Power of Praise

Colossians 1:3-6, We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints-the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.

On March 26, 1988 , I was working as a cashier in the Alturas Supermarket but I was forced to leave my job due to a very unusual sickness. It started when I was 5 months pregnant of my first child. It started with numbness in my body so I resorted to “hilot” and went to quack doctors our usual tradition. I was not relieved but instead the pain worsened until I could not stand with my own and could not lie down on bed straight. When I was attacked of the pain all my sweats flowed down from my body due to the severe pain. I could not even change my dress or underwear with my self, so, I was admitted in the Provincial Hospital and I was diagnosed of vitamin B deficiency, the scientific name of the diagnosis is hard for me to remember.

I remembered the doctor told me it was in the nerve. Since I was pregnant I was not given medication but only vitamins, so, I went home. Just to be relieved we called up again quack doctors even offering a pig but the more I was agonizing in pain and could not sleep well. One night when my sister visited me I told her “I am now willing to surrender my faith to God” and assured her to leave all the medications from the quack doctors. I requested her to pray for me because at the start of my struggle my sister called one of the members of the healing team but at that time I did not bother to listen to their advices because I focused on the immediate relief of my pain. It was really a grace because the faith I had was extraordinary, my husband supported me in reading the bible everyday and I started praising with sincerity.

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