There was a woman in a church we pastored who had a large tumor on her left lung. She had gone to her family doctor, but he sent her to a specialist in a larger city nearby. This was in 1939,
Setting Free the Oppressed
There was a woman in a church we pastored who had a large tumor on her left lung. She had gone to her family doctor, but he sent her to a specialist in a larger city nearby. This was in 1939,
and they didn't operate on people so quickly then. They did not know whether the tumor was malignant or not, but they gave her X-ray treatments. They said the treatments wouldn't cure her, but they were supposed to retard the growth of the tumor or shrink it. If these treatments were unsuccessful, the next step was the operation, which in those days was very serious. I knew she was taking these treatments twice a week, but she never asked for prayer. On the day when she went to the city to take her treatment, her 16-year-old daughter was home (this was in the summer). They lived on a farm and had to get up early to go to the city; the trip took a full day. All that day, which was a Thursday, the 16-year-old girl fasted and prayed for her mother. She prayed that the oppressed might be set free. (Acts 10:38 speaks of sickness as being satanic oppression.) I knew nothing about what had happened. When I closed my sermon the following Sunday morning, the voice of the Lord came to me saying, "There's a lady here I want to heal before you go today." So I spoke it right out without thinking. That's the first time a thing like that had happened. This was 1939. I spoke it right out, saying, "TheLord just said there's a woman here whom He wants to heal before we go today." When I said that, a lady stepped out. She started down the aisle, but the Spirit of God within me said, "She's not the one." I said, "Sister, you're not the one, but healing belongs to you, so come on and we'll pray for you, and the Lord will heal you." Then Sister R. stepped out in the aisle and the Spirit of God within me said, "She's the one." I told her, "Sister R., you're the one." I laid hands on her and prayed and that tumor disappeared. She went back to the specialist and told him to take X-rays because something had happened. He asked, "What is it?" She replied, "I'll tell you afterwards." He took the X-rays and couldn't find the tumor. He tried taking more, but still couldn't find it. It was gone. I was holding a meeting in a Full Gospel church in Houston, Texas, a number of years ago, and I was staying in the parsonage. The pastor's wife never said one word to me about her poor physical condition. (She had prayed for years and never had received anything.) God began to move in the services and bless people. Many were being healed. Afterwards, this pastor's wife testified, "I saw others being healed and I fasted." (She fixed something for her husband and me to eat, but she never sat down with us.) "I fasted and prayed a couple of days," she said, "and told the Lord I knew He could heal me." One night I was ministering after I preached, and I had a revelation concerning her. I began telling her what was wrong with her, because I saw it in the spirit; the Lord told me exactly what was wrong with her. The Word of Knowledge was in operation, and she received complete healing. Although fasting in itself will not bring about healing, it can prepare the way in some instances for healing to take place.
and they didn't operate on people so quickly then. They did not know whether the tumor was malignant or not, but they gave her X-ray treatments. They said the treatments wouldn't cure her, but they were supposed to retard the growth of the tumor or shrink it. If these treatments were unsuccessful, the next step was the operation, which in those days was very serious. I knew she was taking these treatments twice a week, but she never asked for prayer. On the day when she went to the city to take her treatment, her 16-year-old daughter was home (this was in the summer). They lived on a farm and had to get up early to go to the city; the trip took a full day. All that day, which was a Thursday, the 16-year-old girl fasted and prayed for her mother. She prayed that the oppressed might be set free. (Acts 10:38 speaks of sickness as being satanic oppression.) I knew nothing about what had happened. When I closed my sermon the following Sunday morning, the voice of the Lord came to me saying, "There's a lady here I want to heal before you go today." So I spoke it right out without thinking. That's the first time a thing like that had happened. This was 1939. I spoke it right out, saying, "TheLord just said there's a woman here whom He wants to heal before we go today." When I said that, a lady stepped out. She started down the aisle, but the Spirit of God within me said, "She's not the one." I said, "Sister, you're not the one, but healing belongs to you, so come on and we'll pray for you, and the Lord will heal you." Then Sister R. stepped out in the aisle and the Spirit of God within me said, "She's the one." I told her, "Sister R., you're the one." I laid hands on her and prayed and that tumor disappeared. She went back to the specialist and told him to take X-rays because something had happened. He asked, "What is it?" She replied, "I'll tell you afterwards." He took the X-rays and couldn't find the tumor. He tried taking more, but still couldn't find it. It was gone. I was holding a meeting in a Full Gospel church in Houston, Texas, a number of years ago, and I was staying in the parsonage. The pastor's wife never said one word to me about her poor physical condition. (She had prayed for years and never had received anything.) God began to move in the services and bless people. Many were being healed. Afterwards, this pastor's wife testified, "I saw others being healed and I fasted." (She fixed something for her husband and me to eat, but she never sat down with us.) "I fasted and prayed a couple of days," she said, "and told the Lord I knew He could heal me." One night I was ministering after I preached, and I had a revelation concerning her. I began telling her what was wrong with her, because I saw it in the spirit; the Lord told me exactly what was wrong with her. The Word of Knowledge was in operation, and she received complete healing. Although fasting in itself will not bring about healing, it can prepare the way in some instances for healing to take place.
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