TONY // JESUS’ HEALING FROM HEAD TO TOE

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” - John 2:5

Back in September of 2021, one of my friends, Tony, who’s ministry is teaching on and leading worship, contracted Covid and was hit really badly. It was so bad, he was in the ER more than 5 times and was basically bedridden for 8 weeks. His cough was felt so deep and was so painful, he wasn’t able to speak more than two sentences. During the last appointment he had (In December of that year) the doctors had told him that his lungs were not getting better and that in the new year, they’d have to do heart tests.

One day, on one of my prayer walks, I had this strong sense that I was suppose to go and put my hand on his chest and pray, so I reached out to him asked if I could visit him on December 22nd and pray for healing. That morning I woke up early to get in a prayer walk, and while on the mountain in the pouring rain, I said to the Lord, “Father, I am going to go pray for Tony today for healing, and I want to ask you, will you heal him?” What I heard next I did not expect.

I heard so faintly in the corner of my mind a tender voice, calm and a matter-of-fact, say,

“yes I will.”

I stopped walking and with some doubt said,” God I think I heard you say ‘Yes you will.’ Forgive me for any doubt, but I’m going to ask you again: Will you heal Tony today?”

He said, “I will.”

Then I said to Him, “Um…. Father, these are lungs. Lungs don’t heal, they are a big deal” as if He needed a reminder. So then I asked, “God will you heal him in front of me?”
He replied, “Yes.”

I thought there’s no way! So I paused with excitement and a lot of uncertainty and said, “Okay Father, if this is you, how are you going to heal him?”

Then I heard “from head to toe” and I could see in my mind’s eye oil on the top of His head and at the end of his toe, and I sense He was saying “put your hands on his chest and have him take 12 deep breathes.” When I got that specific direction, I was undone with faith. I knew He would do it and I asked Him, “If you heal Tony of unrepairable lungs, can he share his testimony on Christmas Eve?”

I sensed the Lord smile.

Around 2pm, I show up at Tony’s. He opens the door with a big smile and brutal painful cough. His whole family is present and we begin to talk about God and what Tony’s been learning. He said that previously, the Lord had told him that around the 3 month mark, He was going to do something significant. While talking, we both realized it was 3 months to the day that Tony got the positive covid test.

At that point I knew God was doing this, so I told him what I heard and I said to him, “Tony, God is going to heal you today.” After sharing what I was learning about healing, I said, “Let me go to the bathroom and when I come back we’ll anoint your head and toe and take 12 deep breathes and then God will heal you.”

In my mind, I was thinking, “James what are you saying?” I was literally pleading with God, “You have to show up. This is so RISKY.”

Then, while on my way to wash my hands, I hear in my head the children’s song, ‘Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes.’ I thought, “Oh no. God, do you want me to to tell Tony to sing this song?” (I saw Tony in my mind doing the actions too.) I sensed Him smile. I said to him, “God, this is already so risky and you want to add a kids song?!” But here’s what I cared more about in that moment:

God knew He had my yes, no matter how foolish it sounded. Just like the servants in John 2, I just need to do whatever Jesus tells me. So I came out and told Tony what I’d heard, and he agreed to sing it.

I then had Tony get on the floor, and had his oldest daughter hold onto his foot (I had previously had a picture of her doing so). I put oil on his head and toe and put my hand on his chest while he was lying flat on the floor in the living room and said, “Okay Tony. Take 12 deep breathes.” While he was breathing, I got as quiet with Jesus as I could, and just kept saying ‘my trust is in You coming now and doing what You said.’ I lost count of his breaths and when I sensed it was done, I looked at him and said, “You did 12” He affirmed he had, and I replied, “Okay, now stand up and sing the song.” He got up and sang “head and shoulders knees and toes.” He paused, and with a look in his eyes I’ve never seen someone have before— a mix of unbelief, shock and wonder— he said to his wife,

“There’s no burning.”

In shock, he slowly moved to the couch and started doing things he couldn’t do before: He held his breathe and looked at me and said, “I haven’t been able to do that.” He said, “James did He do it?!” I replied, smiling and screaming with glorious worship on the inside,

“Yes!! He said He would!”

He said, “I need to go and get an X-ray today.” When I left the house, I called Nikki and said, Jesus did it. I couldn’t talk I was so in awe. And then these texts started rolling in