Healing Starts Now! Expanded Edition by Joan Hunter

Author:Joan Hunter [Hunter, Joan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768485493
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

Often, praying for the parents first will make the child more receptive to ministry. Be sensitive to the Lord’s voice. Sometimes there is a direct connection between the child’s condition and a parental need. There might be guilt for the child’s illness, stress, or a traumatic event in the home that helped bring on the sickness.

If you suspect that a child has been abused or neglected, it is your legal responsibility to report it to the appropriate authorities, either the local police or the state child protective agency in the county or state where the child resides. You can definitely pray over the situation and people involved; however, the person’s safety is paramount. Unfortunately, spousal, parental, or elder abuse also occurs. There are protective services for adults as well as children in every state of the USA. Reporting can be anonymous.

Proxy Prayer Requests

Requests for proxy prayers are an opportunity to encourage people to pray for the healing of their friends, family, others, or themselves. Turn these requests into commissioning prayers. Pray for the person’s hands. If possible, instruct them to place one hand on their own heart and the other on the heart of the recipient when they pray.

What to Avoid in Ministering Healing

As important as learning to pray for healing is, it is just as important to learn what to avoid. The following examples help illustrate what not to do. Even though I have alluded to some of these things in earlier chapters, I want to remind you again.

If Jesus were on earth today, He would go shopping just like everybody else to buy shoes, clothes, or food. Just as Jesus took the healing power of God with Him to the marketplaces and fishing boats of His day, we are to take His healing power with us wherever we go.

There are some things Jesus would never do. For example, He would never say, “I wish I could pray for that person,” or “I just don’t feel the anointing right now.” Jesus knew He always walked in the anointing. He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me” (Luke 4:18a). As you abide in Him, “…the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you” (1 John 2:27a).

Do not wait to “feel” the anointing before you pray for healing for yourself or others. Step out and do it. When you first pray for the sick, your heart may start pounding. That reaction may be from the anointing; however, it could be caused by your own nervousness or fear. Some people report feelings of extreme anticipation or tingling in their hands or heart. As you mature, “feelings” may not happen at all—and you shouldn’t expect or depend on them. Like getting married, the “wow” factor might not be there a year or two after the wedding, but the love is still there. Healing can be that way. You don’t need to experience the “wow” feeling in order to minister. You know that God’s love for people is in you and working through you.

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