Comments on: Fear, Faith and Migraines: Renewing your mind can help renew your body. http://powertochange.com Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:35:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jill F. http://powertochange.com/experience/spiritual-growth/migraines/comment-page-1/#comment-698288 Jill F. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:31:05 +0000 http://thelife.com/experience/spiritual-growth/migraines/#comment-698288 Shona, Please don't feel that the article is oversimplified. I too, suffer from something called migraine associated vertigo. I am trusting and believing that God will heal me. There is no "magic ingredient". God simply wants us to speak, act, and live faith. I have been reading a book called "Christ the Healer" by F.F. Bosworth. It is amazing! One of the things that rang true to me was he said, " some people aren't healed because they substitute their belief in the doctrine of divine healing for personal faith to be healed." I feel this fits my situation correctly. I believed that God does heal and wants to heal, but I questioned if he would heal ME! Please don't feel condemned in any way because that is not from God! I was also doing what I call "symptom watching". Our symptoms are lies set up to keep us from seeing truth. I would simply like to encourage you Shona. I myself am healed (because the Lord has already done the work on Calvary) but still experience symptoms. I am in the process of believing for the word to take effect in the realm of my life. Be encouraged. The Lord does love you and I don't feel like the original article writer was trying to condemn anyone. This was just her personal experience. I know my migraine issues started after a fearful event and I too believe fear plays a big part. We do have some part in our healing for God will never move out of turn. He paid the price on Calvary, we have faith and trust and believe it will manifest in our life, and he heals us. Only God Himself can know the timing for this to occur, but faith is much to do about it. In several examples the Lord said is was the person's faith that made them whole. God is moved by his compassion for us and His blessings are for all. We definitely do not discard the environmental factors - of course we should be diligent to take care of ourselves, but ultimately the Lord can take care of us disregarding those factors as well. Be encouraged friend and I pray the Lord will answer the desires of your heart! Shona,

Please don’t feel that the article is oversimplified. I too, suffer from something called migraine associated vertigo. I am trusting and believing that God will heal me. There is no “magic ingredient”. God simply wants us to speak, act, and live faith. I have been reading a book called “Christ the Healer” by F.F. Bosworth. It is amazing! One of the things that rang true to me was he said, ” some people aren’t healed because they substitute their belief in the doctrine of divine healing for personal faith to be healed.” I feel this fits my situation correctly. I believed that God does heal and wants to heal, but I questioned if he would heal ME!
Please don’t feel condemned in any way because that is not from God! I was also doing what I call “symptom watching”. Our symptoms are lies set up to keep us from seeing truth. I would simply like to encourage you Shona. I myself am healed (because the Lord has already done the work on Calvary) but still experience symptoms. I am in the process of believing for the word to take effect in the realm of my life. Be encouraged. The Lord does love you and I don’t feel like the original article writer was trying to condemn anyone. This was just her personal experience. I know my migraine issues started after a fearful event and I too believe fear plays a big part. We do have some part in our healing for God will never move out of turn. He paid the price on Calvary, we have faith and trust and believe it will manifest in our life, and he heals us. Only God Himself can know the timing for this to occur, but faith is much to do about it. In several examples the Lord said is was the person’s faith that made them whole. God is moved by his compassion for us and His blessings are for all. We definitely do not discard the environmental factors – of course we should be diligent to take care of ourselves, but ultimately the Lord can take care of us disregarding those factors as well. Be encouraged friend and I pray the Lord will answer the desires of your heart!

]]> By: <span class='mentorBadge' title='Jamie is an official Power to Change mentor.' >Jamie</span> http://powertochange.com/experience/spiritual-growth/migraines/comment-page-1/#comment-420970 Jamie Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:34:32 +0000 http://thelife.com/experience/spiritual-growth/migraines/#comment-420970 Thanks Shona Kaye for expanding on this article. You are right that God is the one who determines who He will heal or not. It is interesting a comment that Matthew made when Jesus was in Nazareth, "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith." (Matthew 13:58). Now you don't want to take one small verse and create a how theology but I think there is something here that is important to note especially for Christians in the Western world. Our lack of faith can put limits on what God will do. I would not take that farther and say if someone is not healed that they obviously didn't have faith, but it should make us stop and ask, "Do I believe that God really can heal this? Do I believe that He does heal like this?" Now unfortunately I can't answer if this is a true story or not. Dr. Muriel was promoted to heaven earlier this year so I can't ask her if this is a true story. But I do know that a lot of our illnesses today stem from emotional issues and stress. I also know that in Christ Jesus we can be set free from that stress because He has promised to care for all of our needs. If that is the case and the stress is dealt with, the illnesses and pains will also be removed. In a situation like the story above where the migraines are stress related I think the principles that Dr. Muriel has laid out indeed will bring victory over the stress and the migraines. That is not to say that every migraine is related to stress but if they are, why not be set free? Thanks Shona Kaye for expanding on this article. You are right that God is the one who determines who He will heal or not. It is interesting a comment that Matthew made when Jesus was in Nazareth, “And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” (Matthew 13:58). Now you don’t want to take one small verse and create a how theology but I think there is something here that is important to note especially for Christians in the Western world. Our lack of faith can put limits on what God will do. I would not take that farther and say if someone is not healed that they obviously didn’t have faith, but it should make us stop and ask, “Do I believe that God really can heal this? Do I believe that He does heal like this?”

Now unfortunately I can’t answer if this is a true story or not. Dr. Muriel was promoted to heaven earlier this year so I can’t ask her if this is a true story. But I do know that a lot of our illnesses today stem from emotional issues and stress. I also know that in Christ Jesus we can be set free from that stress because He has promised to care for all of our needs. If that is the case and the stress is dealt with, the illnesses and pains will also be removed. In a situation like the story above where the migraines are stress related I think the principles that Dr. Muriel has laid out indeed will bring victory over the stress and the migraines. That is not to say that every migraine is related to stress but if they are, why not be set free?

]]> By: Shona Kaye http://powertochange.com/experience/spiritual-growth/migraines/comment-page-1/#comment-415750 Shona Kaye Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:21:05 +0000 http://thelife.com/experience/spiritual-growth/migraines/#comment-415750 I've just read this article and feel it is oversimplified. Is this story even real? I am a Christian who has suffered for debilitating migraines for nearly 6 years. It has nothing to do with trusting in God. I trust in God everyday and rely on him for all my needs - I have to because I wouldn't survive otherwise. I have had hundreds of attempts for healing and have friends continually praying for me. Are you suggesting that if I have more faith, I will get healed? I don't believe that for one second. My healing is not in my control. It at the control of Jesus Christ. Why hasn't he healed me yet? I have no idea, but faith is carrying on and still believing in God through it. Faith is not the 'key' to healing. Why would God decide to randomly heal non-Christians if it was about how much faith you have. Yes, I believe God heals, and yes, I think one day he will heal me. However, you need to be very careful writing articles like this. Illness is an extremely sensitive issue, as is healing. People can become very hurt when you present solutions, as they may not always work. Our healing is done when God pours out his love. It is nothing to do with how much faith we have. Can I also add that stress is not the only trigger of migraine. There are hundreds of other environmental factors that are beyond our control. Thanks for your time. I’ve just read this article and feel it is oversimplified. Is this story even real? I am a Christian who has suffered for debilitating migraines for nearly 6 years. It has nothing to do with trusting in God. I trust in God everyday and rely on him for all my needs – I have to because I wouldn’t survive otherwise. I have had hundreds of attempts for healing and have friends continually praying for me. Are you suggesting that if I have more faith, I will get healed? I don’t believe that for one second. My healing is not in my control. It at the control of Jesus Christ. Why hasn’t he healed me yet? I have no idea, but faith is carrying on and still believing in God through it. Faith is not the ‘key’ to healing. Why would God decide to randomly heal non-Christians if it was about how much faith you have. Yes, I believe God heals, and yes, I think one day he will heal me. However, you need to be very careful writing articles like this. Illness is an extremely sensitive issue, as is healing. People can become very hurt when you present solutions, as they may not always work. Our healing is done when God pours out his love. It is nothing to do with how much faith we have. Can I also add that stress is not the only trigger of migraine. There are hundreds of other environmental factors that are beyond our control. Thanks for your time.

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