July 23: Insight Post by Rusty Coram

  -   July 23, 2025

Faith Unlocks God’s Healing: The crowds brought their sick to Jesus in faith, believing He had the power to heal. Their faith in Jesus’ ability to heal was rewarded as they saw miraculous transformations. This teaches us that faith is key to experiencing God’s healing power in our lives.

Wednesday Verse

The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. Isaiah 58:11 (NLT)

Wednesday Questions

Where in my life do I need to exercise faith for healing; whether physical, emotional, or spiritual? How can I trust Jesus to meet me at the point of my need?

Wednesday Insight Post
by Rusty Coram

One of the things that has seriously angered me through the years is seeing so-called representatives of God, claiming to be serving Him by praying for healing, but always attaching an appeal for money to it. Several years ago, in an investigative report by a national news organization, one of these “ministries” was discovered to be receiving requests for prayer in the mail that included checks. In a dumpster behind the group’s headquarters were piles of letters that had the checks removed, but the prayer requests untouched. ARGH!!!

Reading the history of how Jesus related to people is very different. He had the power to heal, and He used it often. Whenever He did, He used the healing to draw people’s attention to His message which always focused on people coming to God for something greater than physical healing – being made spiritually whole through turning to God for forgiveness. Never once do we hear of Jesus using His power to draw a crowd and take up an offering. He sure could have, but I believe He wanted to make sure nothing jeopardized everyone’s understanding of why He came: “to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 (NLT)

Throughout the stories we read about Jesus, we see a consistent picture of someone who always put the needs of others above His own comfort and convenience. He is someone whose life was consistent with the message He shared. He has entrusted us to share the same precious message with others, and we need to make sure we don’t do anything to cause others to question our motives. I challenge anyone who claims to have the gift of healing: spend time in local hospitals and shelters, offering prayer and compassion to those who have nothing to give in return.

“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. ⁴ Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.” Philippians 2:3–4 (NLT)

Rusty Coram
Senior Pastor

New Hope Church
Lorton, Virginia
www.newhope.org