God still answers prayer: The true story of a man who was healed from an incurable medical condition
By Easton Martin | March 3, 2026
The following is a true and medically verifiable account of a man named Chuck Wong who, after facing the diagnosis of an incurable condition, experienced a healing that defied all naturalistic explanation. Chuck Wong’s story is a compelling account of faith, perseverance, and hope in the face of a daunting medical diagnosis.
Who is Chuck Wong?
Born in Arkansas to a Chinese family and raised in Dallas, Texas, Chuck’s early life laid the foundation for a spiritual journey that would eventually lead him to Chicago, where he earned a degree in Bible and Theology from Moody Bible Institute. While living in Chicago, Chuck met the woman who would soon become his wife. He also entered into ministry at a local church, where he began serving as a youth pastor. Chuck and his wife eventually felt a calling to Hawaii, where they moved and started a family, with Chuck working as a teacher at a Christian school.
The first signs of Chuck’s health issues actually appeared while he was still living in Chicago. A pea-sized lump on his leg grew to the size of a plum and was surgically removed. The mass was benign, but it was an early indication of the medical challenges that would soon follow. Years later, in 2010, a routine colonoscopy revealed a far more serious condition: numerous neurofibroma tumors in his colon. While the tumors were benign, they carried the risk of becoming malignant. Due to their sheer number, surgical removal was not a viable option, as it would have made his colon look like something akin to Swiss cheese. The doctors told Chuck that there was not really anything they could do for him, essentially saying to him, “This is just the way you are.”
The Long Road to Healing
Faced with a diagnosis with no clear medical solution, Chuck chose to take proactive steps to improve his health. He adopted a vegetarian diet and began training in martial arts, hoping these lifestyle changes would shrink the tumors. He lost 60 pounds in his first year, but a follow-up colonoscopy showed no change in his condition. For years, despite living a healthier lifestyle, his medical situation remained unchanged, leaving him feeling frustrated and disappointed. Meanwhile, doctors expressed concern that the tumors might spread to other parts of his body, even his brain.
Chuck’s long and difficult health journey became a test of his faith. While he continued to pray for healing, he also wrestled with God.
It was at this point where something rather interesting started happening in Chuck’s life. In the pursuit of asking God for healing, he began to feel moved to pray for others.
“God started moving in my life, and I began to see people being healed of stage 4 cancer with no radiation, no treatment, no surgery, and no medication,” says Chuck.
“I started to wrestle with God. I said, “Well, either there’s something wrong with me or something wrong with God.”
Chuck’s situation is one that many believers eventually find themselves in: “If God is good, answers prayers, and wants to heal people, then why am I not healed?” It is common in these moments to have a crisis of faith, to doubt if God really does love us as scripture says, or perhaps to doubt if he is really there at all.
Reflecting upon this time in his life, Chuck said, “I had to come to grips with the reality that maybe God would never heal me.”
In Romans 5, Paul reminds believers that we ought to rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that they lead to character and hope, a hope that does not put us to shame because God’s love has been poured into our hearts. It was in this knowledge and trust that Chuck continued to root his faith, knowing that no matter what, God is good.
After a few more years in Hawaii, Chuck and his family moved to Fort Worth, Texas. It was during this time that he sought out Christian pastors to pray for him. Despite years of seemingly unanswered prayers, he persisted in asking God for healing in his body and searching out people who would be willing to intercede on his behalf.
In 2019, at another routine check-up, his doctors were astounded. The many neurofibroma tumors that had plagued him for nearly a decade had completely vanished. There was no medical treatment whatsoever that he had received for the tumors—no medication, surgery, or any kind of therapy. The tumors were simply gone without a trace of them ever being there. There was in fact no easy medical explanation for this occurrence. It certainly could not be claimed as a misdiagnosis because of the extensive testing and imaging that he had received. The doctors were astounded. Despite not outright labeling it a miracle, the doctors admitted that these things do not simply disappear, and indeed, the medical literature seems to agree.
To Chuck, however, this wasn’t puzzling or hard to explain. He knew that he had received an answer to his persistent prayer, and there was no other way to explain it: The God to whom he prays is indeed real, he loves him, and he still wants to heal people today.
To label this anything other than a miracle (the special action of God) is to simply punt to mystery and fail to acknowledge the evidence of Chuck’s testimony that he one day had incurable tumors and the next day did not. Without any medical intervention available, the inference to the best explanation is that the healing that Chuck received was from the only source of intervention that he sought, the God who he knew heard his prayers. He does not credit his own perseverance or his deserving it but knows that, as scripture testifies, God loves us and hears our prayers.
To this day, Chuck loves to tell people his testimony and give Jesus all of the credit for his healing. Chuck attends Wellspring Church just outside of Fort Worth, where he is an active member of the body, and always willing to pray for healing.
Note: If you would like to see the medical documentation, click below to see his official diagnosis from 2010, and later colonoscopy imaging and diagnosis which confirms the absence of any tumors. These records have been included with Chuck’s permission.
