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The Kingdom Footprint

The Kingdom Footprint. The Hope of Healing. The Life of Jesus. Matthew 4:23-24 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

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The Kingdom Footprint

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  1. The Kingdom Footprint The Hope of Healing

  2. The Life of Jesus • Matthew 4:23-24 • 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. • 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  3. Healing • Heal: to become well, whole, or complete. To restore to original or intended form. Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  4. Healing as a manifestation of the Kingdom of God • Malachi 4:2 • 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  5. Healing as a manifestation of the Kingdom of God • Matthew 10:1 • He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  6. Healing as a manifestation of the Kingdom of God • Matt 11:2-5 • 2 When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples • 3 to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" • 4 Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: • 5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  7. Healing as a manifestation of the Kingdom of God • Rev 22:1-2 • 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb • 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  8. Kingdom Healing • all who were ill with various diseases • Physical Healing • those suffering severe pain • Emotional Healing • the demon-possessed • Spiritual Healing • those having seizures, • Mental Healing Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  9. Jesus, the complete Healer • Mark 2:1-5 • 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. • 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. • 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. • 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. • 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  10. Jesus, the complete Healer • Mark 2:6-11 • 6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, • 7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" • 8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? • 9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? • 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." He said to the paralytic, • 11 "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.“ (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  11. The Healing Process • There is recognition of disease • There is a desire for healing • Faithful people arrange a meeting of the sick and Jesus Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  12. When Healing fails… • 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 • 7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. • 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. • 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. • 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  13. Agents of healing • Acts 5:16 • Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  14. Principles of Healing • Luke 10:1 • After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. (NIV) • Principle #1: Prepare Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  15. Principles of Healing • Luke 10:5 • "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.‘ (NIV) • Principle #2: Pray • James 5:14-16 • 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. • 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. • 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  16. Principles of Healing • Luke 10:7-8 • 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. • 8 "When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set before you. (NIV) • Principle #3: Being Present • Job 2:13 • Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  17. Principles of Healing • Luke 10:9 • 9 Heal the sick who are there … • Principle #4: Professional Help • II Kings 4:40-41 • 40 The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, "O man of God, there is death in the pot!" And they could not eat it. • 41 Elisha said, "Get some flour." He put it into the pot and said, "Serve it to the people to eat." And there was nothing harmful in the pot. (NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  18. Principles of Healing • Luke 10:9 • 9 and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.‘ (NIV) • Principle # 5: Proclaim truth • Proverbs 16:24 • Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.(NIV) Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

  19. Healing the Hurting through: • Preparing • Praying • Being Present • Professional Help • Proclaiming Truth Pastor Michael Traylor, MD

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