Prayer and Healing

Due to popular demand we are actively seeking a way for this ministry to continue beyond this month. Please be patient and we will give an update before the month ends.

Bible Reading: James 5:13-20

Key Verse: Verse 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.”

Key Words: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick

Do you believe in praying for the sick?  I surely do.  So did John Wesley.

Here are three entries from John Wesley’s journal, taken from incidents years apart, that shows that Wesley believed that God could heal in response to prayer.  The three incidents involved healing for himself, a friend – and a horse.

• In 1741, May 10.  Sunday, pain in back and head, with fever; had to lie down most of day; only easy in one position.  At night tried to preach; pain, and seized with cough, etc.  There came to mind strongly, “These signs shall follow them that believe.”  Prayed; called on Jesus aloud to increase my faith and to confirm the Word of His grace.  While I was speaking my pain vanished away, the fever left me, my bodily strength returned, and for many weeks I felt neither sickness nor pain.  Unto Thee, O Lord, do I give thanks!
• 1745, Jan. 14.  On way to Bristol.  Was earnest desired to turn aside and call at the house of a poor man, William Shalwood.  I found him and his wife sick in one bed, and with small hopes of the recovery of either.  Yet (after prayer) I believed they would not die, but live and declare the loving kindness of the Lord.  The next time I called he was sitting below the stairs, and his wife was able to be abroad.
• 1781, Sept. 5.  On Wednesday noon I preached at Taunton.  I believe it my duty to relate here what some will esteem a most notable instance of enthusiasm (fanaticism).  Be it so or not, I aver the plain fact.  In an hour after we left Taunton, one of the chaise horses was on a sudden so lame that he could hardly set his foot to the ground.  It being impossible to procure any human help, I knew no remedy but prayer.  Immediately the lameness was gone, and he went just as he did before.

Oh, the power of prayer!

 

                                                                                            Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:  

✞Pray for the sick.