God Came Through for Me. He Bent Down and Listened to My Cries.
This video is for you or someone you know who has had Pain roar into their lives – emotional and/or physical pain. Pain is one of the ways Satan steals our lives (our days), kills our dreams, and destroys our destinies. This video reveals the process God gave me to rise above the pain in my life. That process will work for you too!
00:00 My Story
1:04 God’s Promise: Psalm 40:1-3
3:16 God Lifted me above my pain
6:05Activation
I returned after 15 years in China and Hong Kong. I was in a wheel chair. I didn’t know I would have screaming pain in my back, hips and legs for the next ten years. I didn’t know I would have 4 surgeries, multiple injections in my spine, and take opioids for years, yet still live a very limited life – sharp, crippling nerve pain setting boundaries on everything I tried to do.
While in Hong Kong, I led two prayer meetings in a large church there. I had prayed for hundreds of people and seen many miraculous healings. Yet, here I was. Many people prayed for me. I prayed for myself. But the nightmare continued.
Shortly after returning to the America, God gave me this scripture. It was His promise to me!
Psalm 40:1-3 NIV
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.
How precious this was to me. God turned to me. He looked at me. He knew. He understood what I was going through. And He cared. This scripture promised He would lift me out of the muck and mire I was stuck in. I knew I couldn’t get out on my own. Then He put a new song in my mouth. Many of the Old Testament songs were stories -what God had done for them. Yes, Lord. Write a new song in my life. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord. I felt so loved and so grateful for this timely promise.
The next morning, I woke up in pain, as usual. This pain wasn’t just discomfort. It was volcano-level pain, pain that left me in a fog where I couldn’t think or do anything but hurt.
I opened my Journal and read God’s promise to me in Psalm 40:1-3. But as I read and declared this scripture over myself, my faith grew. I began to praise God while in the pit of my pain and despair. I put on anointed praise and worship music. After a while I found myself singing along – and meaning it.
Then God did something truly amazing. He lifted me above the pain!
The pain was still there, but my mind was at peace and, although limited physically, I was able to enjoy life that day. Every morning I woke up in pain, often exhausted from a fitful sleep. Fogged in, I grabbed a cup of coffee and went into my study to be with God. I literally had to fight for each day.
As I met with God every morning to put this pain under my feet, He did. He set my feet on the firm foundation of His love and the truth of His Word. I spent 1-2 hours praising, worshiping and letting God speak to me through His Word. These turned into precious times. And morning after morning Jesus lifted me out of the mud and mire of pain and thoughts of discouragement and despair. He brought me to Him, where joy, peace, and love awaited.
What God did for me he will do for you. My prayer is that my story will increase your faith to reach out and take hold of his hand. He will lift you out of the pit of despair and pain you’ve fallen into. This could be emotional pain as well as physical pain. Take His hand and be healed, in Jesus name!