"Sometimes a sheep wanders alittle to much and for it's on good a Shepherd will break the sheep's leg to keep it from straying."
Lily, dont know how to put this lightly but this is really nonsense. My Pastor when he was younger, was taught this exact same words in his former church. that brought fear - that God chastises with accidents.
He and a couple of church leaders went to see a church friend who had been involved in a very serious car accident. Everyone in the car began to say, "Wow, God must be teaching him some important lesson, since he nearly lost his life! I wonder what big sin he committed." Can u see the foolishness there?
Not too long ago, he went to England -- farmstay with his family. There were some sheep there and he casually asked the shepherd, out of curiosity: "Hey, when your sheep wander off, do you break its legs to discipline them!" The shepherd gave him a real disgusted look! I believe the sheep were just as disgusted. And I can just picture the shepherd picking up his sheep and running away from my crazy pastor! And we think that of Daddy God?
Listen, God did not break your leg. You need to repent of that (ie change your mind/attitude abt that). The Bible is clear: Satan comes to steal kill and destroy. He has stolen your ability to walk normally, killed some cells in that leg (if he cld have killed u he wld have done it), and destroyed some parts of the bones. Jesus came to gave you abundant life, and being cripple aint part of it.
This thing about God teaching us a lesson thru accidents/disease. think about it: many Christians have died from cancer. So what was the Godly lesson that was so important that it cost them so much suffering to themselves and loved ones, and even cost them their savings and life! Hey they died in pain. Which means they couldnt live on to learn from their Godly lesson, if there was any. Some suffer for many years, does that mean they are slow learners?!
The Bible says clearly in Hebrews 12 that when God chastises us, its for our own good and we live to enjoy the benefits. we dont die from it.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
sure does not say you die from it.
BTW chastise in the Greek means to "child train". I wonder which parent here burns his child's hands when he's naughty to teach him not to play with matches. I wonder which parent here injects cancer cells into his little girl's throat when she says the wrong things. I wonder which parent here breaks his kid's leg when he runs around too much. And I wonder who has killed his kid to discipline him. And we think our Abba God is like that.
LilyLamb,
I think we are skirting the real issues in these discussions (including the forums about healing and prosperity), and are not really addressing the topics where the real differences are. We kind of hint at them here and there, but never actually get into the meat of it. Having been into faith for over 25 years, I believe that this is the case. 
