Old Testament

Prayer-for-the-Sick: Asking Words

Have you ever said something in a way that delighted you? Maybe you even thought to yourself: “I like the way I said that.” I think God enjoys His words too. It is His speaking and commanding forth that we observe in the Creation account of Genesis. And everything He called forth was pronounced good [...]

Prayer-for-the-Sick: Consecrated (3)

Sometimes consecration takes place by default. What I mean by this is that a prayer for the sick takes the form of a vow. This might be in order to accomplish something such as with Hannah, or in order to escape doom or death as in the account of King Hezekiah. Let’s look first at [...]

Prayer-for-the-Sick: Consecrated (1)

Sometimes the Spirit speaks to me through hymns from my childhood. I recall those days of Church attendance with my parents, of sharing the hymnal with endless stanzas, of straining out the melody that demanded so much from my tiny voice. Nevertheless, it is the words that were now reverberating through my mind these many [...]