One thing that can make your physical afflictions easier to bear is knowing that you can go to the Lord and receive His personal, specific, Heaven-sent words of love and encouragement. It's a marvelous comfort and relief to be able to hear from the Lord in prophecy. You don't have to be in the dark about what the Lord is doing in your life, or be plagued by unanswered questions, or under a cloud of condemnation sent by the Devil. You can pour out your heart to the Lord and receive His help in the form of personal messages that will be exactly what you need at the time.

He can show you why, in His love, He has allowed you to be afflicted, as well as what He wants you to do about it--how to go about securing His healing. Faith comes by hearing the Word, and that is true not only of His recorded Word, the Bible, but also the words of specific encouragement, instruction, and guidance that your loving Shepherd can give you personally through prophecy.

Take your heartaches, burdens, and questions to Him. He's eager to speak to you. He wants to lighten your burdens and make your afflictions easier to bear. He loves you and He will never suffer you to be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, but will always make a way to escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). That way of escape often comes through His personal words of comfort and love and encouragement that will lift you over the storm and bring you to the light of a brighter day.

Sometimes one message from Jesus is all it takes, but if you're fighting a serious or long-term illness, you'll want to go back to the Lord often for any further instruction or encouragement He may have for you, because circumstances and conditions change. And if you ever have questions about the words, promises, or explanations He gives, just ask Him about them. He never grows weary of answering your questions. He delights in making it as easy as possible for you, because He loves you so. Let Him bear your burdens, ease your pain, and lighten your load by letting Him speak to your heart through prophecy.

(For more explanation of the gift of prophecy and how you can benefit from it, order Hearing from Heaven, a booklet in the Get Activated! series.)