Finding Peace and Healing Through Prayer: Dr. John P. Johnson on Trusting God's Promises

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Unlock the transformative power of prayer and deepen your faith journey with Dr. John P. Johnson in a profound discussion that explores the unwavering faithfulness of God. Promising a renewed sense of peace, strength, and hope, Dr. Johnson uses carefully chosen scriptures from Psalms, Isaiah, and Jeremiah to illustrate how prayerful trust in God can be a source of deliverance and comfort during life's storms. Discover how expressing trust in God through prayer can not only save and heal, but also renew your spirit, as these scriptures underscore God's promises to uphold those who call upon Him.

Join us as we explore the healing nature of God's word, likened to a balm for our hearts and bodies. Through Proverbs and Psalms, Dr. Johnson guides us to embrace the life-giving teachings that promise health and rejuvenation. Reflecting on the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who bore our griefs and sorrows, this episode emphasizes the completed work at Calvary as a foundation for holistic healing and a joyful spirit. Allow Dr. Johnson's insights to inspire you to maintain a joyful heart, trust in the Lord, and find solace in God's eternal promises.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Quiet Voice Ministries presents A Moment in
Devotion with Dr John P Johnson.
Carry everything to God inprayer.
Psalms 50, verse 15, reminds usCall upon me in the day of
trouble.
I will deliver you and youshall glorify me.

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Isaiah 41.10 says Fear not, forI am with you.
Be not dismayed, for I am yourGod.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you, I willuphold you with my righteous

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right hand.
And as the Lord told Jeremiahfor I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, says the Lord,thoughts of peace and not of
evil, to give you a future and ahope Then you will call upon me

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and go and pray to me and Iwill listen to you.
Jeremiah 29, verse 11 and 12.
God is trustworthy.
Your prayer should express thattruth.
These scriptures declare hisfaithfulness to those who cry

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out to him in faith.
Then they cried out to the Lordin their trouble.
He saved them out of theirdistresses.
He sent his word and healedthem and delivered them from
their destruction.
Let them give thanks to theLord for his loving kindness and

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for his wonders to the sons ofmen.
Let them also offer sacrificesof thanksgiving and tell of his
works with joyful singing.
Psalms 107, verse 19 through 22.
Proverbs describes God's wordis like a medicine.

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Saying my son, give attentionto my word.
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart fromyour sight.
Keep them in the midst of yourheart, for they are life to
those who find them and healthto all their body.

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Proverbs 4, verse 20-22.
Psalms 103, verse 2 tells us toBless the Lord, o my soul, and
forget none of his benefits, whopardons all your iniquities,

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who heals all your diseases, whoredeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with loving,kindness and compassion, who
satisfies your years with goodthings so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle.
So that your youth is renewedlike the eagle.

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Remember, a joyful heart isgood medicine, but a broken
spirit dries up the bones.
Therefore, this day, trust inthe Lord because he was despised
and forsaken of men, a man ofsorrow and acquainted with grief

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and like one who men hid theirfaces.
He was despised and we did notesteem him.
Surely, our griefs he himselfbore and our sorrows he carried.
Yet we ourselves esteemed him,stricken, smitten of God and

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afflicted.
But he was pierced through forour transgressions.
He was crushed for ouriniquities.
The chastisement of ourwell-being was upon Him, and by
His scourgings we are healed.
Isaiah 53, verse 3-5.

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The finished work at Calvary isenough for your healing in
spirit, soul and body.
You have been listening to AMoment in Devotion with Dr John
P Johnson.