Good Tidings Assembly has 200 plus members who attend
the English and Chinese services. In about ten years, Rev. Sean
Prasad, the Senior Pastor, led the church to establish preaching
points, branch churches and ministries to the poor and disadvantaged.
I was glad to meet him again as we had met some 18 years ago.
The service began with a time of joyous spiritual
worship led by Pastor Anthony. The sanctuary, which was on the
third level
of a shop house, was soon saturated by the presence of God. This
service was a very prayerful one – before the sermon, there
were different church leaders, including the Senior Pastor, offering
various prayers to God. My wife, Grace, presented a solo number
to the Lord. After that I preached from John 14:12, on how all
Born-again believers should use their faith and do greater things
for the kingdom of God.
At the end of the sermon, I led the people in a prayer of repentance.
Then I invited those who had pain and infirmities in their bodies
to come forth and be healed. Eleven church members responded and
occupied the seats prepared for them at the altar area. Pastor
Sean helped to select the leaders and matured believers to assist
in laying hands on the infirm. After a brief instruction, these
believers were ready to exercise their faith in healing. They began
by interviewing the infirm and then laid hands on the affected
areas. I had told the congregation that I would not lay hands and
so they were on their own. They were not to look for a superstar
healer but to exercise their own mountain-moving faith. As they
repeated the commands forcefully, miracles began to take place.
What a joy to welcome those who were miraculously
healed by the Lord to testify. The first brother testified that
the cracked skin
on his palms was healed. The cracks were gone and his skin had
become smooth. The second to testify was a sister whose knees were
giving her problem and then at that instance of taking authority
over them, the pain was totally gone. A sister came up and testified
that the pain in her abdomen area had left her. The rest reported
marked improvement in the condition of their ailments. Instead
of leaving at that, I decided that we should command again so that
the infirmities would go entirely. Twice, Grace helped me to give
the commands for the believers to follow. Brother Charlie Teo,
an elder in the church, was the next to be healed. His painful
knees were healed before but the pain had returned. This time,
after taking authority, the pain left him immediately and he happily
testified to the glory of God. An Indian brother had pain in his
ankles for about one and a half years. I observed how some church
leaders bend down and placed their hands on this man's ankles.
After the fourth command, the Indian brother was completely healed.
A sister stepped up to testify that the Lord had just healed her
of shoulder pain. A young man rejoiced that even his minor infirmity – a
sore throat – was healed. A young girl also testified that
her sore throat was healed. Later, while Grace and I were leaving
the sanctuary, she ran to us and triumphantly declared that the
pain in her throat was really gone. Most of those who had hands
being laid on them testified that they felt much better than before
the commands to heal. We thanked God that once again He was faithful
to empower His people to heal the sick according to His promises
made in the Bible.