Soreng Prayer Festival 2004

Soreng one of the sub-divisional headquarters of the West district of Sikkim, India. Usually a quiet and sluggish town , Christian music blared from loud speakers and people pour ed in from nearby places and other outlying districts and even from the neighboring state of West Bengal on that special day—the 3 rd of November 2004—for the “Soreng Prayer Festival .”

They had traversed long distances . Some arrived on vehicles . Others walk ed many hours . They had come in person to listen to Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj, a teacher they had come to love and respect as followed the “Healing Love” programme on TV week after week.

From their excite d anticipation, it was evident God was touching people in this region through the TV ministry . For many, it was an opportunity of a lifetime. They could bring their problems and sorrows to God in a meeting where Brother Sadhu , the man of God, would be personally ministered.

As we approached the prayer venue, the evening was strangely qui et . It was 5:30 p.m., and a chilling wind was blowing directly from the Himalayas. When we stepped into the prayer arena, a football field, a heart-warming sight greeted us: hundreds of people, a large number of whom were orthodox Hindus, Buddhists , and animists were already gathered in anticipation of our arrival. They were eagerly waiting to hear from God.

That evening, Brother Sadhu preached that Jesus is the true God . He shared his testimony on how God touched his life while he was still a Hindu. About two hundred people stood up to give their lives to Jesus. For the next two days, Brother Sadhu preached about how God, who is the true light , dispels darkness in our life brought on by sin and Satan. He also told how God can heal bodies scarred by sickness and mend homes torn apart by sin.

Before the prayer for physical healing was conducted, about three hundred people stood up and responded to the invitation to accept Christ in their lives. During prayer, God revealed the specific names and lives of certain individuals. The chains of sickness were broken as the presence of God came down in to the midst of the people.

Numerous people testified of blurred vision restored, of the lame beginning to walk, and of chronic ailments having disappear ed; people completely deaf from birth started to hear for the first time.

We give all glory to God for the mighty works He has done in Soreng. God honoured and blessed the united effort of the churches of Soreng . They had labored day and night , spent months in fasting and prayer , in order to see God touch lives. God heard them. Hallelujah!

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