On one of our recent outreaches into a local trailer park an outreach team encountered a family of good Baptist people that didn’t really believe in miracles and the supernatural. However, they told the team that their son (who was sitting right there) was epileptic and has seizures every day. Their discomfort towards miraculous healing was obvious, so the team went about it by saying, “so, do you believe that God answers prayer?” “Of course we do! God’s answered lots of our prayers!” they replied. The team responded, “Well, here’s how it works. We ask God to heal your son (we actually don’t ask God to heal the sick, we just heal the sick) and if He answers our prayer, then he will be healed!” They all agreed and allowed the team to pray for the young man. He was maybe about 8-9 years old.
Then they said, “While you’re at it, Grandpa lives in the trailer next door and he is diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder, you need to pray for him!” The team went next door and asked Grandpa what the symptoms of the Bi-polar disorder were and he said that he had severe depression and he heard voices all the time! He allowed the team to pray and as they prayed, the Presence of God descended on Him. His entire countenance changed as they proclaimed freedom over him.
Fast forward two weeks and the team finds the young boy who had epilepsy and asks how he has been. “Great! Not one seizure in two weeks! He’s been well since you prayed for him!” They next checked on Grandpa. He came to the door and you could SEE the difference! He looked like a different person! I asked him how he was and he said, “Great! I have been happy every day and not depressed at all”. “What about the voices?” (Mind you, this was a guy who couldn’t sleep because the voices would haunt him 24 hours a day.) “No voices” he said.
Epilepsy and Bi-Polar disorder, healed by the blood of Jesus!
Then they said, “While you’re at it, Grandpa lives in the trailer next door and he is diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder, you need to pray for him!” The team went next door and asked Grandpa what the symptoms of the Bi-polar disorder were and he said that he had severe depression and he heard voices all the time! He allowed the team to pray and as they prayed, the Presence of God descended on Him. His entire countenance changed as they proclaimed freedom over him.
Fast forward two weeks and the team finds the young boy who had epilepsy and asks how he has been. “Great! Not one seizure in two weeks! He’s been well since you prayed for him!” They next checked on Grandpa. He came to the door and you could SEE the difference! He looked like a different person! I asked him how he was and he said, “Great! I have been happy every day and not depressed at all”. “What about the voices?” (Mind you, this was a guy who couldn’t sleep because the voices would haunt him 24 hours a day.) “No voices” he said.
Epilepsy and Bi-Polar disorder, healed by the blood of Jesus!
