Sometimes I get bogged
down with daily life and my perspective gets limited. It really helps me at
those times to go back to reflect on some of the healing miracles God’s done
for me in the past and refresh my believing.
1972, in the
little town of Fairfax, California: We went to hang out at the same little
restaurant every morning before work. We stayed long enough for me to drink
four cups of coffee, devour runny over-easy eggs with toast and catch up on
some local gossip. In that same little restaurant I caught hepatitis A. The
whites of my eyes turned sickly yellow and I was messed up.
At the time, I
had enrolled in a Bible research class. I really didn’t feel like going that
night because I had a fever and was exhausted from the hepatitis. But my
brother Mark talked me into it and I showed up. I learned about the healing
power in the name of Jesus Christ and I believed.
After class
Mark prayed for me and ministered healing to me. The same week I went back to
the doctor’s office and he read my blood test. I was completely and
miraculously healed of hepatitis—no yellow jaundice, no more signs of it ever
being there.
I’ve
experienced several other healing miracles and I’ve ministered healing to
people (and pets) and seen amazing miracles of healing in other people too. One
really memorable time for me was when I was in a large healing service and
sitting up on the second floor. As I looked down onto the people below, I saw a
woman go up to an older gentleman and start to talk to him. He got up out of
his chair and started to walk with her down the aisle toward the back. As he
walked, his left side was limp and it was obvious he had had a stroke. As I
watched them walk, I saw the miracle take place and he started to walk with more
and more strength until he was walking totally normal. All this took place in
about five minutes. It was awesome to see.
Exodus 15:26
says “I
am the Lord that healeth thee.” “I
will take sickness away from the midst of thee” (Ex 23:25). It’s so important
to refresh ourselves in the scriptures, as well as thinking about past healing
miracles—so we don’t let the world take us down in despair and unbelief.
“Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease among the people” (Matt 4:23). Jesus sent his disciples out
to do the same and He sends us out today. He has not changed his mind about
healing. “And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them
power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease” (Matt 10:1). We are His disciples today and
can be healing people.
God created everything in the universe. The atoms and even tiniest
electrons are constantly moving. Holy Spirit can move any atoms in or out of
our bodies for healing. God’s power, the power demonstrated by the Lord Jesus,
His disciples and His followers is just as real today as it was in Bible times.
Dodie Osteen was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1981. The doctors told
her there was nothing more they could do. She went home and looked up verses in
the Bible on healing and started to say them. Sure she got discouraged at times
but she didn’t give up and she’s still alive and well today. It’s now 34 years
since her diagnosis and she has no signs of cancer.
Satan will not stop attacking people with the threats of death, pain and
suffering. It’s hard to grasp the truths of miraculous healing if we are
bombarded and surrounded with disease and death. When Peter was walking on
water he was doing great until he looked at the storm around him. The Bible
says he began to sink (Luke 5). Jesus helped him.
We can have miraculous healing in our lives, but we will have to keep
looking at the truth of God’s Word or we will begin to sink too. Satan is going
to do all he can to keep us from true miraculous healing. So we have to search
it out ourselves.
There’s plenty of counterfeits out there in spiritualism and the occult,
but I’m talking about true Biblical, lasting, Godly miracles. If you aren’t
seeing them in your church, that’s not so good, but with the computer, we all
have access to finding examples of true healings. We can go on-line to read
about true healing through the power of the living Lord Jesus Christ. Holy
Spirit helps us know the difference between the true and the counterfeit.
Miracles of healing take place a lot more often than we think, if we’re only
willing to look. They shouldn’t be unusual events in our lives.
Healing was the norm in Jesus’ time. We can take another look at
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as the book of Acts and the Epistles. What
we look at consistently will get into our hearts and influence our lives.
If you’ve seen or experienced too much pain or seen too much death, I
understand you may have a hard time believing in miraculous healing for
yourself or loved ones. No guilt. God understands. But if you just can’t see
yourself believing in it, at least teach your children the truth about miracle
healing. If you are a Christian, you owe that to them. It’s only fair. Kids
will believe the truth faster and more completely. And it may just be that in
teaching them, you will begin to believe more yourself.
Remember, the only really good thing about sickness or disease is
getting over it!
Love, Carolyn
If you’d like a FREE booklet with more stories of true MIRACLES, just
let me know at cjmolica@hotmail.com .
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