God’s Healing Power is Closer than You Think
by Pringle Franklin
Here is my personal recipe for the Golden Light of Christ Healing Meditation. I have used this mediation almost daily for several years and have been healed from (and protected against) countless ailments, including Covid-19, hangovers, and a twisted ankle. This practice also works wonders for sorrows, pity parties, and bad attitudes. If you have faith in such prayers and will make this part of your life, you will develop a more vivid relationship with God. You will become more desirous of light, peace, and love. Fruits of the Spirit will grow. Angels will open doors before you as you seek to follow God’s lead.
For daily use, generally 10-20 minutes. In times of stress, or if you are fighting off an infection, feel free to use morning, noon, and night!
“Be still and know that I am God.”—New American Version
Psalm 46:10
Things to know before you dive in:
1. This powerful meditation moves the light and love of Christ throughout an individual, bringing warmth, hope, and healing as God directs. The practitioner should consider this golden light as the same force that raised our Lord Jesus from the dead, the same power that Jesus of Nazareth used in his earthly ministry. (Eph. 1:19)
The meditation flows in a linear structure, with a progressive focus on four areas of the self in the following order:
1. Whole self
2. Physical body
3. Mind and heart
4. Soul/eternal self
Your job is to receive the golden light with faith and to circulate it throughout your being. You may wish to spend more time in a particular place. For example, if you are having back trouble, you may move the light through this area of pain. If you are upset, your emotions/heart center may need extra support. Each session will feel different, so allow the Holy Spirit to guide you. (Romans 8:26)
2. It is often helpful to begin by picturing yourself in a crowd following Jesus as he walks through a village in ancient Judea. Perhaps you are like the woman in the gospels with the bleeding disease, who reaches out to touch the fringe of his robe and feels the divine power healing her. In your mind’s eye, see the face of Jesus as he turns and looks directly at you. He asks, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Golden, radiant light beams from his person flow into you. As you receive this light, ask the Lord to heal you wherever most needed and agree that God’s will (not your own) shall be done. In your heart, release your bundle of concerns over to Jesus. Trust that God’s will is BETTER than what you could hope for or even imagine. (Eph. 3:20) This meditation is always silent, intuitive, and rooted in feelings of trust. It should end with a sense of peace and gratitude and a time of enjoyment of God’s presence.
“True silence is … to the Spirit what sleep is to the body: nourishment and refreshment.”
William Penn (1644-1718)
The Recipe for the Meditation
Sit upright and be silent. Close your eyes and look ahead, using the eyes of your heart. Visualize the radiant face of Jesus. As he looks at you, his golden light radiates toward your triune being, which comprises your body, psyche, and soul.
Receive this light with gratitude, trust. Submit to the divine will. Circulate the pulsating light throughout your whole self, starting from the top of your head and working your way down. Do this at least three times in each section.
Next, receive and circulate the light into your physical body. You can move it and circulate it into specific areas where you need healing or strength. Then work the light through the region of the heart and mind. When you feel ready to move on, draw the Christ light into your soul. Seal the practice by returning to the whole self in three closing rounds.
Trust that the healing work has begun. Take time to sit and bask in the Beloved’s presence. Allow this joyful communion to fill you. Sense how his pleasure in your company embraces you. Dwell in this place of beauty, within the purified temple of your body, where simply being with him is enough to satisfy all of your longings. Every Thursday morning, I participate in a Zoom-based group where we practice Centering Prayer, which basically means holding our bodies and minds in stillness as we focus on our love for God and on his love for us. This ancient Christian practice is likewise very healing and protective because it delivers us from the tyranny of our frantic thoughts and emotions.
It’s amazing how often problems seem to take care of themselves after such sessions. A man in our Centering Prayer group woke up recently to discover that his refrigerator wasn’t working. He felt alarmed and wanted to launch himself into calling a repairman, etc., but instead he followed the discipline of putting his morning practice of stillness ahead of all other activity. He transferred the fridge and his feelings of anxiety into God’s hands and let himself enjoy his time of spiritual nourishment. After his session, he returned to the kitchen and discovered that the electrical cord, while still in the socket, was not making contact. He managed to push the plug back. The refrigerator hummed to life. There was no wasted energy or time spent fretting. He had sought God first, and therefore was calm, at ease, and open to receiving the best solution.
Related Scriptures
Mark 5:25-34 —King James Version. And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Ephesians 1:18–20 — The New International Version (NIV). I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
Eph. 3:16-20 — The New International Reader’s Version(NIRV). I pray that he will use his glorious riches to make you strong. May his Holy Spirit give you his power deep down inside you. 17Then Christ will live in your hearts because you believe in him. And I pray that your love will have deep roots. I pray that it will have a strong foundation. 18May you have power with all God’s people to understand Christ’s love. May you know how wide and long and high and deep it is. 19And may you know his love, even though it can’t be known completely. Then you will be filled with everything God has for you.20God is able to do far more than we could ever ask for or imagine. He does everything by his power that is working in us.
1 Kings 19:11-13—Complete Jewish Bible. He said, “Go outside, and stand on the mountain before Adonai”; and right then and there, Adonai went past. A mighty blast of wind tore the mountains apart and broke the rocks in pieces before Adonai, but Adonai was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but Adonai was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake, fire broke out; but Adonai was not in the fire. And after the fire came a quiet, subdued voice. 13 When Eliyahu heard it, he covered his face with his cloak, stepped out and stood at the entrance to the cave. Then a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Eliyahu?”
Romans 8:26—Amplified. In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.
Lamentations 3:21-27—NIV
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
Psalm 139:1-10; 23-24—Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
2 You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.
3 You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
5 You have beset me and shut me in—behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.
7 Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me…
23 Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
In addition:
After you have practiced this daily meditation for some weeks, you may find an opening of space to insert short, focused, and specific prayers, entrusting people or situations over to the Lord. These should be lifted up only after you have bathed yourself in the PRESENCE. That is to say, offer concise prayers of holy release after you have relaxed, calmed down, and felt his peace wash over you.
These prayers are visualized as a transfer from our domain to God’s domain and do not need to be long. The prayer works by your trust as you give these people over into the Lord’s hands with expectation that he will bring forth what is best on an eternal scale, while never neglecting the smallest details of the person’s needs. This holy release is more efficacious after you have first laid the foundation by practicing the Golden Light Meditation and Centering Prayer (stillness before God without any agenda or format) on a regular basis.
2 Comments
What willpower it takes to sit quietly and remain focused! My mind quickly goes to the task list ahead of me for the day and I become anxious. I admire your dedication to this practice of prayer and reflection. I wish I was closer and you could guide me though this centered prayer..💙
What you describe is the universal experience in the beginning. All of that recedes with practice. I would love to guide you through this sometime when the right opportunity presents itself. It’s amazing how often problems seem to take care of themselves after times of basking in the Lord’s presence. A man in our Centering Prayer group woke up recently to discover that his refrigerator wasn’t working. He felt he should launch himself into calling a repairman, etc., but instead he followed the discipline of his morning practice of stillness. He put the fridge and his feelings of anxiety about it in God’s hands and let himself enjoy his time of spiritual nourishment. After his session, he returned to the kitchen and was “helped” to discover that the electrical cord, while still in the socket, was not making contact. He managed to push the plug back more deeply into the socket and the refrigerator hummed to life. There was no wasted energy or time spent fretting. He had sought God first, and therefore was calm and at ease and open to receiving the solution.