What happens when your faith is tested by chronic illness, financial collapse, and deep emotional struggle?

In this powerful episode of Igniting Hearts Podcast, Kiersten sits down with Kristina Williams—an oncology infusion and GI nurse with a deep love for Jesus—to share her testimony of walking through one of the hardest seasons of her life.

At 41, Kristina was diagnosed with severe Crohn’s disease during a time of intense financial stress after her husband’s business failed. While navigating role reversal in marriage, she also faced a debilitating autoimmune condition that wouldn’t respond to treatment—and later, medication-induced hepatitis.

Yet in the middle of anger, disappointment, and physical pain, Kristina made a decision: she would not own what God never gave her. 

Through persistent prayer, standing on Scripture (Psalm 103), and an encounter with Jesus, she saw her steps to healing included all things: repentance, forgiveness, wise medical care, and lifestyle changes. Kristina experienced healing—not through one single breakthrough moment, but through “all things working together for good.”

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How resentment and un-forgiveness were impacting her physical health
• Why she refused to say “my Crohn’s disease”
• The power of choosing what you partner with—diagnosis or truth
• How God uses medicine, food, prayer, and obedience together
• What to do when anxiety hits in the middle of real-life
• How chronic illness gave her compassion and boldness to minister to patients
• Why prayer isn’t passive—and how to make it your first response
  

Kristina’s story is not about perfection. It’s about persistence. It’s about going to God again and again and again—declaring, “Your Word says…”

If you are walking through: illness, financial strain, anxiety, or strained relationships this episode will remind you:

• God is not finished with your story.
• Healing can begin from the inside out.
• Forgiveness matters.
• You don’t have to give up.
• You don’t have to own what heaven never assigned to you.
  

🔥Key Scripture Highlighted:
Psalm 103 — “Bless the Lord, O my soul… who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases…”

Powerful Reminder from Kristina:
“Anxiety is just an opportunity to go to God.”

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