Being generous promotes healing:

In Psalm 41:1-3, God says that he will help you when you are sick if you remember the poor! That's a good deal.

In Isaiah 58:6-11, we see that your health can spring forth speedily when you have compassion on the poor.

In Exodus 30:11-16, people were required to give a financial offering to prevent plagues from coming on them! The finances given represented an atonement in this context, but the clear implication was that if the people did not obey God in their giving regarding this offering, they would get sick as a result of their disobedience in giving.

Being stingy can make you sick!


Ecclesiastes 5:13-17:

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
All the days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

However, you cannot "buy" your healing, because Jesus already bought your healing. It cost him his life, but it's free to you. You do not "plant a seed" toward your healing by giving money to somebody. The Bible way to plant a seed for your healing is to hear the Word of God on the subject.


Unfaithfulness in finances can hinder your healing. Jesus asked, "If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon [money], who will commit to your trust the true riches?" (Luke 16:11). This proves that mishandling money can block your ability to receive the more important things of God.

Failure to obey God in one area of your life can lead to difficulty of receiving in another area of your life. If God leads you to give to a certain ministry and you don't do it, it will be hard for you to receive the will of God in your body while resisting the will of God in your finances. Robbing God of tithes and offerings will not help you get healed. Some people get healed after they consecrate another area of their lives to God. If you're holding out in obeying God with your money, reading all the healing Scriptures in the Bible may not help you; only obedience will get you in a position to receive. Disobedience puts you under the devil's authority where sickness is.


Generosity puts you in a place to receive from God. Note that story in Luke 7:2-10 of the Gentile who gave to Israel, building a synagogue because he loved their nation. This man had so much faith that Jesus didn't even need to go to his house -- his son was healed of a fatal illness through words alone. I think it entirely reasonable that the Gentile man's favor with God was tied to his generosity in giving. Also consider that Cornelius, the man at whose house the gospel was first preached to the Gentiles, was a giver even though he was not saved. His giving "came up for a memorial before God" (Acts 10:4).

Finally, an observation. I am convinced that many times the power of God is hindered in crusade-style meetings because people are stingy with the offerings and "tune out" when the bucket is passed. I believe that when financial respect is shown to the man of God, there is a greater flow of the anointing. This is not because the man needs your money, and it is certainly not a case of buying your healing. Scripture teaches that preachers should be able to make their living from the gospel, and when the people hold back, it shows a lack of appreciation for the ministry gift. Perhaps the minister just feels freer when he doesn't have to be concerned about the budget, but it does seem that the power of God flows more after the budget is met!


I am not excusing useless and extravagant crusade expenses, but the ministry team should not have to eat peanut butter sandwiches between services because there's no money. If you're going to invite a minister in, you need to be prepared to take care of him. If you don't, he will probably look elsewhere for meetings in the future!