{"id":1948,"date":"2006-02-16T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2006\/02\/dont-waste-your-cancer-says-piper\/"},"modified":"2017-09-24T09:02:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T08:02:36","slug":"dont-waste-your-cancer-says-piper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/02\/dont-waste-your-cancer-says-piper\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Dont waste your cancer&quot; says Piper"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/library\/fresh_words\/2006\/021506.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Piper<\/a> writes: \u201cI write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in God\u2019s power to heal by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. He gets the glory and that is why cancer exists. So not to pray for healing may waste your cancer. But healing is not God\u2019s plan for everyone. And there are many other ways to waste your cancer. I am praying for myself and for you that we will not waste this pain\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that it seems his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/news_events\/dgm_news\/2006\/20060106_cancer_announcement.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cancer operation went smoothly <\/a>and he was released from hospital yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piper writes: \u201cI write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in God\u2019s power to heal by miracle and by medicine. 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