Last Friday I went as an usher to one of Benny Hinn's crusades in Toronto. Some
believe he is from the devil. Others that he is a fake. All I can say to you is
what I experienced: the gospel message was preached: salvation by faith in Jesus
Christ. Around 1000 people gave their heart to Jesus that night. God was
glorified through worship and praise songs. Never was once glory given to man
nor to Benny Hinn. Around 2000 people were healed. The lame walked, the deaf
started hearing, the blind got their vision, cancer was healed... God was
glorified throughout it all.
During my shift of being an usher, I had a wonderful experience with God as
well. Around 9:30 p.m. another usher from another section came running up to me
and said "I need your help. Someone is convulsing in my section. I think she may
be epileptic. I do not know what to do." My first inclination was to tell her:
"Call the doctor. I can't help you!" But God told me with His peaceful voice " I
am in charge. Follow this lady". So I followed her to her section. I asked her
where that convulsing person was and she pointed out somewhere up the aisle. She
seemed to be terrified to get closer to the incident. Not knowing where to go, I
started to climb the stairs, trying to pinpoint who was in trouble. As I reached
a certain row, all of a sudden people got up and made way for me to get through.
I followed their lead and was brought to a bleak looking lady who was convulsing
badly.
She was surrounded by 4 ladies who were praying for her, one of them turned
around and told me that she was a nurse and that she never had seen anything
like this. She told me this was not a seizure and that this poor lady was
battling a spiritual battle. In other words, demons were possessing her!
I stretched my hand towards her and started to pray. The convulsing stopped. The
ladies around her tried to encourage her to go down (we were on the third floor)
to share her testimony with Benny Hinn. She was terrified and said the demons
would punish her if she did. Finally she decided to go, terrified. I was
wondering what to do, but the Lord told me clearly to go and lead the way.
As we started to go down the first few steps, she started to convulse worse that
ever. She would not listen to anyone. Her attention seemed to be unfocused. The
Lord impressed me to talk boldly to her and although words were coming out of my
mouth, they were not my words. God was speaking to her using my voice box. I was
led to say (shorter version here): "You will be healed my friend. Jesus loves
you and he has paid for your healing 2000 years ago. By His stripes you are
healed! Do you believe this?" All during this speech, she had riveted her
attention on me and was paying 100% attention to every word that was uttered.
She very weakly answered: "Yes".
We started to pray for her and cast the demons out of her life, inviting God's
Holy Spirit to come and take His dwelling in her and as we were concluding our
prayers, all convulsing stopped and she looked so peaceful. She had been freed
from those demons. Praise the Lord! All of us, including herself were praising
the Lord!
During this whole event God was in charge! I did not cast those demons out. God
did! I never had any experiences like that before. But throughout this
experience God was gently telling me what to do. He was my mentor and His power
is incredible. Praise be to God for loving each one of us so much!
She could not be healed until she proclaimed she believed. Once she did that,
God freed her! God can do the same for you my friend. If you are facing some
incredible situations, cry out to Him and believe He will answer your plea. He
always does! He is so awesome!
Rob Chaffart (Received on Sunday July 14, 2002)
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