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Scripture Prayers for Healing
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The Lord has given us Scripture-inspired, anointed prayers concerning healing, and I want to
remind you of some of them.
In Genesis 20, Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his
maidservant. These were people who believed all kinds of things, and Abraham prayed for them,
and God healed them. I guess it never crossed his mind that it might not be God’s will to heal
them. He just prayed, and God healed them.
In Numbers 12, Moses’ sister and brother had messed up, and oh boy, they got in trouble. The
protection came off of Miriam, and leprosy got on her. It was a death sentence. She was
supposed to be separated from the congregation and living outside of town, and it was a death
sentence. Notice how Moses prayed. In Numbers 12:13, he prayed for her. “And Moses cried
unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now.” Did he include, “…
if it be Thy will
”?
Now, if it is always right to pray “if it be thy will,” we should find some scriptures that show
people praying like that, shouldn’t we? There would be at least one or two, and if someone says
they don’t agree with us about it always being God’s will to heal, then have them give you 30
biblical reasons why they are sure it’s
not
always God’s will to heal. Then watch them struggle,
because how can you prove something from the Bible that’s not in the Bible and not the will of
God? You can’t.
He didn’t say
heal her now, if it be Thy will
. What did he say? He was very short and to the
point. “Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.” Heal her now? God, I beseech You? What if it’s
not His will? Apparently Moses wasn’t thinking that way.
Would it be alright for you to pray the Bible? Why would someone object to us praying the
Bible? Some say, “Well, you’re supposed to have an ‘if it be Thy will.’” You’d be adding to the
Bible if you put an ‘if it be Thy will’ in there. And you know there is something said in
Revelation about people who add to the Scriptures and take away from the Scriptures…
(Revelation 22:19) “You’re supposed to put an ‘if it be Thy will’ in everything.” Said who? No,
read it as it is written. Stay with it; don’t change it.
He prayed, “Heal her now,” and sure enough, God heard the prayer, and she did not have to live
with that terrible disease. She did not die from it. She was healed, and she was restored back to
her family. God is merciful.
Now, notice that she got in trouble because she missed it. She not only needed to be healed, but
she also needed to be forgiven, and again and again, that’s the case with us.
People don’t like to talk about this. They question, “What are you saying? Are you trying to say
I’ve sinned?” Well, are you trying to say you haven’t? You and I both have missed it repeatedly.
We have missed it, and missing it opens the door to the enemy and allows things that we
shouldn’t have to deal with. None of us should throw a stone at anyone else because we’ve all
missed it, and we’ve all had things to deal with that shouldn’t have been in our lives. We’ve all
opened the door through ignorance, through rebellion, through stubbornness, through not