Don’t you just love reading the Book of Acts? It’s gripping and exciting, every page dripping with the power of God in action. Here’s the thing… in a way, the Book of Acts is not finished yet! It’s continually being written, because the Spirit of God is still in action, doing exactly the same wondrous things as He did way back then. We’ve been witnesses of that once again over the past weeks of the School of Evangelism, and I wish I could share ALL the beautiful testimonies with you!
Here is just a small taste of stories the students shared with us – and we give God all the glory for every person saved, every life changed, every broken body healed. As you read these, I pray that your own faith will be super-charged. And if you long to be used by the Lord like this, come to the Johannesburg School of Evangelism in September 2023! You, too, can be His hands and feet and reach this dying world for Jesus.
I was taking pictures of the students and had seen Gift lead a 70-year-old man to the Lord who was weeping and filled with absolute joy. It really touched my heart and I felt drawn to him as he was standing to one side alone weeping with tears of joy. He was so happy to share his newfound faith in Jesus but told me he couldn’t see well and didn’t know how he was going to read a Bible. I asked if I could pray for him, and he happily agreed. The Lord healed his eyes and once again he was weeping for joy and grabbed his “Now that you are saved” book and immediately started reading.
– Jacqueline
At our last crusade in Steenberg a young Muslim man came forward. His parents were both Muslim and had gotten divorced. He gave his life to Jesus and was extremely overwhelmed.
– Mari
A lady who had a broken finger came forward for healing. As I was praying for her, she started repenting and rededicated her life to Jesus. As the Holy Spirit came upon her, demons started manifesting and it was so severe that the demons started to choke her. She had unforgiveness in her heart and we ministered to her. She decided to forgive the person who hurt her, and the demons left her, and she was baptized in the Holy Spirit and filled with joy.
– Bernard
We prayed for a man who was born blind in his right eye. We prayed for him, and Jesus healed him. We closed his left eye completely and he could tell us exactly how many fingers we were holding up with his previously-blind right eye.
– Janco, Eduard and Bernardo
In Lavendar Hills a man came running to us asking us for prayer. We didn’t even approach him. He started repenting and said he was so tired of his life and that he didn’t want to live it any longer, he wanted a clean life and to receive Jesus. He was making all these requests and couldn’t stop crying as we lead him to the Lord. He had arms that were deformed and crooked from birth, so we also prayed for healing and the Lord straightened his arms and did a creative miracle. His friends were all shocked because they knew he was like that from birth. The man was filled with joy and could not stop crying.
– Neo
I preached to a Muslim woman who was not ready to give her heart to Jesus. Her daughter who was with her could not speak English and her eyes lit up. She wanted to know what I was saying to her mother. Her mother became the interpreter as I preached the Gospel to the daughter. The daughter decided to give her heart to Jesus. This was such a surprise to me! I realized that God could use anyone to preach His word for salvation, even an unsaved Muslim mother to her daughter.
– Virginiah
We were walking down Long Street and looked just like everyone else in casual attire. A man named Joseph ran up to us and asked us to pray for him. He said that his heart was broken because his mom died two months ago. He was on drugs to numb the pain but just couldn’t keep living like this. We prayed for him, and the power of God hit him. He was in a trance for a few minutes as he fell to the ground. We led him to Christ. He then showed us how his arm was crippled and deformed since birth. I prayed for him, and his arm shot out straight and God healed him! His friend saw this and knew about his friend’s arm and received Jesus after that.
– David.
We went to a soup kitchen to preach the Gospel. A young child Jeremiah and his friend ran to us and told us that Jesus healed his ankle that was cracked from an injury whilst Kiara preached about healing. His friend confirmed that he couldn’t even play with them. He ran up and down to show us that his ankle was healed.
– Marco
You see? When we preach the simple Gospel, Jesus does the rest!