Are Any Among Your Sick

James 5: 13 - 20
An Order of Service for Healing and Wholeness

November 11, 2018

Healing - Iama
• Cure, make whole
– Inner and Outer (Body, Soul and Spirit)
– Personal and communal
• Along with exorcisms – Strong sign of
presence of God(Holy Spirit)/Kingdom of God

© Rev. Dr. Felicia LaBoy, 2018

Healing - Iama
• Along with exorcisms – Strong sign of
presence of God(Holy Spirit)/Kingdom of God
• Happens on this side of heaven and beyond
– Hebrews 11:13 – 16
• Natural/Supernatural

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Healing Also Related to Salvation and
other Supernatural/Manifestation Gifts
• Sozo (salvation)
– Whole, nothing
missing, nothing
broken
• Related to:
– Words of Wisdom
– Words of Knowledge
– Prophetic (Forth-/
Foretelling
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95 verses that refer to God’s ability and
willingness to heal us –physically,
emotionally, spiritually, communally

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Significance of Oil
• Medicinal &
Practical purposes
• Referenced 200+
times in the Bible
• In NT, refers to the
Presence and
Action of the Holy
Spirit

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Significance Anointing
• Special endowment of
Holy Spirit
• Set apart
• Empowerment for task
(1 Sam 16:13)
• Signify the Care of the
Shepherd (Psalm 23:5)
– Protection/Preventive
Care
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3 Results of Healing

• Revelation of God
• Reconciliation
• Renewal/Restoration
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James 5:13 - 20
• Summation of how we
are to live
• Let’s us know that our
“power” comes from
prayer
• Prayer is mostly about
restoration of others
– Sickness
– Sin
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Are any of you sick (James 5:14)
• Sick are to summon the elders
• Elders
– Not only pastor
– Spiritually mature
• Anointing
– Re-establish care & community
– We see you
• Recognition that some “sickness” requires
some confession © Rev. Dr. Felicia LaBoy, 2018