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Page 3 Go to Letter 3 Page 4 Divine Healing: From a Sense of Lingering Death to a Renewed Sense of Life A number of weeks ago, 2 Kings 20 was
one of the chapters included in the Bible study on the history of Israel at
Bible Study Fellowship, which is a phenomenal non-denominational Bible study
group. The words above in bold print struck me. They hold special personal
meaning. After being born again and filled with
the Holy Spirit on October 2, 2001, one of the first phrases the Holy Spirit
spoke to me was “put your house
in order.” He did not tell me I was
going to die, but a sense of death lingered over me. I am extremely ashamed of how I have
abused my physical body over the years by not taking care of myself and not
being able to establish healthy eating and exercise habits.
It was a key area of repentance as I wept
and called out to God to forgive me. On
the third day after being born again, I made appointments with a family
practitioner and the cardiologist who had cared for me at the time I had a
stroke in February 2000. On or about October 10, 2001, at around
12:30 a.m., as I was praying for healing, Jesus
performed divine healing in me. It
began with my experiencing an unusual sensation travel throughout my body.
It is hard to describe. The best I can do is liken it to a thin
laser-type ray that I could distinctly feel as it traveled throughout my body.
It traveled in a synchronized way down both legs at once, out into both
arms, up my torso and into my head. It
kept traveling throughout my body, up and down, back and forth, for about twenty
minutes. Afterwards, I simply fell asleep. In the morning, I didn’t feel any
different. The usual arthritic aches and pains were still there.
However, within three days this realization hit me; I was no longer
experiencing extreme shortness of breath nor experiencing any tingly numbness in
my arms. I could provide many scary examples of
experiences with extreme shortness of breath. But, I will just state that this
condition had become very alarming. I could not climb a flight of just a few
steps without being extremely out of breath.
The condition had been progressively growing worse and worse. The tingly numbness in my arms was an
often occurrence. One example is: every time when I would get up to use the
bathroom at night, I would get the tingly numbness in my lower arms and hands.
Often it scared me so much that I was afraid to go back to sleep in fear
that I would not wake up again. I
was afraid that I would die from having a heart attack during the night. So, I
would sit up and stay awake until the numbness subsided. Many times over the course of the year
prior to this miraculous healing I said to myself, “I would have died from a
heart attack by now if it wasn’t for the fact that I am taking a blood
thinner.” For a period of several weeks after this
experience, each night as I prayed I would feel this little somewhat sharp pain
in the middle of my chest. I know it was the presence of Holy Spirit I was
experiencing, but I cannot help but wonder if He was in the process of
completing the job of restoring my heart and lungs. When I had my check up later in October and the nurse took my blood pressure; it was 110/70. Over the next two years, I had my blood pressure checked at least five times, and each time it was in this 110/70 range. Before Jesus performed an act of divine healing in me, my blood pressure for a good number of years was always at least 140/90. I do not remember when or if my blood pressure was ever in the range of 110/70. Over two years have now passed; I remain free of shortness of breath and tingly numbness in my arms. Testimony of Dorothy von Lehe |
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