Rock -the-Lot is a neighborhood outreach event put on by Columbia Foursquare Church. Two years before I got to see a young black man's right shoulder healed, and have a salvation encounter with Jesus at the same event. This year we got to pray for a lot of different people but I will share the story of Calvin and his mom.
Calvin lives in the neighborhood and had brought his family for some food and fun at our event. Calvin came up to me and asked for prayer for a family issue with his mom. She lives in another city and he was trying to get her moved to the Tri-Cities to be closer to him. I said that we would love to pray for his family situation. Just then I had a nudge from Holy Spirit. "Do you have any pain in your body?” I asked. It turned out Calvin was in level 9 pain in his right shoulder. Our team laid hands on Calvin and he was instantly healed and all the pain left. What???? Two years before - young black man, right shoulder healed. What's Holy Spirit tying to tell me?
Calvin's mom was also in a lot of pain. She had a severe pain in her right knee as well as her shoulder and back. The team laid our hands on this lady and she was totally healed as well! All her pain left!!! Jesus, You are awesome. We then prayed for the family issue Calvin originally came to us for and the family headed over to the bouncy house.
Calvin’s mom came back and asked for prayer for one more thing; her eyes. She was legally blind due to what looked like cataracts. She said her eyes were all scratched up. I laid my hands on her eyes, prayed, and there was no immediate change. Later she reported that her eyes were better and getting clearer all the time. Oh yeah!!!!
As awesome as my time at Rock-the-Lot was, what happened later in the afternoon impacted me even more. I went to the Kennewick Walmart to pick up some dinner salads from their deli. Going into the store I stopped to visit with a young man raising money for a gang outreach program from a local church. I showed him the Calvin video on my phone to encourage him with what God can do. I was delayed about five minutes talking with this new Christian. It was just the right amount of time!
I took about 15 steps to get a cart and immediately a young black man drove up behind me in a motorized cart. And then there was another nudge from Holy Spirit. I stopped him and asked why he was driving the cart as he looked healthy. "I hurt my knee playing basketball", was his reply. He had a very heavy accent and I didn’t recognize the language. Are you in pain?, I asked. It turned out he had a very bad headache as well as an injured knee. I asked if I could pray for him and he said yes. I touched his head and said, "Headache go!" and it left! I then touched his knee and said "Be healed". I had him get off the motorized cart to check his knee. He did a couple of deep knee bends, got a shocked look on his face and asked, "How did you do that???" I replied, "Jesus. Jesus lives in me and His Holy Spirit just went through me into you". About that time the young man's dad arrived with cart full of groceries. He was not happy. He must of heard me telling his son about Jesus. He spoke to his son in a foreign language and all I caught was one word: Allah. The young man and his father were Muslims!
Right in the entrance to Walmart was a clash of two kingdoms, and Jesus won. I told the young man to tell his father what had just happened. It was Jesus that had just healed him. He said that he would tell his father what happened.
Some people say that Christianity is boring. They don't know the Jesus I know!!!
