Do you know someone who has been really sick? Wouldn’t it be great to instantly take their hurt away?

In the Bible we hear a lot of stories about Jesus healing people! People who were blind can now see! People who couldn’t walk can now run and jump! Even people who were dead...Jesus made them come alive again! Wow! Does anything like that happen today?

Maybe you’ve prayed for someone, who was sick, to feel better! God loves to know who you are thinking of and who you care about. He loves and cares for them too! Sometimes God heals people and they get better! It’s a miracle!

Maybe you’ve prayed for someone who was sick and they didn’t get better. Was God listening to your prayer?

Sometimes the people we love don’t get better, but that doesn’t mean God wasn’t listening. God loves them just as much as he loves you, and He heals them of the worst sickness of all. We are all sick with the same thing...it’s called sin. It doesn’t make you cough or sneeze...but it doesn’t make you feel good either. We sin when we disobey God, and do the things He doesn’t want us to do.

People from everywhere came to Jesus so he could heal their loved ones of all kinds of sickness and disease; and Jesus healed a lot of them. He did that to show people that He was God! Jesus healed a lot of people, but what Jesus really came to earth to do was die on the cross and cure us of our sins! Jesus forgives us for all of our sins, so we will be with Him forever. What an awesome God!

I know I’ve asked this question of God a lot; “why couldn’t you make them better?” I’m sure you’ve asked a similar question at one point in your life, and chances are good that your kids will ask it as well. We don’t know why God heals some and not others. But we do know that God’s ultimate purpose is spiritual healing.

Talk as a family about the importance of praying for people who are sick, and ask God to heal them. Remind each other that we trust God to do what is best, even if its hard to understand.