08-12-09 - 3 Steps to Healing Prayer

Here is the link for the sermon 3 Steps to Healing Prayer

Rev. Denny Finnegan

I. Getting Grounded in Christ!
Matthew 9:35-38
A. Getting Grounded in Christ’s Heart: He had compassion on them ... (Vs.36)
B. Getting Grounded in Prayer: Ask the Lord of the harvest ...
C. Three-Step Healing Prayer Model: Diagnosis - Prescription - Prognosis
Step #1: Diagnosis - Learning to Listen
Step #2: Prescription - Learning to Discern
Step #3: Prognosis - Completing the Healing

II. Step #1: Diagnosis - Learning to Listen
Definition of Diagnosis: literally means, by or through knowledge or knowing
A basic dictionary definition is, the identification of the nature and cause of something.
A. Three good reasons Why it is important to Listen!
1. James 1:19
2. 1 Kings 19:12
3. Acts 16:16-18
B. What Are We Listening for? Johari Window - four areas of a person’s life:
1) What everyone sees
2) What only they see
3) What they don=t see
4) What no one sees (except God!).

III. Step #2: Prescription - Learning to Discern
Definition of Prescription: In its most basic sense, it means, a written order.

There are two basic questions we will ask:
1. How does the Holy Spirit want us to proceed in ministering to this person.
2. What style of prayer are we to pray?

Let's look at two examples of how Jesus did this ...
Mark 7:32-35
Mark 8:22-25

IV. Step #3: Prognosis - Completing the Healing
Definition of Prognosis: In Greek, it literally means, foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction. In medicine, it can mean the forecast of the future.

A. Here are just four possibilities:
1) The choices they did not make
2) The choices they did make
3) Actions made accidentally or intentionally that affect us
4) God decides we don’t need to know, but we are still called to minister healing prayer to them

Three specific questions we might ask of the Lord:
1) What comes next?
2) What will maintain healing, or move toward greater healing?
3) What kind of follow-up might the Lord lead to be done?