Article July 24, 1971 Issue

Prayer That Heals

EULA GILL CORBITT

"The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." James 5:15; Many sincere seekers for Truth are asking, "What is prayer that heals? How can I make my prayers more effective and fruitful?"

In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy devotes an entire chapter to prayer. In this remarkable dissertation on prayer she answers these questions with irrefutable logic and proof. She writes: "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love. Regardless of what another may say or think on this subject, I speak from experience. Prayer, watching, and working, combined with self-immolation, are God's gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christianization and health of mankind." Science and Health, p. 1;

The innate longing of the human heart to know God is not a formula or a ritual. It is a desire for spiritual growth, that the glory of God may be revealed in us.

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