Miracles!!!

This week's reading was mostly on the beatitudes, which, if you are unfamiliar, are the teachings of Jesus to his disciples early in His ministry. If you have ever heard "blessed are the..." then you know already what the beatitudes are. If you are not familiar, read Matthew 5-7. Then I read about the miracles that Jesus performed as He went about preaching the gospel. For convenience I have listed them here:

Reference	Miracles of the Lord	Who Demonstrated Faith
Matthew 8:1-4	Leprosy was cured from a man.	The leper. He approached the Savior and requested that He heal him "If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean"
Matthew 8:5-13	The centurion's servant was healed from a distance.	The centurion demonstrated compassion for his servant, and he also demonstrated faith. He knew that Jesus did not even had to be present for the servant to be healed. "...but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed"
Matthew 8:14-15	Peter's mother-in-law was healed.	The scripture does not mention much detail on this story, but it is safe to say that Peter, his wife, and his mother-in-law showed faith. Matthew does mention that after her fever left her she immediately started to minister to Jesus and those in the house. This to me shows her faith that her fever was cure because of the Savior.
Matthew 8:16	Devils were cast out, the sick were healed.	The scripture states that those who were healed were brought to the Savior to be healed. It seems that those who brought them exercised great faith by bringing them to Jesus, even if it was late in the day and they could have waited until morning, except that their faith could not let them wait any longer.
​​Matthew 8:23-27	Jesus calmed the storm.	Jesus had faith that His power was such that he could calm the storm.
Matthew 8:28-34	More devils are cast out.	The two people possessed with devils.
Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34	The woman with an issue of blood was healed.	This poor woman had had a health problem for the past 12 years, and when she had heard that Jesus was nearby, knew that by simply touching him that she would be healed. She sought the Savior and did the best that she could to receive the miracle she needed.
Matthew 9:27-31	Two blind men receive sight.	The blind men sought Jesus out, which demonstrated great faith. Also, after the miracle was performed they could not help but go about and share the wonderful thing that had happened to them.
Mark 2:1-12	Jesus healed a man sick of palsy	Jesus was in a house preaching, and there were so many people wanting to hear Him that the house was full. So full that two men could not bring their sick friend in, so they climbed to the roof of the house, broke part of the ceiling, and lowered their friend to Jesus. They went to great trouble because they knew in their hearts that the Savior was able to heal their friend.

The only way that those people could have been healed by Jesus was through their faith in Him. This means that they knew in their hearts without any doubt that the Savior would be able to heal them. The same thing will happen to us when we exercise our faith and rely on the Savior to heal us physically but most importantly, He will heal us spiritually when we come to Him and allow Him to take all of our burdens away. There is nothing that He cannot do, and the only thing that will ever limit that is our lack of faith.