In August of 2017, I injured my left foot at work, and I could not continue to work. So right then and there, everything just came down on me. This led me to be in a dark place and I was sad. Having my children to take care of, I just started thinking about how am I going to do all of this? I went to my doctor, and I ended up doing some blood work, so he sent me over to an endocrinologist at Sunnybrook Hospital. The doctor told me that I had to take two pills and in all honesty, they looked like horse pills. I thought to myself, “I must take two of those, two times a day for the diabetes and on top of that I already have blood pressure pills, which I must take in the morning and then cholesterol pills I must take at night”. So, as you could imagine I had a lot of things going on.
Naturally, I felt sad that I had to take these pills, while going through all of this with my leg, not being able to walk properly. Though I had been going to Faith Is Our Victory Now Ministries for a while and had heard the word of God my faith was depleted. I know what the word of God says and that God will is to heal you, but at that point in time due to everything that was going on; I kind of pulled back from the word of God. I looked at what was going on with me and I forget to hold on to God’s word and acknowledge that there was somebody bigger and greater than my sickness or what I was diagnosed with. During this time, Pastor Shelley sent me a message and said that someone was coming to speak to our church about healing. Pastor Shelley told me that she wanted me to be there to hear him speak and she was not taking no for an answer and that I had to come to church. I was glad that I went to church that day because it was focused on what I was going through.
When I got home after church, Pastor Gary sent me the healing Scriptures to confess. I started speaking the healing scriptures on a daily basis. I also said to God, “God, you know what? I’m tired of taking all these pills for diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. This is not what you have for my life and this is not where I’m supposed to be”. I made a decision to stop thinking about my situation, stop thinking about how I am going to do deal with all that I was going through, because it’s taking me down a path, I know I’m not going to win.
I started with the confessions of the healing scriptures and I just went at it. I mean, I had nothing to do; I was home due to the injured ankle, which was unfortunately now swollen. I just laid in bed and would speak those healing scriptures constantly. Then one day I got up and I said, “You know what? I’m going to test this theory to be honest”. I decided not to take the pills anymore and purposed in my heart that I would continue to go through the scriptures and see what happens. I did this because God promised that by his stripes I am healed and I believed that if I am declaring that, then I should be okay, despite not taking the pills anymore. So, I was faithfully confessing the healing scriptures at least four times a day for over six months.
I went to my endocrinologist for a three-month check up appointment and since I’ve been confessing the healing consistently for six months, I was confident that I was healed. At the checkup I was told to do some blood work at the request of the doctor. Then I went, I did the blood work that the doctor had requested for me to do. After the results came in, I went to see him and he said everything looked fine. My blood sugar was normalized, my cholesterol went down from a four to just over one point, I think he said it was a 1.8 and then my blood pressure went down to 127 over 80. As I am hearing this news, I am jumping for joy on the inside, but I never said anything to him. The doctor then asked me, “Are you taking the pill?” and I did not answer. He then said, “Okay, I’m going to give you a prescription”. I told him that was fine and that he could fax it over to the pharmacy, but I never filled the prescription. He wanted to see me back again in three months. During those three months, I kept going through the scriptures over and over again. Every day I would get up and not taking any pills, but I would faithfully speak what God’s word said through the healing scriptures. I went back for my second review and did the blood work as the doctor requested.
With the results in, the doctor said that my blood pressure went down. I was at 120 over 80, I’ve never had bad blood pressure at 120 over 80, since the time I have been taking my blood pressure. He then said, “Okay, six months has gone by and everything is normalized. Your cholesterol is in the normal range that it’s supposed to be, so I will be lowering your dose”. At this point I decided to tell him, I said, “Dr. Gilbert, I have a confession to make. I haven’t been taking the pills for the past six months”. He was like, “What do you mean”? I said, “I haven’t been taking the pills. I got up one day and I said, God, this is not me. I’m not going to take any more pills”. I then told the doctor that, “I’ve been declaring that by his stripes, I am healed and I’ve been doing that every day for the past six months, but I never told you.”
So, he said, “Okay, I’m still going to give you a prescription, but for a lower dose”. I said, “Okay, fine. You can send it over to Walmart”. Again, I did not fill the prescription and if you are to call the Walmart at 3132 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario and give them my name, the prescription is still there. I then spoke to my doctor after some time, and he inquired about my blood pressure. I told him confidently that it was fine because I recently had surgery, and everything was normal. I let him know that he could access the records to confirm what I was saying.
After it was confirmed, my doctor had a phone visit with me. During this call he said, “Okay, Simone, I like what’s going on”. I then said in response, “But you know I’m still not taking the pills, right”. My doctor let me know that he wouldn’t be giving me anymore pills and that he would do a follow up, including some blood work.
I knew God’s word said that if I am consistent then I will be rewarded. I can say that I’ve seen the blessing and experienced his healing power as I have been delivered from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. After over two years, I no longer take anymore pills, praise God. Not only did God heal my body from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, he also healed my eyes.
Similar to the situation above, I got a prescription for glasses but never filled them. I chose the word of God again, over prescriptions. Due to my faithfulness and consistently speaking the word, I was able to see my eyes be healed.
With all that being said, I went this route because I was testing God’s word. I believed what he said and I wanted to put it into action. I am also a visual person, so by challenging myself to speak the word of God daily, I wanted to see what would happen. I felt that if God says it’s going to work, let’s test it. If it doesn’t work, I’m going to say, you know what? I tried it, but it never worked. The key in all of this is that I had to be consistent. I say this to say, stay consistent with God’s word and even if you feel as if you are getting comfortable or it’s not working fast enough, stay the path and you will see his word come into existence.
Word of caution concerning testimonies:
These testimonies are in no way recommending that you stop taking any of your prescribed medications without your doctor’s permission.