Mission Miracle

Glory be to God! I am so excited to tell you that your prayers are being answered. God is listening and the Holy Spirit is moving in powerful ways! I wanted to give you all an update on M, the boy who was shot.

    Last Sunday A(M’s sister-in-law), called me and asked me to pick her up for church. On the way home A opened up and shared that T& M had a huge fight. She told me that they cursed God, each other & damned each others’ babies. She told me that M had been irrationally angry and she was furious with him for bringing her and her daughter into it. She also told me that M was blaming my teamates and I for the shooting - he claimed that if he had not gone to the group that night that he would still be walking. His twin reminded him that something worse could have happened, it was just a matter of time. I asked A if we could pray for him and she was adamantly in favor! She told me, “M needs God. He is full of evil.”

      I asked A if we could visit him and she was skeptical of whether or not he would even see us. One of our local leaders Jose  volunteered to go with me for the afternoon to visit. When I walked in the door, M yelled out from his room, “I don’t believe in God!” I yelled back, “We still love you!” I popped my head in the door and he welcomed us in, hungry for a visit. He told us about the fight he had with his twin and how torn up he was about it. He laid out the story, pointing out everyone’s blame. He shocked me and said, “My little bro told me that I needed God. So T and I, we got on our knees and asked  God for forgiveness and we took back all the bad s*** that we said to each other, especially about our babies. Did I tell you my girl is pregnant? If I’m going to be a dad, I need to change. I asked God, but then I got all scared and shaky. I think he is going to punish me for the past.”

       Jose, led by the Spirit, suggested we read the story of the prodigal son. I read the story and then we asked M who he was in the story. We asked him how the Father treated his wayward son and M said, “He threw him a party!” We explained that that’s what God does for us when we return to him! He loves us and rejoices over our return. M said, “Read me another one!” So then I told him about Adam and Eve, how sin entered the world and how God had a plan to save us! God sent Jesus to pay the price for our sin. It is a free gift: if we believe that Jesus is God’s son and that he took our sin on the cross, we are saved! God has already chosen us, we are his children. Mwas so convinced before that he could never be saved. He was sure that Satan had a place reserved for him in hell, and he couldn’t forgive himself for all of the things he had done. He kept telling me, “You’re going straight to heaven Martita, you are good.” I told him the reality, “I am a dirty rotten sinner as well and its only by the grace and gift of Jesus’ blood that I will enter heaven.” M responded, “I want that but how? I asked for a change but nothing happened.” We told him that it was simple: all he needed do was respond to Jesus.

     Jose explained that either Satan or Jesus lives in our hearts and that when we give our heart to Jesus, he actually moves in and lives within us! M said, “Maybe I will do that someday.” We asked what was holding him back and he said, “I already sold my soul. I gave it to the devil long ago.” We assured him that at the cross, that deal was canceled by the blood of Jesus. We began to pray and we commanded any demons not to interfere or manifest. We asked that God send angels to fill the room. And then it happened: M asked us to help him invite Jesus!  None of us wanted to stop there. He repented of his bargain with the devil and made the claim that he was now a son of God! I said, “M, what do you want God to do for you? Will you tell him? He really likes specific prayers!” His prayer made me cry. It went something like this:

     “Jesus, I haven’t talked to you in a really long time, sorry about that. I really want to change and be a good dad for my baby. Help me. I ask you for my legs so I can walk again. Oh and Jesus help me to forgive my enemies so that you can forgive me.”

I have never heard a gangmember pray for help forgiving his enemies! It was a miracle! The kingdom of darkness lost a soul on Sunday! I bet the angels were partying!

     Then M asked us to pray for his legs. I’ll be honest - I’ve been praying for physical healings for people for years and I’ve seen some headaches leave, and I’ve seen myself heal but rarely have I prayed for the physical and had something tangible happen. M told me, “Remember how you prayed for motion in my foot Martita, you laid hands on one and I can move it now! Will you pray for the other one?” Faith welled up in me - God still heals, not just emotionally and spiritually but also physically! Praise God! Jose asked the Holy Spirit to come and as he did, brilliant sunlight hit the bedroom windows. We felt peace come and the love of God changed M’s countenance. We laid hands on his foot and prayed that the Spirit would fill and heal him from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. M said, “I feel all warm and tingly!” That’s the Holy Spirit working! I asked M if I could open the curtains and let the light in. He told me, “The demons told me not to, they said to stay in the dark and to stay away from others. But yes, you can let the light in. I am not going to listen to them anymore!” Pretty soon T came in the room, then A, then the kids. We all started laughing about life and Tony said, “Ms different, he’s not talking crazy anymore!”

     I felt so much joy when I left that little room. Jesus was there and now I have a new brother! Jose and I were out of our minds, skipping down the street praising God! The best part is that the story is just beginning. It is going to take many volunteers who want to love and disciple M and invite him into the family of God. It is also going to take a lot of intercession for M to be free from old mindsets and habits, and it is going to take an act of God to keep him from going back to the street when he is healed. But that’s our God isn’t it, a God of the impossible!

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