August 13th, 2007 by admin

For the next several months, the doctor prescribed different eye drops that I had to take everyday to keep the pressure down to normal. Apparently there had been some damage to the area where the fluid in my eye was supposed to be draining. Of course I sought God in prayer and had friends and pastors pray for me.  Furthermore, this was Tulsa, so healing ought to happen here in the faith capital of the world. I knew the Bible said that if anyone is sick let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, and the prayer of faith would save the sick and the Lord would raise him up (James 5:14). If the Bible were true, why was I not getting better? After all Jesus healed the blind eyes all the time in the Bible, and if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8) then what was the problem? I had been raised in a faith filled environment and believed in healing all my life, but obviously I was missing something.

In many places, the modern church is plagued with sickness, and there are not an abundance of healing miracles in local churches. It seems like whenever there is a healing service or a call for those who are sick, many in the church respond or raise their hands. Why is the church so sick? The scriptures make reference to a church that is healed and free from sickness, but it does not seem that we are seeing it today.