Nearly forty servants of God who came from different parts of
the United States as well as from Canada and Bahamas gathered
for
the very
first Elijah Challenge Advanced Training in North America. They
were very excited and grateful to the Lord for what they received
through
His
word and His Spirit during the over 15 hours of training.
During the sessions the Lord graciously and quickly performed
miracles of healing through His servants as they laid hands on
one another.
One brother's bulging varicose veins in his legs flattened out and disappeared
during the demonstration of healing-at-a-distance, after which
about a dozen people testified.
At
the culmination of the training---an outdoor evangelistic
healing event for the homeless at James Bute Park in downtown
Houston---all
of the homeless men ministered to by the trained servants of
God
testified
of
being
healed (in one case, partially healed) of their physical infirmities
by the Lord. Two testified of their hearing being restored.
The miraculous
healings proved that Jesus Christ has authority to forgive
sin according
to Mark 2:1-12. Some of these homeless men put their
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The
servants of God rejoiced and were very excited, ready to
apply what they have learned at the Advanced Training in
their own ministries. An apostle from Phoenix, Arizona indicated
an interest in becoming the Elijah Challenge Coordinator for
his city.
Postings
received afterwards by Advanced Training participants:
(These
postings can be read at the googlegroup FirstFruitsHouston.)
"Hallelujah! Weren't the last few days a blessing to us all?
Rick and I believe that the training was exactly what we
are going to see spread over the United States.
The
Holy Spirit has shown us that as we ARISE AND GO, that God
will increase His power through us to perform more miraculous
healings of all kinds. Things we haven't seen before.
We are very excited because "The Kingdom
of Heaven IS Near."
Kris & Rick,
Houston
The testimony of someone who attended the Advanced Elijah
Challenge Training in February 2008:
"I am in [the mission field] teaching and evangelizing. Today,
I was able to put into practice The Elijah Challenge. I chose
to
do
so only after evangelism teaching and call. 180 women attending,
mostly
church members,
21 brand new professions...one a wife of a witchdoctor, another
a mother of a member for whom everyone had prayed for a long
time. Many of the rest were visitors, praise God. After
lunch, more
teaching and then healing. A crippled woman stands straight,
a woman in great pain dancing down the aisle, a headache
gone, a shoulder pain gone, a leg pain gone, a broken heart
and fear removed.
I
teach before healing that God uses healing to give people
a 'taste of the kingdom of God'---it is
not salvation. They are to "go and sin no more." God
wants to give them hope. When time for testimonies came,
no one spoke,
then it began to pour so hard that one could barely think,
much less hear. We stopped and sang until it stopped. This
was used by God to give people time to see their own healing
and testimonies began to come. As we were praising and
hearing testimonies I had a sudden sharp pain in my palm
that was so painful
I couldn't touch it. A black spot appeared. I immediately
considered evil influence, but I was not afraid for I stand
in the blood of Christ. Prayed with a friend, the pain
went away and the black spot nearly gone now (a day later). It
was a blessed day."
A
nameless servant of God
May
2, 2008
TEC
Training in McAllen, Texas and Open-air Outreach in Progresso,
Mexico held by Pastors Jerry Salmeron and
Brian Burns. (click on the link to read the
report)
April
20, 2008
"Last
night, Friday, was the youth outreach from the TEC course
training session I taught a few weeks ago. I was a
little
nervous as to the outcome as 2 of the churches decided
not to participate and this would be my first actual outreach.
I spent about 6 days fasting in preparation for this
event wondering if there would be any healings and more importantly,
salvation responses. A gal had shared her powerful testimony
of how she had been healed at the youth leaders retreat.
I shared from 1 Kings 18 and Mark 2 and talked about
how
radical healings are to prove that the God that heals
is the same God that forgives our sins. I asked for those
that
had a need for healing to stand, and then I asked for
the
youth leaders that had been trained to go to those people
and lay hands on them. We corporately prayed and again
God was faithful to heal. There were 2 backs, 2 knees and
1 wrist
that had been operated on a week ago. There was no range
of motion in the wrist, but after prayer it moved fantastically.
The 2 knees belonged to the youth pastor. He experienced
a healing in one knee during the corporate time and came
at the end of the meeting for the other knee. I had the
2 girls whose backs were healed lay their hands on top
of my
hands and a led them in authority to heal this knee.
Again there was healing and these 2 girls did not even have
training.
Unfortunately the only non-christian did not come forward
but I was able to spend some time with him and shared
about how important he was To God.
The youth pastor shared about his little boy Ethan who
had been suffering from nose bleeds for months. Everyday
he woke
up with blood on his pillow. About 6 weeks ago, in his
office I prayed for his nose and for about the last 5
weeks there
was no bleeding. [Ethan is 3 years old and was very much
afraid of me praying for him as he really did not know
me.] He woke up the other morning with the other nostril
bleeding
and immediately went to his daddy and asked him to pray.
Praying in authority the bleeding immediately stopped
and has continued to stop. Here is the fun part. Just
before
our meeting last night, Ethan's mom called the church
to tell us that Ethan had removed the band aids from
his sore
fingers because he had prayed thru Jesus to heal his
fingers. No need for band aids because there was NO MORE
PAIN! I
am sharing this story to emphasis how important this
youth generation
is in fulfilling the Great Commission and the importance
of them being able to walk in the ways of the Lord to
present the 'Same God that heals, forgives sin'!"
Jim
Hathaway, British Columbia
April 12, 2008
"Last
Wednesday I was with one of the men who just recently received
Jesus and the intent of the meeting was to impart
some educational and practical aspects of the The Elijah
Challenge (TEC) in a one-on-one setting. During our session,
which we held at a nearby Coffee House a middle age man
at sat one of the tables behind us on the outside patio.
My
goal at this point was to demonstrate TEC in this setting.
So I told the new convert (Michael), watch this. So I
approached he middle aged man (whose name was pronounced
Heal More)
So I began to share with him and he said that he was
Bosnian, and that he was a Musl__m and that he doesn't go
to any
religion anymore. So I remembered what you wrote in the
recent article
about London. I said to him that I am aware of individuals
that are Musl__m who believe in Jesus for what he can
do for them. So then I said, you can be healed in the name
of
Isa
(the name of Jesus in Arabic). His eyes were fully attentive
now. So he began to tell me where the pains in his body
were. So I commanded him to be healed in the name of Isa.
So Mr.
Healmore got up and expressed to Michael privately how
he had been touched and that he wanted the card from the
church.
Michael gave him a card and although Mr. Healmore didn't
receive Jesus this night he was healed of his ailing
pains in the name of Isa. Michael also told him that just
like
your name is you will be 'healed-more.'"
Stephen
Gardner, Phoenix, Arizona
March 24, 2008
"I
WANTED TO SHARE THAT ONE OF MY SONS IN THE LORD WHO IS
ATTENDING WORLD HARVEST BIBLE SCHOOL IN COLUMBUS WAS AT AGAPE
CONFERENCE THE FIRST OF THIS MONTH WHEN I TAUGHT THE
[Elijah
Challenge] BASIC COURSE.....HE HAS BEEN CALLING ME TELLING
ME HOW HE AND HIS
CLASSMATES
HAVE BEEN SPEAKING HEALING TO CLASSMATES AS WELL AS TEACHERS
AND ARE SEEING GOD MOVING. HE IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE
MOVE OF GOD. THANK YOU FOR FREELY GIVING UNTO THE BODY OF
CHRIST.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE A GIFT TO US ALL."
Pastor
Beatrice Knowles, Bahamas
March 22, 2008
"A believer in my church that had been directed to me a while
back and wanted me to share with her my knowledge about healing
and I had shared with her what I had been taught at that
time and told her to follow the example of Jesus and the
apostles. Four Sundays ago I was sharing some principles
of The Elijah Challenge with this same woman and her husband
not long after our Advanced Training in Houston. After going
over just a few of the principles taught I had explained
that the main purpose in this authority we have been given
were in the name of evangelism and she replied that she didn’t
feel called to be an evangelist. I told her that she might
not be called to be an evangelist but God has commanded “all
believers to go and make disciples.“ This was taking
place at the front lobby of the church after service was
let out and at that time she asked if I would pray for her
and I asked what was wrong for I had no idea she had any
medical problems. She replied that she had herniated (or
bulging) discs and that she could hardly stand there talking
to me. I told her and her husband to open their eyes and
not to pray but to take authority and we started pushing
that mountain into the sea. After the first time we commanded
healing she still had pain, then the 2nd time she had relief
but not all pain was gone, then the 3rd time all pain was
totally gone. I had her walking doing knee bends, touching
her toes, moving side to side and no pain existed. After
that I don’t know why but I asked her if she had any
pain in her knees and she said she took cortisone shots often
for them due to degenerated something, I forgot the medical
term. I had her husband and her together with us all taking
authority in Jesus’ name and her knees were totally
pain-free. During all this many people in the church
witnessed this. There was also a new members luncheon
that had just
let out and while they were being given a tour of the
church they also witnessed this. We all gave glory to
Jesus, a
few weeks later the woman spoke to me in the lobby and
testified
that she was still free from pain.
Last
Sunday my wife and I went to the home of a couple who sponsored
a life impact group. I got to witness to a new
brother that just started coming to the church… There
were people praying for some who were not present who had
infirmities and after everyone was finished I asked if there
was anyone who had any infirmities. One man was a diabetic;
his pancreas was dead. Another woman said her doctors told
her she needed a knee replacement. I had the group open their
eyes and lay hands on the man and we commanded a new pancreas;
we are waiting for the report from the doctor. [Then I turned
to the woman who had the bad knee.] I instructed that if
she had any unforgiveness or bitterness in her heart, she
should get that out of the way first. She admitted that she
had had some problems with a coworker and that she had taken
care of that. After that we laid hands on the woman’s
knee and commanded healing, I took her hand [and walked her
around]. She said she didn’t have a limp anymore so
I had her squat; she felt pain in her knee. We laid hands
on her again with authority and I took her hand and had her
exercising her knee as she had not been able to before. She
got on her knees and cried before everyone and exclaimed
that she had wanted to go to the altar to pray that morning
and could not do so because of her knee. After that we all
gave praise to God and I gave praise to God and begin to
pray openly and asked that God would give each person there
a boldness to carry out the work that he has for us; we were
all worshiping God."
Kurt and Mary Simms, Crosby, Texas
March 18, 2008
"Last weekend I was able to share the TEC course at a youth
leaders retreat. Only one leader came forward for healing.
She had been in a car accident some years ago and was not
able to stand for any length of time. I had all the youth
come and lay hands on her as I led them in authority. To
their amazement the pain left her back but moved into the
back of her legs. We prayed again and it moved down to her
calves. Again we prayed and all was gone. We watched her
enjoy her healing as she did not sit for hours. Her testimony
was given the next Sunday. Her family are not believers
so this will speak loudly to them. The youth were "pumped" as
many had never witnessed a healing before, never mind
praying for one! We will have a multi church youth out-reach
April
15. The new trained youth will be praying for their
unsaved friends.
I challenged the youth to step out and pray for their
friends at school. I really believe that this is the
generation to focus on to see the Great Commision completed."
Jim Hathaway, Canada
March 15, 2008
"Yesterday
I ministered to a very anointed woman of God who has been
told by her doctor that her Rotator Cuff in
her
shoulder is torn and she will need surgery to repair
it. I talked to her about bitterness, resentment, or any
unforgiveness
she might have towards someone. Right away she said yes,
a family member. She repented and asked God to forgive
her. Then I prayed like we do in TEC, thanking and praising
God
for his wonderful mercies and forgiving us of our sins.
Then I took authority over the torn Rotator Cuff commanding
the
shoulder to be healed in Jesus Name. She received healing
immediately! Praise God! This happened in a beauty shop
and others witnessed this."
Kris
Freeman, Jubilee House of Praise, Houston
March 14, 2008
"[We]
are currently training about 30 believers at ALCC. We are
in our second day and just did a demonstration
of healing in which a fellow sister was healed of her
infirmity that was causing pain in her shoulder and neck.
After we
took authority over her infirmity she was healed. We
had in between sessions another demonstration. A woman with
many
painful infirmities for many years was completely healed
and is now pain free. At the end of the conference we
had the newly trained believers exercise authority over infirmities,
sickness and disease and there were many testimonies
of healings.
God is great and greatly to be praised. ...Sunday evening
the trained beliers will exercise authority over sickness
and disease at the healing outreach."
Chris
Hussey
Abundant Life Communmity Church
Port Murray, NJ
March 9, 2008
PEACE
AND GRACE,
JOANN
CAMBRIDGE AND I TRAVELED TO ATLANTIC CITY FOR AGAPE MINISTRIES'
ANNUAL CONFERENCE. ON SATURDAY MARCH
1, 2008 I TAUGHT THE BASIC
TRAINING AND TOLD THEM HOW I HAD SAT IN YOUR ELIJAH CHALLENGE
BASIC TRAINING IN NASSAU (BAHAMAS) IN NOVEMBER 2007 AND THAT
GOD USED YOU TO MAKE ME WAKE UP.
AFTER
THE CLASS WE HAD THE DEMONSTRATION.....WE HAD THE PEOPLE
THAT SAID THAT THEY HAD SICKNESS OR DISEASES AND
THE OTHERS WE HAD THEM TO TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THEM---AFTER
WHICH WE HAD SOME TESTIMONIES. SHOULDER PAIN, KNEE PAIN,
BACK PAIN,
AND HEADACHE HEALED. MARY'S HUSBAND HAD BELL’S PALSY---HIS
RIGHT EYE OPENED AND CLOSED AT WILL, MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS
CLOSED---IT IS NOW OPEN. HE TESTIFIED THAT HE HAD REPENTED OF
SOME ANGER AND BITTERNESS. FOR OTHERS, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
DOCTOR'S REPORT CONCERNING MS AND TUMOR IN THE HEAD. BUT GOD
WAS GLORIED AND MANY OF HIS CHILDREN EMPOWERED TO DO LIKEWISE.
ALSO
I SPOKE TO A YOUNG LADY'S CUMIN(?) LEVEL WHILE SHE WAS IN
ATLANTIC CITY AND I WAS IN NASSAU...AT THAT TIME IT WAS 1.4
AND NEEDED TO BE AT LEAST 2.0. THE NEXT DAY THE DOCTOR CAME
IN AND
TESTED THE LEVEL. IT WAS 2.5, SHE CAME TO THE CONFERENCE AND
TESTIFIED. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BLOOD CLOT IN HER LEFT
LUNG. SO WE SPOKE TO THAT. SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS SHE IS HEALED.
SHE WILL
GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR IN A WEEK. TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT
THINGS HE HAS DONE. MARY DOWNING WAS ALSO THERE WITH US.
Beatrice
Knowles
March 2, 2008
"Our
church Fresh Presence Church recently conducted a joint evangelistic
campaign with Fresh Fire Church and 11 souls were led to
Jesus. We have been utilizing in our evangelistic efforts
the very
thing that Jesus said would accompany the preaching
of the
gospel....Signs.
We have been approaching the lost regarding physical illnesses
that they may have first. Utilizing our authority that
we have in Christ we heal the sick. Then we tell them that
if
Jesus
can heal your sickness, he can also forgive your sin.
We have them
testify where they were healed then we lead them to salvation.
One gentleman we lead to Jesus after he healed from deafness
in his left ear. He stated that he hadn't heard in
that ear for more
than a year."
Apostle
Stephen & Kathy Gardner, Phoenix, Arizona
February 29, 2008
"Things
have been very busy since I got back and it felt like
it was taking a long time and I still hadn't gotten a chance
to use
what Christ so freely gave---the authority over infirmities.
Well, tonight at my cell meeting we prayed over one gentleman
with
headaches
and other spiritual oppression and he was healed and set
free. Then his brother came with severe lower back pain;
the
back was compressed. As we prayed over him he felt his back
moving and stretching out and his pain left. He testified
he wouldn't
be wearing his brace
anymore! Then another man came forward and he hadn't been
able to work because his wrists were in so much pain. He
showed
us; as
he rotated his wrists they crunched all the way around. After
we
ministered to him, his left side was 100% and his right
wrist was 98% healed. God is so good!
Please
pray for me as I am bringing TEC to my leadership team
and we are planning to do outreach afterwards. We need some
good ideas on what to do to draw in the unbelievers? Our
town is unique and
it is very cold to do outside events.
Also
my in laws are unsaved and are very opposed to the gospel.
My father-in-law is a farmer and has been unable to work due
to a bad knee. He has just had knee surgery and to his disappointment
it is getting worse. I see this as a perfect opportunity to
see him healed and my family accepting Christ. Please pray
for boldness
as this is particularly hard for me due to who they are.
I
appreciate all of your testimonies and prayers. May the Lord
bless First Fruits abundantly in Jesus name."
Stefan,
Canada
February 27, 2008
"Pastor Jerry (McAllen House of Prayer) and I
ministered to a woman named Juanita today. She was rehabilitating
at a nursing
home. Her daughter, who had heard about the healings in Jerry's
church, had asked Jerry to visit. Jerry confirmed with Juanita
that we would be visiting her and we headed over to the nursing
home. When we arrived we chatted with her a bit about what she
had been through. She had already had some surgery performed
on her to relieve her of pain she had in her lower back and legs.
It had been so severe that she could not walk. From what we could
understand, the doctors discovered she had fluid in her spine.
After draining the fluid she had some relief and could manage
to walk again, but she was still suffering.
We
took authority over her pain. We started with her back and
she immediately said it felt better. We then rebuked the pain
in her legs and after two times she said it was completely gone.
Praise God! She even went up to test it and said it was surely
gone. We spent some time witnessing to her and she committed
her life to Christ. Praise God for that even more! After counseling
with her and stressing the importance of reading the Bible and
joining a church she started getting excited about her healing
again. She kicked her legs up and down and wiggled around telling
us how all the pain was gone. She was overjoyed. Glory be to
God for the the miracle he has done for Juanita and for his wonderful
grace."
Pastor Brian Burns,
Mission of Reconciliation
February 27, 2008
"Hello
again from Canada!! Sunday
was another time for God to heal our afflicted. I demonstrated
the healing-at-a-distance we were taught
in Houston and the results
again were fantastic. A lady was was delivered from
an oppression she
has suffered from for several months, another had her
back healed and another lady with chronic shoulder pain was
healed. I encouraged
those that wanted hands laid on them to come forward.
Another
man was delivered, two shoulders and an elbow were
healed and a knee with fluid and no range of motion was also
healed.
I
will do my first training session 2 weeks from now and have
an invitation in the works from a church in
Alberta.
Thanks
to God for His faithfulness."
Jim Hathaway
February 25, 2008
"Today
was a glorious day as we hit the streets of Phoenix.
The fish were just leaping up out of the sea. Our team lead
11
souls
to Jesus Christ. There weren't any that stated they needed
healing. However, two or three requested deliverance
from alcoholism.
We were grateful that souls were added to the Kingdom today.
Our next joint outreach is planned for March 1, 2008."
Apostle
Steven & Kathy Gardner, Phoenix
"Hello
from Canada!! It is exciting to hear all that is happening
to all of you.
This
past Sunday I was asked to share with the congregation what
happened in Texas. Then we opened up the altars and many
people came forward for prayer. I did not even get a chance
to explain
how to pray and things were happening. One older lady that
had been
in a wheelchair and now walks with a cane, put her cane
down and danced before the Lord and us all. She said the
pain
has come back
but I told her that we would see the mountain moved. Another
little boy had nose bleeds for sometime and they have not
returned.
Another man had his hearing restored.
My
sunday school group has gotten so excited that we are going
to try and
knock
on every door
of our little town of 10,000. All this and with no training.
God is good!! This Sunday I am going to model mass healing
[healing-at-a-distance]....I
can't wait!"
JIM
Hathaway, British Columbia, Canada
"Yesterday
was Dwight's birthday, and he celerbrated it on the
job by laying hands on the sick, he laid hands on a lady
who
had
knee pains from a growth in her knee and she was healed,
another lady had shoulder pains and was healed, another
one complained with a pain in her side for several weeks
and
was healed, another lady was healed from migraine headaches,
another came out of curiousity and received the Lord,
a father and daughter who were angry with each other were
reconciled.
We
put the training to work immediately at our church and some
of the people are running with it, receiving their
healing and going out and doing likewise.
God's great outpouring upon you and may His peace
and the spirit of unity cause His love to reach the
world through His people."
Dwight and Joann, Bahamas
"Yes!
First Fruits group!
The spirit of Elijah is here!
WE ARE GOD'S ARMY!!"
Ann,
Houston
"I've
been getting the messages, it is very exciting to be
able to stay in contact. I look forward to writing about
and hearing
about the mighty miracles that God is going to do. The
weekend we shared was awesome! I am so excited that I got
to learn
about and practice the authority that was given us by
Jesus."
Stefan, Manitoba, Canada
"Hello,
First Fruits group- The Spirit of Elijah is upon us!!"
Jeff,
Ohio
"AFTER I TOOK THE BASIC TRAINING IN NASSAU [BAHAMAS] I BEGAN APPLYING
THE PRINCIPLES.....I COMMANDED CANCER TO LEAVE A FRIEND'S SISTER'S
BREAST WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER. WHEN
THE DOCTOR RAN A TEST BEFORE SURGERY THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY
CANCER. THEY ARE REQUESTING HER TO COME BACK TO BE CHECKED TO
BE SURE.....HER
BROTHER WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PROSTRATE CANCER AND WE SPOKE TO
THE CANCER. HE IS IN NASSAU AND JUST GOT THE DOCTOR'S REPORT.
THEY DID NOT FIND CANCER AND SAID HE WAS JUST SWOLLEN BUT THE
SWELLING
HAS GONE, TOO. THANK GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS.
I
PLAN TO TEACH THE FIRST SESSION ON MARCH 1, 2008 IN ATLANTIC
CITY; AND BELIEVING
FOR YOU TO COME TO ATLANTIC CITY TO TEACH THE BEGINNING AND
ADVANCED TO THE CHURCH WE SPOKE OF. TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR
GREAT THINGS
HE HAS DONE."
PASTOR
BEATRICE, Bahamas
"Hello
From Canada!! As you know there was a struggle with the healing
in the bone in my foot. Well I kept pursuing the healing
and when I walked into the customs area in Vancouver, the
pain was gone. Yippee. There was another slight pain today
and I went
after it again and as I write this, still pain free."
Jim,
British Columbia, Canada
"On
Valentine’s Day, Pastor Dwight Cambridge was invited
to speak at a public school to talk to the students about
LOVE. All of the parents and people of the community were
invited as
well. God instructed Pastor Cambridge to tell them about
the greatest love story ever (of course, this is where God
so loved
the world that He sent His only begotten Son). Before speaking,
Pastor Cambridge invited all the sick to come and get their
healing in which our God was faithful. The love story told
revealed that
love was manifested when God's Son Jesus Christ came to destroy
the work of the devil (I John 3:8) By God’s demonstration
many of the children gave their hearts and some parents were
healed and set free.
Discipleship
has begun in The Elijah Challenge. We love what God is doing
as lives are being changed. This will impact
many of the ministries in the Island of Eleuthera, Bahamas
as we disciples
of Jesus Christ bring glory to our God."
Joanne & Dwight
Cambridge, Bahamas
"Today
during our Sunday morning service I was able to use
the Elijah Challenge Training. We had several first time visitors
in our church (McAllen House of Prayer) and during
the ministry
time I boldly made the invitation for anybody with
knee pain, back pain etc.
The
first lady that came forward had knee pain (severe) and after
commanding the pain to go it left her immediately!
The second was a young man from the country of Honduras,
and he had
back pain. After commanding the pain to go twice, he
was healed. The
third one was an elderly woman with neck pain and
she was also healed after commanding the pain to go (twice).
I believe
we
are going to continue to see miracles of healing
that I thought we could not experience.
To Him who fills all be all the glory!"
Pastor
Jerry Salmeron,
McAllen House of Prayer, Texas
"I
was so blessed to be with you all and to take back what we
learned. Arnold and I are going to do a training
weekend for ALCC here in Port Murray March
7-9 and the Outreach will be Sunday evening March 9th.
The
past several months I had been preaching a series
on "Fulfilling
our Destiny" and it just concluded with "Performing
Great Exploits (John 14:12)." This
week I am preaching on "Overcoming
Strongholds" to get rid of those things which
hinder us from performing Great Exploits for God. Afterwards we will do a corporate repentance.
Then I will explain about what we learned at
the conference and do a demonstration
of mass healing in preparation for the healing Conference. I do
trust that God will do a great wonder to demonstrate
to His people that He is the same yesterday, today and
tomorrow, and that since He has authority to heal
the sick, He also has authority
to forgive sins and save the soul.
As His people see the power of
God displayed, many will bring the
unsaved infirm to the healing outreach."
Chris Hussey, New Jersey
"Sunday
Morning I preached a sermon about "Overcoming Strongholds" Afterwards
we did a corporate repentance. I also shared with them that
we as a congregation will be having a healing Seminar,
and at the
conclusion we will do a healing outreach from March 7-9.
Then I shared with them that God wanted to demonstrate
His Healing
power. So we did a mass healing demonstration.
One
man, a carpenter who had severe pain in his shoulder testified
he was healed,
a pre-teen, who had severe neck pain and limited movement
came forward and testified she was healed, another woman
testified
her back pain was gone and she had full range of movement.
A man in our congregation at 40 years old had a stroke
some time
back and walked with a limp, he testified that the stiffness
and lingering pain was gone and the leg was restored. Another
woman testified that fear, anxiety and bitterness was gone
and another man testified that he was freed from bitterness.
(When
we corporately repented I took authority over the spirit
of fear, unbelief, bitterness etc). God is on the march!"
Chris
Hussey
Abundant Life Community Church, New Jersey
"The
Advanced Training was a blessing and my brother-in-law
(Pastor Jerry Salmeron) and I are already planning on putting
TEC to
action across the border in Mexico. We'll keep everyone
updated.
Thank
you for your willingness and patience to share
these wonderful truths that had been forgotten."
Brian, McAllen, Texas
I
can't thank you enough for what you are doing in the body
of Christ. You are a great blessing!
Noel,
Houston
"Praise the Lord for his wonderful grace that has been bestowed
upon us with the authority and power to do even greater works
than He.
We
were excited and filled with joy of taking the message
of the principles of healing and deliverance back to our
church. God has graced us to be involved in
Deliverance for 14 years. Your training seminar more than enhanced and gave
us great assurance of the Lord's Great Commission, now
we can with boldness declare
the Word of God with great confidence and clarity.
We
did declare healing that Sunday and God moved on our commands
thru his grace. Our members are also filled
with excitement and joy as we teach the principles to them.
These
are just a few of our testimonies:
My grandson injured his elbow during a wrestling session
@ school, when I saw him Sunday, his arm was in a sling,
he was in pain, I declared healing
of his
arm thru the laying on of my hands, and the pain left immediately. He plays
the drums for our church and before we left church Sunday evening, he was
playing the drums with both hands.
Another
grandson said he had a bad headache, I commanded the pain & headache
to leave, I then asked him, how did he feel? He replied that the pain
was about 50% gone. The Holy Spirit impressed upon me,
to speak to his blood system and
give a command of perfection. Immediately the pain left. He declared
that he was pain free. He said to me, Grandma, it must
have been my blood.
We
are teaching our grandkids the principles of healing and
deliverance.
This
pass Wednesday night @ our Bible Study, we encountered
a young man who was visiting with one of our church members,
he was crying and weeping
during
our
altar prayer time. After service, we prayed for him then laid hands
of him, he was delivered from all kinds of afflictions
and oppressions.
There
is much work as you know in the Kingdom, let us agree as
touching that God would prepare more warriors
for the end time harvest.
Thank you for your deposit into God's kingdom."
Pastors Willie and Vee Malone, Humble, Texas
"Thanks
again for the work you are doing for the Lord- and for the
training- I am meeting with my Pastor in Dayton (Ohio) this
Saturday---and will share what I was trained on---to put it
into
practice."
Jeff, Ohio
"We
are back home in the Bahamas, and the Lord is confirming
His Word in signs and wonders where ever we go and lay hands."
Dwight
and Joann
"On
Sunday, Pastor Noel called up some people who were sick
and we prayed over them and some were healed!
We are still claiming healing for this man that had knee
surgery to be completely
pain-free. Praise Jesus! Thank you for sharing with us!"
Krisni,
Houston
"The
training was beyond my expectations. Pastoring a full gospel
church and always ministering to the sick I thought
I
was doing
it 'right'. I have to go through another paradigm shift as
always if we want to stay relevant in ministry. My brother-in-law
(Brian
Burns) and I are in the works to implement and put to practice
this approach in winning the lost. Since we are on the border
with Mexico we will do a rally in the bordering towns in Mexico. I
will immediately practice the Elijah Challenge with the Church."
Jerry,
McAllen, Texas
"Thanks
so much for all you do to train and equip the body. Our
own lives and ministry have been impacted."
-Jennifer, Houston
"I
want to further say something else to this wonderfully anointed "First
Fruits group." As you know, Rick was very ill during the
TEC training conference and I had been sick prior to that.
Two days
after
the conference, a pastor friend of ours came to see us. He
said the Lord sent him. He said the Holy Spirit gave him instructions
to pray for us and anoint our bodies with oil inside and out
as he prayed because we were under an attack of the enemy.
He
also said for us to pray Psalm 91 everyday.
I am telling you this to encourage you because The Elijah
Challenge training was dropping bombs on the enemy. You have
atom bombs of warfare
in you.
The
next day after our friend prayed for us, Rick improved
100%. Praise God!"
Kris,
Jubilee House of Praise, Houston
"This
is Stephen and Kathy in Phoenix. Coming up this Saturday
Fresh Presence Church is launching an evangelistic campaign
in
conjunction with a sister church, Fresh Fire Christian Fellowship
here in Phoenix. Kathy and I shared with their congregation
yesterday about the concepts of The Elijah Challenge and
how we were so
blessed by it. On Wednesday we will have a training for our
members. Then on Saturday morning we will partner with the
other church
and employ this new strategy to our evangelistic efforts. Please
pray for us as we endeavor to introduce The Elijah Challenge
to other churches, then engage in mutual evangelistic campaigns
beginning here in Phoenix."
Apostle Stephen & Kathy Gardner, Phoenix
"After
that Basic Training last year [in Phoenix], I taught and
demonstrated healing informally at the weekly prayer services
I led at my
own church
in Glendale, northwest of Phoenix--Christ's Community Church
(15-20 people each week). The Lord opened hearts and eyes,
and many
now believe in miracle healing for our day and have some understanding
on authority to heal, though not formal training."
Anna,
Virginia