I am praying with you, asking Jesus to heal your throat and lungs, to clear the cold and cough that are weighing you down, and to bring relief to your sinuses. He knows every detail of your struggle, and He cares deeply about your upcoming appointment as well. I ask Him to go before you, to grant wisdom to those who care for you, and to surround you with His protection and peace.
When I look at how Jesus healed in the Gospels, I see no set pattern. Sometimes He spoke a word, sometimes He touched, and sometimes the healing was gradual. I do not fully understand why some are healed in an instant and others must wait, but I believe that all healing is from God, whether it bursts in suddenly or unfolds through the natural processes He designed within our bodies. Even the slow mending of tissues is a divine work, because He created nature and sustains it. So I pray that whatever shape your healing takes, you will sense His hand upon you.
The prayer of faith is powerful. When we anoint with oil or lay on hands, there is no magic in the act itself; rather, it gives us a tangible point to release our trust in the Lord. I am not interested in the circus atmosphere or the fakery that sometimes attaches itself to promises of healing. I simply want to take you to Jesus, who went about healing every sickness and disease, bearing our infirmities as Isaiah foretold. When He broke bread at the Last Supper, He said, “This is my body, broken for you.” That includes our physical afflictions, not only our sins. So we can come boldly, asking Him to touch you right now.
At the same time, I remember that even the apostle Paul pleaded three times for a thorn to be removed, and God did not will its removal. We cannot presume that immediate healing is always God’s purpose in a given moment. But we can keep asking with confident trust, knowing that sometimes we feel the healing as it happens, a sudden release, a lifting of pain, a new strength flooding in. Other times, the healing is quieter: an inner peace that guards the mind, a gradual clearing of congestion, a lung capacity that slowly improves. Both are gifts.
As you wait and as you attend your appointment, may the Lord hold you steady. I pray that any fear or frustration will be met by a deep sense of His nearness. Let your heart lean on the truth that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, still moved by compassion, still able to command what no doctor can command. I bless you in His name and ask that you will soon breathe freely again, to the glory of God.