Not The Fear Of The Lord | Amberson Family

I wanted to tell you about the first time that I can remember praying for someone for healing outside the church. Now at this point in time I had known Jesus for about a year and a half. I had a year of ministry school at Northwind School of Ministry under my belt. I had been on an intercessory missions trip, and now I was back at home working at a local hardware store. Spenard Builders supply in Wasilla Alaska. I was a temporary yard cleanup guy. I showed up there 3 days a week to clean and sweep the aisles and organize the stacks of lumber.

I had been working there for a few weeks when one of the fulltime guys had a heart attack while he was at home. He didn’t die but it was pretty serious. I show up to work that day and they gave me his job haha, so now I was a fulltime employee. No longer just the cleanup kid, it was a great step for my dignity.

So a week or more went by and this guy who had the heart attack comes in to say hi to all the guys, and he looks not good, very weak and pale, you know like he had a heart attack. So I’m there and there are like 10 guys all standing around talking with this guy. (Now remember I said this was my first time doing this.) I heard the Lord tell me to pray for him. I knew it was the Lord because I began to shake with fear. Not the fear of the Lord but the “you want me to do what?!!!!!” kind of fear. I was looking around at everyone standing there talking to him. We’re not out in the yard amidst the lumber piles, we were in the warehouse with all the guys from the yard and all the inside employees running around every which way. And I’m pretty sure I’m the only Christian in the bunch. My boss was a Christian but he wasn’t there that day. So I stood there for what felt like hours and I think at one point I even turned around to leave, but it was one of those ‘I know that I will be disobeying if I do that’ moments.

So I just said, “Hey man let me pray for you real quick!” And I walked up and put my hand on his shoulder and said something like ‘Jesus heal his heart.’ And I turned around and walked out. HAHA! I didn’t even ask if he felt any better or could feel anything happening; I just walked out.

So the next day I walk into the yard shack from helping a customer, (that’s the place we have all our chairs and coffee pot so we can relax) and this same guy is in there with all of the guys. I walk in and I’m like “hey man how’s it going?”
This guy almost comes out of his chair yelling. “Jake! Ever since you prayed for me yesterday, I have felt amazing!!!” I forgot to say that this was the day he was going in for his heart surgery. He had just come from the hospital where he was scheduled to have it done. He said that they put him on the table and started checking him out one last time before they cut him open, and 3 different doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with him. They were amazed.

Now he is telling me all this and everyone else is listening too. They all were there the day before when I had prayed for him, and now they were freaked out. Anyways, I was in shock and all I said was “That’s awesome!!!” Haha! I honestly didn’t know what else to do. I went home that night and just thanked and praised the Lord. I had been asking to see people get healed for a long time, but I hadn’t yet stepped out to pray for anyone. Its amazing though once I did step out I started seeing healing happen. You have to try it to see it. It’s not likely to just happen.