This past Empowered was a powerful time of being in God's presence. From the opening night that saw the altar lined with people crying out for God to put them on fire by His Holy Spirit, to the workshops loaded with practial help, God's hand was evident.

One of the highlights was the stories of healings that are starting to come form our Healing Prayer sessions, led by Ted and Claudia Kallman. On Friday afternoon, they had some of their prayer teams from Mars Hill Bible Church, pray for those in need. Here was a report he sent to us:

"Another couple that had never ministered healing prayer in a public setting led one of the ministry teams on Wed. afternoon. A woman came up to me on Friday and told me what had happened as a result of their prayers.

"She had had a car accident ten years ago as a passenger and had been living with overwhelming fear every time she rode in the passenger seat.  She said “we have been driving all over Grand Rapids since the prayer with no fear. 'I felt a deep spiritual healing as they prayed and the fear is now gone,' she said. That is good news indeed, but not the whole story. She also had suffered a degeneration of the leg and hip muscles since the accident and could not do any heavy exertion including walking up or down stairs. On Friday her legs hurt but now it was because she was walking up and down the stairs at the hotel instead of taking the elevator just for the sheer joy of being able to do it. Merciful God we thank You for Your Word is true and powerful and alive today.

"The couple to our left on Wed afternoon prayed for a man with two discscompletely gone in his back who has lived in constant pain for many years. He stopped me on Friday to let me know that he had been freed from all pain since that prayer time. Yes and amen Lord."

You may purchase both Ted's workshop cd: Healing Prayer ($6.40 for CPLN members) and/or his all day mini-conference "Hearing God/Healing Prayer" (4 cd-set for $25.00).