Mudgereeba Uniting Church

I did the first Alpha course the year before last I had no expectations about it. What I read was, Ask questions, but don’t expect an answer.

I found lots of answers to how my life had been going. I started off being a depressed person who had no meaning in my life. I also wore the tag of an abused child and an abused woman in my marriage. Then my daughter died and I became the woman who had been abused and whose daughter had died.

That is what I went into the Alpha course with. No expectations about how God would heal me. I was also in a lot of pain due to arthritis in my spine and my knee. I often used a wheelchair to get around.

The last week of the course we sang some hymns. I found myself singing in a voice that was not mine. I didn’t understand what was happening. After the songs had finished, I realise the Holy Spirit had come to me. I will never forget how I felt.

The last exercise was a prayer circle, I sat in the middle and was asked what I wanted people to pray for me. My reply was my arthritis was my biggest concern, not that you can do anything about it. Oh yea of little faith. I went home and the next morning my pain had gone from an 8 to a 2. I have not used a wheelchair since.

I now now what it is really like to call God my SAVIOUR.

My life is so different now. People have said how different I look, how I am not negative any more. I had a disagreement with someone and I actually challenged them, I have never done that before. I feel so confident of Gods love for me.