How Can I Serve My Disabled Friends?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Jesus healed people with deep, lifelong disabilities. So should we pray that he would heal loved ones with disabilities like Down syndrome or cerebral palsy?

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0:00.0	Today's question comes to us from Austin, and it's a trio of questions really.
0:08.5	He writes, Pastor John, hello, and thank you for the podcast.
0:11.3	My question is whether or not we should be praying for healing for our friends with
0:15.4	physical and cognitive disabilities, such as Down syndrome, autism or cerebral palsy.
0:21.9	We see Jesus heal people with physical disabilities in the Gospels.
0:24.9	So should we pray for similar healing?
0:27.5	If not, how should we encourage our friends with disabilities, with the truth that they
0:30.4	are made in God's image, and will individuals in heaven still have their disabilities to
0:35.8	some extent?
0:36.8	Thank you for your insights and your help on this.
0:40.5	So there are three questions here out there.
0:42.6	One, should we pray for healing for our friends with physical and cognitive disabilities,
0:51.0	such as Down syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy?
0:54.2	Two, how should we encourage our friends with disabilities with the truth that they
0:59.5	are made in the image of God?
1:01.6	And three, will individuals in heaven still have their disabilities?
1:05.7	Now, I'm going to save that first question about prayer for last.
1:11.9	I think how we pray is affected by how we answer these second two questions.
1:17.6	So let's start with number two.
1:19.4	How should we encourage our friends with disabilities with the truth that they are made in the
1:27.5	image of God?
1:28.9	Now my response may be surprising.
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