19-22 March 2008
On 30th December 2007, Zoe Christian Fellowship had
a taste of the healing power of God in their midst. They had
asked me to preach on that Sunday and after the sermon, I had shown
them
how they, as ordinary believers, could heal the infirm in the
name of Jesus. They experienced the miracles of divine healing
and the
leadership had decided that their members should learn more about
The Elijah Challenge End-Time Model of Evangelism.
This church has been worshipping on this third-level building
for eight years and it has a regular attendance of 70 plus worshippers.
Pastor Elin, the newly appointed pastor, expressed the desire to
see her church grow. So did two of her Elders, Brother Wong and
Brother Andrew. Within their hearts, there was already expectancy
that God would be doing something different in their church and
they would be winning souls and also seeing their congregation
increase in number.
The first night of training was received with much
enthusiasm. Most of the leaders and key members were present.
Our team, which
consisted of my wife, Grace and her parents, Brother and Sister
Ong, was in an upbeat mood because we knew that God would be doing
something great in this church. The participants learned about
the challenge that Prophet Elijah gave to the 450 prophets of Baal.
That would be the kind of challenge that modern Christians would
be giving to the non-believers. Instead of arguing or debating
with people from other religions, the Christians just need to say
to these people that "the God who heals you is the real God!" Then
with mountain-moving faith, the Christians would just proceed to
heal the infirm in the name of Jesus.
I told the participants that the problem was never with the promises
of God or the authority given by Christ. The real problem would
always be our ability to exercise the faith to believe and activate
this God-given authority to heal. During the session, by assimilating
massive amount of scriptural verses, the faith of the participants
would increase rapidly.
The second day was a long extended session from 9 in the morning
to 3 in the afternoon. After which there was a healing rally in
the evening. In spite of a long day, the participants were excited
about their newly discovered authority and faith. As the participants
exercised their faith, the Lord honoured them by healing the infirm.
People with pain in their heads, shoulders, hands, backs, knees
and legs received healings as they took authority over all the
infirmities.
On the final night, some members from Kepong Full Gospel Assembly
arrived to join their newly trained compatriots in healing the
infirm. A notable partial healing happened to Stevens, a non-believer.
As authority was taken over his blind eyes, he saw red branches
which he later identified as the blood vessels in his left eye.
Then later in the evening, as his friend walked in front of him,
he was able to see her blue blouse. Stevens and his wife, Kay,
would give their lives to Christ on the following day which was
Resurrection Sunday (23 March). At the time of this report, he
was able to see colours and movements as we continue to pray for
him. Another good news was that we were able to help Brother Stevens
and Sister Kay remove idols, amulets, charms and all the paraphernalia
of Feng Shui from their home. We then dedicated to their apartment
to the Lord by anointing it with oil. This is one example about
what the training that The Elijah Challenge can achieve. Ordinary
believers heal the sick and then lead the person, who experiences
the miracles, to Christ.
Zoe Christian Fellowship as a whole is also moving forward by
faith. Now with most of their members trained in healing the sick
in the context of evangelism, this church is taking a definite
step of faith to relocate their worship location. Pastor Elin and
the Church Elders have found a better and larger location that
has many parking spaces and most importantly an elevator. With
this improvement, the elderly, the pregnant ladies and the physically
challenged should find it easier to attend worship services at
Zoe Christian Fellowship. The leadership is also challenging the
church members to invite people to come and experience the miraculous
healing power of Christ. We believe that before too long, Zoe Christian
Fellowship can report tremendous miracles and church growth too!
Reported by:
Rev Albert and Grace Kang
Coordinators
Elijah Challenge Asia