Why emphasize healing

The purpose of healing in the ministry is for one reason and one reason only. To bring a person into wholeness. Why is being whole important?

The experience of being sickness comes with varying degrees of experiences that you otherwise would not have if you were your healthy self. They, the experiences, can bring with them perceptions of the scriptures, God, Christ or your life in general that differ from how you would normally think about the scriptures.

A young person doesn't often think about their health as a person in their 50's, 60's and up. You wouldn't see lots of young people in a prayer line for healing, like you would adults with cracking bones, stiff joints and other conditions.

I've witnessed young people who get filled with the Holy Ghost, become a prayer warrior, gain weight, and eventually stop praying on their knees. Believe in the healing power of Jesus Christ, get older and have difficulty believing their sore joints and injured back could ever be healed. What's changed?

Since sickness can manipulate ideas, perceptions and decisions we make in life. Christ has provided healing as a way to control thinking and how we see things.