hello everyone - you are beautiful. last night we went to the healing service at church to pray for my asthma and allergies. this is something i felt God called us as a community to do (ie SOFA) in the same way that the friends battled with their mate on a stretcher to get him lowered down through the roof to get healed by Jesus. it was amazing having my community standing with me because the level of faith just soared through the roof. i've already had partial healing and we are asking God to bring in the rest because he can and he wants to and the bible says that "by his wounds we are healed". afterwards there was training for small group leaders which i was meant to be at as a cluster leader but all our small group leaders were unable to attend and so i got reallly excited about going to the gym (in my new trainers). well, i went to the gym and did a whole workout without using my inhaler once, not even in preparation! PRAISE GOD COS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SINCE I WAS 7!!

i am getting more and more of this healing and the word that God has spoken to me is it's about sacrifice. by the way - this word 'sacrifice' is not for all who want healing! it is about SOFA taking the time to stand with each other as a commitment. acts 2:42-47 says that the disciples continued going to the temple together daily and that the devoted themselves to fellowship and to prayer. our sacrifice is to stand together at the healing service each day and ask God for healing for my asthma. ha ha! he is now calling us to more sacrifice cos jen needs healing for her ecsma (sp?) and steve needs healing for his diabetes, joints and sight and i wouldn't mind my sight being healed either! si needs healing for his asthma, ant needs healing for his immune system so that he isn't kept in bondage to these colds he has regularly. who else needs healing? bring on the sacrifice!!

found a blog today that i am linking to but also will check up on regularly. did you know that God made fried chicken?