Healing

Welcome to our blog! I have never done a blog before because I didn't think I would have anything interesting to write. Now that we have moved, it seems a little more appropriate to have one and be motivated to keep up with it. We shall see.

I updated some of you on our busy Sunday this past week. We went to 8:30 worship at a 12:00 Discovery Lunch (for new people) and then met up with a Life Group at 5:00pm before the 6:00pm Prophetic, Healing and Prayer service. Wow, what a day. At the end Andrew and I decided it was a crazy busy day but totally worth it!

Just a little to share from the teaching that day. We learned a new way to PRAY that will transform our prayer lives forever. Basically what it comes down to is praying without an agenda. Praying without bringing our 'list' before God and rattling it off and then being done as quick as we can then checking 'prayer' off our daily list of things to do for the day. WOW! Now if I'm honest with myself I would say that tends to be me some-days. For those of you who know me well you know that agendas and lists are important to me. So why am I surprised that I tried to incorporate it in my prayer life? Honestly, it came down to being dissatisfied with my prayer life, it was kinda empty. I dump all these things on God and yet expected him to answer all of them just because I made the request. Okay, enough of my old way of thinking. What I'm learning is to patiently wait on the Lord as I pray. Asking God "How do I pray for _____?" and wait on the Spirit to lead me into the prayer or things he has for that person. Amazingly enough he's leading:) Surprise, surprise, waiting on the Lord, listening for his voice, what a concept! I do have to say this is challenging to transition into but we are finding it totally rewarding.

Next big thing worth sharing was that night I was healed of the shoulder and neck pain I've had since moving down here. Yes, I said it out loud, "I was healed". I really believe that God is teaching me that He is so much bigger than I have Him credit for. Many people were healing of all sorts of physical and emotion things that night. What a blessing and testimony of God's power being active in His Church. Andrew also went up and when someone prayed over his back he felt things moving inside him. He described it like someone pulling a string to straighten his discs in his back. Wow, God is real and His Spirit is moving.

Needless to say, we have enjoyed our time down here and are looking forward to settling in a Life Group. I do have to say I had a little breakdown last night though. Andrew was talking about Sydney's birthday in April because Sydney asked if she could have a pony party this year for her birthday. I starting thinking about how I was going to tell her that no one would be here for her birthday this year and it broke my heart. Every year we have had family and friends to share birthdays, holidays, big moments of our lives together and her birthday will be the first one of many for us alone. The good news is that God is our comforter, our father, and so much more so we can look to him for anything and everything we need and be encouraged that He will be faithful. In closing, I'll try not to make all of my posts this long:) We love you all and hope that Jesus will be real to you today!