Healing in Christianity

The congregation prays for a believer lying on the ground. Healing services in Church of Our Saviour, Singapore usually draw a throng of worshippers to worship and seek for forgiveness as a congregation...A service of prayer for healing and wholeness is not a new activity for Christianity as a religion. Prayers for healing are as old as the Bible itself. The disciples, following Jesus's example, anointed the sick and prayed for healing. The book of James, states that: "If anyone is sick, call the elders and pray for that person and anoint that person with oil in the name of the Lord." In Biblical times, oil was a symbol of God's healing properties.

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The congregation prays for a believer lying on the ground. Healing services in Church of Our Saviour, Singapore usually draw a throng of worshippers to worship and seek for forgiveness as a congregation...A service of prayer for healing and wholeness is not a new activity for Christianity as a religion. Prayers for healing are as old as the Bible itself. The disciples, following Jesus's example, anointed the sick and prayed for healing. The book of James, states that: "If anyone is sick, call the elders and pray for that person and anoint that person with oil in the name of the Lord." In Biblical times, oil was a symbol of God's healing properties.