SUNDAY'S SPECIAL SERVICE (extra entry)

The following is the text of an e-mail which went out to a number of people earlier today. For those of you who live within 40 miles of Framingham, Massachusetts, I'd love to have you join us for a special healing service this coming Sunday evening, March 15 at 6:30 P.M. Here's the text of my "promotional e-mail":


Hello!

Once again, First Assembly of God of Framingham is having a SPECIAL HEALING SERVICE on Sunday evening, March 15, 2009 at 6:30 P.M. We are inviting you to come.

We were blessed to have 3 Special Healing Services in 2008. Those who came brought their needs before our God Who has the power to save, to heal, to deliver, to provide, to restore, to comfort, and to mend broken hearts and broken lives. God tells us in His Word that NOTHING is too difficult for Him and that He is no respecter of persons. So, whoever you are and whatever your need is GOD IS THE ANSWER.

God heals in MANY ways. Many times He uses doctors and conventional medicine. There are times that God heals instantly. There are times that God chooses to heal gradually. Do we understand God's ways all the time?? NO, but God is God. He knows what's best for each and every person. Be encouraged to come and seek God for your need or needs. Remember, our God cares about even the seemingly smallest details in our lives.

I've shared some of these testimonies of healing before but they are worthy of being repeated.

Eight years ago, my accountant was seriously ill with bladder cancer. At our appointment that year, he told my sister and me that he was doing very poorly and was going to be readmitted20to the hospital following our appointment. I asked him if he would like the two of us to pray for him and he said "yes". We laid hands on him and prayed for a miraculous healing. A number of months later I phoned him to set up another appointment and I asked him how he was doing. He was very cheerful and announced that God had healed him. Eight years later, he's still giving God the glory for healing him from cancer.

Many years ago, when I was a home fellowship group leader in Walpole, we laid hands on a man who had bursitis. We prayed and he was instantly healed from bursitis.

Closer to home, a person in our church, just recently, was set free from a longtime addiction when she renewed her commitment to Christ. A year ago, a man in our church was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate with the likelihood of cancer. Our church prayed for this man several times from the time he received that report from his doctor until the time he went for further tests which included 12 biopsies. By the time he went for those tests, his prostate was no longer enlarged and the test results came back negative for cancer. We believe God answered our prayers and miraculously healed this man.

I've shared these testimonies with you to encourage you. Maybe you've received a bad report from your doctor or maybe you have some type of addiction. Maybe you have a financial need. Maybe=2 0you've been struggling in a relationship with a spouse or a friend. Maybe you've grown cold in your relationship with God. Whatever your need is GOD is the answer. Come and be ministered to Sunday evening, March 15, 2009 at 6:30 P.M.

First Assembly of God of Framingham
32 South Street
Framingham, MA 01702
508-875-5030

agframingham@aol.com

www.agframingham.org

God Bless You,
PASTOR BOB BARIL
P.S. Many thanks to our Board Members who did a super job proofing and editing my original draft of this letter! All of us encourage you to be in prayer for this coming Sunday evening’s service!