Jesus was healing a blind man and the healing was partial. He asked him a diagnostic question: "Can you see?"
And when it was evi...
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Jesus was healing a blind man and the healing was partial. He asked him a diagnostic question: "Can you see?"
And when it was evident the man's vision wasn't 20/20, he didn't give up. Jesus continued ministering to the man until he was healed.
Have you ever prayed for healing for someone and nothing happened? That's what I frequently experience.
I pray, check the person out, don't detect much difference, and owing to my flabby faith, tend to give up.
At the same time, I'm a big believer in a God who heals, so honestly, this wears on me over time. "What's the deal, God? Where are you when this person needs you?" I ask.
Over time, I've come to see that my own poverty of experience may be the thing that's broken. God is often looking to heal more gradually than I realize.
Katie Eason was in Tanzania attending a crusade. Her experience is what I think God wants us to expect. She recounts her story:
The first night I met John. I immediately walked up to this man on crutches and prayed "Lord heal him." At the end of the night I felt the push to go pray over him. I did and he experienced healing. He walked off that night, carrying his crutches horizontally under his arm. But as I watched him walk away though, I still saw a limp in his walk.
Our God is a God of complete healing. So I asked if I could pray over him again. He said he felt even more pain release, but still walked with a limp. The third night, I approached John and asked if I could pray over him again.
The Lord was so faithful. John was healed. The Lord's spirit invaded John's body. His first response was to weep and then his tears were turned to laughing. He said he no longer felt an ounce of pain when he walked. He said he has been on crutches for so long that people on the streets are even asking him what happened to his crutches.
An email I just received from John:
Hi Katie,
I thank God so much that he used you as his vessel to get me out of the leg problem I had. I have nothing to give to you but my prayers that you get covered by the almighty God wherever you go. Am now free from the severe pain I had in my right leg. I am now sleeping as a baby in bed and without any pain.
Again I say thank you Katie for all that you have done to me. (Your prayers worked).
Be blessed.
John
God seems to like to stretch our faith in the healing process. If we'll keep going back to him, we're likely to see him respond. What has been your experience with healing prayers?
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