Does this show a lack of faith?

I don't think it does. I think it's just opening every avenue to Him. I take meds but also had my men's group at church lay hands on and pray for me today.

Pop D. said:

If praying to God for healing, but you keep desperately trying new medications and supplements, does that show a lack of faith on your part?

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No. God works through many avenues. He does not shun doctors, supplements, medicines, etc.

The man at Bethesda stayed on his mat until Jesus healed him > John 5.

One thing I would consider is if he was using the right things to take care of himself while he still was not healed. He did not lie on nails or in the water for hours and hours; he took care of himself.

You can pray and do what God guides you to do.

I personally trust God to heal me. And I try to do what He has me doing. There are times I use medicines and methods, while seeking to be guided by God.

So, now . . . LORD our Father, please heal Pop however he needs. And most of all please heal him by correcting him in his character so he is and loves like Jesus. Please make Him submissive to You so he can obey You and therefore be doing all-loving things for himself and others. And as he truly seeks You and Your kingdom, may he discover the healing this brings.

Pop D. said:

If praying to God for healing, but you keep desperately trying new medications and supplements, does that show a lack of faith on your part?

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God knows what is best for us. So we just pay for His will and His plan in our lives. We are to bring Him praise honor and glory in all we do. The main thing is we need to be positive and not negative. God does not like a negative attitude. When we commit our way unto Him, then He will give us the desires of our heart. As they say abundantly above and beyond all we could ever ask or think.

Who was it that bestowed doctors with their gifts, chemists with their wisdom? The God and Father of us all.

Pop D. said:

If praying to God for healing, but you keep desperately trying new medications and supplements, does that show a lack of faith on your part?

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God meets you at your faith. Doctors and medicine do not heal anything. They can treat symptoms. God and the natural abilities He put into your body heal. The scripture says faith comes by hearing a word from Christ. (Rom 10:17). We are told to know the Word, and to hold fast to the confession of your faith. If faith is what the Word says, then you hold fast to what the Word says. It says, "Who heals all your diseases..." It says, "By His stripes you were healed. (past tense)" Hold fast to the confession of these things.

(Psalms 103, 1 Peter 2:24).

"I am healed by the stripes of Jesus. He heals all of my diseases"

Don't worry if the confessions do not match the evidence of your body and what the doctors say. This is the confession of your faith, which is the evidence of things not seen. The prime directive is that we please God, and that means we must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6 KJV
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Even if you never see it! You please God by holding fast to the confession of things you hope for but not yet see.

That is the message of Heb 11.

Hebrews 11:13 KJV
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 11:39 KJV
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Believe you have received them...

Mark 11:24 RV
24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for,
believe that ye have received them, and ye shall have them.

Pop D. said:

Thank you for the replies, everyone, you all make good points. And thinking it over, I shouldn't expect a miracle if I don't do my own part. Plus, while doing nothing and expecting a miracle could be a great sign of faith, getting said miracle would be proof of His Hand, and proof denies faith.

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God does not change. So we are not waiting on God, He is waiting on us. All things work together for good. Everyone I have ever talked to says that God does not ever disappoint us. (Romans 5:5)