Theresa Negado Testimony

GOOD MORNING. I’M MA. THERESA NEGADO, A PERSONNEL OFFICER BY PROFESSION.  BY CALLING, I AM A HELPMATE TO PTR.ERIC, A MOTHER TO TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN (JP AND DANIELLE GRACE) AND SERVANT IN HIS LAMBS CHILDREN’S CHURCH.

I COMMITTED MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST WAY BACK SEPTEMBER 19, 1993 DURING MY COLLEGE DAYS.

It hasn’t only been in my childhood that the Lord has healed me, but I’d like to share with you MY STORY because of the impact GOD’S healing HAS maDE ON MY LIFE.

SIX YEARS AGO, JUST MONTHS AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO MY SECOND CHILD, I NOTICED A VERY SLIGHT SWELLING ON MY THROAT WHICH I SIMPLY REGARDED AS STRAIN ON MY NECK MUSCLES.

AS MONTHS PASS, THAT SWELLING STARTED TO DEVELOPED INTO A LUMP WHICH CAUSED ME MUCH DISCOMFORT. I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING AND BREATHING AND THROAT TIGHTNESS.

THIS PROMPTED ME TO SEEK OUT MEDICAL ATTENTION. AND BY GOD’S GRACE, MY CO-LIFE GROUP MEMBER (DR. ARNEE PACETE) IS A DOCTOR. WE DROPPED BY HER CLINIC TO HAVE THAT CHECK UP AND SHE REQUIRED ME TO UNDERGO SEVERAL TESTS/MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. AFTER SEEING THE RESULTS, SHE REFERRED ME TO A THYROID SPECIALIST.

THE NEW DOCTOR REQUIRED ME TO TAKE FURTHER TESTS AND THE RESULT WAS THAT I HAD COMPLEX CYSTIC THYROID NODULES WITH RISK FOR CANCER. I WAS OFFERED AN OPTION TO UNDERGO SURGERY. BUT I OPTED THAT I’D BE GIVEN MEDICATION.

AFTER TWO MONTHS OF MEDICATION, THE LUMP STARTED TO DECREASE IN SIZE. GOOD RESULT. HOWEVER, IT WAS JUST FOR THAT PERIOD. THE LUMP STARTED TO GROW AGAIN.

A CHANGE OF DOSAGE AND MEDICINES WERE GIVEN, BUT STILL THE LUMP CONTINUES TO GROW.

NOT ONLY THAT IT INCREASED IN SIZE, BUT IT BROUGHT IN ALSO SEVERAL EFFECTS. I  STARTED TO LOSE WEIGHT, EXPERIENCED CHRONIC FATIGUE, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, DIFFICULTY  IN BREATHING AND MUCH MORE.

I WAS THEN AGAIN SUBJECTED TO UNDERGO A SERIES OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES (EVERY OTHER WEEK), SEVERAL SCAN SESSIONS AND SOME OTHER TESTS FOR MONITORING, IN ADDITION TO MY MEDICAL TREATMENT.

STILL NO POSITIVE RESPONSE. THE LUMP KEPT ON GROWING.

AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, AND PER RESULT OF THE MEDICATION AND TESTS. I WAS ADVISED BY MY DOCTOR TO UNDERGO SURGERY. I’VE SOUGHT SECOND OPINION. SAME ADVISE. A SURGERY IS A MUST. MY DOCTOR TOLD ME IT’S MY CHOICE AND TOLD  ME TO PREPARE A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR SURGERY AND RETURN TO HER IF I’M ALREADY READY.

NOT ONLY DID THIS ILLNESS DEPLETED MY STREGNTH (PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL), IT WAS ALSO DEPLETING OUR FINANCES. THE THOUGHT OF HAVING AN INCISION MADE ON MY THROAT BROUGHT ANOTHER  WEIGHT NOT JUST ON ME BUT ALSO FOR MY FAMILY.

DURING THESE TIMES, I ONLY HAD GOD’S GRACE AND HIS WORD SUSTAINING ME AND GIVING ME HOPE. I PRAISE GOD FOR MY FAMILY, MY LIFE GROUP AND THE CHURCH FAMILY WHOSE BEEN THERE SUPPORTING US AND PRAYING WITH US DURING THESE TIMES.

DURING MY CONVERSATION WITH THE LORD. WHILE POURING MY HEART TO HIM,  I ASKED HIM, “ LORD, IF I WILL UNDERGO THAT SURGERY. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK. HOW CAN I SHARE YOU TO OTHERS? HOW CAN I TEACH? AND THE LORD LOVINGLY TOLD ME “YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BRAINS, YOU CAN THINK, YOU CAN WRITE.”

AND THAT GAVE A PERIOD TO MY QUESTIONS. THE LORD DID NOT TOLD ME I WILL HEAL YOU, HE SIMPLY REVEALED TO ME THAT I SHOULD NOT LIMIT MY SELF. THOSE WORDS ARE REASSURANCE ENOUGH FOR ME THAT HE IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET. I’LL STILL BE ALIVE AND THAT HE WILL USE ME. AND IF HE WILL USE ME, HE WILL BE WITH ME ALL THROUGHOUT.

RIGHT THEN AND THERE I RESOLVED IN MY HEART, I WILL NOT LET THIS AILMENT LIMIT MYSELF IN SERVING HIM.

NOW, THROUGHOUT THESE TREATMENTS I KEPT ON WORKING, AND DOING MY MINISTRY TEACHING CHILDREN, CONTINUING WITH MY LIFEGROUP AND EVEN TEACHING IN LTS. THEREFORE, THE LUMP ON MY THROAT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE VISIBLE TO OTHER PEOPLE.

QUESTIONS AROSE FROM THOSE PEOPLE BUT ONLY A CHILD WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO ASK VERBALLY. ONE CHILD ASKED HER MOM, AND THE MOM RELAYED ITTO ME DURING OUR LIFEGROUP : “MA, GA SERVE MAN SI TEACHER THERESA KAY LORD, NGA-A NAGMASAKIT NA SIYA SG AMO NA HAW?” 

SO I TOOK TIME  EXPLAINING TO THEM THAT WE ARE NOT IMMUNE  TO SICKNESS BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THIS FALLEN WORLD AND THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND A REASON WHY I HAVE THIS SICKNESS.

DAYS AFTER, I BUMPED INTO TEACHER FAITH SA HLM PARK. AND DURING OUR CONVERSATION SHE SHARED TO ME THAT DURING ONE PRAYER MEETING A REVELATION WAS GIVEN THAT GOD IS DOING AN INTERNAL OPERATION TO THOSE WHO ARE SICK WHICH OUR EYES CANNOT SEE. I VIVIDLY REMEMBER HER VERY WORDS “ SHE SAID, I ASKED THE LORD, TO PLEASE EXTEND THAT HEALING ALSO TO YOU CHER.”

TO CUT THE LONG STORY SHORT. I AM HERE RIGHT NOW. COMPLETELY HEALED. WITHOUT TAKING ADDITIONAL MEDICATION, AND DID NOT UNDERGO ANY SURGERY.

ALL THESE A RESULT OF GOD’S GRACE AND HIS HEALING POWER.

AT PRESENT, GOD HAS GIVEN ME A PRIVILEGE TO KEEP ON SHARING THIS TESTIMONY AND MINISTERING TO WOMEN WHO ARE ALSO UNDERGOING SICKNESSES, LEADING THEM TO JESUS, AND SEEING THEM ACCEPTING JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOUR, AND COMMITTING THEIR LIVES TO HIM.

ROMANS 8:28 NKJV SAYS “²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are  called according to His purpose.”

I AM MA. THERESA Y. NEGADO, SAVED, HEALED AND RESTORED FOR HIS SERVICE.

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY.