Before Amen by Max Lucado
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Healing Prayer
Read Chapter 5 of Before Amen by Max Lucado. Key passages: James 5:14-16; Matthew 8:2-3; Psalm 103:2-3.
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Lucado turns specifically to the prayer for physical healing — one of the most tender and sometimes confusing areas of the prayer life — and offers both honest encouragement and honest realism.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Have you ever prayed earnestly for healing — for yourself or someone you love — and not received what you asked for? How did that experience affect your prayer life and your view of God?
2.Lucado affirms that God heals — the Scripture is full of it — but also acknowledges that not every prayer for healing results in physical restoration in this life. How do you hold those two truths together without collapsing into either presumption or despair?
3.James 5:14-16 calls the church to pray for the sick and anoint them with oil. What does this communal practice say about healing prayer being a body-life activity, not just a private one?
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