June
20-22, 2008
The
second night of Elijah Challenge training drew more people.
They came because the word had spread that people were
getting healed in the previous-day training. The brothers and
sisters from the Orang Asli church led the worship. [Note:
"Orang Asli" refers to the non-Malay, indigenous people
of Malaysia.] It was most refreshing to listen to the worship
songs in
the
Malay
language. My sermon
was simultaneously interpreted into Mandarin and Malay.
I had to do it
in both English and Mandarin. After their faith had built up,
it was time for the healing demonstration. The participants
placed chairs
at the altar area and these were quickly filled by the infirm.
Then some of the participants, who had a little more faith
than others,
quickly came and stood in front of all the seated infirm. God
honoured the faith of these people and healed almost everybody
there. From
complete healing of migraine headache to miraculous disappearance
of painful heel spurs.
The Healing Rally
The healing rally on the following night was well attended but there
were very few non-believers. Feeling a little disappointed, I challenged
the Christians to fulfil the call of God to evangelize. During the
healing session, an Orang Asli's baby was healed of high fever. An
elderly man received his sense of hearing in his right ear. Subsequently,
his hearing was greatly improved the following night. He was able
to repeat the words that I said to his previously deaf ear. A man
grimaced in pain because his whole body, from the neck down, was
painful. After being ministered to a few times, he broke into a smile
and testified that God had healed him of all his pain. An Orang Asli
sister was miraculously healed of the pain in her chest. A Chinese
teenager testified that she and her brother were not feeling well
- she with shoulder pain and her brother with leg pain. They called
the clinic but it was not opened. They came to healing rally because
it was the only option left to heal their pain. She and her brother
were completely healed and both wept in joy.
As part of the training, various church leaders took turn in giving
the healing commands. Miracles continued to happen as these leaders
took authority over these infirmities and diseases.
On the final night, the sanctuary was packed to standing-room space
only Most of the attendees were Orang Asli. Many of these came from
animistic background and tend to go back and forth from Christianity
to Animism even after their apparent conversion. With one of their
pastors interpreting, I emphasized that God is only please if they
worship and remain faithful to only one God. Going back and forth
will incur the wrath of God. After the sermon, more than half the
congregation raised their hands for salvation or rededication. Then
it was time for healing. All the trained believers came forth to
exercise their faith. As one of the lady leaders of the Orang Asli
took authority, people started to receive their healings. I was thrilled
to see how God answered the desire of their hearts. Many Orang Asli
were healed of shoulder pain, back pain, hip pain and pain in the
limbs. All these pains were due to the hard laborious works that
they did for a living. Some of the Orang Asli's pastors, who are
actually Sabahans, were very quick to learn the Elijah Challenge's
method of healing. They were full of faith and those whom they laid
hands were quickly healed. A Chinese elderly man was in tears when
he testified that for years, his back was in pain and how God had
healed him completely. A young lady was also crying when her arm
was healed. A group of trained believers was taking authority over
the back pain of a middle-aged Chinese man but to no avail. However,
in spite of their initial failures, due to their persistency and
faith, the man was miraculously healed. A Chinese lady, who had given
her life to Christ that morning, was healed of the two lumps that
were on the sides of her neck. She testified with joy that the lumps
were gone. Some ladies with hand pain and chest pain were also instantly
healed. The most elating result of these few days of training and
healing rally was that all the trained believers had learned to use
their kingly authority effectively. Brother George Lee, who is instrumental
in organizing this event, believes that revival will soon come to
Cameron Highlands because the Christians are now able to exercise
their faith and share the Gospel by healing the sick.