January 25, 2026 - Epiphany 2026 Series (4)

About this episode

Pastor Brett Deal discusses the deeper issues of healing beyond physical ailments, emphasizing the need for spiritual restoration through Jesus.

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal. It’s natural when we experience sickness, or see someone we love suffering, to long for healing. We go in search of relief. We ask others if they’ve encountered similar symptoms. We book appointments. We even search for answers from websites and computer collations (ironically referred to as intelligence). The reality is when we suffer, we want solutions. But often because we don’t know the depths of our maladies, we end up treating symptoms on the surface rather than the inner, unseen disease. Like the woman hemorrhaging blood for twelve years, we go from doctor to doctor desperate for a cure, spending everything we have, only to find ourselves worse off than before (Matthew 9.20-22; Mark 5.26). Cosmetic remedies leave us emotionally depleted when they fail to fix what’s broken within. When we come to the end of ourselves, when the solutions of the internet and the internist leave us without answers, we look beyond the natural to the supernatural. Scripture tells us Jesus came to heal us, and not just the sickness on the surface but the sin deep within. Jesus speaks over us with all authority and restores us with all gentleness…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Brett Deal

Topics covered

• healing
• suffering
• spirituality
• faith
• inner healing

Keywords

• healing
• suffering
• spirituality
• faith
• inner disease
• Jesus
• sermon

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Psalm 147.3, Matthew 9.20-22, Mark 5.26