SICKNESS WAS PUNISHED 

Welcome to Day 15

Welcome to day 15 of our 21-day Healing Journey. Today, we're going to take a moment to put our eyes, our faith, and our focus on the love, grace, and goodness of our God. So be still, try to switch off from the busyness around you. Take a moment to shift the focus from whatever's going on in your room, in your mind, in your body, and place your focus in the healing power of Jesus.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Today we're reading 1 Peter 2:2: 

"He, Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed."

Interestingly, in scripture, the Greek, often 'stripes', is 'lash'. 'Stripes' are the whip marks placed on Christ's body in His build-up to and at the cross. The word for stripes (lash) is also used in other parts of the New Testament. When Jesus would heal people, often upon receiving their healing, He would say, "be healed of your lash.", Literally in English, you could say, 'be healed of your stripe.'. Jesus did precisely that, and He healed them (Matthew 9:35). 

Jesus understood that disease was likened to a stripe, comparing it to a lash, and the way He could offer them healing for their stripes is because He would receive their stripes upon Himself on their behalf. Your disease was punished in the body of your Saviour today. 

PRAYER

Father, we declare that every person facing and fearing sickness today can receive a revelation that their disease was placed on Christ; stroke after stroke, lash after lash. He gave them healing in Jesus' Name. We are healed. Amen. 

COMMUNION 

Receiving communion is a powerful moment, and we encourage you to take bread or a cracker, water, or juice around you. Even in a hospital room, you can use some of the food and water set aside as a powerful moment to receive communion. Communion is about placing your faith for your healing in the broken body of Jesus and for your forgiveness in the blood of Jesus by placing your focus on what Jesus has done for you. As you receive communion, reflect powerfully that no matter what you face, Jesus is greater, His love for you is greater, and He so desires to see you healthy and whole.

PRAYER OF BLESSING

Now I'd like to pray a blessing over you. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May His face shine upon you and show you His grace and give you peace.

-Numbers 6:24-26