The Prayer of Faith

Health Food Devotional

July 20, 2017

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
(James 5:15)

Notice that this scripture says, "The prayer of faith will save the sick." It's not the anointing with oil that does it. It's not the elders' hands or even the elders. It's the prayer of faith that does it. You can pray that prayer as well as anyone can. 

Many people reason that if they don't get healed after someone lays hands on them, anoints them with oil, and prays, then the person who ministered to them didn't pray the prayer of faith. What is the prayer of faith? 

Let's substitute God's definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1 for the word "faith" in this scripture. In other words, "The prayer of the evidence of things not seen will heal the sick." 

Or we could substitute Romans 4:17 in there: "The prayer that calls those things that be not as though they were will heal the sick." That's what the prayer of faith is. It's the prayer of the evidence of things not seen. 

The prayer of faith doesn't say, "Look and see if you're healed. If you are, that's how you'll know if you prayed the prayer of faith." No, the prayer of faith sees with the eye of faith and counts it done. Faith calls those things that be not as though they were. 

I saw this as a Baptist boy, and I started preaching it as a Baptist boy. And I got results. Then the Full Gospel people came to town, held a revival, and built a church. I found out that they believed in divine healing, and I was thrilled about it. I had people to fellowship with around faith and divine healing. 

Confession:

I can pray the prayer of faith and get results. I can pray the prayer of "the evidence of things not seen" - the prayer that calls those things that be not as though they were. I can call my body well and whole in Jesus' Name.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin.
Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications