26/04/2023
“My first time at JB exceeded all of my expectations. I was very apprehensive about it, especially as I was going on my own. Although nervous, I was really hopeful about what the Lord would do in the time that I gave to him, and really felt that it was where I should be for the week. I felt really welcomed when I arrived and began to relax, although I was still aware of a hesitancy in my heart. I had seen people being prayed with, and saw how they were overcome with the Holy Spirit, but I didn’t feel like I could let God do the same for me.
Through conversations over the course of the week, I was encouraged to receive prayer ministry and the Lord touched my heart so tenderly in a way that I did not know he could. My heart softened and I experienced the depth of his love for me in a new way and, for the first time, realised that he sees, knows and loves every part of my heart. Jesus began to teach me that I don’t have to carry the weight of it all, but he wants to tend to and care for the ‘inner garden’ (thanks, Johannes!) where he dwells forever.
The experience of prayer ministry was completely new to me but it was so beautiful to have people who I knew I could trust to pray with me in moments of vulnerability and emotion. I am beyond grateful to the people who prayed for me and helped me to encounter God deep within my heart.
From that moment, my experience of Mass, worship and Adoration changed completely and I am now deeply aware of God’s presence with me in every moment, and how he delights in me as his daughter.
Joel’s Bar has given me a completely new understanding of what it looks like to actually live our faith and to call on and trust in God. The Lord has awoken a fire in me and although I don’t know what that will look like in the future, I am more confident that ever that he is guiding me on the path and I have nothing to fear because his heart is never closed to me.”
What a beautiful reminder of how God moved in our time together at Joel’s Bar 2023 ❤️🔥
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