Topic: Prayer for the sick

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Should medical science and ministers work together?

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But some woman here not long ago trusted God out in California for her baby that died, and every newspaper and magazine packed it across the country. And the same time where one didn’t have faith enough for deliverance, everybody criticized that, all the magazines and papers, and God healed thousand...

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Why were the sick healed when handkerchiefs from Paul's body were laid on them?

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Another one, they taken handkerchiefs from his body and aprons, and laid upon the sick people, and evil spirits went out of people. Not because it was Saint Paul; he was a man who lived in flesh like you and I. And he died. He had to be redeemed by the Blood of Christ just like we do. It wasn’t the...

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Brother Branham, I love the Lord, but for the past year I have been—I have been faced with a problem. Seems sometimes I’ve almost been out of my mind. What is it? Please pray for me and my husband.

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Well, if there is no…If this person was on private interview, like you people been in there this morning, it would pull that out what it is, whatever it is. See? The Lord would reveal what it is. But now, that I don’t know who you are, and you’re not setting here; it just said, “A sister in Christ.”...

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If a pastor does not believe in praying for the sick, who else can pray for you?

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If your pastor don’t believe in praying for the sick, go to some real good Christian who does believe. And they have just as much authority as the pastor. “Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another, that you may be healed (James 5.), for the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous...

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Was the commission to heal the sick and cast out devils given only to the apostles?

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Maybe there would be someone who wouldn’t believe in Divine healing. I wonder what you’d think of this: the first commission that Jesus gave the Church was to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the leper, cast out devils, freely as you receive, freely give. The first commission was ever give to...

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Who can pray for a sick person if there is no healing campaign in their city?

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And I—and I appreciate your kindness and all that you’ve done. And now, the Lord bless you. And here’s the next thing I want to say is this: that don’t wait for a healing campaign in your city, to be healed. Your pastor or your neighbor that’s a Christian, has just as much legal rights from God to p...

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Should someone who does not believe with all their heart come into the prayer line?

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Because the Bible said, “Go ye and sin no more, or a worse thing come upon you.” And what is sin? Unbelief. When God has made Hisself manifested to you, like that. And you go away, “Well, I don’t know. He might’ve guessed that. It might…” Brother, it’s not guessing. See? No. And you go away like tha...

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Do you need a prayer card to be healed?

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Come here, lady. I believe we are strangers, too, are we? We are. I do not know. You’re just some lady that come up, out of the audience, there, picked up a prayer card. There’s hundreds of people, setting there tonight, don’t even have a prayer card. Her either, neither, but she—she’s healed just t...

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Who has the right to pray for the sick?

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So what He has done, I cannot do, or no one else. But now, if you can appropriate faith, have faith to believe that He has did this and it’s for you, individually you, then the healing will be there. It will not fail. So have faith in God. God has set preachers into the church. These pastors here, t...

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Why are hands laid on the sick?

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Now, Elijah knew that everything he touched was blessed. But now, if he could get the woman to believe it. I think that’s where Paul got his handkerchiefs. See? He knowed God was in Him. And Elijah knew what he blessed, what he put his hands on was blessed. That’s why we have the order of laying han...

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Has praying for the sick been practiced throughout church history?

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A minister, your pastor, could read it here in the Scripture. If you’d believe it, that’s all it takes. Main thing is, your personal faith is His merits of salvation for your soul or healing for your body. The prophet said, “He was wounded for our transgression; with His stripes we were healed.” And...

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Does a person need a prayer card to be healed?

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Now, you people setting here this afternoon, just…I—I don’t know whether I’m going to speak or not. I…The Angel of the Lord is moving down this aisle again, there’s…You—you believe I’m a fanatic? No, sir, I’m not. I’m telling you the truth. And your prayer cards that the boy gives out, that has noth...

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Did Paul anoint the handkerchiefs and aprons he sent out?

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Look, if my baby was sick, and I wanted some man, that could come from…Now, many times, you believe in anointing a cloth. That’s all right; that’s perfectly all right. Anything that God will bless, I’m for it. Aren’t you? That’s right. See? Now, many people anoint the cloth, but if you’ll follow me...

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What does the oil represent when a sick person is anointed with oil and prayed for?

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Now, here comes a man up here, maybe, that’s sick. He’s standing here with a…The doctor says he’s going to die. He’s filled with TB. Here he comes up to the pastor, he says, “Pastor, I—I’m…The doctor tells me I’m going to die. I—I’m—I pray, you pray with me, pastor.” The pastor says, “All right.” No...

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Why were handkerchiefs from Paul's body laid on the sick?

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Now, look. Here’s where I think Paul got the idea, minister brethren, of laying handkerchiefs on the sick. He said, “You take my staff,” told Gehazi. “You take my staff; and if any man salutes you, salute him not.” That’s what’s the trouble when we get a commission today, we got to stop and do other...

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Should handkerchiefs sent to the sick be anointed?

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Now, I, this lady, I gave her a handkerchief, she wanted me to, she said, “Bless the handkerchief.” Now, a lot of people anoint them. That’s all right. Anything that God blesses, I’m for it. But if you watch the Scripture, Paul didn’t anoint them, he taken them off of his body (See?), just off of hi...

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Does a sick person have to wait for a Divine healing service to come to town?

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Divine healing’s in reach of every person, and every person that is a Christian has a right to pray for the sick. That’s right. If there’s any among you sick, call the elders. That’s the deacons in your church. See? And then he said confess your faults one to another, and pray one for the other…That...

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According to James 5:14, whose duty is it to pray for the sick?

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“Go ye and sin no more, or a worse thing come upon you.” Jesus said, “Which is it easier do? Say thy sins be forgiven thee, or take up thy bed and walk”? It’s all on the same. And so I believe in James 5:14, said, “If any among you are sick, let them call the elders of the church; let them anoint th...

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When a pastor prays for the sick, does healing depend on his prayer or on the sick person's faith?

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When your pastor prays for you, say, “Well, he must not be a man of God, or God would’ve heard his prayer.” What about your faith? It’s your faith that touches God, not altogether his prayer. You’re obeying God’s Word. And when you obey God’s Word, God’s under obligation to answer you, if you believ...

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Does praying for the sick take the place of medical doctors?

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Now, in these meetings I do not wish to—that anyone would miss—be misinformed. I do not take—try to take the place of a medical doctor. This is not Mayo Clinic. This is the house of prayer. When medical doctors, God put them here; they’re doing a good job. But medical doctors does not claim to heal...