At the first house we visited, the mother of the house had pain as a
result of problems with her uterus. We prayed for her and I literally
felt her uterus move inside her body as my hand was on her abdomen. After
we prayed, all pain was gone and she was healed! A daughter in the same
house had pain in her right arm as a result of damaged nerves. We prayed
for her too and after praying, she had no more pain! Praise Jesus!
In Delft after seeing our first miracle for the day, we saw two women sitting
under a tree outside their house and we felt that we should ask them whether
they needed prayer. At first, they refused but then I shared the
testimonies of the healings that God had just performed. The testimonies
opened the door and they invited us into the yard and 3 women lined up for
prayer. One of the women didn't know Jesus yet but was open for prayer
and we just loved on her. When we were about to leave, I gave her a hug,
and she hugged me for the longest time - she wouldn't let go! We are
trusting Jesus for her salvation because we know that she was moved that day!
In the streets of Delft on the day of the outreach, a man passed us for
the second time, so we stopped and started talking to him. Again, sharing
testimonies of the healings that God had just performed, opened a door and he
invited us to his house. We prayed with him for a job and was able to
speak into his destiny and the plans that the Father has for his life. We
also prayed for his baptism in the Holy Spirit and he experienced God's
presence! Thank you Holy Spirit!
At a house we visited, the lady there had had stomach pains for weeks,
and suffered from something resembling gastric rupture. We prayed for her
and pain left her body immediately and she was healed! While praying a
blessing over her, I got a word of knowledge - my throat started to feel
scratchy as if I had inhaled smoke, I could almost taste it. So I asked
her whether she smoked, she replied yes, and I asked whether she would like to
stop. She replied yes and therefore we prayed for her deliverance!
Praise the Lord!
At two of the houses where we visited on Saturday 22 February, Eugene,
one of our other team members had testimonies of where God healed him or gave a
breakthrough in the areas where the people from the house had a need. He
shared the testimony of how God came through for him and thus, prophesied into
their circumstances. There is amazing power in testimony!!
Anonymous At 23 weeks we saw that our baby wasn't really growing and the doctor didn't have much hope. On 26 weeks they said they'll give the baby a chance. Last week Wednesday I went into the hospital and was monitored daily. But on Tuesday they had to do an emergency C section. Our baby is alive! His heart and everything has developed perfectly. It is through the Lords grace that we have come this far. All the glory to God!
As summer approached, I started asking God for a holiday during December - I love December holidays but accommodation is normally fully booked way in advance and I hadn't made such plans for 2013 as it was not financially feasible. On 6 December, a friend phoned me and blessed me with a weeks luxury accommodation in the Plettenberg Bay area. It was an answer to prayer and I just praise God for His goodness and for blessing me with a heart's desire. The trip was incredibly blessed in many ways and I am just so thankful to have a Father that not only provides but exceeds all expectations! The weather forecast included 2 days of rain and generally when rain is forecasted for that area, it rains. It rained on the Tuesday and I prayed pretty fervently for sunny, beach weather for the Wednesday (a week at the beach can become very short if the weather isn't great!) and sure enough, when morning broke on Wednesday, it was blue skies with perfect beach weather! Things that are important to me, are important to Him! What an amazing Father we have!!
I am so happy that God opened this door for me. I started working
here at Powerhouse Church and things just started getting better and better! God
is busy with great things in my household! We never had money and we never had
any food. The enemy took everything from us, but when I started working here
God started to put things back into place for me! I am so happy to be a part of
Powerhouse! I praise the Lord for Pastor Francois and also everyone who prayed
for me and supported me through the struggles I endured. There is love in this house!
Every day as I am working I encounter the love of the Powerhouse people. Pastor Francois displayed to me amazing
Fatherly love, real love! I am thankful for God's work!
Yesterday morning I prayed specifically that God would help with getting information from a client that I had been struggling to get information from for 2 weeks in order for us to complete some work they had contracted us to do. We can only bill them once the work is complete therefore delays on their side results in cash flow implications on our side. Within an hour of reminding the client yesterday she sent the information. What is important to me, is important to Him - even with something as small as this, He wants to and will help if we ask Him!
A few weeks ago I was overwhelmed by
the constant struggles of life and could barely handle it anymore. I knew that I
had to find peace in and with God, but I did not know how to get it or even how
to ask Him for it. Obtaining peace felt like effort.
Then one day I saw this music video. It gave me words for the struggles inside that seemed indescribable. Realising that no matter the form my circumstances take, that these words describe what it really comes down to. Why life could get just too difficult sometimes.
I repeated this song over and over.Sometimes engaging wholeheartedly, other times just letting it play. A few days later I realised that I was feeling a whole
lot better! Not immediately realising that the song unlocked my freedom...
Fear and worry left me. God did the work within me. I
could not form contentment within myself, but He did it for me. I had no strength. But He gave me peace! Without being aware that He is working in my heart, He delivered me! I honestly feel like God used these words to change my life!
Marinus Nortje I went to tygervalley two weeks ago to buy myself a new wallet. As me being the worlds most organized person, I somehow lost my wallet with all the cards, money and other financial stuff inside. Upon arrival I visited the most expensive luggage store first, knowing I would not be prepared to pay that much for essentially a money holder. I just browsed to see different styles and features. To my greatest surprise between all the designer names like Polo, Armani and Gucci a wallet caught my eye. EXACTLY what I was looking for, I braced myself and with one eye shut I glanced at the price. BOOM!! Within my budget!! I was overjoyed. One last time I checked the wallet for bad stitching or a tear in the leather, not finding anything, I happily purchased the wallet and with a broad smile on my face I walked towards my car. Once I reached the car I was so chuffed with my bargain that I just HAD to have a quick peak at it before I drove home. Upon closer inspection I see that there is a R100 note in the back of the wallet. Needless to say I was SHOCKED! This is a daylight miracle! I am 100% sure that the wallet was completely empty when I bought it! Nonetheless God comes and He just does something so supernatural. Such great reassurance that He will always provide in excess!
I went on an outreach to Nelspruit with the Powerteam
students in 2012. We were divided into
two teams and were sent to different locations. The one day our team did do
door to door visits in a village called Backdoor. Our Team leader who knew the
village and the people took us to a woman who had a swollen ankle and could not
walk. I went on my knees to place my hands on her swollen ankle. Overcome with
compassion my husband and I prayed for the woman. Then Dean said: “Tomorrow
morning your ankle will be healed.” But I was thinking: “Now, this is what you
don’t say when you pray for healing.” I wasn't too sure...
At the end of the next day, the other team members who had visited
the area that day, called out to me and my husband. Screaming with excitement,
they told us that the woman who we prayed for come running to them that morning,
telling them that her ankle is completely healed! The swelling was gone and she
could walk again!
Jesus, please forgive my unbelief! Nothing is impossible with
God!!!
Carlien Oberholzer On Friday night at Love Revolution, we did an activity whereby we asked God for His thoughts about the people there which we wrote down anonymously - a simple prophetic activity (because the prophetic can be pretty daunting sometimes!). The 'thoughts' that I received were so significant and in line with what God has been speaking to me, confirmation or another piece of the puzzle which lead to revelation and I was just so encouraged! It was a simple exercise to ask Holy Spirit what He wanted to say, with child-like faith, even if it was a one-liner and He responded to us and blessed us!
One morning after resting at the top of Leeukop
and taking the climb back down again, I heard something crack in my knee. I
felt terrible pain! Although it was hurting badly I tried to carry on walking
to not stop the string of people behind us. As my husband and I were walking right
in front, I explained to him from behind what just happened. While I was still
talking, he just stretched out his hand behind him towards my knee. Immediately
the pain was completely gone! Jesus came to my rescue just then and there and
took away the pain!
Carlien Oberholzer
About 2 weeks ago I went to the neighbourhood Seven Eleven. One of the cashiers was on crutches and I asked what had happened - she had sprained her ankle. My first thought was to pray for healing but there was another customer waiting in line so I chickened out. I went to do some other errands and on the way home, I thought, I really should go and pray for her. So I stopped at the Seven Eleven, walked in (there were no other customers at the time - thank you Jesus!) and asked Cindy if I could pray for her. She agreed. I prayed a very simple prayer and asked her whether we could take the ankle brace that she had been wearing off to see if there was any difference. There was an improvement but still some discomfort. So I prayed again. As I prayed I felt the presence of God and when I asked Cindy if she had felt something, she had felt heat at the back of her ankle. I asked her if she would mind getting up and trying walking without the crutches and she did and she said that it felt a whole lot better than before! Thank you Jesus!!! I went back the next day and Cindy was serving customers, without the brace and off her crutches saying that there had been a great improvement in her ankle and she didn't experience discomfort anymore! Praise God!!
In 2013 I was in my office working and a client of mine came
in walking with crutches and a cast around his right ankle. Just before he left
I nervously called him aside and asked what happened to his foot. He explained
to me that a week ago he was jogging and somehow broke a bone in his right ankle. Seeing that he is a Muslim I said to him I
would like to pray for him, but I don’t want to push Jesus on him. I just want
to see him healed because I know Jesus wants to heal him.
He agreed that I can pray for him and was very open to
receive prayer from me as a Christian. I then gently put my hands on his ankle,
on the cast and prayed for him in Jesus’ Name.
I then stood there quietly holding my hands on the cast for a few
seconds longer. When I looked at him he had a small positive grin on his face.
I asked him if he experienced anything. He then said it was very strange
because my hand was on the outside of the cast but on the inside he felt
something. “It was like electricity”.
I asked him if we could check out his ankle to see if the pain
has left. He then gently moved his foot up and down and he said: “Yes, it’s healed! All the pain is gone!” I said okay, let’s test it. “Take of the cast
and do what you couldn’t do before.” He took of the cast and started walking without
it. He was standing on his toes, up and down, bending his ankle. There was no
pain! He was completely healed! The doctor said he must have the cast on for
six weeks but he only wore it for one week and then Jesus healed him
completely. That day he walked out a very happy man. Until today he did not
need to put it on again. He can now run comfortably!
Here he is, standing on his immediately healed ankle!
Powerhouse is a fantastic platform where the Kingdom of God
is established through different kingdom minded ministries. It is a platform
for kingdom minded people and businesses to operate from. A body of believers
coming together to do His work. Great and wonderful things are coming in 2014!
As summer approached, I started asking God for a holiday during December - I love December holidays but accommodation is normally fully booked way in advance and I hadn't made such plans for 2013 as it was not financially feasible. On 6 December, a friend phoned me and blessed me with a weeks luxury accommodation in the Plettenberg Bay area. It was an answer to prayer and I just praise God for His goodness and for blessing me with a heart's desire. The trip was incredibly blessed in many ways and I am just so thankful to have a Father that not only provides but exceeds all expectations! The weather forecast included 2 days of rain and generally when rain is forecasted for that area, it rains. It rained on the Tuesday and I prayed pretty fervently for sunny, beach weather for the Wednesday (a week at the beach can become very short if the weather isn't great!) and sure enough, when morning broke on Wednesday, it was blue skies with perfect beach weather! Things that are important to me, are important to Him! What an amazing Father we have!!
I am so happy that God opened this door for me. I started working
here at Powerhouse Church and things just started getting better and better! God
is busy with great things in my household! We never had money and we never had
any food. The enemy took everything from us, but when I started working here
God started to put things back into place for me! I am so happy to be a part of
Powerhouse! I praise the Lord for Pastor Francois and also everyone who prayed
for me and supported me through the struggles I endured. There is love in this house!
Every day as I am working I encounter the love of the Powerhouse people. Pastor Francois displayed to me amazing
Fatherly love, real love! I am thankful for God's work!
