God Answers Prayer and Heals an Aneurysm (Sermon Illustration)
The Bible tells us to pray for healing. We may not always experience a miraculous healing, but we never know when God will answer in a powerful way. There are countless stories of answered prayers that doctors cannot explain.
Here is one example:
Shortly after we started praying for people in public in our services, a lady in our church named Ruth Gay called me. She told me she had an aneurysm, and that on Wednesday she was going into the hospital for a second angiogram. (An aneurysm is a swelling in a blood vessel so that the walls of the blood vessel become stretched and thin. The danger is that the walls of the blood vessel may burst, resulting in the death of the person.) On Thursday they were going to operate in order to repair the aneurysm. She asked if we would come to her house on Monday night and pray for her. On Monday night, Leesa, Joyce Smeltzer (the wife of John Smeltzer, one of our pastors), and I went to Ruth Gay’s house to pray for her. Ruth was living by herself and had been estranged from the rest of her family. She was lonely, depressed, and frightened over her impending surgery.
When the three of us entered her house on Monday night, we could actually feel the gloom surrounding her. We talked with her for a little while, and then we laid our hands on her head and asked the Lord to take her aneurysm away. We prayed very calmly, specifically asking God to supernaturally heal her aneurysm. We didn’t rebuke any demons, or shout, or work up any religious excitement. We didn’t pray for the Lord to guide the doctor’s hands. We asked the Lord to use his own hands to touch this blood vessel and take away the aneurysm.
None of us heard the Lord speak directly that night, nor did we see any overt supernatural signs or manifestations. When we left the house, however, we all had a sense that the Lord had healed Ruth. We didn’t say this to her, but nevertheless we thought we sensed his presence there. On Wednesday morning I received a call from Ruth. She had just come out of her second angiogram. Her voice was so weak I could barely hear her. She said, “Jack, I have been healed!”
“What?”
“I have been healed!”
“You’re kidding!”
“No, it’s true. The aneurysm is gone.”
“What did your doctor say?”
“He said I have been healed. A nurse just came in this morning and told me it was a miracle.”
“Did you ask your doctor how he could explain this?”
“He can’t explain it. He told me that aneurysms never go away. They have to be corrected by surgery. I asked him if he had ever seen this before, and he said, ‘Never.’ He said, ‘I have no explanation for it, you have been healed.’”
This was the first medically documented healing that happened in our church.
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Loved the testimony praise the Lord!
I’am also facing surgery for a Acending Aortic Aneurysm of the heart and also a disruption of a heart valve.
Need Prayer!
Thanks for sharing!
Please pray for my girlfriend with a aneurysm, due to an injury a blow to the head doctors staple her crack skull and some how pinched the aneurysm, and the chance for another surgery are to low her name is Verri Espino she now has two years to live so the doctor say thank you for hearing out the request thank you
She shall not die in Jesus name. Amen
I am 32 years and my abdominal aortic aneurysm now measures over 7cm. I am in Nigeria and no doctor here can operate it. At this point I am helpless. I only hope on God to perform a healing miracle. I wish I could get help outside Nigeria. I just had a baby and I don’t want death to snach me away from her. Please pray for me. Here is my email address ogbechinagloria@gmail.com so that we could support each other. For what God can not do does not exist. Amen.
Please pray for my childhood friend Quandetrice. She’s a great mom with a beautiful soul. So many of us are praying for one another on this site but I really pray God makes a move within your life.
Love Punkin💕
I have a 6.1 cm AAA that requires surgery and like the others, I am terrified. I have prayed for God to heal my aneurysm so I was surprised and saddend that it was so much larger. Please pray for God to heal me, I’m devoted to my Heavenly Father and pray everyday. May God put his healing hands on me and be in the hearts of all.
Praying Jo! God is able and through him nothing is impossible!
Amen
Please pray for me. My name is Elliott, I am 40 and diagnose with Aortic Root aneurysm at 4.8 cm. I believe by faith God will heal me through the strips of Jesus and we will all have a testimony to share. Do to get scared, depressed and hopeless. But when I rest in him, it all goes away. So please pray for me. If any want to reach out to me so we can support each other you can DM at egatx512 IG or email me elliguil82@gmail.com
praying for you…. please do the same for me, in Jesus Name
Please pray for my husband. He had a dissecting aneurysm in 2017. He goes every 6 months to check the size. God spared him. Most people just drop over from these. I’m asking that God will heal this and keep it stable. I believe if it His will, it will be done. God bless and thank you.
I was diagnosed of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Please pray for God to heal me. I believe I would be healed, God shall heal us in Jesus name. Amen
Praying for you in the mighty name of Jesus
I was diagnosed abdominal aorta anuerysm 4.5 centimetimer please pray for me God to heal me I believe God healed me in Jesus name AMEN
Praying for every living soul. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN
I was diagnosed abdominal aorta anuerysm 4.5 centimetimer please pray for me God to heal me I believe God healed me in Jesus name AMEN
My niece Tomasita (Tommie) has an aneurysm in her head somewhere. I hope someone will help me pray for her. She will go to surgery soon. I believe in God and prayer.
Praying for your niece in Jesus name!
I was just diagnosed with an aortic anurysm 4.5 cm. It’s frustrating because I’ d already decided to quit drinking to live. Now I’ve got this and it scares me to death . I would appreciate someone to pray for me to heal. Thank you.
By his stripes you were healed the fire of God ignites in your brain and removes anything that isn’t of God right now by the power of God receive your healing washed in the blood of Jesus amen receive your healing in Jesus name amen
I pray you get a miracle healing in Jesus name!
Pls.i need your prayers for my bf.who admit in the hospital because of aneurysm🙏
🙏blessings and healing. My husband has the same. I pray for you both to be healed 🙏🙏
i’ve read all of the comments. i know god can heal all of our problems i am a 69 year old male and have a 5.7 aortic aneurism. i lost my wife last year to covid iam alone as well and spend the first hour of the day reading devotionals and the bible. my doctor tells me that i need to get it repaired now. im trusting our lord and savior. pray for me that our good lord uses his healing power to repair me. In jesus name i pray.
Praying for you in Jesus name!
Praying for healing to come your way 🙏
🙏blessings and healing. My husband has the same. I pray for you both to be healed 🙏🙏
May I ask for your prayers for our Pastor friend, Ptr. BJ Villanueva. From the results of his CT scan, he have a suspicious sacular aneurysm on his right brain artery which seem to be the cause of his headaches. He will undergo further tests and consultation with a neuro surgeon. He’ll have an RTPCR test, then I will be confined at Chinese General Hospital tomorrow for tests and observation.
Praying for your pastor in Jesus mighty name!
I have an brain aneurysm my name is Austin Williams my aunt and uncle have died from them and my uncle who wasn’t blood related survived one I’m 24 please pray for me that it’ll go away and I’ll pray for all of you as well. I wish you all the best of luck I you’re not alone.
Praying for healing in the name of Jesus!
Prayers and love in Jesus name for healing 🙏
My name is a Trina I am 54. Last May I had an emergency AAA surgery. I am a single mom of 4 foster children and I am raising my grandson. I am grateful to God to be here but I am afraid. I can’t get life insurance to care for my family and I want to live! I am afraid if I die my children will not have a home. That’s why I so desperately need life insurance. Please please pray for me. I am just so scared. I am grateful to have found this group.
Praying for healing in Jesus mighty name!
Please asking for your prayers.. I have Abdominal aortic aneurysm…i believe in the healing power of Jesus Christ. Thanks for your prayers in advance.
Dear panda, I will pray for you to be healed. God is merciful and cares for us. My husband has three of them in his abdomen. I will pray for you both. God bless you and protect you always. Love inChrist,mary
I googled praying for healing from aortic aneurysm and found this. I have also been recently diagnosed, and while I know medically it can’t go away on its own, I believe spiritually that I am going to be blessed with that gift of healing. I am the mother of two little ones, and I want nothing more than to be healthy for them. Please pray for me as I will do the same for all of you.
Praying for you in the mighty name of Jesus!
I am a young female, 67 year who has an Aoreta Anureism . My ascending is 5.3. I worked out, ate healthy. My descending Aoreta is no concern right now. I also have a severe leaky heart in my Aoreta. Please pray for me that the Lord heals me. I am meeting with the Surgeon this month. I have faith the Lord is going to heal me .
Praying for you in Jesus name!
I have an aortic aneurysm about 4.6cm. Doctors say it will never go away and when it gets to 5.5 I will need open heart surgery. Please touch and agree with me that I am healed in Jesus name. I believe he will do it for me too. Im a 32 year old mother of 6.
Crystal, I’m so sorry to hear that. I cannot imagine what you must be going through. Praying for you today.
Crystal my aneurysm was 4.5 when first found.I was told same thing about how it never goes away.My last scan was 3.4 to 3.8 with no evidence of aneurysm.I know how you feel and what you are going through.
Dont give up because Jesus has power to heal you to if its his will.I am praying for your healing in Jesus Name.
I have just been diagnosed with leg aneurisms. I had a clot in my leg which the doctor was able to dissolve in the hospital last week. I pray that the Lord will put his hands on me as he did for Ruth to cure my aneurisms. Surgery for me is eminent without my Lords healing.
Praying for you in Jesus name
I just prayed for you and know that god can heal you. I myself have an aortic aneurysm that I get tested for growth yearly. God bless you
I have a ascending thoracic aorta aneurysm at 4.1 cm and I’m. I’m at the point where I just want them to get rid of this thing so I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I try and leave it in God’s hands but it is so hard most of the time to not think about it. I would love to talk to someone like you who is going through the same thing.
Praying for your healing in Jesus name!
Praying for you in Jesus mighty name!
Praying in the name of Jesus that you will be healed by his strips. That you will continue to live through many years and lead your children through righteousness as you have been called to do. Heavenly, Father I pray for the healing for Crystal Reese. Touch her and restore every health in her body by the blood and strips of Jesus. We pray, Amen.
My name is Elliott, 40 and I do too have an Aortic root aneurysm at 4.8. A healthy male that exercise regularly and don’t smoke and rarely drink. I am a father of two (9 year old girl and 2 year old boy) This ordeal actually led me to Christ. Keep me and prayer as I pray for you 🙏🏻
Praying for you…I am….in Jesus name. Please do the same
I was diagnosed with aortic anurysm about 2 years ago .I Have been going for follow up scans to monitor size.I just had mri done this week and got results.There is no longer an anurysm there.I have been healed.Praise God.Thank you Jesus.
God is faithful! Please pray with me for the healing of my niece she also has an aneurysm along with other health issues. Daily I thank Him for Her healing. She is afraid but I know God has done it before and can do it again. He says if we ask anything in His name according to his will it shall be done! Thanks for joining in prayer for her healing also.
Praying in Jesus name
Thanks for sharing the testomony! God is faithful an its testimonies like these that encourage us to trust God.
Please pray for God to heal me Dr. can’t do anything but I know God is able Can’t eat ,I only weigh eighty.I have emphysema I need strength .I had small aneurysm please
Praying for you in Jesus name
Please pray for my mother she been in the hospital and on many pills because of an aorta dissection and while in care had a stroke and life threatening intestinal bleeding. Please join in prayer with me for her full recovery.