I will start by reflecting back to Sunday, October 11, 2009. It was another special time of worship at Cornerstone and just a sweet day to rest in Jesus! Life was good!

The next day, Monday, October 12, began another busy day for me of which I had become accustomed to
and enjoyed. After working with my sister that morning, I then took my 100-year-old Mother to get a flu shot. I didn't think much about putting her small transport wheelchair in the trunk of my car as I had handled it before. I did at one point feel a little pain in my back, but not bad. I took her home and life went on. The next day, however, I experienced a little more pain in my back after taking a bad sneeze. As that week progressed, the pain became worse and worse until by the next Sunday, October 18th, I was flat of my back in pain and unable to be at Cornerstone to worship my Jesus. Now, not only was I hurting physically, I was hurting spiritually.

On Monday, October 19th, I began my journey of Doctor's visits, tests, MRI's, etc. The medical profession really had no answers at that time for me so I continued to lay flat of my back in pain. By Wednesday, November 11th, I had begun to feel depressed and choose to stay in bed with the blinds closed all day - shame on me! Where was my faith? I think I had put all my faith in the medical profession and very little in Jesus - again shame on me. I knew better after being a Christian for over 45 years.

The next day, Thursday, November 12th, I began my devotions by reading Matthew 9:20-22. There was a woman that had an issue of blood for twelve years and just reached out and touched the hem of Jesus' garment and was healed - Wow! What was I complaining about? She had suffered for twelve years - I had only been suffering for about 1 month. I have read this story many times before, but now it was real to me - I only needed to reach out and touch Jesus! This begun my "Journey of Faith" for my healing in my back along with knowing that many of you were praying for me and ministering in so many beautiful ways by sending cards, making telephone calls, sending delicious meals, etc. Thank you, Jesus, for the Magees and our "Son"shine Gang for being so faithful during this difficult time in my life.

From that point on, I knew I had to put my faith in Jesus, where it belonged! Did I make this "Journey of Faith" alone? No, by no means!! Again, I had so many of you praying for me of which I was so thankful and was so overwhelmed at times. From my 12-year-old grandson, Caleb Patton, that requested prayer for me in his Royal Rangers class one Wednesday night to Bill Fielding and the Prayer Ministry Team here at Cornerstone, I want to say thank you again and again for praying for me! Our God is Awesome!

I do want to add that I am grateful, also, for the medical profession that allowed God to use them later on to find out what was wrong with my back and then how to treat me.

In closing, if God had not used "YOU" and the medical profession together, I might still be flat of my back and unable to minister here at Cornerstone (as well to others). Once again, I thank you and pray Romans 15:13 over each and every one of you - "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
Love and appreciate you all,
Sue Patton
February 13, 2010

HANDS AND NECK HEALED!!

In Matthew 12:10, Jesus was asked, “is it legal to work by healing on the Sabbath day?” Jesus replied, “If you had just one sheep, and it fell into a well on the Sabbath, would you work to rescue it that day? Of course you would. And how much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Yes, it is right to do good on the Sabbath.”

I am so grateful that Cornerstone not only teaches us the Word of God, but also practices what they teach and preach, through their Prayer Ministry offered to each of us every service. On Sunday, November 15, 2009, my sisters walked me to the front altar after the 9:30 service to be prayed for. In October 2005, I was in an accident where I was hit from the rear. Shortly after that there was a pain in my neck and it began to hurt (as if my muscles were being twisted). I could not sleep without the aide of a neck brace. The pressure was 24/7 and the doctor said that the x-rays showed significant arthritis on the lower vertebrates of my neck. He was not surprised that I was experiencing such pain. As the days turned into months and the months turned into years, I began to notice changes that were occurring in my joints especially in my fingers. I would experience extreme swelling, heat and pain in my finger joints. It hurt to do a simple task like writing, opening tops, or even holding a steering wheel.

Thought I was praying all the time for myself, my sisters said that we needed to go up front this Sunday morning and agree in prayer with a prayer team member for God’s healing. I agreed and went forward. When I was asked what my need was, I only shared about my hands because of the pain I was in that morning (my fingers were twisted and my joints hurt to be touched). As prayer was made for me, my sisters and I agreed with the prayer. As I did, I could feel warmth that ran from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. I knew that God had heard our prayers and I WAS HEALED. I felt it in my fingers frist when I could press on the joints of my fingers and there was “NO PAIN”. In my mind, I could not stop praising God and thanking Him for my healing. But God was not finished because as the days have turned into weeks and now weeks into two months, my fingers are straight. The simple tasks that were difficult are now easy. That’s not all that happened. The neck brace, which I have used for over 4 years in order to sleep, is no longer needed.

I am praising the Lord for showing me His Mercy. Words cannot express how very humbled and thankful for all those that God used to bring about His Perfect Will for me on Sunday, November 15, 2009.

BELL'S PALSY HEALED!!

God’s word says in all things to give thanks, so when I was diagnosed with having Bell’s Palsy, a temporary paralysis of the left side of my face, I did just that. I praised God.

My doctor told me that I should see some improvement in eight to twelve weeks. It would have been easy to stay home and hide out for that length of time, especially since I felt that I looked like a bad Picasso painting and my family lovingly said I looked like Popeye the Sailor! In my heart, I knew the best place for me was in God’s healing house with my church family.

When Pastor Wayne announced the Altar Ministry prayer time, I practically ran forward and that was when God really showed Himself to me. You see, I really needed to trust Him because all this started after He said, “be baptized.” The Prayer Ministers anointed my face; prayed for me and told me to come back for prayer as often as I felt led. The second time at the altar, the Holy Spirit filled me to bursting and tears started flowing from my eye that had been unable to close on its own or tear up for two weeks! I removed my eye patch and started to blink again!

The next week, after prayer, my facial muscles started moving and I could smile again! I had my face back although not quite the way it was at the beginning but the way God wanted it to be. In only 3 ½ weeks, my eyebrows moved and the taste buds on my tongue were back to normal. It was a blessing that things came back so quickly.

Losing control of my face was a very humbling experience, but having my face and my faith restored leaves me rejoicing in God’s faithfulness and His promise to heal. Trust in Him and praise God in Jesus’ name

A WONDERFUL HEALING!!!


I had a couple more weeks to go to finish my radiation treatments (forty-three in all). I could see the end and was so thankful to God for getting me through them.

All at once I began to have small, sharp, jabbing pains in my chest. The pains were not like a heart attack but pains that told me something was wrong. I went to my cardiologist and he scheduled a nuclear stress test that showed abnormalities and immediately scheduled a heart catherization.

On Sunday, I went to the Altar for prayer. On Thursday, Pastor Jason and the staff prayed for me. On Friday, I was admitted into the hospital for the procedure. After about three hours, I was brought back to my room and Donna was told the doctor would be in soon.

He came through the door with a smile saying, "I have good news"! He said he went into the procedure knowing from the nuclear stress test that he had work to do and wondered how he was going to do some of it. When he went in -- HE FOUND NOTHING!!

He said "nothing he expected to find was there"!! All of my bypasses from years ago were open, looking good and working fine. He checked all of my arteries and found everything was clear.

One year ago, he found a blockage and because of where it was decided to just keep a watch on it. Now IT was also gone! A week before the catherization, my family doctor told me that my triglycerides were high--now my cardiologist was telling me they were perfect!

After five hours of lying completely flat, I was released from the hospital and by 7:00 P.M. that same day, I was at home!

When God does a work, He does it perfectly! I give Him all my praise!!