Healing by Faith

I believe in healing, and prayer for healing, but I haven't decided if laying on hands is necessary for healing to happen, it happens all the time without it.

 

oh I'm not complaining, or even debating, just still thining about it.

 

I have wondered about this and have thought about trying to heal my back which has some really cool looking hardware in it.

I know that faith can do wonders when it comes to medicine and attitude has everything to do with healing. However how much has the state of today's world effected peoples faith? I don't mean faith in God but Faith in miracles. How many people can generate perfect faith in God healing them when so many doctors have failed? Belief in Science today takes so much faith that it tends to go twards it and away from God.

I could be way off but its worth thinking about maybe.

 

Why not go for it, in faith?

 

Oh wow those are fantastic stories. I love hearing stories where faith overcomes I cant get enough of that type of news. I sure wish the nightly news would share those stories more often than the stories of violence that they so enjoy.

I am going to do it for the reasons you described. The bible says to do it and the bible says it works.

I brought it up to the pastor of my old church before I had the surgery and he scoffed at me. I don't remember what exactly he said (the pain pills tend to affect my memory and I cant remember much of the last 2 years) but it was almost like I was punched in the stomach.
I am so happy that I saw your post which has gotten me to start thinking about it again.

 

I believe the laying on of hands is good. It is certainly scriptural. However, we should be careful that it does not become the believed automatic mechanism for healing as it was in a church I attended years ago.

I believe God heals for his glory and for the upbuilding of His kingdom. Not necessarily for our comfort. Many times God is teaching us something while not healing us. Other times it simply is not God's will to heal us. Our part is to trust Him regardless.

As Brother Bob said, God does not heal everytime. We do not know all of God will for our lives, so we should not assume God will always heal us. This may sound harsh, but it is better to be in God's will than be healed.

Years ago, I was in a church that had prayer for the sick by the laying on of hands almost every service. The problem with that church (denomination) was if you did not get healed, you must have sin in your life. In one case, the pastor's wife died after a long case of cancer. It was really tough on the pastor.

Yes, God still heals, but for His glory and in His will

 

Brother Bob,

I believe that one reason some people aren't healed when they follow the instructions in James 5:14-16 is because they skip the instruction in James 5:13 which says "Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray."

God opened my eyes to this a few years ago when, at a church I was attending, it seemed like the same people would go up front for prayer week after week after week. During one of the services, while this was going on, it's like God spoke to me and said the reason they aren't getting healed is because they're expecting somebody else to do all their praying for them.

 

I don't recall that we've ever laid hands on a sick person. But we have gathered the pastor and deacons to pray for and anoint a sick member with oil. We have also gathered the congregation together to pray for a specific sick member. On one occasion, we prayed for a member who was near death. Her family reported that at the very moment we prayed, her fever broke and she began to improve.

Sometimes God answers a prayer for healing with a no. But just as Jesus intended to heal the blind man, he still asked him, "what do you want?" Knowing that God will do what brings glory to Himself, we still pray fervently for the healing we desire. Our praying is not in faith for healing, but in faith that God knows what is best and will do it.

 

In so many churches, they tell us to pray, but they don't teach us "how".

They tell us to witness, but they don't teach us "how".

Thank you for posting this.

 

I certainly agree that God gave us doctors.

I also believe that God can heal miraculously, if he so chooses.

I have no qualms going to a doctor, but I certainly do it prayerfully, and I choose Christian doctors.

 

I ain't seen any faith healing happen. I have seen people excitedly say their stomach or back pain or headache suddenly got better after being prayed for, but it's no coincidence there is nothing to authenticate this, and I am definitely a sketpic on what people say. If someone with a missing arm or leg miraculously grew anther one, I would join the bandwagon. Otherwise... fie.

 

Bro. Bob, I do believe in the Lord healing. Two and a half years ago my dear sister had a brain aneurism( stroke) and I have prayed for her ever since to recover. She has gotten better but she still cannot talk or walk. She can understand and proves it to me with facial expressions.Sometimes I get very discouraged but I still know that if God choses He will restore her health.I still pray and believe.I don't understand about the laying on of hands. Mk