Some time ago, my wife and I went to visit an old couple. They are old brother and sister. The old sister’s health is not very good. I asked her whether she has any health problems which I can pray for her. She told me that she had headache and other problems. She had unbearable headache, I have been praying for her from time to time. Today I talked to her over the phone and knew that she had no headache. Thanks the Lord for healing her headache. Glory to His name. If you have any health problems, please let me know and I can pray for you.
Author: michael
God listens to children’s prayers
A few years ago, the pastor and his family wanted to apply for immigration. To immigrate in our province, French is required. Our Pastor’s wife went to French school to learn French. Her French is not very good. One time she needed to take the French exam, her younger son prayed for her and he prayed that she would get 100 marks. Later she really got 100 marks. God listened to children’s prayers.
I shared the above testimony on WeChat. A few days later, I attended the Bible study in the Church. The pastor shared the same thing. He shared that God listens to children’s prayers. He prayed when he was 5 years old and God listened to his prayers. He also mentioned that his younger son used to pray when he was small and God listened to his prayers. Thank God.
The Bible says: Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. 14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:13-14)
Prayer and seek Lord’s face part 1
In the parable of unrighteous judge or the parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8), Lord Jesus encourages us to pray and not to lose heart. The parable tells us the importance of persistent prayer. Later Lord Jesus says that “However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” He is saying that when he comes, can he find people persistent in prayer, people praying day and night.
The parable of “A friend comes at midnight” (Luke 11:5-13) also shows us the importance of persistent prayer. Lord Jesus says “how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”. He is very willing to give us the Holy Spirit if we ask and keep on asking.
Canaanite Woman’s daughter got demon possessed (Matthew 15:21-28), She asked Lord Jesus to cast out the demon, at beginning Lord Jesus didn’t answer the request of the Canaanite Woman, because Lord Jesus came to earth to preach Gospel to the Israelites first, not Gentiles. But because of the persistence of the Canaanite women, Lord Jesus gave her what she requested and praised her for her faith.
In Psalm 27:8 Psalmist David says “My heart says of you, Seek his face! Your face, Lord, I will seek”. Seek His face is to seek His presence. The Lord is not an easy catch; we should seek him until we find Him.
Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Here it says that when we pray in secret, our heavenly Father will reward us. The Lord wants us to draw near to Him, to seek His face. When we seek His face, He will reward us.
My allergy with eyes itchiness was healed by the Lord
I had allergy with my eyes itchiness for many years. Every year I have eyes itchiness between spring and autumn, I have to use eye drop for some time to stop the itchiness. But in the past year I didn’t have eye itchiness through prayer. There is a person who attended our church; he also had eye itchiness every year. I prayed for him for some time and his eye itchiness was healed by the Lord. The Lord also healed my eye itchiness. Thanks the Lord, glory to His name.
ONLY Intense Prayer NOW…Will Keep Him (Trump) Alive
Word from Lord Jesus “I have told you in My Holy Word to pray for those in authority. Some of My Children are being obedient to this, but many of you are not. An event is coming soon to remove one I have placed in authority to bless you. This event will be very terrible and is not My Will. But My Will is not carried out when My People refuse to pray.”
The word continues, “If this event transpires, I will hold accountable those of you I have instructed to pray, if you have not obeyed.
“My Children, if you refuse to obey Me, there is little I can do to bless you. Do not run out to play and pursue your own interests, ignoring what I have asked you to do—and then expect answers of all the things you desire of Me.
“I desire obedient children. I bless obedience. I do not bless those who are disobedient.”
“Children, the enemy has waited for this time when you would not be on the city wall guarding those within. You are very close, so very close to losing everything.
“I am counting on you to change your focus mid-stream and plow into prayer to stop this from happening. None of the criminals he is bringing to justice will be brought to justice if you do not pray. They will all get away and continue their detestable practices, stealing and consuming children and handing this nation over to her enemies.”
(Word from a preacher) Trump is used to clean and purify the nation, as hard as he is, he has been prepared for this. Trump will be used to disciple US, then to restore US. He will be used to stop violence; he will be God’s mouth and hands for this nation.
US is given four years of grace, we Christians must pray intensely for Trump, put our house in order, put our life in order, then we will have many good years to come. Otherwise if we fail, great captivity, tribulation will come.
Prayer meeting sharing
One Sunday it was my turn to share during the prayer meeting. Before the sharing, pastor led a song. Before he chose the song, I already opened the song book to the song he chose, I didn’t know he chose that song and there are many songs in that song book. Thanks the Lord.
Healing through prayer
Mark 16:15-18 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
Here it says signs will accompany those who believe, signs not only accompany special people, but those who believe.
One of my high school classmates had lower back pain problem. I prayed for him, the Lord healed his lower back, the pain was gone the next day. A lady attended our church had headache problem, the headache was severe. I prayed for her from time to time. Now she has no more headache. Another person attended our church had allergic problem, his eyes were itchy. After the prayer, no more itchiness with his eyes. Thank the Lord, glory to his name.
Interpretation on Sunday
I need to interpret our pastor’s preaching on Sunday from time to time. Usually he sends his message to me by email Saturday late at night. I need to read his message to do some preparation for the interpretation Sunday morning. It happened at least twice that I set the alarm for Sunday morning and when I woke up and opened my eyes, it was exact time I set the alarm.
Persistent in prayer
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28)
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” 23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” 25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. 26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” 23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” 25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. 26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Lord Jesus came to preach gospel to the people of Israel first, not the Gentile. Canannite woman is a gentile. Because of her persistence, Lord Jesus granted her request. Lord Jesus praise her for her faith. Here we see that persistence in prayer is important.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 says that pray without ceasing.
We should have persistence in prayer. Seek Him until we find him. Knock until the door is open. Fervent in prayer, pray for those in authority, pray for all the saints, pray for the needy, pray for the sick, etc.
My wife back pain was gone after prayer
My wife had back pain problem for a few years. In 2016, her back pain got worse and she had to stop working, went for sick leave for a few months and got treatment. Her back got better after that. Recently she got back pain again, she got back pain when going to sleep, had problem sleeping like what happened in 2016, she was afraid that she had to go for sick leave again. That evening she had pain and could not fall asleep, I prayed for her and the pain was gone. Thanks the Lord for his mercy and healing. Glory to His name.
One Thing Needed
Luke 10:38-42
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[a] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Here we see that Mary sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His Word, while Martha was distracted by all the preparations. Then Lord Jesus says “ but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better”
Have we chosen what is better or we are so busy, so distracted that we don’t have time to draw near to the Lord, no time for prayer and no time for reading the Bible.
In Mark 1:35 we see that even Lord Jesus got up early in the morning to pray. It is important that every day we get up in the morning, the first thing we should do is drawing near to the Lord, praying and reading the Bible.
Ask, seek and knock
Matthew 7:7-8 7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Lord Jesus said that ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you Sometimes when we pray, the Lord answers our prayers right away, sometimes the Lord does not answer right away, we need to continue praying until the Lord answers our prayers. We seek until we find, and knock until the Lord opens the door. The parable of the unrighteous judge and the parable of friend at midnight in the Bible both tell us that Lord Jesus wants us to seek until we find, and knock until the door is opened. The Canaanite woman kept asking Lord Jesus to cast out the demon from her daughter, and Lord Jesus said that her faith was great.
Lord Jesus said that ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you Sometimes when we pray, the Lord answers our prayers right away, sometimes the Lord does not answer right away, we need to continue praying until the Lord answers our prayers. We seek until we find, and knock until the Lord opens the door. The parable of the unrighteous judge and the parable of friend at midnight in the Bible both tell us that Lord Jesus wants us to seek until we find, and knock until the door is opened. The Canaanite woman kept asking Lord Jesus to cast out the demon from her daughter, and Lord Jesus said that her faith was great.
