Subject: Divine Healing, True or False? |
Bible Note: What you had was a 10 fold increase. :) You sound exactly like a sounded a few years back, I would have wrote practically the same thing you did, almost word for word, but something changed in my life. I had been following Copeland since 1980 and thought he was an excellent preacher, I bought all his tapes, went to several Believers Conventions, bought tapes of all his buddies too and I could practically preach a sermon from listening to them so much. I have experienced healing and financial miracles, my daughter is a direct result of a prayers during the Anaheim Believer's Convention in '91. Then on NY Eve '98 I broke my arm rollerblading. Right before Christman, I had a job out of town for a week so I recorded all the preachers while I was gone. It just so happened I had a room w/a vcr, that is the only room w/vcr I had and I had a lot of hosp. rooms thru this. My first stay was 12 days and I had 5 surgeries, I had a dozen surgeries altogether, rest were one at a stay tho. :) Anyway, I got that tape and I played it practically continually. It had all kinds of messages related to my current need including Gloria's Healing School. I had Joyce Meyer and Creflo Dollar on there and everything was good! I absorbed myself in the Word, it would be playing when I'd go to sleep and when I'd wake up (which in the hosp is pretty regular), I'd restart if it was over. I confessed healing to everyone I came in contact with and being in hosp, there was planty of contact. :) I heard that Copeland and Oral Roberts were going to be in Creflo's church the next month, I made plans to be there. Plus I was involved w/all these ministries, I was on more mailing lists, I was getting them all to agree with me that I'd receive my healing. I could see it in my mind's eye, I could see myself giving testimony at my church, teaching them all about the great Jesus Christ Insurance Agency, By His stripes we are healed and here's proof!!! But guess what? I went and didn't get healed. In fact, I had a doc appt that we went to before we went home and my stitches had burst and had to be restitched. I couldn't figure out what happened. I had faith and I was in agreement with all the great ministries, what was wrong? Then after that is when I got online and started joining forums. I'd be still preaching just like you too even tho I didn't get my healing and someone said that Copeland was in apostasy. I didn't believe that, I had been listening to him for years, I was thinking about moving to Ft Worth so I'd be at their church! I'd been partner with them for close to 18 yrs then, I never heard him say anything wrong. I even had some of his partner letters and would share with anyone who would listen about why I broke my arm, it was because I had what I said, I spoke a negative confession for months (when my daughter got skates, I asked Mama why'd she give them to her, who's going skating with her, me? her? that is a one way ticket to the hospital and sure enough...). Then I started being bombarded w/Copeland's apostasy (and other faith ministers too but he's like the leader). I'd hear it on the forums, I'd be given material from people at church, I'd check out these different sites, what they said he said was def. apostasy. I was confused and quit listening to all TV preachers and before, I'd almost listen all day if I could, I'd tape them too to listen again and again. I bought the cassettes and would listen to them in my car, my husband thought I was a nut!!! I started getting turned out when I'd see some of them clips about future meeting, I remember that one about that Leroy something where the people would be going "money to me!" Seems like they were more interested in getting money than worshipping God, seems like God started being on the back burner on most of these ministries and what He could do FOR you was first place. |