GTM 2012 AUTUMN

Charis
A Foundation Of Healing And Wholeness
It’s been approximately 9 years since I last worked
and earned a decent income. The reason for this being
a lack in health. During the time of not being able to
work I lost my identity, confidence, hope and not to
mention a fortune on doctors, medicines and new and
advanced therapies. I was willing to try anything in an
attempt to regain my health. The name of the thief
that was trying to steal my life from me was HIV/AIDS,
Chronic Fatigue, Candida Albican, Fibromyalgia & Bio
Polar 2. I was diagnosed HIV positive in December
1999. Having just broken this news to me, the doctor
did not hesitate to tell me that I will have approximately
10 years to live. My life fell to pieces.
I was a “mediocre Church going Christian” who had
no idea of who I was in Christ. In March 2002 I started
ARV’s. The side effects were worse than the symptoms.
Therefore I stopped the medicine, going against medical
advice. After receiving much prayer, the only thing that
stood out for me from the various people praying was, if
it’s God’s will to heal me He will. I had heard of miracles
occurring and knew deep down that God does heal, yet
all I was experiencing was disappointment.
In August of 2003 I ended up in hospital with PCP
Pneumonia fighting for my life. Doctors put me back
onto ARV’s. The meds assisted in correcting the CD4
& viral but there was no quality of life. By now chronic
fatigue, candida & fibromyalgia had invaded my body.
At the time I did not know the thief by name, but all
the symptoms were present. The doctors were unable
to pinpoint a specific problem and we went round and
round in circles. I was not seeing results from prayer
or from the medical profession. It was as though the
pastors and doctors did not know how to deal with me.
This started pushing me into condemnation. “What
was wrong with me that nobody could help me?” By
now I was living on anti-inflammatory and pain pills.
The hot water bottle, which had brought slight relief,
was my permanent companion, as was my bed.
By May 2009 I had taken myself off all medication
again. I knew the risk was high but it was easier to
deal with just the symptoms as opposed to symptoms
and side effects. This was the year that Andrew
Wommack came to visit SA. Prior to his visit I had
never heard of him. Andrew was speaking on Spirit,
Soul and Body. I was immediately hooked. There
was something different about this guy. What he was
saying I had never heard before, but it made sense, he
was backing everything up with scripture. I realized
there and then, that this was what I needed; the truth.
There was a glimmer of hope for me once again.
This teaching just opened up so much for me. In my
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