JEHOVAH-RAPHA: THE LORD Who HEALS, Pt. 2

____________-__________: THE __________ Who __________, Pt. 2 Exodus 15:26-27; Selected Scriptures By D.Z. Cofield, Th.M., D. Min. October 20, 2019 JEHOVAH-RAPHA: THE LORD Who HEALS, Pt. 1 1. You need to realize a BITTER test can come after a SWEET triumph. Exodus 15:22-24 (NLT2) – Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water. 23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”). 24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded. 2. You must cry out to The LORD for HELP when you’re dealing with bitter PEOPLE, PLACES or PREDICAMENTS. Exodus 15:25 (NLT2) – So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink. It was there at Marah that the LORD set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. JEHOVAH-RAPHA: THE LORD Who HEALS, Pt. 2 1. You must __________ The LORD in order to experience the full effect of His ______________ power in your __________. Exodus 15:26 (NLT2) – He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”. A. Your obedience can move The LORD to ___________ your ___________ situations and circumstances. 2 Kings 14:26-27 (NLT2) – For the LORD saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them. 27 And because the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, to save them. B. Your obedience can move The LORD to ________ your bitter _________. Psalm 73:21-26 (NLT2) – Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. 22 I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. 23 Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. 26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Job 3:20 (ASV) – Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV) – if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Psalm 103:2-3 (ESV) – Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, Psalm 147:3 (ESV) – He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. You need to realize you can find a ________________ on the other side of your ________________ experiences. Exodus 15:27 (NLT2) – After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water. Psalm 16:11 (ESV) – You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of jo...