Works of God''s Power are the Essential Weapon for Mission Work in North America!
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June 08, 2008 |
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 ~ Pastor Phoebe Kim (Vancouver Manmin Church, Canada)
~ Pastor Phoebe Song-Jung Kim (rightmost) at Manmin TV booth at National Religious Broadcasters Convention
Many people tend to associate "Canada" with a flag with a red maple leaf in the middle and a country with huge but coldest chunks of land in North America.
Prior to coming to Vancouver in 2002, I remember looking up in an atlas where Vancouver was because I had not really known of its precise location. The passion to spread the gospel of sanctification and the news of the manifestations of God's power, however, quickly drove away the fear of coming to a foreign land.
After arriving in Vancouver, we pleaded to God early in the morning and late at night for the many things we needed at the church and God stepped in each time and solved our problems one by one.
We produced leaflets that targeted the locals and invited them to our church, and we also distributed Manmin News that featured the news and testimonies of Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's manifestations of God's power and his messages.
This effort resulted in the birth of a network through the help of a Canadian Christian and a number of pastors requested handkerchief meetings (Acts 19:11-12) to be held at their churches.
Upon watching the "Power" video, one Pentecostal pastor told me that his grandson was suffering from diabetes. The boy had received the handkerchief prayer, he added, and soon afterwards the pastor received a call that notified him of the boy's improved condition.
On a day that was like any other, I went to the church for a "Daniel Prayer Meeting." At the time, we were renting a Canadian church and the Senior Pastor of the church came to me and said one of his church members said she had been unable to see anything all of a sudden for the past few days.
The sister said she was "really afraid" and I saw that there was no light in her eyes. I explained to her about the handkerchief on which Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee had prayed and when my husband Rev. Tae-Moon Jeon prayed for her in earnest and when I translated his prayer, she received the prayer with all her heart. All of a sudden, she called out "Aaron!" to a man standing behind me. She could now see again!
 ~ Percy on his feet after receiving handkerchief prayer
On the last Sunday of each month, "handkerchief meetings" take place at Vancouver Manmin Church. On that Sunday, we were preparing for a handkerchief meeting when I heard a "Clank!" from the door. When I turned around, I saw a man on heavy metal crutches, walking towards the front. He sat in the front row and participated in the service with a smile on his face the whole time. He listened to the message attentively and had a time of repentance after watching the "Power" video. After receiving the prayer, he tried to stand on his own without the help of the crutches but he was unable to walk or stand in his own might.
The 62-year-old Percy said he had not been able to walk since he was 14 years of age. Although he was not healed the first day, he came back to church the following week after I told him that God is alive and that he ought to return to receive prayer again. After receiving the handkerchief prayer the second time, he could take 5 steps on his own. Nowadays, Percy can walk for more than 100 meters (about 328 feet) on his own and his back, which had been crooked from many years he had spent on crutches, is being straightened out.
I realize how precious and grateful it is to be able to not only preach the gospel of sanctification but also share with people here the works of God's power that affirm the messages. As someone who has tasted firsthand God's power by having been healed of pulmonary tuberculosis, I find it especially rewarding to testify to God.
I pray for Vancouver Manmin Church to follow the steps of Manmin Central Church, which employs a variety of media to spread and preach the Gospel, and greatly glory God.
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