MY STORY-Struck by Light (ning) on a mountain
MISSION No1-Looking for meaning and purpose in life
(And did I find it !!)
My practical background-I hated church. When I was a young boy, I had been forced to go to Church at boarding school, and coming from an alcoholic ‘home’ (moved from place to place) under a single mother during the war years and after, I had no money for the collection, for which I received cuts every week. This caused a hatred of church or anything religious; on top of that I was bullied and tortured by my peers at the school because of my cultural background, where my life was one of misery and pain. However I was fortunate to have joined the boy scouts in boarding school and within one year achieved the top award of Queens Scout, so called because we were still part of the British Empire at that stage. I had also managed to get 24 other English speaking boys together who were also being abused because they were English speaking, and formed a scout troop of 4 Patrols of 6. I was authorised by the Scout headquarters to train them and sign whatever badges of proficiency they wanted, even though we were of similar ages. I can truly say that because of what I had learnt in the scouting environment definitely shaped my character and saved my life, as my younger brother became a radical alcoholic and died at age 48.
47 years of misery and pain
A failed marriage to an alcoholic, and bringing up 4 children on my own after more than 14 years continued my cycle of misery and pain even though I had worked extremely hard at getting an education for myself through studying to become an Engineer, at night, my life and family were in a mess. I began searching for hope and meaning and attended a Dale Carnegie course on how to stop worrying and start living. The course presenter Len Stevens was a wonderful empathetic man and here again, he made a profound difference in all of us who attended, and this started me on the road to recovery.
The journey begins
This was instrumental in my joining a Church where I was told to go to, if I wanted to experience real peace, although the course itself explored many psychological and religious options. When the decision to join a church was finally made, out of desperation looking for a purpose in life, I found it to be shallow and not what the Bible said it should be; let me hasten to add that the groups of believers were wonderful, helpful people, but it was not satisfying enough, something was lacking. My background as a hands on, practical service engineer, precluded me from being involved in any sort of environment where emotions were often visible, and that included the church as I viewed it.
Success in life does not mean happiness
By this time at age 47 I was relatively successful, had built a 3 story home paid for, had a sports car and even a small yacht, so I began living what I thought was my dream. I found that money, possessions, parties and even sexual encounters were not able to satisfy the deep longing in my heart for something more, although I did not have a clue what that could be. I was also an accomplished musician and after many years saw that the life of glitz and glamour was nothing but a smoke screen, where everyone was living a life of pretence.
I was a hypocrite in Church trying to be a Christian
Having joined a church did not make the slightest difference in my life, as I still could not find peace and felt like a hypocrite, even though I was going through the motions of ‘being’ a Christian, in other words singing songs, playing in the worship band, reading the bible, praying with each other and so on. Finally, in desperation one day, I threw down the gauntlet to God, saying-‘God if you are real, change my life- if not, there is no God, Jesus was a liar, I will throw my bible into the rubbish bin, and I would give up church. I was running a few kilometers daily every day, and would go up the mountain a short way to look at the view of Muizenberg and try to pray for my life to change and pain to go away.
Challenging God, if there was one.
This I did for 6 days on a mountain nearby the area where I lived; on descending to the bottom on my own on the 6th day, I suddenly experienced what seemed like an intense heat being poured over me like a bucket of fire. Not knowing what was happening did not help, as suddenly I felt like a helium balloon about to take off and euphoria or ecstasy started flooding my soul. It seemed as if all the love, peace and joy I had never had for 47 years was now being deposited into my very being. This event was at 9.30 am on Friday, 12th August 1988. This continued for 36 hrs- after which I could no longer stand the intense fire of love, joy and happiness that was flooding through my soul, thinking I would burst and die of ecstasy and joy, and said ‘God, if this is You, please take it away’-and gradually this intense power of ecstasy lifted to my immense relief. The best I can try to describe what was happening is that as I said that, it felt similar to floating in a bath, and pulling the plug out. When that happens, one slowly feels gravity returning and you became conscious of your bodies’ weight. As it left, I immediately longed to have it back, but then realised that I would probably die if it did, and said ‘God, if this is you, it is ok I will not be able to stand having it back again, but I will never ever forget this moment in my life.’
A New Creation-a life re-programmed
I tried to share my story with those in the Church, but no one seemed to understand what I was saying. However, after this event, I knew something was different, and even people who saw me said you look so different. I was changed forever, and unbeknown to me had been filled to overflowing with the gift of the Holy Spirit, with all the different manifestations and workings. When we next had our prayer meeting at a home fellowship, we happened to pray for a lady with an incurable back problem, and suddenly while standing in a circle holding hands, I felt energy leaving my hands and wondered what that was. Soon after we heard that this woman was now fine and no longer suffered from pain.
God sends a teacher into my life as an answer to prayer
Not long after this, I sensed I was called to a squatter camp situated not far from where I live, which is close to Muizenberg beach on the Southern peninsula of Cape Town in False Bay. Filled with compassion, I started a feeding scheme for the poor, and later a number of soup kitchens- it soon became apparent that they had a far greater need, and that was spiritual healing and deliverance. However, the most incredible start to this journey began when I was given a vision to go to minister to the local squatter camp called Vrygrond (Click on link to see a picture gallery) or Free ground, where about 3500 coloured people were allocated land by the municipality free of charge. I also prayed for confirmation and then I opened my bible at Isaiah 6 v8 where he hears the voice of God’s Holy Spirit saying to him-‘who will go for me, and he responded, here I am, send me’. I then prayed for someone to assist me in the work, as I did not know how to go about preaching, and by divine inspiration, an ex brother in law whom I had last seen about 25 years previously called me on the phone and said he felt led to contact me. I was quite surprised and asked him what he was doing. ‘I am a preacher’ he said, ‘to the coloured community in all the local townships’. Realising that was precisely what I had prayed for, I said to him that he must come immediately and help me with my work, which he did.
Answering God’s calling on my life and a 12 yr prophecy fulfilled
At first I accompanied him on his various rounds up country to experience how he did what he did, and was greatly impressed as to how he was being used by God in aspects of the spirit life. After a number of weeks watching him and even ministering with him in the various communities, we decided to go into the squatter camp and set up a meeting amongst the poor there. We went in a white car and entered the squatter camp, and asked the first person we saw if she knew of any place where we could go and give a message.
‘I know who you are, and why you have come ‘she replied to our utter amazement. I then asked her what on earth she was talking about, as we had never met her before. She related the following-‘12 years ago, I was given a dream of 2 white men, in a white car, coming to bring revival to our community!’
It turned out to be Molly, a prophetess well advanced in years, who actually became part of the Church. Recently before she had died about age 108, she reminded me of a prophetic word I had given the community some time back that a proper township of houses instead of tin shacks would be established, which came to pass.
In my darkest hours, God was getting me ready for a new life.
More amazingly was that many years later I recalled her dream, and found that EXACTLY 12 years back, my life was in the darkest possible period of a divorce when the mother of my children ran off with a man and abandoned them, with the result I was filled with anger, bitterness and hatred towards women. How incredible is God, that even at that time, He had His hand upon me, and was going to give me an injection from heaven bringing new life and vitality in my soul. Had anyone ever told me that in 12 years time I would be preaching and be used to heal people, I would have laughed in their face and possibly mocked them.
Miracles break out as we proclaim the good news Mk.16v19-20
We finally found a place to start, next to one of 3 water taps serving the entire community, situated in the bush and set up under a large umbrella. My brother in law kick started the process and soon people were flocking to come and hear us and our message.
Many came for healing, and we saw that all who came were being healed of all types of physical ailments, such as asthma, epilepsy, rashes, eczema, back pain , aids etc. Much later below is a picture of a little girl who inherited aids from her deceased parents, and I was asked to pray for her. Later I learnt that all the sores had healed up completely, leaving only white marks where the sores were, to the praise of Jesus
Many needed inner healing from drugs, alcohol, depression ate. I was ignorance on fire, and one woman came crawling on her knees in the sand and held on to my jacket pocket and tugging it while I was preaching. Eventually I asked her what did she want, and she said ‘I want to walk again’ as she had apparently arrived on crutches.
Stand up and walk in Jesus name!
I laid my hands on her head and said-‘In the name of Jesus, stand up and walk’. She jumped up and rushed around the circle of people standing there holding both her crutches in her hands and was totally healed to the amazement of all present.
Real Church starts-formed in the bush amongst squatters
At that period South Africa was under siege by ‘ terrorists’- no one would accompany me into these areas as they said it was too dangerous. My church that I was attending at the time would not assist as they were afraid of violence. After a short while my brother in law left and I continued on my own, now fully equipped to do the Lord’s work. The Lords hand was upon me and used me mightily in evangelistic campaigns from house to house with my guitar in hand, being the only white person in the area.
Invited ‘in’ by the ANC anti apartheid underground movement
I was asked by the leader of the local ANC who sent me-pointing upwards I said, ‘He sent me!’ They welcomed me with open arms and I was invited to work with them as an elder in their community. This is where I began to see the ‘ REAL ‘ church, in the bush, holding services where people had no shoes, proper clothes, stank of urine, locked in alcoholism and so on. I even witnessed a man who had been cursed by a witchdoctor and lay totaly paralysed on his bed with staring eyes at the ceiling not being able to move. It must be understood that at that time I did not believe in a devil, curses and witchcraft.But people asked me to pray for the man, and as I was pondering what to do, Holy Spirit said to stand over him, point my finger at his eyes and shout-STAND UP IN THE NAME OF JESUS! To my total amazement, he jerked up as if he had been jabbed with a pin in his backside and started walking around!.
My only ‘school of learning’ was the word of God-The BIBLE.
I had been devouring the word of God or the Bible day and night, steadily progressing to a point where at that stage I had read the New Testament 10 times. Jesus’ words in John 14 v 12-14 ‘The things I do – you can do ‘became a reality in my life, and began operating in all the gifts and offices of the Holy Spirit.
Vrygrond Mission Church still standing
Ultimately a church was established of about 300-400 strong accompanied by signs and wonders, healings, deliverance. This work eventually became overwhelming for one man alone, and I eventually gave the work over to a Full Gospel Church in Steenberg who had a board meeting, and allocated 11 elders to carry on the work in the squatter camp. I only thing I asked them was to not change the name from the Vrygrond Mission Church which they agreed to do.
The area eventually became a full blown township after the Government razed all the hills and bushes and levelled the ground to make way for brick houses. They left the Church building standing which was known as the ‘Green Church’(see picture) and since then the Church leaders have expanded and built a much larger more permanent brick structure next to the old Church. This then was the result of a dream given by God to a poor woman and the promise to bring revival to Vrygrond, or Capricorn as it is known today.
MISSION No2- BUILDING A CITY FOR 1000 POOR PEOPLE.
A Woman at Church meeting asks for a building for 1000 people.
Soon after ending my time in the squatter camp, I was led on another mission in 1992 which sprang from a meeting at a Presbyterian Church in Mowbray, when Judy, a woman from Durban, visited our church where I was involved in the music ministry. She said God had given her a vision to move from Durban to Cape Town to search for a building to house a thousand people. She had already established such a concept in Durban called the Ark City of Refuge, which housed over 600 people in an old Railways hostel. In the meeting, a man from the Government stood up and said he had an old defunct hospital in Westlake, a suburb of Cape Town next to Muizenberg Mountain, which we could occupy, so we moved in the next Friday.
Establishing a City of Refuge at Westlake for a 1000 homeless
THE ARK CITY OF REFUGE BEGINS-
When we were given the keys, and found that everything that could be stripped was stolen by vandals, and the complex itself was huge. There were offices, many staff quarter bungalows, clinic, an assembly hall, dining halls, ablution blocks, washing boiler rooms, streets and street lights etc all of which had to be refurbished. Someone had donated a light pick up vehicle to carry goods, and so a few weeks later I would drive into Wynberg on a Friday night and pick up prostitutes, drunks and hobos who initially had to sleep on cardboard boxes lying on the floor. In this way I became involved in building up the Ark at Westlake (Click on the link to see a picture gallery) for 3 years which was the name given to a project to house and feed the poor and destitute which eventually became home to over 1000 homeless people at any one time, often up to around 1250 at any one time.
The miracle starts building up slowly
There were about 40 unpaid volunteers who were sent down from Durban to assist Judy in her mission, but as they were strangers to the area, it fell to me to arrange everything, and my home was used as an official office for about 6 months until we could have decent accommodation. I sent out many faxes and letters asking for materials and aid that we needed for the entire infrastructure namely taps, hot water cylinders copper pipes wires etc. Being born in Cape Town with an engineering background, I was able to assist in sourcing the materials we needed as donations from different firms and corporations for re building the huge complex of buildings, offices, laundry, sleeping quarters etc.
What do we need? Anything for a small city was Judy’s reply
On top of that we had no beds, linen, laundry, curtains and all the things that would make for a small city to be established. I was given 80 beds by the YMCA organisation but we had no mattresses. The accompanying picture shows a rigging company who I persuaded to pick up 4 container loads of 80 beds, tables, cupboards etc at the YMCA and deliver to the Ark at no cost. The first miracle was that we had no mattresses, but only 80 beds, and within a few days someone from Namibia, a neighbouring country, called me to say that he had a vision from God that we needed 80 mattresses, so was sending us 80, without knowing that we had 80 beds and needed those mattresses.
The heavens open to bless the Ark-growing from 100 to 1000
I am always amazed at how God provides when He gives a vision, no matter how small or large the request. I can remember times when we needed shoes, and eventually ended up with a room just for shoes, which were piled about 5 feet high-they had to get someone to spend weeks finding the matching pairs. On another occasion, a farmer from Elgin called me and said where he could deposit 4 tons of plums for the Ark. There was one day when they had no bread for supper for almost a thousand people which I did not know a thing about. I was busy at the time installing a bakery and we were doing test baking on these large ovens. When finished, there were 2 large refuse bags filled with rolls and buns which I could take to the Ark. When I walked in with the bags they said it was an answer to prayer as they did not have a scrap of bread.
Southern Sun Hotel donates all sheets, pillow when refurbishing
Another time we were praying for linen sheets pillow cases and carpets. I had placed a recovered alcoholic man inside to co-ordinate operations and told him to call everybody he could think of. Then we got a call from the Southern Sun hotel that they were about to replace all their linen and carpets, and could we use them-how great is God. We used the plush carpets in a very large room set aside for the homeless little children where they could roll in luxury on these soft carpets. The stories are endless and we were truly blessed by God as the community opened their hearts for those in need.
The Ark plows back into the community
When the various workshops were being established, they invited mothers of young children and others who could not afford to get their cars fixed or serviced to come to the Ark where they did it for free, so long as the parts were supplied
The devil fights back at the Christian work being done at the Ark
There was a time in the early days when we had about 110 men staying there, and everyone who came in was expected to attend Bible studies and classes in order for their life to change. I was going to give these men a message and take 2 of my friends to testify what God had done for them.
In the week before going there, I had a vivid dream of a demon that was going to kill me, and I woke up to find that it was real and an evil presence filled the room. Terrified, I cried out Jesus help me, and in my spirit I saw him leave the room, only to come back a minute later so down I went on my knees and pleaded with God to save me. My 2 other friends had exactly the same experience the same night. My one friend had a heart monitor fitted for 24 hrs as he had a heart condition, and he did the same crying out to Jesus. The next morning when he went to the doctor to look at his heart monitor, the doctor asked him what he had done, the monitor had gone off scale! Needless to say, we had our meeting on the weekend and after I finished giving them a message and our testimonies, 34 men who wanted to change their lives gave their lives to Christ.
Starting out from scratch I was only Capetonian involved
What was wonderful about this concept was that we could bring in the homeless, the destitute, sick and the poor, even prostitutes, not only to give them shelter, but a home with food and clothing. Being faith based, no one was paid any salary, but donations started pouring in from all quarters as God honoured Judy’s vision, with about 35 000 eventually passing through its doors after 8 years. It was later relocated to Faure by the Government due to the ground being reclaimed. I was involved in counseling many hundreds of lost souls, and praying them into the Kingdom; in so doing my own journey of inner healing progressed as I heard the hundreds of sad stories of parental and spousal abuse, poverty and the world at large.
When God gives a vision, He makes provision.
There are countless stories of miracles of provision for necessities such as food, medicine, clothing etc which are too numerous to mention. At one time even the founder and chairman Mr. Raymond Ackerman of Pick and Pay, one of the largest retailers in the country, arranged a golfing day for sponsorship to raise funds for the Ark after I had approached him for assistance, as we knew each other personally. Another man offloaded 2 refrigerated trucks filled to the brim with much needed milk for the young children. Eventually we managed to get 2 out of work teachers to start a school for the homeless right up to grade 12; furthermore there was eventually a host of trade workshops established such as a carpentry shop, electrical workshop, mechanical car repair shop, leather workshop to refurbish old shoes, spray painting workshop, upholstery shop to repair broken items brought in, a dress making facility, a hair cutting saloon where someone had given an old barber’s chair, a computer school , with all computers, desks and chairs donated by Old Mutual,
also a clinic run by doctors who gave their time free, a Bible school, a building section run by architects to build houses for the poor for free, and much more. This was certainly a most blessed period in my life. This facility was eventually closed down by the Government after 8 years, and moved far away to Faure some distance from Cape Town.
The Ark builds homes for poor communities no charge
Beginning at the Ark in Durban, situated in Point road on the Bluff close to the harbour, Judy was given an old defunct Railways 3 story hostel that used to house 600 people. God gave her favour for a number of years and she met many important politicians and businessmen, who bought into her concept. BP donated 3 portable brick making machines that were built on a trailer and run by a generator. It manufactured 4 cement bricks at a time by placing cement into a hopper and pressing a lever, which compressed the sand and cement mix into bricks. At that time there were 2 architects who were homeless and they set out to design the most economical house using these machines, where they drew up the plans that were passed by the building inspectors. They would move the machines on site, and if someone wanted a house they just had to raise money for the sand and cement and then make the bricks themselves. The architects would supervise the layout and building process, and when completed would hand over the houses free of charge.
Laying out house foundations for leaders in Khayalitsha
These machines were brought to Cape Town and given to the Ark, where the architects would build scale models of the houses (see picture) to show the prospective owners. I had the job of laying out the first house for the leader of the ANC for that particular area, and the brick making process started (see picture). Unfortunately at that time around 1994, there began a wave of uprisings, burning of tires and stoning of cars. The next day we heard that stoning had started in that area and it was not safe to go there. This continued for a while and the whole area was unstable with unrest, and shortly after the machines were stolen and the work had to be stopped.
It was around this time that my work at the Ark drew to a close, which I had thoroughly enjoyed, even playing in the band in a hall with close to a thousand people, often preaching, teaching and counseling.
When people get work they must leave the Ark after one month.
This sounds a bit harsh, but they have such a demand for places that it was always overflowing especially in winter, and people used to sleep on floors in the shower and even the toilets. However, the wonderful thing is that should someone find permanent work, they were assisted with furniture that they refurbished and had all appliances they needed. Many inmates were qualified tradesmen and women who could employ their skills in the larger community. In this way, the vision given by God to Judy made a huge impact in the lives of tens of thousands of people.
The Ark artisans refurbish the ship Doulos in Table Bay harbour.
I will close with another wonderful story of God’s provision. I was at a braai in Milnerton, and there I met the Captain of the Christian Ship called the Doulos, which was going around the world as a floating book store stopping at different ports and giving impoverished communities access to literacy. The captain told me that it was an old ship which was wired for Direct current as in the old days, but needed to be rewired and re furbished to be converted to AC. The trouble was they did not have enough plumbers, welders, electricians etc and those they had were qualified artisans from oversea where their sponsors were paying exorbitant amounts of money. So I casually asked him how many artisans he needed, and he said about 30. I told him I could get that number, but he said they did not have the funds to pay for them.
The captain of the ship could not believe it
He said they would not be able to pay for these artisans. I said ‘do not worry, just give me a bus everyday to transport 30 men and they will do the job’. It took a bit of convincing to get those qualified men from the Ark to do the work for free, but in the end there was a picture of some of them on the front page of the Cape Times showing them painting the Doulos ship from scaffolding.
Ark men join the ship going around the world to spread the word
A few even ended up going around the world as staff on the Doulos. It was interesting to note that when these homeless men worked alongside the other highly paid artisans and that for free, which changed the entire atmosphere of the ship, as they realised that they too could also have been homeless, but for the grace of God.
There is so much more to tell it would need a few books, but this story is to show that no matter how big the vision God gives, He will make the provision for it.
MISSION No 3- GOING ALL AROUND SOUTH AFRICA (Bringing the Kingdom to Earth)
Visiting churches all around RSA-seeing the lack of real church
After completing about 3 years of full time work at the Ark, I was given a contract by Pick and Pay to establish specialised biscuit operations in Hypermarkets all around South Africa. This work took me all around South Africa for around 30 yrs and enabled me to visit churches in almost every town. Here is where I saw the lack of any sign of teaching about making disciples or disciples who were being taught and trained to do what Jesus said we should do.
Churches are not obeying Jesus’ command to make disciples
While attending services I was often given prophetic words of encouragement to bring to the congregation, sometimes resulting in revivals but still no evidence of carrying out Jesus’ mandate. This is a stumbling block for the people who are truly searching for real meaning and purpose, but instead are given sermons or lectures that are not relevant to real life, and where they feel they are excluded. This is the reason that so many leave the church disillusioned as there is no reality of the spirit life, which should be the norm for people to be healed and find inner peace.
Revival breaks out in some churches as the Holy Spirit leads
During my travels around South Africa I was often prompted to bring words of encouragement and direction. Examples of these types of things are given in these volumes which I have entitled experiencing Heaven on Earth. They clearly show that God is interested in every type of church where there are true believers, and that it is His true Church. Many denominations are filled with dead teaching, devoid of spiritual life, and are all subject to mans religious and theological teachings. In these travels I was shown clearly that we are all one big family in God’s church, and that we are never to judge others no matter what they believe. Paul in his book of Romans in the New Testament chapter 14, says exactly the same thing, that we should never judge one whose faith is weak no matter what they believe. Rather we should gently encourage and teach with the heart and mind of Jesus, who would want all to enter into His Kingdom.
In my book on miracles called Heaven on Earth, I describe various encounters with the Holy Spirit of God in different churches all around South Africa.
ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE SHOPPING MALLS, PARKING LOTS, STREETS AND BUSHES ETC
Over a period spanning more than 30 years, the Holy Spirit of God has put many thousands across my path, in the sense of what Jesus had to say in John 10 v 27 where He said-“My sheep know My voice-and where I am, they are!” What that means is everywhere I found myself, whether in large cities, small towns or villages, hotels, shopping malls and parking lots, streets etc there was always someone that God put across my path who needed healing in their bodies, in their spirits, encouragement and salvation etc. Many thousands later including the squatter camp and the Ark at Westlake, Alpha courses, small group fellowships, country wide travels and since 2008 my own Disciple Making group. This is basically doing what Jesus asked us to do, to Bring His Kingdom to Earth as it is in Heaven and make disciples. (Click on link to see a picture gallery and cross section of this work). There are so many stories of changed lives, healings, deliverances, miracles (click to watch videos of some of these) that it would take a few books to describe. The Omega Disciple makers Course was born in 2008, where I had put together an extremely comprehensive teaching and training material based on Jesus’ teachings where Christians can learn what it means to be a disciple of Jesus,and practical training in how to witness and pray for people,how to pray for healing and do deliverance etc
MISSION No 4-A DISCIPLE MAKERS COURSE-See Omega Disciple Makers Course on this site
Training Disciple Makers-practical training lacking in churches.
Since that year of 1988, a passion has been birthed in my spirit to see this reality of the Christian life practically in the body of believers at large, so sadly lacking in the average church. My response to Jesus command ‘go and make disciples’ was to create a course named exactly that- Disciple Makers Course (click to see course contents) using exclusively the teachings of Jesus who said we are to make disciples, and teach them to obey His commands; hence the reason for compiling a practical course to equip and empower believers as Jesus commanded in Mathew ch.28 v 19-20.
The Omega Disciple makers Course or Omega DMC started 2008
The term ‘Omega’ is to specify a ‘finishing’ course, where the Alpha course is an introduction to bring believers into the church started by Nicky Gumble. Jesus said He was and is the Alpha and Omega, and so this course is all about the Alpha and Omega, for His glory.
Not just information, but demonstration of power- 1 Cor. 4.20
It is my fervent desire to see the body of Christ in the context of Eph 4 v12, which is for each one of us to build up His church, until we all come to unity and agreement in the Knowledge of Christ and experience in the Holy Spirit of God- just as the body is dead without the head, so too many churches are dying without the knowledge and presence of Jesus and His Holy Spirit. They lack the one essential ingredient to make Jesus real- the Holy Spirit should manifest His presence in such a way that Mark Ch 16 v 19-20 is in evidence-‘ and the Lord was working with them, and confirming their message in signs and wonders.’ Click on the link to read testimonies of those having done the course with lifelong depression lifting. Course Testimonies
Revelation and wisdom from above-for guidance and compilation.
Much of the resources have been gleaned by revelation after having studied and analysed the New Testament more than 90 times since 1988 over these last 30 years, to gain and glean as much as possible from Jesus teachings- for the glory of His Kingdom.
This is because it is important to understand the spiritual aspect of Jesus teachings, which are often hidden amongst His parables and left out in the majority of sermons in the churches, and where healing and deliverance are normal occurrences.
CURRENTLY AM ENGAGED IN A HUGE MIRACLE WORK OF GOD PAST UNDERSTANDING IN MALAWI AND MOZAMBIQUE
A pastor from Malawi logged onto a prayer for healing on this website and used it to heal a sick woman, who recited the prayer and fell down unconscious. When she got up, she was totally healed, Since then he himself was filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time, and has gone around everywhere healing people. For more details see under Malawi for Jesus on this site where he is now training pastors and leaders in various villages with the Omega course- who have never heard the gospel message correctly, or fully understood it.
I pray that my testimony will inspire you to greater things, and that there is a God who loves His creation; that all things are possible to those who not only believe, but grow into a fuller experiential knowledge of God and His son, Jesus. Remember, Jesus said-ANYONE who BELIEVES in Me CAN do what I DO, and even GREATER! John 14v12-14
Of course the operative word is not only ANYONE ( no qualifications needed!) but the word CAN means that it is POSSIBLE. In my case I was not looking for the ability to do amazing things, I just wanted to be free from a lifetime of pain and fear. My DESPERATION to touch God and crying out gave me not only FREEDOM, but as a bonus the ABILITY to set others free and impart the same gift I received, which is pretty cool. So if you are not there, dont give up and always persevere, there is hope and the possibility of a life you never dreamed of. (pity it came so late in my life!)
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Blessings
Arthur Dilley