A doctor who speaks a blessing for his patients

A doctor who speaks a blessing for his patients
Your message on blessing has taken my prayers for other people to another level.  

My name is D..., and I am a GP in the South Island ....Your teaching on blessing has equipped me further when I pray for others and I have found that people are more open to blessings than prayers and I have found quicker results with blessings also.  

One of my patients was an atheist and suffered from chronic pain and fatigue. He has been to various specialists and tried many different things without improvement. One day he was very frustrated and said, “I have tried everything and nothing has worked.”
I replied, “You haven’t tried blessing yet. Can I give you a blessing at the end of consultation?"
He agreed and I blessed him. After seeing him a few more times and a few blessings, I didn’t see any visible change. I was a little bit discouraged and that day was very busy and I was running behind, with few patients waiting, so I didn’t bless him. On his next appointment, towards the end of the consultation I was having a spiritual battle in my mind about whether I should offer him the blessing or not, fearing he might say no and say the blessing didn’t work. While I was struggling on the inside, he said to me, “D...., do you have time to give me a blessing today because you forgot last time and I felt the difference.” 

Immediately I repented to God of my little faith and replied “Of course, always time for a blessing.”
After that, I asked God, "How can I bring him closer to You?" God spoke to me by a strong impression to my heart, “Pray for him in the Spirit.”
So I explained to him, “Can I bless you slightly differently today? I will bless you first then ask the Holy Spirit to bless you after that.” He agreed and I blessed him. After the blessing, he was flushed in his face and body, mildly trembling with his eyes closed. I knew He was experiencing the Holy Spirit so I let the Holy Spirit work on him.

About two minutes later I asked him “What happened?”  
He replied “When you blessed me in English, everything was okay but when you started to speak in that language, it’s like my inside was wide open and the light just came in.”  
I immediately gave the glory to God and said to him that it’s not from me but from God. God loves him just as He loves me and God wants him to know Him just as I did.  

The next time I blessed him in the same way and he was touched by the Holy Spirit again and couldn’t speak for a few minutes. He later told me. “I think I saw an image. I think I saw Jesus.” 
I was like “Wow!” (but you were an atheist)! 
Over time I noticed the change, every conversation we had, little obstacles like doubts, lies, misconceptions, slowly got tossed away and he has a new desire to know more about Christianity. He is no longer an atheist – he believes in God but still not sure who Jesus is.  

Another amazing thing is that he often walked into my consultation stiff and in pain but after the blessing, he was able to move much more freely, touching the ground with his fingers and often without pain. He told me, “This feels so good and I wish it could stay longer.”
I encouraged him, “It could, just draw close of God and pray to Him and ask to experience Him.”  
Initially I wanted God to heal him straight away and see radical conversion but now I know that God knows everyone’s heart and where they are at. God allows me to see him every month to share love and truth and deal with his questions and misconceptions and draw him near to Him.  
All glory and praise to God our Father and Christ our Saviour and Holy Spirit our Counsellor and Helper.  

A few of us regularly bless our workplace and work colleagues and the results are quick and beyond my imagination – more harmony, more unity, people asking faith questions in the lunch room ... Blessings (March 2021)