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Like all prayer, healing prayer is about the relationship between us who pray and our Triune God – and not about the relationship between ourselves and the person for whom we are praying. So the most important thing we can do is listen to the Lord. Listening is a form of obedience – and the Lord always blesses obedience. So when we listen for and wait upon the Lord’s directionwe are able to receive the knowledge, wisdom and faith to do his work and we don’t end up being misled by our feelings for the person for whom we are praying. Neither are we left to pray in ignorance, blindly tossing petitions heavenward, hoping at least one or two will hit the mark. Instead, we are able to pray with insight, which comes from the Holy Spirit who will communicate with us, often through images or sensations or symbols, which indicate to us what direction we should take in our prayer for healing. The more we practice listening to the Lord, the better we become at discerning and acting upon what the Spirit is saying to us. Continue reading →