Just one man's story:
"Praise the Lord! My name is Dolo Sono. I grew up in an area where nobody had ever heard of Jesus Christ, not even once in our lives. My fathers worshipped the spirits for countless centuries, and they encouraged me to follow them and become a priest of the Donyi-Polo (Sun-moon) religion. We didn’t know who the Creator was, so my tribe had no option but to worship His creation. We considered the sun and the moon our father and mother, giving sustenance and light to us.
My son developed a blood disease. He suffered terrible pain as his condition worsened over time. My wife and I could hardly stand to see the pain he was in. I called on the spirits to help, but he only grew worse. I visited other priests and asked them to pray for my son, but the more they prayed, the worse he became. Then, like a dagger through my heart, my precious son died. I was grief-stricken, and wept uncontrollably as I stared at my little boy’s lifeless body. I didn’t realize it at the time, but a Christian lived in a nearby village. When news spread that the Donyi-Polo priest’s son had died, the Christian came to my house and asked if he could pray for my son, who had been dead for four hours already. I didn’t see any harm in letting the follower of Jesus pray for him. He started to pray, and a short time later my boy suddenly came back to life! He sat up and was fine.
We later found that he was also completely healed from the blood disease that had caused him so much suffering! As you might imagine, when news of this great miracle circulated, everyone was amazed and rushed to our home to see my son for themselves. I didn’t know anything about Jesus, but from that moment I knew that He alone was the true God, and I decided I would serve Him for the rest of my life. The first thing I did was search for other Christians. I thought they must be really special and powerful people, because they followed the true and all-powerful God who has the power to bring the dead back to life and change people’s hearts on the inside. After searching far and wide, I was shocked to discover that there was just one church in my entire region, with only eleven people in it.
The eleven Christians were weak and persecuted. They met in a small, run-down building. I found this really sad. My own temple where I had served as a priest was beautifully decorated by comparison. I could scarcely believe that the followers of Jesus were so crushed and timid even though they possessed the Truth. My forefathers had followed Satan for centuries without any light from God. Those who followed lies were much larger in number than those who followed the Truth. This was wrong, and I decided to do something about it. From that day onwards I determined to help God’s Church grow.
From the day God raised my son from the dead, I started telling people about Jesus. This was the least I could do. I thought everyone would be excited to hear about Jesus, but I soon found that it made people angry. My own parents and family threatened to disown me if I continued to follow Jesus. I told them I must follow Him, because He is real and he raised my son from the dead! I started preaching everywhere I could, walking from village to village and encouraging people to abandon the false worship of our forefathers and to stop bowing down to the sun and moon. I didn’t know anything about the Bible, but I boldly testified to what had happened, and that Jesus alone was true and powerful. A short time later someone told me there were many Christians in Nagaland, a state south of Arunachal Pradesh. This news excited me, so I caught a bus there and met with many true believers in the Lord. Almost the whole of Nagaland was Christian, and I was greatly encouraged. I returned home with more Bible knowledge, and could better explain the gospel to people.
The tribes of Arunachal Pradesh have worshipped spirits and demons since the beginning of time. The only other religion that people respect is Buddhism, which came from Tibet many centuries ago. As I continued to preach about Jesus, I experienced many attacks and problems. People thought my conversion to Christianity had brought great disgrace on my ancestors, especially because I had been a priest. I was beaten on many occasions, and attacked with swords and spears, but God preserved my life, and there were always a few people interested in listening to my message. Jesus helped me so much in those early years. Once I visited some villages for the first time and found that God had prepared the people by giving them dreams in advance of my arrival. Because of this, the people were kind to me and listened to the Good News I had come to share. I believed everything the Bible said. I read that Jesus told his disciples to only take one coat with them when they went out to preach, so I only wore one shirt until it was filthy and covered with lice. The years went by and I was so glad that many more people in my tribe and other tribes started to follow Jesus too. In many places I saw people healed by the Lord and delivered from demons. Hundreds of people believed in God. In each place where people decided to follow Jesus, we organized small house groups for them to meet together in.
A strange thing happened right at the time when God was moving so powerfully and saving many people. Other Christian leaders started to attack me and tried to stop me preaching. They said I was not qualified to preach, because I had never been to a seminary. I told them it was a shame I didn’t fit into their mould, but that there was no way I could stop preaching because Jesus was in my heart and He must come out! This only seemed to make these religious people angrier and they even traveled around different villages, telling lies about me and warning people not to listen to me. People in many places turned against me and refused to welcome me. God encouraged me from the Bible, as I read how many of His children in other times had experienced similar opposition from those who claim to be His followers. Jesus was always attacked by the Pharisees, and I realized that there were many people like Pharisees operating in Arunachal Pradesh. I wept many times because of the lies being spread and the great opposition. I became depressed. Then one night I had a dream where I heard a voice saying, "Dolo Sono, I have called you to preach. Get up and preach!" I replied, "But no churches want me any more. The religious people have told the unbelievers not to listen to me. What is the point?" I then heard the Lord say, "God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble."
After this dream I knew that I could no longer bow to the threats and intimidation. I read in the Bible that if God is with me, who can be against me? I obeyed the Lord and started preaching again, and God helped me and opened many doors and opportunities. In many villages, people who had worshipped the sun and moon were saved and Jesus entered their hearts. For years now I have been travelling all over Arunachal Pradesh. People know me as the former Donyi-Polo priest who found the true Way. By the power and grace of the Living God we now have more than 60 fellowships, and more people are meeting Jesus all the time. Please pray for our state, and the 60 tribes who live in it. Please pray that everyone in Arunachal Pradesh would soon love Jesus. Thank you and God bless you!"
2007-12-20 16:46:58
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answered by Anonymous
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Spiritual healing and "faith healing" are not identical. Faith healing, at least in most people's minds, is a literal, physical healing of ailments such that the sufferer dances away forgetting his crutches or seeing-eye dog. Spiritual healing, while incorporating prayers for healing, focuses on the sufferer's relation to his illness and his ability to accept and live with it. A film series some years ago, "Wrestling With Angels," featured an incident in which a man told of an experience he had had when he sought help at church for his newly diagnosed diabetes. His last words (in the film, not in his life) were, "Well, I'm still diabetic. And I don't give a durn." So yes, there's definitely such a thing as spiritual healing!
Miracles? They're around, but I suspect that we don't know how to recognize them!
2007-12-20 17:00:58
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answered by aida 7
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To an extent, yes! Though there are numerous factors that must be understood, and properly comprehended. It also depends on one's faith, knowledge, and willingness to accept spiritual energy (when offered). Did you know that the human body posesses an unknown energy (electrical force)? It can not be fully explained, nor, comprehended. You search for an answer that can only be found through discovering yourself. It is a path of understanding that can only be determined by your own acknowledgement. With such a question, there is no straight answer. There is only understanding and faith in something greater than what can be proven (by math and science).
2007-12-20 17:20:10
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answered by flowingmoon 2
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You just had to go and throw in Monty Python into the mix... hahahaha Lots of assumptions here...what if your assumptions are the only thing creating a question that in turn has no real substance anywhere in the physical universe other than in your own singular perspective. What makes you think "can be judged for their physical acts" means anything other than one judging ones self? What if the physical universe is simply a creation of each "Individual Spirit" and the confounding co-creative aspects are simply a decision to have someone other than yourself contributing. Maybe the whole event is entirely and completely your own creation. Maybe your own "Anomalous Trandimensional “Miracle” is just to serve a humdrum sperm-like Purpose... Personally I prefer to look at it differently.
2016-05-25 06:29:11
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answered by ? 3
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Yes, I know for a fact there is because it happened to me. Experience is my teacher for this one.
I was given less than a fifty percent chance of ever using my right arm again, for the rest of my life. I was healed by a spiritual healing. I have full use of my right arm. I give the Father, Son and Holy Ghost full credit.
I had a lump in my left breast according to a mammogram. I was to go have ultra sound done. It was a massive lump. I was prayed for and no more lump.
This list can go on and on.
2007-12-20 16:52:15
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answered by grandma 4
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yes there is. my friend was healed by a miracle. forgive me if i dont embellish on that story because i really dont feel like putting something like that on public because there are alot of schmucks that will just mock that and i will not tolerate it. so if u really are curious then email me or something.
2007-12-20 17:02:27
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answered by Purple i 4
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well, I have witnessed the healing of my alcholic and abusive father.....we prayed for him and he is no longer those things. I have seen little miracles here and there
2007-12-20 17:01:55
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answered by bastian915 6
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yes they happen everyday,,,,,i am a reciever of a miracle and have been healed of an incurable disease.just to mention a couple.depression also and God restored my kids to me and gave me the best husband in the world.
2007-12-20 16:46:59
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answered by Inou 3
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Absolutely, my wife had been cured of a terminal cancer, heart problems, and being able to give birth to children. All done by prayer, laying on of hands, anointing oil, and prayer by elders of a church.
2007-12-20 16:49:48
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answered by SabbathDayFreedom 4
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Yes, I was confirmed to have cancer (Hodgkin's Disease) and then *poof* it was gone. No joke. The doctors couldn't figured it out.
You can search Yahoo answers for questions on miraculous healings. The ones I have seen are all Jesus related.
2007-12-20 16:46:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, just watch Benny Hinn.
2007-12-20 16:48:11
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answered by Apostle Jeff 6
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