Praying for the sick.

[MennoSota]

Allistair Begg made a comment in regards to church prayer meetings that made me do a double take. He said: "At prayer meetings we spend more time praying to keep saints out of heaven (praying for physical healing) than we do praying to get sinners into heaven."
Is this your experience? Should we be praying for the physical healing of Christians while hardly praying for the spiritual condition of those who are dead in their sins?

 

[psalms 91]

Hmmm did Jesus heal while on earth? It also says to have the elders pray the prayer of faith over those who are sick. Seems to me that healing is in the bible

 

[MennoSota]

Hmmm did Jesus heal while on earth? It also says to have the elders pray the prayer of faith over those who are sick. Seems to me that healing is in the bible

I agree.
Do we pray more for the sick saint so they stay out of heaven than we do about the helpless sinner so they stay out of hell?

 

[psalms 91]

I dont think so as many today dont either believe or else know healing is available. I believe that we tend to pray more for the lost although in some churchs the opposite is true. To me we have to find out what a person really wants, do they want healed? Strange question but some dont because of entitlements or some other reason. As for healing I dont see it as keeping someone out of heaven as when it is your time God will take you home regardless