Update And sermon about Holy Spirit

It is Sunday today but feeling too weak to go to church. Yesterday, I cheated and took a Panadeine pain killer so I could be more comfortable to pray to God and especially for YS who is in hospital now because she had not had bowel movement since around the same time as me, I think around Monday. She is feeling weak with nutrients being fed into her chemo pod. Oh, please pray that she will get bowel movement by today or else she will be up for surgery tomorrow.

I am just turning my gaze to Jesus and not letting the discomfort get me down. I remember when Hamir was singing praises over the phone, something inside me woke up, the discouragement and hopelessness left me and I cried and started worshipping God again. This morning I started with the song "I exalt Thee", just like that singing it over and over again brought me back into the presence of God. I continued playing praise songs and just now, I just finished listening to a sermon from Calvary Church Melbourne in Florida. Thanks Winnie!

Thought I would share with you in case you finish hearing your sermons from PBC (www.pantaibaptistechurch.org), you can hear more from this website. You would need to register first and remember your login details but I assure you, it is worth it. :)

Sermon

http://www.calvaryccm.com/teachings/main/video/GS78.aspx

I pray you will be blessed! :)

Facing cancer need not be lonely

Facing cancer need not be lonely. However, first you ought to acknowledge that there is a Creator of heaven and earth. Then, everything you have learned in partiality will fall into place. Then, you don't have to pretend you are living in an unreal world like in Matrix or Inception. Then, you understand why human life is sacred, why humans want justice (eg 9-11) why there is good and evil. Then, you will know we are not alone but there is a spiritual realm out there of angels and demons. Then, you will make sense of the enemy who wants to rule the world and destroy the world and is played out in power rangers and all super hero shows. You will understand why humans make sacrifices and why blood is so important. Then, you will see the Creator reconciling all humankind back to Him and how His hand has been upon human history and still playing out and the bible is not just stories or good teaching.  Then, you will see the heart of God and how He planned from the beginning to save us through Jesus even way before He created humans. And when those who love Him are finally with Him, He will ultimately lock away forever the devil and all those who reject Him.

Then you will know the mind of the enemy out to deceive the world and giving us half truths and always taking God out of the equation!

Anita and I met YS (who was diagnosed with colon cancer and a second blow of tumor in uterus) recently to encourage her and to hopefully share Jesus with her. YS showed me a book written by a monk who wrote how we should not treat cancer like an angry eating demon but instead treat it like a normal cell that had gone haywire and pacify it and nurse it back to good health. It suddenly hit me that no wonder some people choose to own their cancer and call it "my cancer". I explained to her that Christians don't do that, they do not need to own the cancer as Jesus bore all our sicknesses and sins on the cross 2000 years ago and we need not bear it anymore! Instead, a beautiful exchange took place on the cross where the powers of the enemy was broken and Jesus came to give us good health and as a child of God we have a right to good health! We just need to receive it!

I was quite disturbed after that, to think that if YS were to own the cancer it is like opening the door to the enemy to do more damage in her. I would just reject the cancer in Jesus' name!

That night, amazingly God showed me the answer to the lie of the devil in Proverbs 16:7

"When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD,
         He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him."

See, how truth is distorted? See how the monk's logical conclusion was watered down to half a truth where even cancer can be made at peace with a person.

The truth is when a man's way is pleasing to God, even cancer can be made at peace with him. Let us not take God out of the equation. That night, God showed me scripture that aligned me back to His truth. Praise the Lord!

Today, I read in the Star newspaper about "the power of the mind" by Christina Grant. Many times, people tell me to have a positive mind or they say I have a positive mind. I am not complimented because if I had a positive mind, I would be doing what Christina Grant proposes or what the world proposes which is partial truth and hard work!

Instead, I choose to believe what God says about me.
Amos 3:3 "Do two walk together unless they be agreed?" Unless, I agree what God says about me, how can healing flow to me? Let's go through some of what Christina said and I can show you that God says the same about me and more because He is in control, he is fighting this battle for me.

"The first step is to have an ongoing practice of noticing and managing your thoughts. This isn’t easy to do if you’re addicted to the television culture, where mass media sends a never ending stream of negative concepts into your brain. Or, if you like to get online and read the daily headlines followed by stories of horrific occurrences around the world." (Christina Grant)

Unlike the new age meditation of emptying our minds, I would rather fill my mind with God's words because there is power in His words. I like to say Psalm 63 over and over again and feel his strength.

 6 On my bed I remember you; 
   I think of you through the watches of the night. 
7 Because you are my help, 
   I sing in the shadow of your wings. 
8 I cling to you; 
   your right hand upholds me.

Or psalm 18
 1 I love you, Lord;
      you are my strength.
 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
      my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
   He is my shield, the power that saves me,
      and my place of safety.
 3 I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
      and he saved me from my enemies.
 

Christina continues "Or, if you like to “trauma share” with friends and colleagues about the annoying things that happen to you. "

Precisely, if you keep talking about "my cancer" it would really belong to you and it will never go away. Stop talking, stop thinking about it as if it is yours. Even Henry's claim that the cancer is like the dried up dust blown away when he saw the dandelion can be matched to the bible:

Psalm 18

42 I pulverize them like dust before the wind; 
    I trample them like mud in the streets. 

More from Christina, "In the case of serious physical illness, we might find ourselves in a doctor’s office listening to negative possibilities and statistics that don’t sound promising. Because we are susceptible to these predictions, we often believe the bad news and accept it as fact when it isn’t. This can hinder the ability to heal because the mind is powerful enough to create what it believes. "

That is why when I receive a medical report that is against what God says about me and all he has shown me, I just reject in in Jesus' name. It has no power no dominion over me. What God says about me is greater than what the medical report says. The bible says that no weapon ( no cancer) formed against us shall prosper for this is our heritage in Him and we are to cast down all arguments that set itself up against God's words.

2 Corinthians 10:5

"5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

Similarly, we need not be lonely facing cancer if we truly believe that we are a child of God. Even when things go wrong, we can be assured that we fall back into God's arms and his right hand is always upon us and will deliver us from all our troubles. For the bible says, nothing can separate us from the love of God...not even cancer.

"38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

So, it all starts with acknowledging our Creator, the maker of heaven and earth. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Open your heart to Him and He will fill your heart with His love, His life, His spirit that will quicken your mortal body and bring you out of darkness and give you His peace, His love, His joy. :)

Aunty Judy accepts Jesus!

Aunty Judy who supplies e excel products to me and follows my journey has become a Christian! The day she told me, I was rejoicing and gave her a great big hug! It is such a joyous occasion! She said she had so many christian friends trying to reach out to her over many many years and have been following my blog and one day, The holy spirit convicted her heart. Praise the Lord! She is totally transformed and wanting always to share what she has learned. She told me she cried during praise session last Wednesday and asked the lady next to her why she was crying! She was experiencing God, His love, the holy spirit. Praise the Lord! My mum told her if someone were to tell her that before she became a Christian, she would not have believed that this is possible. She has so much joy in her now. And today she shared with a 9 year old boy that recalled the whole bible from Genesis to Revelation. She finds it really useful because her knowledge of the bible is almost zero. Here is the website:

9 year old recaps what he has learned from daily bible reading

http://www.christianchronicle.org/blog/2011/01/video-9-year-old-recaps-what-hes-learned-reading-the-bible/

I pray you will be blessed! :)

Powerful prayer!

I have been on pain killers the past three days. I try not to but it is really uncomfortable and my threshold for pain is so low. I can't even stand the thought of injections. It is only by the grace of God that I have survived all those needle poking sessions! Henry have seen me lying on bed quite pathetically I guess so last night we held hands and prayed together against the powers of the enemy. He prayed for the cancer to be dried up into dust and be blown away and that this pain and Satan will have no power and dominion over me for God has indeed brought me so far. While he prayed, I prayed in tongues so we were all praying in agreement and in spirit.

Henry has been experiencing unusual events of late. He had a dream of him driving up a steep slope and he was wondering if his car would make it u p or even down! But when he reached the top of mountain, it was so peaceful. I told Henry maybe God is asking to spend more quiet times with him and meditate upon Him. Then, while he was surfing in front of the patio overlooking the garden, he suddenly saw dust, like dandelion dust fly past. It was such an unusual sight because we don't have dandelions in the garden. So, he claimed it as the cancer cell turning to dust and being blown away. And that was the same prayer he prayed for me last night!

This morning, I woke up quite different. I actually felt better. My chest is not tight anymore, the achy back is not quite there, even the lymph node pain seem to have gotten lesser. I actually feel better. Praise the Lord! I believe we have gone past over a hurdle and broken the powers of the enemy. I told Henry I sense that God wants us to pray in agreement like last night more often.

I feel like prancing today. I am rejoicing in the Lord. It reconfirms that God was always there for us even though we cannot see Him and darkness overwhelms us yet as we stand on what He has promised us, those promises will be established. And I reminded Henry of God's words to me "be careful, do not be afraid, do not lose heart, the cancer will not rise up against you, it will not happen, it will not take place. Just stand firm on your faith and it will be established". Yes, victory is won. He said "it is done!". I believe, I receive, Father God.

Today, Henry will be picking up the low dose naltrexone and I also have an appointment scheduled at a nearby hospital re the drug. Praise the Lord for His providence and open door. Thank you Lord for everything! :)

Intercessor at Work - Part 2

After I sent out an email on "intercessor at work", I received a reply from Elaine. Praise the Lord! It is really wonderful to see God at work how his angels and how the holy spirit works. It really lifts up my spirit experiencing all God has to offer. We are really living in the supernatural because we are God's children. :) Thanks Elaine for sharing. I am also sure there are many others praying for me as the holy spirit prompts. Praise de Lord! :) and thanks for being the other 30 min partner! Lol

Here's her email:

Hi Liz,
As I read this I am having goose bumps. Pastor Sasha called me yesterday and told me that they decided to pray for you for 30 minutes a day. I understand that they asked you to pray for someone else to pray for you daily for another 30 minutes and then you and Chris together said Elaine! Is that true? lol 

I told Sasha that I am willing to but must get help from God as I am already struggling to wake up at 6.30am to get Brian ready for school ( I used to wake up past 9am) This morning, I suddenly woke up at 5.45am. I couldn't go back to sleep and at 6am I decided to pray for you in tongues. I believe it must be the Holy Spirit who woke me up through Brian. lol

I didn't say out loud, " Elizabeth, I am praying for you now" but I did say in my heart that I will pray for Elizabeth now. Not sure if it is me that you heard :P lol Anyway, I prayed for you till my alarm rang at 6.30am :)

Just wanted to share with you as I read your email.
I will ask God to help me to be discipline to pray for you for 30 minutes daily till we see a miracle :)

Take care my dear friend.
Love ya,Elaine

Additional Supplements

Additional Supplements

Here were some of the supplements I have to top up over and above the supplements I take. Those in brackets are the brand/supplier.

Protein powder (immunex-pro) 
Probiotics (Amway)
Multi vitamins, multi minerals (Double X by Amway) also multi 
                                    concentrate (hyponutrients) from 
                                    17 plants
Fish oil     (Frontiers)
Vitamin C  (Frontiers)
CoQ10 (Maxigene by Frontiers)     
Antioxidant (Peckers by Frontiers)

B complex (Biolife)

Update: Committing to God - low dose naltrexone & nutrition

Proverbs 16:3

'Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed'

When we set out to find a strategy last week, we weren't sure where we were heading. It was either chemo or nutrition, possibly Chinese herbs. There didn't seem to be anything else that impressed upon us. Henry went about fasting and soon he started researching and I started talking to friends about their experience with chemo. Having spoken to Joanne, we realized my body missed out on a lot of supplements. At each point, we would just stop and pray again, praying that He would direct our steps.

Then one night, Henry stumbled on "low dose naltrexone". It is a clever drug that blocks some receptors causing an increased production of endorphins to boost our immune system. It is usually used for drug and alcohol addiction but many cancer patients have also found success using it. Here are some of the websites to read if you are interested in ldn.


One website showing a database of cancer patients using ldn:
https://ldndatabase.dabbledb.com/page/cancer-researchcopy/YhYmJwLB

A cancer discussion group using a variety of drugs include ldn
https://www.inspire.com/groups/lung-cancer-survivors/search/?query=Naltrexone&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

A reading on low dose naltrexone (ldn)
http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/

No oncologist will prescribe this drug to cancer patients because medically ldn is not used to treat cancer. That was really sad because it is easily available over the counter with prescription! For the past 2 days, we've been trying to find someone who can assist us and yesterday, we received good news that we can get hold of it very soon!

We were confident that this is an open door that God is leading us to and Henry and I then thanked God and committed this drug, this strategy to Him standing on Proverbs 16:3 that he will grant us success.

Our strategy is basically to allow my body's immune system to build up to hunt down, fight and destroy the layer surrounding the cancer and destroy the cancer completely. Any product that can be build up my immune system will enhance our strategy to fight the cancer. I thank the Lord for allowing Henry to stumble on this drug and for bringing Joanne home to Malaysia at just the right time to chat with me on nutrition. Thank you Lord that you never left us and you were always with us with every step holding our hands. 

God with us.