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“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people” (Matthew 4:23).

According to this Scripture, Jesus’ ministry included teaching, preaching, and healing. Clearly, one third of His ministry involved healing the sick. If that is true of Jesus’ ministry, then it is also true of the ministry of His church—you and me—today.

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also, and greater works than these will he do…” (John 14:12, NKJV).

“So Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you…’” (John 20:21, NKJV).

These are powerful verses. If they are true, then you and I can do the same works that Jesus did, because He sent us to do the same things. What did He do? He preached, taught, and healed the sick. Where does that leave you and me? It leaves us with the responsibility to get involved in healing ministry, like it or not.

John Osteen makes the following assertion about healing ministry in the church: “Ministering to the sick is not optional. It is your responsibility to bring healing to the sick.”

John G. Lake makes a similar statement: “The apostles were called to go into all the world and make believers in every section. The signs were to follow the believers, not the apostles only.”

I believe the Lord is calling every member of His church from the sidelines and back onto the field of ministry—including the ministry of healing.

Healing is not just a ministry for the specialists. It’s not just relegated to the crusade or television evangelists. It is also not limited to the medical profession through their skilled hands and care. Thank God for healing evangelists and for doctors and nurses. We need them. Many of us would not be alive today without them. But what about others like you and me, who have been assigned to be His healing agents in the earth? How many more people would be well today if all three of these means of healing worked together: evangelists with special healing ministry, doctors and nurses who have been trained in medical science, and members of the body of Christ laying hands on the sick as Jesus commanded?

John Osteen. How to Minister Healing to the Sick. (Houston, Tx.: John Osteen Publications, 1981), 8.

John G. Lake. John G. Lake: His Life, His Sermons, His Boldness of Faith. (Ft. Worth, Tx.: Kenneth Copeland Publications, 1994), 376.

Adapted from Greg Mohr’s book, Your Healing Door.