Healing That Comes Through Prayer

Close to twenty years ago I had a serious accident that resulted in a severely crushed left foot. The swelling was so bad that the doctor made preparation at the area hospital to take a portion, or possibly amputate my foot. This was a serious and potentially life changing event in our lives. I remember saying to my wife Judi as we drove from the specialist's office to the hospital, "They can't do this. I need my foot!"

Silence filled our car as the gloom and doom of our situation moved in and around us. Do you know that feeling? It is very real. If you fall prey to it fear will come to seize you. It was at this time Judi and I decided to pray. We were young Christians then, but we believed that the Father hears our prayers.
When we looked into the room at the hospital I was to stay in we saw a bed with a tent like fixture at the foot end. Once I was situated in the bed the nurse started a regiment of treatment that required raising my foot, and wrapping it in ice. Periodically she would come in and take my temperature. On one of her rounds she told us that the treatment would last for a certain time frame,and that if the swelling didn't go down within a determined measurement an operation may be necessary. Judi and I began to pray again!

You don't need to be a very religious person, nor do you need to be highly educated in order for the Father to hear your prayers. What you do need to do is believe. You must believe that God knows of your situation, and that He wants to heal you. Jesus Christ was sent into this world to bring healing to all those who would believe and ask.

My foot stopped swelling and the doctor did not have to operate! Were we happy about that news! I spent a few precautionary days in the hospital. When the doctor entered my room with instructions for my release I asked him what was in the future concerning my foot. He said arthritis, deformation of the foot and possibly cosmetic surgery would be the distant future. He mentioned that I'd have to buy two pair of shoes each time I needed a change because the left foot would require a larger and wider shoe. My wife and I prayed again!

Do you see the healing that was taking place as Judi and I prayed? It wasn't instantaneous but more moment to moment. Once you pray and ask the Father you must learn to accept the answer in the way that He provides, and be thankful. There was no way that we could know what plans God had for me as I went through the rehabbing of my foot. I will tell you now that He used me to reveal my faith in Him to others, and they would witness a miraculous healing that came through prayer.

The next step for me was to begin the rehab process of my left foot. I heard prior to my first visit that the therapists used a new form of therapy on all their patients. As I understood it the therapist would move his or her hands over the injury sight without touching the skin, and something like a current could be felt pulsing through the injury sight. I was determined to address this right from the start.

My first visit was more of a fact finding session for the young lady who would later become one of my therapists. She surveyed my foot and took measurements. She reviewed specific goals of reconditioning that she thought my foot would achieve, and then she reviewed the different forms of therapy that she and others there would use during the rehab. I remember her telling me that it would be a lengthy process and, it was not unusual for a crushing type injury like mine to take eighteen months of recovery work.

Then she mentioned the use of this new therapy. The therapist would move their hands over the injury sight, and before she could finish I said, "I don't want you to use that on me." She was a bit taken back, and then asked me why I felt the way I did. I said,"If there was going to be any supernatural healing over my crushed foot it would be through my faith and the healing power of Jesus Christ." She made special note of that request in my folder assuring me that no other therapist would introduce this therapy in my rehab program. Then she asked me several questions about my faith in Christ.

As I waited at the receptionist's window for the paper work stating that I had ended my therapy; we were all smiling at each other. Some of the therapists said again, "I can't believe you are ready. Most people with your type of injury are here for eighteen months or more and experience less success." I reminded them of when I told them that with their professional knowledge and my faith in the healing touch of Jesus Christ I would be healed. I signed out of the office that day seven months after starting therapy. I did not tell them that the day before I had run a quarter mile!

Jesus is my friend. I am writing to you of what I know about Him. I am writing to you of what He has revealed about Himself and His kingdom to me. He is true and He is faithful to His word. If you want to know Him all you have to do is believe, and when you do He will take hold of your life, and you will want to leave the trappings of this world behind!

Do You Remember Christmas?

What an awesome thing it is when we think upon the divine intervention that established the Christmas season most of the world celebrates. At one determined point in time the Father of light sent His Son into the world, and He would be the light of men. The advent of Christ on earth changed the course of history for all men past, present and to come.

It is astounding to know that an eternal being who is from another place, another world, simply chose a woman that He created to birth Him into that lowly manger. You'll notice that the travel from His kingdom to earth required no spaceship or sophisticated computer technology. Elohim willed His purpose and seamlessly intervened in the history of mankind. Is this wonder still part of the reason why you celebrate Christmas?

Imagine He who is the eternal, physical and spiritual embodiment of the invisible God was born into this world so that you could know that He is, and that He is true! The Creator had come to His creation. The Father made Himself approachable in Christ. Almighty God became obtainable thru Chist for everyone who would believe in Him and His word.

What a heavenly gift the Father has given this world in Christ Jesus the Lord. To know Him is to know God. To love Him is to enter a relationship with the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Have you found something of greater value on your shopping list this year? Unfortunately, far too many people will leave the Father's gift wrapped and under the tree this year. It is sad knowing that the gift that commemorates the season of Christmas remains unknown by so many.

Do you know the voice of God? Have you felt His healing touch? Let this year be the Christmas that you open the Father's gift and behold the Messiah. Please receive Him and believe in His words because they give light and the experience of life eternal; life that is truly of another place another kingdom.