Healing The Sick Quotes by Francis Collins, David A. Bednar, Ted Turner, Mahatma Gandhi, Joseph Smith, Jr. and many others.
It’s interesting when you read the life of Christ how much of his time he spent healing the sick. There must have been a reason for that – he was modelling for us what it is we are intended to do by following his path.
Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in healing the sick, deaf, or lame – if such healing accomplishes God’s purposes and is in accordance with His will. Thus, even with strong faith, many mountains will not be moved. And not all of the sick and infirm will be healed.
Jesus Christ would have been considered just another long-haired hippie freak if he hadn’t been crucified. The folks weren’t impressed with healing the sick, feeding the multitudes bread and fish or anything else, except maybe the walking on water. But when he got crucified, that gave him his big start.
The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.
The chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed.
