The Healer

     In the Bible, Jesus didn't heal the same way every time.  In Matthew 8: 5, Jesus told the centurion that as he believed, it would be done.  In Matthew 8: 14 and 9: 24, He touched the hands.  In Matthew 8: 32, He said, "Go," and the demons left the two possessed men.  In Matthew 9: 2, Jesus forgave a paralytic his sins, then told him to get up and go home.  In Matthew 9: 22, the woman touched the hem of His cloak, and she was healed.  He touched the eyes of the blind and mute men in Matthew 9: 29.  In Mark 8: 22, Jesus spit into his hand, then put His hands on the blind mans eyes.  A man that was born blind, in John 9: 6, Jesus made mud out of his spit, and put it on the mans eyes.
     There is no magical pattern that will work every time, there is no routine to follow.  Jesus did give us a guide on how to pray to the Father, but not on how to heal.  God showed us with Moses, that it's not what we do that is as important as just listening to the Lord and being complient.  In Exodus 17, God tells Moses to strike a rock with his staff to get water.  The next time Moses wanted water, he did the same thing but didn't get water .
     When you need to be healed, ask God to show you how to pray.  Ask the Lord what you need to do to be healed.  Think about all of the different illnesses there are, and all of the different remedies that there are.  A pain killer will work if you are in pain, but if you took it for strep throat, you wouldn't get well, it would just cover the pain.  Even taking antibiotics, if they aren't taken as prescribed, the illness might come back, and maybe even worse.
     Just as you would listen to a doctor, listen to the Holy Spirit.  If you went into a doctors office and you did all the talking, you wouldn't have any idea what to do.  What makes us think that just because a prayer is long, because of it's many words, it will be effective.
     Ask, then listen for the Holy Spirit, and most important, be complient, when we do hear Gods voice.