I had never seen anything like it, let alone experienced someone being healed in such a radical way. When I was in South Africa during a mission trip, I was called upon by one of the pastors to pray with him for a woman who had a cancerous tumour on her foot, and had been in a wheelchair for months. We prayed, and he had me lay my hand on her shoulder. Immediately, the woman started manifesting an evil spirit and fell out of the wheelchair. The preacher continued to pray for her, and the tumor began to shrink. That night, the sweet African woman was healed of cancer and delivered from a demon by the power of the Holy Spirit. It was amazing to see and be a part of in a small way, and an experience I will never forget…

Imagine being invited by Pastor Jim to join him for a day. Perhaps, like me, you were a little bored and thought, “Why not?” It didn’t take long for you to realize that there was something different about Pastor Jim. Miracles happened everywhere he went, and it wasn’t just by chance. Every person he prayed for was healed. Unexplainable, supernatural things took place regularly…

Recently I’ve been reading about the circuit riders in my AG History and Governance Course and it struck me what a sacrifice their lives were. But we’re called to nothing less in our day and age. It may look a little different, but we are all called to lay our lives down for the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ…