Should We Have “Catchers” in Healing Lines?

No specific Scripture tells us how to handle people who fall over in healing lines, so you’ll just have to use some common sense.  The argument against catchers is that if the Holy Spirit knocks people over, He won’t hurt them anyway, and if you have no catchers and concrete floors, people will be less inclined to “fake it” and fall over when they don’t have to.  The argument for catchers, which I would subscribe to myself, is that many (sometimes most) people fall in the flesh, and you don’t want them to get hurt.  Also, you don’t want Sister Toothpick to get hurt when Brother Beerbelly lands on her!  Nor do you want some flake to file a huge lawsuit because he got hurt in your healing line.  I agree that the Holy Spirit won’t hurt you.  There are no instances in Scripture where someone got hurt going up for a healing.  However, I believe it is still wise to use catchers.

When I started laying hands on the sick publicly, I tried to prop people up if they started to fall, but that was a bad idea, too, and the Lord told me to quit doing that.  I think it’s safer just to let people fall, assuming that you have catchers and you don’t have a concrete floor.  My advice is, don’t apply any kind of backward pressure to push people over (you might or might not be surprised how common this is), but don’t try to keep someone upright who’s obviously going down.  I admit that I am stating a personal opinion, since there is no Scripture that addresses this particular situation.