{"id":946,"date":"2007-02-27T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/more-on-cancer-prayers.html"},"modified":"2007-02-27T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-27T13:36:00","slug":"more-on-cancer-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/more-on-cancer-prayers.html","title":{"rendered":"More on Cancer Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/prayerhands_chat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 159px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/prayerhands_chat.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Thanks for your warm response to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/prayers-that-help-with-chemo.html\" target=\"_blank\">cancer healing prayers I posted<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been looking for more without much luck. Want to write some together? I&#8217;ll post the prayers you send in. My friends who&#8217;ve had cancer say it&#8217;s so hard to stay positive about chemo&#8217;s healing powers when friends and family&#8211;often trying to comfort&#8211;let it be known that they see chemo drugs as &#8220;poison,&#8221; or dwell on the side effects.  <\/p>\n<p>Here are some posts from readers who see chemo drugs as elixirs of tremendous healing power: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My husband is an interfaith minister and Reiki Master and he has a lot of experience working with cancer patients. He has special blessings for the chemo bag and for the all aspects of cancer recovery,&#8221; writes Laurie Sue Brockway. <\/p>\n<p>Reader Jacqueline Robinson writes: &#8220;The word of God says &#8216;I am He that healeth thee,&#8217; and as you are infused with chemo your whole mind has to be absorbed with the hope of glory, believing that you are [being] healed as your whole body is being infused with the medicine. I envisioned the Holy Spirit flowing through my body and held on to Him knowing that He was there with me.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Reader Laura writes: &#8220;I had breast and thyroid cancer and went thru chemo for four months. It was no fun, but between the drugs, my Faith and my God, I am healed in Jesus&#8217; name. I am going to make a ton of copies of these prayers and take them to my oncology doctor&#8217;s office so that everyone there still taking chemo can be uplifted and healed by powerful words!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Writes a reader named Marsha, currently receiving chemo every week: &#8220;It is nice to see prayers for women who have cancer. I have colon, liver and lung cancer and have been fighting it since August 19, 2006. Every week I go for my chemo and some days are good, and some bad. The prayers really help you make it through it. [I am] still fighting and will be a survivor.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for your warm response to the cancer healing prayers I posted. I&#8217;ve been looking for more without much luck. Want to write some together? I&#8217;ll post the prayers you send in. 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