{"id":3281,"date":"2024-05-13T09:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3281"},"modified":"2024-05-13T10:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:07:17","slug":"28-april-2024-great-healing-and-great-witnessing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3281","title":{"rendered":"28 April 2024: Great healing and great witnessing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240428.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3282 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240428-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240428-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240428-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240428-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>Bethel Baptist Church<br>Worship Service @ Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>28 April 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/> <strong>Previous Service<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3276\"><strong>Next Service<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cI used to go to the Orthodox Church and even prayed to Mary. But in God\u2019s love, mercy and grace came to see that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; that no-one comes to the Father except through Him. I also received the Holy Spirit, thank You Lord, Amen\u201d<br><\/em><br>Stella<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Worship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"He is Lord\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OTbhnTeF4yE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have shared this testimony many times, even as part of a sermon, yet I have never written it down. So here it is for a start. It concerns a friend of mine at the Bible College of Wales, called Ibrahim, from Egypt. We had our moments to begin with as we were both a bit fiery in those days (1985 \u2013 \u2018 90). We started going witnessing to Muslims in the early hours of Sunday morning. Ibrahim had a good knowledge of the Quran, and was learning the Scriptures well. A number of these Muslims became Christians and even got baptised at Town Hill Baptist Church, Swansea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ibrahim had a remarkable testimony (all testimonies are remarkable). He was the son of a very wealthy family and was helping his father in the family business enabling him to live the so called \u2018high life\u2019. One day, in his mid-thirties, he became seriously ill and was paralysed from his neck downwards. His father paid for the top medical expertise, but nothing could be done. Over the months that followed, Ibrahim became depressed and decided to take his own life. He ordered one of the servants to buy him some poison and not to tell anyone. The day he was going to commit suicide, he had a visit from two friends, one of whom was a Christian. He told them he would say goodbye because he couldn\u2019t live any longer like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was then the Christian boldly spoke up , <em>\u201cPlease don\u2019t do that Ibrahim, please pray to Jesus, I know He will help you!\u201d<\/em> Ibrahim, dismissed this angrily, and they all said their farewells. That night as he was reaching for the poison, (he could still move one of his arms), the girl\u2019s words were going round and round his mind, <em>\u201c\u2026 please pray to Jesus \u2026 please pray to Jesus \u2026\u201d<\/em> Almost in frustration he said, <em>\u201cOkay, Jesus, if You are who this girl says You are, do something, because I am just about to finish it all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right there and then, he saw Jesus at the end of his bed in bright shining splendour, and in an instant he was healed. He then fell into a deep sleep. Next day he got up and went down to the Breakfast Room, and all the family and servants were absolutely amazed at seeing him recovered and walking. His father called him over and asked him how it was possible. Ibraham at that instant, had a flash back to when he was 5 years of age, playing on the floor with his toys, and for some reason he had said the words, \u2018Jesus Christ.\u2019&nbsp; His father, having heard him, came over, smacked him across the face and told him never to say those words in this house again. This now emboldened Ibrahim, and he told his father straight, <em>\u201cJesus Christ appeared to me and healed me, father.\u201d<\/em> His father was very angry and warned his son, but Ibrahaim retorted, and for the first time in his life defied his father, <em>\u201cNo father, Jesus Christ appeared to me, and healed me, and I am going to serve him for the rest of my life, for I would have been dead by now if He hadn\u2019t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His father arranged for him to be imprisoned and I will tell you more about that next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quote of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cTo make a difference in the world, let Jesus make a difference in you.\u201d <\/em><br><br>Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verse of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Therefore God exalted Him&nbsp;to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <\/p>\n<cite>Phil. 2:9-11<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let\u2019s Pra<\/strong><strong>y<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank You Father for every person that You have saved and brought into Your Kingdom. Be gracious O Lord, in our time, and bring multitudes in this nation who are presently far-away from You, bring them into Your Kingdom and Your Church in Jesus Christ, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u201cI used to go to the Orthodox Church and even prayed to Mary. But in God\u2019s love, mercy and grace came to see that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; that no-one comes to the Father except through Him. I also received the Holy Spirit, thank You Lord, Amen\u201dStella Worship &#8230; <a title=\"28 April 2024: Great healing and great witnessing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3281\" aria-label=\"Read more about 28 April 2024: Great healing and great witnessing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3281","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3290,"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3281\/revisions\/3290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}