Autism Healing and Deliverance

“And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” (Luke 7:23)

A mother reached out after watching one of my videos/reading one of my posts and asked a sincere question:

Why isn’t it scriptural to call myself an “autism mom” or “special needs mom”?

She wasn’t trying to be critical. She sincerely wanted to know and simply added, “I think it sounds nice.” And I understand. Life is busy. Sometimes we’re just trying to survive the day. And yet, as believers, we’re called to speak and live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God—not just what sounds nice.

Words Are Seeds: Identity and the Power of “I Am”

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21, NKJV)

Every time we say, “I am a [fill in the blank]…”, we are planting seeds in our hearts and declaring who we are. We are training our thoughts, forming identity, and strengthening belief—either in alignment with God’s Word or with the world’s diagnosis.

To say “I am an “autism mom” or “special needs mom” is to unknowingly agree with a sickness identity—and to speak it repeatedly over our children.

If we replace the word “autism” in “autism mom” with disorder or illness:

“I am a disorder mom.”
“I am the mother of a disordered child.”
“I am an illness mom.”

Would we still say it?

So when I replied to this dear mom, I didn’t just give her my opinion, I pointed her to the Word of God.

Biblical Pattern: Abram → Abraham

“No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.” (Genesis 17:5, NKJV)

• Abram meant “exalted father.”
• Abraham means “father of a multitude.”

How we identify. The “I am….” statements we speak REALLY matter, not because that’s what I think but because it’s what the Word teaches us many times throughout.

Now look at the New Testament confirmation:

“(As it is written, ‘I have made you a father of many nations’) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed… He [Abraham] did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.” (Romans 4:17–21, NKJV)

Why did Abraham grow strong in faith? Because he spoke and heard what God had said. Every time he said, “I am Abraham,” he was declaring and prophesying, “I am the father of many nations.” When others called him Abraham, they were agreeing with God’s Word over him: “father of many nations.”

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
(Romans 10:17, NKJV)

Abraham’s example is a prophetic model. God gave Abraham a new name so that His promise would be continually planted, watered, and grown in Abraham’s heart. His “father of many nations” identity was so deeply rooted in his heart from hearing God’s promise over and over that he did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief.

Identity Matters: Culture vs. Kingdom

“To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6, NKJV)

This isn’t about semantics. It’s about agreement.
Are we aligning with the diagnosis or the Deliverer?

A parent might pray the Word over their child—but if they then continue calling themselves “an Autism Mom,” they are mixing faith with doubt—double-mindedness. They are declaring and prophesying and sowing words seeds of “sickness as identity” into their hearts.

The Seed Principle: What Are You Sowing?

Jesus taught us that words are seeds, and hearts are soil:

“The sower sows the word… These are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world… choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” (Mark 4:14, 18–19, NKJV)

You can be praying for healing and speaking promises over your child—but if you keep sowing the label of disorder, those seeds of sickness identity can choke out the fruit of the Word.

Faith cannot flourish in soil saturated with unbelief.

Conviction as a Believing Parent

This is why the Lord showed me several years ago that if we are standing on God’s Word for healing, then we should not refer to ourselves as “autism mom” or “special needs mom” nor call our children “autistic” – thereby calling them a disorder!

God gave us free will and taught us how His Word works, so it’s up to each of us. But we know that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the what? By the Word of God, so if we keep speaking and therefore hearing everything contrary to His Word, continually sowing seeds opposite of what He says – by His stripes we were healed – then we are not allowing faith to come.

Choose to agree with God.
Choose to call those things which do not yet exist as though they did—because that’s what God does.

Closing Word: Be Not Offended

This might be hard to hear—especially when culture has crept into the Church.
But Jesus said:

“And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” (Luke 7:23, NKJV)

This message is for those who are ready to shift:
From cultural identity to covenant identity.
From man’s label to God’s promise.
From sowing sickness identity to speaking life.

We walk by faith. We speak by faith. We walk by the Word, not by the world.

If this blessed you, kindly like, share, comment to help other parents who need this Word-based message find it. Thank you.

For added context, so that we don’t walk in fear either, you may like this message below. Because mentioning symptoms is not the same as declaring them as identity or putting our “faith” in them…