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Old 05-02-2007, 02:51 PM
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Some Facts on Healing

Healing: Fiction, Fantasy or Fact by social anthropologist David Lewis (published in England by Hodder & Stoughton).

Dr. Lewis studies the results of 1,890 questionnaires, returned after a John Wimber conference in Harrogate, England (By the way, the 1,890 returns are a 76,5% response – very high).

Now we want to share what they found out about how many people actually received physical healing, inner healing and deliverance. Instead of just giving people two choices (i.e. “healed” or “not healed”), Dr. Lewis wisely allowed for five possibilities:
1) Total healing
2) A great deal of healing
3) A fair amount of healing
4) A little healing
5) No apparent healing

PHYSICAL HEALING

Of the 1,890 people, 621 received prayer for 867 instances of physical ailments (some of us are sick in more than one area!).

Of these:
279 (32%) received either total or a great deal of healing.
222 (26%) received a fair amount of healing.
304 (42%) reported little or no healing.

Lewis did follow-up interviews with 35 of these respondents and found that for 57% the healing was sustained. (By the way, 68 reported total healing.)

The questionnaires revealed several more things:
a) Young people ask less often but receive more healing than those over 60. Also “words of knowledge” focused more on younger people.
b) The less educated (the poor of the Gospel) report a higher degree of healing than the better educated, more academic group, even though a large proportion of the conference participants were drawn from the professional academic groups (doctors, teachers and clergy).
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Old 05-02-2007, 03:56 PM
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this is good! *BUMP*
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Old 05-02-2007, 04:48 PM
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... b) The less educated (the poor of the Gospel) report a higher degree of healing than the better educated, more academic group, even though a large proportion of the conference participants were drawn from the professional academic groups (doctors, teachers and clergy).
Isn't it interesting that when there is a need, there is a God?
Sometimes it is easier to believe in insurance/doctors than in God. The poor don't have this option vey often, so they must rely upon God.
Looking at international revivals, it is easy to see that poorer countries have greater reports of healing than wealthy ones. The poor must rely upon God. They often have no choice in the matter.
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Old 05-02-2007, 07:32 PM
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Isn't it interesting that when there is a need, there is a God?
Sometimes it is easier to believe in insurance/doctors than in God. The poor don't have this option vey often, so they must rely upon God.
Looking at international revivals, it is easy to see that poorer countries have greater reports of healing than wealthy ones. The poor must rely upon God. They often have no choice in the matter.
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Old 05-02-2007, 10:03 PM
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Thank you for sharing this article, brother.
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Healing: Fiction, Fantasy or Fact by social anthropologist David Lewis (published in England by Hodder & Stoughton).

Dr. Lewis studies the results of 1,890 questionnaires, returned after a John Wimber conference in Harrogate, England (By the way, the 1,890 returns are a 76,5% response – very high).

Now we want to share what they found out about how many people actually received physical healing, inner healing and deliverance. Instead of just giving people two choices (i.e. “healed” or “not healed”), Dr. Lewis wisely allowed for five possibilities:
1) Total healing
2) A great deal of healing
3) A fair amount of healing
4) A little healing
5) No apparent healing

PHYSICAL HEALING

Of the 1,890 people, 621 received prayer for 867 instances of physical ailments (some of us are sick in more than one area!).

Of these:
279 (32%) received either total or a great deal of healing.
222 (26%) received a fair amount of healing.
304 (42%) reported little or no healing.

Lewis did follow-up interviews with 35 of these respondents and found that for 57% the healing was sustained. (By the way, 68 reported total healing.)

The questionnaires revealed several more things:
a) Young people ask less often but receive more healing than those over 60. Also “words of knowledge” focused more on younger people.
b) The less educated (the poor of the Gospel) report a higher degree of healing than the better educated, more academic group, even though a large proportion of the conference participants were drawn from the professional academic groups (doctors, teachers and clergy).
This is very interesting, Keith thanks for sharing it. Bottom line is God heals, when we actually turn to Him, acknowledge Him and ask in faith, and continue to walk in faith. Many don't really have any confidence in God working for them even though they may give lip service to asking.
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The last summary...as I was reading it one word came to my mind....FAITH. Sometimes we try to overanalyze and rationalize the situation and problem...when all we need is FAITH. I BELIEVE that it is going to happen. I don't see it but I BELIEVE it.

FAITH...the substance of things hoped for....the evidence of things not seen.
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