2. Life’s Healing Choices The Healing Model of Jesus “He Heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 New Living Translation

5. Life’s Healing Choices The Healing Model of Jesus Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.” Matthew 9:2 New Living Translation

6. Life’s Healing Choices The Healing Model of Jesus Hebrews 4:15 New Living Translation [Jesus] understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

9. Life’s Healing Choices The Healing Model of Jesus “My child, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5 New Living Translation

12. 12 Life’s Healing Choices The Healing Model of Jesus Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, 11 “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”12 And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!” Mark 2:10-12 New Living Translation

17. 17 Life’s Healing Choices The Healing Model of Jesus While Jesus was preaching God’s word to them, 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. Mark 2:2-4 New Living Translation