Something Beautiful, NEEDTOBREATHE
Love is Just a Touch Away, Freddie Jackson
It is so wonderful to feel so loved through the touch of God … and He touched us in His great mercy and compassion through Jesus:
Matthew 8:3 (NKJV)Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 8:15 (NKJV)So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.
Matthew 9:29 (NKJV)Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”
Matthew 20:34 (NKJV)So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
Mark 7:33 (NKJV)And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.
Mark 10:16 (NKJV)
16 And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.
Luke 4:40 (AMP)Now at the setting of the sun [indicating the end of the Sabbath], all those who had any [who were] sick with various diseases brought them to Him, and He laid His hands upon every one of them and cured them.
Luke 7:14 (NKJV)Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
Luke 13:13 (AMP)Then He laid [His] hands on her, and instantly she was made straight, and she recognized and thanked and praised God.
Luke 22:51 (NKJV)But Jesus answered and said, “Permit even this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.
And even now, sometimes I sense His touch … how precious! As I thought about His touch, I happened to see a prayer in The New International Lesson Annual (lesson 4, September 26, 2010) “from Mongolia, taken from The United Methodist Book of Worship” (emphasis mine):
O God, that we may receive Your blessing, touch our brows, touch our heads, and do not look upon us in anger. In a hard year, offer us mercy; in a year of affliction, offer us kindness; dark spirits banish from us; bright spirits bring close to us; gray spirits put away from us, good spirits draw near to us. When we are afraid, offer us courage; when we are ashamed, be our true face: be over us like a blanket, be under us like a bed of furs. Amen.
Thank You, Lord, for being such a personal God - for being of such great mercy, grace, and lovingkindness towards us, towards me…
... and my journey with Him continues ...
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