Before every church service those of us who are on the ministry team at my church gather together and pray for the church service for about 25-30 minutes. It is always an awesome time together with the Lord. But tonight something changed.
I have written before about asking God what He is doing in certain places or situations. I have asked and gotten answers. But I worried that it was just my imagination or something that it wasn't really God. Tonight during our prayer time I asked Him, "God what are You doing tonight?" I got a picture in my head of a rib, just one - it was white, and everything around it was covered in red muscles and stuff. I asked again and I saw a backbone. I didn't say anything to anyone and in all reality started trying to convince myself that it wasn't real.
When it came time for us to pray together, everyone just sat or stood there silent. Finally Pastor Greg broke the silence to let everyone know that he felt that we should open up after worship with a time for words of knowlege and prayer for people.
Then started the great debate... in my head...
Do I say it? Well, I don't want to not say anything like on Wednesday. But I don't want to be wrong and that whole rib thing is kinda weird. Backs... well you can pretty much count on at least one person having a messed up back at every service... but ribs... not so much.
So Pastor called us up and started the microphone at one end of the line, all of a sudden it is in my hand... but then the worship music got louder and I didn't think I could yell over it... I was having a hard time speaking loud enough anyway... I tried to pass the mic off, but Donna was too whacked next to me to take it... so I stood there with that thing in my hand for the longest time...
Then I got the push out of the nest that I needed... Pastor Greg said, "OK, let's go, who has a word..." Before I could think that mic was at my mouth and I said it out loud.
As quick as I could I passed that sucker right off...
AND THEN...
A young man came up and thought he had broken a rib the other day and he was in pain. We prayed and it got a little better. We prayed again and then he said his back hurt too. We prayed for that and as we prayed for him, God's presence and power fell and touched him so deeply. He was completely healed! He began running and jumping around he was so excited! It was so incredibly awesome!
Pastor then opened up the altar to pray for people to have more of God's light shinning in them so that they could be lights in their communities. We prayed for about 100 people tonight I think... It was AMAZING!
God, all I can say is that I stand in awe of Your goodness! You are amazinggggg! I LOVE YOU!
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