Can I Lay Hands on Myself for My Own Healing?

Sure.  Jesus said that you would lay hands on the sick in His name and they would recover.  If you are sick, you can lay hands on yourself and expect yourself to recover.  This is not a standard practice (we don’t know of anyone in the Bible who really did this), but there is nothing wrong with it.  You can use this as a way of believing that you receive your healing according to Mark 11:24 at a certain place and time.

You have authority over sickness in other people’s bodies when they allow you to lay hands on them in the name of Jesus.  It would be silly to think that you could get everyone else healed but not yourself.  Not only do you have authority over sickness in your body, but you also have complete control over your faith.  You won’t have to worry that you’re not in agreement with yourself or that you’re resisting the anointing!

Lest this sound as if you are setting up some kind of feedback loop in your body that will produce some kind of spiritual short-circuit and fry you, it is important to understand that the rivers of living water Jesus spoke of come out of your spirit, not out of your body.  If you lay hands on yourself, the power of God will go through your spirit and into your body.  There is no “loop.”

Since healing belongs to you anyway under the New Covenant, there is nothing wrong with receiving it this way.  Of course, you could receive it equally well without laying hands on yourself by following Mark 11:24.  It’s really nice that God has made different effective healing methods available to us.