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  “ When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ” John 5 : 6 , 15 NKJV Wellness experts are expected to be knowledgeable in the area of practice. When a medical consultant meets a sick man with the question “ Do you want to be made well?”, it is almost certain the expected sense of hope for healing and restoration. However, the expectation will naturally be different if the question is raised by a carpenter. Likewise, when Jesus asked the impotent man “ Do you want to be made well?”, the man had to vent out the frustration about his failed hope in the acknowledged wellness way. Life is filled with numerous frustrations and disappointments about the wellness way, including several changes to medication that will not take away our sickness and pains, frequent changes to project and business strategies that ...

  ” Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. “ John ­5:14-15 NKJV Faith in God has always been scarce because of a believer's misunderstanding of the activities of facts. The 38-year impotent man had held onto the facts of healing through the help of random personalities at the pool of Bethesda for years, because the facts had established the procedures for healing. Unfortunately, he hadn’t been able to meet up with these procedures, until his encounter with Jesus. And like facts have no definite identification of the source of help, everyone who relates with God is tempted to keep a suspicious hope in the possibility of deliverance through the exercise of faith. Whereas, Jesus is never a random Deliverer. His deliverance is definite, and those who put their trust in God cannot be put to shame. Faith in God does...