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Have you ever been speaking to someone and they begin to tell you about feeling unwell or about an ailment they are suffering with? This has happened to me so many times and as Christians we carry the Kingdom of God with us wherever we go so it’s not really surprising that people open up to us.

Now the old me would probably have listened and commiserated with them about their misfortunate. But, as I am actively seeking to live a naturally supernatural lifestyle, in that moment I usually feel a gentle nudge from the Holy Spirit to offer to pray for them.

I know that I don’t have to be some sort of superstar Christian to offer to pray for healing and just as the disciples, who hung around with Jesus were given the mandate to:

 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.” – Matt 10:8

We too as disciples of Jesus are called to do the same!

Maybe you didn’t know that and this is news to you as you read this blog! But, once we become Christians we literally have all the power we need to live this life because the Holy Spirit lives within us.

 “I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” – Luke 24:29

As daughter’s of the King, we are clothed in power and have all the authority we need to speak to illness and expect it to go in Jesus name.

WOW! isn’t that amazing! That literally makes me feel so excited that we get to the stuff that the first disciples did.

Knowing that doesn’t mean I don’t get nervous but, as I have written about in previous blogs, this is where I pray for 20 seconds of outrageous courage and then ask to pray for the person in front of me.

What I have found is that most of the time people are so grateful that you have taken an interest in them that they say ‘yes please’. The number one priority for us as Christians is to love the world around us and to love the person in front of us and to see them through God’s eyes.

Offering to pray for someone you can see has a need is just love in action, plain and simple and is not weird in any way. If you knew that you had a cure for someone and could make them feel better wouldn’t you want to?