| If we look closely at the ministry of the Early Christians | | | | It is important to prepare the person who is to receive |
| we find they continued the work that Jesus had taught | | | | healing. Get permission to touch, tell the person what |
| them. That is, when anyone was sick, they prayed, laid | | | | you will be doing, and encourage feedback as you |
| on hands and anointed with healing oil all who were | | | | progress. Ask if they have any allergies to any known |
| sick in body and mind-and they were healed. There | | | | substances before using an essential oil. |
| are lessons in that for us today if we are to recover | | | | As you begin your healing work, put a few drops of |
| the work of Christian healing. Healing Touch Spiritual | | | | your chosen oil in the palms of your hands. I especially |
| Ministry starts with the Laying-On of Hands and has | | | | like to use frankincense for this work. Other choices |
| the goal of helping churches reclaim healing as the | | | | might include biblical oils like myrrh, cedarwood, hyssop, |
| work of the church. When we combine this with | | | | spikenard, Rose of Sharon, galbanum, sandalwood |
| prayer and with anointing we put the person is the | | | | (aloes), and balsam. Always use a therapeutic |
| best light for healing to occur whether it is physical, | | | | oil-synthetic oils carry no life within them. Only |
| mental, emotional or spiritual healing. | | | | therapeutic oils which are unadulterated carry a |
| Prayer, touching and anointing became common | | | | vibrational frequency that is healing. I always like to let |
| practice among the early Christian healers. But what | | | | the person I am working with smell the fragrance of |
| exactly is happening when we extend our hands in | | | | the oils as well. |
| faith to heal others? And what happens when we use | | | | Centering and Intention are your interior preparation for |
| a therapeutic or medicinal grade essential oil on our | | | | doing the healing work. |
| hands as we touch one another in faith? | | | | Assessment is determining what to do; it is taking in |
| There are basically four steps in performing the simple | | | | information and being open to hear. |
| form of the Laying-On of Hands: centering, intention, | | | | Treatment is being open to the power of God flowing |
| assessment (taking in information) and treatment (doing | | | | through your hands and your heart. It is your being a |
| something). | | | | channel, a conduit, or facilitator for the flow of divine |
| "They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will | | | | energy. |
| recover." Mark 16:18 | | | | |