Practical Pastoring Book Four Praying for the Sick

Praying for the sick is a wonderful piece of pastoral ministry. The challenge is to know how to pray for each need that is presented. Do you remember how Jesus would slip away from the crowds in order to spend time with His Father before doing ministry? Do the same as Jesus. When someone requests prayer, allow the Holy Spirit to speak to your heart so that a river of living water will flow through you.

Each ministry opportunity will be different. As humans we make poor life choices and then expect a miraculous healing to override the bad choices. In our country people seem to be more concerned...