Old Testament

• I am the Lord who heals you. (Exodus 23:26)
• The character of God—it’s in His nature to heal.
• Examples of God healing (2 Kings 5; Isaiah 38–39)

The ministry of Jesus

• “Jesus” means “Savior”
• Greek “sozo” means “I save,” also “I heal”
• The healing miracles of Jesus form 25 percent of the Gospels
• Jesus healed. (Matthew 4:23)
• He gave his followers authority to heal. (Luke 10:9, Acts)
• We see healing throughout church history.
• He commissions us to pray for and heal the sick today.

• God heals explicably—through the medical profession.
• God heals inexplicably and directly.

“When we prayed for no one, no one was healed. Now we pray for lots of people and some are healed.”

— John Wimber

It’s God who heals—not us.

Simplicity—pray as Jesus did with love and compassion. (Matthew 9:36; Mark 1:41)

Words of knowledge

• Pictures
• Sympathy pain
• Impressions
• Hear or see words

Prayer—simple model

• Where does it hurt?
• Lay hands on the person.
• Ask the Holy Spirit to come.
• Ask how are they doing / if they can feel anything different.
• Sometimes you need to pray more than once.

• Dancer Off Her Feet by Julie Sheldon
• Power Evangelism by John Wimber