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    Just in Time! Healing Services
    Just in Time! Healing Services
    Just in Time! Healing Services
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    Just in Time! Healing Services

    By James K. Wagner

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    Persons who design and lead worship will find this a practical and useful guide for Christ-centered healing ministry that can be easily adapted in a variety of settings. Included are six complete services of Holy Communion, Healing and Wholeness; Praise, Prayer, and Anointing; and Prayer, Confession, and Laying on of Hands. Services are suitable for Sunday morning worship; retreat settings; small group experiences hospital, nursing home, and home visitations; and personal counseling sessions.
    James K.Wagner worked for several years at the Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Director of Prayer and Healing Ministries. He is the author of several books on healing and wholeness ministry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateJul 1, 2011
    ISBN9781426726521
    Just in Time! Healing Services
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    James K. Wagner

    James K.Wagner worked for several years at the Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Director of Prayer and Healing Ministries. He is the author of several books on healing and wholeness ministry. In retirement, he is now president of the ecumenical spiritual movement Disciplined Order of Christ.

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      Just in Time! Healing Services - James K. Wagner

      JUST IN TIME!

      HEALING SERVICES

      James K. Wagner

      Abingdon Press

      Nashville

      JUST IN TIME!

      HEALING SERVICES

      Copyright © 2007 by Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      Original prayers and liturgies may be reproduced provided the following credit line and copyright notice appear on each copy: "From Healing Services by James K. Wagner copyright 2007 by Abingdon Press. Reproduced by permission." No other part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to Abingdon Press, P.O. Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801 or e-mailed to permissions@abingdonpress.com.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Wagner, James K.

      Healing services / James K. Wagner.

           p. cm. — (Just in time! ; 5)

      Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

      ISBN 978-0-687-64248-9 (binding: pbk.,adhesive perfect : alk. paper)

        1. Spiritual healing. 2. Healing—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.

      BT732.5.W335 2007

      265’.82—dc22

      2006103254

      All scripture quotations unless noted otherwise are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      The prayer on page iv, by James K. Wagner, is from the revised introduction to Letters on the Healing Ministry by Albert E. Day (Study Guide by James K. Wagner) copyright © 1986 by Albert E. Day and The Upper Room®, 9–10. It is used by permission of Upper Room Books®, http://www.bookstore.upperroom.org, 1-800-972-0433.)

      Quotations in the Introduction and chapters 7, 13, and 14 from The United Methodist Book of Worship (The United Methodist Publishing House, 1992) are used by permission.

      Quotations in chapter 7, 9, and 14 from The United Methodist Hymnal (The United Methodist Publishing House, 1989) are used by permission.

      Quotations and adaptations in chapters 1, 2, 7, and 11 from An Adventure in Healing and Wholeness by James K. Wagner, copyright © 1993 by Upper Room Books® are used by permission of the publisher, www.bookstore.upperroom.org, 1-800-972-0433.

      07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16—10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      To all who seek health and wholeness in body, mind, spirit, and relationships so freely offered by the compassionate, loving, healing Christ

      A PRAYER FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

      Come, Holy Spirit, enlighten my mind, cleanse my motives, clarify my intentions and guide my ambitions, especially in this matter and mystery of healing.

      When full understanding is not possible,

      give me faith to trust in you anyway.

      When my questions are greater than my answers,

      give me faith to trust in you anyway.

      When my doubts outweigh my certainties,

      give me faith to trust in you anyway.

      Above all else, Holy Spirit of the Living God,

      decrease my desire to live in my restrictive world of self and increase my desire to live in the freedom of your Kingdom.

      In the name of the One who makes possible the answer to this

      prayer,

      in the name of Jesus, I offer this request. Amen.

      —James K. Wagner, Introduction to Letters on the Healing Ministry

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      A Word of Challenge and Caution

      Chapter One: Questions about Healing Ministry

      1. Why Have a Healing Service?

      2. What to Call This Ministry?

      3. What Is Christ-centered Healing Ministry?

      4. Is Healing Ministry a Substitute for Medicine?

      5. What Is Meant by Healing Prayer?

      6. Who Are the People Who Serve on Prayer Teams?

      7. What Is the Role of Faith in Healing?

      8. Are Spiritual Gifts Necessary for Healing Ministry?

      9. What Is the Significance of Anointing with Oil?

      10. Why Lay on Hands in Healing Ministry?

      11. When Healing Does Not Happen, Then What?

      12. After Receiving Prayers for Healing, What Should I Expect?

      Chapter Two: Developing the Public Healing Service

      Questionnaire Related to Church Healing Services

      Considerations and Action

      When Praying with Others

      Models for Healing Services

      A Basic Pattern

      Examples of Healing Services

      Chapter Three: A Contemporary Worship Service

      Chapter Four: Healing Service for Small Group Settings

      Chapter Five: A Quiet, Meditative Service

      Chapter Six: Healing Service for a Chapel Setting

      Chapter Seven: A Traditional Holy Communion Service

      Chapter Eight: A Communion Service of Biblical Healing Stories

      Chapter Nine: A Flexible Pattern

      Chapter Ten: Forgiveness and Healing

      Chapter Eleven: A Silent Prayer Service

      Chapter Twelve: For a Hospital Setting

      Chapter Thirteen: For a Congregation in Conflict

      Chapter Fourteen: Following Congregational Trauma or Tragedy

      Appendix: Biblical Healing Passages

      Individual Healings by Jesus

      Multiple Healings by Jesus

      Individual Healings by the Apostles

      Multiple Healings by the Apostles

      Other New Testament Healing Passages

      Some Old Testament References to Healing

      Selected Resources

      Books

      Video

      Continuing Education Opportunities in Healing Ministry

      Scripture Index

      Music Index

      Communion Liturgy Index

      INTRODUCTION

      Those who design and lead worship will discover in this book guidelines and resources for healing ministry that is Christ-centered and can be adapted in a variety of settings. Although God uses medicine, hospitals, and various remedies in the healing process, these avenues for improving health do not address the spiritual heart of humankind. Does this imply that local churches might replace local hospitals? Not at all! The churches, however, can offer spiritual therapy not provided by health care professionals. God, as revealed in Jesus Christ—who is loving, compassionate, and on the side of good health—intends for us to seek and use the best medical care and the best spiritual care combined. Consider these ten reasons why the church is uniquely qualified as a primary healing community. The church:

      1. Presents all of Christ’s ministries: teaching, preaching, and healing;

      2. Engages in whole person healing (body, mind, spirit, relationships);

      3. Encourages a lifestyle of prayer;

      4. Emphasizes the role of faith;

      5. Deals with the root causes of illnesses;

      6. Is an extended family giving care, love, and support;

      7. Practices one-on-one ministry;

      8. Cooperates with health care professionals;

      9. Advocates and promotes the health of our natural environment;

      10. Offers spiritual therapies, such as the sacraments, prayer and meditation, biblical insights and values, forgiveness, worship opportunities, spiritual companionship, and the healing Christ.

      During his earthly ministry Jesus clearly understood and demonstrated the interrelatedness between

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