Rebecca Park Totilo

Anointing Oil For The Sick - Is Any Sick Among You?



Posted: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

by Rebecca Park Totilo
Rebecca at the Well & Heal With Essential Oils

In the case of illness or emotional trauma, anointing can bring healing, forgiveness, and peace with a profound sense of Yahweh's presence in your life. Believers in the B'rit Hadashah (New Covenant or New Testament) were instructed to anoint the sick with oil. James 5:14-16 directs us, "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

As believers we are to seek out "seasoned believers" or elders in your congregation or local assembly who will stand in agreement with you regarding your healing and anoint with oil in the name of the Yahweh. With this act, you are submitting yourself humbly to the Heavenly Father, with confession of any sin that could hinder your deliverance.

Author Dean M. Miller writes in his biblical teaching for the Church of the Brethren that anointing may be of real help to you for a variety of scenarios besides physical illness. Possible uses include:

Physical illness. You may have received a disturbing diagnosis from your physician, or you have been battling a chronic or life-threatening illness.

Accident or sudden trauma. You may be coping with the consequences of severe injuries or a loss of body function in a permanent handicap.

Impending surgery. You may be facing the fear and anxiety of an operation with an uncertain prognosis.

Critical decisions. You may be faced with choices affecting your job, your marriage, or your future that seem overwhelming.

Risk and vulnerability. You may be undertaking a new assignment in strange territory, involving considerable risk to you and those whom you love.

Reconciliation. You have just experienced a breakthrough in restoring a relationship that when broken, caused you much anguish and suffering.

Emotional pain. You recall memories that arouse fear and guilt upon the loss of someone especially close to you.

Spiritual renewal. You have experienced the closeness of God in a new way and found joy in renewing relationships with Christian brothers and sisters from whom you were estranged.

Rebecca Park Totilo’s flair and passion for life bursts into living color when she writes. As an award-winning publisher author of over 34 books, she has been spoken to millions via television, radio and live appearances. Her credits include working as a contributor writer on two best-selling series ("Quiet Moments with God" and “Stories for the Teen’s Heart”) which sold over one million and five million copies respectively.  She is also a freelance writer for several national magazines including Christian Parenting Today, Discipleship Journal and Woman’s World. Rebecca's photography work has appeared in numerous national magazines such as Woman’s World, Sports Spectrum, Evangel, and Sharing the Victory.

Rebecca is a homeschool mom for 20 years and serves as president of Rebecca at the Well Foundation. Please visit her websites at: http://RebeccaAtTheWell.org and http://HealWithOil.com.
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