Hello everyone. My name is Mary and I’m from Myanmar. I’m currently working and studying in Bangkok. 

Today I want to share how God healed me from a life threatening disease in 2020. 

I met Isabelle from ACTS ministry in June 2020 during a patient visit in a Bangkok hospital. Since then I had the chance to interpret the training of ACTS ministries from English to Burmese for Lionel and Isabelle. 

Before I knew I was sick, I was loosing weight and coughing quite a lot. I was also very tired. I decided to go end of August for a test, in Rama 9 Hospital, one of the best hospital of Thailand. I learnt on that day that I had tuberculosis. The doctor didn’t confirm on that day which type of TB it was, and he gave me some normal TB pills.

I was shocked. I talked with the nurse in the emergency room and cried a lot. I couldn’t keep my job with this disease, I was highly contagious, and I had no money for such a longterm treatment. 

When I arrived back home, God spoke to me and said, “If you only think I can work when you have a job, then, where is My capability? How will you know that I am rich?” And I was silent for days. 

After 3 days, I started to feel really sick and it was terrible for 2 weeks. I had high fever and doctors couldn’t understand why I was so sick so fast. I decided to ask for prayers from a man of God. Two days later, I was healed from medicine high side effects. It was the first witness of God regarding healing. 

After 3 weeks, doctors showed me the blood test results of the TB. It was at the highest stage, and they called it, a “multi-drug resistant tuberculosis”. They told me, they don’t have enough available treatment, and I had to change hospital. So I went to another hospital. 

The doctor there told me they have the treatment available for this type of TB, but the cost was very high, and they were not sure of the result of the treatment. It was possible that this TB was not curable even with this kind of treatment. That’s why the doctor told me to go back to my country. My heart broke. And I blamed God. 

I thought, “Why do I suffer so much pain? Do I really deserve it?” I had many of those questions in my head. I laid down on my bed and God spoke to me again. He said, “If you really believe in Me, do you have faith that I can heal? If you say you believe, and always look at your situation, and always listen to others, what kind of faith do you have then?” God’s words were very simple, but that’s changed my way of thinking. I had peace. Real peace. Even when my family was worried about me, I was not worried anymore. 

Following one of my teacher’s suggestion, I changed again to another hospital. There, the doctor said that it will take minimum 2 years of treatment. When she told me the cost for the treatment, I knew I couldn’t afford it. She said to not be worried, she can put me under WHO program and the treatment will be free. She warned me about the strength of those pills, and the very serious side effects possible, like becoming deaf, blind, or all types of intestinal issues. But, I could stay in Bangkok, and follow this treatment for free. God was showing me His goodness, even though I had blamed him so quick so fast. 

I started this WHO treatment in October 2020 with 19 pills per day. Nothing of the bad side effects she spoke to me, happened. I had strong headache and nausea, vomited very often, my legs was swollen. That was the only side effects of the pills I suffered from. No deafness, no blindness, and nothing that was critical for life.

Lionel and Isabelle called to pray for me. During this call, I was coughing every 20/30 seconds. At this time I was extremely tired. I came down to 30kg. I was very depressed too because I was so weak and always alone in my apartment. I was not allowed to see anyone because of this highly contagious disease. I had to shop for myself to eat, but I would often skip meals because of tiredness. I had no strength to come out of my apartment.

Soon after this call, I could feel I was getting better. We had another call together, and Lionel noticed I didn’t cough anymore. Isabelle visited me soon after. I got delivered and water baptised. My health improved very fast after that. At each monthly visit, the doctor was surprised by the improvements. 3 months later, the blood test came back negative. Not only TB was not visible in my blood anymore, I was healed, but I was also released from isolation. I could finally move to Lionel and Isabelle’s home in January 2021. 

Staying with them closely, I learnt to declare, command, and forbid Satan in Jesus name. I learnt I had full authority over circumstances, and whatever I say for God’s glory, things move in the right direction and Satan has to obey. In 24 hours, all the side effects disappeared for good. I learnt also to prepare in the spirit the monthly doctor visit. It used to be very tiring days, because I would have to stand for hours of queuing as there was never seat available. At the next visit, I was shocked to realise I had a seat waiting for me, in front of the doctor office, after Lionel ordered this seat in the spirit the day before the visit. The crowd was as big as the previous months, but I had a seat. This really blew my mind. 

I soon became bold against circumstances, and started to command lighter traffic to go to hospital, fast releasing of my medicines at pharmacy, and many other usual burdening things. I realised how important it is to declare and command. And, it truly transformed my daily life as I realised how easy it had become. During the 3 months I stayed at Lionel and Isabelle’s home, I was amazed because I became energetic so fast, and I put back all the weight I had lost. I was able to start working again after we prayed for a job proposal to come to me, and I was suddenly contacted again for interpretation projects.

At each doctor visit, my blood tests were better and better, and each time the doctor was reducing the number of pills I had to take. Until one time the doctor said to me that all numbers were reflecting a complete healing, but she was not allowed to stop the treatment per hospital policy procedures. The treatment had to respect strict protocol and duration. Therefore she had to continue to prescribe the medicines for the defined time, even though I was healed. This was already few months I could feel I was healed, but finally the doctors could also measure my healing, and were themselves very surprised. I decided to not take some of the pills, and all continued to go very well.

I was able to stop all medicine in June 2021, still much earlier than the normal protocol describes the treatment. 

My healing testimony is much more than just being healed from TB. It has been a glorious journey of ruling, commanding, declaring according to the word of God. Yes, I have been healed 2000 years ago by the beating of Jesus before the Cross, and I really believe that, but also Jesus died in order that we live a life of victory and glory over all our circumstances. I really experienced it days after days through this journey of healing. 

To God be ALL the glory. 

Mary

October 2021