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First, I want to say that I am not a "Bible thumper". I previously did not regularly attend church, nor am I trying to force anyone to believe, not to judge anyone or preach to you; I am simply telling my story and giving my testimony of what has happened to me and how I was healed by Christ around late November of 2023. I know, if you will stick with me and read my testimony that it will bless those who are willing to receive it, and that some will discount it, and that is ok.
I am telling you that I am speaking 100% TRUTH.
God is REAL, he loves us and answers prayers, and I am living proof! Christ heals and is active even now! I hope you will read this and that it blesses you.
We are living in dark and desperate times and I know that Christ is the answer. The answer isn’t what many churches call being Christian, not Christian Nationalism, not what the television, social media or the establishment says, but Jesus Christ, the Son of God is the answer!
I didn’t go to a church actively when all this began, I believed in God and Jesus, but more like “that’s a nice story and I hope it is true.” I have always prayed and sometimes I felt like God wasn’t listening or I didn’t understand why things happened the way they did. I didn’t feel comfortable at church because I felt judged, and I knew that I was never good enough to deserve a miracle. I now know that this is not true, it was deception.
We all are loved by God, and Jesus is with you now. A totally different life is just a prayer away. I am only here to tell you my testimony of the power and healing love of Jesus Christ that I have experienced, and I HOPE YOU DO TO.
I am not telling you this story to get you to stay at The Retreat, or to make money. I am telling you this because I was literally saved FROM DEATH multiple times by God, and I want everyone to know. I have no reason to tell you a lie! I have medical records and years of suffering, and eye witnesses that will confirm everything I write here. My reason for telling my story is because I HAVE BEEN HEALED BY CHRIST! I am not trying to convince you of anything, you can believe it or not.
After having what appeared to be several debilitating stokes and multifocal heart attacks, I suffered from complete right sided Heart failure, and A-fib and had 12% cardiac output. I had to leave my position at the University of Arkansas and was told I only had at best a year to a year and a half to live. I accepted this diagnosis and my health steadily declined over the next 6 months to a year.
When I hit about the six month mark, I had a celebration of life party with my friends and children. I rented a cabin in lost bridge and we celebrated and remembered all the good times we could and tried to make a few more good memories before I thought I would be saying good bye to them.
Despite having nearly died multiple times and being told I may have to be put on a transplant list if my cardiac output dropped more, I lived. My cardiac output increased to 23% and they wanted to put in a defibrillator because my heart was function so bad. That was 8 years ago.
On a Friday my Cardiologist scheduled me for surgery on the following Monday at 7am. That Monday morning my neighbors came over and prayed with me because I did not want this surgery, but I conceded to medical advice and at 5:30am got ready to leave. We prayed. When I got to the hospital they prepped me for surgery and they echoed my heart, and the echo tech said I was pumping 40%. My cardiologist said this was impossible and that he must have made a mistake and took me in for surgery. He said he would use a special catheter, a Swann cath, to check the actual pressure and output of my heart. He said he would then know the actual pressure and if it was above 35% he wouldn’t be able to place the device because it was against protocol, but he said there was no way that this would be the case. So I went under and when I woke up 30 minutes later, he said “I don’t know what you did, but your heart is pumping more than 35% and I could not place the defibrillator, you healed yourself.” And I told him, “ I didn’t, God did!” SO, I went home.
My health had many ups and downs and my heart problems then worsened to the point that in 2023 I had been rush to the hospital nearly coding 3 times, the last time I was out for almost a minute with no blood flow to my brain. I awoke after they did emergency interventions to revive me and restore my blood pressure and was on 15 liters of oxygen per minute for many days. I recovered and then was sent home dependent on 5LPM of oxygen for the next couple of years. I was a very sick person, I referred to myself as a "Deadman walking," seriously, that is how I felt and what I thought. Then on October 23, of 2023, I got a call from my Mother telling me my Dad was sick and in the hospital. I immediately bought a ticket and went back to Seattle to be with my Mom and Dad as soon as I could get there which was about a week later. We closed The Retreat and I flew back.
I walked to the hospital room with my special portable concentrator at 5 LPM almost every day, sometimes leaning on my Mom’s walker to get to my Dad’s Room until one day in mid-late November. I had been praying that God would heal my Dad, he had sepsis from a bed sore, and that is what eventually took his life. But I prayed every day for him, but he wasn’t getting better and my Mom was also worried about me. I knew she was, so I prayed one night that God would help me help them and not be a burden and that is when the DRAMATIC miracle happened.
The next morning, I got ready to go to the hospital and we drove in. I walked to my Dad’s room with my concentrator on my back, but I didn’t lean on my Mom’s walker and I thought “today is going to be a good day.” After talking for a while, the concentrator was pushing into my back and so I took it off and it was only then that I realized I had never turned it on. I was SHOCKED and scared; I immediately turned it on and thought “what is going on?” Because I couldn’t walk 10 feet without getting short of breath before without the oxygen, let alone have a conversation. We stayed and I felt odd, I knew something was different but I didn’t know what to think. We eventually went home that day and I just had a feeling that I was better; my legs weren’t swelling the same way. I then tried going with the oxygen at lower and lower settings and found that I didn’t require it like before, but I was afraid to stop using it.
Then I my Dad passed on Dec 14th. I had returned to Arkansas 2 days before, it was devastating, but I had no choice on when I returned. When I got home I stopped using the oxygen and we started reducing my cardiac medication because I was experiencing side effects that I never had before.
I had been taking about 27 pills a day to stay alive, and now I only take 4. My heart started beating fully, and I no longer use oxygen! I still have A-fib, but not like before and my heart failure is resolved. I don’t require all the medication I used to have to take. God didn’t heal my Dad, but he healed me even though I never asked for it.
This is the 100% honest truth, I still have some health issues, I still have to take breaks be reasonable with my body, but I couldn’t do anything before and my heart was in failure and now I walk around and talk and do things I haven’t been able to do in years. It is not 100% normal but it is no longer in failure and I am FULLY ALIVE!
GOD answered my prayer not to be a burden by healing my heart and enabling me to help my mother and be with friends and family without oxygen and without having to go lay down every hour and a half.
Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not what we expect or ask for, but God answers prayer and YES, heals people miraculously! I am living proof! NO ONE recovers from complete right sided heart failure after having failure for years, but I was healed!
Please, especially in this time, if you are hurting, if you are scared, if you are lonely, if you are wondering “Is there a God?” please ask him to show you! Jesus loves us, God LOVES US! He came here and died for us, so that we might live! He will show you he is listening! He wants to be in your life and fill your heart!
Thank you for reading my testimony, and I pray for anyone reading this that asks or prays with their full heart, that Jesus Christ will answer you and show you he is there for you.
I don’t know why he didn’t answer my prayer to heal my Dad the way I had hoped, and he passed, I don’t understand what the answer was to that prayer, but I know God heard me. I don’t understand why I was healed and live, but I AM AND DO. I am learning that I may never understand, and I don’t need to. We just need to trust in him and believe that his reasons for us are good! He will answer you if you ask him to!
Please contact me if you would like me to talk with you or pray for you!
May God bless all of you, anyone who searches for him! May you find this testimony and it encourage you, and Glory Be To God, and to Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Spirit! AMEN!
Sincerely,
Jay Parker