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March 6, 2026 · 2:22 pm

Is Jesus Still Using Believers to Heal the Sick Today? Can He Heal Dementia Sufferers Through Us (Conclusion)

What is the plan of action for healing a sufferer of dementia?

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. (1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV)

In Part 4, I wrote:

I discerned a demon caused her ailment rather than being a physical issue. As my prayers increased in tempo, I felt an inner urge to command it to leave.

“Go!” I proclaimed.

Then, I spun around and looked at the daughter-in-law. “You’re going to have a baby. Fix up a room for your new baby,” I prophesied.

Without the gifts of the Spirit, none of this would have happened. The woman with Tourette Syndrome would not have been healed and her daughter-in-law would not have had a baby girl.

The gifts involved in these two miracles were the gift of faith, the gift of discerning of spirits and the gift of prophecy.

I had another Holy Spirit experience over thirty-five years ago. It happened when I was preaching at a small house group. A woman showed up that night, suffering from muscular dystrophy. She used a cane and hobbled over to a chair and sat down.

When I finished my message, I walked over to her, reached out my hand and said, “Let’s dance.”

She took my hand and danced with me around the family room. After a minute or so, I stopped and looked at her. “What do you think?” I said.

Her eyes opened wide. “Oh Lord, I’m healed!” she proclaimed.

The woman carried her cane home, totally healed. The next day, she enrolled at a gym to get herself back in shape.

This happened through the gift of faith and the gift of working of miracles.

None of this was through my efforts. It was the manifestation of the Holy Spirit working in me.

If I could turn the gifts on when I wanted to, I would, but it doesn’t work that way. The Holy Spirit determines when He will manifest Himself in believers, and not us.

Here’s my thinking:

If we want to be used by the Lord to heal dementia sufferers, we need to eagerly pursue the spiritual gifts. All of them. I just don’t believe there is any other option.

Also, it’s my belief that dementia/Alzheimer’s is caused by demons. And I think these demons have built up strongholds in our minds so that very few believers are praying for dementia sufferers to be healed.

Thus, like Jesus said about casting out the demon in the young boy, “But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matthew 17:21)

It will take the Spiritual gifts, faith, prayer and fasting.

How much fasting? Seek the Lord.

(Conclusion)

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Thanks.

Is Jesus Still Using Believers to Heal the Sick Today? Can He Heal Dementia Suffers Through Us (Part 5)

Peter, James, John and Jesus walked back to the crowd after their transfiguration experience. A father approached Jesus and explained how His disciples could not cast a demon out of his son.

Jesus asked that the boy be brought to Him. He rebuked the demon and it came out of him. He was cured at once.

Later, the disciples asked why they were unsuccessful.

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matthew 17:20-21 ESV)

Faith like a grain of mustard seed.

The mustard seed was the smallest seed in Israel. When germinated and under the proper growing conditions, the seed grew into a mature bush within three months’ time to an average height of seven feet tall.

Therefore, when Jesus used the mustard seed as a metaphor for His teaching here, he was talking about the seed’s one-sided genetic focus (or faith) to be the largest garden plant.

The seed never doubted or waivered in its faith to be all God called it to be. The seed could even lie dormant for over sixty years, but when the conditions were right, it would fulfill its genetic calling by growing into a mature plant.

Although the mustard seed is tiny, mustard-seed faith is not a small amount of faith. It is 100%, put-your-hand-to-the-plow-and-not-look-back, all-in faith. It is the pinnacle of faith and where we need to set our sights.

Prayer.

The word prayer, as used by Jesus, signifies the many different types of prayer, such as supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, praises, worship and more. But no matter what type we believers use, we must draw near to God and believe He will reward our efforts.

Prayers depend upon our relationship with our Father. We must act little children and rush into His presence, knowing He loves us and desires to answer our prayers.

Fasting.

Fasting is probably the least popular of all of the spiritual disciplines. Starving for Jesus’ sake, right?

But as Paul discovered, God’s power works best in weakness. And the weakness God was referring to is our fleshly nature, especially our desire to eat and drink.

My experience on fasting is that we have to trust that God’s grace is truly sufficient, even when we don’t eat for a period of time.

So, what’s the plan of action for healing dementia?

(Continued in Part 6)