The Bible Speaks To The Sick And Those Who Pray For Them

How To Pray For The Sick Volume 1 works directly with the biblical text to develop a solid foundation upon which to build a healing prayer ministry. It is followed by to How To Pray For The Sick Volume 2 where a methodology for developing a team ministry to heal the sick is practically developed. Every ministry, profession and job, needs both teaching and training. One of the ministries of Heart Communications is to bring the healing ministry into all Christian churches, regardless of denomination. 

How To Pray For The Sick speaks to the person who seeks healing and the one who seeks to learn to pray for the sick. While there are many quick miracles of healing, this is not always the case. Many healings are blocked for a myriad of reasons. The Bible shows us most of these reasons. Rarely is a healing thwarted because of lack of faith of the sick person. 

Healing comes to the sick, by God, in diverse and unique ways. There is not one way to heal the sick. God can repeat himself. God can do new things. Jesus told us we would do greater things than he did. This means there are more and different ways miracles will come through us as we do his works. There is not a correct method. The Lord has a unique plan of healing for each individual. Like Elisha we first try what we know. It might heal the sick. But if it doesn’t, we must know how to listen to the Lord for his special plan. Or, we must listen to the Lord and discern what is blocking the healing the Lord seeks to release. 

Volume 1’s Chapter titles include The Commission to Heal the Sick, the Power of God to Heal, Spiritual Gifts for Healing, the Requirements of the Person Praying, the Requirements and Rights of the One Requesting Prayer, Lessons in Healing from the Old Testament, Lessons in Healing from the New Testament, Faith for Healing, Sin and Sickness, Forgiveness and Healing, God Can Have A Purpose in Sickness, Other Causes of Sickness, Encouragement for the One Not Healed, and Controversial Issues in Healing the Sick. 


About the Author

Sybil A. Bissell received a Bachelor of Arts (with Specialization) with double majors in Psychology and Religious Studies from the University of Alberta in 1981. She moved to Pasadena, California to attend Fuller Theological Seminary and complete a Master of Arts in Theology and Marriage and Family Ministries, with accredited training as a Marriage and Family Therapist, in 1985. She became a licensed psychologist and provided 20 years of service to the Christian community in Alberta, Canada. She returned to the University of Alberta graduating from the Faculty of Law in 1999 with a Juris Doctorate (LLB). 

Along with the 4 volumes in this series, Sybil has published Why Me, Lord?, God and Me: A Journey of Divine Encounters, and The Joy Of Parenting Preschoolers. 

While at Fuller Theological Seminary Sybil received instruction and training in praying for the sick. She was in the well-known class MC510: Signs and Wonders for Church Growth taught by Pastor John Wimber and Dr. C. Peter Wagner. She incorporated prayer for the sick into her practice as a psychologist as part of the healing process. While praying for healing the Holy Spirit provided more and more insight into what “blocks” a person from receiving a miracle of physical healing.