Unbeatable. Incurable. Fatal. Untouchable. Rejection. These may be a few words that come to mind when you hear the word that has infected millions around the world: AIDS. Many around the world have contracted this deadly virus and, in return, have been shunned by their communities as they await their inevitable, lonesome defeat, laid waste in rejection and decay. As believers, we were mandated to turn these scenarios around. A friend, Joshua, and his father took a mission trip to Kenya in 2012. While there, his father, full of the Holy Spirit, had the opportunity to pray for someone with AIDS. A couple of days passed and the person returned, having since been tested for the virus, declared the good news that they had been healed. AIDS died at the name of Jesus Christ.
Upon hearing this testimony, it reminded me of an account that I had the honor of playing a role in. How? By praying.
The details were a little fuzzy so I asked my friend, Kelly, for a recap. Her family had the connection with the girl described in the following testimony. Kelly writes:
The little girl in Brazil (Carol) was sold by her grandmother as a sex slave when she was 3 or 4 years old. I don't know when, but somehow she got herself to the orphanage where my father visited in 2007 - She was 12 years old then. As a result of her years as a sex slave, she suffered from digestive problems. I'm not sure when or how many times, but at least once (I could have sworn it was twice) she was tested positive for AIDS and because of this, the doctors in Brazil could not provide her with surgery she needed. We prayed and she was given another test for AIDS which came out negative. She then got the surgery she needed as all seemed well.
Please continue to send Carol (and the other children) your long distance prayers.
I want to focus on two words in her description: We prayed.
This was a girl I've never met in a country I have not yet visited. The only background I had on the situation came from Kelly. I don't know how many people were praying for Carol, but we declared that she was healed by the stripes of Jesus. I remember receiving the news that there was no sign of AIDS in her body. Sometimes, as believers, we tend to deduce the power of God to our proximity to the situation. His love isn't just released when you lay hands on someone or see them face to face. The five fold ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12) does not include intercessors. Why? Because we are all called to be intercessors!
Be encouraged and know that your prayers, intercession, and declarations over peoples, cities, and nations are powerful and effective because you are the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ.
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