When American adults are asked what their top priority in life is, 91% list good physical health Good physical health is an important part of life but even more important is our emotional health and the most important part of life is our spiritual health. People can get sick physically emotionally or spiritually and need healing. God wants you to have good health in all these three areas.
NIV 3 John 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. John says that God wants you to enjoy good health. God wants things to go well with you, but notice the last phrase John says “even as your soul is getting along well.” John is saying that your spiritual health is to be your top priority. When your soul is healthy in its relationship with God, it provides a foundation for you to have good physical and emotional health as well.
Today my message is entitled “Healing For Injuries.” When I speak of healing today, remember the principles apply to physical, emotional and spiritual healing. We all need God’s healing touch in our lives on a regular basis.
A friend of mine here in St Louis named Scott finished law school at Wash U in 1991. After his last final exam, he went to a driving range with a friend. After hitting balls for a few minutes, Scott doubled over with excruciating pain in his lower abdomen. When the pain didn’t let up, his friend drove Scott to the emergency room. There they ran some tests, gave him some pain medication and sent him home. The next week Scott was shocked to learn that he had cancer. Scott was 23 years old and just married 2 years.
Before the scheduled surgery could take place the tumor ruptured. Scott was rushed to emergency surgery and the tumor was removed and found to be malignant. The prognosis did not look good. There was a good possibility the cancer had spread. Scott, his family and church all began to pray for God to heal him. One day as Scott was riding in a car he was praying he said “God, I believe in you. You have to help me. Just give me a sign to show me you’re with me and I’m going to be Ok. How about a bright flashing light or something?” Just then the car drove over a hill and Scott saw the flashing light of radio tower. The peace of God came into his soul and he knew everything would be alright. To the doctor’s amazement the cancer had not spread and 5 years later he was declared cancer-free and still is today. God had healed Scott.
Today we’re going to look at the last 8 verses in the book of James to discover how to pray for healing.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my September 23, 2007 message entitled Healing For Injuries
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