Let’s talk about the wonderful works God has done! The Bible teaches us to share stories from our lives, from the Bible, or from others’ lives where God has miraculously intervened. We need to keep a record of the account of God’s activity with us, then share the testimonies! People are so hungry to hear good news.
The Bible expresses a cool and important reason for us to share testimonies in Psalm 78:4-7:
“We will not hide them [testimonies] from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done… make them [God’s law and testimony] known to their children; that the generation to come might know them... that they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments.”
Wow, this verse tells us to share testimonies because it causes the next generation to put their hope in God! How vital it is to pass these stories on to young people, or any aged person for that matter, because there’s something about hearing a testimony that causes us to trust in God when a tough time comes. Hearing testimonies deposits faith, hope, and confidence in us. The response to difficulty becomes, “I’m gonna trust God because He works wonders. I don’t know what He’ll do or how He’ll do it, but my hope is in Him.”
I will share a few of my stories with you. Recorded below is one of my journal entries.
Jehovah Rappa - The Lord my Healer August 22, 2016
Yesterday I attended a healing workshop done by Anthony and Jen Wickey. They spoke about how Jesus accomplished our healing over 2,000 years ago when He died on the cross. When we pray for healing, we are grabbing hold of what was already done. We also learned that healing is a process, long or short, we praise Him in the process and rejoice in small beginnings. I received prayer for my toe. I received healing. The numbness went away and I began to have feeling again in my toe and the pain was no longer there when I moved it around.
Praise the Lord!
It’s funny, that’s not the first time God has miraculously healed one of my toes… Once, Sarah Gerber prayed for healing in one of my toes after I injured it and God miraculously healed me. Another time I stubbed my toe horribly on my way to bed in the dark. It was a Sunday and Pastor Cameron had just taught that morning that physical healing was as simple as grabbing hold of it out of heaven. So I prayed and did just that. The pain went instantly from very high to completely gone, WOW!
Another time, I fell down the stairs when a bunch of girls were hanging out at a friend’s house. I was in a lot of pain, especially my knee, and it significantly decreased when a friend prayed for me.
A few years ago, during a women’s retreat, I was having shoulder issues. My rotator cuff was injured, making it impossible to raise my arm up and back. Well, in my small group, Laura Shockley prayed for me and instantly I could move my arm fully with no pain. It was amazing. Praise the Lord!
It is so good to remember how God has healed me again and again. I resolve to record the instances when miracles take place through my prayers or others’ prayers.
Those were only a few of the many instances God has miraculously intervened in my lifetime. I love how He so often used the prayers of my church family to bring about healing. How encouraging to read back and remember his great kindness toward me.
I never want us to get so focused on “unanswered” prayers or current pain that we forget who God is, what He’s done and what He can do again. I hope my stories have encouraged you and that you too will resolve to record all His miraculous works in your life, then build hope in others by sharing them! Bless you, my friends.