It was Sunday, August 19, 2018, and I was sitting in a volunteer meeting at church. We had just completed a 21-day corporate fast. Tom, one of our staff members, was recounting some of the many blessings that had come from our time of fasting and prayer. He then shared a personal testimony of how the Lord had healed him of migraine headaches a few years ago in a similar church-wide fast.
As I sat and listened to Tom, I was amazed at how God had worked supernaturally in his life. After church, I emailed Tom to ask permission to publish his story. He replied, “You certainly have my permission to use it. It was a special blessing for me to write it again, to rehearse some of the events, and to reflect on all that God did and continues to do.” I was thankful because Tom’s story reminds us that no problem is too big for God. Whatever it is you’re seeking from God during your fast, you’ll be encouraged by this testimony of God’s faithfulness.
“When our church began a Daniel Fast, I thought it would be impossible for me to participate due to my ongoing migraine headaches. At that time, I was having a migraine five days out of a week and had been having them for six months. EKGs hadn’t revealed anything abnormal. The prescription medicine I was taking didn’t help. Even the CPAP machine I’d been using was ineffective. I was so desperate for relief that I spent one night in a headache clinic to determine the cause of my migraines. That was an enormous task because everything seemed to be a trigger for me – not eating enough or eating at the wrong time of day, getting too little sleep or too much sleep, getting up out of a chair or bed too quickly, and laughing out loud too hard.
It didn’t matter what I did or didn’t do. Nothing seemed to alleviate the pain. I continued to pray and went forward at church for prayer, but my situation wasn’t improving at all. I’d resigned myself to the fact that I’d have to suffer with migraine headaches for the rest of my life.
When I began the Daniel Fast, I honestly didn’t think I’d last more than a day or two. I figured I’d have to abandon the fast due to the disruption in my eating, no caffeine, etc. I limped through day 1 but held steady.
On day 2, the migraine pain was actually a little less, which was a shock in itself. No caffeine, no medication, and Daniel Fast food. No way!
By day 3, it was obvious something was happening. By the end of the first week, I stopped using the CPAP machine. It was the strangest thing to have time pass without excruciating throbbing in my head.
By the beginning of the second week of the fast, I knew God had miraculously healed me.
That Daniel Fast was more than four years ago, and I haven’t had a migraine since – not even a headache. I continue to live free of migraines. Praise the Lord!”
{For more information on the Daniel Fast, visit “What is the Daniel Fast?” and “Daniel Fast Food List.” Also, you’ll be encouraged by reading more Daniel Fast testimonies.}
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