God is Jehovah Rapha and He Wants to Heal the Bitter Areas of Your Life

In Exodus 15, God reveals His Name as “Jehovah Rapha”—God is healer. In the Exodus passage, the Israelites have nothing but bitter waters, but God tells Moses to toss a tree into the waters, and the waters become sweet.

In the same way, God (who loves to heal), desires to plant a tree in every bitter area of our lives—sin, defeat, habits, addiction, depression, etc.

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Episode 42 Overview

In this episode …

• you will discover that God loves to heal … and desires to do so in your life
• you will find that healing goes far beyond the physcial
• you will realize that every twisted area of our lives must be brought to the cross of Christ

Show Notes / Additional Resources

Passages Mentioned

• Exodus 15:22-26: So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
• Colossians 2:9: For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; …
• Hebrews 1:3: [Jesus] who being the brightness of [God’s] glory and the express image of His person …
• John 20:30: And truly Jesus did many other signs [miracles] in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; …
• John 21:25: And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
• Isaiah 53:5: But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
• Isaiah 61:1: “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; …
• Psalm 103:2-5: Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
• Psalm 147:3: He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
• Psalm 41:4: I said, “LORD, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
• Jeremiah 3:22a: “Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings (turning away, apostasy, backsliding, rebellion).”

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