How God Delivered Me from A Brain Aneurysm [Encore Podcast]

We’re doing an encore podcast this week because Sharon just celebrated her sixtieth birthday. Eighteen years ago, she suffered a brain aneurysm. So, we thought it was fitting and right to re-air how God brought her through. Just know today that Jesus is a healing Jesus and what He did for her, He can and will do for you.

This is an encore episode of Sharon Horvath’s miraculous healing testimony from a brain aneurysm. This podcast first aired in April of 2015.

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Accept the Challenge

Each week’s podcast contains a call to action. The Word of God will not produce in your life unless you put into operation.
This weeks call is:

Do you believe Jesus is the Healer? Act on that belief by reaching out to Him in faith. He can and will deliver you. If you were unsure of your authority, if you are not confident that you can speak to devils, demons, and angels of light in Jesus’ Name, get busy. Meditate on the ministry of Jesus. Think about His death, resurrection, and ascension to God’s right hand, for that is where the seat of authority lies. Saturate yourself with these truths until you know that you know.

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Each week’s podcast also contains a question designed to encourage testimony. Testimony is vital to a believer’s life. We overcome by it (Rev. 12:11).
This week’s question is:

Do you have a personal healing testimony? Please encourage and inspire others by sharing your story in the comments section below.

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About Emery

Emery committed his life to the Lord Jesus Christ over 40 years ago and has served as both a full-time pastor and an itinerant minister. Both he and his wife Sharon of 35 years emphasize personal growth and development through the Word of God. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is both the focus and the hallmark of their mission. Read more about them here.

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The Testimony of Jesus in John Eight

At roughly 11:05 PM on Christmas Eve, in the year 2001, while at work, my wife Sharon suffered a brain aneurysm. You can find Sharon’s account of her anguishing life-changing trial in this post “How God Miraculously Brought Me through A Brain Aneurysm.” This podcast is my version of that same day, the same ordeal, the same life-changing distress. The same miraculous deliverance.

A Key Verse in God Delivering Sharon from a Brain Aneurysm

2 Corinthians 11:14 (NLT)
14 But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.

Brain Aneurysm and the Phrase It Just So Happened…

At approximately 11:05 PM Christmas Eve, while at work, my wife suffered a brain aneurysm. These ‘it just so happened statements’ are a sequence of things that happened that when you look back on them, you’ll understand the goodness of God.

It just so happened that when she called the house, our oldest child, Jessica, was up. If she hadn’t been up, the chance of my hearing the light ringing phone was not good.
It just so happened that she was able to wake me up — no small miracle in itself.
It just so happened that Sharon phrased her words the right way to get me out of bed on a cold winter night.
It just so happened that Sharon had enough strength to unlock the back door to her patient’s house.
It just so happened that for once, Sharon allowed herself to be taken to the hospital rather than the normal “I’ll take 2 Tylenol” and push past the problem.
It just so happened she didn’t say, “I’m okay, it must be sinuses” statements that she often makes.
- 25% of all aneurysm patients die before they get to the hospital.
It just so happened that we got her to the hospital on time.
- 25% of all aneurysm patients die on the way to the hospital.
It just so happened that the ER doctor did not misdiagnose her condition as a migraine. He ordered a cat scan.
It just so happened that Sharon’s physician also had an aneurysm in her neck, and she had researched the best doctor diligently for her procedure.
This doctor became Sharon’s doctor by recommendation.
It just so happened that this neurosurgeon preformed a procedure on Sharon’s head on Christmas day ‘just in time’ to decrease the swelling (I was told that another person had to have part of her brain removed to make room in her head for her swollen brain.
It just so happened that Sharon did not have a stroke on Christmas day because of the swelling and brain pressure she had.
It just so happened that my brother did the right thing and steadied me with prayer when I was emotionally open.
It just so happened that Sharon increased in strength considerably after only one day in the hospital.
It just so happened that Sharon came through her 4-hour brain surgery with flying colors. The recovery nurse said that she was trying to sit up while in recovery
It just so happened the next morning she called me on the phone and had an intelligent conversation with me.
It just so happened that the Lord gave me a verse of scripture as I was driving. I gave this verse to my wife as well as to others.
There were many of these ‘it just so happened’ details when Sharon suffered a brain aneurysm.
Too many to not see the hand of God.

Psalm 34:19 (KJV)
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

It just so happened that I happened to be there when she had her first brain spasm – one week after her surgery for a brain aneurysm – the radiology doctor told us to cross our fingers.
That was the only hope that he could offer.
It just so happened that believers in Jesus have something better than crossing your fingers!
She had three brain spasms, and though they were all potentially lethal, and yet she lived!
The spasms she was having were excruciating.
The medicine, which they told me was no guarantee would work, caused headaches on top of the headache she already had.
Sharon told me after the first spasm that she saw a man with a light.
A friendly man, a friendly face was beckoning her.
She knew if she went to the light that on the other side of the light there was no more pain.
She told me this story while lying in the hospital.
My first reaction was ‘that’s nice,’ she saw an angel.
On the way home from the hospital that evening.
I was running this story Sharon told me about the Man with the Light, through my mind.
I made it a point during the twenty-one days that she spent in the hospital, to never leave until I had at least some good news or a sense of progress.
I came to a stoplight.
And all of a sudden, as I was thinking about the Man with the Light, I saw it.
This verse of scripture, 2 Corinthians 11:4, rose up out of my heart.
I saw that everyone was praying for Sharon. Everyone believed for her recovery.
We are all on the same page.
We are all with one accord.
What this ‘Man with the Light’ was asking Sharon to do was opposite what everyone was praying!
Immediately I rebuked the devil and took authority over the angel of light in Jesus’ name.
I realized that God had been with us and had brought us through to this point, so why would God send an angel to beckon her to the other side?
Sharon then had her 2nd spasm.
The 2nd was much worse than the first.
The spasm shrunk the blood vessel in her head further, and it didn’t open back up as did the first go around.
The result was that Sharon’s pain level was ever more significant.
The pain was so intense Sharon went looking for the man with the light in the hopes of getting some relief.
A voice spoke up in her room, as she searched.
The Man with the Light said, “I can’t come back; Emery has taken authority over me.”

Facing Death and Devils

The trials of life come to everyone
You will never be so strong in faith that you won’t ever experience difficulties.

Luke 6:46-49 (NLT)
46 “So why do you call me ‘Lord,’ when you won’t obey me? 47 I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then obeys me. 48 It is like a person who builds a house on a strong foundation laid upon the underlying rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49 But anyone who listens and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will crumble into a heap of ruins.”

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Sharon’s brain aneurysm was a genetic defect; we found out later: A time bomb ticking in her head.
Genetic defects are part of the curse of the fall
Jesus was not exempted from the testing of life.
Testings are to be endured with patience and joy.

James 1:12 (NLT) – 12 God blesses the people who patiently endure testing. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Heb. 12:2 (NKJV) – 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

It’s Good to Have A Reservoir of Scripture In Your Heart

In this case, it was the difference between living and dying
If you wait to get faith when you need faith you are too late.
A Bible that’s falling apart probably belongs to someone who isn’t.
It is good to mark your Bible, but it is better to let your Bible mark you.
What is in you will come out.

Luke 6:45 (NLT) – 45 A good person produces good deeds from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

Never once did I talk the language of death, not once!
Death is not what’s programmed in my heart.
I did not have a death reservoir in my heart
I fought death thoughts constantly.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV) – 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

They were telling me I was looking like death….!

You, Will, Have Problems With Your Soul

Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Jesus had problems with his soul

Matt. 26:38 (NLT)
38 He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and watch with me.”

I had problems with mine.
The problem is separation or grief.
You will feel grief. I did. It’s not possible for people who have been joined as one in marriage and have that ripped from you not to feel that loss.

The Holy Spirit Will Steady You

God is closest to those whose hearts are broken. — Jewish Proverb
When it rained on the North Sea, poets used to say, “the heavens wept.”
Only people can weep.
No other living thing cries tears.
No other living thing experiences sorrow.
Only people need the comfort of God’s presence, the comfort of faith, the comfort of grace.
Through my brother’s prayer, the Holy Spirit energized me.
The Holy Spirit helped me by giving me scripture to stand on.
He’s name in the KJV is “COMFORTER.”
He is called alongside to help you.
In the inward invisible kingdom of your heart, God will cause the saint to sing through every night of sorrow.

Psa. 30:5 (KJV)
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Miracles Are A Team Effort

You need to know others who are strong and are not as emotionally attached
It takes teamwork
The belief that one person can do something great is a myth.
No problem is ever as dark when you have a friend to face it with you.

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Prov. 17:17 (NKJV)
17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

Give People Scripture When They Are In the Hospital

Sickness and disease is a war
The only way to make anything in life is to fight
The only way to be anything in life is to fight
The only way to fulfill the will of God is to fight
The only way to live and not die is to fight
The fight is on!
It’s hard to fight a war without ammo

2 Cor. 10:3-4 (NLT)
3 We are human, but we don’t wage war with human plans and methods. 4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil’s strongholds.

You need a fighting attitude
Passivity will not work here!

1 Tim. 6:12 (KJV)
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

The Difference Between Living And Dying Is In the Will

Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
He who cannot endure tough times will not see good times.
The Man with the Light wanted to break down the will.
Many saints of God are being duped into following the light when it’s not there time to leave planet earth.

If You Understand Your Authority, The Devil Knows Your Name.

Your name is known by the regions of the dammed.
They know those who have authority, and they know when you don’t know.
When you don’t know, they will run right over the top of you.
All of life then becomes a game of cloak and dagger.
The devil is trying to disguise the fact that he is up to something and the Holy Spirit pulling off the covers of deception if you will allow him.

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