The mute speak…
After a church service one Sunday morning we prayed for healing for the congregation. One little girl, probably around age 12, came to me and smiled but didn’t say anything. I asked the older girls of the church, who were acting as my translators, what was wrong and why the little girl wanted prayer. They let me know that she did not speak and never had; she was only able to sort of grunt “yes” & “no.” I laid my hands on her, prayed, and asked God to move. We then had her try to speak and she counted to 20!! Praise God! Her school teacher had been sitting next to her while we prayed so I asked the teacher at least five times “are you SURE she couldn’t speak at all before we prayed??” Each time I asked, the teacher said “no, she couldn’t speak. I am her teacher, I know she couldn’t!” Isn’t that just amazing?! Praise God!
God heals the broken-hearted…
Another woman came to me at the same church service and asked for prayer for a headache, which she had been experiencing for around 6 months. I then asked her if anything traumatic had happened 6 months ago and she replied “yes, that’s when my husband died.” I prayed over her and asked God to heal her headache but also to give her peace and joy. After prayer, I checked how she was feeling. Her headache was gone for the first time in 6 months! She also felt the peace of God wash over her! Isn’t God so good?
The deaf hear….
During prayer time at the pastors’ conference in Bangalore, a woman came up to me and pointed to her ears. I knew that she was signaling that she could not hear… I prayed for her and asked God to move. I then checked to see if she could hear & basically just asked if she could hear me. “Yes, I can hear you. Can you pray for my diabetes now?” I was a bit confused because the healing seemed to happen so fast (which is not impossible), but she could speak really well for someone who previously couldn’t hear. I said “I thought you wanted prayer because you couldn’t hear.” She replied “I did, but I already got healed while I was sitting in the audience.” Apparently, she had been trying to let me know that while Pastor Randy was preaching on healing she was healed of partial deafness. How did she know? She took out her hearing aids and could hear just fine without them! No one had touched her, no one stopped the service to pray for people who were partially deaf, she simply got healed from hearing the testimony of Jesus. AMAZING!
What an awesome God we have! It’s really encouraging to me to read testimonies like this, seeing the Lord active in physical ways today. Thanks for sharing.