I was in the Methodist church since before I was born. My mother took me to church in her womb. I was a "comfortable" Christian. I had not heard of present-day healing through the power of the Holy Spirit. If I had been told, I wouldn't have believed it!!
In 1995, my wife was diagnosed with a condition called peripheral neuropathy. Essentially, the nerves in her legs, feet, arms and hands were withering. It was untreatable, according to the doctor.
In early July, 1997, I went to the altar a for healing prayer for my wife, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church of the Voyager, in Coronado, CA. There, Harold & Ginny Weeks prayed for her. They suggested to me that my wife come to the healing classes at the church on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Harold said, "What do you have to lose?" I couldn't refute the logic. I sincerely wanted my wife to be healed. That night, I suggested to my wife that she go to the class. At the same time, two others in the church also suggested that she go. She went. I stayed home. When she came home, she woke me up to tell me that she saw strange things happening. She saw arms and legs changing length!! I found it hard to believe. However, I knew that she would not tell me something that was not true.
The second week, she said that HER arms had moved!! It had happened while a person had PRAYED for her!! This was too much for me. I had to see what was going on!!
At the next meeting, I was shocked and amazed by what I saw. By the power of hands-on prayer, calling upon Jesus and the Holy Spirit, people had their arms and legs shortened and lengthened. They fell down, under the power of the Holy Spirit. I couldn't believe it!! It was staggering to me!! No one I had ever known had said that this was possible, through Jesus.
All through church as a youth, the Boy Scouts at church, and as an adult in church (I was then 56 years old) I had never even heard of the healing power of the Holy Spirit!!
In August, I went back the second time. I started listening intently to what was being prayed. Each person said things a different way. It was disconcerting that I could find no one mantra or prayer that healed. Was there a pattern that called down the power of the Holy Spirit? There was!!
I found that the healing class members would first call on the authority of Jesus Christ. Then, they would command the injured part of the body to be healed. There were different ways to describe the injury or sickness. There were different ways to command the body to be healed. Sometimes specific systems of the body would be commanded. Sometimes the prayers were more general. However, this pattern was always the same.
Harold Weeks, the facilitator, always had books and tapes available on how to heal. My wife and I started borrowing more and more. I started listening to about one tape a day, as I was dressing, eating, or exercising. Becky listened to several each week. I started studying Bible verses, like Mark 16:16-18. It said believers would heal the sick and cast out demons. I read John 14:14. It said that "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." This was good news!! Anyone who was a believer could heal the sick and cast out demons!! What a revelation. The church had not shared that secret!!
After the third meeting, I started to "practice" on myself. I was amazed that my body responded to my own prayers for healing. I had a pain in my ankle. I commanded it to leave, and it did. In watching a videotape by Charles and Frances Hunter, Frances told how she got rid of headaches. I tried it and it worked!! I got rid of headaches three times that week. By the third time, all I had to do was raise my hand towards my head and the pain left. I was learning about spiritual warfare!!
Yes, I found that some of our "pain" was caused by an evil spirit!! Whoa!! Satan on earth?? Causing me pain?? Yes!! I got rid of my headaches by casting out a demon!! I just said "Out, in the name of Jesus!!"
This was another revelation to me. In the church, we talked of Heaven and Hell. We talked of God and Satan. Never had I heard that Satan could be alive and well here on earth, causing pain, sorrow and death!! Now, I had first-hand experiences with Satan!! He was real, in my life. I already had the picture that Jesus was a real force in today's world, by the healing. But when I learned that the other side, Satan, was also in today's world, I knew that the Bible, as God's word, was completely true!!
I asked to be baptized by Jesus in the Holy Spirit in the next class. In the September 5, 1997, healing class, another student prayed for me to receive the power of the Holy Spirit. I received it!! Hallelujah!! I don't remember everything about it. Some things I remember, some things my wife told me. In any case, the things told me were consistent with the things that I remembered. (But that is another story.) At the end of the evening, I started speaking in tongues, just like it says in Mark 16:17-18!! Believers could do what Jesus said that they would do!! My experiences had proved it to me!!
By now, I was taking the Bible even more seriously. I started reading and listening to the Bible for specific thing to do and not to do. I redoubled my effort to listen to the Hunter's and Derek Prince's tapes.
Harold said that he was trying not to "overdose" me. I told him that I didn't think that he could!! He still hasn't, and I'm still listening to several tapes a week. Some more than once. Now that I know that this is about either damnation or salvation, I can't afford to be wrong!! I want to spend eternity with Jesus!! I sure don't want to go to Hell!!
On November 10, 1997, I tried some major healing. I had an enlarged prostate, which was a real problem for me. I was getting up at night 4 and 5 times. It disrupted my sleep. I lost sleep. I had been taking saw palmetto, with good results. However, I was out of pills. I got some more, $60.00 worth. When I got them home, I thought "Why use them when I could just call on the Holy Spirit?"
Yes, you guessed it. I prayed that night just before going to sleep. The next morning, I realized that I didn't have to get up during the night to go to the bathroom!! From that day on, I have not had to take any more saw palmetto. I had received a major healing by the Holy Spirit answering my prayer, just like it says in John 14:14, quoted above. I, as a believer, had asked, and Jesus sent his Holy Spirit to do the job. Thank you, Jesus!!
I knew that according to the Bible, I was saved and could expect to go to Heaven when I die. That was because I had received the Power of the Holy Spirit. I knew that, because I had received the Gift of Healing. However, I felt that something was lacking. I didn't know what. Hold on, I was about to find out!!
I was introduced to Ed and Millie Jolley. They have a charismatic ministry at the Hanalei Hotel in San Diego every second Friday at 7 P.M. My wife and I had started going there. On December 12, 1997, the service had great meaning for me (but that is another story!!).
By the next morning, I started to have a feeling of GREAT JOY surge in my heart. It got greater and greater. On the THIRD DAY, I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT I WAS BORN AGAIN!!! JESUS' POWER AND AUTHORITY IS GREAT!! HALLELUJAH!!!
At that time, I asked my wife to marry me again. She said YES (Thank you, Jesus)!! I asked our pastor, Neal Keller, to re-marry us and re-baptize me. He said yes. After 35 years, we were remarried in Jesus Christ!! Hallelujah!!
Since that time, Becky and I have been so blessed, it is hard to believe. We had started a journal of the blessings and healings early on. It was a good thing. Now, we can read them over and over.
We have earnestly prayed to turn control of our lives over to Jesus, to be obedient to Jesus, to tithe, to follow the Commandments, and to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit freely. I have a peace now that is complete. My fears of death and the future are gone. I now have, just like the song says, "Blessed Assurance." Hallelujah!!
In February, 1998, I went in for an annual physical at a Kaiser HMO facility. I was told by the physician that I had a score of "14" on the PSA test. That level had risen from "2.5," about 5 years earlier. The doctor said that there was a good chance that I had cancer of the prostate. I had to take a second, more specific test.
Before I took the more specific test, I went to Ed & Millie Jolley's services. They prayed for me and against cancer, on March 13, 1998. The next Monday, I went in for the second test. The test results had "no medical significance." HALLELUJAH!!! Thank you JESUS!!!
If you want more of what Jesus has for you, stick a toe in the water. Want to get rid of PAIN, SUFFERING, FEAR, and SICKNESS?? Want to LIVE FOREVER in Heaven?
Like they say on TV, "COME ON DOWN!!" Come to the healing classes on Wednesdays at 6PM, 700 D Ave, Coronado, class room 7 (upstairs in the educational building). WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE (but your pain, suffering, fear, sickness)??
In His Spirit,
Bill Hitt
(619) 234 6628, hittpink@juno.com
That those who have been blessed can in turn be a blessing to others in healing ministry. That is demonstrated in the following excerpt from a letter I received from Ed and Millie Jolley:*
"God is not a cop! He is our Father. He wants to bless and help you, and love you. You can talk to Him as simply as you would talk to your daughter or son. That is why we think praying with you is so fantastic. You know how to talk to HIM! The day...we prayed together in your kitchen, and the prayer that was offered over Millie's blood vessels {extreme sensitivity to bruising} was absolutely incredible! God has honored that prayer. There has been a drastic improvement each time she bumps herself. The spots break up faster, don't happen as often, and are much less severe. Thank you Jesus!"
Again, as the teacher of this class, let me add that Bill -- along with his wife Becky -- has become an effective prayer warrior in the healing ministry. As the Hunters say, "If we can do it, you can do it, too!" If Bill can do it, you can do it, too!
* Ed & Millie Jolley are ordained ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with over twenty years experience ministering the Word of God. They pastored Victorious Faith Center in the San Diego, CA, area for over 12 years. Since their "retirement," they have continued ministering in the United States and Mexico in many churches of various denominations. Millie has special gifts of singing and healing. Ed is a pastor to pastors, an evangelist to the world, and an inspiration to the Body of Christ. Ed & Millie have been anointed by the Holy Spirit. They hold monthly services on the second Friday of each month. These services are held under the name of the "Joyous Jolleys" at the Hanalei Hotel (619-297-1101), in Mission Valley, San Diego, CA. There, they preach the joy of Jesus, salvation, victory over Satan, and present healing through the power of Holy Spirit. Their services start at 6P.M. They are non-denominational and all are welcome!
If you enjoyed reading this testimony, then please visit Hal Weeks' "Land of Miracles" Web Site
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