Jesus.

He speaks the drooping heart to cheer, O list’ to the voice of Jesus.’

The primary purpose of Jesus’ life and ministry was to be the Savior of the world. But His great love and compassion for the needs of people led Him to often meet their physical needs as well. For every pain of life — physical, emotional, and spiritual — we have a Saviour who can meet the need.