“I realised that I was feeling no pain…”
After losing my husband in January 2017, I felt strongly that I needed to get closer to God and learn more about the scriptures. Shortly afterwards, I received an invitation to join a new Alpha course at my local church, and as I had long wanted to do the course, I decided I would attend the meetings, but my only concern was that I had for many years been crippled with sciatica. I was in constant pain, day and night, and wasn’t sure if I could make the journey, or sit long enough for the meetings. My impulse to attend was so great though, and I prayed that somehow, I would find the strength to go. I attended all the meetings, and in the session related to healing, two of the Alpha team leaders asked if they could pray for healing for me. I agreed, with no real expectation that it would work, as I had prayed so many times for healing, to no avail. After the session, I struggled home, feeling disappointed, but not surprised that I was still in pain and healing hadn’t taken place. How could I had so little faith? I went to bed, and to my surprise slept all through the night – something I hadn’t done for many years, and was puzzled, as normally the intense pain was waking me up every hour or so. I realised that I was feeling no pain, but carefully got myself out of bed – still no pain! I burst into tears of gratitude as I realised I had indeed been healed and our prayers had been answered. There is no other explanation. It’s been over 5 years now and the sciatica has never returned. I thank our Lord Jesus every day for releasing me from constant pain, and giving me my mobility back. I happily share my healing testimony with every Alpha course now and will tell anyone who’ll listen. Our God is good. Praise the Lord!