Healings and Faith

Reference	Miracles of the Lord	Who Demonstrated Faith
Matthew 8:1-4	A man was healed of leprosy.	He had faith that the Lord would heal him, and asked for help, knowing that the Lord had the power to do what he asked for.
Matthew 8:5-13	Christ healed the servant of the centurion.	The centurion didn’t want Jesus to enter his home, for he thought of himself as unworthy. He has such strong faith that he knew that if Christ even just said it was so, his servant would be healed. He had extremely strong faith.
Matthew 8:14-15	Peter’s mother in law was healed of a fever.	Peter’s mother in law was healed by Christ, and immediately got up out of bed and administered to them. How great must her faith have been, she was probably tired, and yet she went to serve Jesus as soon as she was able to stand.
Matthew 8:16	Jesus cast out devils.	Christ had a lot of people follow him, and some had devils. They came to Him to cast them out, believing He could, and the devils were cast out, and they were healed.
Matthew 8:23-27	Christ calmed the waves.	The disciples asked Jesus to save them, they were scared of the waves, and didn’t have enough faith to stay calm. Then when the sea was quieted, their faith was increased by a lot.
Matthew 8:28-34	Two devils were cast into a herd of swine and they drowned.	The two that were healed of the devils ran to the city to tell others about their miracle, and spread the word abroad that they had been cleansed of their evil spirits and made whole.
Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34	A woman touched Jesus’ robes and was healed	She believed that merely touching Christ’s robes would heal her, and because of her great faith and belief in the Savior, she was completely healed, and Christ blessed her.
Matthew 9:27-31	Two blind men are healed.	Christ asked the men if they believed in His power, and healed them only according to their faith. It was strong faith in the Lord’s power that cured them.
Mark 2:1-12	A paralyzed man is healed.	In a very crowded room, Christ healed a man lowered from the roof. He forgave his sins, and when He was rebuked, He healed him. He showed that only by faith can sins be forgiven, and healed the man to prove to him His power on earth.

I know that through faith, even if we are here on earth today and can't see Christ in the flesh, we can still know of His existence. These verses have proven the immense faith of people in His time, and I believe that I can build my faith every day to be that strong. Learning so compactly about all these instances really helped grow my testimony that I can have as great and even greater blessings than being physically healed by the Savior. I get that and the knowledge that I am a member of His church on earth today and that I will be able to be with Him again someday if I only follow the commandments and do a little better every day than I did the day before.