Your Healing is Here: Expect It and Accept It!
INTRO: "Expect it and accept it!" I will never forget when God gave me these words through a dream in 2012, I just looked up and saw a banner that said, "Your Healing is here: expect it and accept". And, a voice saying it was my job to go out and testify this to others. Since then I have lost count at the number of times I have shared my testimony, prayed with and encouraged others to keep going, rejoiced with others as they shared praise reports and received healing. God has taken me to churches all over Chilton County (the county I reside in) and surrounding counties in Alabama, women's events and Bible studies, revivals in other states, home Bible studies, teen challenge, small connect groups, Sunday school classes and I have never took it for granted. I just know God opened many doors of opportunity and I have walked through them. Now, He has opened doors for me to reach people all over this world through the power of technology with this blog, and I am overwhelmed and humbled at how He is using me!♡
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY:
*(originally from 2011)
You may not know me personally, but I love you from the bottom of my heart! Please do not ever quit praying for healing or give up, no matter how bad situations get or how difficult the circumstances are in your life! I just want to encourage those that need a healing touch from the Lord (physical, emotional, spiritual, or financial) to NOT give up and to NOT quit praying! On Monday, September 12, 2011, God directed me to share my written testimony on facebook! I have just been one of those people who has dealt with sickness my whole life! It begin a few days after I was born on April 21, 1984. As a child, I remember being at the doctor it seemed every week! But I only had three surgeries from the time I was born until I graduated high school! Now, my first semester in college was when the unbelievable season of sickness begin! I was diagnosed with an incurable bladder disease in 2005, known as "Interstitial Cystitis" which causes painful bladder spasms... and an incurable inner ear disease in 2006, known as "Meniere's Disease" that can cause extreme dizziness, vertigo, hearing loss, roaring/ringing, can hinder you from driving, and it is just very hard to handle at times! For 8 long years (2003-2010), I received diagnoses and lived with almost a dozen different conditions, even though most were not life threatening they were labeled incurable, they zapped my strength and joy. I endured 24 surgeries (fast forward and add 10 more to this from 2013-2017, for a total of 34 at only 33 years old), multiple hospitalizations for serious infections (pyelonephritis-infection embedded in the kidney), and deep depression! Yes, it felt like suffering and hell on earth and yes, I wanted to die many times! I remember when I was in that deep pit of depression, crying out to God many times, 'either You heal me completely or let me die'! It was during this time that God directed me to the verse 2 Kings 20:5, which says at the end... "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears, and I will Heal You"! Wow! Praise the Lord! I am thankful that God gave me the strength to endure and press forward for while all this was going on, by the Grace of God, I still managed to stay in College and Graduate from the University of Montevallo in May 2007 with a BBA in Business Management with honors. I want to encourage you, if you are struggling with school or a job to NOT give up! Throughout the five years I was in college, every professor would ask me over and over, 'How do you do it'? "How do you continue to stay in college with all your health problems"? To which I ALWAYS replied with a smile on my face, "By the strength given to me by God!" I love to call it having, “God’s Perseverance.”
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I remember at the age of 19 years old, being so on fire for God, and felt I was the closest to the Lord I had ever been! At 19 years old, it was spoken to me by many that I had a call to ministry on my life! But then I remember God saying that you are about to enter a season of roadblocks for my child I must grow you and prep you and mold you for the job in which I am calling you to do! I vividly remember someone speaking over me that it would be 8 years! I am not sure why 8 years, since 7 years signifies the number of completion or perfection, but just like birthdays I said God gave me a year to grow on. Praise the Lord, by the time I reached the age of 27 years old, I realized that it had been 8 years, and that's when my healing started, it's a progressive healing! Wow! God is true to His Word! Now, I know God has prepared me and the call to Ministry door is beginning to open! No doubt, that God has put a word in me to teach and speak and share! And, I am ready! Praise the Lord!
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I am praising God that I did NOT give up on Him, and that He's not finished with me yet! If you're still above ground, God is not finished with you yet! Don't ever think your calling is over with God, when you're still on Earth! During those 8 years, I lost my ability to pray for healing, and just started praying for STRENGTH... and that is what God gave me, the strength for each day to continue on and endure the sickness. This year I no doubt, see a new season of healing and restoration for me (and others) Hallelujah! I am now scheduling appointments to see doctors maybe a few times a year; when it use to be every week, sometimes twice a week! However, I would endure it all over again! Why? Because I gained patience, a positive outlook on life, unexplainable joy, the ability to trust God alone (not man and not everyone that stands behind a pulpit), I learned how to be God dependent (not people or pastor dependent), I gained the discerning spirit, the wisdom and knowledge to know right from wrong, the strength to overcome Satan's lies and not fall for them, the heart to deeply care for others and understand what they are going through, the knowledge to counsel and minister to others, especially those who are deeply hurting, and the excitement to serve the Lord with everything that I have! God is preparing me for something great (you too) so hold on and when those doors open, walk right through them for Jesus is holding your hand and walking right beside you; He never leaves us or forsakes us!
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UPDATE 2012 - God said my season of healing has come, and I have claimed it and received it! Over the years God has continually did a work of healing in my life… sure there are setbacks, but it's a progressive healing... and those setbacks just set me up for even greater blessings from God. I have received healing, throughout this 8 year period, from Type 2 diabetes, a hiatal hernia that is no longer in my body (no surgeries whatsoever), sleep apnea, chronic hives, fatty liver, sucidial thoughts, right kidney damage, a life bound by prescription drugs, constant bladder spasms pain, and my sphincter muscle that controlled my bladder that had irreversible, paralyzed damage. It suddenly begin to work again in 2008 (after almost 5 years of suffering and going through multiple painful surgeries and hospitalizations for serious infection and almost having my bladder removed)! Every doctor admitted that it must have been a higher power, because they had no explanation; a former urologist even threw his hands up and actually said the words, “Praise God”! Doctor’s call it "spontaneous remission”, but I call it a miracle work of healing from God! I would love the opportunity to share my testimony at your church, ladies meeting, or Bible Study! Also, you have my permission to print this out and share it with someone who made need an encouraging word! I want others to be encouraged by this testimony, to NOT give up! God says that if you have a testimony or encouraging Word from Him, then you need to share it because you just never know who needs to hear it to keep going on, or who may come to know Christ because of what you've shared! Too many times I haven't spoken up when I knew I needed to share something, and I don't want anymore missed opportunities! I want God to get the glory, honor, and praise that He fully deserves! He gives us testimonies for a reason, and I don't think it is to keep them locked up in a box! Amen! To God Be the Glory! Satan doesn't want you to share your testimony and works so hard to discourage Christians from sharing their testimony of Jesus, because Satan can hear and read. But don't let the devil have victory, share your testimony for the Word of God tells us in Revelation 12:11 that we will OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB and BY THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY! In mid-2012, I also had a dream, and I was sharing my testimony with a group of women, in the dream, looked up and saw the clearest banner that read: "Your Healing is Here: Expect It & Accept It"... I woke up knowing that it was the ministry God gave to me, as He told me it was my job to get out and preach this word to everyone I could reach.
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Remember that it is never about you or me, but it is always about HIM! Being a Christian is difficult for you will be ridiculed and mocked by those who do not know Him! But, I am NOT ashamed of the Gospel of Christ! + Romans 1:16 (NIV) + "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes"... For those who are in a trial or those who may be facing storms, always remember to Keep your focus on HIM (and HIM alone)!
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Remember, when it seems the hardest to be thankful are the times we need to be thankful the most. It is during these difficult times where we have to place our trust totally in and on God to bring us through. It is through these times when our faith is not only put to the test, but where our faith will only become stronger than ever before. It is through these times when God can use us even more to reach out to others and lead them to Jesus so that when their time comes, they, too, shall be ready. It is during these times when God draws closer to us and we learn to draw closer to HIM. And trust me, my heart is hurting right along with others when they are burdened, I feel it too!!! And I promise you that we WILL get through these storms. God has not brought us this far to leave us and we always have His promises to stand upon!!! God's promises are real and satan is a liar!
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+ John 3:16 + (NKJV) - "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
If you are not a Christian, I pray you make the decision for we are not guaranteed tomorrow! How do I become a Christian? I've always been told that it's as easy as ABC - Admit that you have sinned, Believe that Jesus is God's Son and that He died on the cross for your sins and rose from the grave on the third day, Confess your sins and ask Jesus to become the Lord and Savior of Your Life!
God deserves all the glory, honor and praise! And, yes I fully know and understand what it means to say you have to go through a TEST to have a TESTimony!
KIMMY'S MOTTO: "I'LL PRAY FOR YOU AND YOU PRAY FOR ME, TO GOD BE THE GLORY, IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM AND IT'S NOT ABOUT ME!"
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Smile Because God Loves You & So Do I! :)
Love and Blessings in God, ♡
Kimberly McDaniel (Kimmy)
Clink on this link to hear a version of my testimony shared at a women's revival:
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