Do You Want God To Heal You?
I got sick last week. Twice.
I bet one reason was so I could write about healing today. (I’m getting worried. Everything is so personal with me. What if I write about exorcism?)
Last Thursday, after eating my breakfast, I felt an ache in my stomach.
It was my usual breakfast: A tall glass of carrot juice with apples thrown in. Plus two bananas. Or some other fruit. Been eating this way for years.
So I didn’t know why I had the sore tummy.
As the searing pain continued, I took a shower, got dressed, and rode the car. I figured the pain would disappear.
But it didn’t.
As I sat in the car, I still felt the fiery throb in my belly.
That was when it hit me: This was acid!
It didn’t click right away because it’s been two years since I felt it.
After living with my body for 40+ years, I’ve learned a lot of things about it.
That I’m incredibly macho and completely irresistible to the girls, shucks, that’s obvious. That my brain is deranged and hallucinatory, I learned that too.
Kidding aside, here’s one thing I learned about my body: When I’m over-stressed, my stomach acids would hit turbo.
But here’s the great thing. Every time I have acid in my stomach, I’ve learned how to heal it. No pills necessary.
All I did was close my eyes (By the way, I wasn’t driving!), place my hands on my chest, and inhale and exhale very slowly. And I said over and over again, “I’m totally, completely, perfectly loved.” I breathed in God’s love into my life.
And in minutes, I felt the pain vanish. Completely.
Sickness Is A Message
But here’s the funny thing: I didn’t know I was stressed out!
Sure, I knew I was juggling lots of stuff. But what’s new? I lead 9 non-profit organizations, plus a few personal businesses. I thought I was managing my work pretty well. But here’s the curious thing—my physical body picked up my inner stress even before my conscious mind knew about it.
When my subconscious mind couldn’t get through to my conscious mind, it would speak directly to my body.
Today, I listen to my body more. Why? I believe that 90% of the time, a sickness means your soul is telling you something. Disease is a message. Because you don’t pay attention to your soul, your soul is using your pain to slap you on your face and cry out, “Listen to me, will you?”
But what do we do? We swallow a pill to deaden the pain. Wrong move. The message was not heard. The wound isn’t healed.
But in the car, I listened.
And my soul quietly told me, “Bo, your To-Do-List has become just too long. Who are you trying to please? Relax in God’s love. Don’t try to win love. You’re already loved. There’s nothing to prove!”
I didn’t only listen. I acted on it. I began to relax. It was like I hit the “refresh” button of my life and saw my work for what it is: Play.
I felt wonderful.
I was healed.
But funny, two days later, I got sick again.
The Second Time I Got Sick
Two days later, I ate in a seafood restaurant.
I ate something really bad and had the runs.
Sorry to be graphic here, but I now know why they call diarrhea the runs. Because I was literally running from one toilet to another.
Believe me, I’ve never thanked God enough for the clean toilets along the road going home. My reward? I now know the best toilets along C-5 Hi-way. It was like Good Friday for me. Not Visitas Iglesias but Visitas Toiletas.
This time, let me make it clear: My sickness had nothing to do with my soul. My soul wasn’t giving me any secret messages. And I couldn’t remove the pain no matter how much I inhaled and said, “I’m totally, completely, and perfectly loved.”
I just ate something rotten, period.
I drank lots of liquids, took a pro-biotic pill, and I was well by evening.
Why am I telling you this? I believe 10% of our diseases are totally biological—and I thank God we’ve got doctors and medicines.
Perhaps your sickness is purely genetic or purely environmental. My point here is that not all diseases of the body are diseases of the soul.
But when it’s not purely biological, you need to go to the roots.
Stress Ain’t Good
The medical community has already said this again and again: A huge majority of our diseases are psychosomatic. (Psyche means soul. Soma means body.) Doctors have been saying this message for decades. But incredibly, the percentages are getting higher.
Forty years ago, doctors were saying that 50% of diseases were psychomatic.
Thirty years ago, they raised it to 60%.
Twenty years ago, it was 75%.
Just yesterday, I read the report: Some doctors now believe that over 90% of our diseases have emotional roots. And if I may dare say—spiritual roots.
Some studies even show that specific negative emotions weaken certain organs of our body. Anger weakens the liver. Grief weakens the lungs. Worry affects the stomach. Fear hurts the kidneys. And guilt lowers your immune system to fight diseases. And when you hate yourself, your body starts destroying itself.
People say that heart disease is the number one killer in the world. Every year, 30% of all deaths in the world are related with heart disease.
But that’s superficial data. I’d dig deeper. I believe that the number one killer in the entire planet is not heart disease but stress. Why? Stress is the number one cause of heart disease. (Nope, it’s not crispy pata, chicharon bulaklak, and aligue. Not a license to eat them, but just clarifying the facts.)
But Where Does Your Stress Come From?
This may be hard for you to believe, but your stress doesn’t come from your job or your boss. Even if he has the thick moustache of Hitler. Your job is merely the location of your stress.
I believe your stress comes from a broken relationship with yourself, with others, and with God.
Stress is not a job problem. It’s a relationship problem.
You’re not at peace. That’s why you’re stressed out.
That’s why you took in more than you could chew.
That’s why you’re working hours aren’t human.
That’s why you’re carrying a burden of 10 people.
That’s why you’re trying to prove something.
That’s why you’re trying to be loved.
Because you don’t have peace.
And note: Peace is about relationship.
That’s why when some men brought their paralytic friend for Jesus to heal, He shocked the crowd because before he said, “Get up and walk,” he said, “Your sins are forgiven.” This is an incredible revelation. Before Jesus healed his body, he healed his soul. More specifically, he healed his relationship with God.
Here’s my wild belief. In a deeper sense, the #1 killer in the world is not even stress, but it’s cause. In essence, there is only one sickness: A lack of love. And that’s why I believe there is only one medicine. Only love heals.
I’ll say it again: Over 90% of the diseases of the body are diseases of the soul. Because the body is a blueprint of the soul, the body manifests the wounds of the soul.
How does one get healed? There are only three steps.
1. Locate the Wound
2. Clean the Wound
3. Strengthen the Body
If you want to be healed, you need to go through these crucial steps.
Step #1:
Locate The Wound
Yesterday, I showed a brand-new basketball to my audience.
I said, “The ball is your body, the air is your soul. They’re one.”
I then dropped the ball. Instead of bouncing, it landed on the ground with a loud “flop”.
I said, “There’s nothing wrong with the ball. There’s something wrong with the air inside the ball. It’s the same with your body. Your body is sick perhaps because your soul is sick. To bounce well, you need to repair the air of the ball. In the same way, to function well, you need to repair your soul.
Locate the wound.
Most likely, the wound is not in your body but in your soul.
Let me give you an example.
Let’s say you feel pain in your leg. But in reality, the cause of the pain is a pinched nerve in your spinal cord.
So even if you hire the most expensive masseurs from China to massage your leg, you won’t get healed. Even if you apply imported ointments from Germany on your leg, you still won’t get healed.
That’s why I believe the first step of healing is to locate the wound.
Let me give you a more common analogy.
Is There Really A Problem Child?
When a boy is rebelling, drinking, taking drugs, parents will knock on my door and beg me, “Bo, please talk to our son. He’s a problem child.”
But from my experience (around 75% of the time), the problem child is only a symptom of a problem parent. I’m not kidding. Perhaps the boy is manifesting the conflict in his parents’ marriage. Or the boy is manifesting the immorality in his father’s life. Or the boy is crying out for love and affection from his emotionally-distant father.
If his parents locate the wound (themselves!), then they won’t ask me to talk to their son. They’ll ask me to talk to them! They’ll ask me to help them sort out their marriage. They’ll ask me to teach them how to build a relationship with their kids. Because if the problem parents are healed, the problem child is healed too.
Here’s my last example, and I know it’s something you can relate to.
Don’t Just Treat The Symptoms
My friend Sean suffers from ulcers and high blood pressure. So his doctor prescribes him maintenance medicines and he takes them regularly. The pills are expensive and the leaflet in the box says it may damage his liver if taken for a long period of time. Sheeesh. That’s the problem with not listening to the message.
Because I know Sean, I told him, “You’re so stressed! Almost everyday, you work until 12 midnight. If you really want your ulcers and high blood pressure to be healed, you need to de-stress your life. Get peace.”
Sean shook his head. “I can’t. My job is my stress. How can I live without my job? That’s why I’m taking meds.”
How many Seans are there in this world?
They want to be healed but they don’t want to locate the wound.
They just want the symptoms to go away.
Healing won’t happen unless he says, “I’m wounded in my soul. Please heal me.” But the Seans of the world don’t say that. Instead, they will say, “Me? Wounded? Nah. I just need a pill and I’m ok.”
After locating the wound, you need to heal it by doing something very simple.
Step #2:
Clean The Wound
A few centuries ago, people didn’t believe in germs. Scientists hadn’t developed the germ theory yet.
So for many Wars, many soldiers died not because of gunshot wounds but because of infections. When the wounded soldier came for treatment, doctors didn’t clean the wounds. They just bandaged them. And millions died.
Today, we know that many wounds don’t even need ointments.
Just clean it—and the body’s healing system will heal the wound.
It’s the same with the soul.
Once you locate the wounds of your soul, clean it from the overstaying dirt: Sin, Guilt, Fear, Worries, Grief, and Resentments.
And the only cleansing agent I know is forgiveness.
To clean a wound, you need to ask forgiveness and give forgiveness.
It’s the only way.
Ask forgiveness from God. Ask forgiveness from those you’ve hurt in the past. Give forgiveness to those who hurt you. And forgive yourself for your own failures. (I have met many who God have forgiven—but who can’t forgive themselves.)
Sadly, I’ve met people who are sick with cancer today because of a deep-seated anger towards an adulterous husband, a horrible father, a selfish mother… Anger is a powerful emotion. At right amounts, it stirs you into action. (That’s why God gave us the ability to get angry.) But if you keep anger in your heart for too long, it becomes a deadly poison that will kill you.
Clean the wound of your soul.
If you want physical healing, heal your relationships.
Your relationship with God.
Your relationship with others.
Your relationship with yourself.
Finally, the last step of healing.
Step #3:
Strengthen The Body
The body has it’s own powerful healing system.
Locate the wound, clean the wound, and it’ll heal itself.
But you need to provide it with the nutrition it needs.
For the soul, its food can only be love. We’re sick because we lack love. Fill it with love, and healing happens spontaneously.
Learn to love yourself as God loves you.
Learn to say, “I’m totally, completely, and perfectly loved.”
You have nothing to prove.
Relax in His love.
Release all stress from your life.
And start giving love more.
Why Some Don’t Get Healed?
One day, someone asked me, “Bo, my father has cancer. I’ve been praying for his healing for two years now. Why is he still sick? Why doesn’t he get healed?”
So many have asked me this disturbing question before.
My honest answer: I don’t know.
I can’t explain why sometimes, the healing happens in a blink of an eye.
Sometimes, it happens gradually.
Sometimes, it happens without even seeing a doctor. No surgery. No medicines. In a snap, the person is well.
Sometimes, it happens through surgery, medications, and hospital care.
And sometimes, the healing doesn’t happen. The person dies.
Why? I can only guess. And my guess is Romans 8:28—all things work for good to those who love God.
All sickness can be used for a greater purpose.
Perhaps it’s to bring you closer to God.
Perhaps it’s to bring you closer to your family.
Perhaps it’s your path to inner peace.
If you’re sick right now, I urge you to listen to God speaking through your soul. Perhaps there’s a message in your sickness. Once you hear the message, do it.
If you’re sick right now, fill your life with love.
Receive love. And give love.
Like my young friend Gemma.
To end my article, I’ll allow her to speak to you—first person.
Gemma Pasimio
I don’t look sick but actually I am.
I’ve been battling with cancer since September 2006. A tumor was found in my right ovary so I had a major operation. Upon biopsy it was found to be malignant. I was simply told I have cancer. My heartbeat stopped for a moment when I heard the word “cancer”. How can I have cancer when I’m so young? Am I gonna die? I cried a bucket of tears but my doctor assured me that I’m not gonna die because my cancer was discovered at an early stage – Stage 1C. However I have to undergo chemotherapy for 6 months.
Initially it was difficult for me to accept the harsh reality. It was painful for my family, friends, and for my boyfriend. My boyfriend promised to walk with me throughout the difficult journey.
I had my first chemo in October 2006. After 10 days, I lost my long straight dark brown hair. I was completely bald and had no hair in my whole body. I felt so ugly. I looked like a freak. I didn’t want to get out of the house for fear that people would look at me strangely. I was that insecure. But my insecurity hit rock bottom in November 2006.
Because 4 days after my second chemo, my boyfriend of 3 ½ years, who promised to stay with me no matter what happened, broke up with me to be with another woman. He simply decided to leave me when I was battling with cancer.
I thought, God was truly punishing me! Why did I fall for a man who I thought would love me unceasingly, unconditionally, whether or not I was sick, whether or not I had hair? I was angry with God. I was angry that I was sick, that I was bald, that I was ugly, and that my boyfriend left me.
In April of this year, my cancer spread in both my ovary and abdomen. Doctors said my cancer advanced to stage 3c-4a. They also said I needed 2 major operations and undergo chemo afterwards. I asked, if I go through this again, can you assure me that I will be completely free from cancer? As expected, there was no guarantee.
So my answer to them was simple — “no to operation, no to chemo”. Why would I allow the doctors to open me up again if they couldn’t guarantee that the cancer cells will no longer spread? Why would I have another chemo if there was no assurance that I will be completely free from cancer? Therefore I said “no”.
That day, I decided to do two things: Grow closer to God and enjoy my life as much as I can. Today, I serve in Singles for Christ. I love God and have given myself to Him.
And I’m enjoying my life so much, I can now swim 50 laps in 40 minutes. I go to the gym. Since the start of this year, for the first time, I’ve joined 3 marathons, completing 5 kilometer races.
I’ve resigned from my stressful job and now operate my own little business.
Today, because of my faith and my positive attitude towards life, where I avoid useless stress in my life, I’m receiving God’s healing. Today, my medical tests show that even without chemo or surgery, both of my tumors have now shrunk!
With God at my side, I live one day at a time. Everyday is such a beautiful gift from Him. And I enjoy each day so much. I’m happy and at peace. God is my healer and I give my life to Him.
Here’s my bet: Gemma is healthier than many of us who don’t have cancer.
Fill your life with love, and healing will happen spontaneously.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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Bo. Thank you.
Thank you, this has helped me realise a lot of things. Thank you so much. (:
God Bless you (:
i guess i badly needed this article so much..been feeling so low for the longest time, yet i am not doing anything about it..i think it’s about time that i do what i’ve been told long time ago (to ask forgiveness from Him and de-stress)..thanks, Bo! this is a wake up call.
wow! Amazing… i guess its the word called “LOVE” that matters in this world, if we live by that standards day by day, i’m sure heaven will be here on earth… I praise and thank God for teaching me…the only standards He knows…the Standard of LOVE… everyday & i pray that before i’ll take my last breath here on earth… i’m gonna learn this lesson.
PRAYING FOR U ALL…”,
Thx for this inspiring artivle, bro Bo…
I feel very blessed with Gemma’s letter…
I have been cheated by my boyfriend as well… Thanks God I haven’t in a relationship with him for too long… But what broke my heart was the fact that he now in a relationship with my friend who is closed with me for some times, and he is my senior at my community…
But, reading Gemma’s letter realize me that it’s nothing… If Gemma can run through it all with God’s Love, surely I can do the same…
Thanks for the sharing, Bro Bo…
May God bless you, your family, and your ministry… ^^
Quite a revelation, you’ve hit it right on the head of the nail. The modern man has made his life so complicated, consequently, bringing about the various illnesses that he is presently experiencing. We have succumbed to the materialistic world we’re living in.
Bro. Bo, definitely, you are GOD-sent.
i don’t know bo… maybe you just feel that way about God because He has been blessing you so much… i mean, i know you have gone through some rough times but hey, the Lord was there to pick you up and put the pieces back… He has sent you people and circumstances to bless you… but what about the people He has forgotten… like say for example, like me?… for the longest time He has let me be stuck in a distressing situation… i’ve prayed… i’ve served… i’ve begged…. i’ve loved God… but hey, why am I still sufferring?… worse, my family is still sufferring?… and everytime i thought things are getting better, boom! something bad happens again… like, taking away my father…
sometimes, i wonder, why God plays favorites?… i’ve read all your articles bo… i even have all your books… i want to know God the way He is to you…. but sadly all i can see is just the opposite….
He is mean and cruel… well, except to those favorites He has…. too bad, i’m not one of the favorites like you bo….
Salamat po.
Hi Kuya Bo,
Thanks for the article.
I will share it with my friends too.
God bless!
Brother Bo, great article! I also am very grateful for Gemma Pasimio’s entry. I’m currently a Singles for Christ member too and my mother is a breast cancer survivor and would want to contact Gemma Pasimio to help her get through this ordeal. To everyone who has cancer, don’t lose hope. God is with us.
i really am inspired by this article…i will share this with my friends and family…because I have so many friends who are now battling with cancer. I am confident this article will be able to heal them.
in Jesus’ name…AMEN.
How about that? I rarely get sick these days unless there’s a problem in my life. It’s only when I get sick I listen to my body and reevaluate what I am doing.
For me, my sickness is more of a warning sign that I have to pull back and think things through. And most of the time, the times I get sick signify changes in my life.
Dear Bo,
Thank you very much for the article…it was really a blessing. I’ve been battling with hurts for almost a decade. I wan’t to forgive and keep on praying for it but my anger still remains. I can easily forgive other people but why do I find it hard to forgive this very important person in my life…Please pray for me.
Yours in Christ,
Jo
thanks, brother Bo! You are really God’s channel of peace for me! I am discerning to understand God’s messages in the things that are happening in my life right now. And your article as usual, always is the voice of God. Praise be to God!
Yes, indeed, only love can heal.
Bo,may God continue to bless u tremendously…
I’m superb blessed with the article. It’s perfectly fit for me..wen u shared bout the pain in the legs i can relate coz im experiencing pain in my legs now,and i do have to discover the root..thank u so much..Godblez u
brother Bo, thank you for this very inspiring article.
i really felt teary when i read the story of Gemma. i feel really blessed by God to have found out about this article. i guess i really am sick because of my hard relationships and stressed because of my insecurities. Thank you so much brother Bo!! i hope you may help more people like me!!!
God Bless you!!!
thank you bro for the message from God through you!
God bless you always!
i always read and hear spiritual healing and stuff but i will never stop reading it. Thank you bro. bo for sharing the message. I am guilty of the thought of trying to prove something just to be accepted and loved.
God bless
By just reading, I feel blessed and healed already. Thank you!
Msolost,
I understand your agony! In Jeremiah 33:3 God, said;
Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvelous things you know nothing about. When we pray with humility God gives us wisdom to make us understand why seems He has favorites and we really jealous. But once the spirit of God talk to us, then thru wisdom we can understand those million of questions lingers on our minds. I’m suffering the same thing but I’m trying to heal myself by thinking of God’s blessings and thanking Him for He gives me strength to keep go on despite my trials and sufferings.
thank you brother BO
Thanks Bro Bo for an inspiring article.
More power and God bless..
Thanx Bro. Bo for the inspiring articles. They are instrumentsfor healing. I myself was healed upon reading your articles. Truly God made you an instrument for healing. God bless us always,
tnank you brother bo,by reading ur article and d message itself i feel releave nwala tlaga ang stress sa katawan ko tnaks again for sharing the message ………………GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS BRO BO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ARTICLE OF YOURS BO…. FEELING DOWN AT THE MOMENT… AFTER READING THIS… I THANK GOD FOR ALL MY BLESSINGSSSSSSSSSS… NOT FEELING GUILT BUT ITS JUST THAT I’M GOING TRU A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT AND THIS ARTICLE MADE ME REALIZE THAT I’M BEING STUPID…. THANKS BO!!!!!
GOD BLESSSS
fora couple of years now ive been suffering from a very painful monthly period…whenever that happens i simply put my hands over the painful part and asks GOD to heal me..I talked to HIM…until i fall asleep and pain becomes bearable….it helps me to realized that my body is telling me something..”TO HAVE A GOOD REST WITH HIM”..in my busy world i sometimes forgot to pay attention to HIM….in moment of SILENCE.
THANKS BRO.BO for the assurance of GODS COMPLETE HEALING….i will learn how to forgive those people who’ve heart me…and to start recovering from my sickness….
i’m so happy to have read this… yes… i have been very sick all the time.. with lots of fears and rejection and sin. my soul is sick… i am in need of love…. how will i be able to say God loves me when i feel that the people around me does not…please… i want to be helped… i need a loving community who will help me survive… please… i’ve been wanting for God to heal me…
thanks a lot for this article. God bless you!
Thanks, Bo , for sharing Gemma’s story. I also have hypertensioin and other problems. I guess whatever trials in store for us in the remaining days of our lives, we should never forget to make our soul happy by being closer to God. Thanks for reminding me that we should always let the love of God dictate our day and I’m sure that this shall be a blessing not only for oneself but for others!
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Thank you Bo.
This is very timely for me….
Thank you sir Bo… God Bless Us All….
Your blogs and talks always makes me laugh. These de-stresses me. I agree completely with the message here - LOVE. What a powerful word when fully understood in God’s eyes.
Hi Bro.Bo, thanks a lot for the great article it could really opened my heart and my mind. And I must be healed… God bless you
thanks Tito Bo for another inspiring article. I´ll use this as a guide in de-stressing my life.GOd bless u always Tito!
Dear Bro. Bo,
Thank you for the beautiful message and sharing.Its remind us to become closer to God even if we have no sickness or any cancer in our body. Always put God first in your life and you will have more strength and healed all your inner soul. Because of that you will become strong and more faith in God. Thank you and God Bless.
Hi Bro.Bo,
Thank you so much for sharing the article. It was very inspiring. Love of God and Peace within ourselves can truly bring healing to our body.
Bo, very touching. My sincerest thanks.
Hello Bo,
Thank you for these beautiful stories and their message.
Yes, LOVE truly heals!
All the best!
You heal alot of people Bo with your inspiring articles like this one. God bless!!
thank bro. bo,
i have been following your articles, only this time i wrote my reply.
acid problem has been my problem especially if i have many works to be done. i knew its cause but i was so helpless on how to control it. actually while writing this i am experiencing this acd problem.
thanks for your advice,
I will do it.
tata sultan
i will keep that in mind.. thank you so much Bro. Bo
Praise GOD for the wonderful message and thank you Bo for sharing your thoughts….this comes at a right time!…
hi bo, i would like to get more insight about our job being just the physical location of our stress. i understand that we don’t have to over achieve in our workplace to get the “love” of others but its the nature of the corporate world to get things done & realistically to get it done better to be promoted. i also understand that this will get into the topic to employment to business etc. but the current situation says i am still in this work, stressful & high demanding work of business process outsourcing - accounting job. Would be glad to hear from you. thanks
Bo,
I am so relieved when I read your article. My boyfriend of 2 years, we’ve been on-and-off our relationship. It’s always about me; because of my immaturity, according to him. He wants me to be perfect. But we both know I never am and will never be.
He’s always the one who breaks up with me. He says he’s too tired of me. But I never wanted to be away from him. I love him that much, but I doubt he loved me as much as I love him. I am always looking for love–love of my parents, my friends, my guy. And I’m tired of not being loved back by the ones I care about.
Now I read your article, I find inner peace. I know that God loves me, no matter what. I’m tired of always asking of love. Now I know that there is a great man out there, in the heavens, who loves me unconditionally, unselfishly.
Thanks a lot brother bo.
Bro Bo,thank you for this soulfood,id been into broken relationship lately,im emotionaly stress,and the Word of God healed me and coz of God’s love i forgive the person who hurt me.. Love and forgiveness is the powerful medicine for all our sickness..God bless always.thank you.
This is a light in one of my darkest days. Thanks for the heads up
Thank you very much! This makes me strong physically and spiritually!
God really loves me!
Dear Bro. Bo,
thanks 4 this article. I always got sick at times even taking lots of vitamins. I locate where my stress came from and i think its my relationship w/ myself, i dont know what path/career to take, i don’t know where i could truly excel and enjoy. Im a graduate of Education and sadly i dont enjoy my first year of teaching and now i was working in a corporate comp. but still i feel there’s something missing. Would you give me some advice? Or maybe some readers could help me out. thanks and Godbless as always
WOW for this article..
for a long time now i have been battling with my laziness to look outside the box in my work..finding it easier to say that the job i am in have lost its magic to me…there are some things that i would rather do than face the reality on what’s infront me…
but this article made me somehow..snap out of it..
thanks bo..please pray for us who go to our darkest days to finally see the light ahead of us..
god bless!!
Most people feel the stress on their bodies..a part of the body gets sick when we don’t listen to what the soul is saying. But what if the sickness is reflected on a person’s mental state? What if it manifests itself with a sickness of the mind? Is it also a valid disease of the soul if your body is fine but your mind is not?
I want to be healed.This has gone on for too long. I don’t know how else to pray for healing.
Bo, just want to share about this book I’m also reading about “The Power of the Sub-Conscious Mind” by Dr. Joseph Murphy, and all you have mentioned here are right.
The greatest therapy of our Lives and that heals our wounds,diseases,problems and all the negative aspect in Life is our way of ‘Thinking’.
It is also said that “PRAYER” (whatever your religion is), is the “Therapy” that makes our Conscious and Sub-Conscious Mind to interact.
Wow Bro bo,
I already read a book like this before… about God healing Power, Love, Health and Stress.
But it was all taken for granted. I didn’t put it into heart.
This is a powerful reminder for me. thanks bro bo. I will share this to my family… coz in our family we got a lot of stress going on. surely this will help.
thanks again.
Godbless †
Bo, thank you for this message. I felt that God spoke to me through you. I pray that God will continue to use you to touch more lives
reading the article today.it makes sense to me that i had been deaf to the needs of my body and i should learn to relax and breath love…thank you bro bo..god bless.
hi bro. bo
thanks for this inspiring article..
may GOD continues all the wonderful deeds to us..
Bro Bo please help me to decide if its okey if my wife will try to undergo a artificial insemination.. we been married for almost 3 years now and we so much wanted to have a child.. do we try the artifical insemination or do we wait for the GOD’s gift to us?
Thanks for this. I’m reposting this on my facebook page so my friends will be able to read this.
truely amazing!!! as i go through reading your blog, i had my father in mind. i do want to impart this to him as soon as possible. thank you so much for this inspiring message. it truely does help me in helping my father. God bless!!!
Thank you Bo, your Articles are always inspiring. May our Lord bless you abundantly and give you the wisdom & knowledge to share with others and show people how they could be empowered too.
wow.. nice article.. i need healing, i just dont know how to start.. Unhealed feelings is very stressful and i really feel that i’m getting weak and ugly.. I just pray that i would learn to do all these Bro..
thank you so much..
wow, it was beatuful… thankyou for this po.
thanks. i needed this.
Hi Bo, another nice article and very timely for me…. I need healing and this article opened my eyes to a different way of seeing things…thanks for sharing this article..I hope and pray I would learn to do all these…God Bless You.
I thank God for sending someone like you to all of us who are always inspired by your articles.. and I thank you for accepting God’s challenge..
More power to you and may God shower you with more blessings!!
Wow, another inspiring article….Correct that a sickness can be used for a greater purpose….it is really true na you become closer to God and to your family…..And thank God that He gave me a very loving and supportive husband, family & friends…And now Im getting better and thank God for the early treatment….
Thank u again Bro. Bo! God Bless…
Hi Brother Bo..This article is another wake-up call for me..I agree that ‘anger weakens the liver’, I had hepatitis B and polycystic ovaries, if you will check these diseases are incurable. I felt super hopeless and helpless. Sometimes I want to ask God what I have done wrong to deserve this kind of diseases. But I believe everything happens for a reason. He wants me to grow closer to him and surrender my life to him. Now I pray that by HIS stripes I am totally, perfectly and completely healed.
May we all see the bright side of life.
Again ! A very inspiring story……thankyou Bro. Bo for sharing.
Thank you…. i know i am sick and i believe God will help me go through this…..
truly inspiring! thank you Bro Bo.
Your weekly articles have always been a relief.
I have been and still am on a difficult stage in my life. But i will surpass this with God’s love and forgiveness. I am blessed to have read your article to remind me everyday that ” I am totally, completely, perfectly loved.”
bro bo, this was so great, we really need a a love heal all of our pains. forgives and ask forgiveness. I truely believes is this story. God is the best doctor in the whole world. Amen…
Lots to be learned from you, just reading your articles, maraming salamat
Thank you so much Bro. Bo! I appreciate much for sharing me your inspiring words of wisdom which i believe helps everyone enlighten the darkness of one’s heart….. esp. the healing of body and soul. I learned a lot from you and thanks for this.
May God continue to keep and guide you in His Love.
God bless you and your family.
Dear Bro. Bo,
I truely want and need healing for my soul.. But my problem is… I don’t have the strength to do so.
When I say strength.. I mean, my mind is loudly saying NO … and my heart is meekly saying please. Sometimes, I could almost do it.. the 3 steps… but the step no.2 which is forgiveness is just… soooo… toooo… hard! (I read and I agreed to a fact that you can forgive a person but it doesn’t mean that that person is right. Forgiving a person is different from tolerating him to the things that you think is wrong)…. So, this is my dilemma…. how can I proceed to no.2, forgiving, if I cannot accept that wrong doing that person is doing. (e.g.abandonment to his children) Sure, I have forgiven that person, but I cannot tolerate what he is doing… is it ok to tolerate and say that he is doing the right thing…when in my heart I know that it is wrong. Then, how can I truely forgive… if I only have forgiven the person, but not accepted what he is doing. I know… it’s a little bit confusing.
I just pray that I find the right answer. And may God give me strength to understand and guide me to the right answers.
Thanks bro. Bo.
No doubt God is the great healer. Like Sis Gemma I was also diagnosed with Cancer to be specific a rare cancer called “Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma” two years ago. I undergone 36 session of Radiation Therapy. After the 36 sessions and experiencing the side effects of the treatment and struggling thru ups and downs emotionally and most specially spiritually I claimed I was healed by God thru the help of prayers of different communities and thru healing my inner self which are from guilt, anger and resentments.
As a confirmation of the healing power of God I had my CT Scan and the result is no trace of cancer growth.
Cancer is not aburden for me but ablessings from GOD. It makes my relationship with him closer and same asmy relationship with my husband and my entire Family.
God tells me to continue to serve him by sharing my experience thru our Couples for Christ community and spread his message that “Sickness is not a burden its a blessing from God”.
God be Praise!!!
Dear Bo,
I’m so blessed reading your article. Very refreshing to my soul.
Thanks.
Hello Brother Bo!
Thanks a lot for this another wonderful article. This reminds me the need to forgive and to be forgiven which is the only way to live life peacefully and healthier.
More power! and God bless you, your family and your ministry
Sir Bo,
I’m very happy to read this article.It reminds me of my aunt who usually comments like this if you have an illness ” Bunga yan ng pag pagkakasala” funny but true.That’s why if i feel something aching or anything i keep it to myself.
God is love and as the song goes love is the answer!
I’m so inspired with this article.God bless you more!
Wow! I am so touched with this article because currently I have several diseases in my body at middle twenties. For sure it was the stress that makes me sick… I know God will heal me in time. I need to get closer to him and enjoy more of life.
Dear Bro Bo,
You are not just a friend, you are not just a spiritual leader, but also a Doctor. . . that through your articles and messages somebody/anybody receives healing. May our God continuously BLESS you and your family.
Thank you so much Brother.
Dear Bro Bo,
Thanks for the inspiring message. I have ups and downs in life but whenever I feel so down, I just look at those homeless people around me and I realized I’m very blessed. For those who felt so miserable, the BREATH OF LIFE that God gives us everyday is a blessing itself. Just look at the people around you, esp those street kids - though homeless and hungry, radiate smiles on their faces, you’ll realize you’re one of those blessed people.
For Daisy:
I’ve suffered the same pain when I was young. My friend adviced me to drink Tea (black, green, any kind of tea - as this is a powerful cleansing agent) everytime you have your ‘monthly period.’ Drink this instead of water while you’re having the ‘period’ and in 3 to 5 months time you won’t suffer anymore. Goodluck and God bless.
Lisa
Dear Bro. Bo:
Thank God for you. Last Feb I became jobless and I decided that maybe me and my children were better off in the Phil than here in Dubai even if it means leaving my husband. During those months from March till May, I was depressed everyday and was always sick. I was telling myself that I couldnt be happy here because my sisters arent here and my mom and dad just died last April 08 and Feb 09. But I couldnt leave my husband and was like between hell and high waters. I didnt understand why I was so unhappy even if my whole family was here. And then I decided to join the Legion of Mary. Something inside me was telling me that I had to have a community here to compensate for my loss and for my longing for my family. I found peace then. And then my husband agreed to join the Couples for Christ and now I am truly HOME. Home is where the heart is and my heart is in Jesus now. There is a long way to go, but I am Home. Thank you Lord.
Bro. Bo,
I feel God talking to me thru this article. I have been feeling sick and stressed out and I truly believe it is my stress-filled job. My wife is also experiencing the same thing with her job. Whenever we’re together at home, all we talk is the negative things we experience at work and that doesn’t do well for our relationship. We also have been childless for the past 4 years and think it is also caused by stress (we have consulted doctors but they found no major reason why we remain childless). But like your friend Sean, my wife and I too feel we don’t have the luxury of leaving our jobs because of the difficulty of finding jobs these days. Please help us in asking God to guide us and strengthen us in this trying times. Thank you very much Bro Bo.
Hi Czar,
Maybe I can give you a piece of advise. If interested, email me on: lisa_mansueto@yahoo.com
Kuya Bo. This is my first time to comment on your blog. I’ve now finished reading all your blogs and I’m just only looking forward for your updates. I just want to say something.
Through those moments that I was reading your blogs, I changed. No, really, at this early age, I was enlightened to a lot of things a normal teenager would not have thought about yet.
I even talk as an adult. Weird.
Only two words kuya Bo. Thank YOU. Very much. Bless you.
Dear Bo,
I agree with you..we need to completely heal our inner self..if we can do it we find peace and we become free from stress that cause so much diseases..Thanks God coz’ He let me know you..GOD BLESS YOU MORE,,, EVEN IF YOUR ALREADY FULL OF IT…Thank you so much……..
wow! amazing - i’ve read ina mag w/c i liked to share: “Pain has a message, and once you acknowledged it, the pain will go away.”
bo.. i know its pretty weird when i say this but are you stalking me?for some reason ur msgs and/or prayers somehow relate to the situations im currently experiencing..it was a gud article..made me realize that if things are goin wrong u just nid to step bak to see the bigger picture and assess things,urself primarily.last fri i just learnd dt my boyfriend,the same boyfriend hu has cheated on me numerous tyms for 5years nd 4given just d same,has stolen a big portion of my savings.and to to add insult to injury,his family blamed me for everything..that i was a bad girlfriend etc etc (it hurts to even think about what they sed bec i know in my heart i didnt do anything wrong except love him too much..so much i neglected myself in the process. forgot that i was special too.) your article realy made me see a clearer perspctive on things..thank you…
Thank you so much for sharing another wonderful article brother bro. Indeed, being healthy inside would manifests outside.:) A million thanks again!
brother bo thank you very much for your message to us..thank you even if i away to my anak.im telling to her what ive learned from you that life is all about happiness,love and about God s grace.God bless you and your family.take care bro bo !
So inspiring and refreshing!
I can’t refuse but cry while reading this article. I met Sis Gemma during the SFC MMC in Baguio last July 2009. We were sitting beside her while she was sharing her testimony of faith and healing. Thank you Bro. Bo for posting her story because it reaffirmed me of God’s healing and unfailing love for us. Like you, I got sick twice last month. I thought it was just normal until I realized I cant bounce back the energy and enthusiasm of my mind. Unconsciously and later consciously, i realized that stress is already manifesting in my physical body.
Upon reading this, I have decided to cut down my To-Do List, relax and live in peace with God.
Thanks Bro. Bo!
LOL … laughter is one of the best medicines. I love reading your blogs in the morning. It’s not only enlightening and inspirational but it’s also so funny.
Thanks, Bro. Bo!
btw i rily nid ur prayers guys..itl be one tough journey ahed..its like giving up an addiction..tnx in advance
Dear Bo,
Thank you for this message. I really needed to read this article to remind me that there is hope and there is life beyond my stressful work and concerns about my relationships.
I keep forgetting how God is bigger than my problems. I always let my problems and stress overwhelm me which turn rob me of the happiness and peace that life offers.
Thanks again. God has given me the answers thru this article.
Gob bless always and may you always remain in God’s wisdom…..
Tonie
Parañaque City
i am soO relieved. thanks to you doctor Bo!
God blesses u soO much wisdom…
hi bo! thank you for this article, it made me realize a lot of things. i am sick right now and i now know the real reason i’m feeling this way. thank you again.
thanks for reminding to get rid of unnecessary things in my
life.. and to balance work and play… For the past few days, I’ve
been sick because I slept 3 a.m for consecutive days.. I have
many projects to do and computer programming is a really a
stressful thing… Thanks for this article!.. I really need this.. God
bless you always!!!
It’s so easy to be bitter with God… With the world and with ourselves…. We know that we should learn to forgive so that we can heal… But it’s so difficult. Would it be asking too much from God if we asked Him to help us to forgive? I suppose not….
I don’t know what this feeling is… This slight uneasy feeling fluttering across my chest and stomach. Is this love/ Is this excitement? or is this anxiety. I just feel like I want to hug somebody. But I’ve never been the hugging type. It’s too intimate for me. What is happening with me?!
I feel cold.
Dear Bro Bo,
Your message really struck me like a thunder. Thank you very
much for such an awesome message on HEALING!
God bless you and the people reading your articles.
Brother Bo, you are God’s anointed servant. May He bless you and family and staff a hundredfold.
Hurrah for the Lord, Sis. Gemma Pasimio!!!!
Brother Bo,
What you discussed is pranic healing. Hope people here would be interested in learning the science and art of this healing. It heals the physical, emotional and mental body, and the soul.
Dear Bro. Bo,
With your words, I really understand the meaning of depth in simplicity. You have been an icon of my spirituality ever since, and your retreats and books have been strong foundations for my faith as I journey in my life. God bless always Bro. Bo and to your family.
Kel Yanga
Thank you so much for the article brother bo. I’ve been stressed out these days because of the upcoming board exams. I worry too much, thinking I might not pass but this article made me realized there is really nothing to fear for God is with me no matter what happens…
Bro. Bo,
Man you made me laugh once again! Truly I salute your sense of humor.
I am so touched by Gemma\’s story. I admire her strength and faith in God. It is true Bro Bo, God is the only, ultimate Healer. Yes, sickness in the body is just a message of the sickness in the soul.
Yes, everything happens for a reason. The sickness that we so often dread leads us to the God that we so fervently seek. Thanks and God Bless Bro. Bo
Dear Bo,
Every time i read ur acticle, it always leave me hopeful and happy. thanks to that. but you see, i am very saddened of what msolost is feeling. I hope there is more than inspiring words you can say to him to really change the way he is feeling and for him to see hope gain. to see god’s love despite all the misfortunes he feels right now.. I myself experienced what he experienced. It was hard i have to admit. It was painful. To the point where i questioned God’s existence. But if i didnt hold on to the fact that god is my only way out. I will never be able to live happy and see the brighter side of life right now. if only there is a way for you to touch his heart personally. Bo, it would certainly heal him. He needs more than inspirational words. He needs more than psychological reassessment. He needs God. He needs the love of God more than anything else in the world. If only there is a way you can help him see that and feel that. Prayers and lots of prayers. Bo, may God continue to use you as an intrument for people to get closer to god. May God direct you to help Msolost. All my prayers and wishes for him.
Thank you and may God bless you both.
i feel so broken inside, that’s why all my relationships are a mess. i need help.
thanks bo.
this is excellent, it is sooo simple and yet sooo true, it is indeed one of your best! Thank you, BO! Thank you Lord for sending us Your message through our brother Bo!!
My lola was recently diagnosed with lung cancer stage 4. I know how it feels to ask and ask and ask the doctors if there’s a possibility of my lola getting back into her usual, healthy life before, and get the same answer. Malabo. Right now, all I ask is for God to only say the word, and all of us, not just my lola but the whole family, shall be healed. All of us shall be healed from both the physical and emotional pain we are going through. Each day, we live in prayers. And I believe that He answers my prayers everyday.
Thanks Bro. Bo.. I am deeply touched by your message.. God bless you always!
good day, bro. bo.very inspirational all the time. when i was a child i believe angels do exist…and i still do, i should say i strongly believe even more now, in your person. what else can i say, i envy you, i admire you you are fulfilling your role here on earth…may i be able to do mine…keep flashing your light, and flipping your wings! stay healthy.
hey,! by the way, you are also a fisherman. brother.
Bro. Bo:
Thank you very much, once again a very timely message coming from you because with the weather we are having these past few days, most people are experiencing different kinds of sickness. A message such as this is an inspiration for most of us.
i hope it would help… im really sick i need peace… i have a wounded soul… i have so much stress… i hope to accept everything happen in my life right now… i hope i could forgive to those who hurt… and im also asking for my forgiveness…
thanks bo… i hope i find my peace….
Thanks for another wonderful message.I would like to tell you Bro. Bo that since I started reading your messages,lots have changed.I learned to forgive others and forgive myself,to love and most of all free myself from all the insecurities and pains.I now know what I want in life without losing my family.Some problems of course are still in the healing process but definitely I am commited to improve myself and live a wonderful life…
But as I am changing my journey,my husband is now in his life`s crisis.I advised him to heal himself,because whenever he made a wrong decision,he would automatically say,BECAUSE MY TATAY IS NOT AROUND TO HELP ME DECIDE…My father-in-law worked in middle east since he was in grade1 so that my husband and his siblings can study in exclusive schools.But instead of him enjoying the extravagant life that his tatay wanted to give him,he longed for his love.And for his tatay to communicate with him he must first create a problem.And until now, i believe that my husband dont want to be that successful in life coz mawawalan sya ng reason to talk to his tatay.It`s very sad that our children are suffering from my husband`s reason.and sabi ko sa kanya,hindi kaya maging cycle na lang yung problema,at yung mga anak naman natin ang magkaron ng same mentality.I understand that he miss his tatay so much but he must start healing his pains for our children`s sake.I even asked him that we approach you or any marriage counselor for advice,But he said that he believe the main problem of our marriage is just monetary.
Please help me pray for my husband`s healing so that we can start dreaming for our family as a couple.
God bless.
Dear Bo,
I have a wonderful family, a good job, a loving community, Couple’s for Christ (CFC) and a relatively healthy / happy disposition. A couple of months ago I met Marowe at a Home Schooling Workshop in Makati and I confided to her that I will homeschool my 4-year old son next year at CFA and my 12-year old daughter at TMA. I have lots of plans for my family, for my service in CFC, etc.
I celebrated my birthday (25 July 2009) in an outreach program in Mental Health Institute, Mandaluyong with my CFC family, we feed the inmates; five days later, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma-breast cancer. I had my major surgery on August 7, 2009 and I just finished my first chemo theraphy five days ago.
I believe in my heart that God loves me and our Blessed Mother, who I fondly call my mommy loves me so much. But as I go to sleep lately, still nursing my swollen surgery wounds and my aching black & blue needle-pricked veins, I have this question in my heart– why do I have to undergo so much pain in my body and emotions? Am I not serving God my Father? Am I not His child whom He promised He will keep and protect? I look deeply into my life and I find that I am at peace with myself. A day before my chemo, I went to talk to a priest and make confession and the absolution I had was just to be silent in the presence of God in the altar.
I have one realization, Bo. It is like the MILO advertisement.
I believe that our Father in heaven does not want me to suffer. It pains Him to see me in pain.
But as I fall and get hurt and have all sorts of mud and filth in my body like the MILO advertisement, my Father keep watch over me and would tell me– “Marge, Ganyan Ako Magpalaki ng Champion”. You are a champion in progress.
Bo, tomorrow (September 10) I will go back to the hospital to have my veins pricked again; before I consult my oncologist, I have to have the blood results ready. On September 28 I will undergo my second chemo theraphy session. Please include me in your prayers. Regards to Marowe.
Marge
thumbs up bro. Bo.. thank you very much…
thanks bro. bo! God speak to me through this message. pls continue to pray for the sick whether physically, emotionally, and/or spiritually sickness. how great is our God!
Bo, I don’t how you do it but you’re such a blessed man. Everytime I read any of your writings, listen to your talks in person when I was then at Cebu City at Order of Augustinian discalced (OAD) or listen to your tapes records, tears are accummulating in my eyes. Of course, I would admit that I get easily drawn to things related to God especially with Mother Mary hereself and yet your messages pierced my being so strong that I would easily regret allt those things that I did even if I knew too well that those were wrong before I have committed them. Your messages not only made me look back my life and the I live it wrongly but you planted something that made me guilty even just the thought of doing something against the laws of nature and GOD himself…
Thank you Bo, from the bottom of my being, that you have started what you are doing right now so individual like me who have strayed both intentionally and unintetionally could have something better to read onto and look forward to browse in this internet/network period of our times.
I am an OFW for now and working hard to provide food on the table for my family and give a better wordly future for my two- (2) daughters. I have sinned Bo and I knew that and I am just stupid to admit that but in my heart, I am, I knew. But one thing I am very proud to say that I am a believer and may Mother Mary would continue guiding me in this life and continue to touch my heart to extend grace to others…
Pray for us (OFW) Bo… and more health to you so you can also continue touching others by way of your messages.
thank you..its a relief…thank you
thanks, its a relief…
What a profound reflection brother Bo. I will share this article to my mom and sis as I have difficulty reminding them over and over again to stop being ” negative” or pessimistic. I agree bro Bo that there are times that when we are sick, our body is talking to us.. But it seems that other people ignore this and they automatically take medicines which offer temporary relief.
The beauty of life is being at peace with yourself, with God and with others. We have to have to hate or shun ” bitterness, resentment in our lives… If only all of us, children of God will seek more the heart of Jesus - there we will find complete peace, in whatever circumstances where are in…
God bless
Dear Bro Bo,
Thank you very much for your very interesting article again.
I can relate to your article because before there was hatred in my heart, a lot of worries but when I completely surrenders everything to GOD, my life has changed. I have stopped taking my maintenance pill for high blood, my body now got back to its form. I have a modest business to support my family on our daily needs, GOD had showed HIS LOVE on us. Now, I am on the stage of putting up another business with other partners, I do not that have the stress, worry and hatred at all. I would say, I can slowly adopted to what GOD wants us to do and that is to show HIS LOVE.
LOVE is a continuing process and I am sharing it everyday with my friends and family. I am not be perfect but I am trying to correct all the things I have done in the past.
God Bless you always!
You have been an inspiration to us by sharing and showing to us how much GOD loves us!
Thank you.