Jesus affirmed me that He heard my prayers!

 

Last night, I went out to request to be prayed over. A prayer ministry team member came up to pray for me. After only asking for my first name, she started praying for me. As she prayed for me in the Spirit, she stopped and stepped back and said to me, "For many years, you have been asking the Lord about ......, didn't you?" My jaws dropped. How could she possibly know?

She said the Spirit told her. I could be skeptical any other time when someone said that. But because what she revealed is very specific and only known between me and my Lord, it is undeniably from the Spirit. Then she went on saying, the Lord wanted you to know that He heard your prayers and you did hear Him right. She started prophesying over me on things that have yet to happen. I carefully wrote everything down. Then she gave me a verse from the Lord. It was the same verse that the Lord gave me since June for a few times that I have jotted down in my spiritual journal. WOW!

I was so blessed by her gift of prophesy! I felt very strengthened, encouraged and comforted. I felt so loved by Jesus. Who am I that He took such trouble to make sure that I did hear from Him and to let me know that He did hear my prayers! I just felt loved beyond words! 

"Follow the way of love and
EAGERLY desire gifts of the Spirit,
especially prophecy.

The one who prophesies speaks to people
for their:

• Strengthening
• Encouraging and
• Comfort."

1 Corinthians 14:1,3

Now after being so blessed and built up by the gift of prophecy in His Church, I now eagerly desire the gift of prophecy in order to strengthen, encourage and comfort others the same way!