Ray Thomason

Hanging Around My Blessing

Luke 19:1-4 (NKJV)
Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

Strength

Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Strength

Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Tame the Tongue

Proverbs 15:2 (NIV)
The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.

Overlook An offense

Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)
A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.

4-18 Bible Study

Ephesians 4:14 (NIV)
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

4-18 Bible Study

1 John 2:12 (NIV)
I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

4-18 Bible Study

Romans 1:18 (NIV)
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

4-18 Bible Study

1 John 1:5 (NIV)
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 (NIV)
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

The Power of Healing

Luke 9:2 (NIV)
and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

The Power of Healing

Luke 9:1 (NIV)
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,

The Power of Healing

John 14:12 (NIV)
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

The Power of Healing

James 5:14 (NIV)
Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.

The Power of Healing

James 5:15 (NIV)
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

Material of Faith

Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

Unique for God's purpose

Romans 12:1 (MSG)
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

The Source of Healing Power

Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Healing Power Source

Romans 8:31 (NIV)
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

The Power of Healing

Luke 17:6 (MSG)
But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no 'more' or 'less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it.

The Power of Healing

Luke 8:50 (NIV)
Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."

The Power of Healing

Luke 10:9 (NIV)
Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

Power to Heal

Luke 9:2 (NIV)
and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

When Nothing Matters

Psalm 46:1 (NIV)
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Ezra 7:7

Ezra 7:7 (MSG)
Some of the Israelites-priests, Levites, singers, temple security guards, and temple slaves-went with him to Jerusalem. It was in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Aftermath

Psalm 51:1 (NIV84)
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.