Health And Wholeness Through The Holy Communion Read Online Free PDF

member faced a spiritual attack but overcame it through the Lord’s Supper.
    In late 2003, my church organised many trips to Israel. Each tour group consisted of 120 people. In all, we had 1,500 people visiting the Holy Land. On one of the trips, a lady in her twenties, Suwen, developed deep vein thrombosis during the flight to Israel.
    This is a rare condition that results from a clot in a deeply situated vein in the thigh or leg. It is called the “economy class syndrome” because some people develop this condition when the seats are cramped and the humidity level is low. A clot will form which, if it makes its way to the lung, can cause respiratory failure. And when that happens, it can result in death.
    Suwen felt a pain in her right calf during the flight. As she was disembarking from the plane, she suddenly collapsed. Her eyes rolled up and she started foaming at the mouth. The airline personnel were extremely professional and immediately called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.
    On the way to the hospital, her heart suddenly stopped. The clot had travelled from her leg to her heart and finally to one of her lungs, causing a cardiac arrest. When the ambulance reached Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, she had already turned blue. They wheeled her to the accidents and emergency ward where they tried to resuscitate her.
    The doctors asked for her next of kin because they believed that she was not going to survive. They were about to pronounce her dead, but miraculously, after a last-ditch attempt, they managed to revive her heart.
    However, she was in a critical condition as the clot made breathing difficult. She was unconscious and there were all types of tubes running through her nose and throat. Doctors were monitoring her closely, fearing that the clot might bring about respiratory failure.
    That very evening, her husband, sister and brother-in-law, who are all firm believers in the power of the Lord’s body to bring healing, partook of the Lord’s Supper together, speaking health and wholeness to her body.
    I was with my leaders in another part of Israel at that time and could only get to where she was four days later. When we arrived at the hospital, doctors informed the family that her condition had worsened. My leaders and I partook of the Holy Communion, and pronounced the benefits of the Lord’s broken body upon Suwen.
    The very next day, she regained consciousness and the doctors who were keeping a close watch on the clot could no longer find it! They did not know what to think and dared not be too optimistic.
    They kept her under close observation, but day after day, though they looked for the clot, they were unable to find it. At the same time, she started getting stronger. After a week, they discharged her.
    Once she left the hospital, she joined the next tour group and visited the Garden Tomb, where the resurrection of the Lord took place.
    Her family members shared after the whole episode that they initially felt fearful and lost. However, due to the teaching they had been receiving, they knew that this was not the work of God, but an attack of the devil.
    They were extremely encouraged when they remembered the testimony of Albert’s mother who was healed when she took the bread and wine in the ICU. So they were very confident that by partaking of the Lord’s Supper, health and wholeness would come upon Suwen.
    There Is Power In the Act Of Eating
    In the midst of intense spiritual attack, we will experience victory when we believe that what Jesus did on the cross is greater than any attack of the devil. And once we realise how much Jesus suffered so that our bodies can be made whole, we will be confident that partaking of His broken body will bring healing to our bodies.
    If you still find it hard to believe that eating a small crumb can bring your body health and wholeness, let me point you back to the Garden of Eden. There, Adam merely ate a fruit and he plunged the whole human race into