Speaking about a trip he made to Moldova under communism, David shares how there is great power in prayer to heal the sick and ease troubled minds.

I needed a separate visa to enter Moldova, and I didn’t have one. They hid me in the back of a car and smuggled me across the border. We held a glorious open-air meeting, preaching the Gospel.

Among the crowd was a young woman in her twenties who was blind. She was crying and crying, and eventually she came to me for prayer. But even as I prayed for her, she continued to weep.

I looked at her and said, “Look, you believe the Scriptures, don’t you? You’re a Christian; you’re a member of the Church. If you believe God’s Word, you know you can be healed. So why are you crying? You should be laughing in the face of your circumstances!”

She took my advice and stopped crying. I prayed again, and God gloriously healed her and opened her eyes!

Afterwards, I discovered that her church had condemned her, telling her that she was blind because of her sin. But that is not what the Bible teaches. James tells us that if we have sinned, we can confess our sins and receive forgiveness. God’s healing is not a reason to condemn someone; it is an opportunity to demonstrate His mercy and power.

That young woman went away rejoicing. She was completely healed!

Now, look at verse 16: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.”

This healing is not necessarily referring to physical healing. I believe James is also talking about emotional and spiritual healing. When we carry the burden of our faults, failures and mistakes, they can weigh heavily on us. But when we are willing to be honest with one another, to confess our faults and pray together, we can find forgiveness, freedom and restoration.