“This testimony is written for the sole purpose of glorifying God. It has nothing to do with me. It is all about the grace and mercy of our beloved Jesus.”
– Sharon Tan

I have been suffering constant pain 24/7 since 2017. Exercise eases it significantly, and medication can sometimes give me complete relief. I have not taken medication for 2 weeks because I do not want to be dependent. Sometimes the pain is so bad, it wakes me up at night. Hence, I have insomnia. When people are sleeping, I am running around Bishan Stadium at 4.30am–5am (2024/2025) or swimming at 7am. I swim until the discomfort eases—1.5 km, 30 laps of a 50m pool. Recently, this year, the pain got so bad that I couldn’t exercise.

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (some years back), a diagnosis of exclusion because they couldn’t find anything clinically wrong with me. Yet here I was in this state. On Saturday 7 March, I was lamenting to the lead facilitator of “Freedom In Christ” that I accepted that I had to live with this pain, waiting for God’s healing. She said: “Why should you accept your pain? That pain has no right in your body. Rebuke it to leave. You are a pure, holy child of God, redeemed by the blood of Jesus. The Holy Spirit dwells in you!”

On Sunday 8 March 2026, under the healing ministry at BRMC with Pastor Anthony Lee, I went up to be prayed over. The intercessor prayed for my insomnia, not the pain, not the fibromyalgia, nor the hearing problems. (Did she not hear my list of ailments?)

On Tuesday, I noticed that the pain was reduced, so I went for gym training. On Wednesday, I had the typical muscle aches from having not exercised for some time. I could barely climb stairs. On Thursday night, I noticed a significant reduction of global pain. I could lie down to sleep without pain. That was so ABNORMAL.

On Saturday afternoon at the TRAC Conference worship, my husband Melvin prayed over my pain. (I had not told him about the healing because I was still unsure.) The pastor leading worship asked us to go in front for healing. I was conflicted because although I had significant pain relief, I still had this shoulder pain that radiated up my neck and over both shoulders. I had been going for physiotherapy for this over many months.

I was conflicted about testifying that God had truly healed me. If so, why did I still feel this pain? The leading pastor then shared Mark 8:22—Jesus laid hands on the blind man and asked, “Do you see anything?” And the man said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.” Jesus laid hands on the man a second time and “he saw everything clearly.”

So I thought maybe God is not done with my healing, and so I actually, sheepishly, went forward to get healed. The pastor prayed for me, and he “rebuked the pain to leave my body”! When I went back to my seat, I was still unsure and conflicted. Is this real? Am I healed? Should I testify, because I still felt pain?

But halfway through the THUNDEROUS worship—beautiful songs declaring JESUS! JESUS! JESUS!—the pain suddenly left my shoulders and neck. I was completely pain-free. There was no more doubt in my mind. I knew that I had to share my testimony to glorify our loving and faithful God.

Update on 21 March from Kagoshima, Japan

Actually, because I no longer have a lot of pain, I’m sleeping better and feeling more energetic. I can sit and stand without pain, and it kind of needs getting used to. I’m feeling very blessed by God. I went to the gym yesterday afternoon and completed 1 hour of exercise and don’t feel so bad this morning. Unlike previously, when I would have to take Arcoxia or Celebrex to control the pain scored at 7–8/10, today I have hardly any pain.