Greetings my brothers and sisters in Christ I pray all is well and peace be with you.
Speaking of prayer, I wanted to share with you a testimony of the power the Lord has given us through prayer and testimony of the Lord's generosity and kindness as well as the freedom we receive when we are obedient to His word.
Wednesday evening, I went from feeling great during praise practice to feeling ill and weak as well as familiar pain rearing its ugly head in my body once again.
I went to my office and put my feet up as the feeling of weakness got worse, I found myself giving thanks to God for my beautiful babies cuddling into me and for the gift of the office I was resting in. Not wanting to go through this routine of suffering that is all too familiar again. As well as not having the strength to pray I surrendered to the prompt of the Holy Spirit and by HIS power began praying in tongues.
Once I had finished this scripture came to my mind
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again, he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
James 5:13-18 NIV
I then reached out to Pastor Tony to see if he was available to pray with me. He quickly came to my office with Pastor Ryan in toe and as they laid their hands on me and began to pray. I could feel a radiant pulsing warmth flow through my body. Relief was not immediate, but it did come in quick succession to now as I am writing these mere hours later and I feel 100% PRAISE BE TO GOD!
Brothers and Sisters, our Heavenly Father should be our first choice to run to when trials come not our last resort because of Christ Jesus we can boldly approach our Heavenly Father as adopted children as it is written.
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Ephesians 6:18 NIV
I encourage you all dear brothers and sisters to pray without ceasing for prayer is how we fight our battles!
All glory and honor and power be to the Alpha and Omega the Great I AM!
And may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always!
Blessing,
Pastor Dakota Swinton