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God Has Released Me from Prostate Ulcer

In God’s predestination and great love, through a sister’s preaching of the gospel, I was saved and baptized into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit to be a son of God on January 25, 1959. After my baptism, I felt that the burden on me had been reduced by 50 pounds. The flowers and grass seemed to smile at me. Everything had become new. My life also became lighter, happier. It was like becoming a new man. I had God’s guidance in all things, and received healing of my sicknesses and solutions to my problems. My life was preserved. God saved me in crisis, and appeared to me quite often. All these have impressed me with the knowledge of the greatness of this living God. My experiences in life testify that He is my life, light, salvation, satisfaction, healing, freedom, peace, rest, power, guide, and shelter. He is my moment-by-moment support; He is also my sympathizer and my comfort. Without Him, I can neither live nor do anything. He is my greatest treasure, my hope, and the meaning of my life. Therefore, I seek to do His work, the building of His church (Matthew 16:18), in response to the great love and power He has shown me.

In 1975, I suffered from a swelling prostate, and had difficulty in urination. There were some improvements after the operation, but I can no longer have a thorough clearing of urine from the bladder. After a few years, I experienced difficulty in urination again. On April 1, 1981, an urologist suggested that I take a bladder test to see whether the bladder had been damaged from years of urinary residue. I had no classes on November 4, 1981 at Shiu-Fang University, where I had been a teacher. Therefore, the bladder test was scheduled on that day. An internist tried to insert the thin metal tube into my urinary tract. However, he was not able to complete the procedure because of my prostate ulceration. The main surgeon then tried to insert the thin, then the thick metal tube. Both attempts were unsuccessful. At that moment, I prayed on the operation table, “God, please operate through the doctor’s hand.” The surgeon felt embarrassed by his failure in front of many internists, so he forcefully pushed in the thick metal tube. At that moment, I felt this movement and saw blood coming out of my urinary tract. I prayed continuously, “God, please operate for me.” The surgeon stopped and told the internists that urinary tract bleeding is a serious complication that can result in the scarring of the urinary tract or the narrowing of the urinary tract. The operation had to stop and there could be no bladder test. I came down from the operation table, my heart full of fear, and I asked the surgeon what to do in case of scarring or narrowing of the urinary tract. He answered that I could come to the emergency room if I no longer had any urination on my own. This reply dealt a strong blow to me. To know that I was approaching the state of not being able to urinate on my own, and the eminent pain and death, caused me to lose all hope in living.

At that time I was dedicated to the preaching of the gospel. On my way back home from the hospital, with my urinary tract still bleeding, I passed out 500 gospel tracts. After I got home, I kept thinking about the surgeon’s comment. I had heard many horrible stories of scarring, urinary failure, and emergency room visits. The patient was not able to urinate by himself, had a urinary tract operation, then bled due to the insertion of the metal tubes, and suffered from the subsequent scarring. With operations come the scarring and the narrowing of the urinary tract. The end comes when the urinary tract is completely blocked.

I was not able to sleep on November 4. On the fifth, I lost much weight because of preoccupation with my illness. My wife cooked some dumplings for me, but I was not able to eat them. I was still not able to sleep on the sixth. My body became weaker and the feeling of death became even stronger. I read the Life-study of the Bible by Witness Lee in my morning time with the Lord on the seventh. The Bible verses were: Romans 8:6: For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. John 6:63: It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 16:33: These things I have spoken to you that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but take courage; I have overcome the world. 2 Thessalonians 3:16: Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all. After I read these verses, I felt that God had especially prepared these for me. Every verse touched my innermost being. In them were the best comfort and the resurrection power. The mind set on the flesh is death. All I thought about after the operation were scarring and the subsequent pain of urination. As a result, I had no appetite, lost weight, and came close to death. The mind set on the spirit is life and peace. God had held my hand and placed it on my head at the moment of a traffic accident. I was able to escape an injury to the head and walked away from the accident with no injury. In the Lord we receive peace in all things. I prayed on the operating table, “Lord, please operate for me.” Now the Lord Himself gave me peace inside and the resulting feeling is reality. Since the seventh, I turned to the Word of God whenever I thought about the surgeon’s comment, and my fear of death and resulting symptoms were replaced by peace within. I went from the death in the flesh, to the life in the spirit. The Word of God is truly effective, causing me to truly realize that it is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh profits nothing. August ninth, my mind was in the middle of the war between the flesh and the spirit. The spirit was victorious every time. The Lord says, take courage, for He has overcome the world (the flesh). This word is true. At that day in the prayer meeting in the same evening, I asked for prayer, and was greatly encouraged by the brother’s and sisters’ praying.

On November 12, I read about prayerfully reading the Word of God and overcoming the enemy in the Life-study. I was enlightened through God’s revelation that this event from beginning to end was under God’s sovereignty and in His good intention. The verses and contents in the Life-study messages corresponded with what happened to me in those days. Witness Lee was truly one of God’s ministers. To me, every word that he uttered was out of heaven, according to the will of God, and corresponded to my need and the progressing of events. It is mysterious, and true to the principle of the Bible.

The event began on November fourth; I came under Satan’s attack in my suffering. On November seventh, the Word of God became my life supply, and turned me from pain in the flesh and the world to life and peace in the spirit. On November tenth, the enemy, Satan, was defeated. In that evening, we prayed in the church prayer meeting to attack Satan, not leaving any ground to Satan. On the twelfth, I prayerfully read the Word of God and defeated the enemy. The Word came, and I was revived from suffering and death. In the morning on the twelfth, I urinated smoothly, and since then, I have not been to urologists again. Praise God.

John 11:25: “Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live.” I am 91 years old now, but it is not me, but God’s life in me to live. (Galatians 2:20) Glory be to God. He has given me many experiences, and I have chosen to present this one to you.

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