The place to go when seeking healing and comfort is to God. We can do this in many ways through prayer, fasting, reading the word, and meditating on God’s word. Today I’m going to share 10 KJV scriptures on healing to bring encouragement to anyone who is seeking it.
Recently I was reminded of the mental place I was in when I was diagnosed with my first Autoimmune disease at 16. I was depressed, full of fear, far from God, leaning on my own understanding, and living in sin. I had always called myself a Christian but the reality was I knew who Jesus christ was but I did not know him. I had not yet built a relationship and started living my life for Christ.
I was very sick at the time. Basic tasks like showering, standing up without passing out, and even opening a water bottle were a struggle for me. I felt like my life had been taken away from me. Most of my days were spent sitting on the couch and I quickly started to feel the rest of my life would look the way it did at the moment. This left me feeling hopeless and almost not feeling at all. I was living in my emotions not working through them.
This gets me to why I’m writing this post today. The overwhelming emotions I experienced during that dark point in my life and the terrible coping skills I had at the time were reminded to me recently as I said. I’ve talked about the mental place I was in before when I was first diagnosed but it wasn’t until I relived a small glimpse of it and quickly had to reorient myself in the spirit. That I am better able to put it into words. I felt it was put on my heart to write a post in hopes of giving someone else a little sprout of faith.
Being mentally and emotionally put back into a place where I relied on my own knowledge instead of God’s was not only embarrassing but was the tip of the iceberg that momentarily sent me back into living in sin I hadn’t struggled with in years. I stopped reading my bible and found myself scrolling endlessly for hours on tik tok trying to avoid dealing with my emotions.
To pull myself out of it I asked for help from God, fasted, and read the word. I had to reorient myself in the body of Christ and open my eyes to the truth. Not only has God healed my body but also my mind. All it takes is the faith the size of a mustard seed and sometimes all we need is to be encouraged. Today I’m going to share 10 scriptures on healing that brought me comfort and encouragement. I hope they do the same for you!
10 KJV Scriptures for healing
The next few bible verses all have the same theme with them – minding your words and emotions. Which is 10000% easier said than done. I still have to ask God for help when it comes to minding my emotions and tongue.
Before turning my life over to Christ I said whatever whenever I had no mind for my tongue and did not understand that life is on the tip of your tongue. Pleasant words coming out of my mouth were few and far between. Any time I have slipped and fallen back into old sins like gossiping, not minding my words, etc. I feel it in my body manifesting in inflammation, joint pain, and joint stiffness. I would have never believed this or been conscious to connect the dots before having a relationship with God. But even the research is there to back unmanaged emotions wreaking havoc on the immune system resulting in an inflammatory response.
“There is that speaketh like the the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health” Proverbs 12:18
“Pleasant words are as honey comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22
“And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.”
Matthew 10:1
Using the power we all have in Jesus’s name to proclaim healing and health along with praying has been one of the biggest game changers in not only my healing but growing as a Christian and using the authority God has given us all.
“Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”
Mark 9:23
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”
2 Chronicles 7:14
As Christians, we have to remember the power we have in Jesus’ name. While I was – and still am healing my Autoimmune diseases I remain aware of spiritual warfare, don’t live in sin (that doesn’t mean I don’t sin), stay close to God, and put him first in all I do.
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