Physical Healing

The ministry of prayer for physical healing involves a process of listening, physical contact where appropriate, and prayer with confidence and thanksgiving. It is probably more difficult to believe God for physical healing than for any other type. Christians are sure that prayer can bring people to repentance or change a person's character, but many are reluctant to pray specifically for physical healing. Such prayer requires spiritual courage. It is, however, a simple process and usually takes less time and preparation than prayer for inner healing. (1) Listening. The first step in praying for healing is to listen in order to find out the nature of the problem. There are two specific things for which to listen: (1) what the person perceives as the problem; and (2) what God might disclose about the problem through the word of knowledge. One ear should be tuned to the sick person and the other to God. Sometimes the knowledge from God comes in the form of definite mental images or v…