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Wanda Alger
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COLLABORATIVE FAITH CAN OVERCOME THE SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY

For those who have been contending for physical healing after weeks and months of illness, I stand alongside you. For those who have endured pain, discomfort, and discouragement for long periods of time, still holding out for your breakthrough, you are not alone. Many have been physically attacked in this past season and I believe there is a collective and collaborative faith that can break this yoke of oppression and death that seeks to take us out. If we endure, do not give up, and exercise our faith together.

I have shared some of my own health journey on my YouTube channel this past year. Starting with a demonic attack of debilitating Tinnitus in March of 2023, I have seen deliverance on one hand and ongoing health challenges on the other. Overcoming one symptom after another ever since that time, my own faith has been challenged to stand fast against a spirit of infirmity, ongoing pain, and many sleepless nights. I can’t remember the last time I actually felt “normal” and free of some kind of physical limitation.  My husband and I have learned many lessons through this journey as the Lord has given instructions for each round which have always brought a level of relief and freedom. He has already shown us that it’s more about listening to His voice than simply decreeing and demanding our healing. It’s more about following His directives in each step than it is the length of a fast or a certain method of prayer. It truly has been about the journey and not just the outcome.

As I sat the other day, discouraged again at another restless night and ongoing affliction, I berated myself for not being more resolute in declaring my healing. Almost immediately, He responded to my internal struggle.

“This is more about getting to know Me as your Healer than it is in getting your healing.” 

The truth of His response both freed me and challenged me. How much of my faith for healing focuses on getting my breakthrough instead of getting to know Him as Healer? What have I learned about His goodness and Perfect Love in the midst of ongoing physical setbacks and suffering?

So far, I’ve learned that He is always faithful to show me the next step. I’ve experienced His comfort and enduring patience in the midst of hardship. I have gained greater empathy and compassion for others who are tormented by chronic illness and disease. I have grown in this fellowship of suffering and deepened my thankfulness for His perfect sacrifice on the cross. The bottom line is that I know my healing is coming. Not because of my steadfastness or determination, but because that’s just who He is. He cannot do anything less. The lingering questions and doubts will never be enough to turn me from this truth or cause me to back down from my expectation for total and complete restoration.

I share this to encourage those of you who are, like me, still pushing through for your healing. Even as we continue to declare His Word as a reminder of His promise, He is calling us to fix our eyes on Him. He is the author and the finisher of our faith. He sees the powers and principalities that have aligned themselves against us. He sees this Spirit of Infirmity that plagues His body and is passionate to see us overcome, urging us to yet believe!

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