Jesus Jolts Japanese (And Kiwis)
December 20, 2005
Osaka, Japan
THEME-GREAT HEALING. FOCUS. POWER EVANGELISM
Wonderful, incredible healing, correct focus, and a great example of Presence evangelism!! That’s what I want to share as we have now finished our 8 day trip to Japan. We’ve been teaching and equipping this group on healing and deliverance, and have been encouraging them on the things of revival. It was an incredible, intense four days, and now Sunday night would be the last night with most of them. The group was slightly smaller, and understandably so. But it was also made up of some really hungry people
FIRST TIME FOR THIS. I CLAPPED, SHE FELL OUT
It was one of those nights when what I spoke on was fine, but it was what happened afterwards that was the main thing. Truthfully, I thought they would enjoy my message on “Out Of Your Comfort Zone To See The Miraculous,” we’d end with a fire tunnel, and make it an early evening. But when the people came out of the tunnel, they seemed to break into little groups, sitting all over the floor. I joined one group and got to pray for a couple of people . Then a little old lady came and asked me to pray for her deafness. She was 71, had gotten an ear infection when she was 3, and had to wear these large hearing aids in both ears–not real effective with them and she couldn’t hear anything without them. I had Bob translate for me (I was never able to get over this very Japanese looking guy, speaking English with a New Zealand accent). I prayed for her for a couple of minutes, then waited to see if anything happened. I clapped my hands on both sides of her head to see if she could hear–and she fell out!. So we sat down at her head and I laid one hand on one ear, and Bob laid his hand on the other ear.
FOCUS ON WHAT GOD DID DO
While soaking her and waiting to see what happened, we go to minister to another woman who came and sat down beside us. She had a degenerative disease that had already caused considerable damage to her hands, and the doctor said it would spread to her arms and shoulders, completely crippling her. Both hands had pain, she had only about 30% mobility, and couldn’t make a fist. So, we first had her renounce the word curse the doctor had put on her. He had meant well, doing the best he knew how to do medically, but it’s still a curse. Then we prayed for a couple of minutes, and checked in with her. The smile said it all, as she was able to open and close her left hand. Reporting she still had pain in her right hand, we prayed some more. God was at work. Within minutes, she was beaming, opening and closing both hands for everyone to see. And here’s a key point. One finger still wouldn’t go all the way down–but rather than concentrate on the 5% that still wasn’t healed, she chose to concentrate on the 95% that was healed. We see so many people who focus on what God didn’t do, rather than on what God DID do!
SHE CAN HEAR!! 68 YEARS OF DEAFNESS–GONE
At this point, the little old lady woke up. She just smiled at me and said in Japanese “I can hear.” The room erupted as people began to realize we were testing her because she had received her hearing back. We had her close her eyes while Bob stood off to the side and behind her, and had her repeat everything he said. 68 years of having to depend on clunky hearing aids had come to an end! She just grabbed me and we hugged as the room celebrated. And she couldn’t stop praising Jesus.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE GOT HEALED? QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS
And it gets even better. Bob has been working with a teen-twentysomething group. Christians and non-Christians. Three of the non-Christians were there that night, and we had met one of them before the meeting. He was in his early twenties, seemed mostly uninterested during the message, but was willing to go thru the fire tunnel–even several times. He would walk thru with this look on his face that said “I have no idea what this is all about, but I’ll try it.” But when the room erupted as this woman was healed, he was fairly close, and he was able to talk to Jef, our host who had put all these meetings together. He didn’t understand at first, so he had questions for Jef. “What just happened? She just got healed from deafness of 68 years. Who. That lady. She was deaf? Yes, 68 years, had to wear those big hearing aids. When did this happen? Just now. No, really, right here, just now, that woman?” And he had the hardest time understanding that she was healed right in front of everyone’s eyes. So, as we were packing up to leave, he comes to me and says “I have questions.” Yea, I bet.
I WANT THIS POWER!
Now here’s the point. He had seen the power of God, and now he wanted it. He had a felt need. He wanted to be able to go pray for his sister’s friend, who was sick. When people see the power of God, they will run toward it, not away from it!! Since he was friends with Richard, another of the leaders of this group, I told him he would answer all his questions. But since he wanted to pray for the sick, I wanted to bless him and pray for anointing. I got about half way thru, and suddenly remembered from our conversation before the meeting that he wasn’t saved yet. So, I started turning my prayer toward that direction and let Richard take over. As we walked out of the room, he had his arms upraised, accepting Jesus! And the other two–lots of questions and they’re not far behind. So many great principles here. The woman had been to all the meetings–it would have been easy to blow this one off. But she pressed in–she came to Jesus, like many of those in the Bible who were healed by Him. The woman with the painful hands gave glory to what God had done, not focusing on the fact she wasn’t completely healed yet. And power, Presence evangelism really works. This young man had heard a lot about God, and that’s necessary and good. But when he saw the power of God, he said “I want some of that power, what must I do to be saved and have it?”
MONTANA IN JANUARY–WE MUST BE CRAZY
This was such a wonderful trip, and we fell in love with Japan and the Japanese people. We got to meet and be with many anointed and hungry people who want to see revival for their country. Our next ministry trip will be to Kalispell, MT for meetings with the Vineyard there on Thursday-Saturday morning, January 12-14, and then to Helena, MT on Sunday the 15th for Sunday morning and evening meetings at Capital City Christian Fellowship. Have a great Christmas, and many blessings.
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc.
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
