I have personally experienced Matt. 10:1 "He gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness." I could share thousands of pages of people who were healed and freed through the power of God’s Holy Spirit, but I will just share just four that come from my own personal experience.
1. Rom 6:18 “You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.” NIV
For 30 years I have been struggling with an addiction, which I could not
shake off. I prayed about it, but was scared to ask my pastor to pray for
me, as I did not want to be condemned. I felt like I was completely alone,
and I often wondered if I would ever be set free.
Then one day, I was invited to attend a Messianic synagogue in Toronto, not
too far from where I live. This changed my whole life. As I entered that
synagogue, I felt a presence I had never felt before. It was evident that
God’s Holy Spirit was there! By the end of the service I gave my heart to
the Lord (I thought I had done this before in my church, but legalism kept
me away from really experiencing God in my life) and invited God’s Holy
Spirit to dwell in me.
Since that day, I have been set completely free from my addiction, an
addiction that plagued me for more than 30 years. God healed me through
His Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord! God’s power is awesome and sets captives
free!
2. Isa 53:5 “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.” NKJV
During a church service in a charismatic church there was a healing service. Although I did not come forward for any healing, I went up front to lay my hands and pray for those needing healing. After praying for them, pastor Youngren asked the congregation that we lay hands on one another and pray for one another. A miracle happened to my life right then. I have a poor eyesight and prior to this incident, I had been unable to drive at night, as I could hardly see the difference between the road and shoulder. Also had to be pretty close to my computer screen to be able to read e-mails. That evening my night vision and my computer vision were restored. I can see again as I used to see 10 years ago. I still wear my heavy glasses, but I can drive my car again at night and can read my computer screen from far off. God is so good! Praise be the Lord! He cares for His children! He gave us the power of healing!
Two months later I went to see an eye specialist who exclaimed while examining my eyes: “This is strange! You have two small holes in your retina, but they have been mysteriously patched up!”
3. 1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” NIV
During church service on June 23, 2002 I was healed from a terrible shoulder ache that was plaguing me for 5 months. The simple gospel message was preached in church and it was pointed out that by Jesus' stripes we were healed 2000 years ago. This became so real to me that during pastor's Youngren's prayer, the Holy Spirit filled me in such a way that I almost fell over. I felt warmth throughout my body and all of a sudden my shoulder stopped hurting. Doctors and chiropractors were unable to help me with my problem, but Jesus took care of it 2000 years ago! Isn't God awesome! Praise the Lord! Power of healing was made possible to me through the power of God’s Holy Spirit!
4. Matt 10:1 “He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits ...” NIV
On Friday July 12, 2002 I went as an usher to one of Benny Hinn's crusades in Toronto. Some believe he is from the devil. Others that he is a fake. All I can say to you is what I experienced: the gospel message was preached: salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. Around 1000 people gave their heart to Jesus that night. God was glorified through worship and praise songs. Never was once glory given to man or to Benny Hinn. Around 2000 people were healed. The lame walked, the deaf started hearing, the blind got their vision, cancer was healed... God was glorified throughout it all.
During my shift of being an usher, I had a wonderful experience with God as well. Around 9:30 p.m. another usher from another section came running up to me and said "I need your help. Someone is convulsing in my section. I think she may be epileptic. I do not know what to do." My first inclination was to tell her: "Call the doctor. I can't help you!" But God told me with His peaceful voice " I am in charge. Follow this lady". So I followed her to her section. I asked her where that convulsing person was and she pointed somewhere up the aisle. She seemed to be terrified to get closer to the incident. Not knowing where to go, I started to climb the stairs, trying to pinpoint who was in trouble. As I reached a certain row, all of a sudden people got up and made way for me to get through. I followed their lead and was brought to a bleak looking lady who was convulsing badly.
She was surrounded by 4 ladies who were praying for her, one of them turned around and told me that she was a nurse and that she never had seen anything like this. She told me this was not a seizure and that this poor lady was battling a spiritual battle. In other words, demons were possessing her!
I stretched my hand towards her and started to pray. The convulsing stopped. The ladies around her tried to encourage her to go down (we were on the third floor) to share her testimony with Benny Hinn. She was terrified and said the demons would punish her if she did. Finally she decided to go, terrified. I was wondering what to do, but the Lord told me clearly to go and lead the way.
As we started to go down the first few steps, she started to convulse worse that ever. She would not listen to anyone. Her attention seemed to be unfocused. The Lord impressed me to talk boldly to her and although words were coming out of my mouth, they were not my words. God was speaking to her using my voice box. I was led to say (shorter version here): "You will be healed my friend. Jesus loves you and he has paid for your healing 2000 years ago. By His stripes you are healed! Do you believe this?" All during this speech, she had riveted her attention on me and was paying 100% attention to every word that was uttered. She very weakly answered: "Yes".
We started to pray for her and cast the demons out of her life, inviting God's Holy Spirit to come and take His dwelling in her and as we were concluding our prayers, all convulsing stopped and she was looked so peaceful. She had been freed from those demons. Praise the Lord! All of us, including herself were praising the Lord!
During this whole event God was in charge! I did not cast those demons out. God did! I never had any experiences like that before. But throughout this experience God was gently telling me what to do. He was my mentor and His power is incredible. Praise be to God for loving each one of us so much!
She could not be healed until she proclaimed she believed. Once she did that, God freed her! God can do the same for you my friend. If you are facing some incredible situations, cry out to Him and believe He will answer your plea. He always does! He is so awesome! There is power through God’s Holy Spirit!
Now you decide why this promised power is not available in your church.
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