Anna Elias Dr. Personal Testimony 11.5.20
                     Personal Testimony
Dr. Anna Elias
2020
Introduction
• Born again, believing Christian [John 3:3]
• Redeemed by the precious blood of my Lord & Saviour 
Jesus Christ[1 Peter 1:18,19]
• Sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise unto the day of 
redemption[Ephesians 1 :13,2 Cor1;22,Eph 4;30]  
• My foundation is the Word of God which I believe to be 
absolutely true,eternal & unchanging[2 Tim 3:16,Ps 119: 
89,128,160, Isaiah 40:8]
• The Cross is the center of my faith. I believe that Jesus 
bore my iniquities & died on the cross for me &  in Jesus I 
have eternal life[Isaiah 53] [1 Peter 2:24]
•  I stand by grace alone[Romans 5:2]
• I rejoice in the hope of glory which is Christ in me[Col 1:27]
• I await the second coming of my Lord & Saviour Jesus 
Christ [1 Thess 4:14-16]
My Story of Tragedy & Triumph
• On May 11th 2013,I was diagnosed to have a high grade 
malignancy
• On May 16th I had my first cycle of chemotherapy
• On May 21st I  went into septic shock and was close to death
• My  white blood cells [WBCs] plummeted to 200[Normal 
5000 to 11,000] with no neutrophils. People normally don’t 
survive if the blood counts are less than 400
• My blood pressure went down to 70/30mmHg
• My oxygen saturation reduced
• I had fever and severe diarrhoea
• I collapsed in our room,before I was taken to hospital
• I was like a country with no soldiers,no defences and an 
aggressive,ruthless army invading with speed & ferocity
                 I was on my deathbed
• Today, I am alive and well because my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ 
himself healed me
• By the Stripes of Jesus ,I am healed  -Isaiah 54:4,5
• It was not an instantaneous miraculous healing. It was a  gradual 
overcoming the disease
• I took the treatment recommended by the doctors
• I was sustained by the Living Word of God
• I have shared below Scripture verses that strengthened me and gave me 
life
 Psalm 119:92 KJV
• (92)  Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished 
in mine affliction.
At the peak of my sickness,the Lord gave me His Word,The Rhema[God’s 
word for that particular situation]  Malachi 4:2
I shared it with my husband who is a pastor. He advised me to hold onto 
that verse as I was shifted to the ICU
The Sun of Rrighteousness arose with Healing 
in His Wings
     
            Rhema of God’s Word         
Malachi 4:2 KJV
    (2)  But unto you that fear my name 
shall the Sun of righteousness arise 
with healing in his wings; and ye 
shall go forth, and grow up as calves 
of the stall.
• I was in the ICU for 10 days with fever, severe 
diarrhoea,septic shock hovering between life & 
death
• A family of believers undertook for me. Their love 
& concern for me was amazing
•  They looked after me with the genuine Christ like 
love and concern
• The night that I was nearly dying,they took over my 
treatment,put in all the central lines,overlooked 
the medication,got me a place in the ICU
• The whole night this doctor friend sat next to my 
bed,prayed for me,calmed my fears & monitered 
me,till I was out of danger
• I was supported by family & friends at every stage of my 
illness
• My husband,Pastor Elias Joseph was by my side from the 
beginning to the end. He was constantly praying for me
• My daughter Esther was with me at all the crucial times
• She used to come to the ICU & we used to have long 
conversations.She encouraged me at every stage
• My husband’s parents & my parents,my sister & brother-in-
law encouraged & supported me  in all possible ways
• My church members at Cochin & fellow church members  at 
Kothamangalam& Moovatupuzha fervently prayed for me
• My friends, far & near,my patients & all my loved ones 
upheld me before the throne of grace
• I  followed all the medical advice,had 6 courses of 
chemotherapy & I gradually recovered.
• The treatment took 6 months.On November 1st 2013,I got 
back to work at my eye hospital.
My Faith is based on
The Redemptive
Work of Jesus Christ on the Cross 
and The Word of God
 My Faith
  I would like to explain my faith under the 
following headings;
• Attributes of God
• Foundational Beliefs
• The Word of God
• The divine exchange that took place at the 
cross
• Biblical Characters from whom I understood 
the meaning of suffering and the Biblical 
response to it
Attributes of God
   Exodus 34:6 KJV
• (6)  And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The 
LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, 
and abundant in goodness and truth
  Deuteronomy 32:3-4 KJV
• (3)  Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye 
greatness unto our God.
• (4)  He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are 
judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
      Psalm 18:30-32 KJV
• (30)  As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is 
tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
• (31)  For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our 
God?
• (32)  It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my 
way perfect.
      
Foundational Beliefs
• I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for me
• The cross is central to my faith
• He took my sin[iniquity,transgression] upon himself
     Isa 53:4-6 KJV
• (4)  Surely he hath borne our griefs[sicknesses], and carried our 
sorrows[pains]: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, 
and afflicted.
• (5)  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was 
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was 
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
• (6)  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one 
to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us 
all.
• In the redemptive death of Jesus,God has provided forgiveness 
of sins and healing for me
• God’s name is Jehova Rapha –God who heals
Foundational Beliefs
I am redeemed by the precious blood of my 
Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ
     1Pe 1:18-19 KJV
• (18)  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not 
redeemed with corruptible things, as silver 
and gold, from your vain conversation 
received by tradition from your fathers;
• (19)  But with the precious blood of Christ, as 
of a lamb without blemish and without spot
The Word of God
     2Ti 3:16-17 KJV
• (16)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable 
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
• (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished 
unto all good works.
    Heb 4:12 KJV
• (12)  For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than 
any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul 
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the 
thoughts and intents of the heart.
    Isa 40:8 KJV
• (8)  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God 
shall stand for ever.
Jesus Christ  -The Living Word of God
           The Bible is the written word of God
               Jesus is the Living Word of God
• In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God.  (John 1:1 KJV)
      Rev 19:11-13 KJV
• (11)  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; 
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in 
righteousness he doth judge and make war.
• (12)  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were 
many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, 
but he himself.
• (13)  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and 
his name is called The Word of God.
The Word of God
      
      Psa 119:159-160 KJV
• (159)  Consider how I love thy precepts: 
quicken me, O LORD, according to thy 
lovingkindness.
• (160)  Thy word is true from the beginning: 
and every one of thy righteous judgments 
endureth for ever.
      
   Psa 119:89 KJV
• (89)   For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled 
in heaven.
Sustained by the Word of God
    Psa 119:92 KJV
• (92)  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have 
perished in mine affliction.
   Psa 119:114 KJV
• (114)  Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy 
word.
• Psa 119:11 KJV
• (11)  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin 
against thee.
• Psa 119:71 KJV
• (71)  It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might 
learn thy statutes.
• Psa 119:75 KJV
• (75)  I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that 
thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Word of God on Healing
    Exo 15:26 KJV
• (26)  And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of 
the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his 
sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all 
his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, 
which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD 
that healeth thee.
   Isa 53:4-5 KJV
• (4)  Surely he hath borne our griefs[sicknesses], and carried 
our sorrows[pain]: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten 
of God, and afflicted.
• (5)  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was 
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace 
was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  Mat 8:16-17 KJV
• (16)  When the even was come, they brought unto him 
many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out 
the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
• (17)  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by 
Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our 
infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
    1Pe 2:24 KJV
• (24)  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on 
the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto 
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Pro 4:20-22 KJV
• (20)  My son, attend to my words; incline thine 
ear unto my sayings.
• (21)  Let them not depart from thine eyes; 
keep them in the midst of thine heart.
• (22)  For they are life unto those that find 
them, and health to all their flesh. 
     Psa 107:20 KJV
• (20)  He sent his word, and healed them, and 
delivered them from their destructions.
The sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross.
• The entire message of the gospel revolves around one 
unique historical event: the sacrificial death of Jesus on 
the cross. 
• Concerning this the writer of Hebrews says: “For by one 
offering [sacrifice] He [Jesus] has perfected forever 
those who are being sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14). 
• Two powerful expressions are combined: “perfected” 
and “forever.”
•  Together, they depict a sacrifice which comprehends 
every need of the entire human race.
•  Furthermore, its effects extend throughout time and on 
into eternity.
Every Human Need is met at the Cross
• By a single, sovereign act, God brought 
together all the need and all the suffering of 
humanity in one climactic moment of time - 
The Death of Jesus on the Cross. 
• The most complete account of what was 
accomplished at the cross was given through 
the Prophet Isaiah, 700 years before it 
actually took place.
•  In Isaiah 53:10–11 the prophet depicts a 
“righteous Servant” whose soul was to be 
offered to God as a sin offering
Man’s Iniquity, God’s Remedy
• The divine purpose accomplished by His sacrifice is 
summed up in Isaiah 53:6: All we like sheep have gone 
astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; 
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 
• Here is the basic, universal problem of all humanity: 
we have turned, each of us,  to our own way. 
• The Hebrew word that sums this up is avon, here 
translated “iniquity.”
•  Perhaps the closest equivalent in contemporary 
English would be “rebellion”—not against man, but 
against God. 
Jesus endured all the evil consequences of that 
iniquity.
• In its biblical use, avon describes not merely iniquity but 
also the punishment, or the evil consequences, that 
iniquity brings in its trail
• Jesus Himself was not guilty of any sin. In Isaiah 53:9 the 
prophet says, “He had done no violence, nor was any 
deceit in His mouth.”
•  But in verse 6 he says, “The LORD has laid on Him the 
iniquity [avon] of us all.” 
• Not merely was Jesus identified with our iniquity, He also 
endured all the evil consequences of that iniquity.
•  Like the scapegoat that had prefigured Him, He carried 
them away, so that they might never return again upon 
us.
The Cross - Meaning and Purpose
    Here is the true meaning and purpose of the cross.
•  On it a divinely ordained exchange took place.
•  First, Jesus endured in our place all the evil consequences 
that were due by divine justice to our iniquity. 
• Now, in exchange, God offers us all the good that was due 
to the sinless obedience of Jesus.
•  Stated more briefly, the evil due to us ,came upon Jesus, 
that, in return, the good  due to Jesus, might be offered to us.
•  God is able to offer this to us without compromising His 
own eternal justice, because Jesus has already endured on 
our behalf all the just punishment due to our iniquities.
•  All of this proceeds solely out of the grace of God
Taken from ‘The 
Divine Exchange’ by 
Derek Prince
The Divine Exchange at the Cross
• The Divine Exchange Hebrews 10:14; Philippians 4:19 
• Punished – Forgiven Isaiah 53:5,6, Romans 5:1, 1 John 1 :9
•  Wounded – Healed Isaiah 53:4,5, 1 Peter 2:24, Mathew 
8:16,17
•  Made Sin – Righteous 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:10,11,12 
• Death – Life  - Hebrews 2:9,Isaiah 53:12,Romans 6:23,Ezekiel 
18:4,James 1:5 
• Poverty – Abundance  2 Corinthians 8:9, 2 Corinthians 9:8
•  Shame – Glory  Hebrews 12:2
•  Rejection – Acceptance Matthew 27:46,  Ephesians 1:5–6 
• Curse – Blessing Galatians 3:13–14, Deuteronomy 21: 22,23
The Divine Exchange
   Life of 4 people –their apparent tragedy & 
triumph helped me to understand the 
meaning of suffering,the right response to 
suffering and to understand that God is 
sovereign over our lives
• Jesus Christ
• Joseph
• Job
• Daniel ,Shadrach,Meshach & Abednego
Jesus Christ
     Isa 53:4-6 KJV
• (4)  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried 
our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, 
smitten of God, and afflicted.
• (5)  But he was wounded for our transgressions, 
he was bruised for our iniquities: the 
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and 
with his stripes we are healed.
• (6)  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have 
turned every one to his own way; and the LORD 
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
    Isa 53:10-12 KJV
• (10)  Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put 
him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering 
for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, 
and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
• (11)  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be 
satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant 
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• (12)  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the 
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; 
because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and 
he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare 
the sin of many, and made intercession for the 
transgressors.
    Philippians 2:6-9 KJV
• (6)  Who, being in the form of God, thought it 
not robbery to be equal with God:
• (7)  But made himself of no reputation, and 
took upon him the form of a servant, and was 
made in the likeness of men:
• (8)  And being found in fashion as a man, he 
humbled himself, and became obedient unto 
death, even the death of the cross.
• (9)  Wherefore God also hath highly exalted 
him, and given him a name which is above 
every name:
      Heb 2:10-11 KJV
• (10)  For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all 
things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their 
salvation perfect through sufferings.
      Heb 10:4-9 KJV
• (4)  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take 
away sins.
• (5)  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and 
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
• (6)  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
• (7)  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) 
to do thy will, O God.
• (8)  Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and 
offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are 
offered by the law;
• (9)  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, 
that he may establish the second.
Joseph – Genesis  37- 50
    Gen 37:28 KJV
• (28)  Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew 
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the 
Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought 
Joseph into Egypt.
• Gen 39:9 KJV
• (9)  There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept 
back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how 
then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
• Gen 39:20 KJV
• (20)  And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a 
place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in 
the prison.
    Gen 40:2 KJV
• (2)  And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the 
butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
• Gen 40:5 KJV
• (5)  And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in 
one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the 
butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
     Gen 40:14-15 KJV
• (14)  But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I 
pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring 
me out of this house:
• (15)  For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: 
and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the 
dungeon.
    Gen 40:23 KJV
• (23)  Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat 
him.
• Joseph was in prison from age 17 to age 30.
    
    
    Gen 45:7-9 KJV
• (7)  And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity 
in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
• (8)  So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and 
he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his 
house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
    Gen 49:22-26 KJV
• (22)  Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run 
over the wall:
• (23)  The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
• (24)  But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong 
by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone 
of Israel:)
• (25)  Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who 
shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth 
under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
• (26)  The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my 
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head 
of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
      Gen 50:20-21 KJV
• (20)  But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to 
bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
• (21)  Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he 
comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Job -  Response to Suffering 
     Job 1:1 KJV
• (1)  There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was 
perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
     Job 1:12 KJV
• (12)  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; 
only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the 
presence of the LORD.
     Job 1:16 KJV
• (16)  While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of 
God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, 
and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
      Job 1:20-22 KJV
• (20)  Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down 
upon the ground, and worshipped,
• (21)  And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return 
thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name 
of the LORD.
• (22)  In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
     Job 13:15-16 KJV
• (15)  Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine 
own ways before him.
• (16)  He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before 
him.
      Job 19:25-26 KJV
• (25)  For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the 
latter day upon the earth:
• (26)  And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh 
shall I see God:
      Job 23:10 KJV
• (10)  But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall 
come forth as gold.
      Job 42:5-6 KJV
• (5)  I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now 
mine eye seeth thee.
• (6)  Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
     Job 42:10 KJV
• (10)  And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed 
for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he 
had before.
     Job 42:12-13 KJV
• (12)  So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his 
beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six 
thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand 
she asses.
• (13)  He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Daniel ,Shadrach,Meshach & Abednego
        Daniel 6:22 KJV
• (22)  My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, 
that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency 
was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no 
hurt.
         Dan 3:23-29 KJV
• (23)  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 
fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
• (24)  Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in 
haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast 
three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and 
said unto the king, True, O king.
• (25)  He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in 
the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the 
fourth is like the Son of God.
Shadrach,Meshach & Abednego
• (26)  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery 
furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye 
servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
• (27)  And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, 
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had 
no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats 
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
• (28)  Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and 
delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's 
word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship 
any god, except their own God.
• (29)  Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, 
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a 
dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Word of God  - Suffering
                               Refining Process
      Malachi 3:3 KJV
• (3)  And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify 
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer 
unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
      Psalm 66:10-12 KJV
• (10)  For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
• (11)  Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our 
loins.
• (12)  Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire 
and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
      Isaiah 1:25 KJV
• (25)  And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, 
and take away all thy tin:
Perfected through suffering
     James 1:2-4 KJV
• (2)  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• (3)  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
• (4)  But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and 
entire, wanting nothing.
      Rom 5:3-4 KJV
• (3)  And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that 
tribulation worketh patience;
• (4)  And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
      1Pe 1:7 KJV
• (7)  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold 
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise 
and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
     1Pe 4:12-13 KJV
• (12)  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try 
you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
• (13)  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, 
when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
      1Pe 5:10 KJV
• (10)  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by 
Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, 
stablish, strengthen, settle you.
       2Co 4:16-18 KJV
• (16)  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, 
yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
• (17)  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a 
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• (18)  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things 
which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the 
things which are not seen are eternal.
The Lord carries & protects us in our trials
   Isa 43:2 KJV
•(2)  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through 
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the 
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
   Isa 63:9 KJV
•(9)  In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence 
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, 
and carried them all the days of old.
   Deu 32:10-12 KJV
•(10)  He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he 
led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
•(11)  As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, 
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
•(12)  So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god 
with him.
    
I believe in a God who can turn
A tragedy into a triumph
A curse into a blessing
Sorrow into joy
A blunder into a blessing
 The cross was a tragedy in human terms,the innocent 
Son of God,falsely accused,went through an unjust 
trial and finally crucified on a cross between two 
thieves
But
God turned that event into the greatest triumph
Salvation for mankind & overcoming the evil one
Justified ,Sanctified& Glorified
    When I believed in the Lord Jesus as my Lord & Saviour,I was 
justified
• Rom 5:1 KJV
• (1)  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God 
through our Lord Jesus Christ:
    When I go through trials I am being sanctified
• 1Co 6:11 KJV
• (11)  And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are 
sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and 
by the Spirit of our God.
    When I die,I will be glorified
• Rom 8:30 KJV
• (30)  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and 
whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, 
them he also glorified.
Triumph in Christ
    2Co 2:14 KJV
• (14)  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to 
triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his 
knowledge by us in every place.
     Rom 8:35-37 KJV
• (35)  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall 
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or 
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
• (36)  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; 
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• (37)  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors 
through him that loved us.
    Through this trial,our family was sanctified. Each 
one of us were drawn closer to the Lord.
     We could counsel people going through similar 
trials  
   Blessings
The Lord brought our son –in –law Sam into our lives.
He is God’s chosen gift to us
Sam & Esther were married  on June 27th 2015
It will be one year in a few days
Sam is a committed believing Christian
He is a rich blessing to our daughter  Esther & to us
Post Script 2020
• I had shared this personal testimony  between 
2013 and 2016 in our churches
• It has been seven years after my trial with cancer in 
2013
•  By the Lord’s abundant grace,I am in good health 
• I am able to fulfil my responsibilities to my 
family,my job as an ophthalmologist and my church
• Sam and Esther were blessed with a baby  
daughter in   February 2018. 
• Tabitha Shalom Sam, our granddaughter is a 
delight and a rich blessing to our family
The Lord’s Promises, Psalm -128:4-6
                          
• Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed 
that feareth the LORD.  (Psa 128:4 KJV)
• The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and 
thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the 
days of thy life.  (Psa 128:5 KJV)
• Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, 
and peace upon Israel.  (Psa 128:6 KJV)
Psalm 103  - Forget not all his benefits
                             A Psalm of David.Psalm 103:1-5
•  Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, 
bless his holy name.  (Psa 103:1 KJV)
• Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his 
benefits:  (Psa 103:2 KJV)
• Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all 
thy diseases;  (Psa 103:3 KJV)
• Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who 
crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender 
mercies;  (Psa 103:4 KJV)
• Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that 
thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.  (Psa 103:5 KJV)
God’s one all sufficient solution
• God has not provided many different solutions 
for the multitudinous problems of mankind. 
• Instead, He offers us one all sufficient solution 
which is His answer to every problem.
•   We may come from many different 
backgrounds, each of us burdened with our 
own special need
•  But to receive God’s solution we must all 
make our way to the same place—the cross of 
Jesus. 
Jehova Rapha
God who heals