We were in the audience waiting for the start of the Aladdin show at California Adventure Park. I was sitting next to a Californian woman who turned out to be a Kindy teacher (Prep for Aussies). She shared with me that she was battling skin cancer, due to the fact that she was so fair and had spent so much of her youth uncovered out in the sunshine.
As we waited we chatted about general issues … schooling, kids, Disneyland, and that Australia had a very high rate of skin cancer.
As I spoke I sensed I was to offer to pray, and as the show began I had settled the matter in my own heart that I would offer, and that God would open the way at the conclusion of the show.
The show was amazing … we all enjoyed it immensely and as people stood to leave I turned and explained that I was a Christian. She quickly responded that she was too. I said “Great… that’s great! I was wondering if I could pray for you, for healing of the cancer. ”
She agreed and I asked her what her name was … she told me and I knew that this was definitely a set up, for she had the same name as mine!
I laughed and said tha God was on this and I told her about the two deaf people I had prayed for recently, and how one had a sister with my name, and the other had a mother with my exact name … I don’t know if she got the connection, but really it did not matter since I had! …. I knew that I had been set up by God to pray …
I placed my hand on her arm and asked the Holy Spirit to come. As the anointing settled I released healing and commanded the spirit of cancer to leave, I released a spirit of forgiveness and prayed for her body to be “on earth as it is in Heaven” (Matthew 6:10) …
I felt that was enough and so I quietly thanked her for allowing me to pray, I took the hand of my excited little five year old boy and walked out of the theatre … on towards more rides … more giggles … more fun with my family.
Where ever we may be God is with us … and we all have the privilege to stop for the one and pray.
What happens to this sweet Kindy teacher I may not know in this life … but I know I was to pray … the coincidence was too clear to ignore and so, as I wandered out with my family I felt a quiet, deep sense of confidence that the prayer was effective … for “powerful and effective are the prayers of a righteous person” (James 5:16) … and because …
God is Good!
Awesome when God puts things together like that. I often wonder why it is such a surprise when it happens. If we remember who God is, it is not too shocking. At any rate, sounds like another good day.
It is so awesome when this sort of thing happens and extremely encouraging because you lose the doubt that it was all in your head … too coincidental. Further, my mum has been battling skin cancer so I figured it had to be a God set up … and so I asked for a 7 fold return.