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Christian healing
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 00:33
I am a Christian but I have also lived with epilepsy for 16 years (half my life)
I have never been quite sure about asking God for healing (although many friends have suggested I should) but today I feel like I've had a bit of a break through on this front after re-reading one of Jesus' healing stories.
So I've laid myself at His feet as it were, and I'm now praying with all my heart and all my belief that he will heal me of the humiliation, the fear, the medication that epilepsy is for me - to say nothing of the issues with driving a car.
I'm also praying for my two sisters who have epilepsy as well as my two nieces who have it too (one of whom is just a few months old). And finally, for any of my unborn children who may also contract epilepsy.
But most of all right now, I need healing for myself.
Yet now that I've experienced this amazing breakthrough, I'm not quite sure where to go next. I don't feel physically different and while I have every trust and hope in God that He's healed me, I would want to get myself checked by a neurologist before I stopped taking medication. Should I be seeing a neurologist asap and asking for an MRI scan??
Or is this just the beginning of a journey towards total healing?
I know this sounds confusing but I am a little confused! I guess I'd love to hear some advice/stories from Christian epileptics who are travelling this same road towards possible healing.
I hope someone out there can help me...!
(BTW if anyone knows any Christian neurologists living in Brisbane, Australia, I would appreciate such contact details).
Hi thanks for the post, my
Submitted by bombadel on Sun, 2019-06-16 - 03:49
Hi thanks for the post, my partner has epilepsy also and i pray for her (she had a full blown one last night at 2.30 am :/. Theres an interesting part in the bible where the disciples go to Christ and ask why they couldnt heal and drive out a demon, and the reply was their lack of faith and also 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” also St Paul describes the thorn in his flesh n 2 Corinthians 12:7-9, Paul says, "there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure" i also think if a disciple living with Christ couldnt heal at that time then what hope would my prayers have. A lot of bad things happen in life and theres an interesting book called "when God weeps" in the example of Paul it kept him modest. Maybe God wants us to have some Salt in our life to keep us grounded, but epilepsy seems such a drastic thing :/