Article July 31, 1989 Issue

Why choose prayer for healing?

To rely on prayer for healing is not to put ourselves at risk. But we do have to be willing to change how we think about ourselves, our goals, our lives.

Horst Edwin Mehring

When we are sick, why should we pray to God for healing rather than rely on drugs or medical treatment? This can be a stirring question! But we can find an answer that satisfies our specific individual needs and gives us confidence in God.

We know from the Bible that centuries ago people turned to God for healing. Christian healing was lovingly and successfully practiced by Christ Jesus and his disciples.

Jesus never used or recommended the use of drugs for healing. On the contrary, he said, "Pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matt. 6:6. Such prayer includes the humble desire to find a better understanding of God and man. We pray to see the spiritual reality of man who, according to the Bible, was created in God's image. See Gen. 1:27 .

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