There is no college course available that can impart the countless diverse causes and
needs for healing human lives. Every soul is unique, and each has many more facets
than the sixty found in the famed Hope diamond! The myriad of human need for
healing and the peculiar personal histories surrounding them are as numerous as all
people who ever lived on the planet! The felt needs that are shared with me, most
every day, involve physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, generational, identity,
relational, financial, historical, locational, racial, inter-denominational, intellectual, and
other global issues of healing. These needs arise out of, but are not limited to:
physical illness, sexual and verbal abuse, traumas, spiritual dysfunction, family
dysfunction, abandonment, shame, guilt, rejection, doubt, fear and anxiety.

In 1990, when God first led me into His ministry of healing, supplicants would
regularly tell me, "I've come here as a last resort." In those early days, the majority,
of those who sought prayer, were females over the age of 50. Now, however, the
demographics have greatly progressed. Today, men, women and children of all ages;
believers and non-believers; even pet owners; come for prayer.

While it is more likely for those in need to make a beeline from their doctor's office,
to mine; it is becoming increasingly common for people to come for prayer in advance
of visiting their physician's office. As supplicants experience God's healing gifts in
Christ Jesus, the words of the Psalmist begin to resonate with them: "I remain
confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." (Psalm
27:13)

Hence becoming filled with faith in The Healer leads people to a greater certainty of
God's loving-kindness and more apt to include Him in every aspect of their healing. It
is no surprise that when medical concerns arise, followers of Christ, pray before
seeing a doctor. If only more doctors understood that faith-filled people know that
God, as their ultimate Healer, creatively heals through doctors, medicines and
technology.

Spanning nearly thirty years, this book addresses what I have identified as the core
issues of everyday life: disease, diagnosis, distress, pain, fear, doubt, shame, guilt
and all other manner of human concern. My prayer is that hope, in the Person of the
Lord Jesus, will flow through these pages and saturate your souls with what I have
learnt--as I listened, loved, and prayed healing over thousands of people.