Nov 7 (edited) • General discussion
Day 6 - 1 Corinthians 11-12
1 Corinthians 11: 26, for me, holds a testimony of healing from a lying, oppressive spirit. I was taught to contemplate the possibility that symptoms of physical infirmity could possibly be caused by a lying, oppressive spirit. Accordingly, my testimony, in summary, is: I believe I would be walking with a limp today if I had not resisted the enemy by declaring and proclaiming 1 Corinthians 11:26 over my body.
THE BACKGROUND IS AS FOLLOWS:
A few years ago, I heard a pastor speak about lying symptoms. He spoke about the importance of not just instantly coming into agreement with symptoms. He explained, by illustration, that he had a former college classmate who worked for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She told him that each time they are faced with a hazmat (hazardous materials) situation, their protocol is to initially treat it as the highest level threat con (threat condition). After they gather data, investigate, etc..., they adjust the threaten level accordingly.
By analogy, the pastor asked us to consider taking the same approach when we encounter physical infirmity - start out treating it as the highest level threat condition (threat con) which is spiritual oppression. During this time, we are not to come into agreement with the symptoms. He went on to share that if the root of the condition is spiritual, employing natural/physical/medical solutions is not going to work.
MY TESTIMONY:
A few years ago (no more than 3-4 years ago), I was experiencing a faint sensation of weakness that would periodically shoot from my right knee to my right hip socket. It was not a pain, but just a faint sensation of weakness - I noticed it but it didn't stop me from doing anything so I didn't even mention it to anyone. This went on for quite a period of time. I don't have a point of reference, regarding how much time, because I didn't take action - but I estimate it was 6 to 12 months, or even longer, that I experienced the periodic episodes of a faint sensation of weakness shooting between the right knee and the right hip socket.
One morning, out of the clear blue sky, I woke up and the same area housed a consistent sharp pain. I had not experienced any type of physical trauma to the area so I was at a loss as to why the pain was present. I noticed the pain as soon as I awakened from sleep. When I got out of bed, the pain was so sharp that I didn't want to put my weight on my right leg. I was immediately prompted to limp because it hurt to put my weight on the leg.
I immediately remembered the sermon and recognized that this could possibly be a lying symptom. Accordingly, I purposed to treat this pain as the highest level threat con - I purposed to treat it as a lying, oppresive spirit. The most spiritual thing I could think of, at the time, in terms of coming against the oppression, was the sacrament of communion - I grabbed my box of communion elements and placed several elements in my purse so that I would have them throughout the day as I worked. I also took the bread and the cup on the spot.
I proclaimed / declared the truth of God's Word over my body using 1 Corinthians 11:26 as follows: "Lord this is your body that was broken for me - I partake - Lord, this is your blood that was shed for me - I partake - Lord, according to your Word in 1 Corinthians 11:26 (amplified classic version), as often as I take this bread and take this cup, I proclaim the fact of the Lords death over my body from the crown of my head to the souls of my feet and over everyone and everything that concerns me.
As a single woman, I live alone, so I also laid my own hands on the affected body part, as I made the proclamation, because according to the Word, "these signs shall follow those who believe.... they shall lay hands..."
I took the bread and the cup and laid hands on the affected body part several times a day, for 3 days. The pain did not subside at all during the 3 days. However, on the 4th morning, I woke up and the pain was completely gone as mysteriously as it had arrived. Not only that, but the pain has never come back - Additionally, the perpetrating lying symptom of the faint sensation of weakness has also never come back.
TWO KEY TAKEAWAYS IN CONCLUSION:
1) The enemy was trying to be stealth and strategic - the enemy sent the faint sensation of weakness in an attempt to deceive me into coming into agreement with the sharp pain (i.e. it would have been normal for me to "say or think" this is the same area where I have been having the periodic faint sensation of weakness). Therefore, the faint sensation of weakness, that preceded the sharp pain, was a lying symptom as well. Brothers and sisters, it is pretty sobering to me that the enemy of our soul premeditated a strategy ahead of time - Specifically, the faint sensation of weakness that preceded the sharp pain came for months prior to the sharp pain. This was designed to make me come into agreement with the attack of the sharp pain instead of coming against it. Please note, the enemy is not going to announce himself - if he did, we would all run to capable ministry for assistance with learning how to take authority.
2) If the root of the problem is spiritual, natural remedies are not likely to be successful. (be they from a doctor or, in the alternative, from your garden or favorite vitamin/health food store).
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Day 6 - 1 Corinthians 11-12
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