About 4 months ago, I met a Hispanic woman in my gym. As we got to know each other, she shared her burden with me about her daughter who is in her early 20’s. She told me that her daughter has been battling with DEPRESSION and THROBBING HEADACHES for over a decade. Since the onset of these symptoms, she has lost interest in her life, can’t keep up with her job, prefers not to talk with anyone including her mom which breaks her heart, feels hopeless & discouraged, and has given up on following God.
In front of my eyes, my history was being repeated. I suffered with both depression and throbbing headaches as early as the age of 17 up until 25. That phase of my life was terrible. Nothing including anti-depressants uplifted my gloom or cured me other than the prayers of a BELIEVER friend. The Lord heard my friend’s prayers and healed me divinely. My 1st MIRACLE from Jesus as a Non-Believer! Since then, I have been set free from depression and throbbing headaches. Thank you, Jesus! Anyway, I prayed with her for her daughter and left her situation in Jesus’ hands. Since June of 2022, she has not been coming to the gym. Out of blue, a couple days ago, she approached me at the gym. Her face was all lit up, and she gave me a big smile! That’s when she shared the HEALING TESTIMONY of her daughter who has been set free from depression and throbbing headaches. Her daughter can now think and communicate with clarity because the gloominess, cloudiness, and fogginess have been lifted off of her mind. The BEST NEWS of all is that she believes in God now, and she has started going to church. All praises to Jesus! I continue to be in awe of Jesus and His Miraculous Healing Power! Who wouldn’t be! Jesus is SO AMAZING!!!
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A couple of days ago, I saw a young man wearing a walking boot, so I approached him and asked about the reason for it. He told me that his left foot began to hurt one day and the next thing he noticed it was swollen. He went to the doctors, and they did MRI to see if any of his bones were fractured but found none. The doctors aren’t able to find any cause behind his situation but have suggested that he should wear a boot for at least 3 months. He told me that there is no guarantee that his foot would feel any better or swelling/pain would go down in the coming months.
As usual, I offered to pray and petitioned to Jesus for his healing. Half-way through the prayers, he felt God’s tangible touch over his swollen foot. Although, he didn’t take his boot off to know whether his foot swelling went down, but I believe that’s exactly what happened. Jesus is in control and knows the best for him! Friends, wherever we go, the Holy Spirt in us goes with us and flows through us. Jesus in us and we in Jesus! Let people encounter God’s presence and power in a tangible way through His disciples, us, so they be undone and know for sure that Jesus is REAL. No one can deny the power of God once they personally experience it. Only One Living God, Only One name above all other names, and that’s the name of Jesus! Let’s exalt and bless His Holy name! In the recent past, I prayed with a young man & woman and petitioned for their knee healing to the Lord. Their healing didn’t manifest right away but I trusted Jesus that He would take care of their physical needs.
After a month or so, I met them again and saw both of them wearing their knee pads. In fact, this young man recognized me and stopped to tell me that his knee has been healed. He has been playing basketball which he couldn’t do before. I asked his reason for wearing his knee pad since he is already healed. He told me that he wants to keep it on, so his knee continues to stay protected and healed. Then I met the young woman who received prayers over her knee. Upon asking her reason for wearing knee pad, she said that she didn’t know if she was to keep it on or let it go after she was healed. Friends, if we are not careful then we can accept the enemy’s lies as the honest truth. The enemy wants to convince us that either we are not healed by the Lord, or we will lose our healing after we receive it from Him. All he wants is our agreement with him, so we become fearful or overly protective of our healing and continue to stay in disbelief. This way, he can keep us in bondage as long as he can. Once Jesus heals us, He does not take back His healing from us. It’s DONE DEAL from Him, so we just need to rejoice and bless His Holy Name for the blessing He has given to us! Let this settle in your heart and mind that your healing from the Lord is to stay with/in you permanently. PERIOD! John 8:32, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Last month, when I was dropping off my younger daughter at her Driving ED class, I noticed that her instructor was having difficulty stepping out of his car and standing straight during our conversation. Upon asking, he mentioned his lower back has been in pain for the last two years. His doctor has prescribed him painkillers which he takes every day. But his situation has not changed. With him having to sit in a car and teaching driving to students for extended period has made the matters worse.
The excruciating pain and stiffness around his lower back reminded me of my past when I had to face this horrible and unbearable infirmity. The painkillers couldn’t heal me either, but Jesus did! Since God healed and restored my lower back, I was sure that He would do for this guy too. That’s who God is! “For God does not show favoritism.” ~ Romans 2:11 As we prayed together in the name of Jesus, the Lord touched and healed his back instantly. When I went back to pick my daughter up after a two-hour driving lesson, the instructor told me that he didn’t have any back pain or stiffness. He was able to stand straight and walk freely too. This guy was at peace and so grateful to the Lord! Hallelujah! Bless the powerful name of the Lord! "But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD" ~ Jeremiah 30:17 "LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me." ~ Psalms 30:2 "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." ~ Psalms 147:3 Met a 24-year young man whose ACL was 100% torn. Prayed over his knee & met him again after 2 days. His doctors confirmed 110% mobility in his knee. Praise Jesus for healing!
During my visits to the H&M store at two different locations, God made a way for me to connect and interact with a couple of their sales associates. I believe God knew what was in their heart, so He wanted to reach out to them.
The lady at the cash register I spoke to said that she is an agnostic and has left the path of following God. She was a Methodist for a long time, but something happened in her life which made her doubt that God even exists. As I shared my brief testimony with her, she dropped everything at the cash register and listened carefully. She probably thought that she went through so much but listening to me opened her eyes. At the end, I reluctantly asked if I could pray for her in Jesus’ name. I thought she might reject my prayers but to my surprise, she accepted them without any hesitation. I told her to go back where she left off her connection with Jesus, as He is waiting for her. From the softness in her eyes, I could tell that Jesus just touched her heart deeply! The other sales associate told me that he used to feel the presence of God but not anymore. He wants to have a close relationship with God, but he does not know how he could have. I asked him if he reads Bible and he said, “No.” I told him to start reading God’s Living Word from the comfort of his home. Jesus will make Himself known to him and he will feel God’s presence again. God loves us and He doesn’t want anyone of us to perish. I was amazed how God reached out to His prodigal children in His mysterious ways. Who knew their hearts but God! Our testimonies carry God’s glory! Let’s keep sharing them…keep touching lives, so Jesus be glorified and known to the world around us! Yesterday, I witnessed a young woman passing out and falling on the floor right in front of my eyes. A couple of people nearby and I were able to grab hold of her and had her sit on a chair. She told us that she felt dizzy and couldn't hold herself together. With her permission, I was able to pray for her in Jesus' name. Within a few minutes, she bounced back to her normal self. Praise the Lord!
She told me that she is Jewish, not traditionally but culturally. When she felt better, I was able to share my testimony briefly. She was shocked to hear at first, but then she believed it. Here Jesus was showing her who He is through her testimony. It was God's moment! I believe the enemy is trying to permeate the atmosphere with the dizziness and passing out feeling, as I heard my friends talk about their experience with it lately. I encountered it too. Let's shift the spiritual atmosphere with our prayers and put the enemy where he belongs. We can do it right from the comfort of our homes. Push back all that is not of God and bring forth what is of God in the environment around us. Have a blessed weekend! One morning last week, as I was getting up from my bed, I felt dizzy and lightheaded. I couldn’t avoid this feeling, so I decided to rest and gave it time to vanish on its own. But it didn’t happen the way I thought. As I went about my business that day, I felt more of the same ~ dizziness and lightheadedness. I never ever had this kind of feeling prior to this very first episode of mine. I had no idea what this was all about and how it came into existence. But it certainly drew my attention, and I knew I had to do something about it.
Many thoughts crossed my mind and the more I paid attention to them, the more I got scared. Thoughts like, “What if my dizziness would cause an accident while driving? Or What if it would make me fall in a grocery store or somewhere else?” But then the Holy Spirit caught my attention and whispered, “What if this is an enemy attack?” As I waged war against the dizzy and spinning feeling, this stuff started to back off. I felt great for a few hours, but then the spinning feeling returned. This went on for a few days which made me so sick. Doing spiritual warfare on my own helped but it made me exhausted. I needed others to come in agreement with me and pray for me. Upon asking a sister in Christ for prayers, she interceded and petitioned for me. Her prayers helped me to overcome my symptoms and put the enemy at bay. Thank you, Jesus, for the Body of Christ! I didn’t have any intention to put this message out, but I have been seeing many FB messages from my friends talking about the same feeling I recently had. I would like to encourage you to seek medical help, if need be, but above all, seek God and come in agreement with others’ prayers. This could also be an enemy throwing a fit against the Body of Christ, so let us use our authority in Christ and wage war against it. Blessings to those who are going through this dizzy/spinning feeling. It’s horrible, as I just got the taste of it. Let’s pray for one another in Jesus’ name! As my husband and I were entering Harris Teeter yesterday evening, I noticed a lady sitting all alone on a bench. I thought she was waiting for someone but upon inquiring, she mentioned that she can’t walk as her entire body is in pain and her joints are stiff. She has been on medicine but that doesn't help her. So, she was resting and waiting to see how her body would feel before she would make an attempt to shop in the grocery store.
I asked if I could pray for her and invite Jesus to touch and heal her. She mentioned that she is a born-again believer and believes in the power of God’s healing. I was glad to hear that. By now, my husband was gone grocery shopping alone while I stayed behind with Joyce and prayed. As soon as I finished praying, she immediately got up and started to walk around. She told me that her pain is completely gone, and her joints are no longer stiff. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah for her healing! We both rejoiced and parted thereafter. Next, I saw her shopping and walking beautifully in one of the aisles of HT. I thought, "A few minutes ago, she couldn't walk but now look, what God did that she could walk easily." As we passed by her, she stopped my husband and I and reiterated that her pain is 100% gone from her shoulders to her feet and there is no more stiffness. Thank you, Jesus! What a witness of the Lord's testimony to my husband and me! Jesus loves when we step out and take chances with Him. We never know what God can do with our SIMPLE and INTENTIONAL act of faith. Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). All He requires of us is to use our faith muscles intentionally, so He can bring His Heaven on Earth! Blessings to you'll on your intentional adventures with Jesus this new year, 2022! Last few months, I had to deal with an annoying cough and a scratchy throat. First I thought, I was under the weather and my symptoms would dissipate on its own, but they didn’t. I wondered, “What is it I am dealing with, since my COVID results are NEGATIVE?”
The scratchiness and pain in my throat were unbearable. There were times I had to cough so hard in order to clear my throat. The symptoms hindered me to carry on my conversation with others. I was about to go to a doctor to see what was going on with my throat. But then a thought came, perhaps the Holy Spirit brought it to my attention that it was an enemy attack. As I started to wage spiritual warfare against my symptoms and commanded them to go in Jesus’ name, I felt an immediate shift. My symptoms ceased for a few hours which gave me relief but then they returned. At this juncture, I had a choice to make whether to continue to fight against the enemy’s tantrums Or give in to them. I chose to stand. It was definitely a TUG OF WAR which required my patience and perseverance. The blood of Jesus has Wonderful Working Power to break every chain and obstacle that comes our way. The enemy looses its power when we stand FIRMLY on the Word of God and use our God given authority against our cumbersome situations. Prayers are POWERFUL when spoken in the name of Jesus, so let us contend and continue to contend for our breakthroughs. It took me several months to overcome my throat symptoms, but it was worth the fight. Finally, the enemy gave in, and I was set free from his grip! What you overcome, you have authority over it! The battle is the LORD’S, but the victory is always OURS! Keep standing alongside of the Lord, as He is fighting your battles behind the scene! Your breakthrough is just around a corner if you continue to walk all the way through with Him. Blessings in your perseverance! |