Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8








up.’ A church member rightly heckled, ‘God is much more concerned that you won’t’!
John Arul, organising, sent a string of emails stating that the numbers were climbing beyond our ability to feed. Did I have any more money? I didn’t… but Jesus had fed 4,000 before. Where was our faith?
In the event, the administration and the feeding of the 4,000 was exemplary. John had brought 28 of his own staff including an intercessory team, 4 vehicles, and all the equipment from Madurai, ten hours drive to the south.
Two Fergussons...
My brother Rob Fergusson flew in from Australia to preach at the School. Rob is senior associate pastor to Brian Houston at Hillsong, Sydney, having been principal of their Bible College for many years. This was our first time to minister together since he was instrumental in my own salvation in 1979. It was great to have him with us, and of course his messages both delighted and dovetailed perfectly with my own. God was truly at work!
The healings begin
God has always led me to begin these Schools of Healing with a demonstration. While this may appear contrived, it achieves two things – it challenges my own faith (a good place to start) and proves God’s faithfulness! The first is
always scary; the latter always a cause for rejoicing! This was to be no different. We began with a call for all those suffering back pain. About 100 stood and those near them stretched forth healing hands. After five minutes almost one third claimed to be healed, including one older man who testified from the platform that he had suffered for five years. He would play a key role later on!
Next was a word of knowledge for a lady with a cataract. We called her to the stage, and discovered her left eye needed healing. I prayed, and she was sufficiently improved to be able to read, which she couldn’t before. Two of our team came to pray – a further improvement. Then I felt the Holy Spirit say, ‘You’ve tried, now let me do it!’ So I laid my hand on her forehead, and said, ‘Come, Holy Spirit!’ She fell and after 5 minutes stood up totally healed! ‘I had an operation in my left eye,’ she remarked, ‘but for my right eye I’ve been trusting God.’ Her faith had made her well.
At the end of the first day the delegates prayed for each other in threes, and many were healed. Faith was rising!
As this School was so large, and as we were short of time, we couldn’t send out our delegates into the streets during the morning sessions, as usual. Chennai, with 10 million, is huge. So on the second day they used the evening to heal the sick at home, or wherever they could find them.



4000 at School of Healing in Chennai, India