Has anyone here been healed of a physical ailment through faith and prayer alone?
Or if not, has anyone used it to augment medical procedures and found it beneficial?
In Matthew chapter 8 we read :-
5 ΒΆ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
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I know a man who had an interesting testimony in this regard. A number of years ago this person had a sharp pain in his chest at about 10 pm in his apartment.
He said to the Lord, " what shall I do? ". The Lord said, " you cannot go the hospital, you cann't go to the doctor and you cann't go a Christian neighbour for prayer. " The person then said, " what shall I do then?". The Lord replied, " Praise the Lord. "
The person started to praise the Lord out aloud in his room. After about an hour the thing that was on his chest suddenly lifted off and he was free of the pain.
The interesting parallel between this experience and the the testimony in the Gospel of Matthew is the time element involved ... " healed at / from that very hour " ( NIV).
You can say that person is not telling the truth but I am that person and God is my witness that is a true testimony!
One of the songs which I was singing along to the night "the thing " lifted off my chest is found @:-
www.angelfire.com/md3/pafn777/rescue1.wma *******
Personally, I have not been to the doctor or dentist for over 15 years. Also during this time I have not taken any natural medicine.
I give the Lord Jesus Christ ALL the glory!
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Finally, I am including a testimony of a lady I know ... which involves an interplay between divine healing and medical science. The account is @:-
www.angelfire.com/md3/pafn777/healtest.html Shalom,
Rapha.