For Fall 2024 – EDU: Individual or Small Group Bible Studies & Prayer Groups
Balm of Gilead – Bible Study Course Kit FREE – WITH $25 PURCHASE OF ONE 2 oz. Balm
Small Group Bible Study & EDU Lesson
How do we begin to receive healing from the Balm of Gilead?
- Seven sessions + Review
- Inductive Method – Observation, Interpretation, Application
- Ideal for groups meeting anytime, anywhere
- Leaders of all levels
- Benefits Guide EDU Application for Balm of Gilead 2 oz. INCLUDED IN KIT
- Bible Study Book in Digital or PDF Printable Format for laptop or notebook
- Leader Receives Additional PDF Info & Cards for Promotional Invitations
“The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
What You Get:
Digital Download
FREE Resources for Leader: Receives Additional EDU Info Sheets and Promotional
Cards to email online or Print Handouts as Invitations to Bible Study Group
For Participants: Each person in your Church or Home Group Bible Study receives in their course Kit [$25 per each individual kit] the following 7 Resources:
- 2 oz. Balm of Gilead INCLUDED IN KIT $25
- FREE Usage Guide
- FREE CD Listening Video
- FREE Bible Study Book – Digital or Printable Format
- FREE Art Journal NoteTaking Pages
- FREE Prayer Card
- FREE Flip-Book (eBook) – 150 Scriptures on Sacred Plants (
Value $32)
Disclaimer: For educational, historical purposes only.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Each Healing Bible Study Kit Includes:
1 – INCLUDED One 2 oz. container of Balm of Gilead Facial & Body Balm $25
- Please select one from: Original, Tea Tree, Propolis or Lavender. Christmas Season Availability Frankincense & Myrrh
2- FREE Balm of Gilead Usage Guide PDF Printable Pages, Suitable for Binding as shown in images for your reference library.
3 – FREE Bonus Resource – Listening Video CD – Balm of Gilead, Usage Guide & Benefits
4 – FREE Bible Study Book — Digital for Laptop, tablet or Download Printable PDF – Balm of Gilead – How do we begin to receive healing from the Balm of Gilead?
[7 Bible Study Excerpts below.]
5 – FREE Resource: Journaling & Sketchbook — Bible Study NoteTaking Pages PDF printable — with Healing Bible Verse Adult Coloring Pages — Learn Bible Verses as you Color or Doodle – line drawings for us to color – Beautiful Words of Life. The hottest trend in Bibles right now is art-journaling. Arts EDU.
6 – FREE Prayer Card – “The Great Physician”
7- FREE Resources – Flip-Book ebook: Anointing, Guide to Sacred Plants & Biblical Agriculture of the Bible with Complete 150 Verse Index. Download FREE to PC
Biblical Agriculture & Sacred Plants: Over 150 Biblical EDU teaching versesOver 150 Biblical EDU teaching verses about 14 principle oils made from Biblical plants, wild-crafted Holy Land herbs, flowers, barks, resins, citrus, apothecary, leaves, conifers, seeds and grasses –provided to us in Creation. Including: Calamus, Cassia, Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Cypress, Fir, Frankincense, Galbanum, Myrrh, Myrtle, Pine, Spikenard, Hyssop & Juniper.
The first thing our Creator did for the world was create a garden, and on the dry land He began planting trees (Genesis 2:9). To follow His act of creation, we are asked to plant trees. (Leviticus 19:23).
“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
“The trees of the Lord are full of sap…”“And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard..““And Abraham planted a grove..”“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
Map Location – Gilead
Balm of Gilead was a rare perfume named for the region where it was produced — Gilead, a highlands region east of the Jordan River, today in northwestern Jordan, extending from the southern end of The Sea Of Galilee to the northern end of The Dead Sea.
Gilead was a mountainous region east of the Jordan River divided among the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, and situated in Jordan. It is also referred to by the Aramaic name Yegar-Sahadutha, which carries the same meaning as the Hebrew Gileed, namely: “heap [of stones] of testimony” (Genesis 31:47-48).From its mountainous character, it is called the mount of Gilead (Genesis 31:25). It was used more generally for the entire region east of the Jordan River.
It was bounded on the north by Bashan, and on the south by Moab and Ammon (Genesis 31:21; Deuteronomy 3:12–17).
Inductive Bible Study Method is an approach to God’s Word focusing on three basic steps that move from a focus on specific details to a more general, universal principle. Through these three steps, we apply inductive reasoning, which is defined as the attempt to use information about a specific situation to draw a conclusion. The steps are observation (what does it say?), interpretation (what does it mean?), and application (what does it mean for my life?). Inductive Bible study is a valuable tool in understanding and applying the principles of God’s Word.
Bible Study Excerpt:
Balm of Gilead – Bible Study Kit
How do we begin to receive healing from the Balm of Gilead?
7 Equipping Skills Explored in this Healing Balm of Gilead – Bible Study:
- How the Balm of Gilead was applied to rescue Joseph and later save the Covenant line from perishing;
- How to become a living Balm of Gilead for healing others;
- Why Jesus called himself a doctor and a physician;
- Faithful endurance through challenges can become our Divine Diploma of healing;
- 27 Bible stories of how Jesus healed others;
- How to benefit from the INCLUDED 2 oz. Balm of Gilead;
- How tiny bees use the Balm of Gilead resin in EVERY honey hive.
- Review and Prayer Card Guide.
Every beehive is protected with the Balm of Gilead!
Honeybees use Balm of Gilead resin in every hive! The antiviral activity of propolis against poliovirus, influenza A and B viruses, reoviruses, and HIV has been demonstrated. Bee propolis is a glue that seals EVERY beehive together & provides the best defense for their immunity. Propolis is made from about 50% Balsam Poplar [Balm of Gilead] resin. On a side note, propolis is used as a health aid with benefits dating back to Old Testament times. The “Balm of Gilead” mentioned in the book of Jeremiah in the Bible may refer to propolis. BeekeepingUSA.com
Joseph Gilead.
1. How the Balm of Gilead was applied to rescue Joseph and later save the Covenant line from perishing;
Help from a Band of Outsiders – Faithfulness, Peace, Benevolence, Healing for One Another
In a jealous plot, Joseph’s brothers kidnapped him and threw him in a deep well with no water to drink. Then, unbelievably, the brothers went about their business as usual, even after this murderous act. Ignored by his brothers, Joseph reached out in prayer to God. God heard Joseph’s cries for help and sent a band of outsiders (how sad that this is often the case) to rescue Joseph from certain death. For, as the Balm passed by, Judah declared to his brothers that it would be better to sell Joseph into slavery than to kill him. For twenty shekels. Verses 26 & 27. A Word through Terry Jo Cotter
“So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore [Coat Of Many Colors]; and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it. Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites (descendants of Hagar, Abraham and Sarah’s maid; name means “God will hear”) coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers [Children of Jacob], “What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers heeded him. Then Midianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.” (Genesis 37:23-28 RSV)
Thus, the first application of the Balm of Gilead.
Living Gilead.
2. How to become a living Balm of Gilead used for healing others;
Why was that Balm of Gilead of such great value?
The value was Joseph himself, a beloved son, as the healing balm of Gilead personified through his life, having been being sold into slavery in Egypt. Joseph [a representative type of Christ] was a living Balm of Gilead. He was the one the Lord would use to save –not only the people of Egypt and the surrounding nations– but the very Covenant bloodline itself.
Beloved, you and I are called to be a living Balm of Gilead, to each other; to those who follow after us; to the hurting nations. To truly be a balm that can bring healing, we must be taken from one form to another, in order to flow out to others.
It is because of what we have endured that we can say, “Come, drink of the healing medicines that now flow.” We are becoming a Balm of Gilead personified, just as Joseph before us.
This is a living Balm of Gilead: the willingness to allow ourselves to be offered as a spiritual balm for the good and healing of others.
Jesus Physician.
3. Why Jesus called himself a doctor and a physician;
Jesus identified as Healer. This is why he referred to himself as a “physician” or “doctor,” once in the sense of “spiritual healer” and once in the sense of “physical healer.”
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17)
“Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! ” (Luke 4:23)
Jesus heals. He is the Great Physician, the Balm of Gilead.
Divine Diploma.
4. Faithful endurance through challenges can become our Divine Diploma of healing;
Christ has the best authority for practicing as a Physician. He has a divine diploma. Would you like a healing diploma? It comes from the highest authority, not from the College of Physicians, but from the God of Physicians. Here are the words of Jesus’s Divine healing appointment in the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted.” His cures are radical — he strikes at the very centre of the disease, and hence his cures are sure. He never fails. He loves to save. He can save the vilest. No one reached out to the lepers, but the Great Physician did. Jesus came to the sick and needy, not those who were well.
Jeremiah 8:22 ESV
“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?”
Psalm 147:3 ESV
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Jeremiah 33:6 ESV
“Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.”
Jesus Healed.
5. 27 Bible stories of how Jesus healed others;
Jesus heals in the Gilead District on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Jesus and his disciples were confronted with a life-threatening storm as they crossed the Sea of Galilee to come to it’s eastern shore. He landed in the Gentile region, near the town of Gadarene in the highland District of Gilead. When He and his disciples make shore they immediately confronted a man with demonic spirits named “Legion.” Jesus healed this man by casting out the demons into a herd of swine, which then hurled themselves into the sea. (Matthew 8:28-34) “And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.” Mark 5:20 (KJV)
“Oceans” by Hillsong United recorded this version of this song, live on the Sea of Galilee. “Let me walk upon the waters wherever You would call me” sung on the very water that Jesus walked on and called Peter out of the boat.
“Your Grace abounds in deepest waters..”
The Ten Cities of Gilead District, known as Decapolis & The Healing Ministry of Jesus.
“Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.” (Matthew 4:24-25 NIV)
Jesus cured a man of deafness in Gilead district Decapolis:
“Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis. (in district of Gilead) They brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they implored Him to lay His hand on him.” (Mark 7:31-35 NIV) Bethsaida is described in Mark 8 as a town (Greek: κώμη) where Jesus met the Blind man of Bethsaida.
Feeding the multitude and healing their sick in Bethsaida, in the land of Gilead – When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” Jesus said that they did not need to go away, and therefore the disciples were to give them something to eat. They said that they only had five loaves and two fish, which Jesus asked be brought to him. The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. Gospel of Matthew.
Geography EDU Map – The Land of Gilead
Gilead: “It was bounded on the north by Bashan, and on the south by Moab and Ammon“ (Genesis 31:21; Deuteronomy 3:12–17).
In scripture, we find that Jesus heals others twenty-seven distinct times.
- Officials’ dying son (John 4:43-54)
- Madman in synagogue (Mark 1:21-28)
- Peter’s mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14-17)
- Jesus continues healing (Matthew 4:23-25)
- The leper (Matthew 8:1-4)
- Paralyzed man (Matthew 9:1-8)
- Invalid at Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-15)
- Man with shriveled hand (Matthew 12:9-14)
- Jesus continues healing many (Matthew 12:15-21)
- Roman centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13)
- The widow of Nain’s dead son (Luke 7:11-17)
- Dumb and blind man (Matthew 12:22-23)
- Madman and Gadarene swine (Matthew 8:28-34)
- Woman with the hemorrhage and the raising of Jairus’ daughter (Matthew 9:18-26)
- Two blind men and the dumb man (Matthew 9:27-34)
- Jesus heals sick at Gennesart (Matthew 14:34-36)
- Daughter of Syrophoenician woman (Matthew 15:21-28)
- Deaf and dumb man in Decapolis (Mark 7:31-37)
- Blind man of Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26)
- Seizure disordered boy (Matthew 17:14-21)
- Ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19)
- The man born blind (John 9:1-41)
- Crippled woman (Luke 13:10-17
- Man with dropsy (Luke 14:1-6)
- Lazarus raised from dead (John 11:1-44)
- Blind man near Jericho (Matthew 20:29-34)
- Ear of high priest’s servant (Luke 22:49-51)
Balm Benefits.
6. How to benefit from the INCLUDED 2 oz. Balm of Gilead – Usage Guide
Disclaimer: Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Bees Gilead.
7. How tiny bees use the Balm of Gilead in EVERY honey hive;
Creation Care: Balm of Gilead is made from Balsam Poplar [Cottonwood] resin, which is also a component in “bee glue” or ‘bee penicillin’ called propolis. This Balm of Gilead resin is gathered by bees to make propolis to seal, coat and protect their bee hives from microbes. The bulk of propolis is obtained from the barks of poplars. Poplar bud resin is often 50% of the ingredients in bee propolis. This poplar [cottonwood] ‘bee glue’ ‘bee penicillin’ propolis, which is 50% poplar Balm of Gilead resin, prevents diseases and parasites from entering the hive, and inhibits fungal and bacterial growth. In general, raw propolis is composed of around 50% resins, 30% waxes, 10% essential oils, 5% pollen, and 5% of various organic compounds. To make ‘bee penicillin’, bees mix the collected Balm of Gilead resin in a propolis composition of about 50% resin with the other 50% combined of wax, honey, and enzymes from their stomachs.
Review Prayer.
Review: How do we begin to receive healing from the Balm of Gilead?
Review and Prayer Card Guide.
Inspiration: Tiny bees gather protective components from the Balm of Gilead resin and, we can use this resin as a protective balm as well.
Begin each morning with a protective emollient facial using Balm of Gilead and a prayer like the guide below:
Dear Jesus, I come to You today humbly and ask for Your Divine love and gentle guidance. Above all, I praise You and thank you for Your blessed assurance of my every step and for caring for my loved ones. I look to You, The Great Physician, for Your supernatural healing in today’s difficulties. You know my challenges and pain. Please use me as a messenger as You bring to us the healing Balm of Gilead.
I place in Your hands today, my life, my prayers, my concerns, knowing that Your loving will be done. I trust Your healing hand is now over me, healing and restoring wellness and vitality and uplifting my heart with cheerfulness. I declare, in agreement with You, that a new day has come, bringing a new hope of health to mind and body and soul, with strength and prosperity abundance.
Thank You, O Great Physician, for Your precious, everlasting and replenishing love. May this prayer of Your saint, be as a sweet smelling incense to your heart. Now, to live the life. Help me live the life. Amen
Balm of Gilead has come to signify a universal cure.
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This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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