We should never offer a quick prayer, saying “God, if it is your will, please heal this person.” That is not loving to the person, and it shows little faith. We must also understand that for healing to take place, we must be praying with faith that God wants to heal. It is never our goal to glorify ourselves or to “show off” with God’s power. Although we do desire to see miracles for healing take place, our primary goal is that the person would experience the love of God working through us. How to Pray for the SickĪs you enter into a time of ministry to the sick, it is important to check your motivations from the outset. Randy Clark, and it has forever changed my fruitfulness in the healing ministry. I learned this prayer model in 2012 from Dr. Instead, it is a method of thinking about praying for the sick, which enables a person to minister effectively. In the same way, the prayer model I will share is not a “repeat these words” kind of prayer, nor is it a “principle” to get God to do what you want. It was simply given to them as a model to follow, as they began to pray to the Lord for themselves. Nor was it supposed to be a formula to get God to move on their behalf. That prayer was not intended to be used for repetitive, ritual recitations. They asked Him, “teach us to pray,” at which point Jesus gave them what we now call “The Lord’s Prayer” (Luke 11:1-4). However, in the New Testament, as the disciples walked with Jesus and saw him doing public ministry, as well as observing His private life of prayer with the Father, they knew something was missing in their own prayer life. I do agree with that sentiment, completely. Are Prayer Models Biblical?īefore I give you the steps for praying for the sick, I first want to deal with the objection that prayer should be a spontaneous conversation with God, rather than a structured format to follow. It is the one I have used when praying for the sick for almost a decade, and it is the one we teach to all of our churches and ministry partners in Sozo Ministries. Now, finally, with the foundations having been laid, I hope you are ready to go after healing and begin praying for the sick, yourself! In this post, I want to share with you the most effective prayer model for healing I have ever seen. We looked at the authority of all believers to heal the sick, and talked practically about “ healing by command.” Shifting directions from authority to anointing, we looked at the Holy Spirit’s power for healing, and in the last post we discussed the biblical “ gifts of healing.” We have come a long way in this blog series on Christian Healing! We began with the biblical basis for healing, then discussed if healing should be expected today.
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