LULY MARRERO

   MY NAME IS LULY MARRERO AND  I VISIT LAKEWOOD NEW LIFE CHURCH. ON MAY 19, 2008 I FELL OFF OF A STOOL AND SPRAINED MY MCL IN THE RIGHT KNEE AND TORE MY ACL IN THE RIGHT KNEE. I WENT THROUGH EXTENSIVE THERAPY AND AFTER THREE MONTHS THE SPECIALIST RECOMMENDED THAT I "TAKE IT EASY" AND TO CALL HIM IF I HAD ANY PROBLEMS. NO SURGERY WAS RECOMMENDED AND I CONTINUED TO ADJUST MY LIFE TO THE LIMITED ABILITY IN MY RIGHT LEG. EVERYTIME I WALKED, HOW I SLEPT, AND HOW I CONTINUALLY WALKED IN FEAR OF SLIPPING OR FALLING AND REINJURING THAT RIGHT KNEE. ON 1/23/09, THERE WAS A HEALING SERVICE AT LAKEWOOD NEW LIFE CHURCH. I INVITED 4 OR 5 PEOPLE TO COME. I DIDN'T GO TO THE CHURCH EXPECTING A HEALING FOR MYSELF.  PASTOR BILL MCKENZIE STARTED PRAYING AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED UP SOMEONE WITH A TORN TENDON OR MUSCLE PROBLEM IN THE LEG TO COME FORWARD.  I THANKED THE LORD THAT I WAS THERE AND BECAME EXCITED THAT THIS WAS MY DAY!!!!!!    AS PASTOR  PRAYED, HE ASKED THAT WE BEGIN TO DO THINGS WE COULD NOT DO BEFORE. I STARTED TO MARCH IN PLACE AND I FELT THE STRENGTH IN MY LEG IMMEDIATELY. PRAISE BE TO GOD!!!!!!  ON SATURDAY MORNING I WAS TELLING MY FAMILY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND FOUND MYSELF WALKING NORMALLY IN THE MORNING, THEN I WENT BOWLING THAT NIGHT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND THREE DAYS LATER I AM STILL FILLED WITH THE SAME BLESSING THAT I RECEIVED ON THAT NIGHT. I THANK THE LORD THAT "BY HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED.