John G. Lake was a man consumed with the fire of God’s healing power. Born in 1870 in Canada and later moving to the United States, Lake became one of the most influential healing evangelists of the early 20th century. His life’s work combined a deep faith in the finished work of Christ with an unshakeable conviction that divine healing was available to all believers.
Lake was not content with just preaching about healing; he lived it. After witnessing his wife’s miraculous recovery from a chronic illness and experiencing a radical baptism of the Holy Spirit, he devoted his life to bringing healing to others. In South Africa, he founded the Apostolic Faith Mission and was credited with helping to spark one of the most powerful healing revivals the continent has ever seen. Later, in Spokane, Washington, he established a “Healing Room” that saw tens of thousands of documented healings — so many that the U.S. government reportedly declared Spokane “the healthiest city in America” at the time.
Lake’s words still burn with power and passion today. Here are 15 of his most compelling quotes on divine healing, faith, and the authority of the believer:
15 Powerful John G. Lake Quotes on Healing
- “Jesus did not heal the sick in order to coax them to be Christians. He healed because it was His nature to heal.”
- “The secret of Christianity is in being. It is in being a possessor of the nature of Jesus Christ.”
- “The Spirit of the Lord is creative. He moves upon the body of the man, and when he does, disease departs, and health comes.”
- “The life of God, the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of divine energy and power, is within the soul of the Christian believer.”
- “Divine healing is the removal by the power of God of the disease that has come upon the body.”
- “When a Christian tries to live by reason, he is moving out of God’s country into the enemy’s land.”
- “You do not need to struggle to have faith, but rather to let God’s faith dwell in you.”
- “It is not the trying, but the trusting; not the struggling, but the resting in Him.”
- “Christ’s purpose for His Church is that it should be a body filled with the Holy Ghost and power.”
- “Healing is not something you ask for; it is something you possess because Christ is in you.”
- “The real Christian is a royal fighter. He is a conqueror. He is a king.”
- “The most powerful prayer in the world is the prayer of the believer who knows his authority.”
- “The gospel of healing is the gospel of power. Healing is the divine right of every Christian.”
- “There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying.”
- “When the Spirit of God comes into a man, he becomes a miracle.”
Final Thoughts
John G. Lake’s ministry left a lasting legacy of faith, healing, and Holy Spirit power. He challenged the status quo of his day and called believers to rise up in their authority as sons and daughters of God. His life is a testament to what happens when a person surrenders wholly to the will of God and dares to believe in the impossible.
Let these words be more than inspiration — let them be fuel. God still heals. And like Lake believed, you can be a carrier of that healing power to the world around you.
