Many of us know the frustration of living with chronic illness. We face unexplained symptoms, receive diagnoses with no apparent cure, and often discover that, for all its incredible value, modern medicine does not always offer answers or cures. We pray for healing and follow doctors' orders, yet the sickness lingers, urging us to wonder what we might be missing.

Dr Henry Wright's life work reveals a profound truth: there is an often-overlooked spiritual dimension to our physical health. His teachings do not focus on disease management but on disease eradication and prevention. His central framework is striking in its simplicity and depth, presenting spiritually rooted disease as the fruit of separation on three levels: separation from God, separation from ourselves, and separation from others.

This reflection explores seven of the most impactful truths that flow from this framework. They gently challenge our conventional understanding of health and invite us to consider a more excellent way.

1. God's Perfect Will Is Not Merely to Heal You — It Is to Keep You from Getting Sick

This principle shifts our entire perspective. It does not mean God is unwilling to heal; it reveals that His primary desire is not intervention but prevention. His perfect will is that we live in a state of divine health, so sickness is unable to take root.

God's perfect will is not to heal you; His perfect will is that you do not get sick.

This transforms how we approach our spiritual walk. Rather than waiting until we are unwell to seek God for deliverance, we are invited into a lifestyle of divine alignment. Scriptures such as Exodus 15, Deuteronomy 28 and Psalm 91 assure us that obedience and intimacy with God protect us from disease. The focus moves from reactive healing to proactive wholeness.

2. An Estimated 80% of Diseases Have a Spiritual Root

At the heart of this teaching is a startling revelation: the majority of illnesses, especially chronic and incurable ones, originate in a spiritual problem. Physical symptoms are not dismissed; they are understood as manifestations of a deeper spiritual unrest.

About 80 percent of all diseases have a spiritual root with psychological and biological expressions.

Our modern worldview often separates the physical from the spiritual, yet the early meaning of "disease" was a lack of ease — a lack of peace. When peace erodes, our bodies eventually reveal the fracture. Healing, therefore, must involve addressing the spiritual root, not just the physical branch.

3. The Tripartite Root of Spiritual Dis-ease

Spiritually rooted disease is understood to be the direct result of separation on three primary levels. When a person is not at peace (dis-ease), this is considered a spiritual issue that stems from a breakdown in relationships on these three dimensions:

1. Separation from God 

This level involves separation from God, His Word, His person, and His love. Disease follows this relationship breakdown. Diseases in one's life can result from separation from God and His Word in specific areas of life. The breakdown of a relationship with God is primary and is found right there in Deuteronomy 28.

2. Separation from Yourself 

This separation is characterised by not accepting yourself, not loving yourself, self-hatred, self-bitterness, self-accusation and suffering from guilt and condemnation. If an individual does not accept themselves, they are removing themselves from God's sustaining power of life. This separation opens the individual up to the enemy. Many autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, Crohn’s disease, diabetes (Type 1), rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis, are considered to have a spiritual root of self-hatred, self-bitterness, and guilt.

3. Separation from Others 

This level involves breaches in relationships with other people. It includes issues such as:

    ◦ Bitterness.

    ◦ Hatred.

    ◦ Envy and jealousy.

    ◦ Unforgiveness toward others.

    ◦ Anger.

    ◦ Competition, performance, drivenness, and lack of nurturing/love.

When these spiritual roots (sins or spiritual defects) are addressed and removed, the body is expected to heal itself. The beginning of all healing of spiritually rooted diseases involves making peace with God, accepting yourself, and accepting others.

4. Bitterness and Unforgiveness Are Direct Pathways to Sickness

Dr Wright’s research reveals a sobering truth: bitterness is one of the strongest spiritual blocks to healing. This is a clear example of how separation from others creates disease. Bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness are not merely emotional burdens; they are spiritual conditions that bind the body.

Bitterness is described as the first step in a devastating seven-stage progression: unforgiveness, resentment, retaliation, anger, hatred, violence, and murder.

Scripture draws a firm line:

Jesus said what's in our hearts defiles us. Forgiveness is not only a relational command; it is a spiritual safeguard. Refusing to forgive places us outside the flow of God's healing presence. Reconciliation with others restores our connection with Him and releases health into our bodies.

5. Self-Hatred Can Manifest as Autoimmune Disease

One of the most striking and compassionate insights in this framework is the link between autoimmune conditions and separation from ourselves. Diseases such as Lupus, Type 1 Diabetes, Crohn's Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Multiple Sclerosis often reveal an internal world where a person is spiritually attacking themselves.

All autoimmune diseases have a spiritual root of self-hatred, self-bitterness, and guilt.

In the body, the immune system attacks living tissue that belongs to the person, mirroring what is happening within: a heart turned against itself. True healing involves far more than suppressing the immune system. It requires forgiveness. dismantling inner judgments, releasing guilt, and learning to see ourselves through God's eyes of love.

6. Fear Is a Primary Spiritual Culprit Behind Many Illnesses

Fear is more than an emotion; it is a spiritual force that separates us from God. It undermines faith and binds us in stress, anxiety, and unrest. This spiritual climate often opens the door to conditions such as:

• High Blood Pressure

• Asthma

• Fibromyalgia

• Multiple Chemical Sensitivities / Environmental Illness

• Panic Attacks

Scripture gives us the divine antidote:

Power represents the Holy Spirit, love represents the Father, and a sound mind represents the Word — Jesus. When these dwell richly within us, fear loses its authority and its influence on our bodies.

7. Your Ancestors' Patterns Can Impact Your Health Today

Many of us can trace patterns in our family lines — whether behaviours, fears, relational fractures, or even illnesses. These are often reflections of what Scripture refers to as generational iniquities.

Abraham lied about Sarah being his sister. Isaac later repeated the same behaviour in a similar situation. A pattern of fear travelled down the family line.

Spiritual patterns can be inherited, and biological predispositions are often tied to spiritual roots. Yet God provides a way of breaking these cycles.

If we do not deal with what has happened in our family tree, our children may inherit our patterns. Recognising, confessing, and breaking these generational issues restores blessing and redirects the spiritual legacy of our line.

Personal Testimonies of Healing

As I have walked this journey of uncovering spiritual roots and inviting God into the hidden places of my heart, healing has begun to move through my body in ways I never expected. Each testimony carries the gentle fingerprints of the Holy Spirit's compassion and the restoring power of Jesus.

The Water Was Cold — A testimony of a vow, a frightened little girl, and the healing that came when tears were finally allowed to flow

For decades, I lived under the shadow of a childhood vow I made at just three or four years old, after having my head pushed under cold water for crying. I gasped, covered my mouth, and silently promised myself I would never cry again. That vow shaped my nervous system, my emotional world, and even my physical health.

When the body does not release emotional tears, the stress hormones meant to exit through weeping stay trapped. These hormones increase inflammation in mucosal tissues — particularly in the sinuses. This swelling narrows drainage channels and increases pressure. Emotional freeze often becomes physiological freeze. What is locked in the heart becomes locked in the head.

People who grew up in environments where crying was unsafe frequently develop:

• Chronic sinusitis

• Post-nasal drip

• Congestion with no allergy source

• Pain behind the eyes

• Pressure headaches

• Sensitivity around the nasal bridge

The root is not physical alone. It is emotional suppression made bodily.

When the Holy Spirit uncovered this vow, the tears I had suppressed since childhood finally found release. Something shifted in my chest and my sinuses — a loosening, a softening. The chronic tightness and inability to breathe deeply began to ease as the vow broke and the little girl within me was finally allowed to be heard.

Set Free at Dawn — A testimony of repentance, release, and the God who heals even what we normalise

There was a season in my life when every morning began with pain. I woke up around 5 am to a familiar knot twisted deep in my stomach. It had become such a constant companion that I no longer questioned it. I accepted it as part of my day, part of my body, part of my normal. I prayed about many things in that season, yet strangely, I never connected these cramps to anything spiritual. I simply lived around them until Elijah House D-School.

One of the sessions explored the theme of spiritual rebellion, not the loud, dramatic kind often imagined, but the quiet resistance of a heart that had been wounded and learned to protect itself. As I listened, something in me tightened. I recognised that I had carried areas where I had stood back from God, clinging to control with an inner vow that whispered, "I will handle this myself." I did not call it rebellion at the time, yet that is exactly what it was.

The Holy Spirit, gentle and unhurried, placed His hand on that hidden place. I felt the weight of conviction, not in shame, but in invitation. He was showing me a root I had never named. So I did what I have learned to do on this healing journey. I brought it to Him. As I repented for partnering with fear and embraced the truth of God's steadfast presence, something broke. I confessed my rebellion. I renounced my vow to protect myself. I surrendered the places where fear had silenced trust. I asked Jesus to forgive me and to take His rightful place in that part of my heart.

Nothing dramatic happened in the room except for the tears. No shaking. Only a deep inward exhale. Peace — real, tangible peace — washed through my body. The trembling stopped. My breathing steadied. For the first time in a long time, my body knew rest and I woke up the next morning and ever since, without the familiar stomach cramps every morning. Healing came not through striving but through surrender.

When Self‑Hatred Breaks — Healing Begins

One of the most profound shifts came when the Holy Spirit exposed the quiet self‑hatred I had carried for years. Allergic Rhinitis had plagued my body for decades, yet no medical solution brought lasting relief. As I repented for the inner judgments spoken over myself — the harsh words, the guilt, the belief that I was never enough — something beautiful happened. My allergies began to settle. My food intolerances have reduced. My body stopped attacking itself in the same way because I was no longer attacking myself spiritually. Freedom came with repentance, and my body responded.

Other Moments of Healing Along the Way

There have been countless smaller moments — each one a thread God wove into the tapestry of my restoration:

• Times when chest pain eased immediately after releasing bitterness.

• Days when the physical heaviness lifted as soon as I chose forgiveness.

• Nights when the tightness in my body softened after renouncing lies and embracing God's truth about who I am.

• Days when backache disappeared after repenting for not trusting God to have my back.

These stories are not just memories; they are milestones. Each one whispers the same truth: healing is not merely physical, it is profoundly spiritual.

Conclusion: A More Excellent Way

The thread woven through these truths is simple yet profound: our physical health is deeply connected to our spiritual well-being. Our relationships with God, ourselves, and others profoundly influence the health of our bodies.

This perspective does not reject medicine; it expands the conversation. It invites us to consider the roots beneath the symptoms, the stories beneath the pain, and the spiritual pathways that may be shaping our physical lives.

It asks a gentle but powerful question:

• What if lasting health requires not only treating the body but healing the spirit?🤔

• Could this be the more excellent way?🤔

• Are you weighed down by physical issues that medicine has no answers for?🤔 

• May I gently encourage you to consider exploring the spiritual roots that may be influencing your health?🤔

Two profoundly insightful resources that shaped my own healing journey are:

• A More Excellent Way by Dr Henry W. Wright

• Exposing the Spiritual Roots of Disease by Dr Henry W. Wright

  
  

You can also visit his website for more teaching, testimonies, and helpful resources:

https://www.beinhealth.com/

Sometimes the key we have been searching for is not in the body but in the heart — and healing begins the moment truth meets the hidden places we did not know were still hurting.

💡 Reflection Prompts

• Where have I felt separation — from God, myself, or others — and how has it touched my physical or emotional health? 🤔

• Which of the six truths resonates most deeply with my current season, and why? 🤔

• Are there places of unforgiveness, bitterness, or self-judgement that the Holy Spirit might be inviting me to release? 🤔

• What generational patterns have I noticed in my family line, and how might God be asking me to respond? 🤔

• How is the Holy Spirit inviting me into a lifestyle of divine health rather than reactive healing? 🤔

🎺 Affirmation

I am not at the mercy of my past, my fears, or my family line. I am held, loved, and led by a God who heals from the inside out. His truth becomes my peace, His presence becomes my strength, and His love restores my body, my mind, and my spirit.

🙌 Prayer

Father, thank You for revealing the pathways that lead to wholeness. Draw my heart back into alignment with Yours, healing every place of separation — from You, from myself, and from others. Restore peace where fear has lived, pour love where bitterness has taken root, and speak truth where lies have settled into my identity. Break every generational pattern that has shaped my health or my heart, and lead me into the fullness of Your divine design. I welcome the Holy Spirit to guide me gently, restore me wholly, and anchor me firmly in Your love.

In Jesus' Name, Amen.