This forum is for those who believe God heals today.
This isn't about blaming anyone.
What hinders healing?
Unforgiveness "And whenever you stand praying, if you find that you carry something in your heart against another person, release him and forgive him so that your Father in heaven will also release you and forgive you of your faults." Mark 11:25. "And when you pray, make sure you forgive the faults of others so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you." MATT 6:14
Do you encourage them to forgive before you pray for them to be healed?
What are other things that hinders healing?
This is one of my favorite topics.
From my understanding there are many things that can hinder healing. I am still struggling to believe that God decides to heal or not to heal because I believe God already opened the way for us to use the gifts, we just don't know how to use them because we don't know how to hear God to receive faith; Faith comes by hearing. And, Jesus only did what He saw the Father do.
Gifts are irrevocable, so they can't be taken from you and if you have the Holy Spirit then you have the whole deal, not just a little. Yes, there are some gifts that are stronger in some than others, but you can use them all. In Matthew 24:24 says, "
for false Christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, even if possible, the elect". So even people who are false Christs and prophets do signs and wonders, what makes people think God's children can't or shouldn't?
The Bible even mentions in Revelations that there will be demonic spirits who will perform signs and wonders; "
They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty". Revelations 16:14.
Thats why I make sure everyone I pray for knows I am praying in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and I am super careful about who put hands on me and when people pray over a congregation or over me I am super aware of what they are declaring so can I agree or disagree because I do not accept what doesn't align with God's truth for my life. I am also super aware of worship, what I declare is very sacred because there's power in confession.
Even though I haven't found in the Bible a record of "self healing" I've experienced instantaneous healing several times by just touching the area and declaring the healing of the Lord over the pain. It happens because I have the revelation of the atmosphere of Heaven. If there's no pain there, we shouldn't have pain either, even if the world is dying in pain, we are supposed to be able to live according to what Jesus did for us; we have Heaven inside of us. (Luke 17:21-22, "
Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst." And Matthew 18:18, "
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven". And Jesus said over and over "Repent (change the way you think) for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.")
Please note that I am not 100% healed, as a matter if fact, I get such horrible pain that some days I think I am dying and I am half blind, but the Lord showed me my problem is spiritual, so I am dealing with it accordingly, always declaring that Jesus won and His victory is my victory, so sin and death must flee.
Things like unforgiveness, strongholds, fear, lack of faith, generational and social curses can hinder healing, but I think the most that hinders healing are lies about who we are. I mean, if you know who you are, then you ARE who you are, right? (Luke 17:6-10,
"So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitably servants. We have done what was our duty to do".
The devil works really hard to make sure we don't know who we are. I follow Todd White and Dan Mohler, they've been pillars in my life and they inspire me to just go and pray for people because if I believe in Jesus then the same signs that followed Him will follow me. We are to become Jesus' justice/righteousness, His ambassadors, His truth being manifested. The problem is that many don't even know Jesus, they know about Him, but they don't have the revelation of His love and reality. When they find the Father's Heart and they fall in love with His love, that love is expressed simply because you become love. You love just because, and you heal just because.
If you study Jesus's life, He never asked for their background to find the lie or if they had someone they needed to forgive, Jesus healed because He knows who He is. What amazes me is that He told many, "go and sin no more". I am assuming is because they knew what made them sick in the first place. I try to be very attentive to the Holy Spirit, He knows best how to guide us to guide others towards healing. Sometimes the problem is resolved by the release of a lie and welcoming the truth. Sometimes its hard to find that lie though.
I am not saying God doesn't heal people, of course He does, what I mean is, people are waiting for Him to act, and He does, but He also is expecting for His children to realize who they are and heal others as well; Romans 8:20-21, "
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in HOPE that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God."
Even creation is longing and holding on to hope that God's children will realize who they are.
Blessings!
