Shut Up and Listen
It has been the tradition for a personal healing that church members spoke with the individual and asked what they want prayer for, then prayed Christ would heal the complaint. This is of course in line with the statement of Jesus that whatever we ask in His name the Father will so give us and a prayer is therefore signed "In Jesus name." This prayer is in hope of invoking the power of Christ to achieve Godly miracles as in New Testament times and if it didn't work it was not God's will. Compared with Christ's testimony of 100% healing we find a comparatively poor rate of healing in most churches today and the thought is there something astray. To King Saul when he did not complete Gods instruction the prophet Samuel says (1Sam 15:23) for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the Word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. We know the way of witchcraft is not right but