Testimony of Rev. Dianne Matthews by God’s Grace

 

This is my journey with breast cancer.

 

I was 39 years old in February 1990 when I went for my routine doctors appointment and afterwards given a Rx to take a routine mammogram.

I never took the RX, I told myself I would take it later. Later turned out to be nine months later.

 

October of that same year I found a lump in my breast. I went to my doctor and he had me take a mammogram.

The results came back negative even though I felt the lump.

So my doctor sent me for a biopsy that same month, and the biopsy results came back breast cancer. I asked the doctor why did the mammogram come back clear? He informed me that I fell within the 1/3 of the breast cancer's that are missed on mammograms and that's why mammograms and breast exams are done together. In addition he said that younger women have denser breasts and light from the x-rays are harder shine through.

 

I was 39 years old married with two children and faced with breast cancer.

From there I went to get a second opinion so I went to UCSF because in the beginning of this same year my mother-in-law had some breast issues and she suggested I see her doctor.

I called and made the appointment and the doctor told me to bring with me my tissue sample from the other hospital and their pathology report.

 

Dr. Goodson was his name and he informed me that the cancer was at that edge and had began invasion, he made his recommendations and stated that he was a breast surgeon that rendered his opinion only when there are varying opinions between doctors as to treatment.

He advise me as to what he would do and asked that I return to the doctor that did the biopsy.

I decided I would do that at a later date. About two weeks having passed and my mother-in-law called me and said that her doctor (Dr. Goodson) called her and asked that she would have me to give him a call. I said OK I would call him but I forgot to call. Then around a week later on a Friday evening around 7pm,

I get a phone call from Dr. Goodson the breast surgeon stating that he had a cancellation for surgery and that he could schedule me in for surgery at UCSF.

 

And on Nov 15, 1990 ~ at (40 years old) I had breast surgery.

The results came back 'in situ' which meant the cancer was still in place, it was an extensive cancer however because of God's mercy it remained within the ducts.

Not only that but my cancer was ER negative meaning it grew without the need of estrogen like most breast cancer's, this cancer was self sustaining. However the results also stated that I had no lymph node involvement, I had required no radiation or chemotherapy treatments after surgery.

 

It has been been 25 years ago since I had breast cancer.

Oh, by the way the breast surgeon that God used to search me out and call me, was listed in the magazine titled 'The Best Doctor's in America' and the magazine titled 'Who's Who in American Science and Engineering'.

Him being also listed as one of "America's 184 Top Breast Care Doctors."

 

This is my story, it's taken from the scripture,

'Mark 2:1-5'

'Jesus Heals a Paralytic'~

It was God's grace and mercy extended to me, one who by the way was out of fellowship at the time and not walking with God or in fellowship with fellow believers, me being (paralyzed in the world).

Jesus met me where I was most needy.

My greatest need was NOT to be healed from my breast cancer, my greatest need was to be forgiven for my past actions and me living in sin.

Jesus said to the paralytic man, son your sins are forgiven~

 

My point is this:

Jesus for gave him ~ then Jesus healed him.

That's what happened to me.

God's mercy and His love was made manifest for all to see.

To God and Him alone be all the glory! For it's in Him I make my boast.

 

God's servant in His Kingdom!

Rev. Dianne Matthews,

Yeshua Is Lord ~

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Testimony of Pastor James W. Word – 10/18/2023

 

1. Three months after my wife, Gloria, and I were married, my hand was caught and crushed between the steel rollers of a 6-color printing press. All the fingers on my right (dominant) hand were fractured, with two of them being spiral fractures.

The Doctors told me that I would NEVER USE THAT HAND AGAIN because they were going to have to insert pins into at least two of my middle fingers.

The next day, I spent about eight (8) hours in prayer in the Chapel of the hospital, praying for complete healing.

Faith calls it as done before it can be seen. Faith is acting like God told you the truth. You do not have to see it to know that you possess it. To receive the answer, accept it as already done; and do not let your confession put it in the future—put it in the past tense. It has been done!

The Doctor came in that evening and checked the fingers of my hand, which had been mangled. He kept feeling my hand and fingers and asking if that hurt. I said, “No, it doesn’t hurt.”

He said, “Something has happened, and I think that all I’ll have to do is put tubes in and drain the liquid that has built up in your hand.

Miraculously, after the surgery that morning, the Doctor walked out to my wife and said, “I don’t know what happened, but the bones were already straight and back in place. We didn’t need to put pins in his fingers.” She told him through tears that she knew what had happened. I went through therapy for a couple of months, fashioned tools for a tighter grip, and went back to work. I am now able to use my right hand to its fullness.

2. During the year 1990, close to four years after we were married, I began to have horrible headaches. I couldn’t really see what I was printing, although I thought it was good. I was fired for messing up that last printing cover.

 After several trips to my eye Doctor, I  was diagnosed with a brain tumor on the pituitary gland above the optic nerve. 

I had just been called to work as a supervisor at a large printing company. I made the mistake of telling someone about the tumor, and he went and told the owners. So, of course, they gave me a pink slip so that I wouldn’t be on their insurance benefits.

On November 2, 1990, just before the week of surgery, my ophthalmologist’s nurse walked up to me and sorrowfully said, “James, I’m so sorry, but I don’t think you’re going to make it.” With somewhat of an attitude, I told her, “Oh yeah, I’m going to make it.” My thought was, “She must not know my God."

So, after the tumor was removed I was in ICU for a while. At some point, I don’t know when, my wife says all the bells and whistles went off, and the Doctors and staff rushed in. I was on my way out.

I could see my spirit floating away toward three silhouetted figures. One in front, and one on each side of Him.  They were just standing there in front of a bright light. They were not beckoning me to come to them. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a brownish hand on my right shoulder pulling me back. During that time, I felt a peace over me that I had never felt, and haven’t felt since. I really wanted to go to them.

Fluid was draining from my brain into my spinal cord. They inserted a Lumbar Drain into my spine and drained the fluid.

My wife said that during that time, she turned her face to the wall and started praying. When she turned around, she saw several Angels around my bed with interlocked arms.

After being put into a regular room, I saw that the Lord had made it possible for me to be in a large room with no other beds.

One of our friends came by to visit and eventually coaxed my wife out to get a bite to eat.

While they were gone, I went into a deep depression. Having lost my job and not knowing if I would be able to work with normal brain power, I didn’t know what was going to happen to me.

I was facing the window with my eyes full of tears when I felt someone pound on the foot of my bed. I heard a loud voice say, “WAIT I SAY…WAIT ON THE LORD.” Once again I was peaceful, but not like before.

 So, by the Grace of God, I’m still here!

The devil tried once again to take me out with prostate cancer, but that didn’t work either. I am 78 years old (2/22/24) and still kicking. Praise the Most High God.

 

Testimony of Rev. Karen Molex Martin –  3/22/2020

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Intercession - Dispels the worry – Sunday Morning Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

I am with my Mom, my beautiful Miss Catherine this morning. As she enjoys her breakfast, seasoned sausage, spinach and cheese omelet w/ halves of honey bun and banana. Sitting here I began praying for those medical professionals who may be given the arduous task of choosing who lives and who dies. This post is not meant to be one of dire hope and consuming fear but of thoughtful reflection related to who decides if I or Miss Catherine lives or dies. We both have DNR (do not resuscitate) directives in place.  Miss Catherine will be 96 in July if the Lord says the same. Although strong, her old bones are fragile, just the thought of method and procedure of resuscitation seem abusive, cruel and excessive at her age. We are confident that she has lived “keeping her hand in the Lord’s hand” and that her absence from the body will assuredly be her presence with the Lord.  That is how she and my Dad lived and taught us, their children to live. At 65, thank God, if and when the Lord chooses to call me, bye y’all. I am confident and sure. His grace is sufficient for me, in life as well as death. So I  find comfort in knowing that there will be no need for discussion, or possible burdensome choices. So let us go, we’re sojourning here.  There is peace and comfort in the truth that this place is temporary and not our home. How others will go on living, I don’t know, but they must; as so many of us have already done after our loved ones have gone home.  

Prayer: Father God, forgive me for any attempt to worry and lose sight of your will and provisions through prayer.  I thank you that prayer regularly ushers in and releases a peace that cannot be dispelled or replaced. No fear, no confusion, never disquieted, no anxiety, no doubt enters in; only a confident assurance that you are in control, that your promise to guard our hearts and minds is endless and irrevocable.  Thank you for your love and protection, divine guidance, and perpetual peace.  In Jesus' Name. AMEN

 

Testimony of Sister MiShawndra (Bright Eyes) Hughs – 8/31/2023

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My name is MiShawndra Hughes, and I met Rev. Gloria Word and Pastor James Word in 2010. I had just left my Church in Oakland, CA, and asked God to lead me to my new Church home family. I asked God for a teaching environment that focused on learning His word and applying those lessons to my everyday life.

God listened and answered my prayers when He led me to God's Word Christian Ministries in Tracy, California. I had never experienced so much love and care for my spiritual growth until I met Rev. Gloria and Pastor James Word. We learned the Bible, we fellowshipped after each service, and we connected mid-week through a conference call line for prayer and bible study. Best of all, I was cleansed, renewed, and reborn when Rev. Gloria and Pastor James Word baptized me.

What I learned during that time, and what has kept me strong through all of life's difficulties, was the power of prayer. When I asked God for a new church home, He delivered and then some! My life was and has been forever changed because I asked the Lord for something that He wanted for me and knew I needed. God's Word Christian Ministries taught me how to pray boldly, humbly, and with gratitude. Prayer helped me to overcome the spirit of depression when my mother passed away at the age of 54 in 2013. In 2015, I gained so much weight that I began to have multiple serious health issues. I had 2 cysts growing on my right ovary and  6 cysts on my thyroid. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and morbid obesity at the young age of 35. The medication to control my blood sugar stopped being effective due to the cysts on my thyroid. I reached 340lbs when my doctor told me that I would not live to see age 50 if I did not make some drastic lifestyle changes. I prayed and asked God to remove that spirit of depression and heal my body. I asked God for guidance, help, healing, and to put professionals and experts in my life who could help me become and stay healthy. In 2018, God led me to a surgeon at a hospital that prides itself on being a Center of Excellence. He led me to a dietitian, a therapist, and a personal trainer. Fast forward to today, August 31, 2023, I have lost over 150lbs, have kept the weight off, and am still losing! Since 2018, my blood sugar and A1c have been in the normal range, eliminating the need for medication through my healthy diet and active lifestyle. Even all the cysts on my ovary and thyroid dissolved without the need for surgery!

I praise God and am grateful for His love for me. God healed my body because I prayed and believed that He was the only one who could. God healed my body because I am one of His. God healed my body because I came before Him boldly and asked. God healed my body to glorify Him with this testimony. God healed my body because I have a greater purpose: to serve Him and to share His love with me and with others. God gave me a new and better life because I believed in His love for me and all His children. I remain faithful, a student of his Word, and continue to pray with my Church Family boldly, humbly, and with gratitude. "For where two or three are gathered in My name, I am there among them"(Matthew 18:20).