Jesus came that we might be healed with his stripes

 (part 2)

Jesus came to heal us with His stripes for we are healed with His stripes. We mentioned that the healing of Jesus is of the cross gifts and if you are one of God’s children, if you get sick you can ask God to heal you if that is His will for you. We mentioned in the last article that one of God’s requirement for healing is faith. We also mentioned that faith comes when we read the word of God “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” {Ro10:17} we explained to obtained faith we have to read the Bible every day at least once. Because when we read God’s precious promises, these promises will be stored in our spiritual store house ( we called them spiritual sore house to make it easier for the reader). I gave an example of how God will get out a verse you already read it in the right time when you need it.

Because Jesus said to the person who healed him “Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” {Mr5:19} I have mentioned four miracles happened to me and each one of them was a difficult one.

 

More of the healing of Jesus in my life

1- when we were living in  the last state in the US I felt sever pain in my bowels, I also felt I want to vomit. In brief I was in sever pain and went to the doctor and I have asked for a blood test. In less that 48 hr. the doctor called me and said: I want you to go to the emergency room now because you blood test showed elevated lipase. I asked her how much, she said, over 700. I said what is the higher normal level she said 280. I realized then I am in danger. She said she will call the hospital emergency to be ready for me, so I will not wait. When I went to the emergency there was a patient ahead of me and I heard him telling the nurse that he has a chest pain, she looked at me and asked me, are you Mrs. Nasr? and I said yes. She took me in a hurry inside and immediately put me on a bed and in seconds the doctor and a nurse came and they got me undressed and got dressed in the blue gown and the doctor explained that they have to have me connected into intravenous tube because they may operate on me tonight. I asked him what is wrong with me? He said that I have pancreatitis I said to him how bad, he said very bad.  I said do worry Jesus will heal me. The nurse came trying to find a vain but it was very hard and finally found it and they had blood sample to have a fresh test. Mean while I started to recite verses about healing in English in a loud voice so the nurse could hear, myself and Saad. I said all the verses I knew. After 20 minutes the Holy Spirit told me Jesus healed you now. So I said to Saad that Jesus healed me, relax the result of the test will come normal now. The doctor came and said, I do not believe it, the result came and it is 220 and your doctor said your level was 765. I said to him I told you Jesus will heal me. He said I do not believe this result I will repeat the test again and it came back 220. I knew later on what it means to have pancreatitis. It either you have cancer in the pancreas or you’re a chronic inflammation in the pancreas. This was ten years ago and feel very well. Thank you Jesus for your healing.

 

2- I had injury in my back, I had compressed fracture due to an accident. The fracture formed a sharp edge, it was like a knife pointed at my back all the time, it was very painful, and the pain was there all the times. I saw a doctor and he said you need a surgery but first you have to have MRI done and you have to use a frame at home because if you fall you may damage the compressed fracture. I called all my friends, they all very prayer worrier people and ask them to pray for a miracle because the surgery success is not sure so I need Jesus to heal me. That was in May 1999. the result of the MRI came normal and I did not complain of my back once from that day. It has been 9 years and I had the accident 19 years ago.

 

3- this miracle happened after we came back to Australia. I stated to feel pain in my left shoulder. The pain started to increase. Then I went to my doctor who ask for MRI and it showed that I have a two growth in my shoulder bones and they were cutting into a muscle which goes between them. This caused a sever pain which made me unable to sleep on my left side at all. I was unable to use my left arm which made me depend on Saad all the times. My doctor referred me to a specialist to have a surgery which remove these two bones. The specialist asked for a colored MRI. I rejected the idea of a surgery for two reasons, the first I am allergic to all kinds of pain killers medications and the second is the Holy Spirit reminded me of this part of a verse “And in the thirty–ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.” {2Ch16:12} the part that says “; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians” was crying out loud inside me that I should seek the Lord first before I seek the physicians that is why I did not want to do the surgery. Some thing happened to me, and I knew that Jesus healed me and I said to Saad in the car going to have the MRI done that Jesus healed me and the MRI will show no sign of bone growth. In the MRI it showed there are no growth in shoulder bones, so there are no need for the surgery. I thanked Jesus my Lord so much for His healing.

I want to say here that I went to the surgeon who would operate on me and I did not tell him about the MRI that I had lately, I did not tell him that I know there are no growth. And he said that I need a surgery. He contradicted his conscious, all what matters to him is to operate on me and have extra money. I came out and I said to my husband: this doctor has no conscious. Of course I did not have a surgery and my shoulder in perfect state. Again thank You Jesus.

 

4- in the beginning of 2006 I had sever diarrhea to the point that I could not leave home or even sit  far from the bathroom. All I could eat was crackers and avocado. My condition called irritable bowels syndrome  and there is no treatment for it except medication to stop diarrhea, and even that did not help much. I suffered dehydration and lack of nutrition. Saad and I prayed a lot but there was no hope. Saad decided to fast and we prayed together every day and recited verses about healing. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. Fasting should have a purpose like what Saad did. He said I will fast every day until you feel better. And one day the diarrhea stopped totally and I had no pain at all. I did not suffer from this condition until now. I was healed because Saad fasted for me and we were praying every day and recited healing verses.

 

5- during 2005 and 2006 I was so depressed. One of the reasons of my depression was serving the Egyptian. Serving the American is much easier than serving the Egyptian. If you tell the American to read the Bible daily, they will heed to the advise but as for the Egyptian they will not listen to your advise. They want you to read the Bible for them, explain it, pray for them and give them the advise. They simply depends on you. They do not want to have a relationship with the Lord at all, they want for someone else to have the relationship with Jesus. They can not be bothered. As the apostle Paul said “I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able” {1Co3: 2} that is why the Egyptian are in a lot of trouble.

That is why I have decided not to serve anyone. Anyone wants to know the truth, he can finds the truth. There are so many Bibles and books and sermons and TV Christian programs. The Lord spoke to me in prayer and said “ you are not responsible for the eternity of anyone. Everyone is responsible for his salvation” that is why Saad decided to keep everyone who was a cause of pain in my life, to keep this person away, totally. I had a wrong belief that is: I am responsible for the salvation of anyone I meet. I was trying to convince everyone with the salvation of Jesus. Now my principal any one does not want to accept the salvatio0n of Jesus and want to go hell, he can go to hell.

The stroke helped me to change the way Saad and I think. 

But the effect of stroke on my body, I had the worst kind of stroke. Statistic says that this stroke 30% die immediately and 35% die within a year so that makes me one of the 35%. And these 35% suffer paralysis, unable to swallow, loss of balance and sever central nerve pain. I was not paralyzed but I suffer the rest. I was bed ridden for 8 weeks. Saad started a new job 5 weeks before I had the stroke. And we supposed to move to a new two story home 2 weeks after I had the stroke. After I had the stroke we decided we can not live in the two story house. Saad came to me and said I can not drive an hour each way and at the same time I can not leave in bed and go to work. What shall we do? Shall we rent or buy a house because if I am going to work I have to live close to work? I do not know when will you be better? I said to Saad look for a house to buy because I do not doubt for a minute that Jesus will heal me and I will be standing on my feet. The reason for my faith the story of a woman who was a Syro–Phoenician by birth in the gospel of Mark chapter 7.  “When Jesus said to her , "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs."   And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs” when I read this part the Holy Spirit said to me if the crumbs that fall of the table, is enough to heals the sick, how much more the food of  the children to heal the sick.

Truly after 8 weeks from having the stroke I opened the TV on the Christian channel and I heard a German preacher preach to over a million soul in Africa and he was speaking about the healing of Jesus and I found my self praying with him and saying all the verses that speak about healing. Saad was laying chairs on two rows in the bedroom to be able to lean on them to go to the bathroom. I found my self go to the bathroom without the help of the chairs, I totally forgot that I had a stroke. I cleaned the bedroom and vacuum it and I had a shower and washed my hair ( which was totally impossible) then went down stairs and cooked for Saad and while I was cooking I remembered that I had a stroke. Since this time my balance is normal and I had problem swallowing  the food and that was healed too. My improvement is slow but continues. But came a time death was a better option because I was sure I am going to be with Jesus but what kept me on earth is the prayer of Saad and his faith I will be improving continually. Truly I am better to the point that amazed all the specialist I saw. They can not believe my improvement and I tell them how Jesus healed me.

I can say this stroke was one of the best things that happened to us. Because of this stroke Saad and I took definite decisions one of them is keeping some people away, they were a cause of some pain and problems to us and the other was to stop the ministry of counseling to anyone and devote my time for writing for Egypt news and post my articles on my web site.   With this article I have concluded the series of why Jesus came. I will be writing on guilt feeling.