I have noticed that this topic raises all kinds of questions for many Christians. In this regard, we are split into two “camps.” However, in this blog, I would like to testify about my own experiences in this area, in particular, my own personal testimony.
As I have said before, I lived forty years without God, without His blessings, without His love, and without His security. Something I now see more often as a blessing than a curse. I notice around me that many Christians are burdened by religion. And I don’t mean that in a judgmental way, but rather sad. As a result, many fail to see the true goodness of God, causing many blessings to fail. Because I came out of the world, I was as blank as a empty canvas, and fortunately, I was blessed to receive good Biblical education soon after my conversion, which immediately filled my thinking with God’s Truth in many areas.
Does this make everything run easily and smoothly? Nope, not by a long shot. But when I see around me what happens to people who are stuck in religion, it seems much worse to me and I believe that it is more persistent to renew your thinking based on religion (Romans 12:1-2) than when you come from the world.
Fortunately, I have also seen many people struggle to break free from the grip of the spirit of religion and renew their minds toward God’s Truth.
Because of this, many people miss the blessings and promises that are ready for us in Christ Jesus. An example of this is healing. I have noticed that it is not yet self-evident for every Christian that they know that Jesus has already borne our healing for us and that by His stripes our healing is already there (Isaiah 53:5).
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed. – Isaiah 53:5
Religion tells them that healing was something from the past, from the stories of the Bible, but it is no longer for today.
But God does not change (Maleachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8), He is the same yesterday, today and forever and ever and He is not a man that would lie (Numbers 23:19, Hebrews 6:18. Which means that healing is still for the here and now! For you and for me!
My testimony
My own experience is great! And I testify with great love what God has done for me.
In September 2021, I woke up one morning with a strange muscle ache-like pain in my right forearm. I thought, “I must have been lying on it or something”, got dressed and went to work. I work in administration at a hospital in my city, mainly computer work. When I still had pain in my arm three weeks later, I thought, “Let me go see the doctor.”
At that time, I had some things going on in my private life that caused me quite a bit of stress. Once at the doctor, she asked me about my private situation. “Are you experiencing stress?” she asked me, and I told her a few things. Her conclusion about the pain in my arm was that stress had hit my body and I received a referral to the physiotherapist. She no longer allowed me to use the computer and had to make an appointment with the occupational health doctor. This resulted in the fact that I could no longer do my work for the time being and ended up on sick leave. My entire job consisted of computer work, there were some small mini tasks i could do, but I couldn’t fill the required hours with them, and so I could not do anything at work.
I received treatment after treatment at te physiotherapist; my arm was taped, and I received “dry needling” treatments. This is a treatment in which muscle hardenings are relaxed (‘myofascial trigger points’) through targeted pricking with a needle within the muscle.
I went to the physiotherapist twice a week, and every few weeks I had an appointment with the occupational health doctor, and this good man added two weeks, three weeks or six weeks to my sick-leave after each visit. And so months passed by. Every day I would drop by my work to maintain in contact with my colleagues or did small jobs that did not require the computer.
The entire time I was on sick-leave, I delved into the Word of God to see what He says about healing. I had heard a lot about it, and I knew that God heals. He does not change (Hebrews 13:8), so healing should also be available to us at this time.
A shot of Gin
God is a good Father, He wants the best for His children and good health is part of that. I knew this in my head, but how did I get this into my heart? How could I see it manifesting in my own body? I was determined to find that out.
“…..I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” – John 10:10
Jesus accomplished so much for us on the cross, not just our salvation and eternal life, which of course is a gigantic gift in itself. But also to give us life in abundance (John 10:10) while we are still here on earth. Healing is part of that. Healing is part of the legacy that Jesus left us, and I was determined to own this part of the legacy as well.
I dove into the Word, along with fantastic teaching from a wonderful ministry in the Netherlands; Frontrunners. After eight months, I have finally managed to understand with my heart what God’s Word says about this. I found it extremely complicated, not so much to understand it in my head as to apply it and ultimately see it manifested in my own body.
As I immersed myself in the Word and all the teaching, the weeks of not being able to work crept by. Just like the treatments with the physiotherapist. Instead of getting better, the pain only got worse and spread throughout my body. My private situation was now calm and stable, but my body was anything but. The pain was now in my entire arm, shoulders, neck, lower back and at one point even in my legs. 
Sometimes the pain was unbearable, and, out of sheer frustration and a lack of better options, I would take a few shots of pure Gin before going to sleep so that my body would relax, and I could go to sleep quickly. Otherwise, I would lie awake at night from the pain.
Through my work, I had been given large pills of pain relief that I also used daily. My children witnessed that I often sat on the couch, crying from pain and frustration. My arm had lost all strength, and I could no longer lift a coffee mug, and turning on the tap with that arm was impossible.
All those months, I focused solely on healing in God’s Word and nothing else. I devoured the Bible, watched hundreds of hours of teaching and sermons on healing, and read every book of Frontrunners and other teachings. I stood in my authority, or so I thought, not knowing that my heart was not there yet, I broke and sent everything away. I spoke to my mountain (Mark 11:23) but my “mountain” stayed where it was and did not move.
Sunday is coming
Ten months later, I was at the home of a beloved sister in the Lord on a Sunday afternoon. We just had a wonderful afternoon, sharing everything and having a nice chat. My arm and all the other pain in my body were not the topic of conversation that afternoon, but she did know about the situation. We had talked about it before, and in any case, we had already agreed that all that time that the occupational health doctor, had given me had to be a blessing from God. Without batting an eyelid, he continued to stick to it for weeks, and I was able to use all that time to investigate God’s Word and build my relationship with Him.
In the meantime, I had already had nineteen physio treatments, I had been given exercises to do at home every day, I had many conversations with the practice assistant at our general practice, I had been to a manual therapist, many conversations with the occupational health doctor, and an reintegration-coach was appointed, but in the meantime the pain persisted and remained present in my entire body. It limited me enormously because I could no longer drive long distances by car, and by that time I had been on sick-leave for such a long time that it had consequences for my income.
Returning to that beautiful Sunday morning in June; after a very pleasant time together, my sister closed the day in prayer. While she prayed, she included the pain in my body in her prayer. She took authority, broke everything and spoke healing in the mighty Name of Jesus. I had no time to think and no time to allow doubt into my mind because it was completely unexpected. All I could think was, “I receive it”. 
And that is exactly what I continued to say during the prayer:
“I believe You, I KNOW that You heal, I KNOW that You are the same yesterday, today and forever, I KNOW that You are a good Father and that You also want to heal me. No matter what happens, I believe Your Word, and I receive it in Jesus Name.”
“Jesus said to her, “Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you will see the greatness of God?” - John 11:40
And then it came. I felt a tingling throughout my body; immediately, I started speaking in tongues, something that had been on my heart for a long time, my whole body was shaking from head to toe, and felt the pain leaving my body.
I called my mother, and she reminded me to insist on my healing! And so I did; I had no intention of being robbed again.
I quickly remembered what Jesus often asked the people He healed, to do something they could not do before, like the man at the Bethesda pool:
“ Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.” – John 5:8-9.
God chooses to work with us, and sometimes that requires us to take a step of faith to release our miracle. 
I decided to do this too, so the next morning I picked up my 6kg kettlebell and did a twenty-minute workout with no effort!
I couldn’t lift a coffee mug or turn on the tap the day before, but now I stood in my living room swinging my kettlebell back and forth for twenty minutes and glorifying and thanking God!
I am healed!
I had learned from all the teaching I had been doing for months and months that I had to stand by the promise! Even if the pain came back, or whatever happened, I had to insist. The enemy may have been defeated, but he is still wriggling around. There is a very good chance that he wants to steal your miracle.
And this was exactly what I experienced in the months that followed. The pain returned again and again, and I suffered again for a few days. It made me despondent, until during one of those attacks I thought, “Okay, what are you going to do? Complaint and give up where there is a good chance that the enemy will steal your miracle, and you will be back to square one with all the consequences that entails, or will you go into that fight AGAIN and take your authority?”
I chose the latter because the former was not an option. And so I went into battle again for the eighth time now. This was in August 2022. From that moment on, the pain went away, and I was able to start reintegrating at work. They did not understand the fact that all my complaints disappeared overnight, and I was able to testify to the miracles of my Jesus. I think they thought, that woman had gone crazy, LOL.
Almost a year later, in June 2023, I got the same complaints again; enormous pain went through my body, but this time I was on my guard and recognized it immediately. At that time, I was about to make a decision whether to enroll in a four-year course of study at Charis Bible College or not. I realized that the enemy was attacking me in my body to prevent me from doing this study. This was a sign for me to persevere. I registered, and immediately that day the complaints disappeared, and to date I have not had them again. So the enemy literally writhed for a long time, but fortunately the Holy Spirit helped me to remember who I am in Christ and what is mine. What my legacy is, and more importantly, from WHOM I inherited.
Words of healing
I want to remind you, and encourage you to believe that God is a good Father. He wants you healthy, and He wants the very best for you (Jeremiah 29:11). Healing is not something that was exclusive to the time when Jesus was still physically on earth. Jesus promised us and gave us authority (Luke 10:19, Matthew 10:8).
Sickness came after the sin and is a curse, but we have been redeemed from the curse by Jesus and placed under the blessing (Galatians 3:13).
Research the Bible texts below about healing and our Healer, and let God’s Word speak to your heart. 
“If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”– Mark 9:23
“Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” – Luke 8:50
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.” – Mark 10:52
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” – Isaiah 53:5
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”– 1 Peter 2:24
“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.” – Luke 13:10-13
“I the Lord am your Physician.”– Exodus 15:26
“Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you” – Exodus 23:25
“The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.”– Deuteronomy 7:15
“who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,” – Psalm 103:3
“My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.”– Proverbs 4:20-22
“But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.” – Jeremiah 30:17
“Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”– Jeremiah 33:6
“In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk..”– Acts 14:8-10
“And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.” – Romans 8:11
“But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.”– Malachi 4:2
“A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.” – Matthew 8:2-3
“When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” – Matthew 8 :16-17
“He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” -Mark 5:34
“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.” – Matthew 9:35
“And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” – Mark 16:17-18
“One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.” – Luke 17:15
