As Women, God equips and graces us to wear many hats: Wife,
Mother, Daughter, Friend and Career Women, just to name a few. Wearing those many hats and leading our
fulfilled and busy lives, often times can leave us unintentionally putting
ourselves on the proverbial back
burner.
Two months ago, I began feeling sick however with the cares of
life-being a wife, mother and working; I really didn’t put much thought into
how I was feeling and into my physical health.
Unable to ignore the symptoms that I had been experiencing any longer, I
decided to go to what I thought would be a routine Doctor’s visit. My Doctor ordered several test to help
uncover why I had not been feeling well.
After waiting a few days for the test results, I called the Doctor and
he told me, “Estela, your test results are positive for Lupus. I suggest that you see another doctor for
proper care and medication.” My heart
dropped for a second! I had just been
told that my test results showed that I was positive at 160% high for Lupus; which
was explained to me as a chronic illness and immune disorder disease, with NO
cure. I began to cry. As I thought the worse of my health and
diagnosis; I quickly recalled being told two years ago by another Doctor to get
checked out for this illness because of the same symptoms I’d recently been
experiencing…I simply did not pay it much attention by getting a physical.
I decided to educate myself on Lupus and began to say, “No,
I don’t accept this report!” I refuse to
believe and accept the report of Lupus and said, “I do not have this and if I
do, I will NOT allow it to manifest in my body!” Over the course of a couple of weeks, I
experienced being extremely tired and without strength. I could barely get up in the mornings, get out
of bed, work and do daily task…I was exhausted!
I had lost strength in both my hands and feet and felt my feet stiffen
up…it was a very weird feeling. One
night I remember crawling into bed at 6 p.m., crying myself to sleep. I felt like I was fighting off death.
My husband, Dave quickly told our Pastor about the Doctor’s
report and how I had been feeling. The
following Sunday there was an Altar Call at church, where Pastor called forth
all those who had a chronic illness or Doctor’s report. I immediately went up to the altar for
prayer. My Pastor anointed my head with
oil and prayed over me for healing. It
was in that moment of prayer that I felt a warm sensation of heat come over my
body. I went back to my seat and
returned home later that day, believing that my healing had taken place. After that Sunday, I continued to meditate on
God’s promises. I wrote out several
healing scriptures from the Bible and my husband and I began to speak those
scriptures out loud and pray together every day. Day in and day out, I just kept aligning my
thoughts with God’s promises of healing.
My boss, co-workers, friends and family would send me text messages of
God’s Word; lift me up in prayer and words of encouragement- reassuring me that
I had the victory over this illness. I
believed God…I believed that He is a GOOD God!! I knew that this bad report and illness was
not the end of my life’s story. I
continued to pray, stand on the Word of God and believe in that healing touch
from that Sunday when Pastor anointed me with oil, laid hands on me and prayed
over me for healing.
A few weeks later, I went back to the Doctor for a second
test. This time the outcome was much
different with the test results coming back NEGATIVE for Lupus! I was so happy to hear my Doctor’s voice
message saying, “Estela, NEGATIVE LUPUS!”
Mere words could not describe just how happy and thankful I was to God
for His ‘Miracle Healing’ He did within me!
I’m sharing this with you because I believe in the ‘laying
on of hands’ for healing, anointed oil and the POWER of agreement and
prayer! I thank God that I finally
decided to listen to that “still small voice” (1 Kings 19:12) and go to the Doctor; where he was able to identify what
was trying to come against my body.
Having this knowledge allowed me to quickly put my faith in action- pray,
stand on God’s Word, declare and speak LIFE
over my body, thereby allowing the miracle of my healing to take place.
If you have been diagnosed with a chronic illness…DO NOT
accept it! Know and believe that God
loves you and that HE IS A HEALER!
Cast out negative thinking and bad thoughts that try to come into your
mind- renew your mind with God‘s Word and speak God’s Word DAILY over your body! “Fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12) with the Word of God,
by standing on God’s promises for healing, meditating on healing scriptures
throughout the day and at night, putting on headphones and allowing songs of healing to continually play and get
deep within your spirit as you fall asleep. I cannot emphasize enough, DO NOT accept the bad report…don’t let
the sickness or diagnoses take hold of your mind or your body; believe the
report of the Lord…”take hold EVERY thought” (2 Corinthians 10:5). The
Word of God tells us that, “Angels hearken to the voice of His Word” (Psalms 103:20) and obeys faith- filled
words, so SPEAK the Word of God ONLY over your body!
Be encouraged, REJOICE and thank God in advance for your healing-
the healing Hands of Jesus HEALS!
