Our sister-in-Christ, Phoebe, writes about struggles that none of us are exempt from: financial difficulties and life’s curveballs. Phoebe’s testimony reminds us of the importance of relying on God during our greatest trials and having faith that He will guide us through. God always keeps His promises, and because that, we shall not worry.
“Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? Or, What shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall be clothed?” Matthew 6:31
The longer I stood there the more anxious I became at the increasing numbers on the display. I was hoping the numbers would stop at any moment. Instead, they continued to climb. Before long I saw the number 5 pop up and I felt weak.
How far would you go to show love to someone? When was the last time you got your hands dirty to serve another?
This is another video from our friend Tony the street evangelist. His passion is to take God’s love to strangers on the street here in LA. We are so blessed that he’s decided to share some of his raw street ministry videos with our readers here at WitnessLA.org.
Recently, Tony was on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when he met a disabled man named Mike in a wheelchair. What happened next is one of the most radical acts of God’s love we’ve ever seen captured on tape.
In uncertain times, God’s grace and mercy shines brighter. Our Voice Alex shares.
Like most people I look at the events unfolding in front of our eyes: Earthquakes in Haiti, Japan, New Zealand; escalating situation in the Middle East; world-wide economic volatility and can’t help but think about end times. Actually the one thing that I think we can all agree on is that we are living in unprecedented times…
Last week we asked you to come to together as a community to pray for healing for Christie’s mother Annette in New York, who had suffered a ruptured aneurysm and required three brain surgeries. Read the original post here.
Your prayers have already made a real and tangible difference! This weekend, we received an incredibly encouraging update from Christie by email, which we’ve included below. God is definitely at work in their situation, and once again this has shown us that prayer is the one thing we can do on a regular basis to literally change the world and the lives of those around us. Please continue to keep Annette, Christie and their family in your prayers and to declare healing in Jesus name for a full and complete recovery!
From Christie:
Good morning from NY! I am happy to report some change in my mother. For the first time yesterday, she opened her eyes and actually kept them open pretty much the whole day! Not only that, the doctors had her breathing off her respirator for 4 hours! She is not in any way out of the coma, but the Dr feels now that she is “over the hump” in terms of survival.
Since your prayer session there were some setbacks such as a random heart condition popping up so they had to perform a variety of cardio exams and hook mom up to a machine and then there was rapid eye blinking causing concern mom was having seizures or spasms in her brain and yet another machine was hooked up to mom. She beat the odds and is now opening her eyes and following my voice and my movements with her eyeballs! [Click “Read More” below to continue]
Please join us in prayer for Christie, whose mother, Annette, is hospitalized for a ruptured aneurysm. Annette has undergone 3 brain surgeries to date and remains in critical condition. The last surgery had to remove bone from her forehead to alleviate the pressure from the swelling in her brain. Annette is a beautiful person who loves God, her family, and her community.She has tirelessly served in her community as a teacher’s assistant at a local highschool, on the board of directors of school boards, and by volunteering her time through one of many organizations like the civic association.In all that she does, she goes above and beyond the call of duty and serves with all heart.
Christie and her family have been praying for her mother’s recovery. She read on our blog how prayer woke up Jimmy from his coma and healed a deaf man, so by faith she is reaching out to our community to pray with her in seeking God for healing.As a community, we know that nothing is impossible with God and that our prayers can help to release God’s grace and mercy in providing healing and recovery for Annette. We want to declare in Jesus name that the swelling will subside in her brain, that there will be healing and full restoration of brain function, that Annette will wake up like Jimmy did, that there will be no loss in memory or any motor function, and that new neurons and pathways will be grown miraculously as we pray in faith and believe that God will deliver. Please come together with us in praying for Annette and her family and friends. Thank you.
“ We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.” — Psalm 33:20 (NIV)
