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Authors: Joseph Prince
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In the past, all I could do was stand around helpless, but this time, I was able to pray. And I discovered that prayer was not difficult. It was a natural heartfelt cry to my heavenly Father.
Initially, I begged God to return Joy to me. I told Him to take my life instead of hers. I was desperate for a miracle, but did not really know how to pray. Thank God that He did not answer that prayer.
Instead, He sent Christina to teach me how to pray. From her, I came to see that God loves my girl much more than I did. I realised that I did not have to give up anything for her healing because Jesus gave up His very life to purchase this healing for her.
Christina told me to claim this benefit of healing from His perfect work on the cross. She told me that every negative report about Joy was only temporary. But what Jesus has done is permanent.
I began to speak Psalm 91 over Joy and even boldly thanked God for all the plans He had in store for her. I was most encouraged when a colleague of mine, also from New Creation Church, came and declared a verse from Psalm 118 over Joy,
“You shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.”
On Saturday, Joy’s condition worsened and she turned yellow due to jaundice. Doctors explained that her liver was deteriorating to the point where only a transplant could save her. My husband, sister and I had volunteered to be donors. We were told to go home to get some rest that evening as they needed to run tests on us for the transplant the next day.
But the rest that we had hoped for never came because our older daughter Victoria, who was two and a half years old then, began displaying the same symptoms that Joy had. She woke up at three in the morning with a fever and was vomiting. I prayed but decided to send her to the hospital for a checkup.
At about 6.45am on Sunday, after the doctor had confirmed that Victoria was all right, he showed me Joy’s latest laboratory report. This very caring and well-meaning doctor took me through page after page of bad news, and told me that a transplant was necessary to save Joy.
But as he was going on, I rejected every negative report silently in my heart. I remembered Christina’s words that these were but temporary, and that my girl was already healed.
I had been having Communion daily and claiming His healing for Joy. In fact, I had staked out a little corner in the hospital where our friends and family would gather to worship and pray. I must have caused quite a commotion, but the hospital staff were gracious at all times.
Some of them were concerned that I might be so hyped up by all the prayer that when the bad news came, I would not be able to face up to reality. One person was even heard saying, “She prays so much, does she actually think that there’s going to be a miracle?”
But I didn’t care. I just kept looking to Jesus. I asked Him to send us the best doctors, nurses and helpers. I even prayed that every drop of medication would be administered by God Himself. I asked the angels to watch over her and thanked God that every minute, He was reconstructing her liver and giving her a brand new organ.
At about 10.30am that same morning, the doctor suddenly showed up at the ward looking very grim. I braced myself for the worst. My heart was again ready to refute every negative report. But instead of bad news, he said that Joy’s liver was rejuvenating. He said that at the rate she was improving, she might not need a transplant. My entire family were beside themselves with joy.
After the long mental and emotional struggle, I suddenly found this piece of news too good to be true. I wondered if they were just saying that to make me feel better. I questioned if it was wise to become too hopeful at this point. After all, it was only four hours ago that I was reading those gloomy reports. I called Christina. She could not stop rejoicing and I began to thank God as the impact of His work slowly sank into my heart.
Strengthened, I made my way to church for the 2pm service. The presence of God in that place was unbelievable. The moment I stepped in, I felt God’s love wash over me. I just cried tears of gratitude and joy.
When I reached the hospital after the service, the doctor came with more updates. We were told that Joy was “too well to be on the transplant list”! Later, the kind doctor told me that Joy was very “lucky” because they did not do anything special that could have caused such a recovery. I knew it was not luck, and just continued praising and thanking God for the miracle!
On Monday, the day of the scheduled transplant, instead of more surgical procedures, ironically, we witnessed needle after needle and tube after tube being removed from our little girl. And within days, she was transferred out of the intensive care unit (ICU).
By Wednesday, relatives of many of the other patients in the paediatric ICU ward approached me to ask how the miracle happened. I just shared with them how God, in His love, healed my daughter and asked Pastor Mark to pray for their loved ones. So he just went around the ward praying for the sick.
In less than two weeks, my little bundle of joy was discharged. All glory to Jesus for He truly put the joy back into all our lives!
Samantha Wong
Healing Of The Sole
I had been experiencing a sharp pain in the sole of my right foot after straining it during a workout. Initially, I left it alone thinking that it would go away. Six months later, my sole was still hurting.
In fact, it worsened to the point where it affected my walking and even standing. It caused considerable pain whenever I stepped on the pedal while playing the keyboard during our Mandarin service. To make matters worse, I sprained my right knee during aerobics.
I prayed over my foot and claimed healing, but nothing happened. I even tried foot reflexology to ease the pain, but this was only temporary. The pain would return a few hours after.
Some time in February, a friend bought my husband and me some matzah from Israel. In March, we started taking the Holy Communion on a daily basis every morning before going to work. Within two weeks, the pain in my sole left. My sprained knee was also completely healed.
I cannot pin down the exact day or date the healing took place. I realised it one day when I put my full weight on my right foot and found that there was no more pain. When it dawned on me that a miracle had happened, I jumped around just to test out my healing. My sole and knee felt as good as new.
I must confess that how healing comes through the Holy Communion is beyond my understanding. But I do not need to know everything before I start doing what the Lord has said is good for me.
I cannot imagine what my husband and I must have missed out on by not taking the Lord’s Supper. Now that He has shown us a glimpse of how His body gives us divine health and His blood brings us divine righteousness, we will continue to partake and rest in His finished work.
Katherine Soh
Salvation Prayer
If you would like to receive all that Jesus has done for you, and make Him your Lord and Saviour, please pray this prayer:
Lord Jesus, thank You for loving me and dying for me on the cross. Your precious blood washes me clean of every sin. You are my Lord and my Savior, now and forever. I believe that You rose from the dead and that You are alive today. Because of Your finished work, I am now a beloved child of God and heaven is my home. Thank You for giving me eternal life, and filling my heart with Your peace and joy. Amen.
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The Holy Communion — God’s Channel Of Divine Health