Acts 3:1-10 “6But Peter said, ‘I have no silver or gold, but what I have I
give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.’ “
As a kid, I was fascinated by the Healing Hours on television. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t understand the
seriousness of the people who went to see Evangelists in order to be cured. I
was interested in the intensity, and seeing the faces of the people lined up
for healing.
As a high school student, I went with my Belgian
family to Lourdes in France. The daily
activities of the town were just that.
But Lourdes came alive at night with a Candlelight Procession and hymns
being sung. I can still picture walking
with a candle and singing in English while European languages were being sung
or spoken around me. There were
believers there, though I don’t remember seeing anyone healed or cured. One of the girls from this Belgian family had
asthma, and we went hoping for some relief for her.
While I don’t have any personal and identifiable
moments where prayer healed, I am certain that communication with God is restorative. My personal communication with Him gives me peace and solace. My best prayers are
between God and myself- for some reason, I cannot craft or say a prayer in
front of others.
Do you have a favorite prayer?
On my list are The Lord’s Prayer, the
Serenity Prayer and a prayer I said as a child “Now I lay me down to sleep…”. The one I try to say nightly is giving God
thanks for my day and asking Him to watch over family and friends in His
keeping.
What do you pray and what do you tell God?
I am a Renewed
Christian
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