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| Beautiful Lake Cebu |
The venue was an Eco resort in Lake Cebu, this has to be one of the most beautiful regions in all of Philippines, glimmering lakes, verdant hills & valley's and breathtaking beauty.
PASTORS SON HEALED
But, at 4am I received the second text of the early hours from a pastor friend who lived en-route to our venue. He explained that his son was seriously sick in the hospital, vomiting, fever, couldn’t eat and couldn’t stand. Obviously he was anxious and asked our prayers.
Medical conditions are particularly scary here for a number of reasons, the first being the hospital will probably be full already; you may have to lie out on a bench in reception or the corridor in squalor and wait perhaps days for what scant treatment may be available.
Next, medical care is far more expensive here than most can afford so even if you are correctly diagnosed you may not be able to afford the treatment. If treated as a matter of emergency you may not be allowed to leave the hospital until you have paid your bill in full. So, despite that other patients urgently require your bed and regardless of the fact you are now well enough to leave, the hospital staff may prevent until your medical bill is settled in full. Technically you become a prisoner in the hospital whislt the bill that you already cannot pay goes up daily as a result of you having a bed there that you no longer need?
However, we left at rental at 6am and agreed to meet our friend at the hospital and pray for his son on our way through that town.
The boy certainly looked sick when we saw him; he was sat on the edge of the bed, connected to a couple of tubes & drips and looked quite oppressed.
Acts 10v38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
According to that verse he qualified for prayer, which Jo, I and the rest of the team promptly offered, rebuking fever and infirmity in Jesus Name.
In minutes he began to look improved, but we did not lose the opportunity of spreading the gospel tand prayer to the two other patients lying in that room. Often, Jesus will heal them all. We were only a short distance back on our journey when we received a text from the father to say that already the son was greatly improved, had joyfully eaten breakfast and could stand and walk as normal - Thank you Lord.
JESUS IS WHO HE SAID HE IS
On arriving at the beautiful Eco resort, we were immediately invited to board a ferry for breakfast on the lake before the meeting began. On return to the venue, the meeting was about to begin. Usually, I like to share the ministry with the team. We find it far more effective when 3-4 people who are all in touch with the Holy Spirit share than only one person droning on for 90 minutes. Especially since the listeners are not completely au fait with my English accent. I actually didn’t think I had an accent but our friend's frequently assured me that I have!
Not unusually, and without comparing notes or any pre-discussion we all shared in essence the same thing “The heart of man and why the cross”. Since my session was last and the longest I added to that “Jesus Christ is who He said He is and I have seen Him with my eyes and heard Him when He spoke". That seemed to get 100% attention from everyone in the room. I added to that just a few of the marvelous miracles we have seen Jesus perform when we pray for the sick, the blind see, the deaf hear, the dumb speak and the lame walk. I declared that our God is an awesome God and the difference between living for Christ in a personal relationship compared to simply following the rules of a dead religion was actually incomparable. Where and how could I begin! Eyes stared wide and these young leaders of tomorrow considered their exiting theology with this powerful and abundant life of Christ that i was describing,
MANY SAVED & SCREAMING DEMONS
Ninety percent of those mixed religions flocked to the front, knelt without being asked and began to weep and cry out to God for salvation and repentance. As we moved among them praying for individuals as we were led demons screamed out of several. That always helps to really focus everyone’s attention on getting right with God. There is screaming from distress or disturbed emotions that will not be confused with inhuman scream of tormented demons vacating their host. Anyway, this was inhuman screaming.
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| Houses on the Lake |
At close of meeting many were saying they were going home to explain to their families what happened here today and how Jesus Christ was now the Lord of their lives. They were going to tell boyfriends & girlfriends that they would not be having sex with them again. One tall Muslim girl with full head covering pressed her head against the wall and wept uncontrollably saying again and again “I don’t know what it is I’m experiencing”. Interestingly, we prayed that every person from a false religion would be confused about anything other than the truth of Jesus God’s son. We are arranging another meeting with this group two weeks from now with the hope that a church plant can begin in the college.
TRANSGENDER SAVED AND RENEWED
Later, as we sat in a large lakeside open air restaurant taking lunch with this group, Vennie, one of our core team, received a text from a former “transgender lesbian”, we had led this girl to the Lord in an outreach two months earlier in the south. This girl had had the most amazing experience; her friends dragged her to one of our meetings. She heard the gospel of Jesus Christ, repented, got saved. We walked among the rows praying for people, when I got to her I had only gently l touched her forehead and said “receive the Holy Spirit” she crashed to the concrete floor speaking in tongues, she stayed there for over an hour totally engaged with the kingdom of God. When she got up she came and asked if she could leave the meeting early as she wanted to go and buy a dress, she no longer wanted to look like a man. Now, she was texting Vennie to say “A big thank you to the team, my life is so changed, I love who God has made me and my new life as a Christian, Thank you so much”. Nothing is impossible with God!
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