Here’s two stories from our time in the Philippines on mission. One day, we visited a small village in the Cavite region going door to door speaking and praying with the people who lived there. One such person was Nanay Rose, an older member of the community.
After the local pastor died a few years ago, she had been the only person involved in running the local church ministries and was isolated and discouraged. After hearing her story and praying with her through the translator things felt flat. I began to think surely there is more God can do here. I began to pray asking God what we could do and all that came to mind was to worship.
As we began to play guitar and sing in her small house, we felt God’s presence in a tangible way and Nanay Rose began to cry. She then shared with us how she was being impacted by hearing worship that she hadn’t heard in years. She was filled with joy. Then someone shared a word they felt the Lord telling them that there was something precious under her bed. She became excited and said she stores her bible under her bed. All of us there were filled with joy, encouragement and praise to the God who sees.
Another day, we visited a seaside village where we were running a small kids outreach. After finishing we offered to pray for people and in particular for physical healing. I was looking for someone to pray for and was drawn to the team from the local church. When I asked if any needed healing they all pointed to Reya.
She was having severe migraines every morning, often disrupting her sleep and studies during the day. As she explained I remembered a member of our team had recently been healed of the same type of severe migraines miraculously. I called her over. Together we prayed, commanding sickness to leave and asking God to move in power and His love. After praying a couple of times, Reya’s face lit up. The headache was gone. She thanked us with tears and claimed with faith that she had been healed.
A few days later we went to Reya’s church and found her. No migraines! Just a big smile across her face.
Duncan Roseweir
Re:Hope West End
Let the Holy Spirit guide how you pray today. Is there something God could do that you haven’t even thought of?
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