Book Title: Living Continually In Peace While We Wait For The Return Of Jesus
(From: "Life in Christ Series, book #23")
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Isaiah 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
This is the way God has taught me to live... peace & joy leading me.
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"Go in peace" ... if you have no peace, don't go.
If there are two ways you can see to go, go in the way of peace.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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Pam's cancer treatment story.
Pam says:
I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in September, 2022, after surgery to have a tumor removed.
This cancer was considered "high grade" so the urologist referred me to a specialist/surgeon in Denver, about 50 miles away from where we live.
This
specialist told me that without treatment, I would be dead in 1 year,
maybe 2 years at most. She prescribed 4 chemo treatments, 2 weeks
apart, then wait a month, then have surgery to remove my bladder at the end of December, 2022, or first part of January, 2023.
The following evening I was reviewing some information the chemo pharmacist
had given me about the various drugs that would be administered and
their possible side effects. I wanted to make sure I had everything on hand that might be
needed to help with side effects before the chemo began the following day.
A few days before this appointment, I woke in the night with the words "virtual meeting" going through my mind. I didn't know why I had been awakened with those words, but the following day I found out. When I took our car to a mechanic for a wheel alignment, he determined that the car had damage which made it unsafe to drive! It would take about a week to get the needed parts to fix car.
I immediately thought of the appointment in Denver and began considering how I could get there. Then I was reminded of having heard the words "virtual meeting" in the night. I called the doctor's office and was able to easily change the meeting with the physician assistant to be a virtual meeting. So much easier than driving to Denver, yet totally sufficient for what was needed.
Hebrews 13:5-6 ....
for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that
we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man
shall do unto me.
Chemotherapy wasn't a concern to me, but having my bladder removed troubled me a lot!
Needing to deal for the rest of my life with some way for my body to
function without the natural bladder was a big concern.
I didn't mention to anyone that I didn't want to have this bladder-removal surgery, but I talked with God about it, laying all my concerns out to HIM.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And I asked God if there might be some way I could be spared this surgery.
I
didn't know what God's will was in this, so I just waited to be shown
if I should do anything different than what the specialist/surgeon in
Denver recommended.
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About 10 days later I was given a dream. In this dream I was considering not having bladder removal.
(When I was given this dream, I had no idea there were any treatment options other than bladder removal.)
When
I got through all the drug information, there was one piece of paper
left. It was a sheet the pharmacist had included from the American
Society of Clinical Oncology about bladder cancer. I was casually
reading this when the following jumped out at me ...
"An approach using chemotherapy with radiation therapy may provide the same benefits as bladder removal."
I
felt this might be an answer to my prayer about being spared
bladder-removal surgery and asked God to please show me if this was not
the case. I was not shown anything.
But I didn't know how to go about changing my treatment plan, having no idea who to talk with about radiation therapy. So I asked God how to do this and kept having the specialist/surgeon in Denver brought to my mind. I sent her a note.
The
next morning, her nurse called to setup a time the following week for me
to meet with the physician assistant who works with this doctor in
Denver.
A few days before this appointment, I woke in the night with the words "virtual meeting" going through my mind. I didn't know why I had been awakened with those words, but the following day I found out. When I took our car to a mechanic for a wheel alignment, he determined that the car had damage which made it unsafe to drive! It would take about a week to get the needed parts to fix car.
I immediately thought of the appointment in Denver and began considering how I could get there. Then I was reminded of having heard the words "virtual meeting" in the night. I called the doctor's office and was able to easily change the meeting with the physician assistant to be a virtual meeting. So much easier than driving to Denver, yet totally sufficient for what was needed.
Most
of all, it was very comforting to see this example of God watching over
my situation and helping me, even before I knew there was a need.
(Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.)
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During
the virtual meeting, the physician assistant told me that I'm not a
good candidate for chemo with radiation and reasons this was the case.
But interestingly, she then said she could make a referral for me to
talk with a radiation oncologist in Colorado Springs where I live. She said she had heard very good things about this radiation oncologist who had been trained at the Mayo clinic. I asked the physician assistant to please make that referral.
A few days before meeting with the radiation oncologist I had a dream. In this dream a man was sitting next to me as I met with the radiation oncologist. It was as if the man was there to support and help me.
When
I woke from the dream I was reminded of various scriptures I had been
given in which God says HE will be with me and help me and never
leave me, such as:
Isaiah 41:10, 13 Fear
thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with
the right hand of MY righteousness.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.💥💥💥
When I met with the radiation oncologist she said that I'm not an "ideal" candidate for radiation with chemo and told me why. But she went on to say that if, after considering these things, I decided to go this way, she would set it up.
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Then
I met with the chemo doctor. He warned that the chemo given with
radiation therapy for bladder cancer is harder on the body than the
initial chemo I had been given and that I might need a blood transfusion
and possibly need to be hospitalized.
(By
the time appointments with the various medical people had been scheduled
and held to change the treatment plan, I had had 3 of the chemo
treatments initially recommended in preparation for bladder removal.)
The chemo doctor then asked if I had peace about making this change in treatments.
I told him I had prayed and asked God if there was any way I could be
spared bladder removal. After that, I saw the information provided by
the pharmacist about chemo with radiation, and I felt this was an answer
to my prayer.
He asked if I am a Christian and I told him I am. He said he is as well. He
then said since I had peace about making this change, he would setup
this kind of chemo and coordinate it with the radiation oncologist, and that he would prescribe things to help me get through this chemo as easily as possible.
After
meeting with the various medical people, we stopped the first kind of
chemo and the doctors started setting everything up for chemo with
radiation.
The chemotherapy with
radiation
therapy began in mid-December, 2022 and was completed in January, 2023.
No problems resulted from the chemotherapy and radiation, and blood
transfusions and hospitalization were not needed.
Follow-up tests have been done 4 times since treatments were finished, the most recent in September, 2024. No sign of cancer has been found.
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Comments by Joan Boney: (another story)
A few years ago, my dentist scheduled two fillings to be done at the same appointment. I had no peace about this.
The appointment was scheduled two or three months down the line. As time approached I dreaded this appointment.
God has taught me not to live with dread ... If I dread something, pray. Maybe there is another way to go.
So I began praying telling God how I dreaded this dental appointment and asking God if there was some other way to go.
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As we were driving to the appointment, God showed me what to do as we approached the dental office. "Fill only one tooth that day and make appointment to fill the other tooth later."
I was taken into the dental work area and when the dentist came in, I asked her if we could fill one tooth and make a second appointment for the other tooth.
She
said that would work better for her also since she was pregnant and it
was difficult for her to bend over to work on the top teeth. So she
fixed the bottom tooth and rescheduled the top for 4 months later.
She had the baby (a girl) ... and when she fixed the top tooth there was no difficulty at all for either of us!
Don't live with dread. Pray. There could be another way to do the project.
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Psalms 105:43 And HE brought forth HIS people with joy, and HIS chosen with gladness:
Psalm 105:37 HE brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Psalm 105:39-41 HE spread
a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40 The
people asked, and HE brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread
of heaven. 41 HE opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
I'm
totally convinced God's people should not be overcome but should
overcome through prayer and getting God's plan in the situation and
going in God's way.
We are a victorious people while we live on this earth through God.
Revelation 3:5 (Jesus said) He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will
not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his
name before MY Father, and before HIS angels.
It makes me angry to think of the people of God failing to overcome through God.
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We have a new neighbor who lives across the street from Pam's house.
He grew up in Africa as the child of missionaries from Ireland.
One
day he came to our house and Pam brought him into my room. I shared
many things of God with this man. At one point he said, "I can see you are never depressed."
I replied, "When depression tries to come I refuse it and begin praying and you are right. I'm never depressed."
As Christians we should live victorious lives through prayer and the Word God gives us. We should live continually in joy, peace, and gladness through prayer and the Word God gives us. It would be a great shame to do otherwise. I refuse it. God cannot lose nor be defeated!
We take the issue to God and pour out our hearts to God and wait to hear what God says and do that.
We overcome everything through God.
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