Catherine Ponder is one of the great spiritual writers of our time. As far as I know, she is still alive now in 2020 (age 93).

She tells us that we have healing power and provides us with innumerable accounts of people in all walks of life who have healed themselves with affirmative prayer.

It is our habitual “wrong thoughts, deep hates, secret resentments, and strong prejudices” that play havoc with our health.

Denial is the first law of healing. We must use our “no” power to dissolve negative beliefs and emotions. Before our problems can be resolved, there must be a mental and emotional housecleaning.

We should say “no, no, no” to pain or other problems.

Silence is one of the greatest denials of all. Keep quiet about your problems, stop complaining. “Silence is your denial of apparent evil.”

Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount “Let your speech be yea, yea (affirmations) and nay, nay (denial).”

The up-and-down stroke of the cross means that “nothing has evil power”. The right-and-left stroke of the cross means that “the good now reigns”. If you want life’s blessings you must cross out the belief in evil.

Here are a couple of Catherine’s suggestions for denial of evil:

“There is no evil. Nothing is evil which brings forth good, and only good shall come from this.”

“There is nothing to fear. There is no power to hurt. Anything in my life that needs to be changed can be changed.”

We can invoke the “surprise” law of healing, which is the law of forgiveness.

Where there is a health problem, there is a forgiveness problem. We must forgive if we want to be permanently healed.

“I forgive everything and everybody who can possibly need forgiveness in my past and present. I am free and they are free.”

You also need to forgive yourself.

The emotional cause of your health problems can be “possessiveness and strong attachment to or by some person, situation or condition in your life”. You therefore must emotionally release (or gain release from) that person, situation or condition in order to bring healing to your own mind, body and affairs.

Your words of release can also cause others to subconsciously release you.

All civilizations have known and taught that your word is your power. Every word you speak is recorded in your body.

Myrtle Fillmore healed herself of tuberculosis which was then (in 1886) incurable. She talked to all the life centres (chakras?) in her body and spoke words of Truth to them – “words of strength and power”. She kept on until the organs responded and her health improved.

The author, Catherine Ponder, had bad health since childhood but through daily affirmations her health began to improve. A major health problem that her doctor had said would require major surgery disappeared.

There are further chapters, on the healing law of praise (what you praise you increase), the healing law of love, the miracle law of healing, the imaging law of healing and the mystical law of healing. “Speaking the Name ‘Jesus Christ’ sets up a mighty vibration that releases miracle power.”

Also, using affirmations containing the words “I AM” has a dynamic force.

“I AM Health, Strength, Peace, Happiness, and Prosperity.”

“I AM the radiant child of God, I AM. I AM, I AM.”

There is also a chapter about chemicalization, which is a healing process. This is when your problems seem to get worse, sometimes much worse, just before they disappear.

Chemicalization is a sign that cleansing is taking place.

I found this to be an exceedingly inspiring book filled with encouraging and miraculous success stories.

The book is from the middle of the 2oth Century, but it is still absolutely relevant and helpful. I highly recommend that you read it. It will greatly inspire you and increase your faith that you can be healed/heal yourself. ( )

Well written description and instructions for praying for healing. ( )