It's true! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Do we believe it?
We are seeing a bit of a pattern up here with Indigenous Australians - when they truly give their lives to Jesus, they take the Kingdom of Heaven wherever they go, healing the sick, raising the dead and casting out demons. They have no questions as to whether healing is for today, because they see it every day. Same with raising the dead and casting out demons.
Tim and I have met many people now who have been raised from the dead or know someone who has. One of these people is a little 11 year girl from Grooote Eylandt in Arnhem Land. This is her story...
Ann (name changed) went for a swim after school with a group of friends from her community in March this year and got stung by a box jellyfish. Her little body couldn't survive the sting and she stopped breathing. She was put in the troopy along with her aunty and the other kids. Her aunty did CPR while the kids got around her and prayed for God to bring her back to life. God did restore her heart beat and she began to breathe once again. On returning to the community Ann was flown to the closest hospital for treatment with her aunty as an escort.At the hospital a fatal mistake was made. It seems that the medication that was intended to help her was accidentally put in the wrong artery and went straight to her heart causing her to have a heart attack. The doctors and nurses were upset knowing that this beautiful little girl had lost her life. Her aunty, however, full of the Holy Spirit removed herself from the room to go to the toilet. There she prayed for little Ann to be raised from the dead a second time.
When Ann's aunty returned to the room, the scene had changed! Ann had come back to life!!! No human intervention, but the power of the Holy Spirit at work!
Ann is now receiving treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital, which is where Tim met her and her family. Unfortunately, the medication which caused the heart attack also affected the circulation to her legs. The doctors had operated to remove one leg from below her knee before we met her. The other leg was in great danger of needing to be removed, but by the power of God is now saved. Ann is now learning to walk again with the aid of a prosthetic leg. We are believing for God to grow a new leg for her!
Praise God for Ann's Aunty who believed the Scriptures and obeyed them! Trust and obey, for there's no other way!!
