Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick by Jonas Clark

The following is an article from Jonas Clark that I love and originally was here: http://www.jonasclark.com/blog/prayer-faith/

The prayer of faith is so powerful it can heal the sick. Scripture says, “And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him” (James 5:15).

Faith is believing that God will do what he said he would do.

Faith is not just believing in your heart, faith is associated with an action. An action is visible and not hidden. Jesus said, “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house” (Matthew 5:15).

Prayer is communicating with God.

The prayer of faith is believing what God said, agreeing with what God said, declaring what God said, and acting on what God said. Paul wrote, “We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak” (2 Corinthians 4:13). If you are sick, you want someone to believe with you for God’s healing virtue. You see, faith activates the anointing.

God responds to faith, not needs.

In other words, faith grabs hold of God’s promises. By faith mountains move, storms give up and quit, and demons flee. Faith pleases God. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).

The prayer of faith is not a pharisaical religious prayer. No, the prayer of faith touches God. It’s a heartfelt serious prayer. James wrote the prayer of faith is certain, fixed, and steadfast. “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord” (James 1:6-7).

One day a cripple was listening to Apostle Paul preach. Paul saw faith rising in the man’s heart. “And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked” (Acts 14:7-10). That’s the prayer of faith!

Faith sees the answer. Faith sees the victory. Faith touches the hem of Christ’s garment.

Your partner,

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