Healing

Revelatory / Sign Gifts

Literal Meaning

To restore instantaneously.

Description

The gift of Healing is the divine enablement to be God's instrument for restoring people to wholeness.

Distinctives

People with this gift tend to:

  • Demonstrate the power of God.
  • Bring restoration to the sick and diseased
  • Authenticate a message from God through healing.
  • Use it as an opportunity to communicate a Biblical truth and to see God glorified.
  • Pray, touch, or speak words that miraculously bring healing to one's body.

Common Traits

CompassionateTrusts in GodPrayerfulFull of faithHumbleResponsiveObedient

In Practice

Prayer ministry for the sick, compassion that brings comfort, expectation of God's restoration

Cautions

Every gift can be misused or overextended. Here are some things to watch for:

  • Need to remember that it is not always their faith or the faith of the sick that determines a healing, but God who determines it.
  • Need to realize that God does not promise to heal everyone who asks or is prayed for.
  • Should remember that Jesus did not pray for everyone who was sick or suffering while He was on the earth, but everyone He prayed for was healed.

Scripture References

Biblical foundations for this gift:

1 Corinthians 12:92830Acts 3:1-16Mark 2:1-2

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