“Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.” (Luke 5:17)

For the past five years, we have been offering a Healing Service on the third Sunday of every month at either Morgan’s Point or Forks Road East United—the two churches I pastor in Wainfleet Township in the South Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada.

We have seen the Lord set people free from all kinds of pain and illness at these gatherings.

We have witnessed deaf ears being opened up dramatically.

A number of people have testified to receiving emotional healing.

On several occasions, people have made or renewed a commitment to follow Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

In short, Jehovah Rapha has cemented His reputation as the One Who Heals over and over again.

Towards the end of last year, the Lord nudged me to change the name of our service.

After a time of seeking Him in prayer, I was led to Hebrews 2:4 where the writer speaks of “God also bearing witness (to salvation) both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit.”

Thus we held our inaugural SIGNS, WONDERS & MIRACLES MEETING on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at Morgan’s Point United Church.

The format of these services is fairly consistent from month to month. We begin with a time of praise and worship and then open up the microphones to anyone who wants to share a testimony of how they have experienced God lately in their lives, particularly in healing.

This is followed by the offering, a message and then ministry as the Holy Spirit leads.

As we started passing the microphone around, several testified about how they had experienced the goodness of God in their lives in recent times.

When Betty Summerhayes got her turn at the mike though, she did not talk about how God had brought her through serious cancer surgery in the past couple of months.

Instead she started sharing what had happened since she came to the meeting that evening.

Lately, Betty’s feet had swollen considerably. As a matter of fact, she had great difficulty getting her feet into her sneakers. They were so tight that it was painful to walk.

During the time of praise and worship, she began to experience a reduction in the swelling. As she held the microphone in her hands, she was able to move her feet around. She estimated a 50% improvement.

We all applauded the goodness of God in bringing about this change and prophesied a 100% change over her.

To make a long story short, by the time the meeting came to an end, her feet were so loose that she was worried they would pop out as she started walking…praise God!

Here is the incredible thing about Betty’s miracle.

When the change began to happen to her feet, no one had laid hands on her. No one had prayed over her. No one had made any declarations over her. She had not come into contact with any prayer cloth.

She simply came in faith, expecting to receive a miracle.

What happened?

As in a meeting that Luke recorded for us in his gospel, “the power of the Lord was present to heal.”

And as we pressed into His Presence in worship, He started releasing His power. Wow!

Have you experienced the power of His Presence in a similar way?

Would you please share your testimonies with the rest of your DWOD family? Thanks in advance.