Dear friend, You, as well as all of us, must do what 'pirlee' has said to do...pray, praise, and trust. Pray...absolutely! God wants to hear from us often (we just don't go to him often enough). Praise...even in our sorrows we can praise him. I believe it is our praising Him in the tough times that tells Him our true love for Him and our desire for His best for us. Trust...no matter what the results of our prayers and praise, we will trust Him.

Dear Father, we pray for healing for this man. Physical healing...yes. But even more, a spiritual healing and renewal. We praise you for loving us, expressed in the ultimate gift of your Son. We trust you to heal in your timing. Please help strengthen our faith in You as we continue to pray for healing for this family. We do love you, but forgive us when we do not express that more often. In Jesus name! amen. 

changed on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:00:22 AM

Dear friend, I have been where your husband is. In pain, taking all kinds of medications and still suffering. I was angry because of my suffering and because of the way the medication made me feel. I was fussing at the doctors telling them that if I wanted to be a dope addict that I could go out into the streets and get drugs a lot cheaper than what they were giving me. The final thing was when they kept telling me that I just would have to live with my pain, that I would be spending most of my time in bed and that I was basically at the level of recovery that I was ever going to get. Well this is when I started to claim my recovery through God. I couldn't go to church or do anything because of my back and spinal problems. I had back problems all of my life and on top of that, right after having surgery on my low back, my husband and I were hit by an 18 wheeler that injured my neck, then a doctor backed into us that reinjured my neck about a year after my neck surgery, then my husband died in 97 and after fighting my way back from these injuries and the loss of my husband, in 99 I was a victim of road rage where my neck was injured again and more surgery was performed. I know that you asked for prayer, but sometimes God wants us to give a testimony to someone else to encourage them. He says to "testify of His good Works". You see just reading my testimony, you would think that I have to be crippled, confined to bed and really depressed. None of the above. I started to trust God and I never got addicted to all the strong medications. The morphine and all the other pain medications, all the antidepressants. My pain drew me closer to God, when I knew that I couldn't trust man to help me. I have to tell you that today, I am able to go to church everytime the doors open. I can praise Him. I have morphine pills, A pain patch that is supposed to be stronger than the morphine, but I have not used either in about 2 months. I have received healing. I believe that I got healed because in my pain I never stopped calling on God, I never stopped saying "God I trust you" and I never stopped praying for others. Your husband may not be able to get through this, but you be strong and you get through it for him. You continue to pray for him, you continue to let God know that you trust Him, you continue to claim healing for your husband, you continue to claim deliverance for your husband from the addiction to the medications. "YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS GOD" Remember Joseph in Genesis 39. Remember that he was so blessed that everything and everybody around him got blessed. Trust God and He will bless you. Never give up on Him and allow your husband to draw from the blessings that God puts on you. I will pray for you and your husband 

Lord, I pray that you would totally heal this man. That there would be no need for any mor medication and that you would set him free in Jesus Name. Amen