I'm not sure about protocol with messages on this list. But as a new = subscriber to this listserv, I've been disappointed to see such a = negative tone emerge. I'm confused in part since I've not seen the = testimonies in question. I'm now wondering whether this listserve is = moderated by or run by Brother Dacre? I subscribed a number of weeks = ago, and didn't get any messages for a long time till this last = "discussion" started. I also subscribed in hopes of hearing current healing testimonies. I am = saddened that Sister Dechon hasn't seen the healing power of God = manifested. But it is happening all over the U.S. and the world. There = are many churches where the leadership doesn't believe that the = miraculous is for today and, generally, a person won't find the power of = God displayed in those places. But I've heard hundreds of genuine healing testimonies during my = Christian life and in some cases been an eyewitness. I'm sure I've also = heard at least 25 credible accounts of people being raised from the dead = from various parts of the world. One American man who had been brain = dead 5 days but was raised through the prayers of his wife (whose = testimony was broadcast on at least two TV shows) came to our church = this year.=20 The Word clearly teaches that healing is included in the atonement and = we are encouraged to believe for it. Even if no one had gotten healed in = our nation or generation, the scriptures are full of God's healing = provision for our physical bodies and we therefore know healing is real = and the promises are true. As for brother Dacre's saying he heals the sick, I do not know the = brother or his integrety. But there is a scriptural precedent that Jesus = told his disciples "heal the sick, raise the dead." I'm at work, so I = cannot look up references right now. But both Jesus and the believers in = the book of Acts ministered healing to the people. For example, "In the = name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." This was not a = "prayer," but a command to the man at the gate Beautiful, a God-inspired = and empowered word Peter and John gave the man in order to ignite his = faith and action, enabling him to receive the healing power of God and = walk again. We know and understand that God is the only one who heals, = but as co-laborers with God, he tells us to go out and heal the sick. I've benefited from a couple of books: Christ the Healer by F.F. = Bosworth and Healing the Sick by T.L. Osborne. Both present a strong = case that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever where = healing is concerned. Both are chock full of scriptures and sound = doctrine. Both share a number of inspiring testimonies. John G. Lake's = writing is also wonderful along this line.