Hi everyone,
I wrote this in a comment, but wanted to place it here also.
It's not a healing in a physical way, but my testimony is about how God has healed me from a smoking addiction.
For a 'normal' person it is already very hard to stop smoking, but in my condition it was almost impossible!
Almost impossible for as the Bible says: Nothing is impossible for those who believe!
Here is my story:
God has set me free from smoking!
I did see around me for many years ago that God helped many friends of mine to stop smoking. In that time I have tried it soooo many times already! But one day when I was in a difficult time I was praying together with some friends. Then during that prayer God clearly told me that if I would stop smoking, He would help me.
I was sooo happy and said yes I will right away!
So I did stop smoking, I casted away my cigarettes and did not smoke anymore. But day after day and week after week I had to fight like crazy. I did not understand it, friend around me got peace right away when they stopped smoking, but I seem to have to do it on my own strength?
I was getting a little irritated, and asked God so many times why He did not help me?! For more then a year I have been fighting day in day out to stop smoking. And day by day I was still angry at God that He did not help me, because others got peace, and they did not have any lust in smoking at all. But I had to fight the smoking myself, no peace and still lots of lust in smoking.
After more then one year it became easier, and then I thanked God for the fact that I was free from smoking, still convinced 'I did it myself'......
But then a few years later, I moved from Holland to Sweden, Scandinavia. I moved here to start studying at a Bible school called 'Word of Life' from Ulf Ekman. I studied and stayed here ( I still live here until today) One day I got in contact with a team of medical specialists who where specialized in ADHD. To keep a long story short they finally after many tests that I had ADHD in a very high grade. Then I started to understand alot of things that had been, and are still happening in my life. One day I spoke with one of those team members and she asked me about my addictions. Then I told her about my life, and yes I had been smoking for many years but I stopped a few years ago. She could hardly believe I was able to stop smoking 'in my own strength!' Because it seems that from all persons they had met, I was one of those with the highest grade of ADHD. I understood that I must indeed have it in a very strong way. So it was not possible to stop smoking. Then right on that moment when she told me that I realized that I did not stop 'on my own strength' God has helped me!
It was Him who gave me the strength to stop smoking! I decided to listen to Him and He helped me! So even when it felt like VERY difficult and almost impossible for more then a year I managed to do it, thanks to Him! Then I really felt so embarrassed to God that I have been so angry at Him! But in the same time I became so incredible thankful!!
The biggest lesson I learned from this is that whatever the situation looks or feels like, if God gave you a promise, directly or in His word, stand on that promise! Don't let your feellings or situations get in between. God will always keep His promise!
PS: I'm 'smokefree' for more then 10 years now!