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The Alisa Childers Podcast

#389 God Healed Her of Cancer. Why Doesn't He Heal Everyone? | Corley Spell

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Christianity

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when you pray for healing...and God says yes? What do you do when He says not yet—or not in the way you hoped?

In this episode, I sit down with Corley Spell, co-founder of Good Ranchers, to hear the remarkable story of her battle with melanoma. Diagnosed while pregnant with her fourth child, pressured to abort her baby, and later facing a life-threatening recurrence that left her bedridden, Corley shares how God met her in the darkest moments of her journey.

Together, we wrestle with some of the hardest questions Christians ask:

Does God still perform miracles today?

Why does God heal some people but not others?

Should Christians pray for physical healing?

How do we trust God when the answer isn't what we hoped for?

What does it look like to surrender completely to God's will while still believing Him for a miracle?

This is not a formula for healing or a blueprint for medical decisions. Every cancer journey is different, and Corley repeatedly encourages listeners to work closely with qualified medical professionals and seek the Lord's wisdom for their own circumstances.

Whether you're walking through cancer yourself, caring for someone who is, or simply wrestling with questions about suffering, faith, and God's sovereignty, I hope this conversation encourages you to trust the Lord—whatever His answer may be.

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But then being on my deathbed, there was a surrender of, okay, Lord, like, I trust that you'll heal me.

0:06.9

I trust in your nature, but I also submit to your well.

0:10.6

And I'm okay if you call me home.

0:12.6

Like, that's okay, because as Christians, we don't lose. I have a powerful story for you today about healing and how God healed Corley Spell of cancer.

0:31.2

We're going to wrestle with all the questions surrounding that.

0:34.4

Things like why doesn't God heal everyone?

0:36.7

Should Christians pray for healing

0:38.0

here on earth? Does God still do miracles? Does he still heal? What if you pray for healing,

0:44.5

and God says not yet? Ultimately, we talk about trusting God with however he chooses to answer those

0:51.0

questions in an individual person's life. And all of this and more is brought to

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1:07.4

For those of you who have followed the podcast for a while, you know that one of the sponsors

1:11.2

we've partnered with the longest is Good Ranchers. Well, Corley Spell, my guest today is one

1:16.1

half of the couple that founded Good Ranchers. And today, Corley's going to share her story about

1:21.3

being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant, being advised by her doctors to abort the child. But of course,

1:26.9

Corley and Ben are pro-life, and that

1:28.9

was not an option. And then ultimately, being diagnosed again years later, and being on her

1:35.6

deathbed, praying and trusting the Lord, that if he healed her on this side of heaven, praise God,

1:41.2

but if he called her home, she was good with that as well. And ultimately,

1:45.3

this is a story of trust. And in Corley's case, her story culminates with healing. Now, I want to

1:51.2

say that I've known many wonderful faith-filled Christian people who have walked through cancer,

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