MAJOR UPDATE on Priscilla McGruder - Page 11

Subdued · #**101** 05-15-2009, 03:24 PM

I just received this update in my email:

Sis. McGruder... feels that God has told her to stop all chemo treatments. She has been committed to doing all that the doctors asked of her, and this is now her decision to totally trust God for her complete healing.

Sister Alvear · #**102** 05-15-2009, 04:27 PM

She sure is a sweet saint.

JoeJones · #**103** 01-13-2010, 04:02 AM

My oh my... how quick Christians (and Apostolic Pentecostals in particular) are to claim any sort of recovery as a "miraculous healing". I have heard Sis. Mcgruder's story of how she was "healed" of breast cancer. She speaks of how the doctor went in to do the surgery and the cancer was extremely hard and difficult to cut with the scalpel. This part I do believe due to the fact that breast cancer is notorious for being extremely hard and fibrous; when the body has cancer it forms a protective barrier of fibrous tissue around the cancer to isolate the toxins inside. Also, with calcification, it isn't any wonder that her cancer was "hard as a rock". This is actually a very common thing with breast cancer (and other cancers as well).

The fact is, Sis. Mcgruder was never "healed". Her breast cancer "went away" because she had surgery to have it removed and chemotherapy to ensure that it was completely removed and wouldn't immediately come back. Furthermore, no one can claim that they were "miraculously healed" of a condition if they had surgery or medication to remove or dissipate said condition. Her breast cancer went away because she had surgery; there is no miracle involved in surgery, only good medical practices and a good surgeon.

I've heard it said that if god does something he does it right. If that were the case then why is she now cancerous again? The answer is very simple: if you have cancer once you can get it again.

Sam · #**104** 01-13-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeJones

My oh my... how quick Christians (and Apostolic Pentecostals in particular) are to claim any sort of recovery as a "miraculous healing". I have heard Sis. Mcgruder's story of how she was "healed" of breast cancer. She speaks of how the doctor went in to do the surgery and the cancer was extremely hard and difficult to cut with the scalpel. This part I do believe due to the fact that breast cancer is notorious for being extremely hard and fibrous; when the body has cancer it forms a protective barrier of fibrous tissue around the cancer to isolate the toxins inside. Also, with calcification, it isn't any wonder that her cancer was "hard as a rock". This is actually a very common thing with breast cancer (and other cancers as well).

The fact is, Sis. Mcgruder was never "healed". Her breast cancer "went away" because she had surgery to have it removed and chemotherapy to ensure that it was completely removed and wouldn't immediately come back. Furthermore, no one can claim that they were "miraculously healed" of a condition if they had surgery or medication to remove or dissipate said condition. Her breast cancer went away because she had surgery; there is no miracle involved in surgery, only good medical practices and a good surgeon.

I've heard it said that if god does something he does it right. If that were the case then why is she now cancerous again? The answer is very simple: if you have cancer once you can get it again.

I received this Monday Sept. 19, 2005. It is a testimony by Barb Muenchen about her healing that happened 25 years before.

In 2004 when I found out I had prostate cancer I asked a lot of people to pray for me. One day Barb came up to me in the Vineyard Chapel and told me, "The name of Jesus is greater than any cancer." Then she told me about her bout with colon cancer in 1980 and how God had healed her. I had not heard that story before. She felt like she should tell me about it to encourage me and it was very encouraging. I have told that story to some people since then but I asked her if she would type it up for me and let me share it with others. She agreed and here it is. I hope it encourages you like it did me.
Jim Ellis
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Hi Jim,

So many things have come up lately I'll just have to trust that now is a great time to pass this on. Thank you for asking...its always valuable to reflect on God's goodness!

Several years ago, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. As I was young, many months passed before the doctor realized the problem. By the time I entered the hospital, I required several blood transfusions to restore my system before surgery. During the procedure, a grapefruit size malignant tumor was removed from my colon. It had passed through the colon wall and spread to several lymph nodes. My prognosis was very poor. I remember meeting the oncologist and the grim look on his face. He had told my family I would not live to see Christmas (the surgery was in March). Nevertheless, preparation was made to begin extensive radiation treatments as soon as possible.

To be sure, I had had much prayer by my friends and family. My first time back to church my pastor prayed for me again. I felt a warmth go from the bottom of my large incision to the top. It circled the area where many of the malignant lymph nodes had been found (and the place I had been marked in red for the radiation). The heat traveled back down to the bottom of my incision. I knew something profound had occurred.

I began the treatments with the same "must do" attitude I'd had for the surgery. I was very weak, however, following such major surgery, and as the treatments began, my weakness increased. I was scheduled to go five times a week for six weeks. I questioned if I would make it.

One morning I was in the hospital waiting for another treatment. This thought came to me "Trust Me to complete your healing." I knew God was speaking and only He knew what my body could endure. At that moment, my family doctor entered the waiting room. I quietly told him I would be stopping my treatments. He insisted I make an appointment to discuss this with him. I made the appointment, as well as one with the surgeon and the oncologist. All three men objected. The oncologist was the most insistent. I told him he had no guarantees for me. He said, "Life has no guarantees." Trying to be both respectful and appreciative, I simply said I would put my life in God's Hands. These were his parting words: "If I see you in the mall in six months, I'll believe in your miracle." That was early April1980!

I share the treatment part of my story with much caution, as no one should casually stop their treatments. As recently as two years ago, in sharing my story with a prominent gastroenterologist, he said the protocol twenty plus years ago was way over the top. He confirmed the radiation and chemotherapy doses prescribed then would have ended my life. (We know amazing progress has been made with regard to treating cancer today.) So not only did God heal me, but He protected me from the then offered "cure". By the way, this same doctor was also the first to call my healing a miracle.

Many blood tests and colonoscopies later, I remain cancer free. I am grateful for His healing power. His Name is above every name, even the dreaded name cancer!

In Him....Barb Muenchen

Sam · #**105** 03-29-2010, 08:25 PM

posted on Facebook by her husband about an hour ago:

Praise the Lord, Priscilla has felt better today than she has in 3 or 4 weeks!! I am so blessed, my soul has found rest; Oh Lord, I give you thanks!!

Elizabeth · #**106** 03-29-2010, 10:45 PM

Thank you Sam for posting both Barb's testimony and Sister Priscilla's update.

crakjak · #**107** 03-29-2010, 11:42 PM

May the Lord Our God be praised for His healing power. May we have the eyes of our understanding opened to understand how to embrace all that He is in our lives. We are so often defeated by the words of our mouth and the thoughts in our hearts.

Trouvere · #**108** 03-30-2010, 02:58 AM

Treatments can only treat.
If anyone is healed its because Jesus did it.
Doctors themselves will tell you that they can only treat.
They do not know how the body heals itself.
That comes from Jesus.

Falla39 · #**109** 03-30-2010, 11:13 AM

In 1926, my paternal grandmother was dying of typhoid fever. The doctor pointed to
her feet and legs, telling my grandfather, "Tom, Lizzie's dying! See the blue on her feet
and legs. She breathed a simple prayer as a sincere praying, Bible-reading Methodist,
"Lord If YOU would see fit, let me live to raise my three children". My dad was 8, brother
5, and little sister, 2 1/2 yrs. old. She lapsed into a coma to awake the next evening. Her
fever had broke, she was hungry and thirsty. She outlived the doctor who said she was
dying by over 50 yrs. She lived 58 more yrs after his said she was dying. I heard her say
many times she could feel the cold hand of death creeping up her legs.

I am so thankful to have heard this story over and over throughout my 70 yrs. I did not
witness this firsthand but it was passed on to me by my grandmother who lived to see
our first grandbaby born.It was her first Great-grandchild. That grandchild just gave us
our first Great-grandbaby, 26 yrs later.

This testimony was passed on to me also by my father, and I make sure that it is passed
on to our children, grandchildren and our first little great-grandchild when she is old enough
to hear and understand. This testimony, among other testimonies through the years, has
caused me to trust in a GOD who is able to do exceeding miracleous things!
God told the children of Israel to tell their children and their children's children about this ONE
TRUE AND LIVING GOD!
Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever!! I believe in a God who cannot lie
and He cannot fail!

Hugs,

Falla39

Sam · #**110** 03-30-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Falla39

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This testimony was passed on to me also by my father, and I make sure that it is passed
on to our children, grandchildren and our first little great-grandchild when she is old enough
to hear and understand. This testimony, among other testimonies through the years, has
caused me to trust in a GOD who is able to do exceeding miracleous thngs!
God told the children of Israel to tell their children and their children's children about this ONE
TRUE AND LIVING GOD!
Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever!! I believe in a God who cannot lie
and He cannot fail!

Hugs,

Falla39

My parents were not Apostolic/Pentecostal and not even particularly religious so I didn't have a heritage like that. My wife's parents were sort of up and down and in and out of Church but they have passed some stories on to my wife. My wife and I have been married 52 years, have 5 adult children, 13 grandchildren and one great grand child. We have stories we have passed on to our children and grand children. A couple of years ago, one grandchild who has grown to adulthood and is not involved in any church at all said, "Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles just doesn't know our family." I felt pretty good about that. We get requests from kids and grandkids to pray about things and there have been some good answers to prayer.