Healing Stories

Well! I've had a hankering to write lately, but wasn't sure what to write about. After having a little prayer session in the office today, and seeing some immediate results, why not just offer up some testimony of some healings I've seen recently?

The first one goes back a couple of months. I went along with a group of friends to pray for some healing from cancer. Now... I've got a personal problem with cancer- so anytime I get a chance to pray for it to be banished back to the pits of hell, I'm all about it! It's tried to get a few friends of mine now, and has taken a family member of mine as well. The word "cancer" itself has formed into this mighty word that places sorrow and fear into the hearts of many. I hate that. I say now- just as always- cancer is just another sickness, no greater or less than any of the others- and my God surely can take down any and all of them. cancer, who?? cancer, what?? I don't even like capitalizing it, typing it, or saying it. I almost just want to call it, "the 'c' word." I hate it. Can you tell? Anyways, we went to pray for our friend a few times. The second time around, I felt it well up inside of me to pray for her jaw bone, since I myself have seen healing in my bones. Soon after, her jaw bone straightened back up from its previously leaning, and sunken-in state. Other amazing things happened as well while we all prayed and sang over her. Visions were had, pictures were seen, fear was dissolved... we loved it, obviously. Later, we found out that she had an MRI taken of her jaw and surrounding lymph nodes before we came and prayed for her. The MRI showed that she indeed had cancer in her jaw bone and lymph nodes. She had an MRI after we prayed, too. The second MRI was completely clear of all cancer in her jaw bone and lymph nodes.

A more recent one was in me! I went to a healing room with my friend. I walked in with sinuses aching, asthma in my lungs, and very sore from having moved my sister from state to state! The presence of the Lord was very thick in this room. After about 30 minutes of just sitting in His presence, surrounded by worshipers, and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere, I noticed that my sinuses were completely clear, that I could breath deeply and clearly in my lungs, and that my muscles were so relaxed- they were no longer sore! I will say it again- no one even prayed for me. I was simply in His presence, and that is more than enough.

The last one happened just today! My dear friend up here at the office, Betty, has both fractured her foot (we call her Betty-Boot now) and has had a very painful sciatic nerve problem for years. She has tried many operations to get it fixed, but they have only provided temporary relief. So today we had the bright idea to pray for her. I squatted down on my knees, put my hand on her foot, and asked where her back hurt. She showed me, and that's where I put my other hand. A co-worker prayed first- she was very thorough and covered all the bases, asking the Lord for His mending and healing- I didn't even feel a need to pray anything beyond that! It was a great prayer. So then I asked Betty how she felt. She said she felt blessed, but that her back still hurt. I reminded them both that one time, even Jesus prayed twice for someone to get delivered. So I prayed a second time asking for complete healing and for pain to be GONE. A simple request. A simple prayer... knowing that nothing comes from me, but from Him alone. I asked Betty again how she felt. She wiggled around a little, and said, "Huh.... pretty good!" I said, "Really? Like how good?" She wiggled around a little more and said, "Really good! ...my back feels warm where your hand was too..." I giggled a little and said that the Holy Spirit was kinda funny like that sometimes! Sometimes He likes to make His presence known through heat, coolness, or tingling. She replied and said, "Well! I'm just going to call you 'Kathryn' now!" Ahhhhh, what a beautiful complement! I accept! But really- there is nothing special about me, and I'm sure that Kathryn Kuhlman would say the same thing. It's not me. It's all Him. Actually, the more that I am involved, the less likely it is that a healing, miracle, or kingdom occurrence will happen. The more I think about it, the more pressure I put on myself to see results, the more I try and conjure up a "Holy" atmosphere, the more beautiful I try and make a prayer, the less likely it is to happen. (we will see if her foot is still fractured at her x-ray next week.)

I'm reminded of the verse in 2 Chronicles 7:14 that states, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." Lets break that apart a little as it relates to healing, shall we?

"If my people... will humble themselves and pray..." What if we looked at the word, "humble" not as "ranking low in hierarchy" as Webster defines it, but more of an "emptying" of ourselves? Just empty out your brain! Shut off those worries and concerns! What if we simply recognized that the only thing we were really responsible for was acting... actually walking up to them and saying a simple prayer? "humble themselves AND pray."

"...and seek my face..." All I do is rely on God and let Him do whatever He wants. Wow... that's easy.

"...and turn from their wicked ways..." Personally, I have felt pressure many times to see results anytime I prayed for healing- I had felt this way for a long time. Then I realized its not a matter of how "powerful" my prayers are or what I say- actually that's the opposite of the whole idea (I believe its Mark 10:15 that discusses the value of having a child-like faith). But if I turn from that wicked mindset of somehow thinking that the healing was at all reliant upon me, and remember that its acutally 0% me, suddenly that pressure is alleviated. With all that pressure gone, its much easier to be totally open, to hear God's voice, and notice His little nudges. It becomes much easier for HIS power to pour into an "empty" vessel rather than one that is "clogged" up with MY thoughts, pride, and pressure.

If we do these things it says, "then will I hear them from heaven, (not "maybe"... not "sometimes" ... it says, "'THEN' will I") and forgive their sin (as in MY sinful thinking!) and will heal their land."

People so often are looking for a "formula" to receive healing- well, there you have it. 2 Chronicles 7:14 gets pretty close to laying it out in a "formula" fashion.



John 3:30, "He must become greater, I must become less."