"He showed!"

Stepping Out in RED Shoes!

- Day 87 -

I never doubted it for moment.

He said He would and He did.

Twenty-five of us turned out at the Marino's home tonight for our monthly Bible fellowship group!  Wow!  We've never had so many show up at one time.   Someone remarked,  "It's almost a church!"  How awesome is that?  That so many hungry people would come out for a healing touch from the LORD.

Five days ago, God woke me up and told me that there would be an anointing for prayer and healing at this meeting.  (See Day 83 - Nana's Lesson).  The next day,  He gave me some additional instruction.  I was to ask  Brother Bill to pray for my shoulder and I would be healed!  (See Day 84 - The Team).  The Marinos and I took our first steps of faith and invited people who needed healing to come.

All day, I fasted, prayed and prepared the night's agenda with God.  My dear friends, Carolyn and Jim, came and picked me up for the meeting.  I was glad to have my prayer warrior friends with me.  God used them both, powerfully!  

Laying on of Hands

and 

Anointing with Oil

That was the topic of tonight's study. 

We prayed and invited the Holy Spirit to join us.  We looked up and discussed scriptures on healing.  We shared testimonies.  And then, when we exhausted all of that... We did it!  We gathered around,  and one by one, those needing healing stepped into the center.  We laid our hands on them, anointed them with oil and prayed.  It was powerful!   Many of the people there had never quite experienced that.  Everyone stayed engaged and in unity -- praying and being prayed for.

How did I know that He showed?  I couldn't actually see Him physically, but I know He was there.  His handiwork was all over the place.  It was in people's tears.  It was in people's prayers.  The atmosphere was charged!  People were expecting!  One after another, people stepped out by faith and entered into the center spot for prayer -- hoping and believing that God would touch them -- and He did!  You could see it in their countenance.

When everyone was prayed for, Brother Bill reached around me and gave me a BIG bear hug.  I could feel the love of God released.  As he spoke the first word of his prayer over me -- WOOOSH! -- I felt the Spirit of God rush through my upper body going from my right shoulder across to the left one.  

Healed!  in Jesus' Name.

It's so funny, because I remember thinking to myself,  "He's wondering how to word his prayer, and God's already healed me with his first word."    Isn't that great how God operates?  I love it!

After a little dessert and coffee -- and a lot of smiles and hugs --  my friends and I drove home, talking the whole way about what a great night that was.   Oh my gosh!  Is that the right time?  It was a quarter to twelve.  Where did the time go?  We were lost in God's company.

Tonight, I stepped out in RED shoes,  by faith, believing that God would do what He said he would.  No one was disappointed.  It was a good night of ministry.  It was a good night of fellowship.  It was a good night of healing.  Now we're just waiting for the praise reports to come in.  God only knows what took place tonight.  I sensed that there was so much more going on than just our prayers and healing.  God was revealing Himself in a new and powerful way to a lot of people.  I don't think anyone there will ever be quite the same!

Thank you Jesus for showing up -- For joining our group tonight -- For teaching us by your Spirit -- For moving upon us with love and healing -- For radically changing our lives -- For expanding our horizons!  Amen.

In RED shoes,

Gail