The need for healing--great or small, at some time or another--is universal. That's just a fact of life. And that's probably why Jesus spent so much of His time on earth healing the sick. The four Gospels are full of accounts of the many miracles of healing that Jesus performed--lepers were cleansed, the blind received sight, the lame were healed, and the dead were raised to life again. "Great multitudes followed Him," we are told, "and He healed them all" (Matthew 12:15).

No one can read those accounts of supernatural healings without consciously or unconsciously making a decision that puts them in one of three groups: those who don't believe the miracles ever happened, those who believe they happened then but could never happen today, and those who understand and embrace the wonderful truth that Jesus is just as ready, willing, and able to heal us as He was the multitudes long ago. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). I hope that by the time you finish reading this issue of Activated you'll be solidly in the third group, if you aren't already.

And don't stop there! Learn to put His promises of healing to work for you and others who need your help and prayers. No sickness or condition is beyond His power to heal, but neither is any ailment too small for Him to be concerned about. He loves you personally and dearly, and He can cause even your afflictions to work out for your good--but that depends in part on you. Learn to make the faith connection!

Keith Phillips
For the Activated family