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Pastor Albert Kang was trained under
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"Praise the Lord for training us. You do not know how grateful we are. This is the first time so many signs and wonders are happening in my ministry and in such a short time. ...Honestly, in my 25 years of ministry, I have never experienced so many miracles in such a short time."

 

20 July, 2007

Organizer: Dr. John Tayoto, President of ACLEAD – Asian Center for Leadership Education And Development, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

Healing At The Dinner Meeting with Pastors and Church Leaders

After a four-hour bus ride from Baguio City, we finally reached San Jose, a town that is 15 minutes from our destination - ACLEAD – Asian Center for Leadership Education And Development. Dr. Tayoto was our host and the following evening, he had organized a dinner gathering pastors and leaders from around Science City of Munoz in Nueva Ecija. We were told that this place has been the center of agricultural and scientific education for many years. In fact, the hostel that we were staying belonged to the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) which had just celebrated its centurial anniversary.

At six in the evening, forty plus pastors and church leaders from Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic backgrounds, gathered at the cafeteria at CLSU for an evening of "learning church growth and Elijah Challenge". One young pastor told me that he is a "conservative" Baptist but believes in healing. A banner was displayed prominently as a backdrop with these words, "The Elijah Challenge Healing Ministry with Rev Albert Kang, July 20 – 22, 2007, Science City of Munoz in Nueva Ecija". The treatment that Grace, my father-in-law and I received was befitting of a royal welcome. We did not expect such reception and were so humbled by their love that we were almost speechless.

After food and some preliminaries, I shared my favourite message on church growth: "Seven Keys of Success". Then I moved to the topic of Elijah Challenge. After giving a brief history and comparison between the traditional way of praying for the sick and the Elijah Challenge's way of healing the sick, I gave a demonstration. First, I asked how many people in attendance were suffering from actual pain. A couple of hands went up. After finding out their conditions, some pastors and church leaders who were willing to try their hands in healing were asked to come to the front. An elderly lady-pastor, whom they called "Pastora", was chosen because she had a painful left knee. (It seems that knee conditions are among the easiest to receive divine healing). The volunteers were taught how to lay hands on the painful knee of this lady-pastor. Then, with mountain-moving faith, I commanded the pain to leave and the knee to heal. The first time, this elderly lady felt slight improvement in her knee but the pain was still there. As expected, all eyes were staring at me, wondering what I would do next. (I now remember that I did the same thing when for the first time, in a healing demonstration, I saw [my teacher] command and the person was only partially healed). As a good imitator of that teacher, I went for the next round. With a wide grin, this lady-pastor was visibly feeling better. On the third round, she was completely healed. She stood up and danced - kicking her former painful leg wildly. The cafeteria was filled with loud applause and one could feel the levels of faith increased by a few notches.

The second person chosen to be healed was a Baptist church leader who was a former rock star and now working at the mayor's office. His healing was fast – in two rounds, his back pain was gone. As the evening was getting late, I invited them to attend the training the following day and learn about the healing and evangelistic approach of Elijah Challenge. On the way out, I met one young man who had indicated earlier in the meeting that he had pain in his heart. I had joked with him and asked whether his girlfriend had left him. Since we did not invite him to be healed, Dr. John Tayoto, Pastor John Nathan (the "conservative" Baptist) and I decided to heal him there and then. The young man said that the pain was not in the superficial chest muscles but deeper inside. We suspected that it could have something to do with the heart and so took authority accordingly. Within two authoritative commands, the pain was gone. Those who gathered to watch gave glory to God. We did a couple of distant healing but so far we had no confirmed verifiable results. We did hear that one young child who was in intensive care at the hospital, had recovered after the distant healing.

 

21 July, 2007
9.00 AM to 5.00 PM

Organizer: Dr. John Tayoto, President of ACLEAD – Asian Center for Leadership Education And Development, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

Training Location: Muñoz Christian Church, 1331, Bantug Science City of Muñoz, 3119 Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Healing At Elijah Challenge Training Session

The Asian Center for Leadership Education And Development (ACLEAD), being a part of Munoz Christian Church, shares the same compound as this 34 years old church. Dr. John Tayoto was the former pastor of this church. The present pastor is Rev Joy S. Gabasa who can be considered as an "eagle". He shows great potential in becoming an Elijah Coordinator in Muñoz.

We had only one full day to train the fifty plus pastors and church leaders. This time, the organizers provided us with an LCD projector. With eight hours of solid training in front of me, I braced myself for the challenge. I had slept only four hours, after familiarizing myself with The Elijah Challenge PowerPoint and training notes to the wee dark hours of the night and early morning.

At nine in the morning, the worship started. After introduction from Dr. Tayoto, the training began. I was glad that Grace was managing the laptop. She seemed to know the materials better than I did. The church was warm and we were perspiring profusely. The participants were amazing because they seemed totally unperturbed by the heat. They were paying attention and taking notes. As I took my time to go through the PowerPoint, verse by verse, they remained attentive. We took a lunch break at noon with the promise of a demonstration of healing in the afternoon. By one o'clock, the enthusiastic participants were back.

When the slide showed the word, "Demonstration", it was time for the real thing! Getting those who had pain to sit in the front row, I proceeded to do a mass healing. The pastors and those who had faith to heal were asked to stand in the front with me. There were many amusing contorted positions as the infirm people, who were in the front row, tried to place their hands on the different affected areas of their bodies. I told those who had pain in many parts of the body to simply place their hands on their heads. Together all the Christians and those leaders in the front raised our hands and with a loud voice, I commanded all pains to leave and diseases to go in the name of Jesus. There was a slight pause of silence as we all waited for the results. I was relieved when a sister testified that her painful shoulders and neck were healed. Then a man with a painful arm testified. Another lady testified in Tagalog of being healed of pain. I then taught the leaders how to lay hands. As they laid their hands, I asked them to follow me in uttering the commands. I had invited Pastor Joy to join me on stage and he took over the commanding in Tagalog. The testimonies started to pour in. A woman with tearing eyes was healed. The tearing stopped immediately. A few people with chest pain also found immediate relief. A veterinarian who is a professor at the local university was healed of his shoulder pain. A lady with numbness in her toes was healed after a few rounds of commanding. There were some stubborn cases where simple neck and shoulder pains refused to be healed. For example, one man was not healed of his shoulder and neck pain in spite of much effort in commanding. Another man almost gave up hope as the leaders tried to heal him of his intense back pain. I almost gave up too because after more than three times of commanding, nothing seemed to work. I was literally getting angry with this stubborn pain and commanding at the top of my voice. Then the mountain moved. To my and everyone's great relief, the man broke into a shy smile and gladly walked to the stage and testified. An elderly lady was healed of her ankle pain. A middle-aged sister testified about being healed of migraine headache. Another difficult case was that of a young sister who had pain in her right shoulder, arm, hand and leg. I told those who were taking command to do so stage by stage. The shoulder was healed instantly, followed by the upper arm and hand. However, the right leg refused to be healed. It was not until the following day, during the healing rally, that she was completely healed. Even Pastor Joy commended that this was truly a difficult but amazing healing case.

The testimonies kept coming and I lost count. People were weeping in joy and speaking excitedly in Tagalog. I had to ask another pastor to interpret so as to fully comprehend the situation. People were healed of sinus problem, eye problem, ear problem, lung problem and all kinds of bodily pains. Strangely, there were quite a number of people suffering from infection of the throat and tonsillitis. An elderly lady whose right blind eye could see light.

 

22 July, 2007
9.00 AM to 12.30 PM
Organizer: Pastor Joy S. Cabasa

Worship Location: Muñoz Christian Church, 1331, Bantug
Science City of Muñoz, 3119 Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Sunday morning came in a hurry. As the previous day, I was teaching on my feet for over eight hours and also ministering to the sick, my legs were hurting. My wife, Grace and I did not take authority over these overworked muscles but throughout the night, I just rested my legs over a pillow. When dawn broke, my legs were feeling great and I was ready for battle again.

Muñoz Christian Church had existed for over 34 years but being in a rural area, it seldom saw more than sixty in weekly attendance. However, on this particular Sunday, the church had more people than its usual attendance. Pastor Joy S. Cabasa, the senior pastor of the church, told me that there were a number of first-time visitors and they had come to be healed. Somehow the word had spread that people could get healed in this church. After a short sermon comparing the difference between the way faith healers healed and the way we, the trained believers, healed, I proceeded to get the trained believers who came from that church to heal the sick. (The other trained believers from other churches would join us later in the evangelistic rally in the afternoon).

As consistent as clockwork, I began with mass healing. By that time, all the trained believers were standing in a row behind me. I then invited those who had tangible pain to occupy the first two rows of chairs. (I somehow like this arrangement because it makes it easier for those who are healed to quickly go up the stage and testify. Subsequently, it would also be convenient for the trained believers to lay hands on those who are not healed during the mass healing session).

I had Pastor Joy commanded in Tagalog after I had done it in English. This was to provide hand-on training for this 44-year old Filipino pastor. He took the challenge like fish to water and commanded with great confidence, power and authority. Then I showed him how to direct the testimonies by asking the healed people the right questions. He was told to keep the crowd excited with challenging comments that resulted in regular applause. In fact, during the many informal meetings that we had with Pastor Joy, we discovered that he had quickly caught the vision of Elijah Challenge… just as Pastor Ana Liza Roxas of Cavite did. (I later invited Pastor Joy to become the Coordinator of Elijah Challenge in Nueva Ecija and he graciously accepted. The previous week, Pastor Ana was already appointed as the Coordinator of Elijah Challenge in Cavite).

Pastor Joy S. Cabasa

Apart from the trained believers, I also invited all Born-again believers to stand and stretch out their hands over the group of infirmed people at the front. The sick were ready to be healed and had put their hands on the hurting or diseased areas of their bodies. After the first command, four people stepped forward, declaring being healed of shoulder pain, stomach pain, chest pain and headache. A lady was weeping in joy as she testified in Tagalog. I had to ask some of the people standing near me to interpret her testimony to English for my benefit. (But after some times there were just too many testifying in Tagalog and I stopped asking for the interpretation. I just rejoiced that they were healed and clapped with them). After the second mass healing, three more people were healed. I asked Pastor Joy to give the salvation call. Three people came forward to accept Christ.

The session, where the trained believers laid their hands on the infirmed people, brought forth more glorious results. All in all, ten more infirmed people were confirmed healed by the power of God. A man who had lost his right arm was healed of a shoulder pain right above the part where his arm was missing. A middle-aged lady was very anxious about the condition of her right leg. From the stage, I could see some of our trained believers struggling to get it healed. The middle-aged lady kept shaking her head after every command. Those faithful sisters did not give up and went on taking authority. By that time, my wife, Grace, had joined the fray. After one command, the middle-aged lady began to weep and then hugged Grace. The pain in her leg had experienced slight relief even there were still some shadows of pain. Encouraged, the trained sisters and Grace gave the mountain a final push and it crashed into the sea. With tears freely flowing down her cheeks, this healed lady testified to glory of God. The congregation applauded as they had witnessed how God had allowed ordinary believers to exercise such authority to heal.

At the end of the church service, I laid hands on and prayed for Pastor Joy and the trained leaders from his church as they would be conducting the healing in the afternoon at the evangelistic rally. After the prayer, someone came in and asked us to go out and pray for an elderly lady who had suffered from a stroke. They could not bring her into the church but let her remain in the tricycle because the left side of her body was paralyzed. Grace and I took authority over this humongous mountain. We were squeezing ourselves into the tricycle so as to lay our hands on her head and affected areas. The mountain hardly moved because her paralyzed hand and leg felt nothing. As I gazed at the elderly lady, her eyes were showing a beleaguered look. In my past experience, this was the look of demonic presence and I turned from commanding healing to commanding the demons to leave. To our pleasant surprise, the elderly lady started to have feeling and sensations in her left arm and leg. As the son, daughter and daughter-in-law are all Christians, we instructed them to use the Elijah Challenge's approach to heal their mother.

 

 

22 July, 2007
2.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Evangelistic Healing Rally At Muñoz

Organizers: Dr. John Tayoto and Pastor Joy S. Cabasa

Rally Location: Muñoz Christian Church, 1331, Bantug Science City of Muñoz, 3119 Nueva Ecija, Philippines

The blazing sun did not prevent the crowd from turning up for the Evangelistic Healing Rally at 2.00 PM. The sanctuary was filling up fast and ushers were putting in more chairs. In spite of countless fans blowing at full blast, everybody was perspiring profusely. My fresh barong Tagalog was also getting soaked with perspiration. However, the atmosphere in the church was that of anticipation and excitement. This first evangelistic rally was organized by ACLEAD, Muñoz Christian Church and ten or more churches in Muñoz. Muñoz Christian Church is Evangelical and does not advocate speaking in tongues. Joining in the rally were Baptist and Conservative Baptist churches. There were also Pentecostal and Charismatic churches. It was very exciting to see all these pastors from different denominations and beliefs mingling together in one location.

My opening scripture verses were taken from Matthew 24 about the signs of the end of the Age. I wanted the congregation to know that "this is not just the End-Time but the end of the End-Time. The spirit of Elijah is now being manifested so that many people may come to know the Lord in a personal way". There were heads nodding in agreement among the crowd. Even though Pastor Joy and Dr. John assured me that there would be no need for interpretation into Tagalog; I suspected that half of the congregation did not know what I was talking about.

To build faith, I invited the elderly "Pastora" who was healed of a knee pain two days ago to testify in Tagalog what the Lord had done for her. Those who were healed previously were also asked to raise their hands. Trained believers who came from different churches were invited to the front to get ready for battle. The infirmed who filled three rows of seats in the front were asked to place their hands on the affected areas of their bodies. By this time, Pastor Joy had become familiar with the repertoire of commands in Tagalog. He and I took turns to command the diseases and pains to leave.

After two rounds of taking authority, seven people were healed. One of them was the same elderly lady pastor who received an additional healing on her painful left arm and shoulder joint. A lady with back pain testified that there was no more pain. Another lady with migraine headache was instantly healed. An asthma sufferer testified that her breathing difficulty had left her after the mass healing. Another middle-aged lady shared about various body pains having disappeared. A middle-aged man, who just had a stroke on his right side, came forth to testify that the head and arm pain had left him.

Pastor Joy then invited people to acknowledge Christ as the great Healer and to accept Him as their Savior. He asked those who desired to become disciples to pray along with him. The salvation prayer uttered in Tagalog could be heard loudly as everybody repeated after Pastor Joy.

Those who were healed in the mass healing vacated their seats at the front, so that others who needed healing may occupy them. These seats were quickly taken by sick people who were suffering from all kinds of diseases… some were as serious as tuberculosis, cancers, high-blood pressure and strokes. The trained believers then descended upon the infirmed people and laid hands on them. They repeated with great fervor and faith as Pastor Joy and I gave the commands for these diseases to go in the name of Jesus.

Among the first to testify was an elderly lady who was healed of her arthritis pain. A very old man was healed of the pain in his legs and he gave thanks to Jesus. (I was later told that this man was the richest landowner in that region). A mother testified of being healed of pain in her body and wanted us to pray for her baby who had festering sores on the head. We did and she was thankful. A woman wept when she recalled how consistent pain in her abdomen had bothered her daily. She gave thanks to the Lord for healing her instantly. There were quite a number of people who had their painful shoulders and arms healed.

It was very easy to verify healing among people who suffered from tangible painful conditions. Those who were hobbling or limping because of pain in their legs or knees, made very good testimonies after they were healed. Everybody could see that they could walk normally again. Some of those healed even danced, jumped or squatted to prove that they were healed and all these created great impact on the unbelievers.

An interesting healing case belonged to a lady who came with a walking stick. After the healing of her hips and legs, to loud applause, she testified that she would throw away her walking stick. She simply had no need for it anymore.

There was this lady who was sitting patiently holding up her painful fingers. Nothing happened to her in the mass healing. I noticed her looking up with pleading eyes – almost like begging to be healed. After two of the trained believers took authority, her pain was instantly gone. What a joy to see her testified to the glory of God.

An old lady hurt her head in an accident two years ago. However, during the rally, she did not get healed. Sister Grace found out that for over one year, this old lady had sought the help of witchdoctors and consumed their medicine. In her home, she still has many charms and idols. The lady pastor from her area promised to clear and burn all these charms and idols so as to break the bondage of their control over her life. Then the lady pastor and her lay pastor would take authority and heal her. We were pleased that local pastors are taking responsibilities and using their authority to heal the people in their areas.

Another lady had complication in her digestive system. According to her, the doctor discovered that her intestines had grown abnormally and they were causing difficulty in her bowel movement. During the time of healing, the trained believers could feel definite movement in her abdomen. The lady said something had moved inside her abdomen and she had felt a definite relief of pressure. She knew that she was healed. Tears of joy flowed down her cheeks as she gave praise to God.

There were quite a number of people with high blood pressure, diabetes, cancers, tuberculosis, thyroid problems and goitres who claimed that they were healed. We asked them to go for medical check-up. They were told to bring the medical reports and show them to their pastors. We need to see actual evidences of healing before we can document them.

By this time, Sister Grace and I had lost count of the many healing testimonies because we were also busy healing the sick. We saw some trained believers struggling and showing signs of frustration. Some were obviously discouraged by their repeated fruitless efforts. That was when we joined our faith with theirs and got rid of many mountains.

A line of infirmed people was forming in front of me as they waited for me to heal them. Somehow, they thought that I had more healing power than the other trained believers. A lady pastor from a Baptist church was helping me with the interpretation and also commanding along with me. When we laid hands on these infirmed people, most of the pains were gone within one or two commands. Whether they were back pain, head pain, hand pain, leg pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, etc, the "dunamis" of God was almost like flowing out of my hands as I felt heat in my palms. In my mind, I was hoping that this was the result of God endowing me with the gift of healing. This series of instant healing was just too good to be healing by authority.

My "gift of healing" idea came crashing down after I was given a gigantic mountain. Brother Ong, my father-in-law led me to a young man who was blind since he was one-year old. Under the watchful eyes of this man's pastor and those around me, I failed to even cause a single ray of light to penetrate this man's blind eyes. After every command, he would say, "bulag!" His pastor told me that the word "bulag" was Tagalog for "blind". In desperation, I asked permission to put saliva on his eyelids and the blind man agreed. After the saliva treatment and lots of commanding, it was still "bulag". I felt a deep disappointment in my spirit. It was as though I was chastised by the Lord for having so little faith. The early disciples must have felt the same way when being chastised by our Lord for not being able to heal the demon-possessed boy. I promised myself that I would fast and pray the next time so as to exercise more mountain-moving faith. Thankfully, there were so many other miracles that outweighed this one failure. The testimonies of countless healed people brought joy and encouragement to my heart.

The healing ministry went on until past five o'clock in the afternoon and by then we were all exhausted. It was a very hot, long and tedious day. The crowd had dispersed and so we headed for our hostel, reminiscing and rejoicing at what the Lord had done in Muñoz that day.

 

 

Luke 10:9 "Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.’"