There are many reports of God's favor, for example, people getting jobs that they thought were nearly impossible, God returning lost items to people, and God delivering people from potentially bad situations. One situation involved the Lord actually changing a mistake in a catalog (2,000,000 copies) that saved our friends' job!
My husband lost a set of keys last week. We looked everywhere for them, even dumping his briefcase/bag....still, no keys. He left to teach his class and at the end, he asked someone to pray with him for his keys to turn up. When he went to get something from his bag, the keys were right there!
Also, our pastor received an email from a woman in our church, saying that she prayed for a woman with a twisted, swollen ankle. The Lord immediately touched her and all the pain left. Pastor Charles also received another email from a local pastor who was supposed to have surgery on an injured limb. After prayer, all pain left and after ten days without pain, he cancelled the surgery. He is doing well!
And here is a neat one from me: after paying bills and balancing my checkbook, I knew I was a bit limited and had XX amount of money left, so I have been extra frugal all week. Today, when I looked in my checkbook, somehow there was a lot more money in it. I don't know how it happened....it's all in my handwriting, but nothing matches up with what I KNOW I had written in there. Strange, but really awesome!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Update from Nicaragua
Remember the visit to the hospital in Matagalpa a few days ago? There was a sister in our church here that had a baby and in intensive care and I was told the baby had one lung and I will recheck on that but I went back and prayed for her baby and all the babies.
One thing that is starting to become apparent is that there is a culture of miracles being established and the people here are realizing it is the normal Christian life. Today I was asked to speak at a service in another church in Dario but also there would be one at 4 in a home, with our church and another church participating.
It seems that Tuesday morning that sister brought her baby home to Dario, completely well and the doctors could only say that it was a miracle. So she goes to our church, the dad goes to this other church and they want to dedicate the baby to God in a special service and they want me to preach. It just happens that I had personally led the dad to the Lord in the same service months ago that his wife was miraculously healed of stomach disease!
Remember the 14 year old boy, Jorge, the one I have shared about who has been marvellously used of God in healing and prophetically? Came to our school when only 4 months saved, now a year in God? The lady was his sister. Dios es bueno!
One thing that is starting to become apparent is that there is a culture of miracles being established and the people here are realizing it is the normal Christian life. Today I was asked to speak at a service in another church in Dario but also there would be one at 4 in a home, with our church and another church participating.
It seems that Tuesday morning that sister brought her baby home to Dario, completely well and the doctors could only say that it was a miracle. So she goes to our church, the dad goes to this other church and they want to dedicate the baby to God in a special service and they want me to preach. It just happens that I had personally led the dad to the Lord in the same service months ago that his wife was miraculously healed of stomach disease!
Remember the 14 year old boy, Jorge, the one I have shared about who has been marvellously used of God in healing and prophetically? Came to our school when only 4 months saved, now a year in God? The lady was his sister. Dios es bueno!
Friday, October 10, 2008
From A Friend in Nicaragua
I just received an email update from a friend in Nicaragua. Here's what it is happening:
A woman who we prayed for who was unable to have a baby was prayed for in July. While we praying for the sick last night she came up to testify that the miracle took place. She was pregnant but there was no movement in her womb and she had this sense that something was wrong. While I was preaching last night the presence of God just descended on her and she started feeling the baby move in her womb, just felt a lot of activity which is interesting as it is only 3 plus months along but she knew the child was alive!! She was just so overjoyed!
As soon as she was done, another woman got up and said that in July she came for prayer but not for herself but her husband who was at work and in severe pain constantly because of an inflammation in his body in stomach and back area. So we prayed and he was at work, she was in the church, and at that moment he was completely healed while he was working! He was in the service last night and I asked him if it was true and he said yes, that as he was working all the pain left his body and he has not had it since!
Then the husband of the woman pastor came to the pulpit. In that service in July, he was in the house and not in the service. The house is built to have a large meeting place for church and he was in the bedroom. He said he was listening to me speak and heard me say to put your hands on the area where you need healing, and I never even remembered saying that by the way. He was in severe pain and could not move and had a large tumor in his stomach.
So he lay flat, put his hand on his stomach and believed God to touch him. The next morning most of the pain was gone. The day after that, all the pain was gone and the tumor had shrunk to very small!
He was scheduled for surgery 2 days later and went anyway and watched the doctors freak out because the tumor was gone, he was pain free and completely healed! He told them what happened and they were incredulous! The testimonies of the Lord will fill the earth in this hour!!
In one service, there were miracles there besides the pregnant story, then a man in another room laying hands on himself and a man not even there being healed when someone stands in for him. What a great night in the kingdom!!
A woman who we prayed for who was unable to have a baby was prayed for in July. While we praying for the sick last night she came up to testify that the miracle took place. She was pregnant but there was no movement in her womb and she had this sense that something was wrong. While I was preaching last night the presence of God just descended on her and she started feeling the baby move in her womb, just felt a lot of activity which is interesting as it is only 3 plus months along but she knew the child was alive!! She was just so overjoyed!
As soon as she was done, another woman got up and said that in July she came for prayer but not for herself but her husband who was at work and in severe pain constantly because of an inflammation in his body in stomach and back area. So we prayed and he was at work, she was in the church, and at that moment he was completely healed while he was working! He was in the service last night and I asked him if it was true and he said yes, that as he was working all the pain left his body and he has not had it since!
Then the husband of the woman pastor came to the pulpit. In that service in July, he was in the house and not in the service. The house is built to have a large meeting place for church and he was in the bedroom. He said he was listening to me speak and heard me say to put your hands on the area where you need healing, and I never even remembered saying that by the way. He was in severe pain and could not move and had a large tumor in his stomach.
So he lay flat, put his hand on his stomach and believed God to touch him. The next morning most of the pain was gone. The day after that, all the pain was gone and the tumor had shrunk to very small!
He was scheduled for surgery 2 days later and went anyway and watched the doctors freak out because the tumor was gone, he was pain free and completely healed! He told them what happened and they were incredulous! The testimonies of the Lord will fill the earth in this hour!!
In one service, there were miracles there besides the pregnant story, then a man in another room laying hands on himself and a man not even there being healed when someone stands in for him. What a great night in the kingdom!!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Gold Teeth Appear (God's Bling)
Regarding miracles, I have never understood the gold teeth thing, but apparently the Lord likes putting bits of Heaven upon the earth. Perhaps He "marks" us for Himself in creative ways. In some cultures, young ladies are given a gold tooth as a symbol that they are married. Here is an email I received from a friend in Maui:
> > We are all doing great. This past weekend was totally
> awsome... we had David and Stephanie Herzog speak this
> weekend. Soooooo AWSOME. THE GLORY OF GOD JUST OVERFLOWED
> HERE AT CHURCH. MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS... MY MOTHER WAS
> ONE OF THEM. SHE DID NOT COME TO SEE OR HEAR WHAT WAS GOING
> ON. IT WAS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
> SERVICE. SO ON MONDAY AFTERNOON I CALLED AND WAS SHARING
> ABOUT THE MIRACLES THAT TOOK PLACE, ANYWAY SHE CLAIMED I
> NEVER TOLD HER ABOUT IT BUT I KNOW I DID THEY JUST NEVER
> CAME. SO I AM TALKING TO HER FOR A LITTLE BIT AND SHE STARTS
> TO CUT ME OFF BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING SO
> SHE HAD TO GO. SO I KEPT ON SHARING A LITTLE MORE. I COULD
> TELL IN HER VOICE THAT SHE WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE WHOLE
> THING. SHE ASKED WHAT DOES GOLD TEETH HAVE TO DO WITH
> ANYTHING. WHY WERE PEOPLE GETING GOLD TEETH? ARE YOU SURE
> THEY DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE IT? WELL WE FINALLY ENDED OUR
> CALL AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER SHE CALLS BACK.
> > SHE STARTED TO TELL ME THAT SHE WAS IN THE BATHROOM
> THINKING ABOUT WHAT I SAID AND SOMETHING TOLD HER TO CHECK
> HER MOUTH TO SEE IF SHE HAD A GOLD TOOTH. WELL SHE WENT TO
> THE MIRROR AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WAY
> IN THE BACK, THERE WAS A GOLD TOOTH. TO ADD TO THIS
> EXCITEMENT SHE STARTED TO WALK QUICKLY AROUND HER HOUSE IN
> AWE OF WHAT HAPPENED, THEN SHE STARTED TO RUN AROUND HER
> HOUSE. PRAISE THE LORD BECAUSE AS SHE STEPPED INTO HER
> HEALING SHE WAS HEALED. SHE STRUGGLED AND COMPLAINED FOR 8
> YEARS ABOUT HER BACK, SIATICA, PAIN IN THE BODY. MOST OF THE
> TIME SHE MAY NOT HAVE SHOWN US SHE WAS HURTING SO MUCH BUT
> SHE WAS. ANYWAYS COMPLETE HEALING IN HER BACK AND NECK. SHE
> CAN JUMP UP AND CARRY KIANA WITH NO PAIN. THANK YOU LORD!!!!
> THE GLORY IS UPON HER AND I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY... WHEN SHE
> CALLED TO TELL ME I CRIED AND HYSTERICALLY LAUGHED FOR ABOUT
> AN HOUR. I WAS CHOKING AND HAD A HARD TIME BREATHING BUT IT
> WAS A GOOD THING NOT A BAD THING.
> > I AM UST IN AWE AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT NEXT! AT THE
> MEETING OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WERE SO MANY MIRACLES. A LOT
> OF PEOPLE WHERE GETTING GOLD TEETH....YAH GOLD TEETH. THE
> GLORY IS HERE AND IT'S GONNA STAY...SO MAY ARE ON FIRE
> HERE AND GOD IS DOING SOMETHING HERE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL
> SOON. THE BLESSING AND THE GLORY BE UPON ALL OF YOU WERE YOU
> GO. WE MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH TOO! WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND I WILL
> KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE AWSOME THINGS THAT GOD IS DOING HERE.
> > LOVE,
> > MAUI
> > We are all doing great. This past weekend was totally
> awsome... we had David and Stephanie Herzog speak this
> weekend. Soooooo AWSOME. THE GLORY OF GOD JUST OVERFLOWED
> HERE AT CHURCH. MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS... MY MOTHER WAS
> ONE OF THEM. SHE DID NOT COME TO SEE OR HEAR WHAT WAS GOING
> ON. IT WAS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
> SERVICE. SO ON MONDAY AFTERNOON I CALLED AND WAS SHARING
> ABOUT THE MIRACLES THAT TOOK PLACE, ANYWAY SHE CLAIMED I
> NEVER TOLD HER ABOUT IT BUT I KNOW I DID THEY JUST NEVER
> CAME. SO I AM TALKING TO HER FOR A LITTLE BIT AND SHE STARTS
> TO CUT ME OFF BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING SO
> SHE HAD TO GO. SO I KEPT ON SHARING A LITTLE MORE. I COULD
> TELL IN HER VOICE THAT SHE WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE WHOLE
> THING. SHE ASKED WHAT DOES GOLD TEETH HAVE TO DO WITH
> ANYTHING. WHY WERE PEOPLE GETING GOLD TEETH? ARE YOU SURE
> THEY DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE IT? WELL WE FINALLY ENDED OUR
> CALL AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER SHE CALLS BACK.
> > SHE STARTED TO TELL ME THAT SHE WAS IN THE BATHROOM
> THINKING ABOUT WHAT I SAID AND SOMETHING TOLD HER TO CHECK
> HER MOUTH TO SEE IF SHE HAD A GOLD TOOTH. WELL SHE WENT TO
> THE MIRROR AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WAY
> IN THE BACK, THERE WAS A GOLD TOOTH. TO ADD TO THIS
> EXCITEMENT SHE STARTED TO WALK QUICKLY AROUND HER HOUSE IN
> AWE OF WHAT HAPPENED, THEN SHE STARTED TO RUN AROUND HER
> HOUSE. PRAISE THE LORD BECAUSE AS SHE STEPPED INTO HER
> HEALING SHE WAS HEALED. SHE STRUGGLED AND COMPLAINED FOR 8
> YEARS ABOUT HER BACK, SIATICA, PAIN IN THE BODY. MOST OF THE
> TIME SHE MAY NOT HAVE SHOWN US SHE WAS HURTING SO MUCH BUT
> SHE WAS. ANYWAYS COMPLETE HEALING IN HER BACK AND NECK. SHE
> CAN JUMP UP AND CARRY KIANA WITH NO PAIN. THANK YOU LORD!!!!
> THE GLORY IS UPON HER AND I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY... WHEN SHE
> CALLED TO TELL ME I CRIED AND HYSTERICALLY LAUGHED FOR ABOUT
> AN HOUR. I WAS CHOKING AND HAD A HARD TIME BREATHING BUT IT
> WAS A GOOD THING NOT A BAD THING.
> > I AM UST IN AWE AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT NEXT! AT THE
> MEETING OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WERE SO MANY MIRACLES. A LOT
> OF PEOPLE WHERE GETTING GOLD TEETH....YAH GOLD TEETH. THE
> GLORY IS HERE AND IT'S GONNA STAY...SO MAY ARE ON FIRE
> HERE AND GOD IS DOING SOMETHING HERE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL
> SOON. THE BLESSING AND THE GLORY BE UPON ALL OF YOU WERE YOU
> GO. WE MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH TOO! WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND I WILL
> KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE AWSOME THINGS THAT GOD IS DOING HERE.
> > LOVE,
> > MAUI
Monday, September 22, 2008
This Weeks' Events
I heard three reports this week of people being instantly healed of cancer; one of which was stage 4. They all have no more signs of cancer!
A lady in our school of ministry class prayed for a teacher/co-worker that had a broken hand. God restored her hand and she is moving all of her fingers with no pain! Her hand was broken just a few days prior and was supposed to take several weeks to heal.
One of our youth group members, Jake, had injured his knee badly. It appeared to be a torn meniscus; with lots of swelling and pain. Jake kept praying for his knee, along with several other teens. Within a short time, his knee was well again.
This past Sunday, God really brought breakthrough for several broken relationships. God is mending marriages! Hardened hearts are being softened.
A lady in our school of ministry class prayed for a teacher/co-worker that had a broken hand. God restored her hand and she is moving all of her fingers with no pain! Her hand was broken just a few days prior and was supposed to take several weeks to heal.
One of our youth group members, Jake, had injured his knee badly. It appeared to be a torn meniscus; with lots of swelling and pain. Jake kept praying for his knee, along with several other teens. Within a short time, his knee was well again.
This past Sunday, God really brought breakthrough for several broken relationships. God is mending marriages! Hardened hearts are being softened.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
My Son's Eyes Are Healed!!!!
I am so thankful, so amazed, and really having a hard time finding the right words to express how I feel! My son just returned from youth camp and he came back without his glasses. He had terrible eyesight, previously, and the eye doctor had told me it would only get worse. Well, God thought differently.
During a service at the youth camp, the speaker was telling about someone in his church that received healing for their eyesight. While he was saying this, someone sitting next to my son decided to lay hands on my son's eyes and pray for him. My son said that a couple of minutes later, he noticed that his eyes were "focusing." He took off his glasses and he could see everything perfectly. He is normally a shy type who does not like to draw attention to himself, but he decided this was worth sharing, so he stood up in the middle of the service and got the speaker's attention to tell him that his eyes were healed! They called him up front and thanked God for the miracle.
Today, my husband and I tested his eyesight by having him read things and describe things that are far away. Before, he could not even tell who was in the same room with him without his glasses and words would appear as a big, dark spot. Today, however, he described and read everything perfectly WITHOUT his glasses!!! In fact, he could read things that my husband could not even read, and my son's eyesight had been WORSE than my husband's eyesight. We are absolutely amazed by God and rejoicing over what has happened! Needless to say, my son has been asked by a lot of people to pray for their eyesight and he is having a blast sharing what God has done. Thank You, Lord! (As I type this, he is watching the T.V. from across the room, and he is NOT squinting to see!)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Torn Pancreas Restored
A little boy in our church had a bicycle accident this month. The handlebar went into his abdomen, so he was taken to the ER where they found that his pancreas was almost completely severed. Also, his liver had a laceration. Things were looking grim and the doctors were preparing to do surgery to remove the pancreas. The father and mother prayed over their son, laying hands on his abdomen and asking God to restore everything. After having another MRI, the doctors returned to inform the parents that their son's pancreas was perfect! They could not explain how an almost completely severed pancreas returned to normal within 24 hours. Little Garrett is doing well!
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