"You're going to come into someone with cancer. There's grace for healing. I want you to know I can heal cancer.”

I couldn't believe it. I was stunned when I heard the Spirit whisper those words in my mind almost a year ago. After two days of hearing the Holy Spirit whisper that, my friend Mollie busts into House Church (community group), looks right at me and says, "James, I think you are supposed to pray for someone. The woman I'm replacing at work needs a miracle." 

She felt very strongly that I was supposed to come to her new work at a local law firm (run by some dear friends) and pray for this woman I had never met on her last day of work. I giggled, smiled and said, “Mollie, that's amazing. Let me pray about it, and I'll see if God wants me to go.” She said, “He does.” I just smiled.

The next day, when I was on my way to pray, I decided to call Bob and Jennifer (Mollie's boss and my dear friend). They were shocked as they shared with me that Bob specifically heard that morning, in his own time spent with God, that he was supposed to ask me to come and pray for the woman. He mentioned he had already asked her if she'd be okay with that. 

That's when I grinned and said, "Okay, God, let's do it." I was terrified and anticipating Him. I proceeded up the mountain for my prayer walk, and then I stopped on a log and felt the presence of Jesus, almost imagining He was sitting next to me, and I said, "Jesus, I know you can do this; this is the person you told me I was going to come into. I know it’s cancer.”

At this point, the woman hadn't told anyone what illness she had; but I knew it was cancer. I knew she was the one the Father wanted to heal. So I prayed and said, “God, is there anything you can share about this person that would increase faith and encourage her, that you see her and heal from your compassion?” I heard so clearly the word "crystal" and then "forgiven" (see the image below) and a few more beautiful sentences of how Jesus feels and thinks. When I asked Him about a verse, Psalm 7:1 came to mind immediately, and I knew it was Him. I also pictured my hand on her forehead and Jennifer holding her feet. I asked if I should fast, and He said, "no need to fast today." I smiled and drove to the firm. 

Those moments where you get something in your mind are exciting because you know that you naturally wouldn't think that thought. I always tell the Lord I will take a risk; even if I get it wrong, that's okay. He has my "yes."

As I got there, we gathered in Bob's main office, and I was able to share—with so much compassion and love—why it was such an honour to pray for her and how I began to hear God's love for people. I shared many of the testimonies written on this site to encourage faith and said, "I can't promise He will heal you, but I believe He can, and I've seen a lot of healing."

Then I said, “before we pray, can I ask you a few questions?” She said, “of course,” with a grateful smile and uncertainty in her eyes. I said, "I heard the word ‘Crystal’ does that make sense to you? Is that someone you know, or do you dabble with crystals?” When I first heard it, I wondered if there was a past in the occult around crystals etc. She instantly knew God was in the room. “No one would have known this!” she said. She smiled in a smirky way, knowing the Lord had gently caught her with His love. She was awed that God would love her enough to bring His life into many painful experiences with this person.

Crystal was the one person in her life that spoke the most hateful things about her and brought her down so brutally in a difficult season. We took time and walked through forgiveness and breaking words (curses) that were said. We asked Jesus what the truth was, and she heard beautiful truths that Jesus sees her as forgiven, loyal, integral and honouring. We forgave Crystal and released her right to judge her. I then told her that I would use a firm tone that may sound weird but that she did not need to be alarmed. This was because I sensed God wanted me to curse cancer. At that moment, Mollie saw a picture of the lady holding a table/ fear, and Bob also saw that she was carrying much fear.

I was so thankful for the people in the room, as God uses everyone equally to love and make people whole. So I prayed, "Holy Spirit, come. Thank you for this person; I pray your presence to heal would now flow through her, in Jesus' name.” I then said, "Okay, tell Jesus you're not afraid of cancer and give up your label called ‘cancer.’” She did, and then we began to pray. "I curse you, cancer! — in Jesus' name and ask the love of Jesus now to fill every cell and to replace the cancer cells. Cancer, come out in Jesus' name.” 

Then I heard these words, "it's done." I thought, “there's no way,” with a smile of confidence and yet awe of “can this be this real?” As I often do, I asked her, “did you feel anything?” She said, “yes, I felt electricity all in my fingertips and body and tremendous heat,” and then she said words I thought I'd only read in books. She said, "I felt as though when you cursed cancer, it was leaving my feet." 

Jennifer then burst into tears and said, "I could feel the electricity in my hands and was feeling something leave her feet! No way!” At that moment, I could hear the song Doxology, and we sang it together: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow." This moment was beautiful and sacred, unlike any time of healing I had experienced in the past.

What's challenging about writing this is that we have yet to hear back after the ultrasound. The moment I do, I'll bring an update. However, what matters most in the context of this website and within this story is how Jesus spoke in intimacy, and He knew He had our "yes."