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This refers to SPIRITUAL healing of our sins.... it is an affirmation of the Gospel that (sadly) you have abandoned. It does not refer to physical healing (HINT: if it did, no Christian would ever be physically sick and while you may try to deny it, Christians DO get physically sick - and most Christians physically die from such).
If it did refer to physical healing it does raise the question of why God allows sickness to occur in the first place if he's only going to snap his fingers and make it go away again the moment a Christian notices it and claims their healing. It almost paints a picture of God as some kind of bumbling half-wit who needs to be periodically reminded to keep his promises.
It also raises the question asked by Satan about Job, namely whether we are truly willing to give up everything in this life for the sake of Christ or whether we're just good customers who stick around as long as the good times keep rolling.
When Jesus said we should expect persecution, maybe he meant persecution that didn't involve pain and suffering. Although I'm not sure quite what such persecution would look like. Maybe we can look forward to little more than a bit of light-hearted name-calling, with healing guaranteed for any hurt feelings of course.