Q. I have been reading your updated article on healing. I hope I am mistaken in my interpretation of what you are stating with regards to healing.

The reason, I say this is that My wife and I lost our precious son (Joshua) to leukemia  on August 3, 2005. He was thirteen years old. Joshua was born again and loved the Lord. our former church and pastor’s anointed Joshua with oil, prayed and fasted with him, in addition to having other Church’s affiliated with the Church do the same.  Along with Our entire family and Josh.

Unfortunately, after all this including a bone marrow transplant chemo and radiation therapies, among other treatments, he went home to be with Jesus. So are you saying  that none of us including Joshua, had enough faith to have the Lord heal him? Or am I missing something? Although, I know he is with the Lord, and we will see him again, we miss him terribly. We have heard all the Christian Comments, primarily from people who have never experienced burying their child.  So I am very interested in all articles concerning healing. Hopefully, you will see fit to respond. Read Post »

Q. Thank you for your article about healing, Pastor. I have been struggling with a lot of health issues lately.  I read a very good book by (a well known Christian author) , where he mentioned that many people believe that in some cases adult males struggle with health issues in their 30-s and 40-s, because of a life long relationship struggle with their mothers.  This description most certainly fit my case.  I think my health issues may come from that.  At the same time, I read your article on healing in faith.  I want to believe that I could get healed.  Last Sunday I went to church and the pastor offered an anointing and prayer for healing (bodily and in terms of relationships).  I felt moved to come and get anointed with oil.  I explained to him that I needed to be healed both ways.  However, I didn’t think about my relationship with my mother at the time, but with my wife because we struggled that week.  Read Post »

A bible Study by Jack Kelley

(This is an update of an article I first published in 1999.  I’ve received several eMails lately questioning the views I expressed in my study entitled “O You Of Little Faith.”  In each of them a misinterpretation of Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was used to support the theory that God sometimes refuses to heal us when we ask.   Sadly, this misinterpretation is all too common among Christians today.  I’ve updated and expanded the article and offer it in response to these questions.  Be blessed.) Read Post »

Q. You claim to have the gift of healing.  I have trouble believing this because the gifts of the Holy Spirit are usable when needed.  If someone is gifted in teaching it is evident as the person teaches.  If a Christian is gifted in mercy, that is also evident.  The recipient of these gifts does not require faith to receive them.  Why didn’t Paul just heal Timothy of his stomach problem?  He told him to drink wine instead. Read Post »

Q. If what you are saying about God’s desire to heal everyone of their illness is true … if a lack of faith is the only thing that prevents God from accomplishing this … then the efforts of all the doctors and nurses throughout all of history have served only to undermine God’s divine plan for healing sick believers. So when I (as part of my nursing duties) educate my patients about their disease process and what they can expect in its progression, I destroy their faith and subsequently any chance of my patients overcoming cancer, end-stage heart disease, liver failure, kidney failure, Lou Gherig’s disease and a host of other fatal illnesses. Read Post »

Q. Thank you for your website. You are gifted in scripture and help us who are not in a greater understanding of God’s Word. I praise God for your service.

I am interested in a better understanding of your position on prayer and healing. I am understanding you to say that for physical healing to happen all that is needed is prayer given in full faith of that healing. While I believe that God is willing to heal and the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective (James 5:16), I also believe that there are consequences to our actions. A lifetime of bad habits such as alcohol, smoking, overeating, excessive sports (wearing out the body) come with consequences. Even the genetics passed through our family determine our physical health. Read Post »

Q. My son broke his neck in 2001 and he is a quad now. I have prayed for a healing but I always pray for a complete healing body, soul, mind and spirit … because I am afraid that he might return to his old ways which were not following the Lord. Am I wrong in the way I pray? He has not been healed even though he has been to several healing services and that causes him to doubt that the Lord will heal him. I always pray for Gods’ will to be done since I know I don’t know best. Thank You Read Post »

Q. My husband and I have been reading your recent articles on healing. Our question has to do with whether it is always God’s will to heal?  God’s promise in Isaiah seems to speak of our iniquities and not our infirmities.  (King James version) We prayed for a friend’s healing according to the promise of His Word, but feel our faith would be unwavering if we could base it on the literal  translation of a word meaning infirmities. Read Post »

Q. One of the arguments you use that Jesus was willing for us to be healed was when the man asked “Lord, if you are willing…” in Mathew 8:1-3 and the Lord’s answer was “I am willing”.

However, it seems the Lord was not always willing in all cases. For instance concerning the Cananite woman in Mathew 15:22-28. Even though in the end he does heal her daughter, at first He was reluctant. Would this reluctance continue with all gentiles, or was this limited only to his earthly ministry before his death and resurrection? Read Post »

Q. It is my understanding that when Jesus said to his disciples, ” You have not because you ask not …” the request had to be made with the right motive which would be guided by being in the will of God. Due to my deficiency in omniscience, I can’t know what God’s will is for me in every situation of my life … I don’t know who around me will be affected by my choices (good or bad). I confess my sins and ask His forgiveness knowing He is faithful and just to cleanse me of all unrighteousness. I do that to remove any barrier that stands between God and me. Therefore when my prayers go unanswered, I have to assume that I was asking for something out of impure motives or asking for something that is not in line with His will and then I have to depend on the fact that He knows what is best for me. What if I asked for a snake believing it is a fish or a stone while thinking it was an egg? He, being the loving father that he is would not grant those requests. Am I wrong in that belief? Read Post »