This year, within the last 3 or 4
months, I have visited Nandi Hills three times! What is with Nandi hills and me!
I really do not know! But this time it was at the foot hills of Nandi Hills and
it was for a church retreat.
Adonai church at Cox town had
organised a week long “Healing and Deliverance ministry.” It was at Glorious
Promised Land, a few acres spread at the foot hills. Lovely place, with lovely
fruit bearing trees and plants; place brimming with fig trees and fig fruits
hanging from the stems and branches! There were other fruits too, of course,
forbidden to pluck and eat!
There was a mini zoo too, with a
beautiful black cocker spaniel, reminding me of my own Sally and Cindy, mother
and daughter pair, jet black and so loving, but passed off with five years
apart. There were goats, ducks, geese and turkey birds! Well, I missed seeing
the bunny rabbits, which were also somewhere in the premises.
To be fair, the proprietors of the
property, rent out this beautiful place mainly to Christian organisations, who
want to hold conferences, workshops, retreats and camps. Also for weddings,
family gatherings, picnics, concerts and meditation camps, but strictly Christian.
Isn’t that beautiful! Who even
bothers about Christians these days in this country, except to admonish that
one is a ‘rice Christian,’ or a ‘chocolate Christian,’ and to force ‘gar vapasi’
on them! Of course, not everyone says that. Still the ruling elite and the village
level workers of the governing party say that! That is bad enough.
Moreover, the proprietor and his
sweet wife, both stood personally at the food counters and served the food with
lot of concern. They, I think, have taken this as their personal ministry to
the Lord. How wonderful! Oh, before I forget, we got chicken every day! And on
the last day chicken and beef biriyani too!
Well, coming back to the ministry by
Adonai church, the Senior Pastor Victor was there full time, so also his wife
Mrs. Annie Victor, both together admirably conducting the classes, starting
from Saturday the 12th to the next Saturday, the 19th August
2017. There were others from their church to help them with praise and worship,
the devotionals and music.
They taught about the foundations of
the healing ministry, the creation and the Fall, God’s solution to the situation
and the model of healing as shown by Jesus on his earthly ministry. Promises of
God became reality on earth as man agreed with God in faith.
The next session was to introduce the
concept of man being created whole, with soul, body and the spirit, an
undivided and unbroken completeness, to engage in a fruitful relationship with
God the Creator. Man lost it all due to disobedience and in the consequent
Fall, lost the connection between him and God, which was though his spirit.
This must be restored. That is all what healing is about, bringing in restoration
in the relationship with God.
Soul consists of the will, emotions
and the mind. Here is where all the decisions are made and executed by man. He
thinks, decides and feels. Right now, all these are in disarray. How to bring
these in alignment with God and His will, is what will bring back restoration
and healing.
There were lot of practical examples
through during the lectures and there was plenty of humour, especially in
Pastor Victor’s classes. One enjoyed it all. Many a times the whole class roared with laughter at his antics!
Rejection and the cure for it,
acceptance, especially by God, who loves us so much that He went to the cross
for saving us, were taught beautifully. The unconditional love shown by the
heavenly Father is what would really heal our rejection from our earthly
families.
Importance of forgiveness, letting go
of those who had hurt us, were emphasized in the class. When we are not able to
forgive, it not only festers inside us, leading to bitterness and diseases, but
also leads us being critical and judgmental about others and the world in
general. It is in our own good that we forgive and release such resentments.
Dealing with emotional pain was
another of the topics given importance to. Belief systems, the need to have right
beliefs in our minds, relationships and soul-ties, were all beautifully
expounded. Root causes of fear and overcoming fear were taught with examples from
the Scripture and everyday life.
Blessings and curses, dealing with
supernatural realms, restoring the human spirit, how we give access to demons
to play havoc in our lives, were all taught with many examples and biblical
quotations.
All these teachings opened a new
vista and one understood many issues related to the spiritual realm; how to get
close to the Lord and how to safeguard ourselves from negative forces in the
world and how to get relief from such oppression, if one is suffering from it –
all these were real minefields, full of information and practical examples and
testimonies after each of such topics.
It was wonderful to have attended
this school for eight days. There were 170 participants. Many had come with small
children, husbands and wives, parents, mother and daughters, and so on. Some
had come from Dubai, Doha, even Ghana, Africa! There were 15 children, some of
them just babies, still parents had braved the difficulties to come and attend
the classes.
The topping of the cake was the two days
kept for individual ministry. Everyone had a one-to-one ministry time with two
of the very experienced ministry team that had come specially for the purpose
on the last two days. There were 20 such ministry teams and all were attended
to, some of them twice or thrice even.
While a person was being ministered
to by these teams, the other participants spent their time in praying for those
who were being ministered unto, and wrote down the messages or Bible verses
that came to their minds in cards, which were given later to the persons
concerned. Well, these are to be treasured for ever. What words of
encouragement and solace!
On the whole, it was a beautiful
experience. I personally had a lot of time to introspect and bring out many of
my faults, which needed rectification and unconfessed sins, which were brought
to memory during the sessions. Almost everyone walked out with huge burdens
lifted off the shoulders. Many healings and deliverances happened. Praise be to
God alone!
Yes, it was worth attending this
retreat. In case you are interested, do contact Adonai Church, 080 2548 3335. I
am sure you will get more benefit from it than you think you will!
God bless you abundantly!
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