Fields United Methodist Church

Celebrate Jesus!

Pastor Tom Joyce

February 20, 2023

“But so that you may know the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—he said to the paralytic— “I say to you, stand up, take your mat and go to your home.”

Mark 2:10-11

Jesus heals. Have you ever had a broken heart? A broken promise? Has loneliness taken away your spirit?  The gift of healing never takes us back in time to when pain did not exist; it makes us stronger to move forward even in the midst of pain. Sometimes we need God’s forgiveness to take away our guilt and to allow the one we are forgiving to heal as we have been healed. Jesus offers you the strength to “stand up” and move forward no matter the setbacks you may have in this life.  God speaks through the Prophet Ezekiel and offers assurance; “I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and will make them lie down, says the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and will bring back the strayed, and will bind up the injured, and will strengthen the weak…” (Ezekiel 34:15-16) Allow Jesus to bind up and heal your broken spirit and know that the healing presence of Jesus is upon you. Whether your body needs healing or your broken spirit mended, give them all to Jesus.  When you take the hand of your “Precious Lord,” whenever you feel weak, then you will be strong. (2Corinthians 12:10) You are loved by the one who “never slumbers nor sleeps,” and his hand is upon you offering grace, healing and new life.

You are blessed and beloved by Jesus every moment of everyday, in sickness and in health, even to the end of the age.