Monday, January 21, 2008

Playing "Story Catch Up"

I (David) sent out an email to our team that travels to Jonesboro asking for stories that they could remember. Below is a reply from Dolly:

There are 2 healing I remember vividly. First, the man who regularly walked the neighborhood but after injuring his foot had not been able to for several weeks. One of the team and I prayed for his foot and it felt better instantly. We continued to knock on doors and a short time later, we saw him out walking in the neighborhood.
(This man was known in his neighborhood for being a "walker". He was continually walking through the neighborhood. When he went to the store, he walked. Over the past two weeks his friends had begun asking him why they didn't see him out and about like they normally do. He would answer that he had injured his foot pretty bad and he couldn't walk for more than a minute or two without pain, so he was staying at home. After our team prayed he was overjoyed when his foot got instantly healed. - David)

Second, I was showing a newly spirit-filled believer named Ashley how we knock on doors, the first door we knocked lets us in. We asked what he needed. He said that he was a boxer who had dislocated his shoulder 3 months ago and it still hurt and would make several pops when he moved it. We laid hands on his shoulder and prayed then asked him to do something to check the healing. He moved his shoulder, he's eyes brightened, he said what did you do, and wanted to look at our hands to see if there was something different about our hands.
(One week later, we went back to check on him and he was still praising God for his complete healing. Because of the miracle, his cousin gave her life to the Lord. We ministered to her through words of knowledge and prophecy and she was really touched. It was awesome. - David)

Later that same day,when we got back to the car. Ashley asked for prayer for herself. Her ankle that had been swollen for 2 years was no longer swollen after prayer. Her leg that would hurt when she ran felt better instantly. And we prayed for a cyst to be removed from her ovaries--we need to check back with her about that.
I also remember the infant with gas pains, you and I laid hands on, and the mom said that right after we left the baby was fine. (the mom said the baby had not slept good in days and she was really worried. she was just about to take the baby to the doctors but didn't need to after we prayed. - David)

I remember many times pain stopping instantly, but don't remember all the details at this time.

Note: This is only the tip of the iceberg....

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Jonesboro Belongs to JESUS!

For over a year now a team has been driving an hour one way to Jonesboro, Ga. It is a city rich in heritage and poverty, if you can say such a thing. For you history buffs, Jonesboro is the route that Sherman took to get into Atlanta and burn it to the ground during the civil war.
Years ago our Pastor, Mark Lawson got a word from the Lord about starting a work in Jonesboro and the church had been waiting on the timing of the Lord. Over a year ago we felt the timing was now. Since that time we have had some incredible healings, salvations, and visitations of the Lord during our trips to Jonesboro. Our meathods are not the norm. We don't pass out flyers, tracts, or cookies. We are not there to console the sick or mourning. We come bringing the message of the King and his Kingdom, and we are seeing incredible fruit.

I remember one Saturday a year ago quite vividly. Johnny a native of Griffin was out with me in the housing projects. We were trying to follow up with a young lady that had just gotten born again the previous week, when we say a lady walking towards us. She was headed towards a SUV parked in the parking lot. I motioned to Johnny and started heading her way. When we stopped her I ask her if she was having any pains in her legs. I had felt the Lord say that she had pains in her lower legs. When I asked her she stopped and stared at me and after a few seconds then proceeded to get into her vehicle.
When she sat down she asked me why I would ask such a random question. I told her we were Christians and wanted to know if we could pray for her. Pleasantly surprised she agreed and showing me her scarred ankle began to tell me that she receives shots in that ankle every few weeks for the pain and told me that it still constantly hurt. Johnny was on the other side of the SUV talking to her husband. I asked him to come help me and we prayed, commanding the pain to go and the ankle to be healed.
The first time she moved her ankle slightly and then told us that the pain was still there. We asked to pray again. This shocked her. She realized we were seriously wanting the pain to go. This time after we prayed I asked her to step out of the vehicle and to test the ankle. She began to walk lightly on it, then harder and before long she was jumping on it with utter amazement. "THE PAIN HAS GONE DOWN!" she exclaimed with such joy. We assumed that meant it wasn't completely gone and prayed again. This time there was no pain to speak of and she was healed. Thank you Jesus!
This really grabbed Johnny's heart. Being the good baptist man that he is, he had heard stories of things like this but had never experienced God using him to heal the sick. Johnny had been out with us before but I think this particular incident hooked him for good. Since that time Johnny has seen many healings and has truly been one of the most faithful members of the team.
There are many more stories that can be told but I want the team members that were present to share them, so PLEASE check back regularly. There will be new posts almost every week.

Send Me Your Stories

Linda, Dolly, Johnny, Hazel, Suzy, Danny, Rachel, and whoever else has been to Jonesboro, SEND ME YOUR STORIES!!!!
Send them to Daviddixon at zionjudah.com