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Healed of Stage 4 Cancer | Testimony | Tamil Christian

This “Healed of Stage 4 Cancer” of Aunty Swarnam is a true account documented with evidence from lab reports, CT scans and case notes from the team of medical professionals and oncologists at the Accident and Emergency of KK Women’s and Children Hospital in Singapore.

In December 2018, while I, Pavitra (Aunty Swarnam’s youngest’s daughter) was in Melbourne, Australia, I received a phone call in the early morning from a doctor from the Accident and Emergency of KK Women’s and Children Hospital in Singapore about a tumor they have located in my mother’s pelvic region.

I was deeply shocked and saddened by this and took the next available flight to Singapore. With a whirlwind of events and floating anxieties, the doctor finally told us that my mother was diagnosed with end stage terminal 4 cancer. My family and I were beyond devastated. My mother was still young and fit at 64 years old and had many more good years to live and enjoy the family and grandchildren.

The consultant oncologists report left my mother with very little hope and a life expectancy of a few months. A combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment was immediately started upon consent from the family. My mother’s constant bleeding and cancer metastasis were very advanced and spreading. There was rotting of delicate tissues in the pelvic region.

Aunty Swarnam suffered a lot in the next few months. The side effects of the combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment with oral medications took a terrible toll of her already fragile body. There was loss of hair, sleeplessness, night sweat, sustained fever, constant need to go to the toilet, abdominal pains, diarrhoea, loss of apetite, constant nausea, weight loss, bloating, fatigue and general feeling of discomfort that never goes away.

Instead of accepting the doctor’s report, I believed and trusted God for His healing. One morning, whilst I was praying, my mother was attending to her appointment in the hospital and there she met Esther, who was praying for a neighbouring patient. Esther approached my mother and on hearing about her recent stage 4 cancer diagnosis, she gave my mother the SAIF-Church brochure. That very week, Esther brought Pastor Pritam Singh to our home to pray and to anoint my mother with oil.

I met Pastor Pritam Singh, a South Asian Christian Punjabi Pastor and was able to dialogue with him about my mother’s walk with God. I discerned that my mother needed a revival, a renewed mind in Christ, peace with God, healing scriptures and faith declarations. That very Sunday, my parents started attending SAIF-Church faithfully Sunday after Sunday and prayed fervently even though my mother was a bit weak and drained of energy because of all the treatments. 

In less than a year, my mother was confirmed twice to be cancer-free by the very oncologists and medical professionals who gave us a very bleak hope. My family and I were thrilled beyond words and thanked our Lord for this supernatural healing.

All glory to Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Miraculous healings still occur today. Jesus is still the Healer and the Great Physician, the Doctor of all doctors. I’ve learnt through this ordeal, that our Lord cares for us dearly and what may look impossible is possible with Him.

To anyone going through a painful phase in life, as I did with my mother and is in need of healing, I pray the balm of Jesus’s healing and peace be your portion today.

Aunty Swarnam and her family would like to thank SAIF-Church for mobilizing the whole South Asian Church of the SAIF English, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi/Punjabi Ministries to pray corporately Sunday after Sunday for her healing with faith declarations from the Word of God and intercession to the LORD Most High. 

Aunty Swarnam and her family would also like to thank Pastor Pritam Singh and Esther, Anu Lakra, Ninder Kaur, Viro, Raja, Kalwant Kaur, Paul Welikande, Mary Nathen and  Paul who prayed Sunday after Sunday and some who visited Aunty Swarnam week after week, sometimes twice a week, month after month and stood with her in her darkest and most painful time of her life.

Pastor Pritam Singh also personally accompanied Aunty Swarnam for her many hospital appointments to see the consultant oncologists and to explain to Aunty Swarnam complex medical terms into simpler words. For those who have gone through similar situations, these hospital visits can be very overwhelming and exhausting with a weight of decisions to make.

After a few months of faithful fervent prayer and fasting, the team of doctors, lab technicians and consultant oncologist at the KK Women’s and Children Hospital in Singapore were baffled at the results of the scans and lab tests. They kept checking their medical records, computer screens, cancer markers and with many team discussions, declared;

NO TRACE OF CANCER. You are cancer free.

Aunty Swarnam is cancer free to this day to the praise and glory of God.

“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are the One I praise.” ~ Jeremiah 17:14

“Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the Name of the LORD. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the LORD will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.” ~ James 5:14-15

“He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in His eyes, if you pay attention to His commands and keep all His decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals You.” ~ Exodus 15:26

“Worship the LORD your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you…” Exodus 23:25 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” ~ Isaiah 41:10

“Surely He took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered Him punished by God, stricken by Him, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” ~ Isaiah 53:4-5

“But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD” ~ Jeremiah 30:17

“If my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” ~ 2 Chronicles 7:14-15

“You restored me to health and let me live. Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In Your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; You have put all my sins behind Your back.” ~ Isaiah 38:16-17

“I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the LORD. “And I will heal them.” ~ Isaiah 57:18-19

“Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal My people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.” ~ Jeremiah 33:6 “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.” ~ 3 John 1:2

Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out His right hand. I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I WILL REMEMBER YOUR MIRACLES OF LONG AGO. I will consider all Your works and meditate on all Your mighty deeds.” Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? YOU ARE THE GOD WHO PERFORMS MIRACLES; You display your power among the peoples. Psalm 77:10-14

Pavitra Anne-Maria Manasseh


4 responses to “Healed of Stage 4 Cancer | Testimony | Tamil Christian”

  1. Tina says:

    This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this testimony with us all Pavitra.

  2. Parminder Puri says:

    Very encouraging indeed. Our God is a God of miracles. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. May Lord keep blessing all those who prayed with burden for this healing.

  3. Gulwant Kaur says:

    What an amazing inspiring testimony which revives my faith in the Lord once again. Amen hallelujah indeed!

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