0:00:00.680,0:00:06.200 After prayer, I went and ate that kind of food that would usually cause me pain, 0:00:06.200,0:00:09.720 and I never felt pain anymore - until today! 0:00:14.160,0:00:19.560 TESTIMONIES 0:00:20.560,0:00:27.240 By the authority in the name of Jesus Christ, receive your freedom! 0:00:27.240,0:00:29.600 Receive your healing! 0:00:29.600,0:00:32.120 Receive your breakthrough! 0:00:32.120,0:00:34.720 Receive restoration! 0:00:34.720,0:00:40.800 Receive it! Receive it today! 0:00:42.320,0:00:52.440 My name is Merick, and I'm located in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. 0:00:52.440,0:01:03.440 I'm originally from East Africa, Tanzania, [br]and I came over here back in 2007. 0:01:03.440,0:01:12.600 Since that time, after about five years passed, I then started to notice some changes. 0:01:12.600,0:01:17.960 I was experiencing pain in [br]my stomach, a lot of pain, 0:01:17.960,0:01:24.200 especially when I ate beans, [br]tomato or lemon juice. 0:01:24.200,0:01:31.480 I was experiencing a lot of pain, [br]so I lived with it for a while. 0:01:31.480,0:01:37.400 And then I decided to go and see a doctor for it and they made an appointment. 0:01:37.400,0:01:44.080 On the day of the procedure,[br]where they put a camera in me, 0:01:44.080,0:01:51.240 the result came that I had gas - [br]there was too much gas in me. 0:01:51.240,0:01:56.000 They called it gastritis, [br]which caused a lot of pain. 0:01:56.000,0:01:58.600 Even sometimes I felt heart pain. 0:01:58.600,0:02:05.080 Before, I was thinking it was a heart issue - as if I was about to have a heart attack. 0:02:05.080,0:02:08.200 Then, I was experiencing a lot of headaches. 0:02:08.200,0:02:13.640 So they put me on medicine [br]and I was taking medicine 0:02:13.640,0:02:19.920 to reduce gas because there is no medicine to heal that kind of situation. 0:02:19.920,0:02:24.520 I continued to take medicine. 0:02:24.520,0:02:30.080 At the end of the day, I thought, ‘I'm going to keep taking medicine always.’ 0:02:30.080,0:02:40.720 Then I said, ‘No, I can trust in God because I know God is able to bring change in me.’ 0:02:40.720,0:02:48.080 And I kept on praying - but I was still experiencing the pain in me. 0:02:48.080,0:02:52.840 I quit taking the medicine, so whenever [br]I ate those kinds of food... 0:02:52.840,0:02:57.280 Because I couldn’t stop eating the food they told me to stop, 0:02:57.280,0:03:02.720 which I was eating since I was in Africa. 0:03:02.720,0:03:07.360 I experienced that pain [br]for almost eight years. 0:03:07.360,0:03:16.040 One day I was on social media - and I knew Brother Chris since he was at The SCOAN. 0:03:16.040,0:03:23.360 I discovered he came back to UK, [br]and I continued to follow him. 0:03:23.360,0:03:25.800 I know he’s a good, humble man of God. 0:03:25.800,0:03:31.320 And I saw how people connected with him and how he was encouraging them. 0:03:31.320,0:03:36.080 So I was very blessed with [br]his encouragement. 0:03:36.080,0:03:40.680 I continued to encourage myself with whatever he encouraged me. 0:03:40.680,0:03:44.440 I continued to connect and [br]encourage myself with it. 0:03:44.440,0:03:48.960 And then I saw a link about [br]how to connect for prayer. 0:03:48.960,0:03:58.640 I know the Spirit of God was directing me to follow that link and submit my prayer request. 0:03:58.640,0:04:05.040 When I sent my request, I was invited to join the Interactive Prayer on May 4, 2024. 0:04:05.040,0:04:09.000 I connected to the service, [br]waiting for Brother Chris to come. 0:04:09.000,0:04:13.760 So while I was connected, [br]it was the time of testimonies. 0:04:13.760,0:04:24.160 I was connected, listening as people testified to what God had done in their lives. 0:04:24.160,0:04:28.360 The last person, a lady from South Africa, 0:04:28.360,0:04:34.640 was testifying about the same problem [br]I was going through at that moment. 0:04:34.640,0:04:36.800 That is what she was testifying. 0:04:36.800,0:04:43.680 I knew that it was a divine appointment, and I knew I was receiving my healing 0:04:43.680,0:04:50.560 right there after I believed that if God healed her, He would heal me too. 0:04:50.560,0:04:58.760 So I continued in prayer, believing ‘today is my day’ and I would receive my healing. 0:04:58.760,0:05:05.840 As Brother Chris came, we joined in prayer. We prayed and prayed. 0:05:05.840,0:05:12.720 And from that moment, [br]I started feeling change in me. 0:05:12.720,0:05:18.440 I started to feel peace. [br]I didn’t feel any kind of pain. 0:05:18.440,0:05:24.600 And after prayer, I went and ate that kind of food that would usually cause me pain, 0:05:24.600,0:05:28.120 and I never felt pain anymore - until today! 0:05:28.120,0:05:32.040 God is able and He did it for me. 0:05:32.040,0:05:40.040 When I eat beans or any kind of food that contains lemon, tomato or stuff like that, 0:05:40.040,0:05:41.480 I don't feel pain anymore. 0:05:41.480,0:05:50.320 Or if I drink passionfruit or orange juice, [br]I don’t have pain anymore. 0:05:50.320,0:05:52.280 So there is no pain anymore. 0:05:52.280,0:05:56.280 And actually, I used to have [br]a hard time sleeping. 0:05:56.280,0:05:59.800 When I ate, I would have [br]to sleep on one side. 0:05:59.800,0:06:04.840 Because sometimes I would [br]experience reflux when I slept. 0:06:04.840,0:06:11.520 I would have to use a pillow to [br]elevate my head when I slept. 0:06:11.520,0:06:13.920 But God did it for me. 0:06:13.920,0:06:20.480 I want to tell people - our God is wonderful [br]and He’s a loving Father. 0:06:20.480,0:06:25.760 He knows what we’re feeling. [br]He knows our pain. He knows our cry. 0:06:25.760,0:06:31.040 And He always sets up divine appointments for us. 0:06:31.040,0:06:34.280 He always feels what we feel. 0:06:34.280,0:06:37.840 Nobody can feel the way we feel - as God. 0:06:37.840,0:06:42.680 No one can see our tears - as God. 0:06:42.680,0:06:47.680 So God always has compassion on us. 0:06:47.680,0:06:51.080 As a child of God, you also have to believe. 0:06:51.080,0:06:56.920 If God did it for me, He will do it for you too. He is a good God!