My rant - on faith for healing at the time of Coronavirus

What is the prayer of faith?

Mat 17:20 Jesus replied: It is because you don't have enough faith! But I can promise you this. If you had faith no larger than a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to move from here to there. And it would. Everything would be possible for you.


One of the things that annoys me at this time is the number of Christians giving advice that “you can’t pray, and receive healing”. This flies in the face of the very words of Jesus, that state that if you have faith “Everything would be possible for you”.

We should be encouraging faith in believers, to trust in God’s preserving power. To seek Him if they become sick.

This is not to say that you should not do as governments tell you, the bible tells us very clearly that “we are to obey those in power over us”. If you government tells you to isolate, do so. If you are to wash your hands at work, do it.

But now is a time to draw close to God. To seek Him intimately, to draw of His protection.

Psa 91:3-4 The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases. He will spread his wings over you and keep you secure.

This story is encouraging, Christian who prays regularly says "God healed him of Coronovirus".

Coronavirus Patient: God Breathed into My Lungs and Healed Me

Jonathan Walkerin said:

Most of the people survive this whatever they pray or not. The guy was on hospital for around 13 days then got better and went home. Great miracle healing story.

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You either did not read, or do not care, about what God did in this story.

He was in a state of deterioration, he was not "slowly getting better", he was getting worse. The doctors feared for him. Jesus came to the man, a man of faith, and said "I am healing you", that same day he regained strength, and the doctors were so shocked that they asked him "if he was a praying man", for they saw the power of prayer at work in him.

Big Boo said:

I have no fear of getting the coronavirus. If I become infected, I'll just pray it away. I know prayer will work here because my faith is strong.

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Knowing God does give strong confidence.

Psa 92:13-15 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Sketcher said:

God can and will heal some Christians of Covid-19. Others will not be blessed in that way. Faith will not be the dominant factor. If faith was the dominant factor in whether or not God will show up and protect/heal you, then Jim Elliot and his team would not have been murdered - they were praying Psalm 91 and believing it, and they were murdered.

Every Christian should be responsible and take precautions. Social distance. Stay at home if your state has a stay at home order. Wash your hands scrupulously. Take enough, but not too much when you shop. Stay home if you are sick. If you are a pastor, you should be doing church remotely already until this blows over. If you refuse to take these steps, how are you any better than a snake handler. And if you are a snake handler, stay at home anyway so other people won't get infected.

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In everything there is God's will. God may well take some people home at this time. Let's say a pastor get's sick, they in my opinion, will pass through a filter, and it is not the filter of "you had enough faith", or "you had none", it is the filter of "what is best", for all things work together for the good of those who love God. As Paul said, "to depart and be with the LORD is far better, but he stayed on to help his flock". The LORD knows the hearts of His servants, some will desire to depart to be with the LORD. Others still will stand against the virus and continue their mission down here. I am not advocating a hyper faith, that denies good men will die. Neither am I advocating that only those with super faith will live.

What I am concerned about is the worldliness and lack of faith in the body of Christ. People do not "know" the potential power of their God. Thinking that God can not, and will not heal. They go around, seeding doubt, in those who God want to engender strength.

By the way, just so you know. I am isolating, and obeying every ordinance of our government at this time. Not out of fear, but rather, in obedience to the word of God, that tells us to obey those in authority over us.

We should certainly be social distancing etc, but we should not be living in doubt of God's healing power.

I have mentioned this in other posts. But Psalm 91 I believe is the LORD's word to the church, He specifically spoke it to me to speak out to his people. Many of the ministries I trust, have also said they received Psalm 91 as a word from God for their churches. Individuals in the church who seek God regularly also have received that same scripture as God's letter to us at this time, independently, not knowing of the others.

God may speak to you in a different way. But I know how God has revealed himself to me.

Hazelelponi said:

That's weird. I've been singing that, like, every day lately and it's been great, I've felt so much better since I started...

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Not sure I know what you mean? What have you been singing?