Not being Healed?

 Why Are You Not Being Healed?

The above subject is not being addressed by the Body of Jesus Christ.  Yet, our health issues physically, emotionally, and even spiritually (unbelief) dominate our lives. Why have we been programed by science, doctors, and mankind to seek every alternative cure and ignore God?  The answers to being healed are not complicated and it is very frustrating people are not being healed even though God in His Word promises healing through prayer.  God sent His Son Jesus to show us how to pray for healing.  Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”  So, why are we not doing this?

Five Things Keeping Us in Captivity to Sickness and Disease?

1.     We don’t read the Bible consistently to know that we can be healed.  Exodus 15:26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

2.     Even if we read the Bible, we don’t believe we can be healed.  Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  Romans 14:23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

3.     God is not our first option for prayer and healing.  1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

4.     We seek doctors as our first option for a cure. Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

5.     We don’t make ourselves available for prayer and healing. Romans 12:1-2 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. 

It is completely baffling to me when people turn down prayer when it is obvious they are ill.  I can’t count the number of times people have rejected prayer.  I see people struggling with back pain, depression, cancer, plantar fasciitis, high blood pressure, immune diseases, nerve issues in the back/knees/shoulders, migraines, panic attacks, arthritis, circulation issues, anger, and many more who refuse to accept prayer and they continue to suffer. All of these can be healed or greatly minimized through prayer.

It is our responsibility as Believers in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God to pray for the sick and diseased.  James 5:14-15 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. 15 And the prayer of faith will save (heal) the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 

Prayer - Why are we not going to the altar for prayer?  Most often because 1. they don’t want people to think they are flawed when their sicknesses and diseases make it obvious, they are flawed, 2. the don’t believe they can be healed.  Perhaps we need to teach and encourage the flock to accept prayer.  Perhaps people would more apt to seek prayer if have a team praying for people outside the sanctuary before, during, and after church functions. Especially the seniors.

We must teach people that we all need prayer for our illnesses and it’s ok to confess our sins that have caused sickness and disease.  We can’t pray for people if we don’t know their sins. James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse (heal) us from all unrighteousness (sin). Proverbs 28:13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

We all have a responsibility to do what Jesus did in His ministry whether it be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors’ teachers, Ephesians 4:11, or any believer in Jesus Christ. We must get everyone involved without excuse.  We must pray without ceasing, (1 Thessalonians 5:17) until we are healed.

We are in a spiritual war with Satan and his fallen angers who hate God’s sons and daughters.  Their goal is to kill us.  People must stand up and be leaders in a prayer movement against the one who is trying to destroy us and our children. Matthew 21:22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

We must understand that there will always be a cause of our sicknesses and diseases because we are responders to our sinful thoughts that will affect us physically and emotionally leading to sickness and disease, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.  

Where do our thoughts come from? Is everything we think from ourselves? For Christians, some of our thoughts are from the God/Holy Spirit. Some of our thoughts are from us. Some of our thoughts are from the enemy – Satan.  Your body is a responder to who you are in thought.  It’s referred to as the min-body connection.  It’s not anything new to a believer.  God already told us, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7. God knew what He was talking about. It’s a biological truth that the things we think about and dwell on actually become part of who we are.  We will never get to the spiritual roots of disease if we don’t first understand the biology of how our minds affect our bodies.      

Prayer is a declaration/proclamation/decree that goes out to the three heavens.  We can speak (out loud) prayer into existence just as God did in Genises 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. Prayer is very powerful, but is rendered ineffective if we don’t pray. We can’t be healed if we don’t pray! 

The days of feel-good sermons and teachings must change.  We must hold each other accountable in the eyes of God and train up prayer warriors in the church to bring people out captivity as we wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ  

Lastly, I hear so many say “I want to be like Jesus.”  Then, do what Jesus did in His ministry.  It’s not an option! Mark 16:15-18 14 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; Don’t ignore this commandment!                                                                    Tony 12-2-2025