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Relationship healed 23 August 2010

I have been coming to the Healing Rooms for a number of years. During this time my relationship with my parents has healed a lot. It used to be very difficult with them but now is much better.  There has been much prayer regarding my parents over the years.

As well I have experienced healing from spiritual abuse which happened in the 1980’s, I was really traumatised by that but have received healing by coming to the Healing Rooms. 

In addition my foot was healed. I found it very hard to brake while driving my car, but now I can do it much better.  The Lord has also brought healing to me in regards to how I get on with other people by coming to the Healing Rooms over the years.

 

 Stephen 23/08/10

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Carotid Artery 26 July 2010

In 2007 I was diagnosed with 50% blockage in my right carotid artery. After prayer at the Healing Rooms I was rechecked in 2010 and it had disappeared. There was no blockage, which the doctor said was practically unheard of.

Praise God, Jesus healed me!  Thank you for the one prayer session by the Healing Rooms Team that facilitated this miracle.

Dane De Freitas 26/07/10

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Testimony Archive 2006

Over several years I have suffered a painful neck and right arm, due to calcification of my vertebrae.

On Sunday 27/08/06 a member from Capital Healing Rooms, visiting my Church – Southcoast Christian Centre - prayed over me.  Upon leaving the church I felt an extraordinary sensation. The pain in my neck and right arm had gone and I could move both with little restriction.  GOD IS GOOD!!  Upon giving thanks and glory to God, I felt a sensation of peace and joy which is still with me today.

It is now some 3 weeks since God healed me.  There is now still some residual but minor pain.  But I do have full and unrestricted movement of my neck and arm.  I continue to give God the praise and the glory for my healing.

Gordon Pryor20/09/06

I had to go to hospital on Monday 5th June 2006.  I had very high temperatures and couldn’t walk because the virus had attacked my joints.  The hospital doctors thought I had pneumonia but weren’t sure until the blood tests came back in 2 weeks so I had to take antibiotics just in case.

I was off school for the whole week and felt a bit better with the temperatures, but I still couldn’t walk.  I had to crawl everywhere.  On Friday, 9th June, my Mum took me to the Healing Rooms.  She had to drive me to the top doors because I couldn’t walk up the stairs.  I crawled in.  The team prayed for me and put oil on my head.  After the prayers I was told to stand up – I was wobbly but took some steps.  I still had pain, but they encouraged me to keep walking and as I did the pain was going.  My legs were a bit stiff but I walked out of there and down the stairs.  I was SO EXCITED that I called my Dad from the car park and went to school to show all my friends I could walk and that I was healed. 

When the blood tests came back the Dr. said with the type of pneumonia I had I could’ve been in intensive care, but he was told that I got healed at the Healing Rooms by Jesus and he was excited and took some Healing Rooms cards. 

Thank you God!!

 

 

Lachlan Curran (11 years old) 31/8/06

 

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I was truly touched by the Lord at the Women’s Conference 4 - 5th August 2006.  I was released in the Joy of the Lord like never before and my body was healed of physical pain.  My back often hurts after sitting for a long period, but this time I have had no pain at all and my back felt like new on Sunday morning.

Anna -10/08/06

 

I had chronic knee pain and was thinking I needed an operation.  I had prayer here at the Healing Rooms and they recovered 50%.  I was down in Canberra (from Cairns) 6 months later and had more prayer.  They are now totally better!  Before this I could hardly walk and was in much pain.  Now…….NO PAIN!

Matt Ransom 8/9/06

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Ever since I can remember I have had freezing cold hands and feet and Canberra winter has been a challenge for me (here permanently since 1973). 

Last year I discovered I was healed of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome but still experienced this unusual coldness in my extremities so I prayed and asked the Lord about it.  He reminded me that I had been diagnosed by a doctor many years before and had Raynaud’s Disease. 

As a member of the Capital Healing Rooms Prayer Team I began to notice in the latter part of last winter that I was not reacting to the cold as previously.  This winter has seen a remarkable change as my hands quickly warm during the day.  I have only worn my overcoat several times and no heater on in my bedroom overnight even when sub zero temperatures.  For the past few weeks I have only had my autumn doona on my bed. 

I want to give the LORD JESUS praise and all the glory for this wonderful healing!!

Margaret 1/9/06

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I went to the Healing Rooms in Canberra in Jan ’06.  On entering the prayer room I was asked if I liked strawberries (the team had received prior to me entering the room a picture of strawberries from the Lord).  My answer was ‘no’, but my dad really likes them.  Then I remembered that over the last few months I had tried strawberry milkshakes and ice-cream.  Before my dad was a Christian he had done things and I promised myself I’d never be like him.  The team also got from the Holy Spirit the need to pray for me regarding the “Father Heart of God”.  It kind of made sense so we went with it.  My dad and I are now organising reconciliation meetings to happen here at the church I attend with the leadership at my dad’s request.  Praise God!

Alli - 25/8/06

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I had pain in my left shoulder blade which would ache when I laid on my back.  It was a stabbing pain and would wake me up at night.

After prayer at the Healing Rooms, the PAIN HAS GONE!!

Thank you Jesus!

Judy Chambers 29/8/06

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For approximately 10 years(+) I had suffered from intense pain in both my shoulders and upper arms.  This pain was debilitating to the point that I could not raise my arms above my head for more than a few moments.

On Saturday 15th July 2006 during a training session for “Healing Rooms” I went to the front as part of a ‘demonstration’ at the training – it was asked if someone was in pain would they come and have prayer for healing.

Being in pain I was only too willing to be the ‘subject’ of prayer – also safe in the knowledge that I had told God that morning that I really needed healing.

As I was prayed for the pain VANISHED and I felt a wonderful presence of God’s Holy Ghost.  I thank God for this healing which is as sure today as it was the day I was prayed for!

Philip Morton 04/08/06

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Two weeks before visiting the Healing Rooms I developed a very bad stomach complaint, constipation and a sharp stabbing pain.  There was “relief” with medication after 2 days, however, immediately I developed pain in the neck and shoulder and chest.  Over the next week it moved from around left side and ended up residing in the right shoulder and neck making the area weak and a real problem.

Through friends and church I had heard about the Healing Rooms but this was my first chance to go.  The team brought words to me and prayed over me.  When they had finished the pain was still there until I lifted my arm and I felt it rise up and leave me and there hasn’t been pain since.  Praise the Lord!!

I have had a couple of little twinges, but whenever I invoked the Lord’s name and His promise of answered prayer and healing the twinges went away!

May 2006

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At the Healing Conference on Saturday night, 1st April, I received prayer for release of back pain and fibromyalgia. I found myself on my hands and knees forgiving my ex-husband very specifically. As each memory surfaced I was aware of God removing the effects from me. Then, as the person praying for me took authority over fibro myalgia I felt something lift off my body.

I was aware of a heaviness and slight physical pain around my heart. The lady praying for me took authority over grief. There was a little snap inside of me and immediate relief.

That night I was very uncomfortable. All night my legs and feet kept cramping and I ached from head to toe. I felt as if I had a bad dose of the flu, a sinus headache and nausea. However over the next two days the symptoms gradually subsided.

Five days later I went to the specialist. He was very surprised that I didn’t react when he pressed the points on my body that had been very sore.

Four weeks later, I can say that my healing is continuing. It has been gradual but progressive. My energy levels are returning and each day I am getting stronger physically. And the healing to my emotions is very real.

Rosemary 1/5/06

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On Friday night, 31/3/06, at the Healing Conference, a Healing Team member (and a friend of mine) laid her hand on my back.  My back felt warm and as she prayed I knew there had been a significant strengthening of my back.  Thank you God!!

Also, last week I found my Mother had been healed of lymphoma – Praise God!  My Mum’s name had been on the Intercessor’s board at the Healing Rooms for 3 months.  I know God heard the prayers.  I will be telling Mum about this and pray she comes to know the Lord soon.

18/4/06

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On Thursday, 30th March at the staff meeting with Bob Brasset at the Healing Rooms, Bob asked “who wanted to be healed”.  No one moved so I hopped up and took out my hearing aids.  He asked about my history of deafness – I had swum in a public pool when I was about 7yrs old and got an infection in my ears.  I was deaf for 3 months, but my mother kept on praying and I got my hearing back, though impaired.

Bob put his fingers in my ears and prayed for the spirit of deafness to come out.  The pain was excruciating!   BUT it came out and now I can HEAR CLEARLY.  I have no need for my hearing aids anymore!  PRAISE GOD – He is SOOOO GOOD!!

Nan Yates 2/4/06

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My right knee had degenerated to the extent of needing a replacement in the very near future.  The pain this caused was sometimes excruciating, especially when walking up or down stairs, driving the car or standing for any length of time.

I have had prayer in my Church fellowship, but after the prayer on Friday 31st March, at the Healing Conference, my knee gave no more pain.  I jumped and ran that evening for the first time in many months.  I slept peacefully all night without medication.  I believe I had been taught to accept my healing and I received it in the Name of Jesus!

Denise Shaw 1/4/06

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I have suffered most of my life with poor self esteem, also fears relating to being punished for “doing the wrong thing”.  I also have carried over the past several years wounds and scars from people who have said I “must”, “should” or “ought” to do, and I could not do what was required so I felt guilty and ashamed.

On 2nd April I was prayed for and as I received prayer I felt all this “junk” that I had been carrying and was weighing me down lift off me.  Now I feel so light and joyful – Praise the Lord!

Judith 7/4/06

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In early August my friend had her gall bladder removed.  Unfortunately she did not begin to feel better, and in fact, had to be admitted to hospital with severe pain and a high temperature.  She was then diagnosed with liver cancer – a particularly rare type which could not be operated on.  Many people were praying for her and I came to the Healing Rooms to ask them to pray for her she was fearful, despite knowing the presence of the Lord.  She had many scans and tests which were sent to the liver unit at Prince Alfred hospital in Sydney. 

Then God began to change things around.  She was told that the specialist could operate to remove three quarters of the liver which would give her about one to two years (instead of two to three months)   There was a danger of post operative bleeding which could be fatal.  Our prayers increased for her protection from infection and bleeding, for the skill of the surgeons and the nursing staff.  One prayer was that the surgeons would say whilst operating that what they saw was not what they expected.  (I assumed this meant that the tumour was smaller or more easily removed)  On the day of the operation I was at the Healing Rooms at about the time of the operation and we prayed very strongly for my friend.  God showed us my friend lying in an ordinary hospital bed, rather than an intensive care bed.  My first news of the operation was that only one eighth of the liver had been removed, and that she had no other complications.  Four days after the operation I received the amazing news that when the surgeon had come to see her, he said, ‘I have two words for you – NO CANCER!!!’  He was amazed because he was convinced that the tumour had every sign of being a malignant cancer.  Praise God!  He changed my friend’s life around from having inoperable liver cancer with a few months left to live to having NO CANCER AT ALL!  My friend held onto the prayer that God could change her situation.  It is so wonderful that God can answer our prayers with MORE than we could ask or imagine.  We continue to pray for complete recovery from surgery and her return to a fruitful and happy life with us.   

May I extend a heart felt “Thank You” to the team for the reality of the Healing Rooms.  Before my last visit I was really struggling, this time with physical illness that had no supposed cause according to doctors.  The team that prayed with me sensed a deep oppressive fear of going forward and of being useful again in the Kingdom.  I had prayed for revelation before coming, for many weeks.  I’d sought the Lord in every way I knew how but my efforts were fruitless it seemed.  After coming to the Healing Rooms I knew something had changed.  I didn’t feel on top of the world but I knew Jesus had done something.  It must have been a deep work because I sobbed in my mother’s arms when I got home from work – that in itself is a breakthrough!

Over the next couple of days the heaviness I had felt for months was gone and I had a renewed passion for the new thing the Lord was leading me into, whereas before I procrastinated and made excuses, even feeling intimidated about pursuing something new.  

When I opened the parcel the Healing Rooms sent to me today, I again felt the compassion & love and sensitivity that I feel when I’m at the Healing Rooms, it just poured out over me.

Jenny 24/3/06

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I want to acknowledge the healing I received in answer to prayer just before my husband & I left on our overseas holiday. We were going on a walk across England – a distance of 307kms, and also a walk in Spain.  A week before we left, I suffered from a shin splint.  SO I went to the Healing Rooms for prayer with one of the teams.

My time consisted of a confession time but also a wonderful time of being ministered to & prayed for by a lovely group of ladies.  After that I was aware of less pain in my leg.  My husband and I headed on our journey and I held onto the belief that my healing had been accomplished and that I would be completely able to do all the walking as planned.

That is exactly what happened!  I didn’t have a hint of trouble with my shin all the time I walked in England or in Spain and not only was this an amazing testimony to the Healing power of God, but it also encouraged me to ask for prayer and to believe I would be healed of a threatening throat infection.  The next day NO SORE THROAT!!!  (We were blessed to have one of your healing team members walking with us in Spain, and this member also prayed for a good night’s sleep for me so effectively that I slept through a night of barking dogs which kept others awake!! )

We really were able to see the Lord’s hand on us as others prayed & along the way I have been able to share my testimony with others. Thank you all so much for your compassion & obedience in carrying out the work the lord has given you.

December 2005

_______________________________________________________________________________For some years I was not able to fully tolerate dairy products as a result of having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  The Lord healed me of the CFS but I still was unable to enjoy dairy products.

At a healing service during February a large number of people were asked to place their hands on the parts of their body that needed healing.  I felt quite strongly what I was to pray for and to receive the healing that Jesus had died for me to have.  I then thanked Him for what He had done for me. 

As an act of faith I knew I had to drink cows milk and eat some cheese.  Praise the Lord I have been able to enjoy dairy products since and will continue to do so.  Thank you Jesus for all you are and have done.  You are the Great Physician!!

Dianne 3/3/06

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I had the icy cold feeling of anxiety when I heard that I had an invasive malignant melanoma.  It was said that it could have formed because of  grief stress with the sudden death of my husband, coupled with 10 years of immunosuppressant treatment for another illness.  However, I did have God’s promise of care and love, so I went to the Healing Rooms. 

The prayer team prayed for the site of the cancer, the lymph glands, my immune system, my mind and my teenage children.  I then felt God’s Peace which stayed with me during surgery and the following weeks until the histology and biopsy tests were available.  During that time I noticed that my normal springtime allergies were gone and I felt my immune system was ‘in balance’.

Praise to our Lord, the test results indicated that all traces of the malignant cancer had been removed and did not spread into my lymph system!

D.W. 20/12/05

 

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Fibroid 5 November 2009

To the Capital Healing rooms team, well it has been just over one week since my surgery and I am getting better.  I thank God that he brought healing to me.   From thinking that we might not be able to have kids to at least being able to try for kids is great, more than great!

It has been about 9 months since the pain and abnormal bleeding started and hopefully I won’t have that anymore.  When I first went to the specialist I was put on hormones to see if it would control the fibroid. After 3 months I started having severe pain and bleeding 24/7 again. I went back to the specialist who said that if the fibroid had grown that I would have to have it out and there was a high possibility of damaging the uterus, meaning that I probably couldn’t have my own kids.  We started to contact other surgeons to get another opinion.  It was at this point where I came back to the healing rooms.

I was sitting and praying with the prayer team in the healing rooms when my head started to get really heavy. I didn’t know what was happening. All I knew was that I couldn’t lift my head. I tried to lift it but I could feel God’s hand on the back of head and him saying“stay.....”      That night I slept so well.

After further tests and no reduction in symptoms, the specialist said we should go in for exploratory surgery to see what’s happening. We were all praying that the by the time the specialist got there it would all be gone.  It was on the same day that I also got a phone call from a specialist in Sydney (referred on to from another specialist in Canberra) who said I should come to see her and book in for the operation.  We decided to go ahead with the exploratory surgery in Canberra to find out at least what the issue was and if it was easy to do, the specialist could fix it here.  It was found that I had endometriosis and that my fibroid was taking up most of my uterus and that it was attached to uterus wall between my fallopian tubes.  The specialist said Canberra did not have the right surgery tools to remove the fibroid here without potentially damaging the uterus and said I should go to Sydney.

It was then I went to Sydney. I saw the specialist on a Thursday, now 2 weeks a week ago and had the operation tentatively booked in for Friday. She has been away since she had last spoken to me and once she found out I had endometriosis she said that she would need another specialist to assist her and that she couldn’t do the operation on the Friday. However she could do it the following week.  I prayed....she then said, well actually let me see if I can fit you in today.  She rang the other specialist who was busy at the time and so she left a message.  I kept praying....they then had contacted the hospital to see if they had an available bed.  We got the phone call back to say they one of the other specialist patients had cancelled due to sickness and there was room for me. We found a bed and before I knew we were driving to the hospital.  Again another huge blessing!

So at 6:30pm October 22nd, I was on the operating table. Woke up around 10:00pm and was moved to my room. My husband had to work in Canberra on the Thursday so he got a bus that night, and was there to greet me with my mum after the surgery.  The specialist said it was a text book surgery for her and that it went really well. No one would even know that she had removed the fibroid from my uterus and that she had removed the endometriosis easily too. Even though it was extensive it was very superficial.

So the surgery went really well and I was recovering very well and could go home Friday night. We decided to stay one more night in hospital on recommendation from the specialist just because how tender it would be driving in the car back to Canberra. 

Again another blessing, as come Saturday morning I was not well. My husband and mum walked in to find me pale, vomiting, having trouble breathing and in pain. After thinking that I was possibly having a heart attack I was being tested for lots of things. After given some pain killers through my drip I was stabilised.  In the end they thought that I had reflux. I recovered and was able to go home on Sunday.

After tests this last week, my GP thinks that my medication after the operation for some reason made a spot on my liver right under my sternum which was why I had the pain. A liver specialist said at this point it would heal and that there was nothing to worry about. Another blessing!

At several points along the way I have been blessed on this trial. When put through this it is hard to stay focused on God and know that he has me in his hands. But over the journey God directed and showed me the way.  I think a really important lesson for me is to trust God with everything. I hope I remember this, but also the healing and blessing he has brought throughout this trial.

So thank you God, but also thank you to all the people who dedicated their time to praying for me.  The support and encouragement through prayers, verses, anointing in oil have helped me stay in tune with God.

A.C. 5/11/09

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