Volume 14 Issue 1
Christ Healing Herald
The Christian Healing rests in simple trust
Fellowship
My house shall be a House of Prayer.
August 2012
Phone: 014 736 4300
Fax: 086 689 3019
E-mail: dhutt@mweb.co.za
Cel 083 650 1971
P O Box 258
Bela Bela
0480
Special points of interest:
· We preach the Good News
· We heal the sick.
· We equip the Church.
· We encourage the saints.
· We bring salvation to the lost.
· We intercede and pray for others.
Upcoming events
From the 14th August 2012 to the 16th August there will be mid-week retreat held at Linga-Longa, this will be facilitated by Rev Lihai Bercowich. We believe that there is a great need amongst our membership to spend time of ministry and meditation of God’s will in our lives and especially to expand our understanding and relationship with Jesus Christ.
Lihai is a Presbyterian Minister coming from an orthodox Jewish family, he accepted Jesus Christ as His Lord and Saviour during his studies at university in Hebrew. He will be dealing with a life-style of prayer as his topic and the Jewish flavour in prayer.
The cost of R500.00 includes accommodation, food and seminar per person.
On the Friday evening 17 August he will do a teaching about Shabbat with the topic ‘Friend in high places’
We really need support in this, and have a good response.
Linga-Longa
In the past period from April and through the winter it has been a time of consolidation of the work in maintenance and upkeep of the property. One sometimes wonders how the congregations are functioning and the changes in ministry when do not utilize the facilities such as Linga Longa. Being part of the Christian Camping Association there seems to be a decline in the occupancy of Christian Camps. Hopefully this is not as a result of aging and declining congregations, or lack of adequate teaching and Christian Fellowship. Without the ongoing support of Christian Retreat Centres or Camps by congregations the very existence of such ministries will come under threat of closure. Fortunately for Linga Longa we have had groups and many of whom have supported us by returning year after year, and each time have been amazed at the improvements and the value for money that they receive. Having said that we cannot rest on our laurels and we need to market more effectively and promote the work of ministry through the Holy Spirit gifting of Christian hospitality.
We trust only Jesus Christ for our provision and the sustaining of Linga Longa but we still need to make the effort of drawing it to your attention of the obligation that the Lord places on the ministers to effectively lead their congregations and of using Linga Longa in support of your ministry.
We are thin on the ground in terms of hands to do the work, my wife Val handles all the housekeeping and catering, I do all the bookings, administration, financial control as well as maintenance, and cutting the grass on the ride-on mower. Shane McIvor helps with the maintenance with Sam and Sipho our gardeners/cleaners. Rev Stephen Walker helps in the kitchen, reception and general support.
Financially we are always needing to pray for God’s help to meet our need. We never have enough money to do what we want, but thank God we are able to meet our daily need, with the help of those that God has moved to support us. For us it is never about the money but about bringing God’s love and healing to those in need.
Through the hard work of those at Linga Longa who do not receive any salary as well as the support of congregations and individuals, we are able to balance the books just! It would be an answer to prayer when we are able to receive donations that will sustain the ministry on an ongoing basis.
Healing Ministry
In today’s world we find so many people who have lost their way, their relationship with family is often distorted by the values of the world and the need to be successful. Materialism dominates and the love that they need seems so hard to find. Illness and hopelessness in their situations permeates and depression is just the fruit of the oppressive situation of their existence. Life is lived one day into the other, each day being no better than yesterday and tomorrow is just another day. Weeks fly by, weekends flash by and one memory fades into the tapestry of life. What difference does church make? It is just part of the same, the same music, the same ritual, the same sin forgiven week after week. The sermon preached, heard and soon forgotten, the humdrum of life never changed.
For many people this is the reality of their life, so imprisoned by their situation that they have no idea how captive they are to who they are. Yet we have the message of freedom, we have the Good News, we have the Word of life, the TRUTH that sets people free, that heals the sick.
Through Jesus we are able to break the bonds of captivity to sin, to bring life and life abundant. We sing ‘Joy to the world’ and have the capacity to change the world, starting with our own world. Jesus Is Lord!
The healing ministry is about bringing hope to those who have lost hope, to help congregations to focus on their purpose of leading others to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and to teach them to follow in His way. Church should be ‘the’ place of miracles a place where people come to be in fellowship with the Holy Spirit and with each other. Many are those who are called yet few are chosen to come into this special place of trusting and being in positions of trust in doing the will of God the Father, through Jesus Christ the Son and in the power of the Holy Spirit, so that God will be glorified. If a church is not in the healing ministry, then what ministry are they in, if a church is not into bringing lost souls to Jesus Christ, then what ministry are they in?
It may be observed that many churches first need to preach the Gospel to those lost in the pews, and bring the healing power of the Word of God amongst them, so that lives are changed, marriages restored, fathers turning back to their sons. God’s healing starts when we have faith and believe Him.
Here at Linga Longa we now conduct healing ministry to all every Sunday at 10:30. We heal the sick in Jesus name, we anoint with oil, lay hands on all in need and bring the blessings of God the Father upon all.
We also now provide on-site ministry and Christian counselling to those in need as well as leading people on private retreats.
News
At the beginning of July we said farewell to Marje Engles when she moved to stay in the Randfontein area. We wish her all the best in her new home.
I am also pleased to say that the knee replacement has been successful and I am well on my way to a full recovery.
Rev Theo Schmidt is also much improved and is back to his old self.
Daily Encouragement
We all need some spiritual nourishment each day, even if it is only a crumb. The ‘be encouraged’ touches many lives and many situations we all have to face and it is always encouraging to see the numbers on the data base grow and to receive positive feedback.
Missions and outreach
It is often sad visiting churches in buildings capable of housing 250 people and only 25 attend services on a Sunday. Glorious buildings with none of God’s glory evident. Years ago I heard a song: ‘Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago’ the church may well ask where have all the people gone. Walking in the same suburb where the large church is there are no vacant houses, large boundary walls, town houses much in evidence, the local diners full with people enjoying their Sunday breakfast on the pavement. We may well ask how do we get these lost people back, how do we bring them to Christ before they die, for if we do nothing, we have failed Jesus.
Our mission on earth is to heal all sick, not just a select few, how are we to do this without engaging you to help. To do this we must reach out to our neighbour, we must pray for them, we must help them in their need. When they go on holiday we look after their pets, we clean their swimming pool, we show them our love for them, by being there for them. We treat strangers as friends, enemies as our brother or sister, we reach out to the lonely and the lost.
We help congregations through equipping them with the tools of the Gospel to do what Jesus Christ has called them to do. We must not let our calling to become secondary, we must not give up neither must we give in, we persevere, for we work not for earthly gain but for heavenly reward that is already ours through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Support needs
For those who give so generously we thank you in Jesus Name, God bless the joyful giver. We would like to thank all those who have paid the membership for 2012 of R120.00 as well as those that have faithfully donated funds.
BANK DETAILS : The Christ Healing Fellowship
ABSA BANK, BELA BELA AC.no 4048900830 Code 632 005
Tariffs 2012: A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to confirm the bookings.
Double Room Daily Rate per person sharing:
Group weekend R550.00 Friday Supper to Sunday lunch.
Bed/breakfast: R250.00 .
Dinner/ Bed/breakfast: R300.00 .
Full board: R350.00 .
Self catering cottages tariff on request.
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