Click here to hear how Carlotta was healed of 24
illnesses
Carlotta's Story: I was healed of 24 illnesses!
(Q & A at the bottom of
this page)
When I first
married, I was a strong young nurse who had been able to consistently work 6
night shifts a week. Little did I know that one of my patients had
Tuberculosis; the Doctor's did not test for it until she died! All the
staff were infected and were forced to take INH to prevent TB from
developing in us. Back then, they did not know to monitor the damage to our
livers and I became very sick - not from TB, but from the INH.
Before long,
I had miscarried my first child, had to resign from nursing and was
requiring about 11 hours of sleep a day. Unlike pain from a temporary
injury, this back pain would last for many years. Chiropractic was a
tremendous help as testing showed that 2/3 of my muscles were now weak. I
had to stop my birth control pills as they made me more toxic. Where I was
once working overtime without giving it a thought, just walking up a flight
of stairs seemed like work now. For years, I wondered what was wrong.
Finally, I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome is "a persistent, relapsing or debilitating fatigue ...
that does not improve with bed rest and reduces or impairs average daily
activity level by more than 50 percent..." I had most of the symptoms:
concentration problems, sore throat, joint and muscle pains, interrupted
sleep, post-exertion malaise, brain fog, and that feeling that I have a
virus. No amount of rest enabled me to feel rested from chronic
fatigue syndrome.
(Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is usually rooted in self-esteem issues due to
internal conflict - between my own soul and spirit. I was
striving, was driven to perform, to know my true identity, to prove myself,
to earn
approval or to get away from a cloud of guilt. An inability to love myself
is rooted in an inability to receive God's love. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is usually accompanied
by hypoglycemia -- from pushing ourselves with sugar and caffeine maybe?)
But that
wasn't all. I also developed Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a chronic
disorder that causes pain and stiffness throughout the tissues that support
and move the bones and joints. Pain and localized tender points occur in the
muscles, particularly those that support the neck, spine, shoulders, and
hips. The disorder includes widespread pain, fatigue, and sleep
disturbances. Fibromyalgia had me hurting around the clock.
(In
fibromyalgia, there is an inability to "rest" and the muscles carry the
tension continuously without relief. While we may look calm on the outside,
we listen to spirits of anxiety, fear, distrust, worry and doubt. I could
go to sleep right away but could not rest well. I carried tension in my
shoulders, my back and feet muscles, -- 24 hours a day for years and years.)
My
endocrinologist would then put me on Synthroid because I had developed
another illness, hypothyroidism. It is often rooted in anxiety and
fear. My adrenal glands attempted to compensate but eventually became
weak too. My GYN put me on injections to prevent the recurrence of
ovarian cysts since my endocrine system was out of balance now.
Since my immunity was compromised, I developed new problems like
allergies, sinusitis, kidney infections and a hip joint infection.
(As we attack
and accuse ourselves spiritually, in self-rejection, self-hatred, and
self-bitterness, our body turns against itself as well. Instead of the
white blood cells (WBCs) attacking infection as they were designed to do,
they attack our own cells.)
As I pushed
myself to try to be productive again, new calcium problems left me
with bunions, spurs, arthritis and a severe case of osteoporoses with
scoliosis and kyphoses. I was tested at Emory University Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga., but they could not find the cause. Probably due to the
medications, I developed gastritis, overly thin blood and low
blood pressure. Then there were a few other ailments "common to man."
Fortunately, I was introduced to Shaklee vitamins and their
nutritional teaching. Shaklee said that your body rebuilds itself every 3-4
years and I began to rebuild mine. I chose Shaklee because they said it has
live enzymes, has never been heated and is made from real dehydrated food
vs. petroleum! For more detailed info you will have to ask JoAnn at
800-780-2544. She still ships Shaklee directly to me and I didn't have to
go anywhere! (Shaklee was so good that I look younger and have more color
now, at 55, than I did then.)
I
hobbled along, pacing myself and with lots of TLC from understanding family
and friends. Unfortunately, I was not a hypochondriac; I was really
diagnosed with 24 illnesses and had documentation to prove it. I had prayed
for my healing with only occasional relief until I began to hear about
spiritual roots of illnesses.
If there was a spiritual solution, I wanted to align my thinking with Truth
from the Word of God and get into a position to receive the healing that
Jesus died to provide for me. Physical healing was also provided with my
salvation.
He forgives all my
sins and heals all my diseases. Psalm 103:3
I heard a
Christian tape describing how Jesus had to fight the devil even though He
was perfect. He declared, "It is written ... " for 40 days (Matthew 4) and
was victorious. Funny, even Jesus had to fight a good fight with the Word
of God. I realized that I shouldn't immediately feel condemned if I found
out that my illnesses had spiritual roots. In fact, Jesus had already paid
for my healing by His death on the cross and prayer was a lot cheaper than
doctors. Knowing Jesus had to fight with scripture suddenly made me realize
there was hope in declaring Truth from the Word of God.
When I began
to study how to tear down personal fleshly strongholds by praying in
agreement with scripture, I began to make some real progress. I
collected 60 pages of Bible verses to renew my mind. I prayed daily against
one of these strongholds: bitterness (unforgiveness, resentment, judgmental
attitudes,) jealousy, unloving spirits, rejection cycles, fear, accusation,
religious spirits and pride. I prayed against assignments of witchcraft
against me and my family.
Within 3
months, I was healed of 24 out of 26 of my illnesses! I have to give
God the credit for supernaturally healing me of all the above (except my
curved spine.) I realized that the key was simple: I chose relevant
scriptures and began to pray like Jesus did in Matthew 4: "It is written, It
is written ... ." I was healed by agreeing with and declaring Truth from
the Word of God. Whether I was sick from natural exposure to illness,
ungodly reactions and attitudes, or side-effects from medications, God
healed it all!
Now I have
compiled my notes into a 74 page manual for my course, "Tearing Down
Personal Strongholds." It is all on one computer CD which includes the
manual. I make the set available to all those who are desperate for
supernatural healing. It costs very little compared to the high costs of
medical care today! The Bible has not lost it's power and Truth from
the Word of God never comes back void!
Click here to hear how Carlotta was healed of 24
illnesses and a sample of our Tearing Down Personal Strongholds CD
or click this link to read about the scripture prayer
strategy itself.
http://www.cwlinc.com/ls.Christian-Resources.htm
Please let me know if you have a testimony to share on
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more. Feel free to
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For more information, see our article
spiritual roots of illnesses.
Thanks for
listening and please let us pray for you too. Carlotta
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Questions & Answers
about CFS:
Do you feel that the roots and false belief systems involved in CFS vary
from person to person, or are they pretty standard across the board?
After going to Pleasant Valley to study healing, I
have a broader and gentler view. While spiritual doubts may made us
more vulnerable, there were also natural factors that cause our bodies to
over react or under react to invading cells. Most people point back to
environmental factors that caused them to be in a state of
immunosuppression (the body allows enemy cells, like viruses, to reproduce
more actively.)
Studies have shown that CFS is not caused by Epstein Barr (mono) but
it share the same cause found in victims of Agent Orange and also in heart
disease!! These Doctors recommend periodic treatment with antibiotics and
have found that veterans and CFS patients alike improved for awhile, until
other factors suppressed their immunity again.
Personally this plan helped me the
most -- followed up with a more balanced schedule and receiving God's
truth and love. (I still avoid people with viruses.)
According to "Running on Empty" by Katrina Berne, Ph.D.,
some scientists are blaming a retro-virus (RNA) and others blame a
"stealth" DNA virus which may infect the brain, causing the neurological
symptoms (like brain fog.) Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS)
acts like a viral illness which comes and goes, with a dazzling display of
symptoms that vary with other health factors. "Virus" is still not a
great answer because the only virus we ever eradicated was small pox.
The main factor may be primary immune dysfunction that is congenital but
latent, until exposure to certain antigens creates symptoms. Factors
which contribute to secondary immune deficiency may be poor nutrition,
age, lack of sleep, surgery, general anesthesia, injury, certain drugs,
emotional state, hormonal imbalance, stress level, and exposure to
environmental toxins. I had all of the above in a short period of time.
Do you have any specific nurturing verses you recommend? I realize you
said you had 60-70 pages of verses, but perhaps one or two jump out?
:-)
You could use nurturing verses from Father
God's Love Letter. The scripture
strategy that I teach for healing the spiritual root aspect, is designed
to defeat 5 strongholds: 1. bitterness, 2. jealousy/envy, 3. unloving
spirits, 4. rejection, 5. and fear. We also pray 3 more weeks against 6.
accusation, 7. religious spirits, and 8. pride and
charismatic witchcraft. The tapes and manual can be ordered on our
resources page.
If you ask them, they will say that above all they want to be well, but do
they really mean it?
I have to be careful
here. I don't mean to say that the spiritual factors are cause alone.
Physical illness is not necessarily a deficiency in character, an
indicator of disobedience or unbelief. In my case, exposure to TB + INH =
liver damage = compromised immune system. My drivenness, guilt,
performance anxiety, etc. was probably more a result of poor health than
the cause of it. I prayed against the strongholds in order to cooperate
with God for my healing.
Most of the CFS folks that I have met have literally spent 1000s of
dollars trying to get well. I would say that it is always safer to
address CFIDS as a separate issue and avoid entering into judgment (lest
you reap the same thing.) Jesus said that not all infirmity is because
someone sinned. I certainly don't have all the answers. I relate to the
blind man that said, "ALL I know is that I was blind and now I can see."
I just know Jesus died to heal all of our diseases and I chose to line my
thinking up with His truth and to receive His healing, body, soul and
spirit.
A long time ago I was praying for someone and I had a vision of a complex
spider web, with three main glob areas. I interpreted that to mean that
there were three major lies involved and that they overlapped and
intertwined.
I can relate to this view because I say that our fleshly structures and
illnesses can have multiple spiritual causes: generational, ungodly
beliefs, partially healed hurts, judgments, bitter expectations, inner
vows, our own sins sowed, rebellion against God's plans, inability to
receive God's love etc. See
Bible Verses for Biblical
back up. Jesus usually prayed for both healing or
deliverance because we need healing in our body, soul and spirit. See
this strong pattern of praying for healing and deliverance in the book of
Luke.
Thank God, that the world is recognizing the body/soul/spirit
connections. Hopefully, the church will minister more effectively to
body, soul and spirit too.
May you be sanctified
body, soul and spirit as your soul prospers.
Receiving Father God's
love and healing, Carlotta
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