Today in Jesus - In Jesus - 07-21-2016

So, I was walking through the building I work in on my way outside for my first break this AM and there was a ton of people with walkers, canes, etc, Wow, I am amazed how many people get on the trains who are dealing with health issues. Good place to hit up if you are looking to share the gospel of the kingdom. Transportation hubs. Not sure if you'd get kicked out or not though, haha. I don't usually approach too many in big crowds like that. Sometimes, but not usually. But I was walking out the door and ahead of me was these two Native men. I got beside one of them as we exited and he was holding out his left arm flexing his hand and wrist and said "Wow". I noticed and said to him "Do you have pain in your arm?" He says, "Ya, my left arm." I said "Can I show you something?" as I put out my hand as if to grab his arm and he just moves his left arm toward me so willingly, not even saying yes or no, haha. I put my hand around his forearm and just said "Pain go, right now." I took my hand off and said "Ok, check it out. It's gone, isn't it?" He moves his hand and wrist and says the swear word for feces (You know it, haha) and asks what I did. The other guy with him just laughs. I told them "That was Jesus. He lives inside of me and He just healed you." And told them "He did that to show you that He is real, that if you would repent and believe in Him, you know turn from your sins and follow Him, you would be saved. He would come and live inside of you by His Spirit. He wants to have relationship with you and He wants you to be restored to God" They were walking away from me while I was telling them this so I just left it at that. The guy who got healed said thank you and we continued on our respective ways.

I then approached another man who was hobbling along the bridge, and looked like he had hip pain, but he didn't even acknowledge I was there as I said hello to him. It was as if I was invisible.

At lunchtime while walking near the cathedral I met up with a woman named Yvette who seemed to have a little bit of a limp. I asked if she had pain in her body and followed up her response with a question about what level it was at. She said she had just had surgery on her knee and the pain was about a 4 out of 10. I told her I pray for people and Jesus heals them and asked if it was ok to pray for her, which she was ok with, and then asked if I could put my hand on her knee, in which she was also ok with. That's when I found out her name and gave her mine and shook her hand. I figure if I am going to be so intimate with someone as to put my hand on their knee they should at least know my name, haha, kidding. :) I put my hand on her knee for about 5 seconds saying "Knee be healed right now in the name of Jesus, pain go." and then asked her to check for the pain while I started walking slowly forward expecting she would follow and see. She did, and after a few steps she says "It seems pretty good." with a smile on her face. I asked "Ya? No pain at all?" She said "No." I asked her if she knew Jesus and she said she did. A lot of the time I'll ask people who say they know Him if they have the Holy Spirit, if they believe they have been born again. So I did that with her. She said "No, I wouldn't says so, or go that far." I shared with her about how Jesus said that no one enters the kingdom unless they are born again and explained a little about what receiving His Spirit was, who He was and why He was sent. I was on lunch so really I am quite limited in the amount of time I can spend with people. I just left it up to her to pursue, or for the Lord to bring it all about. She thanked me and I asked about the pain again as she seemed to limp a little still, but she said it was still gone. And I headed back to work. I cut short my walk a little so I could spent the time with her that I did.

On my afternoon break I met another woman by the bridge who had said she had pain in her foot from a stress fracture, but after I told her I pray for people and Jesus heals them, to which she initially said yes to my request to pray for her, but then when confirming which foot it was she says, "Actually, you know what? My sister does that too. So really, no, that's ok." And then put her hand up toward me like a big red stop sign and turned and walked away.

I headed back into work after that last break and spoke with a fellow I work with who has a wheelchair right now. He was away for a couple months as he was dealing with diabetes issues. Previously had to get part of his foot amputated and this last time was dealing with pain in his knee and not being able to walk well because of that. I had seen him the first day he was back and prayed for him really quickly and he mentioned the next day that it was better. Then today seemed to be bad again. I prayed again (Just lightly touching his knee and commanding his knee to be healed in Jesus' name and the diabetes to go) and then talked with him a little more about the gospel. As he sat there next to my desk in his wheelchair and I spoke of forgiveness of sins and receiving God's righteousness through faith in Jesus and Him taking our sin nature away, and encouraging him about how Jesus can even cause his foot to grow back, he said it was getting better as we spoke and he was also feeling better himself as a whole. I have been believing for him to be healed from the diabetes from before he had to get the front of his foot amputated (grrrr!). Would love you to join me in that too. He thanked me and I got back to work.

On my walk home I approached a man who rejected me because he said he had just seen his physician and had his acupuncture and his issue was healing well. I told him that Jesus is better at that than acupuncture is and he said "Oh ya?" but clearly didn't want any of what I was offering. I wished him a good day and carried on home.

Glory to King Jesus!!!

Grace, peace and love in Jesus Christ!

Wrist Pain Goes - In Jesus - 04-04-2016

After leaving the mall today I walked out and saw a man and a woman walking towards the entrance. The woman had a brace on her right wrist. I approached them and asked if she had any pain there. She said that there was some. So I asked if I could pray for her and said that I see Jesus heal people all the time. She said we're kind of in a rush. But I said it'll only be a few seconds and what have you got to lose. She let me put my hand on her right wrist and then I commanded the pain to leave in the name of Jesus. I took my hand away and ask her how it felt. It was a 4 out of 10 before I prayed and then after I prayed she said it was 0. I asked if anything like that had ever happened to her before. She said no. They were both looking at me kind of dumbfounded. It seemed very uncomfortable for them and as if they didn't know how to process what just happened. I simply told them that Jesus really was the Son of God, He really did die on the cross and rise from the dead and He's really coming back for those who love Him and follow Him. I told them that if they believe in Him and follow Him they too will have the Holy Spirit in them who Jesus does the miracles through in the believer. I said that Jesus came to give us forgiveness of sins through faith in Him, that He made the way for us to be restored to God. The lady said that's true to a few of the statements that I said, so she seemed to know the truth. I thanked them for letting me pray and wished them a good evening.

Thank You Jesus. I love seeing You heal people, whether they accept You or not. But I pray that You would bring the harvest in through me, Lord, use me to bring Your children home, in Jesus name.

Grace, peace and love to you all in Jesus Christ!

Broken ankle pain goes away - In Jesus - 03-28-2016

Earlier at the park tonight, the boys got out of the car to go to the washroom and as they did they pointed out a girl who was being pushed in a wheelchair toward a car. I nodded to Trevor sort of to suggest he go, and paused for a moment because of the wheel chair and even thought to myself, 'I'm not going over there.' I shouldn't have, but I did. As the boys disappeared, I looked over again and the girl had been helped up from the chair and had partially hopped by herself into what seemed to be her boyfriend's passenger side of his SUV. I changed my mind at this point and hopped out of my car to quickly go ask what happened and see if I could pray. Truthfully, I saw she was more mobile so I felt more confident to do so. Again, I shouldn't have, but I did. He (the boyfriend) was in the process of folding up the chair and putting it into the back of the SUV and she had her door open. As I walked toward them, I was about 15 or 20 feet away and yelled out, "What happened, did you break it?" I saw the black colored plaster cast by this time. She said "Yes." I continued toward her and said, "Do you feel any pain in it?" She said "Yes." I added, "I pray for people and see Jesus heal them. Can I pray for you?" I was right beside the car at this time. I looked back at him and he was gazing through the back of the SUV with a smile on his face while still putting the chair away. She started to smile too and said "Absolutely." I asked about the level of pain she felt right now. She said "Because it is a little cold out now, probably a 5 out of 10." I told her I would like to pray right then and explained how the bible says that believers lay hands on the sick and they recover so I like to do that too by putting my hand on the person's shoulder or wherever and pointed at her leg. She was a little leery it seemed but played along. I told her my name, and put out my hand to shake her's, and she told me her's was Ali. He had come to the side of the car to watch at this point and I looked over at him and said hi and asked his name. His was Ryan. I turned back to her and asked what it was, the ankle or the ... and she quickly said yes. I said "Ok, I'll just put my hand on here and ..." I just did it, placed my hand on her cast at the ankle, and said "All pain go, ankle be healed in the name of Jesus." I pulled back and asked her how it was. She seemed a little surprised and said "It actually feels pretty good." So I followed up, "Do you feel any pain at all? Or it's all gone?" She said, "No, it actually feels good." I asked her if she had ever had anything like that happen before. She said "Well, it was nice to have anyone say something nice at all, or to say something nice over it, whether a prayer or not." I said, "No, I mean have you ever experienced that, like someone praying for you and being healed or the pain going away like that before?" She thought a moment and said "Yes." I asked if she knew Jesus as Lord. She said that she respected him as Lord. I explained to the both of them a little bit about why Jesus did miracles when He walked the earth and why He still does them today. She nodded and Ryan listened. I quoted John 14:6 and she said "Yes, He is definitely one of the ways.", as she looked at Ryan. I asked Ryan how he was doing and if he had anything going on in his body. He said he was doing good, no issues. And started to get into the car. I addressed Ali's last comment and said "I know you said He was one of the ways. But Jesus was very exclusive. He said 'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father but through Him.' He was saying He was THE way." and I gave her an analogy of if I wanted to give her a way to get a hold of me and I gave her my number, she would have to call my number, not some other number to get to me. She said she appreciated the analogy and thanked me. I thanked them for letting me pray and suggested to think about what Jesus said when they process all of what just happened. She said she would do that. I let them go as they seemed to want to.

Grace, peace and love in Jesus Christ!