ANOTHER FIRST!

When believers in persecuted countries gather together, it is at great risk. When they are together longer than a few hours, it is at tremendous risk. But a group did just that recently - for the first in-country Christian conference in Iran! I have just received a summary of that conference. The two topics? Leadership and Inner Healing. What follows is one of the leaders own words (I've tried to leave the English as she wrote it, though I've put in parentheses some clarifying remarks). Read and be blessed!!!

Salaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam Baba (Daddy) Mike - how are you ? Baba Mike, the conference was miracle of God . Let me tell you from the first: me and S had 4.35 hours to teach I had 3 hours and the rest was for S. I started with explanation of healing prayer and explained the difference between healing prayer and spiritual warfare because our Timothy just knew about spiritual warfare and they think healing prayer is same. After that I started to explain about how somebody can be wounded but cannot remember (this was the first session). After that I asked all of them to start praying about their wounds. Oh Baba Mike suddenly Holy Spirit came and touched all of us - you should be there! How God healed so many of us. They cried, they talked to Jesus, they prayed some of them loudly, some very quiet, some just keep quiet and look and think deeply. Oh Baba Mike it was so wonderful. It took about 2 hours. One old man about 70 came to me and cried and talked about when he was the age of 8 and God healed him immediately. I cannot explain that night - it was very holy.

For second session I talked about kids inside (this is at the heart of my recent teaching) - they really love this topic. They had hundreds of questions. Oh lord, Baba Mike, it wasn't me talking to them. You know, after finish I listen to my session. I talked about so many things that I didn't know before. Baba Mike, I told them that Pastor MG teach all of these lessons to me and they know you as Baba Mike now. After second session I told if you want go for a break and then we will have a prayer session. They said no, we don't want break. Just add the time of break to our prayer session.

For second prayer session I talked about the names and stones (this is a prayer time where you allow God to remove all of the negative, old names and labels you have received and replace them with His name for you. When God reveals this new name, the person writes it down on a white rock to keep – see Revelation 2:17). How wonderful it would be if you could be there. So many of them got the new name. When we were praying, God showed me that there is one person there that many people called him or her “orphan” while he/she was baby. Suddenly one old lady about 70 came to me and cried and said “It’s me because I lost my mom and dad when I was a baby. All of my relatives called me orphan and I grow up with this name.” So we prayed for her and she got a beautiful name from God.

For third session S talked about 6 steps for kids (this is a prayer process to help people find inner healing and freedom – it is at the heart of what I’ve been doing recently). And it was good. We realized that S is very amazing in individual healing prayer and during those nights she and me had so many healing prayer times individually with people. During those healing prayer times we realized that S is wonderful with personal healing prayer and I was good in teaching and mass (group) prayer.

So Baba Mike I want to thank you so much. I miss you alot. This was very good experience for all of us. God bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess you my dear Baba (the Iranians extend words for emphasis).

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