Positive to Negative?

Our God is an Awesome God!

Praying again this morning - this time without Emily as she's on her way back to the UK for a few weeks. We weren't quite sure how the dynamics would work without her, but decided that I'd attempt to hover in between Pastor Shadrack and Eunice, and join in with them.

For 45 minutes we sat with nobody requesting prayer. Several people stopped, some even sat down, to ask about what sort of 'healing' we were offering, but people seemed reluctant to accept our offers to pray for them. We had a couple of ladies stop with more encouraging reports of healing from our praying last week, saying they are 'completely better'.

But slowly things changed. One of the first people we prayed for had suspected lung cancer, found it hard to breathe at times, and the medicine he was getting from the hospital wasn't helping at all.

Another lady came on behalf of her and her husband, who were both diagnosed HIV+ in December. I was wondering whether my faith was big enough to pray that her status turns negative, but I needn't have worried. She announced that although her husband has been taking anti retro-viral medication, she isn't as she expects God to heal her. It was a privilege to pray for her, and we asked her to get another test done so she can see if God has healed her. And if God has healed her, to tell any HIV+ friends she has to come for prayer too.

We prayed for people suffering from allergies causing rashes all over their body, pain all over, problems with painful feet, a young child with boils on her bottom, a lady up-country with a severely swollen leg that the family can't afford the cost of treatment for, a lady in hospital with complications following the stillbirth of her baby, marital problems, and unemployment. The man who came needing employment was one of the ones who had stopped to chat earlier, but hadn't been brave enough to ask for prayer then. It was an hour later that he returned and sat down again, and this time told us about his family and how he can't provide for them.

Once again, it was a privilege to pray for them all, and we eagerly anticipate next week.