If You're Willing, You Can Heal Me: The Desperate Prayer God Answers

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Sep 16, 2026 · 3m

Have you ever prayed for healing, or for revival in your family, your city, or your nation, without knowing if God would actually say yes? In today's Daily Hope, we look at the prayer of a man with leprosy in Luke chapter 5, and it might be the boldest, most honest prayer in the Gospels. The man doesn't doubt that Jesus is able to heal him. His only question is whether Jesus is willing. He falls with his face to the ground and says, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. That kind of faith, faith that keeps praying even without a guaranteed answer, is exactly what Pastor John S…