MIRACLE HEALING TESTIMONY
by:  Elaine Holland, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada

"He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)

I SUFFERED 3 STROKES AND MY LEG WAS CRIPPLED AND TWISTED

JESUS HEALED ME

Hello to all who are reading this.  I have received a healing miracle from God - Hallelujah!!  Yes, God still lives and works in our lives today.

Before I tell you about my healing I need to go back a few decades and tell a little of my history.

I was born the second of three girls to a couple in Wales.  This couple outwardly appeared to be deeply religious.  We attended a Methodist Church 3 times each and every Sunday no matte what the weather was like.  We went to church in the morning service, afternoon Sunday school and evening service.  But life particularly for myself was a different story inside the home.

I wasn't yet even 3 months old and I already had 3 "strikes" against me.

I WAS BORN WITH WHOOPING COUGH AND WAS A VERY SICK CHILD

First, I  was born one month late causing my Mom much unnecessary discomfort.  Secondly, I was another girl and my parents wanted only boys.  And third, I was very ill with whooping cough.  This last "strike" was particularly bad as being so young I was unable to sit up when coughing.  Therefore one of my parents had to be at my side continuously to sit me up.

The story goes that my Mom especially would pray constantly to God that I would not die but be restored to perfect health and live a good life.

I WAS TOLD ALL MY LIFE THAT I WAS NO GOOD

It was the third "strike" of being so ill with whooping cough that got me into so much trouble as I got older.  Nothing I did was ever right in my Mom's eyes.  I was told frequently that I was no good, that I would never amount to anything and that no one would ever love me, particularly God.  Mom also said that she wished that she hadn't prayed that I would live.

What we are repeatedly told as children, we will grow up believing and I deeply believed all of the above.

Having been so sickly as a baby, I suffered from multiple bouts of colds, bronchitis and allergies leading to my being unable to attend school very often, and becoming more of a burden to my parents.

CONSTANT CRITICISM TURNED ME INTO A VERY ANGRY CHILD

I found myself to be a very angry child was it was well known that I had a very bad temper ... or was I actually defensive at all the negative words that had been spoken to me on a daily basis.

I chose to accept the Lord when I was a teenager, however, I found no small groups to feed my hunger to get to know the Lord better.  Bible reading was permitted only on Sundays and there was no teaching on how to pray, so I found that my faith was sadly lacking in strength.

At 17 years old I left home to start nurses training.  I had always wanted to help people that we in need, and at 23 years of age I decided to come to Canada to work.

My relationship with my Mom had never improved and I wrongly felt that distance would fix that.  I learned quickly that we can never run away from our past.

In Canada I met my husband and we had 2 sons.  I tried very hard to be a different kind of parent to our 2 sons, more loving, less negative and more understanding of the fact that none of us is perfect.  We all make mistakes and we should learn from those mistakes and not repeat them.  My sons were taken to church, which they both rejected as teenagers.

I BATTLE DEPRESSIVE EPISODES FROM BELIEVING THAT I WAS NO GOOD

Life has been an on going battle with depressive episodes, from believing that I was truly no good.  I had continued to attend church until we moved to a different area of the country and I never felt comfortable in any new church until 2003 when I started to attend the Family Worship Center in Whitecourt, Alberta.

In September of 2003, I suffered the first of 3 strokes, the second of which occurred in December 2002.  The stroke gave Atypical symptoms, but left me paralyzed on the left side and I had multiple memory problems.

At the same time, my left knee and left foot became extremely painful, swollen and red.  I was unable at the beginning to bend my knee and in time my leg became externally rotated at the hip, so that my foot pointed outward from my body.

It was found through elevated blood work that I was also suffering from an inflammatory condition, however no treatment was given.

THE DOCTORS WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP ME

During this time my husband and I became very stressed at the fact that no one seemed willing or able to help me.  Add marital problems to all that was going on and you can tell that life was not going to well at that time.

We finally found a Specialist after almost 2 years, who was able to start some treatment, all of which was very painful, long and non-productive.

The Pastor of our church was very helpful, enabling us both to turn our lives around and also with prayer for my healing.

It was however after Pastor Max Solbrekken's first visit to Whitecourt in late July 2005 that I noticed a changed in the memory issue.

I FELT A BURNING SENSATION COME OVER MY KNEE

I went to the alter for healing prayers again when Pastor Solbrekken came back to Whitecourt in early August.  It was in late August 2005 when our Pastor, Dallas was welcoming everyone to the service and talked about allowing the Holy Spirit into our hearts, that I felt an enormous peace such as I had never felt before.  At the same time a burning sensation came over my knee and my leg brace felt loose.

Not realizing what this meant, I didn't say anything at the time, but checked when we returned home after the service was over.

I WAS HEALED - MY LEG WAS STRAIGHT !!

Can you begin to imagine how I felt when i saw that my leg was straight !!!!  Also, the pain that I had been suffering in my leg was gone in an instant.  Praise the Lord for He is so good!

Since that time, in a matter of days, I found I no longer needed the leg brace or the cane I walked with or the 3 inch shoe lift.  I now walk the same as I had done my whole life!

I have also been able to discontinue a very strong pain medication that I had been on and am now working at discontinuing a second medication - all with the help of our Creator and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

I have recently been told that another member of our congregation had noticed my face glowing a bright yellow at the time I was receiving the healing.

I FINALLY HAVE PEACE IN MY HEART AND AM ABLE TO FORGIVE MY MOTHER

Finally, after all these years I find peace in my heart, along with the ability to forgive my Mom who is no deceased.  The realization that she had such a negative impact on my life saddens me, however, that is now all behind me and I look forward to the remainder of my life getting better and better.

Although I no longer work as a nurse, the feeling is still very strong in my heart to help those less fortunate than myself.  To that end I have become a lot more active in the church and community and am also hoping to go to Rwanda in the Spring for a short trip to help there.

BEING LOVED BY GOD HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE

The healing that has been given to me by God, has done far more than make my leg straight and functional.  It has made me truly believe for the first time in my life that God does love me.  Yes, God loves me, a person that grew up believing that I was no good for anything.

That I am loved so much by God has changed my life completely.  My faith has grown immeasurably and I enjoy each and every day that God gives me on earth.  I find myself thanking Him constantly and now realize a person doesn't need to be taught how to pray, it comes naturally.

I am so grateful for God's healing touch through Pastor Max Solbrekken and for all the prayers offered up to Him by so many of our church family.

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE DEVIL
The Devil is a liar - the Devil is a very busy fellow
By: Pastor Max Solbrekken

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE DEVIL

Man's fiercest foe from the Garden of Eden right to the end of time is not cancer, communism, disease or death. It is the devil!’      - Billy Graham

Dr. Rebecca Brown wasn’t doing research for a book on witchcraft when she met Elaine, nor was she thinking about evil spirits, the devil, demons or the occult.

Brown, a medical doctor, was shocked by Elaine’s story of fear, torment and bondage. When therapy and drugs failed to help, Brown was amazed at her patient’s recovery by her acceptance of Jesus Christ.

After Elaine’s dramatic healing and escape from the Devil, Satanism, other tormented young people in similar straits began calling the MD’s office, seeking similar assistance.

Dr. Brown’s recent book 'He Came to Set the Captives Free' is the clinical report of many of her patients, who decided after deliverance from the Devil & evil spirits, to publicize their traumatic encounters with the devil.

After seven years of medical and psychological research, the medic was convinced that Satanism, the Devil & his evil spirits, are a most destructive and evil power, a power that can be conquered only through faith in Christ.

This should come as no surprise since Jesus said that the Devil, Satan - the thief - had come “only to kill, steal and to destroy”. (John 10:10) Jesus called the devil by three names:

SATAN - the adversary or enemy
DEVIL - the liar, false accuser, traducer
BEELZEBUB - the God of flies or master of filth

DABBLING IN THE OCCULT CAN TURN PEOPLE INTO SATAN’S SLAVES

The Bible states that he is Abaddan (Satan, the Devil)  - the destroyer and St. Paul warns that he is such a deceiver that he will “appear as an angel of light”. (2 Corinthians 11:14)

Dabbling in the occult can open the door to possession and a controlled life, which turns people into the Devils - Satan’s slaves, observes Brown.

Elaine’s story is one of sadistic and sexual bondage to evil spirits and a ritualistic marriage to the devil.

Other experts are also sounding the alarm, warning of the dramatic rise in Satan worship in the US and the psychological damage it is doing to unsuspecting youngsters. As well as the terrible trauma it causes to their families, friends and communities.

Earlier, devilish Satanism was dismissed as a harmless fad that would soon die out, but now sociologists and clergymen are encountering new, scary and very real problems linked to devil worship.

Police have been checking out reports that covens of young people are gathering in wooded areas near Los Angeles, to worship the devil. During this Devil worship, sacrificial satanic rituals like killing cats and dogs have been confirmed and officials suspect humans have been sacrificed in this Devil worship ritual.

DEVIL WORSHIP IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM

Devil worship is such a serious  problem that churches in the area sponsored a seminar several years ago on Devil worship, Satanism and neo-paganism just to learn more on the subject.

The seminar featured a Christian response to Devil worship, evil, exorcism and satanic deception.

“Satanism, Devil worship is alive and well, and the sad thing is that it is growing among teenagers”, states Roger Burt, a Christian authority.

Dr. Billy Graham declares: “A generation ago, when I began as an evangelist, people generally, and intellectuals in particular thought of the devil as an anachronistic symbol, a handy expression of profanity, or as a superstition believed in chiefly by religious eccentrics. Today, the devil is getting maximum exposure, precisely as the Bible predicted would happen prior to Christ’s return."

In his book, The Second Coming: Satanism in America, Arthur Lyons states “that from a scientific or secular viewpoint, the 1970’s revival of devil worship, witchcraft, sorcery and occultism in America was totally unexpected. Most intellectuals had expected belief in the devil to disappear within a few years”.

And Dr. John Wesley White warns: “The devil. We all wish the devil would go away. But the devil is around a lot more than he was yesterday, and the devil is  going to be more visible and vocal tomorrow than he is today. Like a vast, vicious virus that won’t stop, the devil's  iniquitous vices are on every hand. To be ignorant of the devil's tactics is to lay ourselves open to chronic peril”.

According to prophecy, Satan, the Devil will make a momentous comeback just before Jesus returns.

Satan, the Devil will orchestrate the world’s greatest confrontation, the ‘Battle of Armageddon’. In the end Satan, the Devil  loses totally. Only one angel will be needed to cast Satan, the Devil into the bottomless pit forever.

For a short while Satan, the Devil will bask in the limelight as a part of a Troika - the unholy trinity - together with the antichrist and the false prophet.

Then, Satan, the Devil  will be cast into the ‘Lake of Fire’ forever.  Hallelujah!

BIBLE VERSE CAN CURE 
SICKNESS & DISEASE
by:  Pastor Max Solbekken, D.D.

GOD'S HEALING COVENANT

"And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I AM the LORD that healeth thee." (Exodus 15:26)

NONE OF THESE DISEASES

One of the most helpful books in print today is the classic, 'None of These Diseases' by Dr. S.I. McMillan.

The author, Dr. S.I. McMillan, a prominent medical doctor uses humor, common sense and a biblical perspective, in dealing with the causes and cures of today's diseases.

"It is lamentable that peace does not come in capsules", he utters in failure as he remembers the thousands of patients who left his office with "nothing but a prescription for a bottle of pills that would only relieve the symptoms of their illness but not attack the diseases.

The good doctor laments that he now wishes he had rather prescribed his book, 'None of These Diseases', so that a permanent cure could have been affected!  According to Medical Science, between 60 and 100% of all diseases are caused by nervous tension, emotional stress and strain.

Dr. McMillan states that emotions such as fear, sorrow, envy, resentment and hatred are responsible for the majority of our sicknesses and diseases.  And that emotional stress can cause high blood pressure, toxic goiter, arthritis, migraine headaches, apoplexy, heart trouble, gastro-intestinal ulcers and other serious illnesses and diseases.

And recently (about 1996) the American Medical Association released the findings of a nation-wide survey of tens of thousands of their medics. One of the questions dealt with their success ratio in treating patients.  The answer is shocking - Only 10% of patients had received any lasting help through their medical procedures.

MEDICAL SCIENCE HISTORY RESTS ON SHAKY FOUNDATION

Having any problems with falling hair?  What do you do to cover up that bald spot and receding hairline?

Probably the only solution is to massage your head, comb your hair forward, get a toupee or just simply let it fall.

CRAZY CURES FOR DISEASES 3500 YEARS AGO

If you had lived about 3500 years ago you would have gotten very different advice - not from a therapist but from your physician.

He would have quoted from the famous medical authority of that day, Papyrus Ebers.

"When it falls out, one remedy is to apply a mixture of six fats, namely those of the horse, the hippopotamus, the crocodile, the cat, the snake and the ibex. To strengthen it, anoint with the tooth of a donkey crushed in honey."

THE PAPYRUS EBERS - AN ANCIENT MEDICAL WORLD GUIDE - REMEDIES FOR DISEASES 1552 BC

The Papyrus Ebers was published about 1552 BC and occupied a dominant position in the ancient medical world and was one of the leading guides for practicing physicians for a long time.

There are literally hundreds of remedies for diseases in this book, such as lizard's blood, swine's teeth, putrid meat, stinking fat, moisture from pig's ears, milk goose grease, asses hooves, animal fat from various sources, excrete from animals, including human beings, donkeys, antelopes, dogs, cats and even flies.

THROUGH MOSES, GOD MADE HIS HEALING COVENANT WITH THE JEWISH NATION

Moses was born about the time the 'Papyrus Ebers' was written in Egypt.  He was educated in their highest schools of learning - scholars think he was also a physician - as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

But when God called Moses to lead His people out of Egyptian bondage, he did not borrow from the "occultist clap-trap" in their medical books of disease remedies.  He rejected the highest, most respected medical authority of that day.

Moses' directive was "Heed the voice of God, do right, obey His commandments, keep His statutes and I will heal you".

God did not borrow medical advice from the 'Papyrus Ebers'. His advice to Moses was contrary to the most highly respected medical thought of that day.

THE CHURCH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING THE BLACK DEATH DISEASE

Millions of Europeans died of the disease Leprosy for hundreds of years.  Some physicians thought the cause of the disease Leprosy was eating hot food or the meat of diseased hogs.  Others blamed the disease Leprosy on malign conjunction of the planets.

Approximately 60 million people died from the BLACK DEATH disease in the 14th century.  Dr. George Rosen of Columbia University writes: "Leadership was taken by the Church, as the physicians had nothing to offer.  The Church took as its guiding principal the concept of contagion as embodied in the Old Testament.

DISEASE OF LEPROSY - PEOPLE AFFLICTED WITH THIS DISEASE WERE QUARANTINE

"Once the condition of leprosy has been established, the patient was to be segregated and excluded from the community...it accomplished the first great feat...in methodical eradication of disease."

Possibly, the Church needs to investigate measures to insure that the AIDS epidemic does not leap from high risk groups to the general population, since governmental and medical bodes are again "doing nothing".

For centuries in Europe, multitudes perished from deadly diseases because of improper hygiene, sanitation and sloppy hospitals.  In many villages, human excrement and waste was dumped into the streets, bringing deadly diseases, creating epidemics of typhoid, cholera and dysentery.

GOD HAD GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BURYING OF WASTES 3500 YEARS AGO

The solution to the problem that was causing these deadly diseases, the burying of wastes, had been given by God 3500 years before (in Deuteronomy 23:12-13).

HYGIENE CUT MORTALITY RATE - GOOD HYGIENE STOPPED DISEASES FROM SPREADING

Vienna in the 1840s was famous as a medical center.  One of the most famous teaching hospitals of that  day was Allegemeine Krakenhus.  In its maternity ward, one out of six women died.

Dr. Ignaz Semmelveis discovered that if doctors washed their hands well, after doing autopsies and before examining expectant mothers, the mortality rate dropped drastically.

Dr. Semmelveis was not applauded by the Medical Profession.  However, he was ridiculed by his peers, discredited, lost his position and eventually succumbed to the pressure, dying in a mental hospital.

Moses had given the same advice many centuries before (in Numbers 19).  If wasn't until 1878 that the method of cleaning hands and instruments was introduced by men like John Tyendall, Louis Pasteur and Sir Joseph Lister that the mortality rate began to drop.

The New York State Department of Health, in 1960, issued a book describing a method of washing the hands very similar to that found the BIBLE - Numbers Chapter 19.

JOHN WESLEY, FOUNDER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH DECLARED IT WAS GOD'S WILL FOR MIRACLES TO BE IN THE CHURCH, BUT THE MIRACLES HAD BEEN LOST DUE TO UNBELIEF

It's interesting to note that John Wesley - founder of the Methodist Church declared that it is God's will for miracles to be in the Church, for the entire Church age, but have been lost to the church because of UNBELIEF.

He further stated, "The only method of physics employed by the Early Church for the first 400 years, was the prayer of faith."

Medical science has come a long way since Papyrus Ebers was published in 1552, BC and even since the 1840's in Vienna, but I still think that when your family physician advises you to get a second or third opinion about an operation, its a good idea.

Now if anyone wants to try the remedy for falling hair, don't let me discourage you. But then where would you find a hippopotamus these days?

As for me and my house, we will Trust the Lord and serve Him only!

WHAT IS THE KEY
 to receiving healing, miracles and answers to Prayer?
By: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.

SEEKING GOD IN PRAYER, PRAISE, WORSHIP AND EXPECTANT FAITH

The key to receiving miracles and answers to prayers in found in seeking God in prayer, praise, worship and having expectant faith. Unfailing faith that God will answer your prayers and expect a miracle.  I believe that a major key to  miraculous healing miracles can be found in the steadfast faith, steadfast godly lifestyle and exemplary Christian testimony.

A DOCTOR ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON FAITH HEALING
By: Dr. A. Wagenaar of Hilversum, Holland

Questions: Dr. Wagenaar, will you tell us what your position is in the field of science?

Answers: "I have been medical superintendent in the Orchidee Hospital, Hilversum, for the last six years. Before that I was a family doctor for 23 years in Dordrecht."

Questions:  Do you believe in miracles of healing?

Answers: "Of course! In my practice as a family doctor I have seen many miracles take place."

Questions: When is healing a miracle?

Answers: "When it is not the result of medical treatment."

Questions: Can a miracle not be explained away psychologically?

Answers: "No, that is not to be thought of. Just as you cannot explain away the miracles of the New Testament.

"Every physician knows that spontaneous miracles do occur. You will be interested to know that spontaneous hearings have even been reported in patients who suffer from cancer. This has been publicized several times in medical journals. Medical science has admitted that miracles do occur after the prayer of faith."

Questions: You said that you have seen miracles occur in your practice. Could you give us an example?

Answers: "Yes, in Dordrecht I had a very busy practice. A family doctor in the course of his practice meets many people who are in urgent need of medical help and he does all he can to help them.

"I will tell you about one patient. He used to play music in bars and was inclined to treat life lightly. He needed an operation and I gave him a card for the hospital. But before he was to be operated on I asked him to go with me to one of Ev. Johan Maasbach's big meetings. He agreed and, during the meeting, concentrated on God. When he went later to check in for the operation the surgeon said, You can go home, we are not going to operate on you, you are totally healed!"

Questions: Have you advised other people too to go to Johan Maasbach's meetings?

Answers: "Yes, many! Generally after an introductory talk and often after I have spoken to one of the elders of the church; I asked the elder to visit my patient and, so to speak, break the ice. I know that Br. Maasbach sends the patient on to the Heavenly Doctor who can do more than all the branches of science combined.

"Over and above those I have mentioned I have sent many others to Br. Maasbach after they had been to consult me. I have seen them saved in the meeting and healed as well. I am so glad that in this time when one church after another is being broken down there are still people who let their voices be heard more than ever. We urgently need more men like Johan Maasbach.

He is a man who has preached for many years that sickness usually comes from within - from the heart of man - and is often the result of hate, envy, grudges and bitterness. Now medical science too admits that many diseases are a result of inner tensions!"

Questions: You believe then that Br. Maasbach is not being medically irresponsible in what he preaches?

Answers: "No indeed! He preaches that people who come forward for healing must bring not only their sins but also their cares and all their inner problems to God. That is a healing truth. That is biblical truth."

Questions: How did you yourself come to faith in Christ?

Answers: "I will tell you! When I was a young man of 23 1 almost drowned. I was trying to save a woman who had fallen into the water and it nearly resulted in my own death. However, after fighting for my life and finally reaching dry land, I was a new man. I knew that I had reached a spiritual turning point. God had let me live!"

Questions: What do you think about certain doctors who have seen miracles with their own eyes and still refuse to believe?

Answers: "I have met people who have had their healing confirmed by many people and who afterwards went to various doctors to demonstrate their hea5;ng only to be rejected. I must assume that these doctors are totally blind to God's existence..

This is not however a problem peculiar to medical science; you know as well as I do that many ministers, preachers and priests; are just as blind to the message of divine heating."

Questions: Doctor, do you often speak to your patients about faith in Jesus Christ?

Answers: "I always do so when I feel so guided. When you know that, medically speaking, there is no cure possible then - at least this is how it is for me - you can only speak a positive word, the Word of God.

"I have personally led several people who were ill to the through inner tensions to the Lord. Only He, Jesus Christ, can give that desperately needed rest."

Questions: Do you think that later a medical cure may be found for certain illnesses which can now only be cured by a miracle?

Answers: "If I think of cancer, I know that man is hard at work to find a cure. This is the prediction and hope of everyone working in that field. However they have not yet found a cure. And should a medical cure be found there will still be other incurable illnesses…"

Questions: Finally doctor, do you consider that personal faith in Jesus Christ is of importance to science?

Answers: "Very important!! You know that science has gone out on a limb in believing that man is descended from apes. Science is still trying to find the missing link!! The friction between faith and science is that when man comes to faith he can no longer accept such theories as that of evolution.

"Faith in Jesus Christ is of the utmost importance for all, including those engaged in the pursuit of scientific knowledge."

"... and with His stripes we were healed." Isaiah 53:5