Healing through prayer

michael Healing Testimony

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

michael Testimony

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

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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.

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

michael Healing Testimony

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

michael Draw Near to God

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!”

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

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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.

I am the vine, you are the branches

michael Draw Near to God

In John  15:1-11, the Lord Jesus says that He is the vine, we are the branches. We must remain in him so that we can bear fruit. We must abide in Him, have connection with him so that we can bear fruit.  Lord Jesus says that apart from him, we can do nothing.

Verse 10-11 says that if we abide in His love, He will give us his joy. The bible also says that in His presence, there is fullness of joy. In God’s presence, in the presence of Lord Jesus, there is fullness of joy.  In order to bear fruit, we branches must constantly connect to the vine.