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Jesus is Master of the Wind
Healing Prayers for Living in Health
For centuries, people of faith have offered prayers for the sick, often with dramatic results. More recently, medical research has shown consistent proof that healing prayers definitely have positive results for the sick. But this is nothing new; the Bible taught this 2,000 years ago!
Acts 28:8-9 (King James Version)
8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
Prayer and the healing of the sick are linked in the Bible. Prayer for the sick is thoroughly biblical and extremely powerful and effective.
James 5:14-15 (King James Version)
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
“Is any one of you sick?” — One thing you can do is call the elders for HEALING PRAYER.
Notice: It’s the “prayer offered in faith” that works. Not just wishful prayers for healing, but the prayer of faith. So my petition to the Lord is that of His disciples: “Lord, INCREASE our faith”
Luke 17:5(King James Version)
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Then “the Lord will raise him up.” Don’t try to carry the whole burden yourself. You can’t. The Lord heals! Jesus still heals today! And He often does it in response to prayers for healing. Never underestimate the power of prayer!
Matthew 8:16-17 (King James Version)
16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Remember: Jesus “healed ALL the sick.” There is nothing too difficult for him. For the Son of God there are no “hard cases”!
As you pray, remember that Jesus already “TOOK up our infirmities and carried our diseases.” Note the verb tense — took. It’s DONE!
Mark 1:40-42 (King James Version)
40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
Don’t pray the leper’s prayer — “IF you are willing.”
Rather, pray Jesus’ response — “I AM WILLING!”
And notice the motive. Jesus was “filled with compassion.”
Let God “burden” your heart to pray for the sick.
Matthew 4:24 (King James Version)
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Don’t limit what you pray for. Don’t be intimidated by the severity of the illness.
Jesus healed (and still heals) those with “severe pain.”
Jesus healed (and still heals) the “paralyzed.”
Jesus healed (and still heals) those with “various diseases.”
Mark 16:17-18 (King James Version)
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
It’s not only Jesus who was involved in healing the sick.
Divine, spiritual healing is a ministry promised to “those who BELIEVE.”
Ask God to MAKE YOU one of those faith-filled people offering prayers for the sick that result in divine healings.
Pray with the expectation that “... the sick WILL get well.” Be confident in the power of prayers for healing offered in faith.
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