SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 13:10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
OBSERVATION: When Jesus was teaching, it was not unusual for something special to happen. In the verses above, Jesus noticed a woman present who needed healing. Without reading on, we all know that something special happened.
Jesus is still working in the same way. I have received two testimonies from Sierra Leon this week of people being healed in the Home Bible Fellowship meetings being held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the new believers.
The first was of a younger brother of a man who came regularly to the meetings. His brother could not talk but after they prayed he began shouting, “I can talk, I can talk!”
The second was of a young person who led his blind father to the meeting. They prayed for him and then they led him back home. Early the next morning there was a commotion in the father’s room as he was shouting, “I can see!” He had been blind for 16 years, so everyone in his area knew him and knew he was blind. They followed him back to the Bible study and committed their lives to Jesus!
APPLICATION: When I gather with others to hear the Word and the Holy Spirit makes me aware of the presence of Jesus, I should expect something special, something unique, something only God can do. I should never settle for anything less.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, build in me an expectation to see manifestations of your presence. Amen
Pastor Leon
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