I was born with hip displasia.
Hip dysplasia is the medical name used to describe a problem with formation of the hip joint in children. The location of the problem can be either the ball of the hip joint (femoral head), the socket of the hip joint (the acetabulum), or both. Mine was both. Mostly in the left hip.
This was only discovered when I was already 15 years old. After 2 operations of reconstruction and resurfacing I was relieved from pain and discomfort. After my second operation seven years ago my left hip was very stiff. I couldn’t rotate my leg inwards and therefore sit crossed legs. My movement in my hip was also restricted due to the stiffness. I have been for many a physio session and are currently on a rehabilitation exercise programme.
Over the years I have received a lot of prayer for total restoration of my hip. And I truely believe God worked a miracle every time. Getting me to a place where I couldn’t run to a full on jog!
Three weeks ago friends prayed for me again and anointed my hips with oil. I trust that God then started a preparation for future healing. Saturday evening at the Jesus Culture show in Johannesburg I stood up for prayer for my hip (after someone got a word of wisdom). People gathered around me and prayed, laid hands on me and trusted Jesus for a total healing. The result? I can sit crossed legs!
Jesus has again taken me to a next level of healing. I believe in physical healing but an emotional healing is just as important when it comes to trusting Jesus. And I rejoice in the works of His hands. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
“And these are those sown on good ground…and bear fruit…one a hundredfold.”
Is this possible? Well it wouldn’t have been in the Bible if it isn’t.
From the time when my wife and I got our first bond for a home I knew God’s best is to buy cash. So I always
wanted to live debt free. In many people’s minds this seems way out of reach, but not according to God. We started listening to the “exceeding great
and precious promises” of God and realized that all things are possible to them that believe. We were impressed to sow a
financial seed into a particular ministry believing God for a 100 fold return to pay off our debt. Now you figure it
out: add two zeros to your seed and that’s the amount we trusted God for (according to his promises) to pay off our debt. I just have to add that I am painfully strict on paying my tithe (this is the first step to be financially blessed in order to be a financial blessing to others.)
There is a great sense of honour for God that I experience every time I think back at what He did. In two weeks
a family member said over dinner that he will pay off our bond. Needless to say my mouth dropped open. All I can say is PRAISE God! Thank you
Father!
So I want to encourage you to start working on your faith in God’s promises and start sowing and before you know it you live as the head and not
the tail!
God is love By: Suzaan van der Bank
I having been praying for my family for a long time but I never had an urgency to directly address them about the gospel or certain issues etc. They are Christians but are living compromised lives with no fruit of the Spirit, they accepted Jesus as their Saviour but not as their Lord. A while ago I read a book and I kept thinking of my brother, I had an uneasy feeling as if the Lord was revealing his (my brothers) pain and struggles to me – it filled me with compassion. (more..)
Wat is geloof? Geloof is om vas te hou wanneer alles in mekaar val. Geloof is om te vertrou in die donker. Geloof is ‘n verhouding met die Allerhoogste en die wete dat Hy in beheer is, te midde die storm. Geloof is sy hand wat jou’ne vashou. Geloof is Hy wat jou dra wanneer daar nie ‘n pad is nie. (more..)
Last year Danja and I went for a walk and browsed around Atterbury Boulevard Mall. There we came across a Spiritist shop, all filled with fairies and weird ornaments. The shopkeeper also did tarot card readings inside. We decided there and then to pray against the shop. We prayed for the shop to close, for business to be non-existing and against every word and act that came forth from it.
Today I went to see my physiotherapist at her new practice – great was my surprise to find that it was in the exact space where the spirit shop was! The physiotherapist said that the lady’s business was slow and she couldn’t afford the rent for months. The owner of the building gave her notice and in March she closed her shop.
Prayer is powerful and God is almighty!
The other day I walked and looked down and saw a R50 note just lying there,I thought there are 2 choices, either I pick it up or I leave it!simple really,it didn’t seem that easy to me! I looked around to see if anyone dropped it,I could only see a security gaurd,and for some reason I thouhgt he might know who dropped it! I asked him if he saw someone drop the money, and he simply just said thank you!(Don’t think he understood me!)
In the past I would have taken it,and thougt its my little blessing,but now the security gaurd got blessed with the help of a misunderstanding!!
In the same week my prayers got answered and instead of only working half day I’m offered a fullday job!it’s really a mirracle,since I did not once apply or ask for a full day job at my workplace! (Sharing this with my family they just laughed and said I should have picked up the money!!_Hopefully you see the miracle!)
Three and a half years ago I was studying the Bible with a friend to proof that you can be baptized as a baby and what this new church teaches about adult baptism is nonsense. After not finding any proof, God brought the conviction of baptism to my heart and I got baptized at the age of 20 despite having pressure from my family not to.
My family was getting worried about me. I was in a church that started out in a house and I was baptized, their son was becoming weird. On the other hand I started praying for my family with my new “spiritual family”. Now three and a half years down the line most of our family across the country is part of the “house church” (or cult as most people used to call it) and new babies being born into the family are not being baptized as babies any more.
Now we praise God that He used the obedience of only a few family members to affect the entire family.
When I grew up, all I wanted to be was a piano teacher… Life turned out differently and I ended up studying a business degree and during my three years of articles, I promised myself that I am leaving as soon as I’m qualified (because I’ve come too far to quit during articles) and that I am going into teaching, which is something I love and that I’m good at. At the end of my articles in 2009, I had to choose between two awesome positions – one being my “perfect job” as university lecturer and one being an equally exciting position as recruitment manager for the firm that I work for. I prayed about which one to choose, as they were both very attractive options for me, and through unplanned events and nothing short of a miracle, the Lord presented me with another option, which I never even would have considered, had it not been offered to me in such a random situation where I immediately knew that this was what He wanted me to do – not just back into the ‘business world’ that I wanted to quit from, but even deeper into it, into a very specialised field. I honestly just knew that I should take it – choosing to lay down two positions which would have suited me perfectly and where I would feel that I know what I’m doing and how to do it well… going deeper into the business world into an area which I know absolutely nothing about, have no experience in, and for which I’m far too ‘soft’ in my opinion.
Today, God is using me in this place where I would never have thought I would work, in an environment where I really cannot see myself, as someone who really doesn’t fit into the mould of a typical hard-core investigator at all, but through obedience He is using me in such a big way right in this place where I naturally stand out because I’m different. I am witnessing Him building His Kingdom in the business world, seeing Him move people who I never would have believed would be open to the gospel. I am literally witnessing miracles on a daily basis. My testimony is very simple: Be obedient… Be sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit… and be willing to be used… leave the rest up to God… Who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14)
With the challenge to step out in faith in spite of fear still fresh in my mind I was sitting in a restaurant, just making small talk with the waiter. I was just asking this Venda man about his children and suddenly the Lord opened a window for me. He told me he lost 2 of his 5 children to death. On my question about what happened he just said: “You know, my people believe differently”. I asked him about his beliefs and discovered that he believed in Christ but was in a place of discouragement. He looked very sad and asked me why I was talking to him and asking him if he was happy. I told him about discipleship and that we are not suppose to be on this world alone occupied with our own salvation. We need to reach out to others. He broke into tears and left me at the table only to return after a long time. He came back with these words: “What shall I do? I only do the bad and the good things I want to do, I do not do.” I shared various scriptures with him and encouraged him to come to one of our services. I gave him Sam Seopa’s number and he immediately recognized his name from the radio and promised to phone him in able to connect with him. I thank the Lord for an opportunity to give a man hope and trust the Lord that this man will take a step in faith in spite of fear and come and visit us.
