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Healings at Retreat
Published by Angela | Filed under Women's Retreats
Two weeks ago I was one of the speakers for a Women’s Retreat at Sandy Cove, MD. Though our trip there took four times as long as it should have because of a flat tire, it was not a portend of what was to happen. From the BonFire service Friday night to the round table lunch and testimonies on Sunday, God was at work in an amazing way weaving His Presence and Power in the lives of the women ministering and attending. Our Worship leader, Stephanie Peters set the pace for the weekend with her sensitivity in moving with the Holy Spirit. Below are a couple of testimonies she posted on her website.
“It feels like my lungs are balloons that are about ready to explode…”
That’s the description she used. Normally, that might sound like a negative thing, but for this woman, it was an indicator that God had healed her!
As I was leading worship at a women’s retreat recently, I sensed God wanting to bring physical healing. After mentioning that, I saw one woman in particular that I knew God was healing at that moment. I called out her name and said that the Lord was healing her right then. She told me later that she started moving her ankle around to see if the pain had left from the tearing achilles tendon that she was suffering from. She told me later that “it hurt like the blazes when I did that.” She went on to say that in a few minutes she realized a strange phenomenon going on that she hadn’t experienced in years….she could breathe. Of course she was breathing before, but it had been shallow and forced since an incident involving a kerosene heater 23 years before. The doctor told her that her lungs would try to repair themselves, but in three years, whatever state her lungs were in, that’s how they would stay. So, for 23 years she lived with shallow breathing, feeling like she was going to pass out at times because she wasn’t getting enough air, and literally gasping at times, scaring those around her. She heard the doctor’s prognosis and said that she had accepted it “as a way of life.” She became used to this condition. (How often can that be said of us?) In a moment, Jesus took away a 23 year condition…healing her completely. She said that she couldn’t wait to get home and ride her bike! How awesome is HE?!
Recently, I was struck by a statement that came from two women…
At a recent women’s retreat, I closed my eyes to pray after finishing a time of speaking. When I did, I saw a picture of something that I had never seen before. I saw a set of teeth! (I know – you weren’t expecting that. Neither was I.) I knew that there was a reason that He gave me this picture, but come on, that’s a little weird, right? I asked the Lord about it and knew in my heart that I had a question to ask. So, with a bit of hesitation, I asked the question, “Does anyone here have problems with their teeth?” A woman shot her arm into the air and said, “I do.” We prayed for her. The Lord touched her and later I got to hear this “teeth story.”
She explained the on-going problems that she was having and the difficult, painful procedures that it required. She said that she never thought to pray for healing for this; she thought that it was just “a way of life.” I know that God touched her and believe that He will continue to do so.
The next afternoon, I talked with a woman that God had just healed of a 23 year lung condition that morning. (Her story above) In that conversation, she described the condition as ”a way of life.” She used the same words that I heard the night before. It struck my heart and made me wonder how many times I’ve accepted things as “a way of life – ” be it in my life or someone else’s.
I did accept it when the doctors told me that I’d have arthritis in my foot for the rest of my life after an injury and surgery when I was 17. I found out that when the doctor says “for the rest of my life,” he’s not taking into account God stepping into the picture and bringing total healing 4 years later!
I’ve been thinking about this lately. God doesn’t just repair…He restores! He makes all things new! Never in the way I imagine and certainly not in my time frame, but what a challenge came to me through those incredible women who shared their stories.
Those are just two of the testimonies of healing that happened that week as one of our own ladies experienced a healing in her back and another a major breakthrough spiritually. His redeeming, restoring, renaming grace was evident all weekend. God is alive and well on Planet Earth!!