Bishop Prof. Julius O. Soyinka

POWER FOR LIVING Volume 1 Number 8: The Promise of Divine Healing: Focus Text: Mark 16:17-18   And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Divine  healing is very  hard for us to really believe in. It is far easier to believe that prayer can lead to repentance or can change a person psychologically. Yet real physical healings take place regularly in the prayer gatherings of God's people. Often, a dozen or more occur at various meetings both within and without the Church, when we take the time to pray with faith for the sick. So if you have the faith that the Lord still heals people as He did two thousand years ago, launch out and learn to pray for the sick. For, Although, Divine healing may stretch your faith, it is also the simplest kind of prayer. To pray for

POWER FOR LIVING Volume 1 Number 7: Experiencing Revival in your Prayer Life: Focus Text: James 5:16-18   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. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. There are some questions to consider when you are experiencing coldness or lukewarmness in your Prayer life. Prayer is not a last resort. It is not what we do after we read the self-help books, after we go to the specialists, or after we surf the Internet. Prayer is our lifeline to God. This is why Jesus said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you” (Matthew 6:33). It is why He said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burd