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Thank you so much for your email and sharing the experiences with me that
you have had with members of our church. It is gratifying that there
are those who live by their faith. Surely the Lord commanded us to
"love our neighbor as ourselves" (Matthew 22:37).
The Bible speaks of healing blessings (see James
5:15-16) performed not only by Christ and the apostles but others
who had been ordained to his Holy Priesthood. We claim this priesthood
has been restored to the earth by heavenly messengers who appeared to and
ordained a latter day prophet, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, who was
with him, in May 1829. Part of the call of those who are ordained
to this Priesthood is to bless and heal the sick when needed. There
are thousands of accounts of such blessings and subsequent healings in
the journals of the early members of the church, the pioneers and settlers
of the Western US.
Even now, I know that blessings given by the Elders of the Church are
occurring in hundreds if not thousands of homes every day. I have
received such blessings on many occasions and have even had the privilege
of giving blessings to my wife and children. I am convinced that
because of the power of the Lord through those blessings and the faith
of all who were involved, that the Lord intervened in the quick recovery
process. There have been many faith promoting events in my family
and among those that I know personally.
There is no doubt in my mind that the Lord responded to the blessing
you received.
Thanks again for sharing that experience with us.
May God bless and keep you too.
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[NOTE FROM BEV: I have also been healed, or helped,
many times, through the power of the Priesthood. When I have been
very ill, sometimes the healings were immediate. One blessing I received
a year and half ago was for my MS and I was told that through my faith
I would be healed. It took many months, and the Lord led me to a naturopathic
dr who has been able to help me, plus I am exercising the muscles that
were atrophied, and I no longer use a cane - at all! My son gave
me a blessing at Christmas that spoke of the health healings I have received
at the hand of the Lord. I am grateful beyoond words for this, and
I know that I need to be better to help Him accomplish the particular work
He needs me to do for the rest of my life. The Priesthood of God
HAS been restored to this earth, in all of it's truth and glory.
I know this to be true, and am so grateful!]
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Sincerely,
Donny Osmond
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