On Friday morning of MTC07, I walked into the prayer room. Pastor Anton was praying for individual coworkers, and I stood in the midst with a weary heart. Approaching me, Pastor Anton’s first words were, “My sister, you are very weak, you seem to have fallen and lost hope. However, God’s grace is sufficient, and He will sustain you.” As he spoke to my situation in the past three months and how God used them to answer my prayer to walk in closer intimacy with Him, I was sobbing uncontrollably. Since I had never talked with Pastor Anton, I knew clearly that it was the consolation from God. I cried out inside, “Yes! Yes! God, you know everything.”
In the past three months, my seven-year old Tommy caught a very peculiar oral disease. From deep within both sides of his oral cavities, redness began to develop, followed by swelling and infection, which then turned dark. Eventually it became an abscess about the size of an extracted molar. In the past three months, the condition never ceased to cycle between recovery and regression. Often he was forced to run around in the house to ease the pain. Wherever he went, he carried the anesthetic mouthwash in hand. He couldn’t eat, and even drinking was hard. During this period, he was unable to attend school. He was pale, malnourished, in constant pain, miserable and depressed. He woke up in the middle of the night, crying because of the pain. His physical and psychological health spiraled down. Antibiotics prescribed by the oral specialists were ineffective. Examinations with radiation scan could not reveal any abnormalities. At last, we hoped that oral biopsy would help to uncover the disease, but again to no avail. Three specialists claimed that they had never seen such a case and advised us to transfer to another branch of specialty, but they were not sure which specialty it should be.
Everyday, my husband and I were consumed as we watched Tommy battle with his own immune system, becoming weaker and sadder day by day. After the biopsy, Tommy refused to eat any food, except to drink liquid nutritional supplement. His weight dropped rapidly, losing twenty pounds within just two weeks. Besides pain, he had developed a fear of eating; tears would well up as soon as he saw food. As parents, we were in great agony, but besides praying for him unceasingly, we didn’t know how to alleviate Tommy’s pain. When my parents came to visit him, it was so unbearably for my mother that she almost fell ill.
During this time, our family was like in a spiritual warfare. The enemy wanted to take away our faith, our heart for ministry and our desire to open up our home. The enemy wanted to frighten us through our child’s disease, but I deeply believed that our lives are in God’s hand. If God allowed it to happen to me, I would remain silent and never back down. I believed that God has a wonderful will behind all this. Although the course was difficult, He had surrounded me with a group of brothers and sisters and pastors, who interceded for us and provided care and support to us. It made me believe deeply that God takes care of me, encourages me and loves me.
Right about this time, the annual MTC was drawing near. Both my husband and I were to minister and thus could not be absent. There seemed to be a quiet understanding between us to not to even mention the possibility of giving up the conference or ministering. However, during the three days prior to the conference, I wept each time as I was ministering. Anyone’s comfort would make me sob unstoppably. Nevertheless, there was a thought in my heart telling me to be strong; to do whatever needed to be done and to leave everything to God.
Thus, I remained at my ministry post until Friday morning when God comforted me through the prophetic prayer of Pastor Anton. Pastor Anton said, “This is a key moment—God will answer your prayer.” Hope was rekindled in my heart. That night, Tommy’s stamina had hit its limit, and he was unable to get downstairs. My husband had to stay in the room to accompany him. That night after his message, Pastor Anton announced that the power of healing was to be released that night, especially to the young people, who would be empowered to prayer for others’ healing. I saw the Holy Spirit’s anointing of healing operating in the sanctuary—God was healing and delivering people in need. The air was filled with an atmosphere of godliness, healing and heavenly mystery. I rushed to phone my husband, asking him to bring Tommy downstairs. I told him that God was doing works of healing, and he was not to waste time in bed but to hurry over to get prayed for. Since Tommy was completely exhausted, my husband carried him to the meeting on his back.
As Pastor Anton was about to depart, I immediately stepped forward to ask him to pray for my sick child. He walked back to the stage right away and invited Tommy up the stage, and proclaiming, “I saw the power of healing on this child. God will do a miracle. Doctors cannot heal him, but God will, not only his body but also his mind. He will not be afraid of eating food. He can eat all kinds of food, no restrictions needed. Young children will rise up! Rise up, rise up for God!” Like in a dream, both Tommy and I received the healing power simultaneously. Pastor Anton did not know what illness Tommy had, but God is omniscient and omnipotent. Through Pastor Anton’s prayer, God brought forth healing, edification, comfort and encouragement. “On the day I called, you answered me; you increased my strength of soul.” (Psalms 138:3)
My twin sons, Timmy and Tommy, had been hoping to be baptized during the conference. The next day, on Saturday, due to Tommy’s healing, the baptism they had awaited for an entire year took place.
After the conference, Tommy returned to school. Although he was still every weak and didn’t have a strong stamina, he was no longer afraid of eating. Now tissues in his oral cavity have already been healed, and his mind and body are gradually recovering. Still we don’t know the cause of his disease, but we give thanks and praise to the Lord. His grace is sufficient. As a result of this amazing healing, the beautiful witness had deeply moved my 81-year old father, who also decided to accept Jesus as his Lord on Christmas Day. Indeed, God answered my prayer of many years. The journey is hard but I can walk through it with God. Glory be to my Lord Jesus Christ.
Amazing Healing
神奇的醫治
龍雲霞
2007年感恩節特會星期五的早上，我走進禱告室，安童牧師正在為同工們作個別禱告的服事，我則帶著疲憊軟弱的心站在當中。
安童牧師走向我的第一句話就是：『我的姊妹，你非常的軟弱，你好像跌倒失去了盼望，但神的恩典夠你用，祂要扶持你…。』
當他說到過去的三個月我所遭遇的是神要應允我的禱告，使我更深地與祂同行時，我已泣不成聲，因為我從未與安童牧師交談過…我很清楚這是從神來的安慰，我內心吶喊著：「是的！沒錯！神！你全都知道！」
兒子的怪病
過去三個月，我七歲的孩子Tommy得了奇怪的口腔疾病。在口腔左右兩邊最深之處，從紅腫、發炎到發黑，成為潰爛的黑洞，面積如一顆大牙拔掉的狀態；好了又壞，重複地發生，三個月來從未停止過。
他痛得在家必續藉著到處跑以減輕他的疼痛。不論走到哪裡，手上不離麻醉漱口水。他無法進食，甚至連喝東西都很勉強。
這段時間，他無法上學，臉色蒼白，營養不良，整天處於疼痛狀態，精神消沉，愁苦憂傷，甚至半夜也因疼痛而哭醒。整個生理、心理惡性循環，每況愈下。口腔專科醫生開抗生口腔專科醫生開抗生素也無效，作了掃描也沒查出任何異狀。最後，期待口腔切片能查出病因，結果也落空。三位專科醫生都說沒見過這樣的病例，並要我們轉到另外一科，而要轉哪一科的醫生也無法確定。
我和丈夫每天心力交瘁，看著Tommy靠著本身的抵抗力，一天比一天消沉瘦弱。他在切片手術後就完全拒絕吃任何東西，只願意喝液體的營養品，體重迅速下降，短短二週就瘦了二十磅，他不單是痛的問題，心裡也對「吃」起了懼怕，看到食物就掉眼淚。我們作父母的實在心痛萬分，但除了不住地為他禱告外，不知道還能做什麼才可以減輕Tommy的痛苦。我父母來探望他後，母親心中不忍，幾乎病倒。
信心的考驗
這段時間我們家就像進入一場屬靈爭戰，仇敵要奪走我們的信心、服事的心、接待及開放家庭的心。藉由孩子的疾病來驚嚇我們，但我深深地知道我們的生命在神手中，若神允許在我身上發生的事，我就默然不語，絕不退縮。
我相信在那背後有神美好的旨意，雖然過程艱難，但神在我周圍放了一群弟兄姐妹及牧者為我們代禱，關懷我們，使我深信神是眷顧我，鼓勵我，也是愛我的。
神奇的醫治
就在此時，一年一度的中西部感恩節特會來臨了。我和丈夫都有服事，不能缺席。我們夫妻似乎有一種默契，絕口不談是否放棄參加特會和服事。然而特會中的前三天，我卻是一邊服事，一邊流淚，任何人對我的安慰都讓我淚流不止。但是我心中一直有一個意念告訴我要堅強起來，該做的事還是要做，一切交託給神。
於是我仍舊持守在服事的崗位，一直到星期五早上神藉安童牧師先知性的禱告安慰我，他說：『這是關鍵時刻，神要回應你的禱告。』我心中的盼望再次點燃。
當天晚上，Tommy的體力已經到了極限，無法下樓。丈夫只好留在房間陪他。當晚安童牧師講完信息後，他說今晚神要釋放醫治的大能，尤其給這些青少年，使他們有能力為人醫治禱告。
我看見聖靈醫治的恩膏在會場中運行，神在醫治釋放有需要的人。空氣中散發著敬虔、醫治與屬天的奧秘。我迫不及待地打電話給我我迫不及待地打電話給我丈夫，請他帶Tommy下樓，我跟他說神在做醫治的工作，不要浪費時間躺在床上，快點來禱告。但因Tommy的體力已經耗盡，我丈夫就將Tommy背到會場。
當時安童牧師正要離開，我馬上上前請求他為我這生病的孩子禱告。他馬上走回台上要Tommy到台上，他宣告說：『我看到醫治的大能在這個孩子身上，神要行神蹟，醫生不能醫他，但神要醫治他，不但醫治他的身體，也要醫治他的思想，他不再懼怕吃東西。他可以吃所有的食物，不必受限制；小孩子要興起！興起！為神興起！』
我就像作夢般與Tommy同時領受這醫治的大能。安童牧師並不知道Tommy是什麼病，但神是全知全能的神，神透過安童牧師的禱告，帶來醫治、造就、安慰與勸勉。「我呼求的日子，你就應允我，鼓勵我，使我心裡有能力」（詩138:3）
兒子受洗
我的雙胞胎兒子Timmy 和Tommy一直希望能在特會期間受洗，隔天星期六因著Tommy得著醫治，使他們盼望一整年的受浸如願以償。
特會結束後Tommy回到學校，雖然他身體仍非常軟弱，體力也不好，但他不再懼怕吃東西。如今他的口腔組織已經癒合，身心靈也已漸漸回復，我們仍不知他的病因，但感謝讚美主，祂的恩典夠我們用。
因著這奇妙的醫治，美好的見證使我八十一歲的父親深受感動，在聖誕節當天決志信主了，神果然應允了我多年的禱告，雖然過程艱辛，但卻可與主同行。願榮耀都歸與我主耶穌基督。
Amazing Healing
Tammy Lung
On Friday morning of MTC07, I walked into the prayer room. Pastor Anton was praying for individual coworkers, and I stood in the midst with a weary heart. Approaching me, Pastor Anton’s first words were, “My sister, you are very weak, you seem to have fallen and lost hope. However, God’s grace is sufficient, and He will sustain you.” As he spoke to my situation in the past three months and how God used them to answer my prayer to walk in closer intimacy with Him, I was sobbing uncontrollably. Since I had never talked with Pastor Anton, I knew clearly that it was the consolation from God. I cried out inside, “Yes! Yes! God, you know everything.”
In the past three months, my seven-year old Tommy caught a very peculiar oral disease. From deep within both sides of his oral cavities, redness began to develop, followed by swelling and infection, which then turned dark. Eventually it became an abscess about the size of an extracted molar. In the past three months, the condition never ceased to cycle between recovery and regression. Often he was forced to run around in the house to ease the pain. Wherever he went, he carried the anesthetic mouthwash in hand. He couldn’t eat, and even drinking was hard. During this period, he was unable to attend school. He was pale, malnourished, in constant pain, miserable and depressed. He woke up in the middle of the night, crying because of the pain. His physical and psychological health spiraled down. Antibiotics prescribed by the oral specialists were ineffective. Examinations with radiation scan could not reveal any abnormalities. At last, we hoped that oral biopsy would help to uncover the disease, but again to no avail. Three specialists claimed that they had never seen such a case and advised us to transfer to another branch of specialty, but they were not sure which specialty it should be.
Everyday, my husband and I were consumed as we watched Tommy battle with his own immune system, becoming weaker and sadder day by day. After the biopsy, Tommy refused to eat any food, except to drink liquid nutritional supplement. His weight dropped rapidly, losing twenty pounds within just two weeks. Besides pain, he had developed a fear of eating; tears would well up as soon as he saw food. As parents, we were in great agony, but besides praying for him unceasingly, we didn’t know how to alleviate Tommy’s pain. When my parents came to visit him, it was so unbearably for my mother that she almost fell ill.
During this time, our family was like in a spiritual warfare. The enemy wanted to take away our faith, our heart for ministry and our desire to open up our home. The enemy wanted to frighten us through our child’s disease, but I deeply believed that our lives are in God’s hand. If God allowed it to happen to me, I would remain silent and never back down. I believed that God has a wonderful will behind all this. Although the course was difficult, He had surrounded me with a group of brothers and sisters and pastors, who interceded for us and provided care and support to us. It made me believe deeply that God takes care of me, encourages me and loves me.
Right about this time, the annual MTC was drawing near. Both my husband and I were to minister and thus could not be absent. There seemed to be a quiet understanding between us to not to even mention the possibility of giving up the conference or ministering. However, during the three days prior to the conference, I wept each time as I was ministering. Anyone’s comfort would make me sob unstoppably. Nevertheless, there was a thought in my heart telling me to be strong; to do whatever needed to be done and to leave everything to God.
Thus, I remained at my ministry post until Friday morning when God comforted me through the prophetic prayer of Pastor Anton. Pastor Anton said, “This is a key moment—God will answer your prayer.” Hope was rekindled in my heart. That night, Tommy’s stamina had hit its limit, and he was unable to get downstairs. My husband had to stay in the room to accompany him. That night after his message, Pastor Anton announced that the power of healing was to be released that night, especially to the young people, who would be empowered to prayer for others’ healing. I saw the Holy Spirit’s anointing of healing operating in the sanctuary—God was healing and delivering people in need. The air was filled with an atmosphere of godliness, healing and heavenly mystery. I rushed to phone my husband, asking him to bring Tommy downstairs. I told him that God was doing works of healing, and he was not to waste time in bed but to hurry over to get prayed for. Since Tommy was completely exhausted, my husband carried him to the meeting on his back.
As Pastor Anton was about to depart, I immediately stepped forward to ask him to pray for my sick child. He walked back to the stage right away and invited Tommy up the stage, and proclaiming, “I saw the power of healing on this child. God will do a miracle. Doctors cannot heal him, but God will, not only his body but also his mind. He will not be afraid of eating food. He can eat all kinds of food, no restrictions needed. Young children will rise up! Rise up, rise up for God!” Like in a dream, both Tommy and I received the healing power simultaneously. Pastor Anton did not know what illness Tommy had, but God is omniscient and omnipotent. Through Pastor Anton’s prayer, God brought forth healing, edification, comfort and encouragement. “On the day I called, you answered me; you increased my strength of soul.” (Psalms 138:3)
My twin sons, Timmy and Tommy, had been hoping to be baptized during the conference. The next day, on Saturday, due to Tommy’s healing, the baptism they had awaited for an entire year took place.
After the conference, Tommy returned to school. Although he was still every weak and didn’t have a strong stamina, he was no longer afraid of eating. Now tissues in his oral cavity have already been healed, and his mind and body are gradually recovering. Still we don’t know the cause of his disease, but we give thanks and praise to the Lord. His grace is sufficient. As a result of this amazing healing, the beautiful witness had deeply moved my 81-year old father, who also decided to accept Jesus as his Lord on Christmas Day. Indeed, God answered my prayer of many years. The journey is hard but I can walk through it with God. Glory be to my Lord Jesus Christ.