Gift of healing benefits body and spirit
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And again, to some it is given to have faith to be healed; And to others it is given to have faith to heal.
— Doctrine and Covenants 46:19-20.
This gift of healing extends to more than just the physical body, explained Elder James E. Faust of the Quorum of the Twelve during the April 1992 general conference.
"The sixth article of faith states that, among other spiritual gifts, we believe in the gift of healing," Elder Faust, now President Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency, said. "To me, this gift extends to the healing of both the body and the spirit. The Spirit speaks peace to the soul. This spiritual solace comes by invoking spiritual gifts, which are claimed and manifested in many ways. They are rich, and full, and abundant in the Church today. They flow from the proper and humble use of a testimony. They come through the administering to the sick following an anointing with consecrated oil. Christ is the great Physician, who rose from the dead 'with healing in his wings,' (2 Nephi 25:13) while the Comforter is the agency of healing."
