November 12th, 2024
by Leah Farster
by Leah Farster
Does God use sickness for punishment?
Yes, God used sickness to punish in the Old Testament, but He warned them that this would happen if they didn’t follow Him. It was ALL out of love to keep them from following Satan, who would surely kill them anyway. But God ALWAYS healed them when they repented!
Smith Wigglesworth tells of his ruptured appendix that was soon to be the end of him. The story took me by surprise, for as Smith tells it, “She (his wife) called a physician who examined me (after they had prayed all night to no avail), (the physician) shook his head, and said, “It is impossible for anything to be done for your husband; I am absolutely helpless. He has appendicitis and you have waited too long. His system will not stand an operation. A few hours, at best, will finish him.”
“What the doctor said was true. He left her and said he would come back again, but he couldn’t give her any hope. When he was nicely out of the house an old lady and a young man who knew how to pray came in. The young man put his knees on the bed and said: “Come out, you devil, in the name of Jesus.” It was a good job, we had no time for argument, and instantly I was free. Oh, hallelujah! I was as free as I am now. I never believed that any person ought to be in bed in the daytime, and I jumped up and went downstairs. My wife said: ‘Oh, are you up?’ ‘I’m all right, wife; it is all right now,’ I said.”
Pray for wisdom and knowledge in how to pray. “Holy Spirit speak to me and tell me how to pray!” Smith and his wife had prayed all night to no avail, but when someone came in and took authority over the enemy of Smith’s soul, the one who was trying to destroy him, the one who had to leave and take his murderous sickness with him, he was healed.
Like my recent attacks while driving…. I had been praying for protection and that the attacks would stop, but to no avail. When I finally got mad and fought for my rights as God’s child in Jesus, and told Satan to leave me alone, the attacks stopped!
Jesus says, “I give you power over all the power of the enemy.”
Or the time I had a lump in my neck. I made a doc appointment. I then began to pray about whether I should go or not, and felt I should NOT! I had no peace about going. Many, many months later I was making the bed, and the Holy Spirit said, “That lump is gone!” I hadn’t ever thought about it again and would not have then, had He not reminded me. It’s come back a few times, but I refuse to accept it and it disappears. That’s been years now!
Is sickness from Satan? Possibly! Can God use a sickness? Yes! Repent and pray. Ask him to show you how to pray appropriately to see this thing gone, and then believe, wait and anticipate! God is not a man that He should lie. The problem lies with us, and many times the answer is not coming because we aren’t praying correctly. Ask for knowledge and wisdom and you shall receive!
Jeff (my husband) asked the Lord to tell him what was wrong with me as I sat withering away in the ER and the Holy Spirit said, “Salmonella”! He told the doctor and the doctor said it wasn’t Salmonella. The next day at 3:00 after the lab work finally came back, the doctor informed me that I had Salmonella!
Pray correctly!!! He WILL answer!
Blessings
Yes, God used sickness to punish in the Old Testament, but He warned them that this would happen if they didn’t follow Him. It was ALL out of love to keep them from following Satan, who would surely kill them anyway. But God ALWAYS healed them when they repented!
Smith Wigglesworth tells of his ruptured appendix that was soon to be the end of him. The story took me by surprise, for as Smith tells it, “She (his wife) called a physician who examined me (after they had prayed all night to no avail), (the physician) shook his head, and said, “It is impossible for anything to be done for your husband; I am absolutely helpless. He has appendicitis and you have waited too long. His system will not stand an operation. A few hours, at best, will finish him.”
“What the doctor said was true. He left her and said he would come back again, but he couldn’t give her any hope. When he was nicely out of the house an old lady and a young man who knew how to pray came in. The young man put his knees on the bed and said: “Come out, you devil, in the name of Jesus.” It was a good job, we had no time for argument, and instantly I was free. Oh, hallelujah! I was as free as I am now. I never believed that any person ought to be in bed in the daytime, and I jumped up and went downstairs. My wife said: ‘Oh, are you up?’ ‘I’m all right, wife; it is all right now,’ I said.”
Pray for wisdom and knowledge in how to pray. “Holy Spirit speak to me and tell me how to pray!” Smith and his wife had prayed all night to no avail, but when someone came in and took authority over the enemy of Smith’s soul, the one who was trying to destroy him, the one who had to leave and take his murderous sickness with him, he was healed.
Like my recent attacks while driving…. I had been praying for protection and that the attacks would stop, but to no avail. When I finally got mad and fought for my rights as God’s child in Jesus, and told Satan to leave me alone, the attacks stopped!
Jesus says, “I give you power over all the power of the enemy.”
Or the time I had a lump in my neck. I made a doc appointment. I then began to pray about whether I should go or not, and felt I should NOT! I had no peace about going. Many, many months later I was making the bed, and the Holy Spirit said, “That lump is gone!” I hadn’t ever thought about it again and would not have then, had He not reminded me. It’s come back a few times, but I refuse to accept it and it disappears. That’s been years now!
Is sickness from Satan? Possibly! Can God use a sickness? Yes! Repent and pray. Ask him to show you how to pray appropriately to see this thing gone, and then believe, wait and anticipate! God is not a man that He should lie. The problem lies with us, and many times the answer is not coming because we aren’t praying correctly. Ask for knowledge and wisdom and you shall receive!
Jeff (my husband) asked the Lord to tell him what was wrong with me as I sat withering away in the ER and the Holy Spirit said, “Salmonella”! He told the doctor and the doctor said it wasn’t Salmonella. The next day at 3:00 after the lab work finally came back, the doctor informed me that I had Salmonella!
Pray correctly!!! He WILL answer!
Blessings
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