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Yeah, it was instantaneous, and permanant. Im sorry to hear about your present condition and do pray that God heals you. And no you dont need an apostle to pray for you, God can heal you in your bedroom, between you and Him, or it may come through another.
Not sure who prayed for her, but any christian can get a person out of a wheel chair. Im not sure whether she has the testimony in print anywhere, I can ask her, she is the wife of the ex worship leader of our church.
Ive prayed for people and seen them healed on the spot, and Im not an apostle, nor am I called as an apostle. I believe all christians have authority to heal, deliver and cast out demons. I was a young christian, and just acted on the leading of the Holy Spirit. I also cast a demon out of my sister lol, she flipped around on the ground back and forth like a snake. I was a very new christian and it scared the crap out of me, but when I calmed myself and began to pray in tongues I felt an authority and boldness come over me and commanded it to come out in Jesus name and it did. She was physically smaller after it had gone... WOW now theres a weight loss secret for you! lol. Then again Ive prayed for people and they havent been healed.
Through Christ's sacrifice and atonement we not only have access to healing, and the miraculous but through Him will come the restoration of all things, all that was lost will be returned. He is the great Redeemer. I think there can be many reasons some get healed and some dont, for instance Jesus went to some town and not many were healed due to unbelief. So in this we can pray for a thousand, just because we feel we should and see very little healing but in the right timing and when under the unction of the Holy Spirit healing is more likely, because God knows who will believe and who wont. I guess the more we can be obedient, and sensitive to His leading the more we will see His power. But its important to move in faith too, he want us to be active. Ive personally seen most of the gifts of the Holy Spirit work through me, and it all began as a very young christian, when I was filled with the Holy Spirit, before I even knew what the gifts were about, including the gift of prophecy, this is the major gift God place on my life. They just came naturally as the situation required, and I learnt the biblical teaching on them later. So its not hard for me to believe they are real and are for today.
I feel the church is in a massive mess at this time in history, and order is needed, and there is so much idolatry in her. But i dont believe its meant to stay that way, and I dont believe that the bride will look like this when the groom returns. I believe in the time to come many will fall away, but also many will be brought close, and will turn away from idolatry, after the 7th trumpet sounds, the glory of God will fill the temple, and before this happens, the temple will be purged of idols. God will not come until we are made ready. (Im speaking all of this from what God is showing me, not from some movement, or teaching Ive heard by the way. I dont know anything about the latter rain movement etc) This is my personal belief, and I find it backed by the word. I also find it backed by personal experience. God has done the same work that he will do in the worldwide church, in me, and He has perged me, and confronted my idols, and Ive had to face the past, and what I believe and why, and Ive found a lot of what the church has taught over the last few decades has been unfounded in scripture. No wonder i didnt feel like it was right ie the rapture as one example.
I believe apostles are about church government, as are the other 4 ministry giftings, and in this age are being used by Christ to return order to His church. It is one of the main functions of the apostle.
