Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8
During the Sunday morning service following the School, an older lady named Ruth confessed. ‘I did NOT want to come to this school. As it was a holiday weekend, I was waiting for some excuse to come up so I wouldn’t have to attend, but nothing did, so I came!’ Then she added, with tears in her eyes, ‘I am so glad that I did!’
For many others the weekend was a revelation. Organiser Tony Andrews said, ‘John, you have taken us to a mountaintop. Before we could only see the fields around us. Now we can see the world. You have shown us things we didn’t know existed.’
Three days beforehand, Tony had just three people signed up. The 21 who finally came may seem few, but it represented almost half the local congregation, and all found the weekend life-changing.
The greatest miracle of the weekend was that almost everyone received healing in one form or another. Many aches and pains disappeared, while others felt the power of God more strongly than ever before.
Despite being challenged out of their comfort zones, they absorbed the teaching like blotting paper, and I know that the church will never be the same!
Anne - healed of severe
headache.
Ruth - healed of lower back pain she’d had for years. When the pain moved, I suspected a spirit. We rebuked it, and all pain left. God showed me a spirit of pain is deceptive - there’s no real physical cause.
Russell - healed of an addiction. Russell was very bold to come and pray for others, even though he had returned to the Lord only recently.
Cathy - healed of recurring headaches. Had been prayed for before without apparent success. We found she blamed herself for losing an opportunity to be healed many years earlier. After forgiving herself, she was healed.
Barbara (right) - was healed instantly of a sprained ankle and was walking normally.
Doris - suffered from curvature of the spine & frozen shoulders. After ministry, she could lift her arms above her head. Next day she said she’d stood up straight in church for the first time in years!