Friends, for the last three years, I have suffered from a migrane headache. Not
migranes, but a single headache that has never left me. The pain intensity fluctuates between manageable to debilitating, but it never ceases... My doctor, neurologists, an opthamologist, and numerous drugs offered no help. An MRI showed no cancer, injury, defect, etc., but it offered no solution either. This morning, it was particularly bad.
At church today, we had a guest speaker. It was the father of this boy:
http://www.prayforalex.com/home.php
His message inspired me to pray for myself. Now, I need to let you know that my prayer life is sorely lacking. I pray before meals, and every so often when I hear a prayer request, but I am not a man OF prayer. I do not talk to God regularly, as I know I should. I realized today that I had never prayed for my migrane. Not in three year's time. So, I did. In my seat, I felt compelled to ask God for healing of my headache, and as soon as I asked, it was lifted from me. Not just the intense pain that I had at the moment, but the underlying pain that had been with me, 24/7 for three years was gone!
I've never experienced anything like this, and I have always been a skeptic. Even of other Christians, I always secretly worry that stories like this are exaggeration, or have some other explanation. But for me,
this is a life changing experience. I've felt gentle nudges from God before. I think the Spirit has steered me in certain directions before, but I have not had an immediate and convincing response from God like this.
I must have said a hundred prayers of thanks today alone. When I say this is life changing, I mean, I have always known that God created me, Jesus died for me, and I need to live for Him. But it was head knowledge.
Now, I have this bursting feeling in my heart that what I have always known and believed is now a part of me. It's hard for me to explain, but it's like going from an observer to a participant. From studying a map to embarking on the journey. From learning the rules to playing the game...
I just really feel different, and I'm not talking about the pain being gone.
Praise God!
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Keep in His Word and your faith will continue to grow..
