"...and with his
stripes we are healed" Isaiah 53:5b
Testimony of Divine Healing
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My heart is overflowing with praise and thanksgiving for an
instantaneous miracle that God worked in my body. On June 7, 2004 I
sustained an injury in my back and neck. Due to this injury, my body
would spasm and jerk uncontrollably. For over 8 months, my life was
drastically changed. It was so bad that many times I was unable to
sit through a worship service due to the severity of the spasms. I
have been physically unable to carry on with the work that God had
me doing prior to the injury. God did put a hedge around me. When I
was able to be in service, I would not have the spasms while in the
pulpit. My body would jerk before and after, but not while
preaching. That was miraculous in and of itself.
God had given me a real peace and rest during this affliction and I
have been blessed and strengthened by the Holy Spirit. I knew that
God was in control and I was in a safe place by submitting myself
fully into His hands.
On Friday, March 25 before leaving for Canada, I was in a very
severe battle. My body was jerking very hard and I had a bad
headache, which has not been uncommon. I told my wife that it seemed
like the nature of the battle was changing – and not for the better.
Saturday morning, while in a motel in Seattle, I was praying and
seeking God for reprieve. I asked the Lord to help me in the service
that night to not have one spasm (I hadn’t had a service free of
spasms for months). I then said, “Lord, you could just give me this
whole day.” While in prayer, the Lord gave me a vision of Christ
hanging on the cross with the blood flowing from His side. He
inspired my faith to plead the power of that blood. God worked a
miracle in my body that moment, and Praise God, I am healed of the
spasms.
I have suffered this uncontrollable jerking for many months, and the
future was uncertain, but thank God He saw that it was enough. Since
that time, when my nerves and muscles begin to send ‘foreign’
signals to the rest of my body, I pray and plead the blood. God has
been continually bringing that vision of Christ to me -- and the
blood has prevailed over the spasms.
God divinely, instantaneously healed me of this jerking. It has not
been gradually getting better. It stopped immediately through the
power of the blood of Jesus. There is still healing in the blood of
our Lord. I cannot cease to give praise to God for this wonderful
deliverance.
I am still suffering from the physical injury to my neck and back
and am continuing to pray that God would heal me of that also. But
thank God, I have control over my movements now. I appreciate so
much the prayers and support of the saints for my family and me
during this time. We have a greater love for the saints than ever
before and are thankful to be part of the family of God. Our hearts
were touched when we heard of different saints in the United States,
Africa, Mexico, Canada, Honduras, the Philippines, and possibly
other places that have been petitioning God for healing in this
battle. Thank you all for your prayers. God has heard each of those
prayers and seen each burden. In His time, God was moved on His
throne and had mercy. As in the days of old, He stretched out His
hand and divinely healed. “Thank You Lord…. “
As many of you have shared in the burden, I wanted to share with you
the victory. Please continue to remember me in prayer.
--Bro. Michael Smith |
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