BIBLE PASSAGES FOR CERTAIN LIFE SITUATIONS

1. Health and Sickness: Health is natural Gen. 1: 26-31. Death or sickness in
general originates from sin: Rom. 5:12; 6: 23; I Cor. 15: 26; Mk. 2: 1-5; John 5: 14. But it is not every instance of sickness in particular is a direct results of sin: John 8: 23; Lk. 13: 1-5; Job 1: 6-12, 2: 1-10. Sometimes ill health or suffering may be a trial from God to test our faith — I Peter 1: 6, 7; Job.

2. Healing through prayer: Gen. 20: 7, 17; Is. 38: 16; 2nd Kings 20: 1-7; Jam. 5:
14-15.

3. Thanks-giving: Community Thanksgiving: Pss. 67; 95; 124; 136: 1-9, 23-26;
138; Jonah 2: 1-9; Phil. 4 6, 7; Ephes. 5: 18-20.

4. Dedicating a house or other possessions: I Kings 8: 23-53; cf. 2 Chron. 6: 12-
42; Ps. 24: 1-6; Jam. 1: 17(a); I Tim. 6: 17; 2 Cor. 8: 9; Ps. 136: 1-9.

5. Birth-day or other personal celebrations: Pss. 90, 91, 116, 136: 1-9, 23-26;
Jonah 2: 1-9.

6. Christians Fast and prayer: Lk. 5: 16; Matt. 14: 23; Lk. 6:12; Lk. 18: 1; Matt.
4: 1, 2; Is. 58: 6-9; Exod. 24: 18; Deut. 9: 9; 18; Esther 4: 15-17.