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God Heals

By Sis. Andrea Starkey
Waiting on healing from God? God can heal the brokenhearted, cure the incurable, and do the impossible!
  

I had just completed college, it was a very exciting time of my life. However, I was noticing changes in my body and naturally, I called to make an appointment with the family doctor. After a series of tests, it was discovered that I had a malignant tumor in my colon. Getting the news was a complete shock, hearing the words "you have cancer" felt like a punch in the stomach. Life as I knew it (or so i thought) turned upside down.


After the initial shock, my family and I began to seek God. We began to operate our faith and to practice what the word of God says to do to"call in the church elders; and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Lord's name. And the prayer of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him" James 5:14 (AMP). While standing on the word of God and moving forward, my faith was tried all the more; things seemed to spiral downhill. I started chemotherapy and I had to stop work, I experienced loss in appetite, weight lost, loss of mobility, and in a severe amount of pain. The enemy began to attack my mind, and I didn't think I would make it out of the situation.


When those negative thoughts came, I canceled them with the word of God. Daily I began to quote scripture such as "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds I have been healed" I Peter 2:24 (ESV). Instead of hearing death, I spoke life and healing over my life and body (Proverbs 18:21).God began to turn things around after a miraculous surgery. I regained the ability to walk, my appetite came back, regained weight, and the pain was completely gone!


It is through this journey that I was able to see that God was with me all along. When things happen to God's people, he doesn't instruct us to take it lying down. God is concerned about us, his word says to "cast all our care upon the Lord for He cares for us" 1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV). His word also tells us, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all" Psalms 34:19 (KJV). No, he will never forsake or abandon his children. Speak life over whatever the situation may be and speak what you need from God into existence. Trust in the Lord with your whole heart, God is faithful to his word and is able and willing to perform.




Andrea Starkey is the daughter of Reverend Robert Starkey and Minister Fran Starkey. Andrea is a youth leader at Bethel Ministries of Salisbury, Md. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in Counselor Education. Andrea has a heart to serve youth and others who have suffered with illness.

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