Healed of osteoarthritis pain

During the outreach time of an Urban Missionary Training (UMT) at Northgate Church of Atlanta (www.ngca.org) last weekend I had the opportunity to see God heal several people, the most dramatic of which was a lady with osteoarthritis, Crohn's disease, diabetes, and a nasty hernia.

Caroline told us that her pain was a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10, she couldn't walk or stand up without pain, couldn't bend over, and couldn't bend her knees. Nate, a very bold 13 year old, and I told her that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand (Matthew 10:7) and that there is no pain in the Kingdom. We held her hands and prayed with her, invited God's presence, and a few minutes later she had NO PAIN in her body. She was able to bend over and almost touch her toes, bend her knees, and walk with absolutely no pain. There were two people in the room shaking their heads saying, "She couldn't do that before."

We prayed a few more minutes and she said she felt heat all over her chest and that her hernia was now smaller. Nate asked if she had used a walker or a cane and if we could have it and display it as a trophy of God's healing power, but she said she wanted to keep it and testify to others about what God has done for her.

There were about 100 people from the UMT that went out that afternoon all over the city of Atlanta and came back sharing testimonies of blind eyes being opened, pain disappearing, depression lifting...the usual stuff that happens when the authentic gospel of the Kingdom is preached and demonstrated.