Took the opportunity to chat with him about the whole healing thing last night. Was really glad I did as he related his journey how he had prayed for hundreds of people and seen nothing, but then one day in church a lady said she'd had a terrible week do he asked if he could pray with her. He only remembered after he was leaving church so ran back in and prayed for her and she became like paralysed and said "the Holy Spirit is all over me!" She seemed very happy so he asked if it was OK if he could go (!) and as he was leaving the second time the ladies friend asked him to pray for her and a similar thing happened to her and then later that day someone phoned him and the same thing happened when he prayed for her over the phone. But then nothing again for three months!
But what did help was not going after the healing but going after God - so he got teaching by those who knew God (eg Heidi Baker) to get deeper himself.
Something else he said which was helpful was a lot of healings didn't occur straight-away but when they woke up the following morning. So it's a case of praying and trusting God to do the business.
I feel encouraged Father and I'll pray more - but more than that - I want to know you deeper.
Also it's such a place of contrasts:
- We prayed and saw one person definitely healed and three other not. What do we do with that?
- Amongst the pastors there was one man who brought his baby to Roy in celebration of the fact that they conceived after he prayed for them last time. But then there was another pastor who after 7 years still remains childless.
- Three people in Enosh's church have been healed of HIV when they came to Christ but yet four other haven't.
I guess we rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep - beyond that I don't know. It is a question of trusting that God is good and sovereign.
* Don't you think it's funny that someone who's been used by God to heal so many amazing things - is then laid low with Delhi belly?
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