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When we receive
prayer requests for healing, we often don’t know much about
the sick person. So we’ve put together this scriptural outline
so that any obstacles to God’s healing power can be removed.
We believe God hears prayers based on His word/will (1 Jn 5:14-15)
will manifest His healing power! We also realize that the FAITH
and WILL of the sick person is very important.
A. PRAYING FOR THE SICK WHO ARE NOT BORN-AGAIN BELIEVERS.
1. Their #1
need is to receive Jesus as Redeemer, Lord, Savior, AND healer.
The illness is one of the best door openers you’ll ever
have to share Jesus with them. You have the ANSWER to their problem!
(If you need a scriptural pattern to pray for the unsaved, please
call).
2. Pray God’s
healing mercy upon them (since at this point they don’t
have the right of healing that God’s children have).
3. Rebuke
the sickness (Lu 4:39), speak death to the life-force in the disease
and speak life and health to their body (Prov 18:21). CALLTHEM
HEALED (RO 4:17; Mk 11:23).
B. PRAYING FOR THE SICK CHRISTIAN
1. Above all,
teach them that: a) when Jesus took their sins as their substitute,
He also took their sickness (Is 534-5; Mt 8:17; lPe 2:24) and
b) the moment they received Jesus as Redeemer, they received salvation
from sin AND healing from sickness (Ps 103:3; Gal 3:13).
2. There are
numerous scriptural avenues to help them receive:
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a.
Anointing with oil by Elders of the Church (Jas 5:14-15)b.
Laying on of hands by believers (Mk 16:18; Lu 10:1,9,19)
c.
Prayer of Agreement (Mt 18:19; Deut 32:30)
d.
Warfare against the sickness (Mt 18:18; 2Cor 10:3-5; Jas
4:7), which is a work of the devil (Acts 10:38)
e.
In some cases, an unclean spirit may be involved which must
be cast out in the name of Jesus (Lu 9:39,42; 13:11,16).
f.
All of the above must be mixed with: 1) FAITH (Heb 4:2)
which comes by MEDITATING (considering, pondering, &
speaking aloud) the Word of God (Prov 4:20-22) and 2) LIVING
RIGHT before God (Prov 3:7-8; Is 59:2; 2Chron 7:14). This
especially includes forgiving anyone who has offended them
(Mk 11:25: Mt 5:23-24) and obeying what God has told them
(Dt 7:12,15; Ex 23:23-25). |
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It’s
not complicated. Just live for God as best you know how and DO
the Word. If you need help, call us or ask someone who is well
grounded in the Word. God sent Jesus to heal you! (PS 107:20).
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