Testimony
of pastor stricken by heart attack
The
2009 version of the Advanced
Training included the following:
The
Basic Training: Participants were taught
how to heal the sick as Jesus commanded his disciples
when he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom
of God to the lost (Luke 10:9). This Basic Training
is standard equipment
for every disciple of Jesus Christ since every
believer is called to be a witness to the lost.
Included was some special
Training on effective approaches to preaching
the Kingdom of God to
gospel-resistant peoples like Musl__ms, Hindus,
and Buddhists.
Training
to train others: Participants were
taught how
to teach the Basic Training to others.
They were taught how to equip their people
to heal the sick and cast out demons as Jesus
taught His disciples.
Report on the Training
In
addition to members of Grace Point Community Church, servants
of God came from Seattle, Dallas, and Canada for the Training.
Two
staff
members
from Pastor
Kirbyjon
Caldwell's
Windsor
Village United Methodist
Church
were
also present.
During the Training, the Lord performed some remarkable miraculous
healings as the disciples laid hands on three people with infirmities.
One sister's painful bunion shrank as the bone in her foot starting
moving back to its normal position and the pain disappeared.
Another sister had persistent pain in her neck and shoulders from
whiplash
due to a car accident in spite of repeated attempts through the
laying on of hands in the past. She was completely delivered
from the pain as sisters laid hands on her. A servant of God named
JW was practically deaf in one ear with only 25% hearing remaining---27
years earlier his eardrum had been perforated as he walked too
closely
past a sound speaker. As two brothers ministered to him, JW was
delighted to discover that his hearing had been totally restored.
Teams preach the gospel at Houston Rodeo
After
the final Training session on Saturday morning, several of the
participants went to heal the infirm and preach the gospel to
the crowds at the big Houston Rodeo held annually. Testimonies
from this outreach will be added shortly.
Evangelistic Healing Service
The final meeting at the Sunday service of Grace
Point Community Church in Houston witnessed the climax and application
of the
Advanced Training at our Training Center. At this meeting the gospel
was proclaimed. Two thousand years ago, a man named Jesus Christ
made an astonishing claim: he said that was the only way to God
and
that
he was God
in human flesh. He called men to repent of their sins and to follow
him. He would give them the Holy Spirit by whose power they would
be able to put to death the misdeeds of the flesh and live in obedience
and holiness. Jesus would not only forgive sins, he would transform
sinners into his likeness with ever-increasing glory. How could
we be sure that such claims were in fact true, and not simply the
words of a madman?
The proof would be his miracles: "Believe me when I say that
I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe
on the evidence of the miracles themselves." (John 14:11)
How does Jesus Christ perform such miracles today?
Jesus promised in John 14:12 that "anyone who has faith in me will do what
I have been doing." He would perform the miracles through
those who believe on him. Jesus would heal the sick through his
disciples.
After sharing this message, we asked the trained disciples to
come forward to heal the infirm to validate the claims of Jesus
Christ.
Then we asked the infirm to come forward to be healed. After prayer,
the disciples laid hands on the infirm and exercised the authority
Christ had given them over infirmities and demons. As far as we
could see, every one of those who had come forward for healing
then ascended the stage to testify that the Lord had healed them.
Pastor who suffered heart attack testifies
Perhaps
the most conspicuous testimony was from Pastor Ron Haskell. He
had recently suffered a devastating heart attack.
When he came to the meeting, he was so weak that he could
hardly talk. At the front, a disciple named Joel laid hands on
him. Some minutes later, Ron came up to the stage and through tears
of gratitude testified in a normal voice that the Lord had
restored his strength. He showed it by running in place in front
of the people. Jesus Christ had gloriously healed him.
This and the other testimonies proved that Jesus Christ was precisely
who He claimed to be two thousand years ago. When we challenged
the people to become slaves to God instead of slaves to sin (Romans
6:20-22), every person present raised their hand.
Testimonies
in the aftermath of the Training
From
JW in Dallas:
"May
I testify that I have my healing in my left ear after partial
deafness for over 27 years. The disciples in Houston commanded
my healing...praise be the name of Jesus!
Then
before I left Houston I ministered to a young man with a methamphetamine
addiction at Chapel of Excellence
(a halfway house for addicts) just after their evening AA meeting.
I was led to approach him and asked him if I could minister to
him. I saw the
Lord
deliver
this
young
man when I commanded the addiction to leave his body...his eyes
became clear and he began to smile. I do not think he had smiled
in a long time, tears began to flow and he fell on my shoulder
with a embrace! You could sense the power of God all over him
and visibly see the change in less than 30 seconds, praise be
to the
name of Jesus!"
From Pastor Darren Hall in Houston:
"Thank you so much. We truly enjoy and value your teaching and
will have even more people to bring to your next training session.
We had two more confirmed healings this weekend using what you
taught and people are responding."