Amazing testimony - come, taste and see, the Lord HE is good! (Joe Cicchino)
Bro. Holdridge
Following is an amazing testimony of physical and spiritual healing. I
tell you now, if we were in India or Africa, there would be thousands
attending these meetings. Come now, while you still can.............
"How have I been touched by God since I began attending
Joe Cicchino's services in September 2005?
The first night I attended, no one, no one, knew me
there except for God. Yet Joe, whose ear I believe
the Spirit had that evening, told me about my sexual
abuse as a child at the hands of a family member and
the rapes I survived as an adult and the distrust and
anger they have caused for me towards the men in my
life. I was able to forgive as I was never able to do
in the past. As stated in Scripture (Colossians 3:13
NKJV) ".if anyone has a complaint against another;
even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do." I
even had gone to another Pastor 4 years earlier and
the first words out of my mouth were that "I (was)
broken (due to these events) and that I (didn't)
believe that I could be healed). I still, to this
day, remember that Pastor looking me in the eye and
saying to me, "So, I guess there are just some things
that God isn't powerful enough to do then?" I am 54
years old and have been burdened for 48 years of my
life with this pain and this shame and now it is gone.
This was an emotional healing that I never expected
to experience. All I could think, over and over in my
mind was, "How did you know? How did you know?" But,
as Joe has said several times, we believe the miracles
written of in the Bible. Why, then, is it so
difficult when God performs them in front of our face?
This forgiveness has led to a lessening of physical
stress which was contributing to chronic migraines and
flare-ups of fibromyalgia. Both medical conditions
have greatly improved.........
I had been experiencing a diagnosed liver condition
(NASH or "fatty liver") and had asked Joe to pray for
my liver. I was told that "by His stripes I am
healed". On the 18th of October I went up for prayer
and Joe said to me, "that kidney won't be bothering
you any longer." When I was able to speak with Joe
later I again said to him, "How did you know? How did
you know?" Joe said,
"Because you asked me to pray for your kidney just the
other day." I said, "No, Joe. That was my liver.
Just today I saw my doctor (no one there knew) for
kidney pain and my urine sample was not only clean,
but so clear that my doctor remarked on how unusually
clean it was in that there are usually a few red blood
cells or a few white blood cells in even a normal
urine sample, yet in mine there were none.
Unbeknownst to me, Joe had been praying all along for
my kidney instead of my liver. Mistake? I think not!
My liver biopsy in 12/04 showed 40% damage, with my liver
functioning at only 60% capacity. This was due to a
condition known as NASH (Non-Alcoholic Steatomic
(sp?)Hepatitis, an inflammatory, non-contagious
condition also known as "Fatty Liver Disease". This
was caused by years of fatty nutrition and lack of
exercise. On the evening of 10-18-05 I prayed for
normal blood test results. I received the results in
the mail 3 days later indicating normal blood sugar (I
have been cured of Type 2 diabetes (which had required
the use of two types of insulin as well as two pills),
my CBC blood count was normal, my thyroid panel was
normal, my kidney panel was normal (Joe had
specifically been praying for my kidney) and my
urinalysis was normal. Also, my 10-18-05 blood tests
of my liver function showed "very mild elevation of
liver function consistent with NASH". The degree of
elevation would be expected to be much higher given
the degree of the damage. I can't say for sure how
many of the tests were specific to liver function, but
my doctor, Olivier Seban, M.D., at Woodland Healthcare
told me that my liver was regenerating.......
I am eagerly looking forward to what the Lord has in
store for us all. Most eagerly awaiting the day when
I may see Him face to face.
Suzanne