Oh what a great joy and blessing it is to have such a loving, caring Father! He is so gentle and kind with his children, and it is his "good pleasure" to give us his Kingdom (Luke 12:32). He cares. He cares. He cares. He cares about every single thing in our lives! From the biggest to the smallest, he overlooks nothing! It doesn't matter if you have a little paper-cut or stage 4 cancer, he will leave nothing undone! He loves fixing the small things, the big things, and the things in between. Oh how deeply he cares!
And because he cares, we care. So when we walk up and down Jesus Street, there is nothing too small to pray for and there is nothing to big to ask for, so we pray for it all knowing God is eager to give and extravagant in his giving. This week we prayed for cavities, migraines, multiple sclerosis, shingles, a paralyzed leg, etc.
We had just started our day on Jesus Street, and we walked by two ladies on our way down the street. I didn't really acknowledge them by accident, so I turned around to say something. One of the ladies, looked at me like she knew me. She didn't, although she thought I was one of her sons friends. We asked, "Is there anything that ya'll need prayer for?" She told me that she had been having migraines for the last two days, and her friend confirmed it by saying ,"She hasn't stopped complaining about it." Billy asked her, "Do you know God can take away your migraines, no problem!?" She liked to hear that. Who wouldn't like to hear that, besides a religious person bound by a theology that does not allow God to do nice things for us.
God loves doing little things for us. The problem is we rarely stop and ask, because we think the little things are unimportant to him. We're learning to stop and ask. Believe it or not, he cares about our pains, struggles, finances, emotions, and problems more than we do. Nobody cares about our well-being more than him.
So...we went to God in prayer. Billy prayed for a release of the will of Heaven over this lady's head. He commanded the pain and the migraine to leave in Jesus name. He prayed that God would pour out his love by healing her. Expectantly, we asked her, "How's it feel!?" She said, "It'll leave (eventually)." Meaning it was still there. We asked doubtingly, "You mean, it's still there?" We were in the middle of saying, "Let us pray again!?" when she interrupted by saying, "wait (with her finger up in the air)." Her eyes so big. She turned to her friend, and said "It's gone. It's completely gone." She took the handful of pills she had just bought to dull the pain, and gave them to her friend saying, "I won't need these."
God touched her, and revealed to his sweet daughter that he cares about her, even about her headaches.
-John
And because he cares, we care. So when we walk up and down Jesus Street, there is nothing too small to pray for and there is nothing to big to ask for, so we pray for it all knowing God is eager to give and extravagant in his giving. This week we prayed for cavities, migraines, multiple sclerosis, shingles, a paralyzed leg, etc.
We had just started our day on Jesus Street, and we walked by two ladies on our way down the street. I didn't really acknowledge them by accident, so I turned around to say something. One of the ladies, looked at me like she knew me. She didn't, although she thought I was one of her sons friends. We asked, "Is there anything that ya'll need prayer for?" She told me that she had been having migraines for the last two days, and her friend confirmed it by saying ,"She hasn't stopped complaining about it." Billy asked her, "Do you know God can take away your migraines, no problem!?" She liked to hear that. Who wouldn't like to hear that, besides a religious person bound by a theology that does not allow God to do nice things for us.
God loves doing little things for us. The problem is we rarely stop and ask, because we think the little things are unimportant to him. We're learning to stop and ask. Believe it or not, he cares about our pains, struggles, finances, emotions, and problems more than we do. Nobody cares about our well-being more than him.
So...we went to God in prayer. Billy prayed for a release of the will of Heaven over this lady's head. He commanded the pain and the migraine to leave in Jesus name. He prayed that God would pour out his love by healing her. Expectantly, we asked her, "How's it feel!?" She said, "It'll leave (eventually)." Meaning it was still there. We asked doubtingly, "You mean, it's still there?" We were in the middle of saying, "Let us pray again!?" when she interrupted by saying, "wait (with her finger up in the air)." Her eyes so big. She turned to her friend, and said "It's gone. It's completely gone." She took the handful of pills she had just bought to dull the pain, and gave them to her friend saying, "I won't need these."
God touched her, and revealed to his sweet daughter that he cares about her, even about her headaches.
-John
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John! That was an awesome post! You need to do this more! Can I tell them about our friend on the porch?
Today we prayed for a man's leg to grow back. He was in a wheelchair and had a lot of things in his body that weren't right- beside that he had one of his legs amputated. I felt the love of God for this man when we spoke about his healing. You could see in his eyes that his condition hurt him inside too. You know, the truth is that he won't be old and feeble and in a wheelchair in Heaven. He'll be young and strong and dancing in Heaven!!! THAT's God's will!!! We prayed that God's will would be done in his body as it is in Heaven, and that he'd be dancing on that porch for Joy and for Jesus! He was laughing when we prayed. I like laughing when we pray.
I think Jesus is enjoying watching to see how crazy we get in what we'll believe Him for. I know that just two weeks ago I would not have prayed that for that man.
As John and Jude and I were seeking with all our strength to bring the Love and power of Jesus to people we met, the street was actually bustling with the work of the devil- drug deals, prostitution, you could feel the spirit of arrogance in the air- I think the dealers are under that- its hateful and violent and urgent. I’m getting a bitter taste for it.
But judging from the stirring in our hearts, this could just break out into a release of the Spirit of God right there on the street (where He belongs, Praise God!). We want to crush Satan’s head in that place, and we're praying into the day that Jesus walks on that street and delivers women from their slavery and oppression, men from their despair and poverty and indignity, and just brings the whole package of salvation. That will be the day that the oppressor leaves that place, and drugs are no longer sold on those streets, and dealers fall on their face in repentance. That will be the day that Jesus comes to claim His street.
-Billy
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Hi Billy!
I don't think I officially met you Thursday night, but I was at prayer meeting with you. What a wonderful work taking place there on Jesus Street. Lisa told me about your blog at lunch Friday and I couldn't wait to read it. It's amazing what God is doing all over, isn't it? How often do you go down there? You can be sure you have a new prayer partner with you on this journey and I hope to see you again this Thursday night! Be encouraged! God is with you!
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