INDIA - Cancers Leave, the Deaf hear & the Blind See
We had a short and amazing 9-day trip to India.
A large city called Shillong way up in the far northeast corner of India where
it borders with Nepal. No westerners go there and on the whole its largely
Christian in belief though it appeared few actually knew the Lord.
The time was jam packed with meetings and we
were blest to see so many consecrations, healings, deliverance from demons and
baptisms in the Holy Spirit. It’s interesting that every nation seems to have a
different response to being filled with the Holy Ghost. Typically Philippines are
quite a quiet affair, not so China, and not so India – Wow! When the Holy
Spirit comes upon them everyone in the room / hall will know what has happened.
Their rejoicing is hardly veiled and fear of public opinion does not seem to be
an issue. Interestingly, all things continue decently and in order without any strange or unbiblical manifestations.
One meeting in particular was high up a mountain in the shell of a
large old building, no doors or windows and uneven dirt for the floor. It was
packed wall to wall with around 400 people. We had two meetings that day and as
the second service continued the day wore on and it began to grow dark, small
challenge in that there were no lights in the building.
However, after the preaching was over and many
dedicated their life to Christ and it was time to pray for the sick. Again, God
is faithful and everyone that requested prayer testified to healing. India
seems quite a direct culture in that they will tell you plainly what affect if
any the first prayer for them had. So, by Gods grace we have learnt to pray
sometimes 5-6 times before the sick person will declare that full healing has now taken place. Though not all hearings are instantaneous, some recover at miraculous speed with the healing occurring by the
following morning.
For sake of organization and to prevent mobbing
our usual method is to divide the crowd that would like prayer. At end of the
meeting we invite those who wish to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit to
go to the right of the building with Jo and her team and those requesting
healing & deliverance to the left with the helpers that are with me. People are often
healed whilst receiving the Holy Ghost and those being healed often receive the
Holy Ghost whilst being healed – Hallelujah! So if someone requires both the
Holy Spirit and healing they can transfer groups after prayer or it doesn’t
really matter which group they join since God alone is the need meeter and will
meet their need regardless of where they are.
Anyway, there was a lot going on as many had
joined both groups and soon the sound of many roaring in tongues and screaming
of departing demons could be heard and we had to ask the people requesting prayer too to speak louder above the noise.
That night there were many hearings but 3 quite significant, Praise God. One
man had throat cancer and was totally deaf in one ear. After praying for him
twice he testified that he could clearly hear, we tested him on this and found
it so, Praise God, he also said that he felt a pressure go out of his throat
and that his throat was much more comfortable.
Next, we prayed for a young woman totally blind since infancy as a result of a fever. We prayed for
several times and nothing happened. But, obviously, the power of the Lord was
there to heal her. I asked the Lord what I should do and felt the whisper “ask
her if she has unforgiveness in her heart”. So, I asked and my word, a dam of
emotions exploded and deep sobs wracked her body as she said that she was angry
and resented her mother who was sat beside her, the one who had brought her
because the mother would not allow her any freedom to take her anywhere or do
anything.
When asked if she was willing to repent she
said she was and began to ask both the Lords and the mother’s forgiveness.
While she did that I asked what the mother wanted prayer for? She told us that
all her bones where sore and stiff. Scripture say that a bitter spirit dries
the bones, so I asked her if she also had unforgiveness in her heart? She
acknowledged that she did towards the daughter because the she was always
asking the mother to take her places but the mothers life was consumed with
just trying to make ends meet and feed her family that she had no time to take
her daughter out. She also was willing to repent and did so and received
instant healing from pain.
While the team continued to pray with the
daughter I began to pray with a woman who had lost her memory, she was confused
and beginning to despair, The Lord healed her completely within the hour she
later told me.
Then another man who had been in construction, years before, had got a chemical spilled in his eyes while at work burning the pupils and blinding him
totally. We prayed and every time we asked could he see yet? He testified that
the room was becoming brighter each time, quite amazing as the hall was now
very dark. Then he said he could see shapes of people. We continued to pray until he said,
“I can see, I can see” and could clearly state how many fingers I was holding
up one meter from his face in that now very dark hall.
Meanwhile, the blind girl we had left repenting
and some of the team praying with her began screaming, “I can see, I can see”. The miracle for both mother and daughter
occurred after repentance and forgiveness.
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