God's Promises & Answers for Your Life
Chapter 98
How To Face Serious Illness
Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
James 5:14-15
"The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. "Trust in the LORD forever, for in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.
Isaiah
26:3-4
Heal
me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You
are my praise.
Jeremiah
17:14
…and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
1
Peter 2:24
For
all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to
more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the
glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our
outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight
of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things
which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
2
Corinthians 4:15-18
Then I said, "It is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High has changed." I shall remember the deeds of the LORD; surely I will remember Your wonders of old. I will meditate on all Your work and muse on Your deeds. Your way, O God, is holy; what god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples.
Psalm
77:10-14
For
all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to
more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the
glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our
outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight
of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things
which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
2
Corinthians 4:15-18
Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no
evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm
23:4
For
we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we
have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
2
Corinthians 5:1
For
such is God, our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.
Psalm
48:14
But
God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will receive
me. Selah.
Psalm
49:15
I
will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, and
my spirit ponders:
Psalm
77:6
Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel
1
Peter 4:1-2, 12-17