I remember distinctly four people I prayed over in the last month.
One was a brother in Christ at a Pathways talk. He asked me for prayers, but I suppose he didn’t expect me to pray over him on the spot. After the prayer, I prophesied a little on what the Lord wanted him to know. He was surprised and touched. It resonated fully with him.
Then another opportunity came when the Lord highlighted the patient beside my dad. He was a steward who had his leg fractured while experiencing a terrible air turbulence on a flight. His name was Muhammad, a Muslim. When I was casually speaking to him, the Lord highlighted that I should pray for him. I asked him if he was open to prayers and he told me that he was. So I started praying for healing for his leg, for the pains to go, and also for the Lord to be present with him throughout the two operations that he would be going for. After the prayer, he was thankful and grateful.
The third time was during my dad’s wake. It was the second day where a Sister in Christ from St. Joseph’s Dying Aid Prayer Team came to pray for Dad. I noticed she had a bandage on her wrist. So after they prayed for dad, I went up to her and asked her how she was. She unwrapped the bandage to show me that the area from her palm to the wrist was swollen. So I offered to pray for her. The next day, when she her team came to pray again, I asked her how she was doing. She was so excited to show me that the swelling had gone down a lot. But it was still a little painful for her. So I asked a fellow Encounters School of Ministry classmate Elizabeth who came to the wake to team up with me to pray over Teresa. And again, she was thankful for the prayers. It was nice to see the big smile on her face when we had finished praying.
The other unique opportunity I had was when the guy, Wilson, from the company that was going to handle my dad’s sea burial, came to speak to me about the process. He started off by asking about my faith background. I told him I was Catholic. And so I asked him about his faith background. He said he was a believer. So curious, I asked him what he meant by that. He shared that he believed in Jesus but was not baptized. I asked if I could pray for him, he seemed a little surprised and was agreeable. I prayed for the presence of Christ to be with him in his journey, and that it our Lord would fill him with His presence, peace, mercy, and love. Wilson was thankful and grateful.
If we are attentive, the Lord will definitely highlight people for us to pray for. Glory to You O Lord Amen. 🙏❤️
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