Divine Healing For The Sick

Jesus gave His disciples a mandate to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons. Like many strong local churches, Healing Rooms ministries are springing up all over the world to equip believers to do just that.

Originally pioneered by healing evangelist John G. Lake in the early 1900s, Healing Rooms are experiencing a renaissance of sorts as the Apostolic Movement begins to makes its way into mainstream Christianity with the “get equipped for the work of the ministry” message. This equipping dimension is visible in Healing Rooms ministries from coast to coast that seek to obey the Lord’s command to freely give of the anointing that we have freely received.

The prevalent manifestation of the gift of healing flowing through the hands of every day believers should come as no surprise. Cindy Jacobs prophesied about it in 2001: “A new signs and wonders movement is coming which is significantly greater than what was seen in the days of the post-World War II healing evangelists. Part of the fruit of this movement will be healing centers which will be built around the world, devoted to praying for the sick and casting out demons.”

That prophecy describes Healing Rooms to a tee, proving both the validity of the prophetic Word and God’s desire to demonstrate signs and wonders at the hands of believers everywhere. Today there are more than 300 Healing Rooms in 15 nations staffed with volunteers committed to re-digging the healing wells, training saints to lay hands on the sick, and watching multiplied thousands experience miraculous healings, from blind eyes opening to cancers falling off and much more.

Re-digging a 20th Century well
Cal Pierce is the modern-day revivalist who brought Lake’s original Healing Room in Spokane, Wash. back to life and set the stage for the widespread establishment of the healing centers about which Jacobs prophesied.

The resurrection of Lake’s Healing Room began on February 28, 1999. That’s when Pierce started a 40-day fast. He was at Lake’s gravesite praying when he heard the Holy Ghost say, “There is a time to pray, and a time to move.” When the Lord directed him to the Scriptures in the Book of Genesis where Isaac re-dug Abraham’s wells, pitched a tent, and built an altar, there was no doubt in Pierce’s mind that God wanted he and his wife, Michelle, to re-dig the generational wells of healing in Spokane.

So Pierce moved – and then prayed some more. First he called in 125 intercessors from five states and soon began training up healing ministry teams. On July 22, 1999 the Spokane Healing Rooms of John G. Lake were re-opened in the same location they were in eight decades ago. Pierce was in God’s timing and the concept took off like wildfire across the nation and around the world.

“God is preparing for a Saint’s Movement to take the final harvest, but He’s got to heal His Body before he can heal the city,” Pierce says. “The Body of Christ has been in a mess, spiritually, mentally, and physically. You can’t take something to the streets that hasn’t first impacted and changed you.”

Equipping the saints
Healing Rooms in Spokane is a 15,000-square-foot facility where 170 people work on a weekly basis to serve the 1,000-plus visitors each month. There are nine rooms reserved for the 140 team members from 50 local churches that have been equipped to lay hands on the sick and cast out devils. Healing Rooms across the country hold regular training sessions for believers. The ministries are financially supported by visitor donations.

“There is a pent up demand in the pews for saints to be released into their destiny,” Pierce says. “People catch the vision and see [Healing Rooms] as a vehicle they can step into. We like to say that these are ordinary people doing extraordinary work. God’s not looking for stars, He’s looking for hunger.”

Healing Rooms training sessions include teachings on healing and the atonement, road blocks to healing, how to come against false teachings (read: “God made me sick to teach me something.”), the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in and through the believer, and a practical session on the protocols of ministering to the sick.

The fruit of healing prayers
Word of mouth brings the sick – believers and unbelievers alike – to Healing Rooms searching for a cure. The facilities are set up like a physician’s office, with a waiting room and a bookstore where folks can renew their minds with materials about healing while they wait. The sessions begin as a team of three ministers rely on the Holy Spirit to identify and root out issues like doctrinal unbelief, unforgiveness and bitterness, and build up the sick with Scriptures on healing and the love of God.

Only after root issues have been dealt with – sometimes after many visits – does the team pray healing or deliverance for the sick and oppressed. Typical ailments include everything from terminal illness and depression to diabetes and blindness. Pierce says during these sessions the lost are saved, believers are baptized in the Holy Spirit, the sick are healed, and the oppressed are delivered.

Pierce still recalls the woman who came in with constant seizures and migraines after a car accident. She had a steal plate in her skull. After prayer, the migraines and seizures stopped. She went back to the doctor and had more tests. “The brain scan showed a normal brain with no fracture to the skull,” Pierce says.

Dottie and Rich Kane have had similar results at Healing Rooms of South Florida. The duo opened the facility in March 2002 and their teams pray for about 75 people each week. The Kanes have seen hundreds of salvations, healings, miracles, baptisms in the Holy Spirit and deliverances this year alone.

“We’ve had several people that were blind receive their sight, the deaf have received their hearing. Cancers have been cured. These are documented healings,” says Dottie, who herself was healed of cancer. “We are seeing ordinary people being used by God in an extraordinary way. It thrills us to see the saints coming forth to do the work of ministry.”

Do you feel led to start a Healing Rooms ministry in your city? The International Association of Healing Rooms, headquartered in Spokane, Wash., offers suggestions on how to start a healing room at www.healingrooms.com.

Training materials, video tapes are also available, along with information about Healing Rooms conferences across the country.

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