Lay Hands On The Sick They Shall Recover
I was attending a healing conference that was presented by Bill Dew. He trained under Randy Clark and some other anointed leaders in the healing ministry. He and his wife Carol, who has now gone to be with the Lord, were teaching us how easy it was to lay hands on each other and command healing to take place in one another’s bodies. The minister then asked if there was anyone in the room who needed a healing touch from the Lord. He told the ones that needed to be healed to stand so all of us around them could lay hands on them. A few of us made our way over to this young gentleman who was standing in our row. He told us his neck was hurting. We laid hands on him and did exactly what the speaker told us to do and say which was simply, “Pain, or sickness leave now!” And we released healing in the name of Jesus. The man smiled and thanked us, and sat down. We made our way back to our seats and I remember thinking “Oh well, at least we tried.” The guest speaker asked those who had been healed to stand up. To my surprise, the man in our row stood up and testified that when our group had prayed for him, he felt a pop’ in his neck. He said that the pain left after we had finished praying for him.
Jesus paid a very high price for us to be healed, both physically and mentally. Whether it be a body pain, an ailment, sickness, or disease, it has all been paid in full so we can walk in complete wholeness. It is such an amazing feeling to be used as a vessel to release His power in the earth realm. When you are born again and abiding in Him, He is abiding in you, He comes out and when He does, miracles, signs, and wonders happen. Once you experience this, you will never want to go back to living for yourself ever again. He wants to heal those around us, and He wants to use you and me to do it.
Mark 16:18 tells us to lay hands on the sick and they WILL recover! At another seminar, the same speaker had us repeat the steps as before, except this time we were sitting in small groups around tables. We were told to pray for someone at our table that needed a healing touch. A lady needed prayer, so we all took turns praying for her. When it was my turn, I started praying for her and I felt God’s healing virtue flow straight out of my hand and off my tongue as I commanded her to be healed in the name of Jesus. The lady also stated that she felt power, too as I was praying for her. She knew that Jesus did something at that very moment, but she was still feeling pain. I knew that God had touched her too, but I didn’t see the immediate healing, so I thought that the prayers must not have worked. On the second day of the conference, that same lady stood up to testify of what Jesus did for her. She excitedly told everyone in the room how God had completely healed her during the night, and that she was one hundred percent pain free when she woke up that morning.
Healing happens in God’s timing. That is why we must walk by faith and not by sight. When we pray for someone, even if we do not see instantaneous results, we must always have faith for them to be healed. It is not by faith in our abilities, but faith solely in Jesus, the Name above every name. His name is above sickness, disease, Alzheimer’s, anxieties, diabetes, lack, and anything else that we might be battling at the time. This verse also says that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father. We need to do our part to help lead others to confess this truth. We must be open to train the body how to lay hands on the sick so they can recover and give thanks to their Heavenly Father who loves us all very much. We must be doers and not just hearers of the Word of God, deceiving ourselves. “Lord, lead us to the ones You would like to heal, deliver, and set free. Give us the words to say and help us to be effective ministers all for Your glory. Amen.”
James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. NKJV
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