"As we exercise the undoubted power of the priesthood of God and as we treasure His promise that He will hear and answer the prayer of faith, we must always remember that faith and the healing power of the priesthood cannot produce a result contrary to the will of Him whose priesthood it is. This principle is taught in the revelation directing that the elders of the Church shall lay their hands upon the sick. The Lord's promise is that 'he that hath faith in me to be healed, and is not appointed unto death, shall be healed' (D&C 42:48; emphasis added)."…
Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "Healing the Sick," Liahona and Ensign, May 2010, 50.
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