At the beginning of every year, our church plans a corporate fast where the entire church is invited to fast and pray. I didn’t participate this year since I’m still having problems with eating and fasting while recovering from heart surgery is probably not recommended. There’s also a prayer meeting each night during the fast from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Even though I’m not fasting, I think I’ll go to church tonight.
Today’s scripture reading is from James 5:13-20.
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven
I’ve posted about this before but I struggle a lot with faith and healing. I’ve always had a hard time with faith, even early in my Christian life, but the recent medical struggles was a real challenge. Verse 15 clearly says “the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up.” The obvious thought is that I don’t have enough faith, which is probably true. But what about everyone else at church? Is there not one faithful person praying for me? At this point, I feel like I’m just repeating myself. I don’t understand God’s plan in all this but I feel I have to continue praying, for healing because that all I’ve got.
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Just got back from church. There was a lot of people there, probably a couple of hundred, much more than I expected. First prayer was 30 minutes for ourselves, next 10 minutes were for revival, then the pastor asked people who needed prayer and healing to stand. I stood up and about 5-6 people surrounded me and laid hands for prayer. Finally there was a short prayer time for seeking and wanting to know God more. There is a prayer meeting each night of the fast until this Friday.
Life with chronic diseases 