> Healing at 35,000 Feet . . .
> 
> 
> I'm Jim Rogers, Associate Pastor at Bridge Way Church,
> Denver, USA. Our 
> church has a passion to see the Kingdom of God ministered
> by every day 
> saints to
> our city and the nations. We are part of the relational
> affiliation of 
> churches called Global Legacy.
> 
> 
> In January 2008, I was flying home from Europe after
> ministering in 
> Africa at Leaders' Conferences for the release of Kingdom
> healing and 
> the Father's
> love. Little did I know that God was wanting to show me
> that the power 
> of the Kingdom was coming home to the US in new ways and
> that he 
> intended to heal
> many on the aeroplane.
> 
> 
> We were about an hour into the air when the stewardesses
> gave us drinks. 
> I was drinking Diet Coke and wearing a white shirt when
> accidentally the 
> stewardess
> bumped my arm and pop went everywhere. My shirt was
> stained and I felt 
> some frustration. But I immediately felt the presence of
> God come on me 
> and I knew
> I was not to get angry. The stewardess helped as best she
> could clean up 
> the mess. She was very surprised I didn't lose it. I
> realise now that 
> the enemy
> was trying to stop what God had in mind.
> 
> 
> I looked across the aisle and saw a lady squirming in her
> seat. I 
> wondered what her problem was. The Lord told me she had
> hurt her back 
> two weeks earlier
> and He wanted me to pray for her. I was tired and just
> wanted to read my 
> book and watch a movie, so I initially told the Lord
> "No." Isn't it 
> funny ~ God
> often wants to use us when we least feel like it? But,
> God wouldn't let 
> me go. After quite a few exchanges with the Lord I
> finally said, "OK 
> fine, Lord,
> I will pray for her." I leaned across the aisle and asked
> the lady if 
> she had hurt her back two weeks earlier. That got her
> attention and she 
> asked how
> I knew that. I explained that the Lord had told me, and I
> also told her 
> about my recent travels in Africa. Then I asked if I
> could pray for her. 
> She said,
> "Yes." Then I asked if I could lay my hand on her
> shoulder; she looked 
> at me and said, "Oh, you mean now?" I told her I didn't
> believe God 
> wanted her in
> pain for the next 8 hours. As I prayed for her, the Holy
> Spirit fell on 
> her and she fell out of her seat and landed on the floor
> of the aisle. 
> The stewardess
> came around the corner; greatly concerned and asked if we
> needed a 
> doctor. I was trying to explain what had happened, that
> God was 
> ministering to her,
> and that the lady was fine.
> 
> 
> As we talked, the lady came out of the Spirit. The
> stewardess asked if 
> she was ok. The lady said, "Yes I'm fine and, hey, my
> back doesn't 
> hurt." I started
> to explain about the lady's back when she cut me off. She
> told the 
> stewardess all about how she hurt her back on ice two
> weeks earlier and 
> that this pastor
> prayed for her and she was totally healed. Caught off
> guard and aware 
> God was present, the stewardess said she had hurt her
> knee 4 weeks ago 
> and was in
> constant pain. She asked if I would pray for her. I said
> yes. Then she 
> got a real serious look and asked if she would fall down.
> I said I 
> didn't know.
> I prayed for her also and God healed her knee on the spot.
> 
> 
> As I got up to go back to my seat, there were three
> people lined up in 
> the aisle asking for prayer. Apparently others had
> noticed what was 
> going on! I
> felt the Lord urging me to continue. As I started to pray
> for the first 
> lady, I suddenly heard over the intercom the stewardess
> that I had 
> prayed for saying
> that there was a pastor onboard who had been in Africa
> praying for 
> healing, and that when he prayed for her and the woman
> with the bad back 
> both had been
> healed. She said: "If anyone needs healing they should
> come to the 
> galley between coach and
> 
> first class and he would pray for them." I thought to
> myself, here we 
> go"! Then a large gentle-man came up to me. He was from
> England. He 
> asked if he could
> catch for me. I thought, Thank You Lord, at least there
> is someone else 
> here who knows what is going on. For the next  two hours
> we had a 
> healing service.
> At one point the catcher came to me and said, "You need
> to slow down, I 
> am running out of places to put people." I looked in the
> galley and saw 
> people
> lying everywhere.
> 
> 
> We had 5 salvations during our time, including one young
> man from Saudi 
> Arabia. He was coming to the US for surgery on his torn
> rotator cuff. He 
> also had
> other damage to his shoulder. God healed him and I told
> him it was Jesus 
> who had touched him. He said, "I know Jesus." I said to
> him, "Yes, you 
> know who
> He is, but you need to know Him as the Saviour." As we
> talked he 
> accepted the Lord. One of his travelling companions was a
> lady who came 
> to me and said
> she was a Christian and would see that he got into a
> church. The people 
> who didn't come forward for prayer were wide-eyed and
> looking over their 
> seats
> throughout the cabin to see what was going on. When all
> was finished, I 
> sat down and I picked up my book and laughed to myself.
> The book was 
> 'Face to Face
> with God,' by Bill Johnson. I thought to myself, God
> certainly does have 
> a sense of humour for this indeed was a Bill Johnson
> moment ~ everyday 
> saints
> doing the stuff!!
> 
> 
> Praise God for His wonderful love and desire to use any
> one of us in His 
> service! Feel free to share this testimony if you feel it
> would be an 
> encouragement
> to others.
> 
> Jim Rogers
> 
> Associate Pastor
> 
> BridgeWay Church Denver, CO
>