Ever since I was a child I already suffered from asthma. I have suffered for 10 years when I was just eight years old until my 18th year. It occurred every night. I could still recall I had had a great difficulty in breathing whenever this disease attacked. I had sleepless nights and my parents were always worried whenever it occurred. I could see on their faces that they were very much affected because of my situation. The doctor who had diagnosed my problem prescribed two types of medicinal drugs that I needed to take everyday. The first tablet had a bitter taste, and the other one which must be halved due to its high dosage considering I was only eight years old. Imagine I was very young to take those two tablets! I also remembered when my mother told me about a young girl, about my age, whom they had seen how she had suffered from asthma and later died in the hospital. I was afraid it might also happen to me.
Now the medicines I had been taking only relieved my asthma attacks temporarily. We finally resorted to consult different "faith healers." They were very common in the province where I grew up. They were sometimes called "psychic healers." After years of going to them and nothing had ever happened I told my parents that I would stop. It was no avail. My asthma had been recurring during cold evenings and was troubling me. I was already 18 and I had thought during those times that perhaps I might die at 25 years of age, but God was so merciful. He didn't let it happen.
One day, when I was alone in my room contemplating about my life and family, I heard a small voice telling me, "Why don't you pray?" At that time I didn't know how to pray the right prayer. I only knew very few memorized prayer during my childhood taught in the public schools by cathechists. I knew how to pray with my mind very shortly and at the same time, I was also thinking who this voice could be? Yet I obeyed. I began to pray and I didn't notice that I was already praying continuously with tears flowing from my eyes. I didn't notice that I was already confessing my sins to God since childhood up to that night in my room! Nobody had taught me that type of prayer and I realized later in my christian walk, that it was the prayer of surrender wherein you will surrender your whole life to Christ as a form of submission to God's will. I remembered that I accepted Christ in my heart as Lord and Savior and asked for forgiveness from all my sins including my sins against my parents. I also realized that it was the seed which had been planted in my heart and grew at the right moment at the right time. I am referring to the Word of God that I heard from a pastor during our high school retreat. He told us that we must accept Christ as Lord and Savior through prayer. And during that lowest point in my life the seed had become ripe that's why I prayed truthfully from my heart.
After my prayer, I felt the Lord Jesus Presence was there for the first time in my life embracing me because of a very warm sensation throughout my whole body. I knew it was the Lord's Presence. Peace and joy flooded my soul. That was the most unforgettable night that I could remember in my whole life when I had accepted Christ in my life. The heaviness and thorn-like thing in my heart was broken and dissolved by the love of God. I realized I was a sinner forgiven by God! And from that night onwards, my outlook in life was changed and my asthma was gone. I was healed! The asthma that had troubled me and had made me suffer for 10 long years was totally gone! It has not recurred until this day. Praise God!
And this testimony I am sharing with you to let you know that God is alive and still works miracles only if we humble ourselves before Him, confess our sins to Him truthfully, turn away from it, and accept Christ Jesus in our life as our Lord and Savior. He will surely heal us and bless us.
