TESTIMONY TINGLES

CELESTE shares:  One of the older girls from the orphanage in Sorsogon was released and reunited with her aunty who wanted to take her in. She was like the older sister to everyone at the orphanage but as it is not their forever home,  it was time for her to go to a family member. She was heartbroken to leave behind her 2 siblings but I prayed with her and said 'we must trust God. He has the big picture'. She found me through messenger and told me she was back in her village, she had found a good Christian church and wanted me to know she was proudly a Christian. I felt so encouraged. She continued, saying she really wanted to see me again. I felt certain if that was what God wanted he would make it happen. When I revisited the orphanage, I arranged an African party with the children, and bought them all gifts. Through the social worker I was able to find where she lived and surprised her by my visit. It was such a tender reunion and I was able to reassure her, God does answer prayer. I invited her to come to the African party with her aunty where she shared a special day with her 2 siblings. She had gone from a place of darkness, wearing a black hoodie all the time, transformed into lightness and colour. Prayer is everything". 

CELESTE shares: "Whilst in New Zealand before heading to Zambia, I was gifted some beautiful educational resources. Boxes and boxes of precious material I was excited for the orphanage kids to see and use. It’s not easy sending anything to Africa due to prohibitive costs, corruption and Zambia being landlocked. Even receiving Amazon parcels is rare. Getting any products sent there is very difficult. I had a room full of resources but had no idea how the Lord was going find a way to get it all there, safely. I spoke it out 'God, I don't know how this is going to happen, but it will have to be your way'. A few months later once in Zambia, I could see there was a real lack of good quality educational resources even to purchase. Again, I wondered how I could get the room full of boxes sitting in New Zealand to the children in Zambia. 

"A Pastor in New Zealand who is connected to the children's home in Zambia, messaged me saying he knew of a person who was donating a tractor due to arrive in a container, being shipped over from Christchurch to Zambia. I sent their contact details to my parents in Tauranga and asked them to contact them and find out where they lived, their time frame and if they would allow our resources to be included in the container. The couple lived in the South Island which added another layer, how could we get the room full of boxes to them. My Dad had a one-off job in the South Island and happened to be going to that very same area, and a couple of weeks before the container was due to be dispatched. If we could get the boxes of resources to them in time, they could be packed around the tractor and shipped off to Zambia.   

"So many joined in pray for the success of this bold undertaking. We prayed for protection for the goods and for the resources to arrive in time for Christmas. I had asked my parents and friends to include fun gifts for all the kids, many whom had never received a Christmas present before. When I left the orphanage in November, the container had still not arrived. It was not known when it was due in the nearest port of Tanzania, when it would clear the authorities, how it would be trucked or when it was to arrive in Livingstone. In Africa this is not uncommon. Knowing I would not be with the kids at Christmas time, I prayed the resources and gifts would be there on time for them to enjoy something special. The Lord made it happen! Isaiah 60:22 "At the right time, I the Lord, will make it happen". 

The container arrived in the port of Tanzania untampered with and was trucked to the Copper Belts (top of Zambia) and the family that received it, unpacked all the boxes around the tractor. On the 20th of December the delivery of priceless boxes left the top of Zambia and arrived in Livingstone on Christmas Eve. God loved those kids so much, He was faithful and ensured every child received a beautiful gift on Christmas Day all the way from New Zealand”. 

Allen shares: "I had a living encounter with the Holy Spirit whilst at the gym. My gym instructor attempted to go over my new program, but there were certain exercises she couldn't show me as she had injured her shoulder. After the session I walked back to my vehicle and asked the Holy Spirit to encounter her in a real way. I went back inside the gym and asked my gym instructor if I could try something. She was sceptical, saying 'it depends on what it is'. When I replied that I would like to pray for her she gladly accepted. So, I thanked Jesus that He cared for her very much and it was His desire she would be healed. I commanded all pain and inflammation to leave her shoulder immediately and released healing.  I asked her after, to test her shoulder out and she could feel NO pain! She said she felt warm and fuzzy and I told her that was the holy Spirit. Hallelujah . All honour and praise to Jesus". 

Pastor Geoff recounts:

“ I injured my back and was in such pain I couldn't even hold my guitar and could barely walk. I had accepted a ministry role but had to stand down. Months later trusting the Lord would heal me and after attending another prayer meeting, I went home and was crawling up the front steps in absolute agony. I heard God say to me 'who do you serve? Pain or me?' I realised the truth in this as I had been focusing carefully on every movement and spasm. I decided in that moment who I served and in faith went over to where on the farm we were building a swing set for our girls with big poles and holes ready in the ground. My wife knowing what I was going to do, watched on in fear thinking she was going to be married to a cripple for life. As I lifted those poles I was healed! God supernaturally healed me. It took a different perspective to enable me to step out in faith and claim my miracle. Faith works when you work faith. So often we need to step through the unbelief, and even the pain in order to step into that new place of seeing our miracle come to life". 

Mayu shares:

It had been over five years now, so the nerve damage in my hands was already part of me and I had stopped thinking of it  as a problem. But there was a definite abnormality in the nerves in my hands, due to the violence of my ex-partner. I consciously ignored it because I didn't want to be reminded of it. I was constantly numb and unable to hold or feel fine objects. (It is a miracle that I am still able to work as a dental assistant.) After receiving healing prayer, feeling returned to my hand. The prayer set me free from the trauma too, and I am sure there is no trauma that cannot be healed by God's great love. It all brings tears, and God wipes them away. It's the best feeling. This morning, I am crying with joy, enjoyment and emotion as I touch different things and feel my fingertips again. I really can't believe it. I can feel it. Especially the ends of my fingers. I am so happy that I can even feel the pain!!! I just thank the Lord. I thank the Lord… Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for all those who now have nerve and sensory problems due to violence, or injuries. All have been healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ. The trauma that caused the injuries and problems has been completely healed by God's love. And we live a new life. Amen. 

Pastor Geoff 

Recently had one of his congregation bring a Colombian man along to church. The man couldn’t speak English very well, but after a little bit of work through an interpreter, it was found that this man had developed a severe nerve condition six months ago. His condition was so bad that he lost his job because he was unable to function properly, and the doctors couldn’t do anything to stop the pain. It was debilitating to the point that he couldn’t even dress himself without the help of his wife or bathe himself and even more tragically couldn’t hold his children. He was a Christian but wasn’t from a denomination that had great faith for healing so we spent some time explaining to him the promises of God’s word for healing and then asked him if we could pray for him. He said he had been prayed for before, and a little bit reluctantly said, “I could pray for him if I liked.” I told the man that I might have to pray for him a couple of times and when I prayed for him the first time it seemed like nothing happened, but as I prayed for him again the second time he was completely healed. Within a week he was back playing soccer, and able to go back to work and function completely normally without any remembrance of the terrible torment he had been under for all those months.

Miracles still happen.

Ulli recalls: 

Cyclone Cook being redirected out to sea

This is a testimony of the power of God’s word and how to put faith to work to receive it. Faith is a gift from God, it is imparted to the heart by the Lord. We live by God’s kind of faith through our relationship with Him, meditating in His word and listening to His voice.

Romans 10:17: Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

One day in during the season in 2015/16 when working in our kiwifruit orchard I heard the Lord say to me that this orchard will sustain us. Later on in the season just before harvest time in March 2016 there was a major tropical storm forecast for our region (the Bay of Plenty) and Met Service and the government issued warnings and gave instructions on how to prepare for cyclone ‘Cook’.

When working in the orchard again I reminded the Lord for His promise that the orchard will sustain us and asked Him how cyclone ‘Cook’ fitted into that picture. The Lord told me not to worry and assured me that the cyclone would not come. After further conversation with Him (more assurance and certainty that this word was from God) I decided to trust Him and His word and held onto the picture of our orchard producing a great harvest.

I told my husband what the Lord had spoken to me and he agreed with me and His word. When my husband’s family (all of them are unbelievers) expressed their concerns for us and our harvest we told them that we had received a word from the Lord saying that the cyclone would not come. They went very quiet after that and didn’t say much more.

We thanked the Lord for His word and promise, believed it and did not prepare for the cyclone as per government instructions although the cyclone was still heading straight for the Western Bay of Plenty (our region). It looked as though there was no escape from this storm and everyone was battening down the hatches – except us.

And then, shortly before the cyclone was due to make landfall in the Western Bay of Plenty it miraculously turned around at a 90 degree angle and made landfall in Whakatane and Hawkes Bay instead. We didn’t experience any wind whatsoever.

Ulli shares: 

A couple of years ago we had contracted a Muslim gang to prune our kiwifruit orchard. Most of the kiwifruit workers are from overseas, mainly India or the Pacific Islands, but this year we ended up with contractors from Bangladesh and Pakistan. They were devout Muslims and as we got to know them a little they talked about their religion and this gave us the opportunity to share our Christian faith with them.

Then a few days later when the boss of the gang, a teacher of Islam, turned up I noticed that he could hardly walk or move. I offered him some freshly harvested beans and asked him how he was. He said with tears in his eyes that he was in a lot of pain from his back right down to his legs.

I felt compassion flood my heart and the Holy Spirit giving me a nudge saying: “Go get him. Lay your hands on him.” I thought to myself: “No way. He is a Muslim man and I’m a white woman. It’s totally inappropriate for me to lay my hands on him.” And then I heard myself say to this man: “You know I’m a Christian and our faith commands us to lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Would you like me to lay my hands on you?” I expected a strong rebuke but the man said: “Yes, please!” I said to the Lord in my mind: “Ok, You’re on!” So I laid my hands on him and thanked Jesus for being our healer and commanded pain to leave. Then I asked him to move and see how his back was. First he moved very carefully and eventually moved his entire upper body freely without pain. His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he exclaimed: “That’s magic!” I said: “No it’s not. His name is Jesus and He is the one who healed you.” Then he said that his leg was still sore so I laid my hands on his legs and the pain left. He was utterly amazed and in awe and I took the opportunity to thank Jesus for the miracle and the finished work on the cross. I could see his brain going into overdrive. It all seemed too much for him and he left in a hurry totally healed.

Grace 

At 3.5 years of age, precious daughter of Lucky, was so interested hearing her parents speak in tongues when praying, she wanted to ask God for this too and asked her Mother to write down the prayer asking God for her hearts desire. John 14:13 (whatever you ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son) dropped into Lucky’s heart and they prayed together. Grace said “now we must thank Jesus”. Lucky helped her form the letters and words of her prayer of gratitude. ‘thank you good Jesus you gave me tongue prayer in Jesus name in advance’. 

Mayu passes her dental exam.

​Because English is her second language,  Mayu struggled with the written words, terms used, understanding the questions asked and depth of understanding required. But "by the grace and mercy of the Lord, I was able to qualify as a dental assistant and IV sedations monitoring courses. Totally impossible for me to do. I really have nothing but gratitude for this miracle. All glory to the Lord. May the Lord bless you all endlessly". The miracles of understanding, focus, calming nerves, interpreting and delivering to achieve this outstanding result.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.

Pastor Geoff shares: No one is too difficult for God!

One property God led me to buy was in an expensive neighbourhood of Hamilton. It was amongst millionaires, and I wondered how I was ever going to get to reach them, but as I was asking God He said, “Geoff, you’ll do it the way you’ve always done it!” I tried to share God's love with my neighbour who told me he “didn't want a bar of Jesus” and told me that he had an uncle who was in the mission field preaching the gospel, but he wanted nothing to do with it. I wept as he walked away thinking I felt he had a call of God on his life, but he just wouldn't listen. My heart cried out again, “Why am I here God? You’ve got to show me how to reach these people!” The property I was on was revealed to me in a vision by God and so I knew I was supposed to be there. I knew I needed a breakthrough and so I began crying out to God and I felt led to do a three-day dry fast, which was something I’d never done before, and I had no idea what power this would release for my destiny.                                                                                                                                                  After 3 days of not eating or drinking anything, and as I was coming to the end of the fast and heading into the fourth day, the most bizarre thing happened. Suddenly, I found we had run out of water in our big tanks, and then that the pump itself had blown up, and then even more bizarrely my water pump on my van failed and it cooked the motor. I mean, “what’s with all these bizarre things goings on with water as I finished my dry fast?” Also, during the fast I had had demonic attacks through the night trying to intimidate me and get me to stop the fast, so while I didn’t understand it all, I still knew that God was with me in it.

As I was pondering these things I walked out onto my driveway and my neighbour who said he would never talk to me, and didn't want anything to do with Jesus, stopped me on the driveway. ‘'I need to talk to you’’ he said. I thought, "Well, this was miraculous for someone who wanted nothing to do with me after my last conversation.” He began to tell me that he was going off to ‘'man's camp’'. I asked him what that was? His reply was, “us men get together and tell each other the truth about our struggles in our life and our sins and generally after we are honest with each other, we feel a whole lot better!”

Wow I said, that’s interesting! I said the problem with this is that there are two arms to Jesus’ cross. One arm that goes across, which talks about us and our relationships with each other, but the second arm talks about our relationship with God. You’ve been getting yourself right with your brother, but you have no relationship with God, and all your good works are like rungs on a ladder, useless unless you have the side arms that reach to heaven!”

I knew he’d been hard against God, but I thought, maybe he will let me pray a blessing over him? I asked him if I could bless him and he said,” no one had ever done that before,” and as I prayed for him, I felt the anointing, the presence of God all over me and I knew it was touching him even if he wasn’t aware of what was happening. I let him go off to his man’s camp, but on Monday morning there he was knocking at my door. proclaiming, “I don't know what you've done to me, but I can't stop thinking about Jesus!” Over the next few weeks, he gave his life to Jesus and was born again, and I had the privilege of Baptising him in the Waikato river. He was filled with the Holy Spirit and ended up taking up a position in a Christian mission heading up the youth Department. “Nothing is too difficult for God!”

Along with that powerful testimony, God opened the door for me in a job that took me across the whole of the Waikato putting in sky TV and seeing multitudes of people saved, healed and delivered, and it all came out of this three-day fast without food and water! Fasting breaks through where nothing else can sometimes!

As I still pondered the meaning of what had happened with all the bizarre water problems as I had finished my three-day fast without food and water, God helped me see that my property was next to the Waikato river, and that there was a very strong principality and power that had been disempowered through my dry fast. That spiritual, cultural and demonic influence that was working through the area had its power in marine spirits, or spirits that had been given power in the water through cultural habits, and my dry fast had inadvertently given me Dominion in this area. Praise God that was the turning point of my ministry in Hamilton, and since then I was able to move out freely and favour seem to follow me, wherever I went. The Bible says that we can’t take the strong man is goods unless we first bind the strong man, and then we can plunder his goods! (Matthew 12:29) I believe this is what I did with this three-day dry fast! The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they are mighty in God to the pulling down of strongholds! Two Corinthians 10:3 –5. There is nothing too difficult for God, but we need to align ourselves with His way of doing things and then we will see enormous fruitfulness and harvest in Jesus’ name, amen!

Karl shares:

“ I was cutting my toenails one day, my little toe meaning I needed to bend forward, turn slightly to the right in a twist. I felt my back go. I knew it was a slipped disc meaning I could barely stand up and walk. I was in agony. The chiropractor appointments brought no relief, and I was in such pain I couldn't bend or sit or walk. A planned camping trip accentuated the pain as the recently purchased blow up mattress kept going flat. I was sleeping on the hard ground adding to my pain and discomfort. Two months later after numerous trips to the chiropractor, Xray's and Doctors appointments, I was in church one Sunday morning when a call was made for anyone suffering from back pain and needing healing to put up their hand. I felt a hand on my shoulder as someone began to pray for me. I put their hand on the lower part of my back where I had the most pain. Instantly I was healed, completely healed. I walked in freedom”. All honour and glory to God who heals 

Christmas Tingles

GAYNA recalls:

"While in America I visited a church where many people were experiencing a touch from God in the form of gold dust on their hands and on pages of their bibles. At the end of the service I went forward for prayer and noticed that my hands were glittering, covered in gold dust. I didn't have any unusual feeling or encounter other than the dust. The next day I was walking to the shops and asked God what the gold dust on my hands the previous night was all about. I then noticed, I again had a glittery hand. But this time, God asked me what I would rather have? His beautiful peace and presence that I always experienced, or an outward sign. I realized that outward signs and wonders are nice, but I would much rather have the peace and presence of God".

JEN shares the following 2 remarkable testimonies:

"When my Mum was on her deathbed, I was sitting in the room alone with her, gently holding her hand when I noticed a difference in her countenance. Her face brightened and she had a radiance and peace about her. I wondered what she might be thinking about. Tears rolled down her cheeks and then she came back to me. I didn't know how much time had passed, but her mouth was wide open with shock. She said in a trembling voice 'you will never guess what I've seen. It was like' and she paused unable to really get the words out. 'It was like, well I think it was heaven. I can't describe it, I can't think of any words to describe what I saw. It was bright, and it was light, it was white and glorious and it just took me up'. Then she just closed her eyes and soon after that she passed away".

Isaiah 26:3 You will be kept in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

"My Auntie was on her deathbed and her daughter was sitting with her. She sat in her chair with her back to the French doors and sky outside. She was looking up to the ceiling and said to her daughter 'can you see that?'. The daughter looked and could see nothing so asked again what her Mother could see. She replied 'up there in the sky, up there is an angel. All in white'. Mystified her daughter said 'I cant see anything and Mum the sky is behind you'. The daughter turned and pointed to the sky to get her Mother to look, and in the sky, just as her Mother said, was an angel all in white. 'Is that what you can see Mum? her daughter asked. 'YES' she replied. With chair turned to see the sky, together they both marveled at the angel in white in the sky. Shortly after, her Mother passed away.

Psalm 91:11 God sends angels to protect and guide you. Oh the favour of God.

From KARL:

"Some years ago I took a prophetic class to learn more about how to minister the voice of God to other people. In these classes we learnt to work with the Holy Spirit to allow His power to flow through us. It was during one of these sessions our tutor challenged us 'do you know your guardian angel'?

When I asked the Holy Spirit to reveal my angel, I suddenly saw a HUGE Samurai warring angel in full fighting armour. He towered meters above me. I felt a great sense of peace and calm settle around me and felt then and still do now, He was there backing me up in the spirit and keeping me safe. I asked Him what he was called and he replied 'Peter', which I thought was odd as he looked Samurai and Peter is an English name, and also because Peter is my brother's name  and he had never been a protector of me.  I further asked him what was His assigned job? His reply "I am assigned to be your protector'. I sat in total awe".

Luke 18:27 What is impossible with man is possible with God.

Psalm 86:10 Indeed you are great, a worker of miracles. You alone are God.

Mayu shares: 

“It was the first time I had bought and eaten a pie since I arrived in New Zealand. It was so delicious.

“I used to bring my family and friends from Japan to this shop, but I had never tried their pies myself. For years, I suffered from liver and duodenal dysfunction, which made it impossible for me to digest foods containing meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, or artificial seasonings. Sometimes, the pain was so excruciating that I would pass out. Doctors told me that there was no cure in Western medicine, and I would have to live with this condition for the rest of my life. For nearly 20 years, I had to rely on digestive aids and painkillers just to eat.

“I couldn’t join meals with my family or friends, go out to eat, or even participate in church potlucks. This became my “normal” for so long that I didn’t even feel the need to be healed anymore. At my worst, the inflammation and unbearable pain in my organs and mouth made it impossible to even drink water. There were times when I couldn’t eat anything for a month and a half. So, just being able to eat something, anything, felt like a blessing.

“Two years ago, I met a special woman, who  told me, “You will be healed.” I couldn’t comprehend what she meant. After being told for so long that there was no cure, no hope, I was trapped in a mindset, almost brainwashed, into believing that my condition would never change.

“But through studying the Bible, coming to know who is God, and having countless prayers from my spiritual family, I began to witness miracles of healing right before my eyes. And these miracles happened to me, too, time and time again. Now, I can eat anything. The woman’s  prophecy was fulfilled!!! Hallelujah!!!

“The joy of sharing a meal with the people I love is incomparable and is truly one of the greatest blessings God has given me.

“Thank you Jesus for your crucifixion”.

「Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.」

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Jeremiah shares:

“I have a mate from Kawerau who I ride dirt bikes with. Last time I saw him he was in a hospital gown and I asked him what was going on? He replied 'Im back in hospital as I had a concussion and when they did a scan they found a lump in my head, and now I'm back for surgery to cut the lump out’. He asked me if I would pray for him. I didn't think or hesitate and said 'bro you are already healed, by His stripes you are already healed'.

The next morning he posts on Facebook a picture with his daughter saying what a worrying time it had been since his diagnosis. Several people he knew were praying for him, as he was told an operation was needed to remove a malignant brain tumour. He also had Christian friends at the gym lay hands on him and pray for him. God then spoke to them, and said the doctors wouldn’t find anything! The medical people had done MRI's and scans and found nothing. They could not find anything.  I'd heard about stuff like this but thought yea yea. But this was right here, my mate who I prayed for. I'm all in. God is so good.

From Kylie: 

“Sometimes we look back in hindsight and can see God's hand at work in our lives, but this was one ocassion when I immediately recognised His message and timing. On my way home from church one Sunday, a word was given to me I knew was from the Lord. Redundancy! I was so excited and a little apprehensive as I considered bills and my afterpay account. I started to panic a little, then I heard God question me. 'Do you trust me?'

The very next day at work I stepped away from my desk to attend to something and found on my return I had missed a call from the HR department of the company where I had worked for a number of years. Hesitantly the caller advised me of job restructure and difficulty with the decision made. I was thinking,  just cut to the chase lady and helped her out by saying, so am I being made redundant? 'Yes' she replied. I'm cool with that I said. She was probably shocked at my response, but the Lord prepared me the day before it was going to happen. I felt a weight lift off my shoulders as I was then free to do other things I was keen to do. An ideal new job unexpectedly opened up for me and although I didn't have a redundancy package, I had stacked up enough pay from public holiday leave payments to cover me. God used this to see me through. God went ahead of me and prepared every detail. His timing left no doubt in my mind”.

Ulli shares: 

"It all happened very fast. After seeking the Lord and counsel from our spiritual leaders we received multiple confirmations from the Lord to go".

My husband suggested to get the ship moving in order for the rudder to be able to be directed. So, I applied for third year Charis Bible College and got accepted on 10th January. We made the decision on 13th January, flew to Gold Coast (Australia) on 21st and I started Bible College on 29th. Within seven days of arrival the Lord miraculously provided me with an Aussie phone number, a bank account, an apartment, a printer, a CRN number for my Aussie driver’s licence and a car. This may sound weird to you, but I needed all these things in exactly that order to be able to obtain all of them. I had no idea, but the Lord knew and put everything into place. Not only that, I had asked the Lord for a furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment with swimming pool by the sea in Broadbeach for around $800/week (which is at the lower end of the scale here) and that’s what He blessed me with. Almost too good to be true. I am in awe of Him and so caught up in His love.

There were many obstacles along the way and on Friday morning (Day 4) it looked as though nothing was going to work out, and we had a long weekend coming up where everything was closed, but by the end of the day pretty much everything was in place.  Again my husband had faith and I went for my early morning beach walks with the Lord and cast my cares upon Him.

God is so so good and I wish and hope that everyone would get a revelation of His goodness and His love for us personally. When I met the other students this week there were many amazing testimonies of that nature. One of the students is a retired woman from Te Puke whose best friend I know quite well. She would be in her 70s, found out about Andrew Wommack last year and felt called to go to Charis. She simply left, booked a flight and arrived with no arrangements in place. And the Lord is taking care of her, too. Hallelujah!

Judi shares:

" I had this ‘thing’ on my leg for about 6 years. It started like a little rough spot on my leg that became red occasionally but didn’t change much. Then it started getting bigger and raised. I prayed of course, and at times asked others to pray as I was working in the Healing Rooms at the time and we often prayed for each other. I kept thinking ‘oh it’s getting smaller’ and continually thanked God for my healing but it didn’t go away. I tried many natural remedies on it – aloe Vera, etc. Then about a year ago it started to fester and grow. I’m a registered nurse from way back, and I knew this was different and could potentially be serious. I had showed it to my GP several times before, but he wasn’t worried about it. But, if I remember correctly I went straight to the Skin Clinic and made an appointment. They took a biopsy ( which actually almost took the whole lesion!) and sent it off to the lab. The Specialist seemed almost delighted to tell me, if was a BCC [basal cell carcinoma the most common type of skin cancer that can be fatal] he would cut it out of my leg. (I had a Christian friend who went through this resulting in a huge hole in her leg and she constantly regretted she’d gone that route) - The result came back as a basal cell carcinoma. So I sent out prayer requests to all the prayer warriors I knew. I also contacted an International Christian minister I had been following for some time (his books, healing ministry, telegram testimonies etc) who focused on healing with amazing results. He emailed back to say he was praying for me.  My small church group prayed too of course. I had to dress it after the biopsy and it kept looking better and better. Then praise God, it healed!! Yay! Completely! I rang the clinic to say I wouldn’t be coming in for the surgery which was already booked. The nurse explained that it could still come back around the edges as the biopsy showed it was still in the fringes. She was a Christian so understood about healing but gave me strong warnings. I tried not to take that on board as God doesn’t heal half pie. But this year – yes it did come back! Two little spots started to grow on it. Bigger and bigger, then festered. I asked the Holy Spirit what I should do and I felt He said to 'put frankincense oil on it and cover it'. And praise the Lord, He healed it! Yay! Yes, He sure is our Jehovah Rapha! 

Petuera shares:

"One night at Bible College we were all challenged by our Teacher. 'Has anyone healed anyone? Has anyone raised anyone from the dead'? I thought in my spirit, I will do it. A couple of months later in May, my Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and Alzheimer disease. I was so on fire for Jesus I would talk to him about Jesus every opportunity I got. I was filled with happiness when Dad told me for the first time in my life, he was proud of me because I was raising my children up in the church around the Lord. Although he didn't want or believe in healing prayer, the sicker he was getting, the more I prayed for him and the more open he was to hearing about Jesus. In September the day before my birthday, my Dad was non responsive and the Doctor attending him said he had just a couple of hours before he passed away. While my siblings went outside to grieve, I sat with him and called on the Lord. The words I kept repeating were 'I am the Resurrection and the Life" (John.11:25-26).  I called out to God, 'I want You to raise my Father up on this bed, right now. Bring life back into him right now. I want him to accept You Jesus'. My Dad was asleep, and I saw this mist come out of his mouth and he said, 'I love you'. He then gasped and woke up. He lasted another 10 days totally focused on me as I talked to him about Jesus. He kept telling me he was hungry but would only take food from my hands. I'm hungry, I'm hungry he would tell me. I knew he was hungry for Jesus in me. Two days before he passed, with tears in his eyes, he asked me to tell him about this man I keep talking to him about. I asked him if he would like to accept Jesus as His Lord and Saviour. He nodded and I prayed with him and led him into salvation. The day before he passed, he asked me to turn the light off and close the curtains as the light all around me was so bright. That afternoon he fell into a coma and the following morning, Dad died and went  home to be with Jesus". 

Gayna shares: 

During the 90s, when Hong Kong was still a British colony, my husband and I were part of a team who smuggled Bibles from Hong Kong into China. This entailed hiding the Bibles in our luggage and on our bodies, and taking them through Customs at the border of Hong Kong and China. If caught with the Bibles at Customs on the Hong Kong side, the Bibles would be confiscated, and the person would not be allowed into China. If the Bibles were discovered on the China side, the carrier person would be put in jail for a week (Chinese jails are not pleasant). After we were through Customs, we were instructed to take the Bibles to a drop-off site where they were stored, and at another time, Chinese nationals would pick up the Bibles and distribute them within China. One Bible was said to reach over 300 people as it would be divided up and often one chapter memorised and passed on. We knew that God's amazing power was the only thing that was going to get us through the X-ray machines and armed guards, so of course, we partitioned Him for His miraculous power to be evident. We arrived in the Customs area along with hundreds of other travelers. We put our bags on the X-ray machine, and as our bags moved through the machine and the X-ray came up in front of the Customs officer, a lady from behind us ran right through security, past Customs. The Customs officer watching the screen was distracted by the lady and the armed guards chasing her, so our bags with the Bibles in, passed through unnoticed. Very relieved, we picked up our bags and made our way to the drop-off site, and safely stored the Bibles. God works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform. 

Kingston Kohu shares:

 I grew up around church all my life, a decade now I think but I wasn't fully into it. I thought it was just another thing that people believe in. Then last week [at youth camp] I gave my life to God. I felt the Holy Spirit last week and it was just so good. Before that I was like that guy at the back, sitting there cold and emotionless. I didn't think I had a future. I was just so gone. I was addicted to so much stuff. Like weed. I'm not gunna lie, my Mum doesn't even know. She knows now though lol. I was addicted and such a selfish little boy. My entire life my Mum tried to move us away from that cause we grew up around it. But me being the selfish little kid I was, I would bring it back. Then God made me realise that was not where my future is going to be and this was not the plan He has for me. I was addicted also to lust. I would look at girls with straight up lustful desires and didn't even think of them like humans. I got prayed over and can look at them like people now, like sisters. I just love them all. I've been reading my Bible and getting fully into it. There's like so much wisdom especially in like Proverbs. I've been getting my mates to read that because it changes your life if you know what I mean. Honestly. I'm so grateful for these people around me. My bro encouraged me to give my life to Jesus, to get up and get prayed for and ever since then I have changed so much. Everyone who knew me, I'm like a different person now. Honestly. There might be people reading this who are still struggling but God will change you so much. I used to just sit in the back corner like a lost child and now I can go to sleep at night knowing I love my life. There's so many in the youth group who have helped me with my journey so far. Even though its only been a week since I made the decision [at youth camp], this week has been the best week of my life. God is always there. God is always listening. Every problem and every worry I just lay it on Him, and every problem just goes away. God is so good. God loves you so much. 

Barbara shares: 

Throughout my whole life I was searching. I didn't know what I was searching for, but I was searching. Very early on because I had access in the libraries, there were books on spells. There were books on ghosts, paranormal, crystals, meditation, yoga, chakras, colour healing, reiki, astrology, psychics, clairvoyants, telepathy and the list goes on, growing into new age, dream catchers, law of attraction, ‘the secret’, horoscopes. But I had no understanding of what I was getting into or how deep the rabbit holes were going to take me. Feeding on more and more lies and deception. Even after I had given my life to the Lord, left that world behind, and repented of those things, I was not aware of the effect these ‘seemingly innocent’ activities had exposed me to.  I still needed deliverance.

A Senior Pastor prayed for me, and I felt as he prayed I would either cough or vomit as I had done in the past. Instead, a scream came out of me, so loud. I had never heard a scream that loud. That spirit screamed the place down. So loud. When the scream stopped, I had to run to the bathroom and vomit. Once upon a time I would have believed the lie, but now I know the truth. Jesus is the truth and has set me free.

Barbara shares: 

"A couple of years ago I had stubbornly put up with pain for a couple of months in my shoulder, where any attempt at moving it, brought agonizing pain. There were so many things I was unable to do during my day, and it also prevented me from having any decent form of sleep. Finally I went to the doctor where I was told it was a frozen shoulder. He went out of his office and came back with a stack of papers describing what I could expect the outcome to be. Healing could take a few weeks, or months, or years. It would most likely require intense physiotherapy, which may or may not work. If this did not work, I could be looking at surgery, and worst case scenario, it would never be the same again. After hearing this I went home feeling numb and still in so much pain. As I walked in the door, I glanced for a moment at the front page of the “sentence of doom”, but something didn’t sit right with me.

I gave my life to Jesus about five years prior to this, and the truth of His words in the Bible kept playing over and over in my head. The truth was when He died on the cross for me, He took all of my sins upon Himself, so I could receive forgiveness and be restored back into relationship with God, but also by the stripes He received upon himself from the beatings He took,  I was healed. Healed from every sickness, illness, disease and infirmity. So, with that knowledge, I chose to stand on the truth of what He had said rather than what I was experiencing. On the first day, I declared that by His stripes I was healed, and every time that I felt pain, I came against it and instead thanked Him for His healing. By the second day, the pain had halved, and I continued to hold onto His truth, that I was already healed. It had already been done on the cross at Calvary for me. And on the third day, I was able to fully raise my arm with no pain at all and praise Him for his faithfulness.

At the time I had also been suffering from a hernia, stomach ulcer and polyps, and although I had not previously mentioned these things, I believed they had been healed too. Last year I visited the emergency room with an unknown abdominal pain. After having many tests and scans, I was told that the Doctors could not find a reason for it, nothing showed on the scans. And at that moment, I praised the Lord, because although I had believed the other issues had been healed, this was the actual confirmation of that.

I have continued to stand on the truth of what the Bible says, that is available to all who believe Jesus died for them so they could receive healing, deliverance, salvation and so much more. I could have accepted what the Doctor told me, or been swayed by the physical pain I was experiencing, but I chose to believe what I know to be the truth of God’s word – Jesus is the truth! And He has continued to be faithful many, many more times since. I thank God and give Him all the praise and glory for what He has done for me, and I pray that whomever reads this may come to know the power that is in the name of Jesus, and they too will experience His love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, healing and saving power for themselves, as they choose to believe. May God Almighty bless you. Amen".

MUMA SAL shares:

"The morning my husband passed away he had taken me to the hospital because my back was agony and I could hardly walk. The Doctors gave me very strong pain killers so I was so dopey but I was sent home again. This was God's kindness as this protected me from the pain of what was to come. My 90 year old friend found my husband out the back of the house where he was mowing the lawns. He had collapsed. An ambulance was called and this 90 year old was told to give him mouth to mouth!  Close friends and neighbours who heard the ambulance came running to help. I begged them to help me get out of bed and be close to him. I knew my friend would pray him back to life as he had the faith. My husband's spirit came back to life, that's the only way I can describe it. He was a dead shell but his spirit was still there. This group of Christian friends prayed, said the Lords prayer and led my husband to the Lord. He was grinning and glowing. The ambulance driver couldnt believe it. He said 'Ive never seen anything like this in my life'. Eventually they took his body away, but my friend heard the Lord say to him it was time to let my husband go,so he could come to Him now. We released him into the arms of Jesus. At that same time my daughter who was in London was shopping in Harrods for Christmas decorations for my tree. She was drawn to this little white fox, and was obedient and bought it not knowing the significance. When I saw it I burst into tears as my husband's name means red fox, but I saw it as washed in the blood of Jesus and as white as snow. It is still my favourite Christmas decoration". 

Barbara shares:

"I arrived at a place with a feijoa tree that had dropped much of its fruit in the carpark. I know my sister and her kids love feijoas, so I began to look on the ground through an assortment of ones that were ok and ones that had started to rot. I then stretched and pulled some branches down to reach some fruit high up in the tree ending up with about 10-12 in total. I put these inside my car then went into the building and there on the table were multiple boxes of feijoas all labelled 'help yourself'. I waited until others had claimed their fruit which left one box for me that contained around 60 feijoas! As I reflected on what had happened, sifting through the rotten ones on the ground and stretching up to pick ones off the tree, I realised Papa God was showing me how He had already prepared what I was trying to obtain. I felt He reminded me He already knew what I needed and He has prepared a way and His way is the best. I can rely on Him, on the Holy Spirit and not on my own strength or efforts". 

Lucie shares: 

I sat crying on my bed, pouring my heart out to God. My life in pieces. Marriage over. House sold. Where would I go, what would I do, where would I find the energy for my next step? Once again I checked the ads for suitable properties in my price range and found one private sale. I was too upset to phone so I texted the owner. She rang immediately and I felt embarrassed by my voice was husky with grief. She already had an offer but it was too low and she was only look at cash asking price. She told me to come the following day at 2pm. The Lord strengthened me to view several properties the next day and none seemed suitable. When I arrived at 2pm, my heart was heavy but, not my will be done Lord, but yours was my prayer. I was pleasantly surprised at what I found and immediately I felt God lead me to this property and had set it side for me. It ticked so many boxes and some I had not even dared dream about. I drove straight to my lawyers office and unheard of, she saw me straight away, searched the title, and drew up a sales and purchase agreement. I then went directly to the home of the owner and presented my offer for the full asking price. By 5pm that very same day I had purchased the property. It all happened so quickly, so as confirmation I spoke to a real estate friend who knew the property and asked his opinion on the price. When he told me what he felt was a fair price it was a confirmation I had secured a great place under market value. Praise to the God of mercy and grace. Days later the original owner tried to get out of our deal as she had received so much enquiry and went on to tell me, she could have sold for so much more. God knew. He met me in my need. His timing was perfect. 2 Corinthians 12:9  He has said to me "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 

Stella shares:

"I marvel at the details of a recent event and the way God weaves all things together for good in His perfect timing. Unplanned, I jumped on a plane to attend a conference with my dear Mum, a loving woman of strong faith. Whilst in her home town we needed to call on her ex husband and my step father. After intentionally not seeing him for many years, I was reluctant to even get out of the car, but when I saw him, I felt compassion and empathy.  No longer an intimidating tough guy, but an older man weakened by life, anger and disappointments. Moved in my spirit, together with my Mum we offered to pray for him. As a non believer he questioned our motives but he relaxed as we laid hands on him and prayed for his salvation and health. Visibly moved, he then stood before me, spoke my name and asked me to forgive him for all the angry times and the pain he had put me through whilst married to my Mother and living together as a family. Through the grace of God, I too have found the strength to tell him, I forgive him."

Acts 19:6 'When Paul placed his hands on them, Holy Spirit came on them.'

Leigh shares:

"I had always wanted a black leather lounge suite or sofa but could never afford one. One day when driving home, I made a detour along a road that was not our normal route home. 'Why are we going this way?'  my husband asked. I had no answer but as a Christian I know God sometimes re-directs me for a good purpose. As we drove around the corner, there in front of us on the kerb sat a black leather sofa. I jammed on the brakes and pulled over for inspection thinking it might be torn or worn in places, but no it looked ideal. I was jumping up and down with excitement but how would we get it home. Waiting till our flat mate came home from work was not an option as I felt sure it would be taken. It was a tight squeeze but we loaded one end into the back of our little car and my husband held up the other end as we transported it along the road to our unit. "Slow down" I heard at one stage "I'm running to keep up". We were doubled over with laughter and know what a good video this would have made. We pulled into our driveway and somehow had to then manhandle this awkward piece of furniture up the stairs and in through the ranch slider. But we did it!  As we now sit on our prize I think of how God loves to bless us. Sometimes in the smallest way by finding a park or something on the grocery list on special. Being social people we can invite many people to sit on the black leather sofa and bless them as God first blessed us. If we have a sense of humour, then the one who created us does as well". 

Peter shares:

"When I gave my life to Jesus at my local church, I was given a Bible. At the time I found I couldn't read it due to glaucoma and double vision. When I told my home group of this difficulty they all prayed and laid hands on me. The following week as we read from the Bible I realised my sight had cleared and I was able to see clearly and read the Bible verses. I believe in prayer and a God who still performs miracles".

Psalm 77:14 "You are a God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples"

Peter shares:

"My wife turned on YouTube and I heard a message that went straight to my heart. I felt God was speaking directly to me. 'You don't need to worry about your past sins as I have taken care of those. I have blessings for you and a miracle for you, not because you deserve the blessings but because you are mine. I am moulding you and you are being forged in the fire. When you think I haven't been listening to your prayers, I draw you closer to me. When you can't find the words to pray, I draw you nearer to me'. Although often I feel unable to kneel beside my bed to pray, I still pray. One day when I closed my eyes I felt Jesus appear before my eyes. He had a crown of thorns on His head and the cross of His shoulder. He was kneeling down and my heart ached with His pain and anguish. He had done all this for me. For my sins. I had recently been to the doctor who said my lungs were not good. He told me I would be dead before my wife. I laughed. I refuse to trust this. I believe God had saved me before and still has a higher purpose for my life - there's still work He wants me to do for Him here on earth, including standing in faith for the salvation of my wife". 

Allen shares: "I had a living encounter with the Holy Spirit whilst at the gym. My gym instructor attempted to go over my new program, but there were certain exercises she couldn't show me as she had injured her shoulder. After the session I walked back to my vehicle and asked the Holy Spirit to encounter her in a real way. I went back inside the gym and asked my gym instructor if I could try something. She was sceptical, saying 'it depends on what it is'. When I replied that I would like to pray for her she gladly accepted. So, I thanked Jesus that He cared for her very much and it was His desire she would be healed. I commanded all pain and inflammation to leave her shoulder immediately and released healing.  I asked her after, to test her shoulder out and she could feel NO pain! Hallelujah . All honour and praise to Jesus".