Healed from Fibromyalgia
In the fall of 2002, my wife Teresa started experiencing some pain symptoms in her back that we could not find an explanation for. Over the next few years, it spread over her whole body. After going to many different doctors, she was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. The diagnosis was confirmed by more than one doctor.
Fibromyalgia has different levels of severity in different people. My wife’s condition was particularly severe, and her health deteriorated to the point where she was only able to walk about 50 feet or so, and she could only be on her feet for about 90 seconds. The pain was getting worse and worse.
Three years later, in December of 2005, she was struck with another condition in her arms that was eventually diagnosed as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (also known as RSD). Because of the intense pain, she lost use of both arms and hands, and was no longer able to care for herself at all. Her arms hurt so badly that it was painful even for air to blow on her skin sometimes. Over time, not using her arms, and not being able to walk very well, she became weaker and weaker, and her hands actually started to close up into a fist.
It was a very bad situation, and that is putting it lightly. And, it was getting worse day by day, month by month.
The next year, in August of 2006, I found out about a prayer email list at the company I work for. I joined the list, and sent out this email:
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From: Neal
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:07 AM
To: *****
Subject: Prayer Request
Hi everyone. I have a prayer request.
Over the past four years, my wife Teresa has developed some chronic pain conditions that have baffled many doctors. The pain has become increasingly debilitating, and has left her very limited in what she is able to do physically.
God has faithfully brought us through it this far, and sent many people to help us along the way. He has blessed us in many ways, and we are very thankful. He has also led us to some good physicians, and we hope and pray that she is on the road to recovery.
I would like to ask you all to pray for her complete healing, and that God would use our testimony to bless others.
Thank you
Neal
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Someone replied to that email inviting me to a lunchtime study in one of the conference rooms at work. It was a study on divine healing. It was being led by a man named Bill Alsop. I came to the study. After it was over, I spoke to Bill briefly. He didn’t know me, but I asked him about praying for my wife. He invited me to his home that Friday night, August 25.
So, that Friday after work I picked up Teresa and we drove to his home. On the way there I remember that I was somewhat excited, and I was expecting that we would receive encouragement and strength to go on. There had been many people praying for us over the years. We had a few times where people came by to pray with us, and there were other times when we had gone to different places for prayer. I know there were lots more praying for us that we were not always aware of. It always helped us to keep going, and that was pretty much what I was expecting.
When we arrived, we talked with Bill and his wife Cathy for a short while, and then we started praying. Teresa was actually lying down on the floor at this point, and we were all praying in the name of the Lord Jesus. Some of the time they were praying in tongues, some of the time they were praying in English.
After a few minutes, he told my wife to stand up. He took her to the front door, and he told her to walk to the end of his street, turn the corner, walk up the hill to the mailboxes, touch one of them, then walk back. He told her to talk to God while she walked. (Bill later shared with us that the Holy Spirit had instructed him to do all of that in a vision he received while they were praying).
In my mind, I was thinking “What? She can’t even make it to the end of the driveway”…but before I could say anything, she took off walking out the door and down the street. I knew that unless something supernatural happened, she would collapse within two minutes of walking out the door.
However, before I had time to object, Bill turned to me and said this: “You have been praying to receive the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues.” That shocked me because I had not mentioned anything about that, even though it was absolutely true. God was getting my attention…to help me believe. He succeeded. I stood up, Bill put his hand on my chest, and I began speaking in tongues for the first time…just like they did in the Bible. I received the Baptism with the Holy Spirit right there in his living room, while at the same time my wife was walking down the street receiving a miraculous healing from God.
For a few minutes as I was speaking, I was somewhat overwhelmed in a flood of God’s presence, and I forgot that Teresa had gone out walking without me and without her wheelchair. Before long, I looked towards the door and she was standing there talking to Bill.
She made it! She walked all the way to the mailboxes and back. That is about four blocks. She was healed as she walked, and it was a miracle!
Bill told us to go buy her some walking shoes, and to go walking every day. We talked a little while longer, and then drove home. On the way home, I remember feeling like I just came out of a whirlwind, and wondering to myself “what just happened to us…” The pain was gone from Teresa’s body. She made the comment in the car that she was able to “feel her skin again.”
We got home and went for our first walk together in years. We walked halfway to the end of our street and back, and she made it with no pain. The next day we walked farther and still no pain. No more need for the prescription pain medications for Fibromyalgia…and she has not taken one of those since then.
We continued walking farther and farther each day, and she was regaining her strength now that all of the terrible pain and fatigue were gone. After about a week, she was able to walk for a mile. Not long after that, it became two miles. We donated her wheelchair to charity. She was able to use her arms again, and feed herself and dress herself and everything else you do with your arms and hands.
She had a previously scheduled appointment coming up with the main Fibromyalgia doctor, and we decided to keep the appointment and tell him the good news. After that appointment, I sent this message to the prayer email list:
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From: Neal
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:06 PM
To: *******
Subject: Testimony Update
Hi everyone.
I am the person who sent out the testimony back in August about Christ healing my wife Teresa from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (FM/CFS).
I just wanted to send out a little story that I hope will build your faith. This is a story about what it is like to tell a doctor that Jesus healed you.
Last Wednesday, I took Teresa back the specialist she has been seeing for FM/CFS. His name is Dr. Charles Lapp, and he’s in Charlotte, NC. He is one of the top experts on for that condition in America, and he is absolutely the finest medical professional I have ever dealt with.
Teresa hasn’t been back to seen him since God healed her on August 25, so we were very excited to tell him what happened. The last time he saw her she was in constant severe pain. She was only able to stand up for about two minutes before feeling like she was going to collapse, and even sitting up was difficult.
This time was a completely different story, because now she walks about a mile or two for exercise every day, and all the pain and suffering is gone
Here’s how the appointment started:
Dr. Lapp: “You look great! How are you doing?”
Teresa: “Have you ever heard of someone getting healed from Fibromyalgia?”
Dr. Lapp: “No I haven’t. (he looked surprised and excited).”
Teresa: “Well, I have a story to tell you. On August 25, God healed me…”
Then she told him the story of what happened. He looked to be both amazed and excited at the same time.
He did all of his tests on her, and he just kept laughing because everything was negative. He said he had never seen anything like this before. We said “we haven’t either, but it sure is awesome!”
Then, he gave her a hug, told her how happy he was for her, and wrote up his report. Here’s what he wrote at the end of the report…and I quote:
“Assessment: CFS/FM – miraculously resolved!”
There’s nobody like Jesus.
I hope this will help you to believe that God is still doing miracles, and healing people.
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And now, years later, Teresa is an athlete. She is at the gym every day doing some extreme workouts that would would put most men in the world to shame. She is one of the most physically fit people that I know, and that is not an exaggeration.
The experience we had the night she was healed started us on a journey. We began learning more about the Holy Spirit and how He wants to work through natural people to do supernatural things…and set people free from whatever conditions are holding them back.
The rest of the writings on this blog are mostly a collection of things that we have learned over the last few years as we began stepping out in faith and ministering to others. I hope this blesses you and brings encouragement. God loves you!
Neal
This just goes to show that God is still in the healing bussiness.Also speaking in tongues is a real thing.
Teresa and Neal, this story is a blessing to my mind, soul and spirit right now. I have been suffering with FM/CFS for almost 20 years. I know my time is coming. Thank you for sharing this story and may God continues to watch over you. God Bless Always!!
I’m laying in bed sick myself from this disease. It’s at times debilitating for me, and I can’t remember the last day I have been pain free. I know Jesus, I have the gift tongues, yet I’m still afflicted . Please pray for me?
My name is Andrea Loose and I would love to be healed in Jesus Name ❤✝
Praying for you right now Andrea!
I’m glad I can type this because I’m crying hysterically right now. Please Father, bring hope and peace to the weary who suffer from this condition. Specifically to Andrea and personally to Kathryn. Praise you Father! Praise you Jesus!
Hi Derek. Thanks for your comment. I agree with you in prayer right now for Andrea and Kathryn!
Thank you so much for sharing what a beautiful testimony such a debilitating illness. Please pray for me and my mum we’ve had this illness for 17 years between us!
Hannah I am so sorry to hear that. I believe it is God’s will for all His children to be healthy and free from sickness and disease. I am praying for you and your mother right now.
Wow.. I was looking for the Holy Spirit power and healing for my Fibromyalgia.. praising God for the healing for your wife Neal..and praying for all sufferers. I hv been struggling for 3 years, please pray for me too! Love & Regards, Ren
I am sorry you have been suffering. I am praying for you right now, and by faith I believe you will notice a difference today in Jesus name!!
i am suffering from fibromyalgia from last 3 years . i was looking for the holy spirit power and healing for my fibromyalgia… praising god for the healing for your wife . and praying for all who r suffering from this disease.. pls pray for me too.. in jesus name….
I am praying for you right now for complete healing from all symptoms forever, in Jesus name.
I am suffering from cfs and fibromyalgia I have had it for just over two years. I would love some prayer in Jesus name.
Praying for you right now. Father I thank you that healing is your will. Jesus I thank you that you carried all our sicknesses and diseases (Isa 53:4). In the name of Jesus all pain and FMS and CFS and all sickness go away. I speak life and health to you and full recovery in Jesus name!
Hello, I’m 24 years old and experience some symptoms of pain, have not been officially diagnosed but God knows my struggle. I believe in supernatural healing and Gods power to do so. But my faith stumbles when I’m fearful of the future. I have received the gift of the spirit and have received word that God is my strength. But I would love your prayers as I know God will deliver me 100% percent. My name is Stephanie Salgado.
I am praying for you right now as I type this. Father I thank you that healing is your will for Stephanie. Jesus I thank you that by your wounds she is healed. In the name of Jesus I come against all sickness and disease in her body. May God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. There is no sickness in heaven, so in the name of Jesus all pain and sickness leave her body right now. Amen!
What a beautiful testimony of Jesus healing power. Your testimony has so blessed me and gave me encouragement when I was feeling discouraged and hopeless. I’m also Holy Spirit-filled in tongue speaking but yet still leaving for my healing from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue and all the horrible symptoms. I know Jesus is our deliverer and our healer I know the enemy is worthless. Please pray the prayer of agreement that if there is some deep healing I need in my soul that hinders me from receiving the manifestation of God’s healing power that I would be healed Body Spirit and soul thank you for your prayers thank you for your testimony glory to God in Jesus name
Hi Terri. Thank you for the kind words. I am praying in agreement with you right now for complete healing. Father thank You that it is Your will for Terri to live free from all these symptoms. There is no sickness in heaven, and You said to pray for Your will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. So in the name of Jesus all fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue leave Terri right now and never return. By Jesus wounds she has been healed, so every symptom leave her body now. Life and health and freedom to Terri in Jesus name amen!
I’m so happy to hear of the people that God healed. Please pray for me for I have fibromyalgia and spondylosis in my neck and I am in such pain. Thank you so much and God Bless
Hi Diane. I am sorry you are in pain. I am praying for you right now as I type this, that you will be free from all conditions and all symptoms in Jesus name.
Thanks for you story. I also got Fibromyalgia and need healing in the name of JESUS.
I am so sorry to hear that. I am praying for your healing right now.
please pray for me im a minister have a healing minisrty but myself im still in pain with cfs fibro
Hi Rachel. I am so sorry that you are in pain. I am praying this prayer for you right now.
Father thank you that you want Rachel to be free from all pain and fatigue and every symptom. Jesus thank you that you bore Rachels pain and sickness for her. Holy Spirit, I think you that you help us bring God’s will to earth. In the name of Jesus I command all symptoms to leave Rachel right now, and never come back. I speak life and health over her body, and I command all infirmity to leave her now. In Jesus name amen.
Fibromyalgia for over 8 yrs bad pain everywhere and brain fog no energy bad head pressure. Medicines make me sick or get worse head pressure or does nothing for me. July 20th disibility claim with judge on line. Need prayers it goes through this time and can not hardly work part time. Please help with prayers and so Jesus and God will completely remove all my pain and struggles with fibromyalgia. I thank you.
Hi Julie. I am sorry to hear about all the trouble you are going through. I am going to pray this out loud as I type it. “Thank you Father that you have good plans for Julie, and that you want her to be well and whole. There is no FMS or brain fog or pressure in heaven, and so I know that is not your will in heaven. And I pray that you will be done on earth, in Julie, as it is in heaven. In the name of Jesus I command all symptoms to leave Julie’s body right now. I speak life and health into her muscles and to every cell in her body. I curse Fibromyalgia and I command it to obey God’s will leave Julie forever. I pray for your wisdom to guide her, and your favor to go before her with any legal matters. And may there be no need for disability anymore, in Jesus name amen.”
I am writting this at 4 at night cause I havent been able to sleep yet because of my FM feet pain. I am absolutely desperate, just feel I cant keep going. Please pray for me.
I am so sorry to hear this. I am praying for you right now, and I want to tell you that you can keep going, and that you will overcome.
Father I thank you that it is your will for Rebeca to be free from this pain. Jesus I thank you that by your wounds Rebeca was healed. Holy Spirit, I thank you that you are with us to bring the Father’s will to pass. In the name of Jesus I command all pain to leave Rebeca right now. Every symptom get out of her body. I set her free right now from all sickness and from every plan of the enemy to come against one of God’s children. I speak life and recovery and complete restoration for Rebeca. In Jesus name amen!
Hi there, Thank you for your inspirational story I have been diagnosed w/Fibromyalgia along w/many other auto immune issues like Lyme. I have suffered since my youngest was born over 13 years ago & feel that it has robbed me of those precious years with my children. I’m also an elementary teacher and was very active before all of this by running 3 miles daily , riding my. bike ,gardening but now I’m very limited on any type of exercise. I’m in pain everyday & try not to take anything but manage it w/ice, heat & pain lotions. I feel that no one believes me or Dr.’s think I’m just complaining but the pain is real & this has caused me to become depressed. I am a Christian & I’ve grown even closer to Christ through all of this. I found this site by looking up prayers on one of my bad flare up days. Your wife’s story as given me hope especially the part that she is an athlete now! I wonder how good that must feel to be able to be healthy and not in pain anymore. Thank you for your prayers! God Bless
Joanne, I am very sorry to hear that you are suffering like this. The pain is real. I believe most Dr’s mean well, but sometimes they don’t react very well when they don’t understand something. My wife and I experienced this. So, don’t let that get you down. I believe you will get over this and have a full recovery.
I am praying this prayer for you right now:
Father, I thank you that healing is your will, and that it is your will for Joanne to be well. Jesus I thank you that you paid for Joanne’s healing, and you carried her pains. Holy Spirit, I thank you that you are present with Joanne right now, and that bring God’s will into the earth when we pray. So in the name of Jesus, I command all sickness and all disease to leave Joanne’s body right now. All symptoms get out. All pain and fatigue leave. The Bible says that the power of life and death has been placed in our tongues by our Father. So I speak death to Fibryomyalgia and to any other disease afflicting Joanne. And I speak life to her immune system, her muscles, her nervous system, and her whole body from head to to. Be healed in Jesus name amen!
Praise the lord Jesus Christ 🙏🏼 my name is Theresa and I read ur powerful testimony while I was reading had tears in my eyes as I could relate the pain ur wife has been through and healed. I felt that the msg is for me as my name is Theresa too. Pls brother Neal pray for me as u prayed for ur wife and there was healing. I believe Im here with a propose and God wants me to be healed on this Good Friday as I surrender myself to him.
In Jesus name there is power and healing. Amen
Hi Theresa. I am sorry you are suffering. Right now I am praying this:
Father, thank you that healing is your will. Jesus thank you that you carried all Theresa’s pains and disease. Holy Spirit thank you that you are present with Theresa to bring life to her physical body. In the name of Jesus I command all sickness, pain, and symptoms to leave Theresa right now. I speak life to her body and mind and emotions. I set her free from all physical ailments in the name of Jesus. Be healed in Jesus name amen!
Neal will you please pray for healing my awful fibromyalgia. I’ve had it for 6years and can barely work. I love my job as a hair stylist but it is getting more and more impossibly difficult to continue. In Jesus name!
Hi Christine. I am so sorry you are dealing with this. I am praying for you right now. Here is my prayer: “Father thank you that your will is for Christine to be whole and well. Jesus thank you that you carried all of her sickness and disease and that by your wounds she has been healed. Holy Spirit than you that you are present to bring the Father’s will to pass. In Jesus name I command fibromyalgia to leave Christine right now and never return. I command the root to be removed from her forever, and all symptoms to leave now. Any spirit involved in this condition, I order you to leave her and never come back. I speak life and health to her body and soul in Jesus name. Amen.
My daughter, Hannah, was just diagnosed with FM about an hour and a half ago. She’s been in pain and suffering with fatigue since last year with no answers. Just yesterday God revealed that as He has healed her from severe depression and mental illness at age 16, He will heal do it again – heal her from this. Please pray in agreement with me for her healing. Thank you for sharing your testimony it has confirmed what He told me
Hi Anne Marie. I am sorry to hear about the difficulties you guys are going through. I agree with you in prayer right now for Hannah’s healing and complete and total recovery in Jesus’ name!