Its almost the churches 90th birthday which has made us start to look back at our history.
Elim started in Northern Ireland almost a hundred years ago as an off shoot of the Welsh Revival. In 1921 George Jeffrey's was invited to Leigh on Sea to run some revival meeting and out of this the first Elim Church in England was birthed here at Leigh.
the hallmarks of this was a move of the Holy Spirit in signs and wonders. By this I mean that miracles were common place in the early church. people were healed, delivered and set free from addiction. People left wheelchair and canes behind in churches because they no longer needed them.
The early church magazines which we still have copies of today were full of stories of how this or that person was healed.
So what has happened? In the latest edition of Direction our current National Magazine as far as I can see there isn't a single story of a healing. It reports extensively about this years Conference and as far as I can recall there wasnt a single story about healing there either.
Has God stopped healing? Certainly not. We see it in our services on a regular basis. Its maybe that we are frightened to talk about it for fear that someone will investigate it and find it isn't true.
What a shame! If we stop talking about the Power of God to Save Heal , Deliver and Bring Freedom then how will people hear.
If God is at work in our lives we must speak out.
Rioters use Social Media to orchestrate looting. We need to use the same media to talk about how Great our God is.
Speak up before it is too late. Give Glory to God for what He is doing in your life.
