• Home
  • Contact
  • Finding Us
  • Room Hire
  • Safeguarding
facebook
rss
twitter
  • Home
  • About us
    • Our Vision
    • Who’s Who
    • Safeguarding
  • Visit Us
    • Finding Us
    • Room Hire
    • Giving
    • Heritage
      • Family History Research
    • Tea Lounge
    • School Visits
    • Children and Young People
  • What’s On
  • Prayer & Worship
    • Church Services
    • Finding Out About Christianity
    • Sermon Recordings
    • Healing on the Streets (HOTS)
    • Worship Theme
    • Baptisms, Weddings & Funerals
  • Community
    • Groups
    • Children and Young People
    • Regular giving plan
    • Vacancies and Volunteering
    • Online Exhibition
    • Arts
  • Centre for Health & Healing

Healing on the Streets (HOTS) – July and August 2015 update

August 26, 2015
by Juliette Farrell
0 Comment

A testimony following July HOTS
A gentleman (who has also been on the team) came to be prayed for at the July HOTS for the pain in his leg and also the difficulty he had been having breathing. He’d spent all day sitting in front of a fan during the hot weather. The following Monday morning, he sent this message:
“I’ve been praising God this morning my leg is still pain free and my breathing is good. This is the best my breathing has been since 4pm the 5th of June 1998.That’s 17 years 1 month 15 hours and 39 minutes. Jesus loves me so much. I just can’t hold back the tears any longer”.
Another testimony following July HOTS
Several months ago, a student visited HOTS on Edgbaston Street. On that occasion he revealed that he was unable to attend lectures because he could not sit down for long due to burning sensations on the underside of his legs. His left shoulder was also in pain. Hospital tests had not detected anything so he’d come to us for prayer. He was also worried about his progress on the course.
The student also mentioned that he was worried about the possibility of a curse linked to a witchdoctor several generations back. A team member led the student in a prayer to liberate him from any curse which led him also to make a commitment to Christ.
In June, the student returned to HOTS and it was an occasion for giving thanks as he had no more pain in his shoulder. Also the burning sensation under his legs had been reduced. The student was concerned about an assessment he was required to do for his course. We prayed for continued release from the symptoms and for favour with his tutor.
When the student returned in July, we discovered that he had not told his tutor about his condition but that his tutor had backed him fully anyway and that he was now able to attend most of his lectures.
In August we gathered as usual for prayer before going out on Edgbaston St. During the prayers one of the team members shared with us how he thought someone would come to the chairs saying they were feeling hurt and abandoned. Now it is not uncommon or even difficult to come across someone feeling hurt and abandoned especially somewhere like the Bull Ring market place. However, we felt this was a specific word from God for a specific person. So we said that when that person came for prayer saying they were feeling abandoned and hurt we would know that was the person God appointed for that time. It was almost like the story about Jesus surrounded by a multitude of people being touched by many. A woman desperate for Jesus’ healing touched him. Jesus immediately asked: ‘who touched me’. Everyone was touching Jesus as it was pretty crowded but one person was seeking his healing. Jesus knew it was a different touch. (Luke 8:43-47). So we too knew that many were probably feeling hurt and abandoned but we believed one person was going to come seeking healing and we would know who that person was.
So we went out to pray for passers-by. For the first 2 hours we did not have many people coming to the chairs. In fact, the only thing that came was the rain. It rained so hard we had to take the chairs under the cover.
After half hour or so of heavy rain a lady dripping wet and with some difficulty in walking approached us and said: ‘I’ve come to you today because I need a miracle.’ We gave her a chair to sit down under the cover and we prayed for her. She was seeking God for her healing. After we prayed for her she got up and said: ‘I know now I can go and visit my sister. I can now travel to Norwich.’
As this lady left the rain stopped – almost like a mark of another miracle. The sky was blue and it felt like a new day. We put the chairs out again and prayed that God would bring people to sit on them. He did. We were back on business.
At four o’clock we started putting the chairs away. When we were about to put the last one away a lady came to be prayed for. She sat down and said she needed prayer to find a job. Then she added: ‘I was training to be a teacher but I failed my teaching practice. I feel hurt and abandoned’. Immediately we knew this was the person that would come to seek Jesus’ healing. This was the person that touched Jesus from amongst the crowd as it were and Jesus recognised the touch. We spend some time praying with her and she left with hope knowing she could to start again.
As we put the last chair away these words of Jesus resounded in our minds: ‘Someone touched me. I know that power has gone out from me’ (Luke 8:46)
Blessings
Revd Elsie Blair-Chappell

About the Author
Juliette is our Hospitality and Events Manager at St. Martin in the Bull Ring.
Social Share
  • google-share

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

*
*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • Worship Theme
  • Church Services
  • Our Vision
  • Arts
  • Online Exhibition
  • Children and Young People
  • Groups
  • Regular giving plan
  • Healing on the Streets (HOTS)
  • Vacancies and Volunteering
  • Annual Reports
  • Electoral Roll
  • Join the Mailing List

Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • March 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • August 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • August 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • January 2014
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012
  • February 2012

Contact Details

St Martin in the Bullring
Edgbaston Street
Birmingham
B5 5BB

Church
0121 600 6020
office@bullring.org

Charity Registration No:

1127338

Counselling in the Bulling
(Centre for Health & Healing)
0121 600 6025
counselling@smchh.co.uk
http://www.smchh.co.uk
Counselling Contact form

Policies

  • Whistleblowing
  • Safeguarding
  • Data Privacy Notice
  • Complaints

Facebook

Facebook

Instagram

St Martin’s Instagram Feed

YouTube

St Martin’s YouTube Channel: Join us for church online