It is not at all surprising that a huge number of sick people come to church for help, because they have heard numerous Christian testimonies about healing. However, some begin to refuse a professional doctor, and entrust their he alth to some healers, magicians and sorcerers who perform rituals on the sick, where church prayers and icons are often used. This is hardly to be approved.
Right spiritual life
After analyzing all Christian testimonies of healing, one can understand how important the spiritual life is for any person, because the Church exists not only to heal, for example, the spleen and liver. A person in his life should strive for God - his main goal, but it is often very difficult for people to understand such things. So: illnesses on his way - this is a way to get rid of somethingsuperfluous and wrong, to which a person fell into slavery.
God's decision
Of course, everything depends on the Lord. If He considers that it is time for a person to come to Him, then this will soon be, and if He sees that he still needs to work on this earth, He will arrange everything that way. A person who cannot come to terms with the fact that he will soon die, without despair and without falling into despondency, begins to sincerely pray, and the Lord sees and hears each of us, and nothing is impossible for Him. The saints are our intermediaries before God, they also play an important role and are always ready to intercede and beg the Lord for recovery. A person without God is alone, and it is always difficult to act alone. This is what all Christian testimonies say.
During the period of illness, it is very important to rethink life and relationships with other people, and God will definitely help. And if you do not ask Him for anything, then there will be no help. As Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew said to His disciples: "Ask, and it will be given to you…" According to statistics, believers are more likely to get well than non-believers.
Prayer
Every Orthodox person knows that prayer is a very powerful tool, and there are various Christian testimonies to this. But sometimes they try to turn prayer into a method of treatment, and this is a big mistake.
When people come to the grave of the holy old woman Matronushka and wait for the impact of some energies, from which tumors or something else supposedly can dissolve, in this case they become like thosethe ignorant, whom Christ Himself healed, but who then did not return to bring Him their gratitude and readiness to serve the Savior. As Christ once asked one of the ten healed: “You have come, but where are the other nine?”
Christian testimonies based on true events
The lack of spiritual life leads us to the fear of death. In a serious illness, a person's heart literally begins to cry and yearn for God. Sometimes we can’t even understand the depths of this desire, because we came into this world alone, and we’ll leave alone, just as we didn’t bring anything into this world, we won’t take anything away.
Many want to know at least some true Christian evidence of healing in order to get hope. You can cite a few of them. For example, Alexei Osipov, a highly respected theologian professor, spoke about his miraculous healing. The thing is that in childhood he had a very serious problem with his spine, so at a certain point he simply stopped growing. But his spiritual father hegumen Nikon Vorobyov (the author of very useful spiritual books) noticed this ailment. It was in the summer, just before the school year. The pious father made the teenager Alyosha stand up to the crossbar and measure his height. From that moment on, he began to grow, and every week he came to the priest to measure his height. A miracle happened when Alexey came to school on September 1st. The guys were very surprised, because in a month he grew by about 15 centimeters. So, through the prayers of his spiritual father,Alexei received miraculous healing.
The second case is described by Vladimir Gurbolikov, editor-in-chief of the Foma Orthodox magazine. He developed cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. The doctor explained to him that the disease was progressing, and another operation would be required, after which one could remain disabled, but in this way the disease would probably be stopped. Five days later, he had to return to the doctor to prepare for another hospitalization.
On the same day, a familiar priest called him and offered to have a meeting (the sacrament of anointing for the sick and dying). Vladimir agreed, because he did not see any way out for himself, except to reconcile and find communion with God. After this sacrament, he passed repeated tests, which showed that Vladimir was he althy. This caused a real shock to the doctor, a non-believer.
Conclusion
As Vladimir himself admitted, he did not expect a miracle, but searched in his heart for peace and strength for the coming trials. He learned for himself the lesson that one should always feel the hand of the Lord and connection with him. And you feel it only in constant self-destruction - the feeling that you are a speck of dust and an unworthy person, when compared with how loving, patient and merciful God is to us. But we often, hard-hearted and ungrateful, do not want to correct our lives with good deeds and love, indulging our pride and vanity, choosing everything temporary and vain.
