The word treatment is usually applied to a prayer that is made for some specific purpose, as distinct from a general prayer, which is really a visit with God. You must remember that a treatment is a definite practical action, having a definite object and a definite beginning and end. It is in fact a surgical operation on the soul.
Let us suppose that you decide to heal a certain difficulty by prayer. You know that your difficulty must be caused by some negative thought charged with fear and located in the subconscious mind. You therefore turn to God, and remind yourself of His goodness, His limitless power, and His care for you. As you work the fear will begin to dissolve, and the awareness of the Truth corrects the erroneous beliefs themselves.
Thank God for the healing that you believe will come – and then keep your thought off the matter until you feel led, after an interval, to treat again.
He sent his word, and healed them … (Psalm 107:20).
When we are seeking to be healed, whether in body or spirit, it is essential that we reset our mentality on God’s power and love. We should remind ourselves that God can and will overcome any pain or disease. Then, if we thank God with faith in the outcome, we will receive peace and hope for an end to that which we fear. Then, whether our specific prayer is answered the way we wish, we will have freedom from fear and confidence that God is working for our best good. Then we can inhabit the garden God gave us in joy.
Turning to God,
Z gardener
Author’s Note: Having done all possible at this time to help with the oil spill polluting our Coastal Garden, the author returns to tend the garden at home. Please pray unceasingly that our leaders will move to protect us and prevent this oil from despoiling God’s creation further.
Z
Good Morning Garden 
Thank you for any and all that you have done in response to the Gulf spill. Individually and as a nation we have been so self-sufficient and so self-confident, it seems that no other crisis has brought us to a sense of helplessness as this Gulf situation. May the crisis bring us to a place trusting fully on God, may it be a breakthrough time in history to turn us back to walking in faith as many of our forebears did.
One is happy to serve. It is my prayer that this catastrophe will bring us together and convict us to maintain proper stewardship of God’s creation. We only have one planet.