Today I would like to share with you Yessica’s amazing testimony of defeating a Trisomy 21 diagnosis of her yet unborn child.
Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome, is a genetic disorder manifested by an extra copy of chromosome 21 in each cell of the body. Of course, this is caused by none other than our age old enemy as Jesus explained it:
The thief does not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly. John 10:10 (LSV)
But first the enemy must convince you to accept his lies by taking his suggested thought as truth and by not bringing that lying thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
The weapons of our warfare are not in the flesh but mighty through God to pull down the strongholds the enemy is trying to build in your mind to ensnare you with every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 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; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
This is not easy when a revered physician is staring you down, trying to convince you of his diagnosis (evil report) and attempting to get you to submit to his report and will not take no for an answer.
So how did she do it?
In her testimony, notice how she and her mother prayed and “agreed on healing”, and declared “me and my husband and my mother began to declare healing.”, “I kept saying but my baby is healthy.”, “We are believing the opposite.” and “I go to bed in peace and wake up happy because by Jesus stripes we are healed. “
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:19
Here is Yessica’s testimony in her own words as a fearless momma bear beating down and defeating the lies of the enemy.
My baby turns 1 in a few days. When I was 12 weeks pregnant they told us my genetic testing came back positive for trisomy 21. I remember the first thing I did after hanging up the phone was crying in a way I’ve never cried asking God why my baby. At that time we had just left a church in which I was taught about divine healing due to moving out of town. We received our first miracle by being able to conceive. Doctors told me when I was 16 years old that it would be VERY difficult for me to conceive. Flash forward to being 6 months pregnant and we were referred to a specialist to look via ultrasound for Down syndrome symptoms. The doctors see nothing but some dilated ventricles which are associated with that disease. So we pray. Me and my mother agreed on healing. Dilated ventricles through out our visits came to normal limits. I specifically remember counselors coming to me and my husband “preparing” us for whats to come. They thought I was in denial because I kept brushing them off and paid no attention and said that’s not my baby. The specialist finally on our last appointment says we’ll I have good news and I don’t know how else to say it besides your baby doesn’t appear to have Down syndrome. We praise God with tears of joy. Flash forward to birth. We are fully of joy and I let my eyes deceive me. In that moment I felt as if my whole world came crashing down. The doctor comes in and tells me your baby has X, Y and Z features of Down syndrome. I begin to focus on the natural and forget the supernatural. In this moment I felt as if my world had been destroyed. I let the doctor get in my head. I kept saying but my baby is healthy. She said yes he is very healthy. He has no organ issues.. he just has physical symptoms and has some low muscle tone. We were there for a week because he didn’t want to eat and was losing weight. Finally, my mom sees how destroyed I am. I felt defeated. She calls the members of the church we had left. They come and preach the good news of by Jesus stripes we are healed. Everything took a turn.. me and my husband and my mother began to declare healing. The next day his fat behind his neck was gone. He pulled out his feeding tube with his own hands while we were carrying him and began to take a full bottle. After 48 hours of watching him consistently eat we were discharged! Flash forward to almost a year of life and almost 2 years of fighting this battle.. my son has never been sick. My sons organs are whole and healthy! Our pediatrician has told us he believes if we do the blood test it’ll come back positive for trisomy 21. We are believing the opposite. Me and my husband are both nurses and this has been a very difficult journey by the fact we work in the ICU with the sickest patients. My son is crawling. He is pulling up to stand. He is meeting all this milestones with the other kids. When I told my pediatrician I believe he doesn’t have down syndrome because he is right on track he said “he would be the healthiest Down syndrome kid I’ve ever met” I said my son is healthy doctor I agree with you on that part. We are so excited to see physical changes in the appearances. We started reading God heals birth defects and it has got us even more excited. I have had immense peace the last few months in knowing that God wants him healed just as much or more than I do. I go to bed in peace and wake up happy because by Jesus stripes we are healed.
Side note: the other day I didn’t voice it but I felt it in my heart I desired to hear my son laugh more. The next day, he giggled so much. It’s true, God gives us the desires of our heart.
This was my response:
Amen, Yessica! What a great testimony. Can I share it on my website to encourage others? The word says "...by His stripes you were healed." This is past tense which confirms that it is already done. Jesus paid it all and said "It is finished." In Luke 10:19 Jesus gave the authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, which are devils and demons, and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. This includes all those that are yours, namely your son. You have all authority over your son and the enemy has none. You declare it and heaven backs you up based on your faith and belief that it is already done and won't take no for an answer.
She responded back the next day:
I want to give a huge thank you to God and praising him for continuing to reveal himself to me. I have been asking God to manifest himself to me in a way that I could have never imagined. My son got up and crawled today on all 4’s by himself!! AND sprouted his two bottom teeth before his big 1 year birthday!
Our pediatrician had recommended physical therapy so we went ahead to follow through with it but we continued to pray for strength and a few days ago I watched a Kenneth Copeland message and he said write down what worries you and do what you couldn’t do before. I wrote on a piece of paper
Jadiel is healed.
Thank you Jesus for crawling, walking and talking.
Jadiel can and will crawl.
Jadiel can and will walk.
Jadiel can and will talk.
Our pediatrician kept telling us he would be surprised if he doesn’t sprout a tooth until after 15 months because of the diagnosis the doctor wanted to put on him.
Jadiel means Praise of God. At the time I didn’t know why I liked that name so much until someone recently asked me what does his name mean? And I happen to look it up!
You guys have been so encouraging with your testimonies and if it wasn’t for your website I wouldn’t have gotten the encouragement to keep fighting this spiritual battle!
And I’ll add.. we never went to physical therapy for the crawling because his first appointment was actually supposed to be next week!
My reply:
You spoke those things that be not as though the were and even wrote them down. You declared his healing and it was so. According to your faith so it was unto you. Never say DS again for Jadiel is a perfectly normal child and the enemy has nothing in him.
Yessica’s response back:
And frank i do not mind you posting it on the website.
The facts were that all the reports showed Trisomy 21 Down Syndrome markers.
The truth is “…by His stripes you were healed.” 1 Peter2:24
Yessica overcame the facts of the enemy with the truth by the word of God and declaring those things that be not as thought they were.
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Romans 4:17
And praise Jesus, so can you!
PS: Here are Healing Declarations you can use for yourself, your loved ones or share with anyone who needs healing:
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How is this a testimony? He was born with down syndrome. Regardless of meeting his milestones or not, he looks like a down syndrome child and that’s why you don’t have a picture of him. This testimony is really discouraging. They believed he was fine and he came out not.
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This is a testimony of overcoming the enemy who tried to put this illness on her child. But she resisted and overcame the enemy and his devices. From what I understand, there are no signs that prove her son has DS but rather the opposite meeting all his milestones for a perfectly normal child with evidence of his normal development. Had she done nothing, the enemy would have certainly proceeded with his plans and her child would have had full blown DS for sure. Apparently you are only going by what the doctor’s report said and not by the report of the Lord that by His stripes we were healed. This includes her son and the mother is declaring it into manifestation by the power Jesus gave us in Luke 10:19 and Mark 16:17-18. This is how you defeat DS or any other disease or illness. Just watch as she will bring forth more testimony as her child develops as a perfectly normal child.
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Then have her share a picture of her child. He will look like a down syndrome child. Even if he meets his milestones, he will have a difficult life by just how he looks. That’s not defeating the enemy.
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You are still looking at the world’s report and not the Lord’s. Either you believe that by His stripes he was healed or you don’t. Right now you are just like Thomas who would not believe until he saw it. You are not blessed because blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe. You still don’t understand that we overcome the facts of the flesh by the truth of the word of God by speaking those things that be not as though they were. So what if she sent a picture and he looks like a DS child, which I doubt BTW, he will be perfectly normal growing up because he has a mother who is declaring it so and will not accept anything otherwise. This is how you fight the battle with the enemy. This is exercising and standing on your faith. Sorry my friend, but this is not what you are doing here.
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From her testimony it sounded like her son looked physically like a down syndrome child. And all I’m saying is that she didn’t defeat down syndrom if her son still looks physically like a down syndrom child. He might be normal in his behavior but he will still struggle in life because of how he looks. I’m not understanding what you are trying to say. Ask her for a picture and let’s see.
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Of course you do not understand because you are not a believer. You are not of His sheep who know His voice. Did you not read in her testimony “Dilated ventricles through out our visits came to normal limits.” and “The next day his fat behind his neck was gone.” and “We are so excited to see physical changes in the appearances.” and “we never went to physical therapy for the crawling” Why would I ask her for a picture just to satisfy your curiosity because like Thomas, you are not willing to believe until you see it? Jesus scolded doubting Thomas “You believe because you have seen. Blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe.” Why would you attack a mother who is standing in the gap and declaring that her son is healed overcoming and defeating DS head on and manifesting miracles? Perhaps you have a better way to defeat DS? Please share.
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You know nothing about me to accuse me of such things. It’s people such as you that turn me away from your likes. I asked you to pray for me a year ago, you barely give me a minute on the phone and rushed to get off. And sounded annoyed on top of it. You are not God’s cheap because you are quick to judge and criticize! Well done !
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That does not ring true at all. I give everyone the time of day and then some. Just like I am readily giving you of my time here. You must have dealt with somebody else. By their fruits you shall know them. I am going by the fruit on your tree which is criticizing a brave mother fighting for her child and casting doubt on her testimony and basically calling her a liar openly in a public forum. Not good. Humble pie should be on the menu to apologize to this mother for doubting and criticizing her testimony.
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Here you go calling me a liar. It was true if you are Frank.
I didn’t discredit the lady’s testimony. All i said was what’s good if her child was doing well mentally but looked like a down syndrome child. I would expect God to have her baby be born normal with their faith, and that’s what I questioned. I didn’t attack her or you.
On the other hand, you were the one to judge and criticize immediately. Even Thomas who was one of Jesus’ disciples and saw him perform many miracle and speak with Godly wisdom doubted Jesus’s resurrection. Guess what, Jesus didn’t belittle him. Judge him or criticize him like you are doing.
From what I heard from you by phone, I expect this behavior.
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Now you won’t even take ownership of what you started? And then twisting the truth to save face? There is a serious disconnect here. Case in point, I never called you a liar but that you insinuated the mother to be a liar in her testimony. Go back and read the disparaging words you wrote. You attacked and discredited her testimony right from the start demanding to see a picture of the child to prove your own baseless accusation in unbelief. Are your forgetting that people can read exactly what you said in your own words? You need to be a man and own up to what you said and apologize to the mother. Instead you are now resorting to attacking me personally to deflect from your own criticisms and judgement but I doubt you will own up to that either. I pray that the Lord will open your eyes and grant you repentance. I don’t know what bible version you are reading but Thomas was chastised and corrected by Jesus in person for his unbelief in front of all the disciples and he repented immediately. One thing I will take back is that I said that you were not of His sheep. I apologize because I had no right to claim you are not That is between you and the Lord and is not my place to determine. I can only go by your fruit and that is what I am addressing. I pray you will find grace and compassion in your heart for this brave mother who is fighting against the enemy to protect and heal her child and instead that you will stand with her in agreement to overcome the enemy.
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