Feedback from prayer ministry in February, 2020
Thank you so much for your service and for the way you are helping others. You carried my bed all the way to Jesus (Mark 2)! I pray and will continue praying for this ministry.
Before receiving prayer I was walking through life with a heavy load in my heart. I picture myself before as Ebenezer Scrooge’s ghostly friend, carrying all those chains; after so much time they had become part of me. Those chains were tight around my heart and they kept me from expressing my love, forgiveness, kindness, and other positive feelings. They also created a barrier that did not allow me to receive warm feelings from others: my wife, my kids, my family, my friends, even from God. It was very difficult for me to accept that somebody loved me. Even though I had turned from my sin to follow Jesus, no matter how hard I tried to forget my past, I believed that I was never going to be loved or accepted.
I did not want to schedule prayer at first because I was ashamed, but God talked to me and I scheduled the appointment with Live Free. I started preparing myself. Somehow God helped me to get a lot of things out of my heart. I reviewed my life since when I was a child. I found myself crying alone and praying to God about what happened in the past; for two weeks, I kept digging deeper and deeper, removing chains, layers of dirt. I felt ashamed for what I uncovered, but I asked God for strength to able to talk about those things, to just let it all out. It was going to be the first time in my life I had ever told someone what was hidden deep in my soul, what happened to me in the past, and it was not going to be easy, was not going to be nice, was not going to be something that I was proud of, but still I was going to do it.
Andras seemed a nice gentleman and so did Rodrigo. They were very respectful, very kind. Andras made me feel like I was meeting with a friend, someone I could talk to; he guided me and I poured all out. After we spoke and were praying together, I found myself uncovering even more things, removing even more chains. God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit were there with me; they held my hands while I was on that chair thinking about stopping because it hurt so much. But holding on to them, I could not run away. God had guided me to that moment, and so I needed to continue. Even though I was weak and crying, with God's help, I had strength to continue on to freedom.
After we finished, I felt like I was coming out of a grave. I could breathe clean air in the open. I was walking tall, feeling… FEELING… feeling God’s love, feeling the love of the two brother that were there with me, feeling love for myself, for my wife, for my kids, for the people I had prayed for. I wanted to get home and hug my wife and kids, kiss them, love them… and I did. Something was different inside me.
I cannot say that I’m completely clean or that all the chains have gone away, but I was able to let go of so much that burdened me. This gives me hope. I know that God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are truly with me, because with their help, I was able to remove all those old heavy chains. So now and in the future, I will be able to remove any ropes, strings, or even dust from my heart. I will continue to walk in God’s path.
Today because of this miracle, I can come to God, feel his love freely, and love him back, and hug him back. Do you know how that feels? WOW!!! I can hug my God back!!! I love Him so much it makes me cry. God is with me for sure.
Thank you so much for your service and for the way you are helping others. You carried my bed all the way to Jesus (Mark 2)! I pray and will continue praying for this ministry.
Before receiving prayer I was walking through life with a heavy load in my heart. I picture myself before as Ebenezer Scrooge’s ghostly friend, carrying all those chains; after so much time they had become part of me. Those chains were tight around my heart and they kept me from expressing my love, forgiveness, kindness, and other positive feelings. They also created a barrier that did not allow me to receive warm feelings from others: my wife, my kids, my family, my friends, even from God. It was very difficult for me to accept that somebody loved me. Even though I had turned from my sin to follow Jesus, no matter how hard I tried to forget my past, I believed that I was never going to be loved or accepted.
I did not want to schedule prayer at first because I was ashamed, but God talked to me and I scheduled the appointment with Live Free. I started preparing myself. Somehow God helped me to get a lot of things out of my heart. I reviewed my life since when I was a child. I found myself crying alone and praying to God about what happened in the past; for two weeks, I kept digging deeper and deeper, removing chains, layers of dirt. I felt ashamed for what I uncovered, but I asked God for strength to able to talk about those things, to just let it all out. It was going to be the first time in my life I had ever told someone what was hidden deep in my soul, what happened to me in the past, and it was not going to be easy, was not going to be nice, was not going to be something that I was proud of, but still I was going to do it.
Andras seemed a nice gentleman and so did Rodrigo. They were very respectful, very kind. Andras made me feel like I was meeting with a friend, someone I could talk to; he guided me and I poured all out. After we spoke and were praying together, I found myself uncovering even more things, removing even more chains. God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit were there with me; they held my hands while I was on that chair thinking about stopping because it hurt so much. But holding on to them, I could not run away. God had guided me to that moment, and so I needed to continue. Even though I was weak and crying, with God's help, I had strength to continue on to freedom.
After we finished, I felt like I was coming out of a grave. I could breathe clean air in the open. I was walking tall, feeling… FEELING… feeling God’s love, feeling the love of the two brother that were there with me, feeling love for myself, for my wife, for my kids, for the people I had prayed for. I wanted to get home and hug my wife and kids, kiss them, love them… and I did. Something was different inside me.
I cannot say that I’m completely clean or that all the chains have gone away, but I was able to let go of so much that burdened me. This gives me hope. I know that God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are truly with me, because with their help, I was able to remove all those old heavy chains. So now and in the future, I will be able to remove any ropes, strings, or even dust from my heart. I will continue to walk in God’s path.
Today because of this miracle, I can come to God, feel his love freely, and love him back, and hug him back. Do you know how that feels? WOW!!! I can hug my God back!!! I love Him so much it makes me cry. God is with me for sure.
