Miraculously Healed from Asthma After FORTY Years! Pastor Asks "What Are You Tolerating That's Robbing God of His Glory?"

Lean Marieann Klett : Aug 23, 2016
Gospel Herald

"When I preached that weekend, I actually believed what I preached. And I think I came to a point where I said, 'Enough is enough. I've stayed at this mountain long enough.' I want you to know I haven't taken my inhaler since then and now. It's been fifty days without taking my inhaler." -Pastor Mark Batterson

(Washington, DC)—[Gospel Herald] Pastor Mark Batterson shared his powerful testimony of how God miraculously healed him from a lifelong struggle with asthma and encouraged Christians to believe that God is willing and able to move such "mountains" in their lives, as well. (Photo: Pastor Mark Batterson/Mason Photography/via Gospel Herald)

Batterson, New York Times bestselling author and the founding pastor at National Community Church (NCC) in Washington, told his moving story in a sermon delivered on Sunday titled, "Enough is Enough" based on Deuteronomy 1:6—"You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites."

A lifelong asthmatic, Batterson never expected to be healed. He shared how, at three years old, he woke up in the middle of the night and discovered he couldn't breathe, prompting his father to take him to the hospital: "My inhaler became my best friend for the next 40 years," he said. "Every single day, I would take a puff of that inhaler multiple times—never went anywhere without it."

Seven weeks before delivering his sermon, the pastor had challenged congregants to pray the "bravest prayer you can pray."

"God can move that mountain," he said, admitting he had repeatedly asked God to take away his asthma: "I've been hospitalized for more weeks than you can imagine, I've taken more puffs of an inhaler than anyone can possibly count, and it's frustrating. I've prayed every prayer and I've tried everything. But I want you to know, that I'm going to keep speaking to that mountain, because I believe in a God that is able to heal."

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