Finally Free

Holly’s Story

Jesus healed me of chronic pain and removed an evil spirit of fear from my body.

For a couple of years I have dealt with chronic pain conditions as well as anxiety and panic attacks as a result of chronic pain. I have come a long way from where I was in the beginning. When the pain first started I spiraled into the worst panic I’ve ever had in my life. Over several months I made several calls to 911 and multiple trips to the hospital terrified that I was dying only to be told there was nothing wrong with me. At that point in my life my relationship with Jesus was something that I wasn’t investing any of my time into.

One night after a horrible panic attack I fell asleep and had a dream... I was standing in front of a dark forest where it was storming and debris was flying everywhere and I heard a gentle voice talking to me from the other side of it. I started screaming that I couldn’t hear them and then his voice got louder and said, “Come to me. I will guide you through it”. I started to walk into the forest and then I woke up. That dream, my sister fervently praying over me, and my supportive husband, was what started me on my journey back towards Jesus. He started changing so many things for me, and although I still struggled, I could feel Him holding me and guiding me through it. He also started placing people in my life so that I could physically see His comfort through friends. Even during the pandemic He secured my husband a new work-from-home job and brought me to live near my sister.

I had prayed for healing numerous times but still hadn’t received it. Two years later I was still in so much pain on a regular basis and dealing with so many physical symptoms of anxiety. In prayer one day I heard God tell me that I would be healed. Despite all that I know about Him I doubted this inside. I constantly looked for reasons or solutions to my pain.

On Sunday as Alex started praying before the message I heard God say, “Today is your day.” I’m ashamed to admit that I doubted him even in that moment. As Gunter started the message I started to feel warmth going through my feet and my legs. When I realized the message was on healing I started to get really excited and full of hope.

I got up at the end of service to go be prayed for and I could feel half my body burning at that point. I remember Gunter asking if anybody else had arthritis. I said yes, and then everything went black. I couldn’t see or hear the person who came to pray for me. I just knew that I was standing in front of Jesus. My entire body was burning at that point, and I felt myself fall to my knees in His arms. I could feel that He was pulling something out of my body.

After this moment I could see blurry figures around me and I went to get a bottle of water. When I got into the lobby of the church my vision cleared and I could see again. Hope Myers came over and asked to pray over me. I accepted, and while she prayed I heard the voice of Jesus confirming to me that I was on the other side of the forest and He had healed me.

I had no pain in my body. I had no clenching in my neck or chest from anxiety. This week I have been able to do exercises that I could never have done before. There was a weight of fear from the enemy inside me that I lived with for years that I didn’t even see the magnitude of until Jesus took it out of me. Jesus, I can never thank you enough. I am healed.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. - Lamentations 3:22-23