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4 modern JESUS army Streetpaper No. 92 WHAT’S ON? 2011 modern Jesus army COMING EVENTS LONDON DAY SATURDAY 25 JUNE 1.00pm March from Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square 2.00pm Jesus Festival, Trafalgar Square LONDON WC2N ----------------------------------- UK JESUS CELEBRATION SATURDAY 30 JULY 2.00pm & 6.00pm Jesus Centre, Abington Square NORTHAMPTON NN1 4AE ----------------------------------- RAW - REAL AND WILD WED 03 - SAT 06 AUGUST Jesus Centre, Abington Square NORTHAMPTON NN1 4AE ----------------------------------- WINNING FESTIVAL WEEKEND FRI 26 - MON 29 AUGUST Giant Marquee Cornhill Manor, Pattishall NORTHAMPTON NN12 8LQ ----------------------------------- UK JESUS CELEBRATION SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER NORTH - The Black-E, 1 Great George Street, LIVERPOOL L1 5EW SOUTH - Hove Town Hall, Norton Rd, HOVE BN3 4AH ----------------------------------- UK JESUS CELEBRATION SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2.00pm & 6.00pm Ponds Forge, Sheaf Street SHEFFIELD S1 2BP ALL FREE ALL WELCOME i INFO: jesus.org.uk/dates Tel: 0845 123 5550 Email: info@jesus.org.uk Write: Jesus Fellowship, FREEPOST, Nether Heyford, Northampton NN7 3BR Prayer People experience healing through the power of prayer IN NORTHAMPTON, some Jesus Army members prayed for their friend when a scan had showed a large tumour in his stomach. After their prayers, there was no trace of the tumour. In London, a Jesus Army member prayed for her grandma, who subsequently recovered from cancer. Around the same time, a child at one of their children’s schools received healing. Another man was healed of a neck problem at a church event. Jesus Army member, Hannah Asprusten, 23, said: “It’s exciting to see all the things that God is doing – and to be a part of it!” But it can’t be as simple as that, can it? Just pray and be healed? Well, no – and yes. The fact is that Jesus does heal. He did it when He walked the earth, and He does it still, because He’s risen from the dead and has sent His Spirit to empower His followers. Christians can and should pray for people to be healed and restored by the power of Jesus. Yet not everyone is healed physically, and sometimes God works differently. Sometimes he brings peace to people suffering in sickness, or teaches us lessons through hard times. If God were a “slot machine” for instant healing, we’d soon see Him as nothing else. And death is a fact of life in our sin-wrecked world, and will remain so until Jesus returns and makes everything new. But it is right to ask God to heal. God is good. He THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU will surely be “must watch” material for fans of the Bourne movies. Matt Damon plays a senatorial candidate who falls in love with a woman. But if he’s going to fulfil his destiny (and she hers) he has to let go of her. The “Adjustment Bureau” are the shadowy “men in black” who watch the universe and are determined that the way they want the future to be will prevail. But the Matt Damon character wants to be with his woman, and this is Hollywood. Will it all end in tears and the seeming failure of his and her dreams, or will they live happily ever after? In real life, the unglamorous sacrifice of our agendas is sometimes called for. Witness the soldier in Afghanistan laying down his life for his brothers in arms, shielding them from the grenade blast with his own body. What would have been the state of America today loves us. He knows what’s best. We can trust Him. “HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN ADJUSTED?” Photo: neeravbhatt, flickr.com by JAMES STACEY STREETPAPER EDITOR if Martin Luther King had decided that speaking out against institutional racism was too risky? Would Gandhi have achieved all he had if he’d wanted a quiet life? What about the most famous person who has ever lived – Jesus of Nazareth? Jesus didn’t exactly relish the thought of going through crucifixion, the most obscene of all executions – but he willingly did so. Why? Because without his death on the cross none of us could be reconciled to God. The cross was a nightmare, far worse than any of us can imagine. That didn’t stop God, in Jesus, enduring it so that our future would be far better than we deserved. Jesus said “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it” (John, chapter 12, The Bible). Is there anything you wouldn’t – or couldn’t – give up for the one who gave everything for you? If there is, you need to adjust your thinking. Your future depends on it. ANNA God healed M.E.!
modern JESUS army Streetpaper No. 92 5 p wer LAURENCE COOPER Streetpaper comment Derren Brown: the truth for sale? I FIND TV illusionist Derren Brown a wee bit creepy. What triggers my reaction to him is my sense that he is dishonest in a damaging way. In Derren Brown’s recent programme, Miracles for Sale, Brown coached a British man into being a fake faith healer so he could convincingly perform “faith healing” on churchgoers in Texas. Brown said he wanted to show that these healings were a big fraud carried out in God’s name: God isn’t involved in the healings that take place in these Christian meetings; it’s nothing but a money-spinning racket. Criticisms of moneygrubbing televangelists are nothing new. I, like many, despise confidence trickery in God’s name. It happens too much and has happened all through history. It’s stomach turning. But Derren Brown doesn’t just attack the ugly scams of greedy conmen; he tars all people of faith with his brush. There’s no balance in his programme. Not a single look at nondramatic healings that take place often in churches. Brown doesn’t interview a single sane, sensible person to testify to God’s healing – and there are many, some of whom I know personally. Brown wants to sling mud all over the place and he does so very effectively. He’s sowing the seeds of his own barren outlook on life: “God doesn’t exist. Religion is a fantasy”. That, in my view, is a pretty weak angle on a vast topic that has thrilled minds and filled hearts for centuries. Ignorance is bad enough. But I think it’s worse than that. Does Brown really want to help people who are being conned? Is that his main motive here? Or is it more about amassing the benefits of celebrity? Trumpeting his own powers of sleight of hand and eye? Not that Brown’s “powers” are actually very convincing to anyone in the know. His fake stage prayers ring hollow to someone who prays and is involved with true prayer all the time. It’s like handing me a chocolate coin and expecting that I will accept it as a pound. The hidden motive is obvious. In the end, in fact, doesn’t it all boil down to just – money, Derren? TO HEAL OR NOT TO HEAL? SMITH WIGGLESWORTH PRAYER CARE People pray for each other at Jesus Army events Anna’s modern day miracle The power of prayer brought healing from M.E. AT THE AGE of 19, Anna Purkiss began suffering from M.E. This is an extremely debilitating illness involving the immune and nervous systems. Anna says “Even things like reading or talking to people wore me out, let alone any physical activity. The pain was a major problem for me: it was like how you ache after you’ve done a lot of exercise, but really badly all over my body.” Anna was so ill that she had to take a year out of university in the first year. She struggled to come to terms with a huge change in life, dealing with the illness itself and trying to cope with the sudden isolation caused by her condition. Anna was desperate, and received prayer for healing at a Jesus Army event called “Winning Weekend” in August, 2010, in a giant marquee in Northamptonshire. “I was prayed for by two friends” says Anna. “We all prayed. I cried – a lot! – and then I fell to the floor, overcome. I felt peace and a cool sensation go through my body, from my toes to the top of my head. I opened my eyes, and sat up. I felt completely normal again; properly awake, with a clear head, and not in pain for the first time in three years!” Anna was a bit in shock, but delighted! She immediately felt better, so stayed until the end of the event. That represented a huge turnaround. Now, almost a year later, Anna is still going strong: “I’m feeling really great, and have managed to do so much stuff. I have visited people, gone swimming and shopping, walked quite a lot, volunteered at my local primary school. It feels like I’ve got my life back – and I’m so happy!” Although she was already a Christian, Jesus, the miracle maker, is now more real to Anna than ever before. (1859-1947) was an early twentieth century Pentecostal pioneer from Yorkshire. When he prayed for people, truly remarkable things happened: some people regained their hearing and sight, and cancerous growths disappeared, new limbs even grew. Despite Wigglesworth’s remarkable healing gift, not all he prayed for were healed. His own wife died six years after he became a Pentecostal, his son two years after that. His daughter, who assisted in his meetings, was never healed of her deafness. For three years, Wigglesworth himself suffered with gallstones. STUART PATNELL is a leader in the Jesus Army. He remembers another leader praying for a friend’s mother. She had a painful, long-standing back problem. She couldn’t walk properly. After prayer, she walked without difficulty or pain. “Everyone in the room JOHN WIMBER (1934-1997), founder of the Vineyard movement, was a “beer-guzzling, drug-abusing pop musician”, who was converted at age 29. Wimber was known for his honesty. In a 1996 article, he told of amazing healing success stories, but was crying because it was so amazing” says Stuart. “Her husband fell over in sheer shock.” Stuart also has a gift of healing. Yet he has himself suffered illness over the years. “God has given me the strength to live for Him and even to pray for others’ healing while I’ve been ill myself” says Stuart. also of some sad examples of people not being healed. Wimber also had cancer at the time and said “Some Christians believe we should never struggle. If that’s true, then I’m not a good Christian. Not only have I suffered physically with health problems, but I also struggled with depression during my battle with cancer.”
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