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Healed of Cancer 15 years

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I’m sitting on the veranda of my daughter’s Mary’s home in Blantyre, Malawi. The trees over the house keep it cool in the heat of the day. The birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. It is a little oasis in the city.

I was so happy to get here to be with Mary and enjoy the warmth after a cold winter back in Ireland. Looking at the garden I’m reminded of my two books about God telling us not to worry, Look at the Birds and Look at the Wildflowers.

This last year I have faced challenges in health and family difficulties. My natural tendency is to worry , get disappointed, tired and depressed. I had forgotten God’s exhortation not to worry which brings anxiety.

Being here away from immediate demands back home I have time to reflect on how God has been faithful to Brendan and I down through the years. in Malawi God is reviving my body and spirit. I read in Psalm 73 v 26
My health may fail and my spirit grow weak
But God remains the strength of my heart.

Today is the fifteenth anniversary of me being diagnosed with fourth stage cancer. Three months later I was totally healed by God. He hasn’t stopped moving mountains and with His power I can do it too. He has helped Brendan and I before and He will do it again.

Psalm 91 encouraged us. I will be with you in trouble, because he acknowledges my name. With long life I will satisfy him. I had forgotten we have an adversary, the devil who is out to kill, rob, steal and destroy. Jesus overcame him on the cross and sent him running. I now resist him and he is fleeing from us.

God is good. He is restoring our fortunes like the water courses in the Negev. The battle belongs to the Lord and he is fighting for me as I trust him and not worry.

The Power of the Blood of Jesus

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Good morning friends.
I have a big family. From each child was young we lived in good health. I didn’t expect them to be off school with colds and flues. My father said what is wrong with your children they don’t get sick.

I heard messages at Church that Jesus healed diseases. I suppose these words got in my spirit at a young age.
I had rheumatic fever as a child so I needed to believe in God to get better. I did get healed from two bouts of this disease with no ill effect.

As an adult I read the scriptures and got to know more of what Jesus did while he was on earth. He healed all who came to him with disease. Alleluia.

One of my favourite scriptures is about the man who was let down through the roof. His friends helped him get to Jesus. Jesus said to him your sins are forgiven. But you can’t see if your sins are forgiven but you can see if you are healed. Rise up and walk. Jesus did the full work.. He forgave the man’s sins and healed his disease.

Jesus told his followers to do the same. How do we heal others? By believing in the name of Jesus and by applying the blood of Jesus. By the stripes of Jesus we are healed. Dare to believe and receive what Jesus freely gave us. He broke the power of sin and sickness over us. He destroyed the works of the devil.

Speak the name of Jesus over your loved ones. Receive communion which is God’s covenant with us when we remember Jesus death to set us free.

As my children grew they walked in healing. I didn’t let them take vaccines because at the time there was talk of side effects. If they got sick we prayed for them. I live by faith in God. I am different.

As I believe in Jesus he is faithful to answer my prayers for healing because I believe what he did by shedding his blood. Dare to be different!

There were ten plagues that God delivered his people in Egypt from. There may be plagues that come again to us, like covid. It’s time to believe that Jesus can heal and deliver us from any plague. Be prepared. Enter into the protection of the blood of Jesus for your household.
Do you want to be waiting overnight in crowded AxE rooms? Pray and ask God to heal.

The Blind Shall See

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Happy New Year everyone.
Clear our minds from disappointments, addictions, old habits and let us embrace a new year with Christ. One does not have to make new year resolutions in our own strength. We will fail. But giving our problems over to Jesus we can move forward. He breaks the heavy yoke. Praise his Holy name. There is power in the name of Jesus.

Peter denied Jesus three times. Jesus warned him “but I will pray for you and you will not fail.”

I want to share a testimoney I heard on Facebook from a Pastor jjohnglobal. He moved to a new neighbourhood.
He said the people next door called his family, neighbours from heaven. One day the mother of the family next door to the pastor had a stroke, was taken to a reputable hospital but was diagnosed brain dead. The family was going to turn off the machine keeping her body alive, in five days. They were giving time for family to return.

The pastor asked the family if he could visit the mother in hospital. They were happy for him to go. His plan was to pray the last rites over the woman. On the fifth day he arrived at the hospital. He entered the room and spoke to the woman, saying good morning Alice and continued to speak normally. Her body was attached to machines.

The pastor continued to say “me and my wife are going to pray the Our Father over you.”
They continued, our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, thy kingdom come. When he spoke these words the lady began to move on the bed and awoke. She was home from hospital in ten days. There is power in the word of God. 

Our neighbour Elizabeth who is eighty four years old, calls our front small garden God’s garden. Brendan keeps flowers growing there in every season.

Elizabeth told me about a friend of hers who was blind and was going for an operation in one eye. We prayed for Joanne . I quoted Isaiah where the lame shall walk and the blind shall see.

The operation wasn’t successful. When she got home she fell and broke her two ankles. She returned to hospital where her ankles were attended to. She and her family were in great distress. Her daughter returned from England to care for her when she got out of hospital. We continued to pray. Elizabeth prays with her piano as she plays it.

In the meantime the sight in Joanne’s other eye returned, her legs healed and she is independent again. Her daughter returned to work in England. Jesus healed her according to his word. The blind shall see and the lame shall walk.

I say this to give glory to Jesus who heals today. There is power in his words as we proclaim it. Our gifts are for others. The gift of healing is flowing. I’m boasting in how Jesus is answering our prayers and fulfilling his word to us. Pray for the sick and they will recover.

Repairer of Streets With Dwellings

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Brendan and I moved to Belfast three years ago. We previously lived in a large house in Portaferry with sea views and large gardens. We collected many plants over the years that moved with us whenever we moved.

Our children wanted us to be near them. We downsized to a terrace house in Belfast with a small garden at the front, a small yard at the back opening onto a back alley. Where will all our pot plants go?

We gave some of our plants to our children for their gardens in Belfast. We kept our favourite ones, Rhododendrons and roses. Brendan had a new space to place our plant pots.

One Saturday morning after we settled in we heard the noise of a power hose from the back alley. A lady, Elizabeth Pantridge was transforming a neglected space into a clean pathway. So began the restoration of our back alley.

A year later a lady, Noelle, bought and restored a house two doors up from us. She added more plants to the outdoor space. Other neighbours got interested. This summer I added hanging baskets along the back wall.

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Isaiah 35 v 1

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
 and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. Isaiah 58 v 12

People are attracted to walk down our alley and admire the new green space. We had an event in May inviting neighbours for a coffee morning.

Noelle suggested we apply to the Belfast Bloom Competation. Today we won the Best Community Street award for South Belfast.

The Importance of Testimoney

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The Importance of Testimony

Brendan and I were speaking at a pastor’s church in Switzerland in June two years ago.. He told us he sees David Hathaway often. Oh I said “My arm was healed when I listened to Brendan reading from David’s Book.” The pastor said “Did you tell him?” No I hadn’t told him.

I fell from a step ladder as I picking pears back in September of 2018. The ladder did the splits and I crashed onto my right side. My arm reached out to break the fall. I lay there unable to move. I knew there was no one nearby to hear me call.

After a while I rolled onto my left side and levered myself to stand up. I walked to the kitchen where my daughter was. I got help. My right arm was broken. For the next weeks my arm was in pain. Even after the plaster was removed I had pins and needles in my fingers and more pain. I slept a lot. I was depressed. I couldn’t cook, drive or write.

At the end of December Brendan was reading one of David Hathaway’s books. He was at the end of a meeting. He called all those who had broken arms and legs to come forward. “God was going to heal them” he declared. I received my healing at that moment. No more numbness, tingling sensations or pain as I moved my hand. Praise God. David says it is the power of God, The Holy Spirit moving through him that heals.

Brendan got a phone call from the pastor on Thursday. He wanted to speak to me. David Hathaway was with him. I introduced myself to David and told him how I had received my healing as Brendan read from David’s book. He was encouraged to hear my testimony. He prayed for Brendan and I over the phone. We received his blessing. What a privilege to talk to him.

David Hathaway is a ninety year old English Evangelist who has worked behind the Iron Curtain for forty years. He has preached throughout Russia and Ukraine. He said he hadn’t time to die.

He is needed to help in many nations. Leaders of countries call him asking him to come to their countries and the government arrange for him to speak to their people. He is an Ambassador for the King of kings and Lord of lords. He tells the people that Jesus is the way to heaven, whether they are communists, Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Atheist, Muslem, Black or White.

I tell this story to emphasise the importance of speaking about what God has done for you. It encourages the one who has prayed for you and it brings glory to God. Scripture says we overcome Satan by the word of our testimony and we love not our lives unto death.

God is moving in power to heal people today. Many people think that signs and wonders ended after Jesus and the Apostles died. No no. If God has healed you in any way tell someone about it. Broadcast the wonders of God. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

If you have any testimonies write and let me know.

I Choose Joy

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Good morning everyone. This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. I will be thankful for the lone bird tweeting outside my window. I will be thankful for food, a warm home and family.

I have had disappointments and sadness. I may have difficulties to face. Things are not working out the way I hoped. But I choose to face the day with God’s care.

A little child awakes and smiles when his mum comes to pick him up from his cot. He will have a messy nappy, need washed and changed. He reaches up to be picked up by his mum.

God reaches down to us and picks us up in his arms. Isaiah 40 says
He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;

I am making a choice to be glad today. I am making a choice to walk in joy. If God is for us who can be against us. No eye has seen nor ear heard what God has prepared for those who love him.

His eye is on the sparrow and He watches over me. 🎼🎼🎼

Surviving Difficult Days

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I am surprised myself that I have written books and they are published. This is the fruit I have borne. Thirty five years ago Brendan and I met at home with our children each Sunday morning. Getting out to church with eleven children became stressful. People thought it wasn’t wise to miss Church .

I read in the bible Jesus words If you abide in me and my words abide in you , you will bear fruit,

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;

I prayed “Okay God. People think I am missing out by not going to Church. You want me to bear fruit. I will spend fifteen minutes reading the Bible each day. That will fulfill abiding in you. I will pray in my heavenly language fifteen minutes a day. “
Brendan bought me a Daily Bible. I tried to keep that promise up over the years. By doing so I read through the bible many times. I kept a journal each year. God taught me through the scriptures

Jesus is the Word of God. He is the manna come down from heaven. When we read the Scriptures it nourishes our souls. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

When one prays in a heavenly language you are talking to God the perfect prayers. I can only speak for a limited time in English. When I speak in my heavenly language I can spend much longer praying and this prayer goes directly to God’s ears.

There is a story in the bible about five wise virgins and five foolish virgins. They were waiting for the groom to come to the wedding. Five wise girls bought enough oil to last them till the groom arrived. The others did not have enough oil and did not get to see the groom.

Let us be like the wise girls. Keep the oil of the Holy Spirit flowing and read the Word of God. You will endure hardship and testing as you abide in Jesus. We are living in difficult times. You will survive if you do as I did.

God healed me from cancer, I had four more children and am now writing books to declare what God has done in my life.

My Tomorrow

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Pharoah’s army with their chariots and generals came after the people of Israel to stop them leaving Egypt. The people of Israel were frightened. God told Moses don’t worry. You will not see them Tomorrow. The Red Sea opened up and the people of Israel who had been slaves passed out of Egypt on dry land. Pharoah followed them but the waters of the Red Sea closed over them and drowned every one.

Joshua led the people of Israel into the Promised Land. The kings who lived in the land were frightened because they heard of what God did for Israel. Thirty one kings and their armies rose up against Joshua and the people. God said to Joshua TOMMOROW they will be all be defeated.

Since reading these scriptures I am declaring my TOMORROW will be better than today. God is working while I sleep to defeat my enemies that want to rob, steal and destroy from me and enslave me and my loved ones. They are always at work unless I resist Satan and tell him to flee. Scripture says the enemy will come at me one way but will flee seven ways.

Each day since I have been blessed with turn around in my situation. For example yesterday, I went to Boot’s optician to get a new frame for my glasses. My last one broke in November and I asked for their help then. They said I would have to pay for a new frame. I went home. Yesterday I was willing to pay the seventy pounds. I asked for compensation. Two ladies looked at the broken frame, conferred together and decided to replace the new frame free saving me seventy pounds.

Our van needed repaired. It is fixed and going for MOT today. My washing machine broke down. I got a new to me washing machine from a neighbour. All in one day.

Believe God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And claim your compensation for the years the locusts have eaten. Get back what the enemy has stolen.

Heavenly Lights

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James 1 v 17 says

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change.

Brendan and I are staying with our son and family in Turin. We visited a place called Superga where there is a Cathedral and is famous with tourists. It the burial place for kings and queens who used to reign in Italy. Our son lives below on the hill leading up to Superga.

I checked my Facebook page these last few days. There are many pictures of colourful lights, a display of the Northern lights appearing over the nations.
Colours of the rainbow are filling the sky over Ireland, Slovakia and Canada. Pink, orange and green are main colours. Abraham sent a picture of lights he saw in New Zealand. There was a picture of lights in the sky taken over Superga last night.

Normally the Northern lights are seen over countries near the Arctic Circle, Norway and Sweden. Brendan and I visited Iceland hoping to see the Northern lights some years back but we were disappointed.

God created the sun, moon and stars. We are used to our daily routine and take for granted God’s provision. But He is speaking in these days to the nations as He displays lights in the sky. He is the Father of the heavenly lights.

When I tell people stories from the bible they don’t believe. They doubt that Moses passed through the Red Sea. They doubt He put the rainbow in the sky after rain.

I know God’s Word is true. The same God who is the Father of lights healed me of cancer. God is speaking to the nations through the lights in the sky. Many people do not attend Church, but God is speaking through creation. There is no excuse not to believe.

I said at the beginning. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. Acknowledge God as the only God and thank him.

Lights over Superga last night.

Our Daughter Mary goes To Malawi

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Our daughter Mary has moved to Blantyre, Malawi. She is an Obstetrician and was working in Liverpool Woman’s Hospital until recently. She will be doing research to improve the care of mothers and babies in the third world.

It’s a wonderful privilege for her to get to work in another nation. It wasn’t an easy decision. Once she decided to take up the position she was busy giving up her accommodation in Liverpool. Furniture was given to friends. Clothes, books, ornaments, all bringing back memories had to be sorted.

We had an afternoon gathering of family relatives and friends at the Ivanhoe to say farewell. Andy Mc Clelland provided music. Mary loves dancing. There were no tears, only joy. She left the next day with three suitcases for her flight to Malawi.

Mary sent me this picture today . It was taken after I was healed of cancer in 2010. My girls in the picture are Hannah, Angela, myself and Mary. They and the rest of my family prayed and supported me through cancer.

Praise God I’m alive to see my daughter go to Malawi and celebrate with my husband, children and grandchildren. I’m not in the grave with my children coming to leave flowers on it.