The Friday Fax - Healing

Pakistan: 10,000 attend outreach in Karachi

nospam@example.com (Friday Fax) — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:53:00 +0100

Missions agency Reach The Unreached (RTU) repeated last year's outreach in Karachi with evangelist Bernd Goldbach. The following is an excerpt from their report:

Pakistan, a nation double the size of Germany, is, with 160 million inhabitants, the second-largest Islamic nation in the world. An evangelistic outreach was held in Karachi in September 2005. On the last evening, over 10,000 people attended the event. During the five evenings, around 8,000 people responded to the call to invite Jesus Christ into their life as saviour. God confirmed his Word through many signs and wonders: hundreds were healed or delivered from demonic bondage. After receiving prayer for healing, one Muslim told us that he had been healed of a heart problem which had been causing him unbearable pain, and publicly displayed his doctor's certificate confirming his condition.

Carried in, walked out
Two men reported that one of them had been lame. His friends had carried him to the evening meeting. During prayer for healing, God touched the man, who could immediately stand up and walk for the first time in many years. One man came up to the stage with his crutches on his shoulders, and told how he had been healed of his paralysis in a moment.

Source: Bernd Goldbach, RTU Mission, Norderstr. 34, D-26826 Weener, Germany.

Germany: Clinic confirms healing from Cancer and Leukaemia

nospam@example.com (Friday Fax) — Fri, 06 May 2005 21:09:00 +0200

After many examinations in specialised clinics following her infection with Hepatitis A, Christina Roth from Dresden was diagnosed as suffering from Hodgkin's Lymphoma (lymph node cancer). Only 20 years old, the diagnosis was a deep shock. She went through chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Many Christians prayed for her, but she was not supernaturally healed; the therapy was effective, and the tumour disappeared. The next shock came only four weeks later during a check-up: she had leukaemia, perhaps as a result of the radiotherapy. On 9^th November 1999, she started her second chemotherapy. Weeks passed in which she was sometimes close to death. Her doctors later suggested a stem cell transplantation, which Christina refused, much to their concern, because they thought she wanted to die. (The stem cell transplantation had a 50% chance of success, chemotherapy 10-20%.) Christina, though, decided to trust God, "who is above all chances of success". Whenever she spoke with her doctors about God, they listened without paying any real attention. A check-up at the Carl Gustav Carus University Clinic in November 2004 finally delivered the long-hoped-for result: "Complete remission of both Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the secondary Acute Myelitic Leukaemia..." "I can now declare you healed!" the doctor said, a statement which is very seldom made of cancer patients.

Source: Christina Roth, Dresden, in Josua Bote (Joshua Courier), Germany. Fax +49 30 672 1415

India: from one beggar to another

nospam@example.com (Friday Fax) — Fri, 06 May 2005 20:56:00 +0200

Kingdom Ministries, a Swiss missions agency, assists in starting church planting movements, particularly in India. One of the key elements are local Christians involved in saturation (house) church planting. Kingdom Ministries regularly receives reports like this:

"In the name of Jesus, stand up and walk!" G. Singh used the words Peter spoke to the invalid. 66-year-old Mayadar rode a sort of trike from house to house, begging, and expected Singh to give him some coins. Singh, though, prayed with authority, and Mayadar was healed! He rose from his 'wheelchair' and could walk! He was baptised, and now leads other beggars to Christ.

Deliverance and church planting

37-year-old Iqbal, a Sikh, came to a Christian meeting. He was tormented by evil spirits, and had torn 15 suits in 20 days. He was delivered following intense prayer, and decided to follow Christ after listening attentively to God's Word. Last year, the church planter working in the region led 158 people to Christ and baptised them. There will soon be a church in every village in the region.

Source: Kingdom Ministries, Switzerland, tel. (+41) 33 439 3099

Mozambique: deaf and dumb girl healed

nospam@example.com (Friday Fax) — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:01:00 +0200

"Kakala smiles all over her face, and is very excited!" wrote Rolland and Heidi Baker, missionaries in Mozambique, on 8^th April 2005. "She repeats Heidi's words syllable for syllable into the microphone, touching the hearts of everyone in the village. Everyone knows that Kakala was born deaf and dumb. People ran to fetch Kakala's mother, and soon they are both standing in front of the crowd, smiling broadly. The mother again confirms that she had never heard Kakala speak before. Upon hearing the news, someone ran off to fetch another deaf and dumb girl. Heidi and the team prayed for the girl and laid hands on her, and the little Magdalena was also instantly healed, able to hear and speak. An old woman was also healed – Jesus restored her sight."

When whole villages are saved

"The whole village had gathered, and many had travelled miles from the surrounding villages on hearing that we were coming," the Bakers continue. "They saw the Jesus Film, and Heidi preached and told them what Jesus had already done in their region. The result was that the entire village unanimously decided to accept the Gospel. During our missionary outreaches in the traditionally Muslim province Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, we regularly see whole villages eagerly turning to Jesus the first time they hear our message. Whenever we preach the Gospel as simply, intensely and clearly as we can, there is no resistance: the poor come out of their huts, clothed in rags, and run to Jesus. They accept him as their new Lord without hesitation or doubt, renouncing their old lives of dependency on witch doctors, enslaved by evil spirits, false religion and traditions, and kneel in the dust of their village square, worshipping their new saviour Jesus. In the past two years, over 190 new churches have formed in Cabo Delgado's villages; more are added every week. The harvest in Mozambique is truly ripe…"

Source: Rolland and Heidi Baker, Iris Ministries, P.O. Box 275, Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, tel. (+258)-82-303-0

Bashkortostan: openness in prison

nospam@example.com (Friday Fax) — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:55:00 +0200

Stefan D., leader of a Swiss free church, just returned from a visit to the Tatars and Bashkirs in Ufa. The people in this mostly unreached and traditionally Muslim region continue to be very open for the Gospel. Stefan D. tells of Igor, for example, who had had enough of military service after 18 months, and simply did not return to the barracks. Before the Police could arrest him, he was saved. The Police arrested him immediately after a church service, and took him to jail. On the way, they met a Christian Bishop, who the Police mistook for an Islamic Mullah. Igor asked to be allowed to speak with him, so the Police removed his handcuffs. The Bishop blessed Igor, who was then taken to prison, where the other inmates tried to intimidate him. He was very frightened, but started preaching immediately. At night, the inmates' leader came to him secretly, saying "Please pray with me for my salvation. I am a Jew." Igor prayed with him and led him to Jesus. Later, Igor was moved from one cell to another, with the result that many inmates and guards were saved.

Jesus appears to a Muslim woman and heals her

A church planter from the Ufa region reports "A Muslim woman had a heart attack and was in the intensive care ward at the hospital. She had been there for two days, and her condition was serious. Someone had informed the Christian church and asked for intercession. While we prayed, I had the impression that I should look at the clock and note the time. The doctors had examined the woman again, and tried to avoid speaking with her husband; they could not find any problems with her heart, and were afraid that he would sue them for false diagnosis. The next Sunday, the woman came to church, and told us 'At a particular time,' (exactly the time I had noted) 'I saw the window open. It was light, and I could see a figure. I didn't recognise him, but immediately knew it was Jesus. He told me 'Everything will turn out fine.' Then I was healed."

Source: Stefan D., Dr. Marco Gmuer, Kingdom Ministries, Switzerland