I am a 48-year old conservative, reserved, reality-based, levelheaded Free Methodist. On May 28, 1995, I received a call from a lifelong friend telling me about meetings at her Church in Nooksack. I immediately felt that unmistakable nudge from God that I needed to be there... And that I should take my daughter Beth, age 24, who for the past year had been living away from God. I carefully asked her, and miraculously (believe me!) she said she'd go.
On May 28th a young girl, age 24, named Beth came to the meetings that night. She gave her heart to the Lord the very first night. She had a very bad knee, and could not bend it or straighten it out all the way. She looked like an angel when Jesus healed her. She got saved, delivered from stuff, baptized in water and the Holy Spirit, and healed in these meetings. When her mother came forward for prayer a few days later, I had never seen such great faith. I knew what Jesus felt like when he saw the faith of the Syro-Phoenician woman.
Here is her letter to me and Jan.
Dear Jerry:
I am a 48-year old conservative, reserved, reality-based, levelheaded Free Methodist. On May 28, 1995, I received a call from a lifelong friend telling me about meetings at her Church in Nooksack. I immediately felt that unmistakable nudge from God that I needed to be there... And that I should take my daughter Beth, age 24, who for the past year had been living away from God. I carefully asked her, and miraculously (believe me!) she said she'd go.
As we sat there in the service the first night, we were overwhelmed and looked at each other with a combination of fear and amazement at what we were seeing. Occasionally my daughter mouthed at me in that fist hour, ;You owe me for this, Mom.; However.. at the end of the service, Jerry approached her ... spoke with her privately ... and Beth recommitted her life to Jesus! The change in her was instantaneous. Life returned to her eyes that I hadn't seen for more than a year. As we left that night, we realized we had been there for three hours ... yet it seemed like a brief period of time. Beth and I began attending regularly during the evening services. And I began evaluating whether or not I thought what was happening was really from God. As I sat contemplating that, Jerry walked by and said ';This is real...; Obviously God had clued him in ... blew me away! And I continued to watch the ;phenomenon; happening night after night with curiosity ... being a bit skeptical of things like falling on the floor.. especially the laughing going on by those prone on the floor. On Thursday, June 1, Beth was prayed for and received healing of her severely injured knee. And she fell on the floor!!! Mercy!! We 're Free Methodists! She encouraged me to go up for prayer for depression ... but I wasn't ready ... I was so frightened! But on Friday, the Lord made it clear I was to do so ... and I did and yes, ended up on the floor ... what an amazing experience!! And wonder of wonders ... I began to laugh! God does have a sense of humor! I lived with depression daily my entire life...it was a continual battle to overcome it even for brief periods. I have not been depressed since the moment I hit the floor ... without Prozac! It's been replaced with songs of praise! Attending nearly nightly, I listened to what the Lord was saying to me through Jerry and the Holy Spirit ... absorbing these new concepts like a sponge ... growing more and more each day in the Lord. I didn't want to miss a thing! I was not going to let fatigue (which I suffered from chronically) prevent me from hearing what the Lord had for me. I was on a journey and I was determined to reach the destination! During the course of the services I experienced a mass anointing for ministry, the baptism of the Holy Spirit (WOW!!!), as well as prayer for healing of back/hip/knee arthritis, rotator cuff tendonitis, chronic high blood pressure, my thyroid (nuked out many years ago), irritable bowel syndrome as well as chronic fatigue and lack of energy. I took 6 daily Rx medications plus pain relievers and antihistamines. I truly believe the Lord has healed me ... and I praise Him for that. I have witnessed many healings (including the healing of my friend's son with cerebral palsy) ... I have seen many people get saved... I have watched as God transformed teenagers into beautiful creations ... these three weeks have changed my life and my relationship with the Lord ...
I love You Jesus!
Thank you Jerry & Jan, for allowing the Lord to use you.
Lorna
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