Courageous Humility Pt. 1Sample

Reading Luke’s account of the woman with an issue of blood, this phrase sticks out to me, “someone deliberately touched me”. Deliberately. According to a quick Google search, that word deliberately means: 1. consciously and intentionally; on purpose 2. in a careful and unhurried way. This begs the question, if healing is needed, are we willing to courageously reach out for it intentionally and on purpose, without “hurry” (or worry) attached to it? 

The other nugget shining like a piece of gold is the statement, “your faith has made you well.” In James we see a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick and the Lord will make well the person willing to allow elders of the church to pray for and anoint them. This begs two more questions. Are we willing to allow others to pray for us? And how healthy is my faith? The latter question seems to me to be the most urgent… 

Are there areas in our relationship with Christ where ill feelings have been harbored towards Him, perhaps unknowingly? Have prayers gone unanswered, circumstances unchanged? Has my faith been shaken and whittled to barely a splinter and I have a difficult time pressing in? However, out of obligation (or maybe fear) I will not abandon Him. To imagine anything MORE in my relationship with Him right now, is a real stretch? 

Prayer: Lord, I pray for Your supernatural healing for those who may need to have their faith in and relationship with You healed. I courageously pray this prayer as one of intercessory, as it’s possible souls may not even be able to acknowledge this prayer is needed. We stand in the gap for folks who have been injured by others in the church or in the Name of Jesus. Help them to see You are still a loving God and You truly desire to heal ALL areas of our lives. You desire we have restoration. Father, help us to deliberately, on purpose, without hurry reach out to You for healing in any area of our lives and trust You will close open wounds, heal blinded eyes, open deaf ears, restore mobility to the paralyzed, and give words to the mute. In Jesus Christ’s Name we pray, amen!