Couples for Christ

TRAINING ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS

Talk No. 02:

Gift of Healing

What is healing?
we need to understand healing
from the perspective of our relationship
with God as our father

Healing:
The process of making or becoming
sound or healthy again
(literally meaning to make whole[1])
is the process of the restoration of
health from an unbalanced,
diseased or damaged organism

Our Relationship With God

Jesus sets the tone of our relationship with God. He is our
Father; we His sons and daughters.
Because God is our Father, He will give us what is good for us,
not because He wants to prove that He loves us, but simply
because He loves us.
One of the basic things our Father wants for us is good health,
i.e., the wholeness of manmind, body and emotions.
If we believe that God is love, then it is easy for us to believe
that healing is an ordinary, not extraordinary, sign of His
compassion and love.

Luke 11:1-4 & Luke 11:13

Attitude of Jesus
Towards Healing
Jesus preached not only with words
but also with deeds.
He preached salvation and victory
over the devil
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Mark 1:40-41

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Forgiveness of Sin
Mark 2: 1-12
Forgiveness of sin is the first
and deepest kind of healing
that Christ brings

Sacrament of
reconciliation
is strongly
recommended.

There seems to be a
connection between much of
our sickness and our spiritual
or emotional health.
It may be helpful to consider
praying for repentance or
inner healing before praying
for physical healing.

Involved is not only our asking

forgiveness from God but also our
own forgiveness for others.

Inner Healing

(of hurts caused by wrong upbringing or painful experience)

Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and

forever can take the memories of our past, heal
them from the wounds that still remain and affect
our present lives, and fill with His love all these
places in us that have been empty for so long.

We pray for inner healing when we are held down

in any way by the hurts of the past.

How do we
pray for
inner
healing?

Prayer for Inner Healing

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PYSICAL HEALING
How to Pray for this?
Pray with confidence

Listen to find out

what to pray for

Trust that it is God's ordinary

will to heal the person who
asks
Pray with
However, do not put pressure
thanksgiving.
on the person being prayed for
by demanding that he express
faith
in the healing.
Verbalize
your prayer

Use ordinary speaking voice. No need to

Lay hands to
shout.
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and concern
Ask for the healing. Be specific. Visualize
if to pray for or
what
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are not sure what is
well rather than down and sick)
God's will in a
When praying in a team, listen to one
situation, it is better
another. Do not pray independently. Be one
to pray in the Spirit.
in your prayers.

DELIVERANCE
Compulsion

If inner healing does not

seem to accomplish
healing

When Indicated?

This is a prayer said

in the name and
authority of Jesus in
order to free a
person oppressed by
evil spirits.

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after doing everything
possible to achieve selfdiscipline

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How to pray
for
deliverance?

Praying for Deliverance

Prepare for it. Fasting is excellent
preparation

Pray with a team but assign a leader

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to pray for deliver
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Pray with authority. Do not hesitate
or hedge. Be decisive

Points to remember
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Families are
encouraged to
pray

Medicine is not
opposed to faith in the
healing power of God
Sirac 38:1-15

Anybody can
pray, even
children
(especially for
physical
healing).

Conclusion

Thank you and GOD

Afternoon!

Bible Verse
Luke 11:1-4
Ug nahitabo nga sa nag-ampo si Jesus sa usa ka dapit, sa pagundang niya, usa sa iyang mga tinun-an miingon kaniya, "Ginoo,
tudloi kami sa pag-ampo, maingon nga gitudloan ni Juan ang iyang
mga tinunan."Ug siya miingon kanila, "Sa inyong pag-ampo, ingnon
ninyo:
Sa adlaw-adlaw hatagi kami sa among kalan-on sa matag-adlaw;
ug pasayloa kami sa among mga sala, kay kami gayud usab
nagapasaylo man sa tanang nakautang kanamo; ug ayaw kami
itugyan ngadto sa panulay.`
Luke 11:13
Busa, kon kamo, bisan sa inyong pagkadautan, mahibalo man
ganing mohatag ug mga maayong gasa ngadto sa inyong mga anak,
unsa pa gayud ka labaw pa sa langitnong Amahan nga mohatag sa
Espiritu Santo ngadto sa mga nagapangayo kaniya?"

Bible Verse
Mark 1:40-41

"Ug

didtoy usa ka sanlahon nga

miduol ug nangamuyo kaniya, ug sa
nagluhod siya miingon kaniya, "Kon buot
ka,
makahinlo
ikaw
kanako."
Ug sa giabut si Jesus ug kaluoy, gituyhad
niya ang iyang kamot, ug mihikap ug
miingon
siya
kaniya,
"Buot
ako;
mamahinlo ka."

Bible Verse
Mark 2:1-12

Ug sa paghibalik niya sa Capernaum tapus sa pipila ka adlaw,

nadungog nga siya didto sa usa ka balay. Ug daghan ang nagponsisok
didto, nga tungod niana wala nay dapit nga ila pang kasudlan, bisan pa
diha duol sa pultahan; ug ngadto kanila giwali niya ang pulong. Ug didtoy
nangabut nga nanagdala kaniyag usa ka paralitico nga giyayongan sa upat
ka tawo. Ug kay dili man sila makaduol kang Jesus tungod sa panon sa
mga tawo, ilang gibuslotan ang atop sa ibabaw niya; ug sa nakahimo na
silag lungag, ilang gitonton ang higdaanan diin diha ang paralitico. Ug sa
pagkakita ni Jesus sa ilang pagsalig, siya miingon sa paralitico, "Anak, ang
imong mga sala gipasaylo na. Ug dihay pipila sa mga escriba nga
nanaglingkod, ug diha sa ilang mga kasingkasing nangutana sila nga
nanag-ingon, Nganong nagasulti man kining tawhana sa ingon? Usa kini
ka pasipala! Kay kinsa bay makapasaylog mga sala kondili ang dios ra? Ug
dihadiha sa nasabut ni Jesus diha sa iyang espriritu nga sa ingon
nangutana sila sa ilang kaugalingon, siya miingon kanila, "Nganong
nangutana man kamo sa ingon sa sulod sa inyong mga kasingkasing? ay
hain bay labi pang masayon, ang pag-ingon ba ngadto sa paralitico, `Ang
imong mga sala gipasaylo na,` o ang pag-ingon ba, `Bangon, dad-a ang
imong higdaanan ug paglakaw`? Apan aron mahibalo kamo nga ang Anak
sa Tawo may kagahum diay dinhi sa yuta sa pagpasaylog mga sala"-- siya
miingon sa paralitico--ako magaingon kanimo, bangon, dad-a ang imong
higdaanan ug pumauli ka. Ug siya mibangon, ug dihadiha gisakwat niya
ang iyang higdaanan ug mipahawa siya sa atubangan nilang tanan
paingon sa gawas, nga tungod niini nahibulong silang tanan ug
nayagdaneg sa Dios, ug nanag-ingon, "Wala pa kitay nakita nga ingon
niini!"

Bible Verse
Sirac 38-1-15

Tahora ang mananambal kay nagkinahanglan ka niya, ug ang Ginoo

mismo nagpahiluna niya.Sa pagkatinuod, ang pagpanambal gikan sa
kahitas-an. Ang gasa sa pa-nambal gikan sa Labawng Makagaga-hom. Ang
kahanas sa mananambal nag-hatag niyag dungog ug nakadanig pag-dayeg
sa mga gamhanan. Ang Diyos mibuhat sa makaayong mga tanom nga
ikatambal nga mitubosa yuta. Dili ni biaybiayon sa mabuot. Hinumdomi nga
migamit siya og ordinaryong sungkod pagdalisay sa tubig. Sa ingon, gipakita
niya ang iyang gahom sa matag usa.Siya ang naghatag og kahibalo sa mga
tawo busa, ila untang himayaon ang iyang gahom.Ang doktor mo-gamit ini
aron pag-ayo ug paglipay, ang kimiko alang sa pagsagolsagol.Anang
paagiha, ang buhat sa Ginoo dili mohunong ug ang kaayohan mo-kaylap sa
kalibotan. Anak, kon nasakit ka, ayawg kaba-laka, pag-ampo aron ayohon
ka sa Gi-noo. Biyai ang daotang bisyo, hugasi ang imong kamot sa daotan
ug lunsaya ang imong kasingkasing sa tanang sala.Halad og insenso ug
usa ka halan-domong gasa sa pino nga harina ug daghang gasa sumala sa
imong mahi-mo.Unya, pangonsultag mananam-bal, hinumdomi nga hinimo
siya sa Di-yos busa, ayaw siyag ibale wala. Nag-kinahanglan ka niya.Dunay
mga kaso nga ang maayong panglawas mag-agad sa mananambal.Sila sab
nangaliya sa kahitas-an alang sa pag-tabang ug sa pag-ayo aron pagluwas
sa kinabuhi.Hinaot nga ang nakasala atuba-ngan sa iyang Magbubuhat,
mahulog sa kamot sa mananambal!

 The clearest example of this in Scripture is found is

Psalm 119. Notice the progression through verses 67,
71, and 75 - "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but
now I obey your word...It was good for me to be
afflicted so that I might learn your decrees...I know, O
LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness
you have afflicted me." The author ofPsalm 119was
looking at suffering from God's perspective. It was good
for him to be afflicted. It was faithfulness that caused
God to afflict him. The result of the affliction was so that
he could learn God's decrees and obey His Word.