Insights on Healing

Welcome to “Insights on Healing a weekly Podcast. Today, God has put it on my heart to pray for peace and healing in the world. Please join me as we pray.

My name is Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. Insights on Healing includes the reading of Scripture, praying for my audience, reading from one of my books,  and interviewing individuals who found purpose in their lives through the healing power of God.

The purpose of this podcast is to provide content that brings emotional healing and restoration to those who are dealing with trauma and other difficult life issues. I pray as you listen to this episode, that God would bless you with inner strength, purpose, and provide you with the hope that you have been longing for.

In light of what is taking place with shootings and war in Israel and Ukraine, the Lord has placed in my heart to pray for peace. Join me as I pray.

The Bible states that when two or more are gathered together in His name, God is in the Midst to bless (Matt. 18:20). We also know that God hears our prayers (Ps.139:4) and answers prayer even in the midst of chaos. God can do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can imagine. (Ephesians 3:20) God is Sovereign, (Acts 4:24). He is Almighty and He has the power to change things in our lives God knew us before we were born; (Jeremiah 1:5).  He knitted us in our mothers womb (Psalm 139) and he had a plan and a purpose for all of us( Jer. 29:11) He is before all things and in Him all things come together. (Colossians 1:17All we have to do is believe in his mighty power and trust Him that He will come through for us in a timely fashion.

Father, we come before you and worship and praise your name because you are worthy to be praised and glorified. Thank you for your Sovereignty and authority over world systems, over political systems, over people in power, and over evil powers. We pray for peace in the midst of chaos going on in the world. We pray in the name of jesus for protection for innocent families caught up in the middle of shootings and anger. We pray that various legislation will be put in place to decrease gun violence in various states. We pray that your will be done throughout the nation and throughout world. We know God you are looking over the innocent and that your plan is to have peace. Help us dear God as we rely only on you for peace in this troubled world.

Lord we also pray for the poor and those who are without that you will provide for them in the name of Jesus. We pray for the sick and shut in and those in prison that they will turn to you and be saved. We pray for those who are in prison wrongfully that you will make a way for them to be released in the name of Jesus. We also pray in the name of Jesus for those who are experiencing mental health issues, substance abuse problems, and other chronic issues, that access to health care will be made available to them in the name of Jesus. We also pray for housing for those who are homeless. I pray for these and other needs that I have not mentioned that you will heal, set free, and deliver those and bring them to yourself in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Thank you for listening to Insights on Healing Podcast. I trust that you have enjoyed the episode today. Please be sure to like, make comments and “subscribe” to my YouTube Channel, Overcoming Life Issues with Joan M. Blake, author. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcast. I want to encourage you to subscribe to my monthly newsletter at https://joanmblake.com, and feel free to read blogs, and purchase inspirational books that I have written. Today, I am giving away two prayer books to the first two persons who sign up for my email newsletter on my website at https://joanmblake.com. If you have questions or prayer needs, please do not hesitate to reach me at:  [email protected] May God continue to bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Narrative: Welcome to Insights on Healing Podcast.  Our Episode title is, “What Makes You Feel Overwhelmed?” You will understand what makes you overwhelmed and how to deal with this feeling.

 I am Joan M. Blake, an author, and I am your host. Insights on Healing Podcast includes the reading of scripture, praying, reading from one of my books, or telling  stories or interviewing individuals who found purpose in their lives through the healing power of God.

The purpose of this podcast is to provide emotional healing and restoration to stay at home moms and working mothers who have had a difficult past and are currently experiencing difficulties. A focal point of this podcast is reflecting on the scripture verses and praying for my audience. I pray as you listen to this episode, that God would bless you with inner strength, purpose, and provide you with the hope that you have been longing for. 

A person can feel overwhelmed for a number of reasons including when your relationship is not going well, when a family member is ill, when you are a caregiver, or when you are overworked. You tend to feel overwhelmed when your plates are too full or the things you have placed before you to do are so much that they make you feel overwhelmed. I feel overwhelmed working in my business and caring for my daughter. I know in my circumstances that I need help.

 Let us pray:

Father, we come to you knowing that you are the answer to all of our problems. We honor and magnify your name for your name is above every name in heaven and on the earth. You are king of kings and Lord of Lords, merciful, faithful, and a loving God. You said in Jer. 33:3 to call unto you and you will answer us and tell us great and unsearchable things that we do not know. Lord, God, we now come to you in faith, believing that you will make a way for us out of no way, that you will lighten our load Lord, so we do not feel overwhelmed. We pray for those who are overwhelmed with problems that we did not mention, those dealing with relationship issues, those who are ill, poor,  imprisoned, and homeless. We also pray for peace in the world in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Outro to Podcast

Thank you for listening to “Insights on “Healing” Podcast. If you like the Podcast, please be sure to click the subscribe button on my website at joanmblake.com. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your podcast. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Narrative: Welcome to Insights on Healing Podcast. Our Episode title is, “Let Go and run after God” You will learn what to do when you are experiencing a lonely time in your life.

 I am Joan M. Blake, an author, and I am your host. Insights on Healing Podcast includes the reading of scripture, praying, reading from one of my books, or  interviewing individuals who found purpose in their lives through the healing power of God.

The purpose of this podcast is to provide content which brings emotional healing and restoration to stay at home moms and working mothers who have had a difficult past and are currently experiencing difficulties. A focal point of this podcast is reflecting on the scripture verses and praying for my audience. I pray as you listen to this episode, that God would bless you with inner strength, purpose, and provide you with the hope that you have been longing for. 

The month of February seemed a challenging month for me. I cannot tell you, but after experiencing a death of one of my extended family members, I just could not work and so it took a while before I could get back to work. I felt stuck. God what are you calling me to do? Who are you calling me to be? I felt that my current work which included creating videos, was not totally glorifying God.

I took my special-needs daughter to her appointments, and some needed shopping, to her dance therapy and I want you to know, she cooperated, but with difficulty. I was tired when I returned home, but God showed me the need to help her more. I had collaborated with her so many years I thought, but God was expecting more from me, I thought. I am still waiting on God to show up.

What about you? I do not know where you are in life today and what are you dealing with? Are you happy, sad, or in between? Are you experiencing or thinking of a divorce,  a job or business that did not work out, an empty nest as your children have left for college or married? I want you to consider this, you are still alive. You have breath in your body. You need to let go and live. When you let go, you do nothing but pray and wait on God to let you know what is next. When you pray, you are letting go of your depression, your sadness, your anxiety, your anger, your resentment, your loneliness to God and receiving hope, freedom, and strength.

When you run after God, you are telling God that you are grateful for life and zeal and that you are depending on him for life and godliness. You are partnering with him and will wait on him regardless of how you feel, regardless of what life deals out to you. You are willing to wait for the hope that he promises to bring to you, the love, compassion, healing that he will bring to you as his child, and the faithfulness and the hope that he brings to you as your father in heaven. You are running after God knowing that in Him you will not fail because no weapon formed against you shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). In Psalm 39:7, we learn, “And now Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.”

Let us pray:

Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for all my listeners who may be going through a divorce, a death in the family, an empty nest, a job or business failure. I pray Lord, God that you will provide for them in the name of Jesus, that they will let run after you by praying and  depending on you as  their father who has always been loving, faithful, and compassionate to them. I pray in the name of Jesus that you will heal them and bring them to a knowledge of who you are.

Outro:

Thank you for listening to “Insights on “Healing” Podcast. If you like the Podcast, please like, make comments, and subscribe to my YouTube channel, @Joanmblake. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your podcast. Today, I am giving away a copy of my book, “Gentle Breeze: Finding Comfort, Hope, and Purpose in the Midst of Your Storm” to the first five people who sign up on my website to subscribe to my monthly newsletter. Log on to https://joanmblake.com or email me at [email protected]. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer for Unforgiveness

Welcome to “Insights on Healing a weekly Podcast.” Today’s Episode is “Prayer when experiencing unforgiveness. You will learn the importance of forgiveness, why you need to pray and confess your feeling to God, and the importance of prayer in your

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings inner healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

In today’s podcast I will discuss the importance of prayer and focus on the prayer when experiencing unforgiveness which is taken from my book, Prayer and Meditation: Finding Comfort, Hope, and Purpose in the Midst of Your Storm.

Questions:

Have you experienced unforgiveness before? How long did it take you to forgive the other person who did you wrong? Did you ever forgive that person? Was it painful just thinking about the issue involved and feeling that if you forgive that person, he/she will get off the hook? I want you to know that the person may never know how you feel and so you are hurting yourself this entire time, not the person you are mad at.

Why should we forgive others? We forgive because Jesus said we should.

 In Matthew6: 14-15 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

In Ephesians 4:31, the Bible tells us  Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

In Colossians 3:12-14 the Bible states:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

This leads us to the importance of prayer:

Prayer is an important daily routine. Even Jesus prayed consistently to God, the Father

Prayer is communing with God.

It helps us to get to know and build an intimate relationship with God.

Prayer includes worshiping and praising the Father, prayers of thanksgiving, and bringing our requests to the father in the name of Jesus.

When we go to God, we go in faith, believing that we will receive what we ask for. However, God may delay in giving us our requests,  because our timing is not his. Sometimes, we have to wait patiently on God.

When we pray, we receive guidance and direction from the Holy Spirit throughout our lives. We understand what God desires of us and how we should conduct our lives.

Let us Pray

Let us read the prayer for unforgiveness.

Lord, God, you are great;

You show love to the greatest sinner

You expect the same of me.

You said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay;

You also say Lord, If I forgive others,

You will forgive me.

So Lord, I confess and repent of my unforgiving heart

And ask you to forgive me.

I pray in the name of Jesus, Amen

Closing:

Thank you for listening to Insights on Healing Podcast. I trust that you have enjoyed the episode today. Please be sure to Click the “subscribe” button on my website at joanmblake.com. While

You are on my website, please subscribe to my monthly newsletter to keep abreast with what we are doing here on “Insights on Healing” Those who need to contact me for any reason, you can reach me at [email protected]. I also recommend my book,  “Prayer and Meditation: Finding Comfort, Hope, and Purpose in the Midst of Your Storm.” This book is loaded with prayers that I have written, poems, and prayers of thanksgiving. You can secure a copy by going to my website at joanmblake.com. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, amen.”

Welcome to “Insights on Healing a weekly Podcast.” Today’s Episode is “Praising God in the Midst of your Troubles.” You will learn why you should praise God in the first place regardless of what you are going through.

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings emotional healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

Today’s podcast is taken from Psalm 100. I am reading from the NIV  version of the bible.

Come before Him with joyful songs

It is He who made us and we are His

We are His people, the sheep of His Pasture

And His courts with praise

Give thanks to Him and praise his name

And his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Reflection: Friends, these five verses say it all. We serve a mighty God and we are His. He is our Shepherd and we are his sheep. A shepherd looks after the sheep that He owns.  Psalm 23 states that  God is our shepherd and we shall not be in want of anything.

 Psalm 100 invites us to worship the Lord, praise him and give Him thanks for He is worthy of our praises. We worship and praise him because He is our father. We thank Him for his love, goodness, his mercy and faithfulness. In John 3:16, God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross in our place so we can be saved. Ephesians 2:8-9 tells us that It is by grace that you and I have been saved not anything that we have done. You might tell me, but Joan, look where I am today, what has God done for me I am homeless, I have mental issues,  I am a drug addict.

This is what God has done for  You. He has given you life and hope. He has given you time on this earth to pick up the pieces of your life and do something with it. God never looks at your past. He looks at your future. In Jeremiah 29:11 God declares, that the plans I have for you are plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. That is who God is: He is good, loving, kind, and in 2 Cor. 1:20 he is faithful to keep his promises. God will do everything to put you back on your feet. All you have to do is exercise faith, wait on God,  believe in his love and trust Him. Your life will improve because of it.

Let us pray: Father, I pray on behalf of my listeners who have had trauma in their lives and have been impacted by this trauma and cannot seem to move forward. I pray Father for a breakthrough for each one in the name of Jesus. I pray that you would break every stronghold that is holding them back from moving forward in the name of Jesus. I say ‘Rise up” in the name of Jesus and become the person God has called you to be.

Thank you for listening to Insights on Healing Podcast. I trust that you have enjoyed the episode today. Please be sure to Click the “subscribe” button on my website at joanmblake.com. WhileYou are on my website, please subscribe to my monthly newsletter to keep abreast with what we are doing on “Insights on Healing” Those who need to contact me for any reason, you can reach me at [email protected]. I also recommend my book, “Rise up: How to overcome your battles Utilizing Faith and Belief in God. I will be offering this book for $15 instead of the usual $20.  May God bless and keep you in Jesus name, Amen.

How you can benefit from believing in God’s mighty power.

Welcome to “Insights on Healing a weekly Podcast.” Today’s Episode is “How you can benefit from believing in God’s mighty power.” You will learn that regardless of your personal struggle, when you believe in God’s mighty power and you entrust your burdens to God, your situation will change for the better.

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings emotional healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations

.Insights on healing podcast includes the reading of scripture, praying for my audience, reading from one of my books or interviewing individuals who found purpose through the healing power of God. I pray that God would bless you and give you hope.

Today’s podcast is taken from the book of John 4: 5-30. 39. I am reading from the NIV version of the Bible.

5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. ,

V39. Many of the Samaritans believe in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, he told me everything I ever did.

Reflection: Jesus knew how this woman felt inwardly. She trusted men to give her the love she needed and they failed her each time. Jesus used the subject of “water” to start a conversation with the Samaritan woman telling her that she would receive living water which is salvation and eternal life if she believed in God and trusted God for her life. God is a Spirit and He desires true worship in spirit and in truth. The Samaritans believed worship was to be a place at Mount Gerizim. She stated that she heard the Messiah was coming and would explain everything. She was surprised when Jesus told her that He was the Messiah and asked her to call her husband knowing that she had five husbands and the man she was living with was not her husband.

Are you in a situation that troubles you and you need to take your burdens to God. Do you feel frustrated with the way your life is going? If so, let us pray. Father in the name of Jesus, I pray for you, that woman out there who needs God’s touch of restoration, and inner strength and hope to live again, to feel joy again, and to have purpose in your life. You said Lord that whatsoever is bound on earth is also bound in heaven and whatsoever is loose on earth is loose in heaven. In the name of Jesus, I bind the strongholds in your life that are causing you pain and grief and loose you to live the life that God has prepared for you before the foundation of the world.

Thank you for listening to “Insights on Healing” Podcast. If you like the podcast, and I thrust you do, please be sure to click the subscribe button on my website at joanmblake.com. You can also subscribe wherever you subscribe to your favorite podcast. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Welcome to Insights on Healing, a weekly Podcast. Our Episode title is, “ Be loving and Patient.” You will learn how to love others, be patient with them and the benefits you will reap from doing good.

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings inner healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

Insights on healing podcast includes the reading of scripture, praying for my audience, reading from one of my books or interviewing individuals who found purpose through the healing power of God. I pray that God would bless you and give you hope as you listen to this episode,

Today’s podcast is taken from Galatians 6:9-10. I am reading from the NIV version of the Bible.

Galatians 6:9-10

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

Who am I addressing today? Are you a stay-at-home mom caring for a special-needs child/adult or an elderly parent? Are you a teacher working with special-needs children or children who have difficulty learning? Are you a mom working  extremely hard on a job and supervising a staff? Are you a nurse/ nurse-practitioner, psychiatrists, working with patients, and you feel burnt out? Are you providing in-home care for elderly patients? Whatever situation you find yourself in, I believe that this message is for you.

Working with someone, whether it is your own child or your elderly parent, can be draining. I know this for a fact because I have been caring for my special-needs daughter for many years. She is able to walk and talk, but she can become resistant sometimes and I feel like throwing in the towel, but God is telling me to be calm, loving, and be patient. Maybe, you have a resistant parent, student, patient, or staff member, but God is telling you to use another strategy to encourage them all to comply with what you are helping them to achieve. We are speaking about love and patience.

When you love someone, you love them the same way as God loves you. Sometimes, we love someone based on their actions, but what if that person’s actions do not measure up to our expectations? That is the problem many of us face. In Mark 12:30 God says that you and I should love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. In verse 31,God commands us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Love is unconditional and not based on a person’s actions. Can you look at yourself and say that you truly love someone from a pure heart? I want to be transparent and say I am a work in progress.

I believe when you love someone, you become patient with that person. The Bible states in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 that, 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

So, moms, caretakers, teachers dealing with special-need children/adults, workers working with mental health patients, or the elderly, women working as supervisors or managers dealing with a staff or a boss that is demanding, love those who are in authority over you and the ones to whom you supervise. Because love leads to patience and kindness, put on love which will sustain and keep you for a long time to come.. God will perfect you and you will reap a harvest if you do not give up. God is who gives the harvest so He may give you long life, raises on your job, and/or healing.

Reflection:

We learned that whatever we face in our own households, on the job or wherever we go, we must exercise love and patience with all. We should not be weary of doing well, for we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Love is a command set by God  in Mark 12:30-31 to love God and our neighbor. Love leads to kindness and patience. We love unconditionally just as God loves us.

Let us pray:

Father, I pray in the name of Jesus, for all mothers: stay at home as well as working mothers who deal with children/adults, patients, students, and staff, that you will give them strength to cope with their constituents Lord. I ask Lord, that you will give them wisdom and understanding to know that love is patient and that when they exercise patience and love that their constituents will be better able to cope and they will become better providers or managers, not weary in well doing or wanting to give up, but able to reap a harvest in due season.

Thank you for listening to “Insights on “Healing” Podcast. If you like the Podcast, please be sure to click the subscribe button on my website at joanmblake.com. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcast. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Welcome to Insights on Healing Podcast. Our Episode today is “Resting in the shadow of the Almighty.” Today we will learn how God invites us to come to him with burdens that we have either small or large and how we can trust Him to cover us and shelter us and be our protector.

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings inner healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

.Today’s podcast is taken from the book of  Psalm 91. I am reading from the NIV version of the Bible.

 Psalm 91

1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”

3 Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.”

Reflection:

We see from Psalm 91, that you and I are guaranteed to have refuge in God when we trust Him. We will not fear when our enemies try to attack us, because God is our refuge, our covering, our shield, and rampart. God promises to rescue us and protect us because we acknowledge Him. He promises to be with us in our troubles and deliver us and show us His salvation. What an awesome promise!

Let us pray:

In the name of Jesus, I pray for you who are going through a difficult time that you will not give up but  believe and trust in God’s mighty name. I pray that you will understand fully that God is your covering and shield and that God is with you in your battles and He will never leave or forsake you. I decree and declare that you have deliverance in the name of Jesus Christ our savior and Lord. Amen

Thank you for listening to “Insights on “Healing” Podcast. I thrust that you like the Podcast, so please be sure to click the subscribe button on my website at joanmblake.com. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your podcast. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Narrative:

 Welcome to Insights on Healing a weekly podcast. Today’s episode is entitled: “This is the way; walk in it. We will learn about God’s patience and compassion toward us. Even when we are rebellious toward him, he calls us to repentance and gives us the option to walk the right path.

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings inner healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

 Today’s podcast is taken from the book of  Isaiah 30: 15-21   I am reading from the NIV version of the Bible.

Episode Title: “This is the way: walk in it.”

Isaiah 30: 15-21

15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
17 A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five
    you will all flee away,
till you are left
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner on a hill.”

18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
    Blessed are all who wait for him!

19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. 20 Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Reflection:

When you read the previous verses, we realize that God warned the jews, his people of the consequences of their sins. They were not kind to the prophets who told the truth concerning heading God’s word and walking in the way of the Lord. Today, these same words pertain to us.  We are to repent and turn our backs to sin and walk in the way of the Lord. The Lord is patient and will wait for us. When we call on him, He will answer us.

Let us pray:

Father, I pray in the name of Jesus for all of your children, that they will not stray from your purpose anymore, that they will come before you with open arms repenting and turning their backs against sin and receiving you as their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Have mercy Lord on all who need help in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Thank you for listening to “Insights on “Healing” Podcast. If you like the Podcast, please be sure to click the subscribe button on my website at joanmblake.com. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your podcast. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Narrative:

 Welcome to Insights on Healing a weekly podcast. The title of our Episode is: God Still Heals Today. You will learn that God can heal a person who is nearing death.

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings inner healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

Today’s podcast is taken from the book of 2 Kings Chapter20: 1-7   I am reading from the NIV version of the Bible.

God Still Heals Today

2 Kings 20:1-7

 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’”

7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

Reflection:

Friends, there is nothing too hard for God. Even when you are reaching the end of your rope, God can change things in your life when you call on him and when you believe in his mighty power. Hezekiah knew he was going to die. He wept when his son told him of his impending death, but he went to God and reminded God about how faithful he was to God and God heard his cries and added fifteen years to his life. God can do the same for you or your family member if you cry out to Him and believe in his mighty power.

Let us pray: Father, in the name of Jesus,  I pray for every person listening to this broadcast who have been sick and nearing death, that you will have mercy on them and heal them. I pray that they will seek you with their whole heart for any other problem that they have and believe that you will deliver them from their situation. I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Thank you for listening to “Insights on “Healing” Podcast. If you like the Podcast, please be sure to click the subscribe button on my website at joanmblake.com. You can also subscribe wherever you listen to your podcast. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, Amen.