Friend [1]:

I had a conversation with a minister in our town the other day about healing
which really annoyed me. Her understanding of the Bible's teaching was
along the lines of:

1.. All sickness if of the devil

2.. Jesus is stronger than the devil

3.. Therefore all sickness should get healed

Inevitably I asked her what that implied about those prayed for who were not
healed, and she said there must be a cause, a blockage - either in the
pray-er or the pray-ee. And it reminded me of the ways such thinking (I
hesitate to use the term) can be abusive and add to the suffering of the
sick.

I recall seeing a sign beside a hospital bed that said 'don't pray for me if
you are going to say "If it be God's will" '. The clear implication was
that the sick person wanted to believe emphatically that it was God's will
to heal and that any doubts on the matter would invalidate the prayers.
I was surprised to read in my Sunday text in Luke 5 (the synoptic story of
the healing of the leper) "If you are willing, you can heal me." And it
worked for him.