During the COVID pandemic, James Burgoyne was diagnosed with COVID pneumonia. His doctor told him that he would die, but Burgoyne listened to his Go VICTORY app while in quarantine isolation, and today he is completely healed!
James Burgoyne was working in a jail during the middle of the COVID pandemic, when one of the inmates said he had a sinus infection. Burgoyne didn’t think much about it; however, a few days later he began losing his appetite, and started showing a variety of symptoms.
After several tests, it was concluded that he had bilateral COVID pneumonia, which meant COVID pneumonia affected both lungs. He was admitted to the hospital and put into COVID quarantine, meaning he was in complete isolation and could not see his wife or kids. The doctor told him, “Mr. Burgoyne, you’re going to die.” The doctor had patients who were not as sick as Burgoyne who did not make it, and he had no hope for James.
VICTORY Channel: A Lifeline in Desperate Times
Said Burgoyne, “I kept thinking of Brother Copeland’s teaching on Psalm 91, so I was saying those things, but it was like my mind was foggy.” However, Burgoyne had his phone, and he could listen to the Go VICTORY app.
Burgoyne shared, “I am so thankful to KCM for VICTORY Channel and being able to have the VICTORY app.” One day while in the hospital, he watched the Believer’s Voice of Victory broadcast, and Mark and Trina Hankins were the guests featured with Brother Copeland.
“Brother Copeland began talking about the spirit of faith and how every believer has a voice, and it’s the voice of victory. Then Mark said something that Brother Hagin had said; it’s really what turned the light on for me,” continued Burgoyne.
Brother Hagin was quoted as saying, “The doorway into the supernatural will hinge upon what you believe in your heart and what you say with your mouth.” This was the light that went off on the inside of Burgoyne. He knew in his spirit that he needed to quit laying there and begin to act and speak like he was well!
With every negative thought that came, he would say, “No, I am going to live and not die, and declare the works of the Lord.” Burgoyne would go to the scriptures, and every time he had a bad thought or bad dream, he would read those scriptures out loud, such as, “By His stripes, I am healed” (1 Peter 2:24).
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No Lingering Effects
It didn’t happen overnight. Burgoyne ended up being in the hospital for 21 days, and even after being sent home, he had an oxygen tank for a time.
But Burgoyne continued to stand on Romans 8:11, that the Spirit of God that raised Jesus from the dead would quicken his body. “And I would act on it, even though I did not feel like it at all,” said Burgoyne. Over time, he got stronger and stronger.
Months later, when Burgoyne visited the pulmonologist to have his lungs tested, the results came back completely normal, without any obstruction in his lungs. The pulmonologist told Burgoyne, “You’re rare, because most people who have what you had have some type of lingering effect.”
What You Listen to Matters
“I can’t stress it enough,” said Burgoyne, “VICTORY Channel and programs like BVOV and the other things that are on there…that free resource was a lifeline for me at the time I needed it.”
Burgoyne went on to share, “When you’re going through a struggle, you need to stay connected.” VICTORY Channel continues to feed and help him. “As a Partner, I love praying for Brother Copeland, Mrs. Gloria, Pastors George and Terri, and the whole ministry, as well as the other ministers who have influenced my life,” he said. “It has been a blessing to me and my family.”
Partner, when you give, you are impacting people like the Burgoynes every day. Sometimes, those lives are hanging in the balance between life and death. Thank you for all you do to help spread the Word of Faith from the top of the world to the bottom and all the way around the middle!
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