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b'Jesus had the power to heal sickness. He had the power to forgive sins. He\\nstill does. You can trust Him with everything because He is great and\\npowerful.\\nJesus has compassion for the hurting, and He cares for you. He loves the\\nbroken. He forgives sinners. Jesus can heal people who are blind, sick,\\nparalyzed, and hurting\\u2014and He can forgive our sins.\\nJesus had the power not to die on the cross. He could have gotten away. He\\ncould have refused to do it. He could have left us in our sin. But He\\ndidn\\u2019t. Jesus, who is fully God and full of power,\\nallowed Himself to be hung on the cross because He loves us so much. He was\\nwilling to take our sins on Himself even though He didn\\u2019t deserve any of it.\\nJesus endured the pain of the cross. He endured the full weight of God\\u2019s\\njust wrath against sin. He was in the grave for three days because of our\\nsins.\\nBut then, He rose again. \\nJesus had the power to do anything. He chose to love us. \\nWe can see the power of Jesus when we read about all He has done in the\\nBible, and we can also see His power in all He has done for us.\\nJesus can heal us, help us, and save us from our sins. If we\\u2019ve put our\\ntrust in Jesus, all our sins are forgiven\\u2014past, present, and future. As His\\npeople, we can come to Him and receive His help at any time. And we can\\nknow that one day, Jesus will return and heal all our hurts, and we will\\nlive with Him forever. \\u2022 Bethany Acker\\n\\u2022 Read Mark 2:1-12. How did Jesus reveal His power in this passage?\\n\\u2022 Is there an area of brokenness you\\u2019d like Jesus to heal\\u2014either in your\\nown life or someone else\\u2019s? God invites us to pray about all these things.\\nHe might answer our prayers with a miracle, or He might show love to us in\\nanother way. But we can know that when Jesus returns, \\u201c\\u2018There will be no\\nmore death\\u2019 or mourning or crying or pain\\u201d (Revelation 21:4).\\n\\u2022 Why was Jesus willing to go to the cross? (If you want to dig deeper,\\nread Matthew 26:36-56; John 18:1-14; 1 Peter 2:24; and Hebrews 4:14-16.)\\nBut God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still\\nsinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nMark.2.1-Mark.2.12|Rom.5.6-Rom.5.8'