A young mother receives a devastating diagnosis of MS. As Marie struggles to live life while her health deteriorates, a family friend invites her to a Christian meeting that changes her life forever.
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I WOULD HAVE SEIZURES IN
GROCERY STORES, IN
RESTAURANTS, ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THEY FINALLY PUT ME ON
SOMETHING THAT WOULD SLOW
THEM DOWN A LITTLE, BUT I
STILL HAD THEM THREE TO FIVE
TIMES A DAY.
Reporter: AFTER
SUFFERING A SEIZURE AT WORK,
MARIE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
SECONDARY PROGRESSIVE
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, A
DISEASE DOCTORS TOLD HER MAY
EVENTUALLY TAKE HER LIFE.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITNESSED
THE TOLL IT TOOK ON MARIE.
SHE WAS IN BED 24/7.
AND IF SHE WANTED TO GO
ANYWHERE, SHE HAD TO GET IN
A SCOOTER.
MARIE USED TO BE PRETTY
MUCH BEDRIDDEN.
SHE HAD CARETAKERS AROUND
THE CLOCK.
I WAS JUST EXISTING EVERY
DAY, GOING THROUGH LIFE
WITHOUT A PURPOSE OR
DESTINY.
THE NEXT STEP WAS TO PUT ME
IN A NURSING HOME.
Reporter: HER FRIEND,
JULIE, A CHRISTIAN, GAVE HER
THE BIBLE ON TAPE, AND
ENCOURAGED HER TO LISTEN.
I WOULD LISTEN TO IT OVER
AND OVER AND OVER, MATTHEW,
MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN, OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT KIND OF GAVE ME HOPE,
SOMETHING I NEVER HAD
BEFORE.
Reporter: MARIE STARTED
GOING TO A BIBLE STUDY WITH
HER FRIEND.
IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR
MARIE TO HAVE A SEIZURE, YOU
KNOW, DURING THE BIBLE
STUDY.
SHE SOMETIMES WOULD PASS
OUT.
HER BODY WOULD SHAKE AND
QUIVER.
AND SHE WOULD BE EXHAUSTED
AFTERWARDS.
AND THEY WOULD JUST LOVE
ME.
THEY WOULD JUST MEET ME
WHERE I WAS AT.
THEY WOULD LOVE ME AND THEY
WOULD JUST TELL ME ABOUT THE
LORD.
Reporter: HER FRIENDS
PRAYED FOR MARIE TO BE
HEALED, DESPITE HER
WORSENING CONDITION, AND
DOCTORS' GRIM PROGNOSIS.
THEY SAID, YOU KNOW GOD
CAN HEAL YOU.
THAT'S WHAT THE WOMEN WOULD
TELL ME.
AND I GOT OFFENDED.
I THOUGHT, HOW DARE YOU PUT
SO MUCH HOPE IN MY LIFE.
WE PRAYED FOR MARIE
BECAUSE WE WANTED HER
COMPLETE AND WHOLE.
AND WE BELIEVED GOD HAD MORE
FOR HER.
Reporter: BUT THE MORE
SHE LISTENED TO THE GOSPELS
AND ATTENDED BIBLE STUDY,
THE MORE SHE BECAME OPEN TO
SUPERNATURAL HEALING.
MARIE EVENTUALLY AGREED TO
GO TO A WOMEN'S AGLOW
HEALING SERVICE.
BEFORE THE SERVICE, MARIE
GOT ALONE AND PRAYED.
I PRAYED A SIMPLE
PRAYER.
LORD, I'M READY TO RECEIVE
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE FOR ME.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I
SAID.
Reporter: BUT AS THE
SERVICE BEGAN, MARIE HAD THE
WORST SEIZURE OF HER LIFE.
I ENDED UP ON THE FLOOR.
AND MY FRIEND SAID, GOD'S
GOT THIS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
HE'S GOT THIS.
AND THE LADIES CAME OVER AND
PRAYED FOR ME, AND JESUS
TOOK THE SEIZURE AWAY.
Reporter: MARIE ASKED
TO RECEIVE JESUS INTO HER
LIFE, AND ALSO PRAYED TO BE
COMPLETELY HEALED OF M.S.
IMMEDIATELY SHE SAYS SHE
FELT SOMETHING LEAVE HER
BODY.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME
STRAIGHT IN THE EYE, AND SHE
SAID, YOU SPIRIT OF M.S.,
YOU COME OUT OF HER RIGHT
NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST.
IT CAME OUT RIGHT OUT OF THE
SIDE OF MY HEAD.
I GOT UP AND WALKED VERY
QUICKLY, AND THEN I WENT
INTO THE HALLWAY, AND I RAN
AS FAST AS I COULD, BACK AND
FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, AND
AS I WAS RUNNING, THE HOLY
SPIRIT WAS TELLING ME YOU'RE
HEALED, YOU'RE HEALED.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
ONE MINUTE I'M NOT WALKING
OR TALKING, AND THE NEXT
MINUTE I'M LIKE I AM NOW, NO
SEIZURES.
I REMEMBER WHEN MY MOTHER
CAME HOME AND SAID SHE WAS
HEALED, AND MY BROTHERS AND
I WERE, LIKE, WHAT?
AND SHE KEPT WALKING AROUND
AND WE KEPT TELLING HER NOT
TO DO THAT, BUT SHE WAS
HEALED.
I KNEW MARIE BEFORE, AND
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, BUT GOD
CAN DO THAT.
Reporter: MARIE SAYS
HER ENTIRE LIFE HAS CHANGED
SINCE HER HEALING.
SHE IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
HEALING MINISTRIES, AND
TAKES MISSION TRIPS TO
CANADA.
JESUS IS LIVING IN ME.
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DOING
THE WORK.
IT IS A LOT BETTER,
DEFINITELY.
IT IS AWESOME TO SEE WHO
SHE IS NOW.
SHE'S OUT MINISTERING TO
PEOPLE, AND GOD'S USING
HER.
I HAVEN'T HAD A SEIZURE
IN EIGHT YEARS.
NO MATTER WHAT DISEASE OR
DISORDER, JESUS IS REAL.
HE IS OUR HEALER.
HE SAYS IT IN HIS WORD.
I BELIEVED HIM AND I
RECEIVED IT.
BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE
HEALED.
AND SAYS "YOU ARE," NOT "WE
MIGHT BE."
"WE ARE" AND I HAPPEN TO
BELIEVE THAT.