Tom
Briggs and Salt
Ministries hosted and trained with The Elijah Challenge
in January 2009
Other
reports from Tom
Symptoms of fibromyalgia disappear from
car accident victim
February
19, 2009
"I
am pleased to share yet two more testimonies of Jesus' proving
Himself alive in the context of evangelism,
and one-to-one humanitarian ministry.
This
afternoon I went to a corner in Covington, WA for the evening
commuter traffic, when a homeless lady begging
for change approached
me asking for prayer. (I have my ‘advertisement' sandwich
board next to me as I stand up on my plastic milk crate from
which I raise up my BIG banners with Bible verses and provocative
statements). I got down and asked what her pain was. She had
fibromyalgia from a car accident injury, and she suffered from
back pain.
I
laid my hand on her lower spine (while still holding up my
Bible banner in the other hand) and rebuked the infirmity,
pain, and commanded healing to her back IN JESUS' Name! She
looked pleased, and reported 60% of the pain left. I commanded
again.
She bent over at the waist, and TOUCHED HER TOES without pain!
Then the police showed up because a cell phone call came in
saying I was in the middle of the intersection jumping and
yelling at
cars, etc.! The officer apologized for interrupting us, but
was required to check me out knowing I was innocent (he had
already
driven by me twice earlier). I told the policeman this lady
just got healed by Jesus from fibromyalgia. He took her aside,
so
I got back up on my 'pulpit.'
On
the way home tonight, 20 minutes ago, I stopped at Safeway
for Half 'n Half. I got out of my pickup and a jittery
man apologetically
approached my asking for help. He and his wife were homeless,
had lost their home in Kent, WA, were out of gas and sleeping
in their car. I gave him a blessing ($$), and asked if he needed
prayer for the shaking. He said, “Please...I have Crohn’s
Disease.
I
laid both hands on his head there in the parking lot of Safeway,
rebuked the spirits of infirmity and commanded peace
from his head to his toes. He STOPPED SHAKING IMMEDIATELY!
I asked what happened. He said, I felt peace come over me.
I gave
him gospel tracts, but he was a Christian and started crying
at God's answer to prayers to God for help. Finally God came
through when he was very discouraged and scared. He hugged
me and kissed my cheek with thankfulness to Jesus for answering
his cry for help by sending me at just the right time and place
for him. He began to shake again, but he knew "they shall
lay hands on the sick AND THEY SHALL recover." He was going
to keep thanking God for his healing, for he KNEW this was finally
the end of his illness trial. He was very happy for God's faithfulness...in
the Safeway parking lot!"