First Post

Hi world,

I'm new to blogging... but I love story telling and so that's what this space will be all about. At some point I'll tell you my own story in detail, it will explain why I have the emphasis I do ... but in short... at age 15 I was given three months to live when I was diagnosed with an advanced non-hodgkins lymphoma... That was over 25 years ago... Jesus healed me! ... and I experienced God as Father in a way I had not done before. It changed everything about my life and expectations. So today I lead a church, here at River Church we pray for the sick a lot and see many people healed... not all ... but we are always pushing for more but enough to know Jesus is with us.

Every week there will be stories of the supernatural breaking into peoples lives from around the church, sometime the healing seem big and dramatic but often they seem small to everyone except the person who's body has just been released from a long term pain or limitation.
So here's my starter posting...

Stories I have heard this week... we just had a team come back from Albania, the trip was part of our training course, the Big Year. I will post a more full report as the team are writing one, but headlines where over 30 people where healed, the first was sitting next to one of the trainees (Simon) on the plane, This man had just had an operation to remove a number of fatty lumps, he was in a lot of pain and couldn't lift his arms, Simon and another trip member Dave prayed for him on the flight, he felt tingling all over his body and the pain went and full movement came back to his arms.

Another notable healing happened in a church in Elbasan. A man in his early thirties had a paralysed arm from a brain haemorage, Tom T had been teaching the children of the church how to pray for the sick so people where asked to stand and the children went over and prayed for them. This man stood and was prayed for and movement came back to his lifeless arm, he was able to lift it above his head...

I'll post more details shortly...

Closer to home ...
I just heard yesterday that a man with sever arthritis that I prayed for in Bridport a couple of weeks ago has experienced an 80% improvement... As I continue with my blog I hope to explore how to turn partial healings into full healings, plus to think about why sometimes we don't get the breakthrough they are looking for.

This Sunday I saw Vannessa, who I had prayed for the week before, she had been in sever pain from an old riding accident. The pain lifted as soon as we prayed, with just a small ache in one part of her back.

This is normal Christian life... it's great!

Sometimes I'll post prayer requests as well so please pray for folks and become part of their testimony...