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Sermons on Healing: Hope and Prayer in Hard Seasons

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When you or someone you love is hurting, in body, mind or heart, it is natural to ask God for healing. Churches teach on this with honesty, including the times when the answer is not what we hoped.

These sermons look at healing in the Bible, how to pray for it, and how God cares for people in pain. They offer spiritual encouragement alongside, not instead of, the care of your doctor.

Sermons on healing to start with

Chosen for how closely they stay on healing, then for length and how recent they are. Every sermon is the church's own recording.

  1. Healing

    Stewart Swain, Pastor of Community Life, West End Community Church (Nashville, TN) · October 18, 2026 · 25 min

    The sermon examines John 5 through two questions: what we need to be healed from and what we need to be healed for. It argues that healing addresses every dimension of brokenness, from sin and legalism to physical and emotional...

  2. Does God Still Heal? | Herbert Cooper - Audio

    The People's Church (Oklahoma City, OK) · October 4, 2026 · 24 min

    Christ’s atonement provides comprehensive benefits beyond forgiveness, including holistic healing for spirit, soul, and body. While believers possess the promise of ultimate restoration in heaven, God actively works through var...

  3. 11/01/26: There is Still Healing!

    Church Without Walls Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) · November 2, 2026 · 29 min

    Jeff Cullen preaches on Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals, from Exodus 15:22-27, part of the 'In His Name We Pray' series. He argues that God heals through provision, revelation, and deliverance, often in ways people don't expec...

  4. Jesus Heals A Blind Man

    Robert Fudge, Ephesus Church of Christ (Athens, AL) · October 25, 2026 · 33 min

    The sermon examines John 9, where Jesus heals a man born blind, showing that physical conditions do not necessarily reflect spiritual status and that God's power is displayed through such circumstances. The healing illustrates...

  5. How To Expedite Healing | CAMPBELL SOUP PODCAST SEASON 4 EPISODE 3

    Flourishing Church (Gardena, CA) · October 16, 2026 · 28 min

    The sermon teaches that while we cannot control God's timing of healing, we can choose how we respond to hurt by taking responsibility, releasing pain into God's hands, and refusing to water bitterness. Drawing on David's choic...

  6. Healing Ministry of Jesus: Part 4 (Mark 5:21-43) - Claire Westbrook

    All Saints Community Church (Oklahoma City, OK) · October 13, 2026 · 27 min

    The preacher analyzes the intersecting stories of Jairus and the hemorrhaging woman to highlight Jesus’ compassion over rigid theological correctness, emphasizing that imperfect faith is sufficient for encounter. The core messa...

  7. Does God Still Heal People?

    Jason, The Vertical Church (Yuma, AZ) · November 1, 2026 · 41 min

    Pastor Jason introduces a new series on healing by examining Acts 3, where Peter and John heal a lame beggar at the temple gate. He teaches that Jesus still heals today, though not always in the way or timing we expect, and tha...

  8. #464 Does God Always Heal?

    Engage and Equip, High Point Church (Madison, WI) · October 29, 2026 · 63 min

    The speakers argue that Christian healing is holistic, integrating physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual restoration, and that full healing is ultimately promised in glorification rather than guaranteed on earth. Heali...

What does the Bible say about healing?

Scripture shows God as the one who heals, and also as one who walks with us through suffering. Both are in these passages.

  • James 5:14–15Call the elders to pray

    Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. (ASV)

  • Psalm 147:3He heals the brokenhearted

    He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds. (ASV)

  • Psalm 103:2–3Forget not all his benefits

    Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; (ASV)

  • Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, and I will be healed

    Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. (ASV)

  • Isaiah 53:5By his wounds we are healed

    But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (ASV)

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9My grace is sufficient for you

    And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ASV)

What pastors are saying

“Your job is not to decide when or how God will heal you; your job is to ask God to heal you, to pray, to use wisdom, and to believe God.”
“If we seek a formula for healing, it is simply the love of God. The core of Jesus’ healing ministry is ensuring people experience His love—through us, through you.”
“God doesn't stay up on the mountain. God's healing presence now flows through God's Son, Jesus Christ.”
“Sometimes in our tradition of prayer, we miss the mark or do not see the whole picture, because we are focused on the healing we expect rather than the healing God is teaching us.”
“Jesus heals. Him alone. He does it. There's no secret formula if we just get the music just right and the atmosphere just right. Jesus heals.”

More sermons on healing

  1. Jehovah Rapha the Lord Our HealerNew Hope Baptist Church of Odessa · November 8, 2026
  2. Who Do You Say You AreWord of Knowledge Ministries · November 8, 2026
  3. Restorative Justice (Returning Citizens Sunday)City Church · November 8, 2026
  4. How Can God Use Someone Like David?Relevant Church · November 8, 2026
  5. Jesus Our Healer Part 1 Exodus 15vs26 STE 000Tuba City Discipleship Center · November 8, 2026
  6. Psalm 23 (online Audio Converter Com)Assembly of God · November 7, 2026
  7. DontAllowTraumaToHoldYou Pt1True Life Community Church · November 7, 2026
  8. God Acts When We Are ObedientLiving Savior Church · November 7, 2026
  9. 8 19 18 Class Lewis WillisChurch of christ · November 7, 2026
  10. Jesus Is Lord of the SabbathCovenant Reformed Church RCUS Gettysburg PA · November 7, 2026

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Sermons and quotes are from churches' own recordings and appear under their names. Opinions are theirs. Bible text: American Standard Version (public domain).