I agree with you totally.. I used to attend a church where the preacher
used to say..."Lord, if it your will, heal "So and So"    OF COURSE IT IS
HIS WILL!!!!! THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS HE WENT TO THE CROSS!!!!  Till
this day I still don't understand why he would say that.......

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> From: JUST1POOKI@...
> To: healing@...
> Subject: Re: [Healing] Divine healing for you
> Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 6:43 AM
> 
> 
>     "The prayer of faith shall heal the sick." James 5:16
> 
>      The number of times I've read that particular verse, it points out
to
>      me that faith MUST be present if one is praying for healing, for
with-
>      out that element, we would simply be performing an empty gesture
>      to pray without believing in God's capabilities to perform His Word.
> 
>      I've known many, many situations where there were ministers or
others
>      who have prayed for severely ill people with an attitude of, "Well, 
>      the Lord may or may not heal, but I'll pray, just in case." I heard
some-
>      one say once that you shouldn't let just anyone lay hands on you
>      and pray for your healing, unless you know that this person has the
>      faith necessary TO pray the "prayer of faith." How many people have
>      died needlessly because the person praying for them did not really
>      have the faith to trust God at His word? I remember a situation in
par-
>      ticular many years ago  before I really understood about healing, in
>      which the preacher would say one particular Sunday, "I'm going over
>      to the hospital to pray for Brother or Sister Such-and-Such," and
the
>      following Sunday, he would say, "Praise God!  Brother or Sister
Such-
>      and-Such" is gone home to be with the Lord!" This happened on se-
>      veral occasions, almost without fail.  As little as I understood, I
knew
>      enough not to ever have this man lay hands on me or a loved one if
>      we were ever sick. From the things he said, it was clear that his
pray-
>      er was done more out of duty to his position than out of any faith.
> 
>      If we do not take God's Word as ABSOLUTE truth, then we nullify
>      the effectiveness of our prayers for healing or anything else.
> 
>      
> 
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