12/28/2023 0 Comments Big daddy weave my story baritoneJay laid hands on the man’s head and prayed for him. Weaver said the man began weeping and fell to his knees. When I tried to get out of bed this morning and everything hurt, I started to get angry until I realized Jesus is the only one who can get me through this day. He wheels around in his chair to face the guy,” Mike Weaver recalled. When he saw Jay, he began yelling with curses asking why he wasn't upset with God about his health issues at the time. And I watched it wreck the guy on the front,” Mike Weaver continued, speaking of the pastor on the front row that he met before the show during a Q&A.Īfter the show, the man who was emotional the entire concert was waiting for the band in their dressing room. He's just worshiping God with these messed-up hands he's just lost in it. And Jay is over there, I mean, missing fingers, missing feet, in so much pain, but you’d never know it. "We go into our set that night and we're worshiping the Lord. The musician would ask Jesus to move in the life of the person who sat in each seat. He would call for one of his kids to go in and touch every seat “to make sure every seat had been prayed for.” According to his brother, if Jay couldn't get to it in his chair. Jay Weaver had a routine where at every venue before a show, he would lay hands and pray over every seat individually. He just knew where his help came from, and he knew who Jesus is.” Before and after Jay was in a wheelchair, we saw him pray for people and the power of God just move. "I'm telling you, for about seven years straight, we saw God pour out and just do the miraculous right in front of our eyes. “He was still every day trusting in healer: Jesus,” Mike Weaver continued. During this time, Jay's feet had already been amputated, he couldn't see out of one eye, he was on dialysis, and he had lost some of his fingers. Last year, during a show in South Carolina, Jay’s testimony greatly impacted a former pastor who had walked away from the faith. Mike Weaver then shared a story about his brother that impacted him greatly. "He really has carried my whole family,” the singer said. “But in the midst of it, I gotta tell you, when I think about the fact that he's not hurting anymore, I feel like I can take that pain for a little while. When it dawns on me that it is, it hurts so bad,” the grieving brother revealed. It doesn't seem real that he's not here right now. He and my wife, Candace, they're my best friends. “God was just shining through him so bright. And it wasn't by some Olympic medalist or something it was through him just getting through every day and in the midst of a great amount of pain.”Īlthough not evident in his voice as he worshiped Jesus in song throughout the night, Mike Weaver was noticeably shaken. “The story of Jay's life continues to just blow us away, how Jesus had used him in the lives of people. “Over the last years now, I'm telling you, the Lord has just seen us through so many things. "I'll tell you, man, there is such a power when the church comes together, and we're not against each other but we're for the Kingdom,” Mike Weaver told the crowd listening to him speak from the stage. He remained in the band for five years following the amputations, and the prayers of their many supporters carried him for years. Jay Weaver had diabetes for 20 years, and the illness severely weakened his body’s immune system and ability to stave off infection, which resulted in the amputation of both of his feet. He had this really long health battle, and we just saw Jesus carry him through so much.” This is the first show that we have played this year, but the first show, specifically, since my brother, Jay, who played bass with us for 23 years, went to Heaven to be with Jesus. “I just need to kind of rip the Band-Aid off. “I've been really scared about this show, actually,” he said. He even continued to go on the road with the band after he stopped performing.īig Daddy Weave performed at Rock the Universe on Saturday, and midway through their set, Mike Weaver opened up about how scared he was to hit the stage following his brother's death. The late artist played bass guitar and sang with the Christian group. Jason Weaver, better known as "Jay," died last month from health complications exacerbated by COVID-19. ORLANDO, Florida - Big Daddy Weave held their first concert performance since the death of founding member Jason Weaver and frontman Mike Weaver revealed that it “hurts so bad” being on stage following the death of his “best friend.” Jason Weaver joins his band Big Daddy Weave on stage at Christian Music Broadcasters Momentum Conference as they received the “Rich Mullins Impact Award, Sept.
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