CAN
GOD HEAL YOU?
Most
of us who believe in the God of Christianity, and even
those of us who don’t, have been taught that healing
miracles are real, but rare. The doctrines we’ve been
fed, or our life’s experiences, have led us to
conclude that God heals mostly through medicine—and if
not through medicine, then not at all.
Perhaps…
…we
had an uncle or mother who had sky-high faith for a
miracle and yet died.
…we
have never witnessed supernatural healing
…our
church tells us that miracles ceased with Jesus’ first
apostles.
…we’ve
trodden the path of faith healing, but been discouraged
by ministers who admonished us to “just have more
faith!”
…
our vision is of a God who plays favorites and grants
healing only to those who stack up in the obedience
lottery.
…we
don’t believe in the God of Christianity so why would
He want to heal us?
…and
because of all this, we conclude that it’s safer to
place our hope in medicine, instead of in a (seemingly)
capricious God who heals only every once in
awhile!
Not that
there’s anything wrong with medicine. It’s just that…
it’s not always enough. Our faith may not be enough,
either, but thankfully, God is—if we know that He is
willing and able to provide when medicine cannot.
My
research and experiences have taught me that God wants
the chronically ill to be healed in body, mind and
spirit, and that He is willing and able to heal them
supernaturally when medicine fails to provide a complete
recovery, and even when it doesn’t. But His healing
isn’t always immediate, and not everyone who asks will
receive a miracle.
Yet, God
wants to heal more people than are being
healed today, and healing is within closer reach than
what experience has taught most of us to believe.
Physical as well as spiritual healing are God’s will
for humanity, but we must dispel the doubts that prevent
us from embracing this reality. Also, dysfunctional
biochemistry, unresolved emotional trauma and spiritual
strongholds can hinder our knowledge of God’s love for
us, and consequently, our ability to receive healing
from Him.
Healing
Chronic Illness: By His Spirit, Through His Resources,
offers solutions for addressing these and other
roadblocks to healing. It proposes another path to the
helpless and hopeless, which isn’t based upon wishful
thinking and random chance, but rather, buried truth and
history, and evidence that has healed multitudes in
underdeveloped nations and in Pentecostal and
charismatic churches, where belief in supernatural
healing is strong. A path that is less trodden in
nations of wealth and reason, where reality is that
which is experienced in the physical world and hope is
in science and man’s ability to provide. A path that
is ignored because people don’t know what the God of
Christianity can do, don’t realize how vast and
all-encompassing His love is, and may not believe that
they deserve that love, anyway. I invite you to step out
and journey down this path with me. You may find that
the gift of healing is meant for you, too.
I wrote
this book while suffering from chronic Lyme illness, but
received healing miracles in my body and spirit—supernaturally
and through medicine—as I worked towards its
completion.
I have
witnessed the healing of hundreds of people and been
used by God to heal others. I have published two books
on medical treatments for Lyme disease, and my current
book is a best-seller within the Lyme disease community.
Nonetheless, God has been showing me that people who
suffer from chronic illness sometimes need more than
medical treatments; they need a miracle. And He’s
showing me that He’s willing and able to provide when
medicine cannot.
So if you’ve
been suffering from disease for years, why not take a
chance and hope for a miracle from God? What do you have
to lose? If you’ve invested thousands of hours and
dollars into medicine, only to be frustrated by its
results, losing a few months or years to a new hope may
be a small sacrifice. Especially if the alternative is
to continue down a path of failed or only moderately
helpful treatments. Take heart—God loves you and wants
to heal you!
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Connie
Strasheim was born in 1974 and raised in Denver,
Colorado, but has spent nearly a decade of her
thirty-six years living in other parts of the world,
including New York, Costa Rica, Argentina and the United
Kingdom.
In
September, 2004, Connie became disabled by chronic Lyme
disease and was forced to quit her job as a flight
attendant for United Airlines. She became a full-time
medical researcher and devoted the following six years
of her life to fervently
pursuing healing, through medicine and her relationship
with God, while working on a limited basis as a medical
interpreter and private Spanish instructor.
Her
research finally led her to publish two books on Lyme
disease, including
Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: Thirteen Lyme-Literate Health Care Practitioners Share Their Healing
Strategies, and The Lyme Disease Survival Guide: Physical, Lifestyle and Emotional Strategies
for Healing. She is currently writing a book on
cancer, as she continues her research into healing.
Connie
ministers to the sick on a regular basis, and leads a
bi-monthly conference call prayer group to pray for the
chronically ill around the United States. Prior to
becoming disabled by Lyme disease in 2004, she
participated in and led humanitarian missions trips to
Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador and Bolivia.
She has traveled to over fifty countries around the
world and is passionate about serving the poor in
underdeveloped nations. She ultimately hopes to continue
to bring God’s love and healing to these people, even
as she serves those in her own community in Denver and
around the United States.
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