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3 blind Children simultaneously receive Sight

A PubliCAtion of EvAngEliSt REinhARd bonnkE · novEmbER 2008

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke

Jesus “was moved with compassion when he saw the multitude …” the Bible says, and he still is today! His passion to rescue the lost was on full display at our crusade meeting in Nsukka, Nigeria. There on a university field, God’s power simply came down. A huge number of people received salvation and many notable miracles happened, including one that I have never seen before in my entire 50 years of ministry!

3 blind Children receive their Sight

Mrs. Regina Attah came to the meeting with her 3 children: Umeka, Chinwendu, and their brother Chukwudi – all 3 children totally blind. Umeka had been blind for 8 years, Chinwendu for 2 years, and little Chukwudi for 1 year.

When I prayed for blind eyes to open in the name of Jesus, all three children received perfect sight at the same moment! It is almost unbelievable, but my team checked out the details with great care. We followed-up this story and went to their village … the miracle is absolutely true. To God be the glory! (Please read the report in this Impact.)

Over 425,000 gathered during the final evening crusade meeting,drawn by the powerful message of the gospel and the signs following.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda

PS: 4 more crusades are ahead of us before the end of March 2009. We are facing big financial struggles with paying for these crusades. We cannot go if the Lord does not help us right now. May I please personally ask you for an unplanned, special gift to bring this harvest about? Jesus said “the gospel MUST be preached.” Please help us to fulfill this “MUST”! Salvation-willing souls desperately need to hear the gospel.

Main Panorama:

A partial shot of the expansive Nsukka Gospel Crusade.

Inset:

The massive crowd shown in its entirety extends far beyond the limits of the University Grounds.

The great Purpose

The gospel is a message of miracles but the real priority, the great purpose of God, is salvation! The glory and joy of God is salvation. Jesus works in material fashion, but his real commission is as the Savior of the world. To save us, he went to the Cross and to hell and back.

His purpose is our purpose as well. Our Ambition, the Great Commission! In the final meeting in Nsukka, 425,000 people gathered to hear the Word of God. It is amazing, that over 1,500,000 people attended during the 5 nights of the event. Our counselors counted an astounding 1,109,900 completed decision cards signifying a positive

decision for Jesus Christ! Praise the Lord! The churches have braced themselves for the influx of new converts – we are sure that nothing will be the same as it was in Nsukka-Land. We truly serve a mighty God!

Yours for Africa to be saved,

Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda,together with the whole CfaN Team.

The Gospel rings out

By the second night, the crowd had grown to 280,000

people, which was more than double the first night’s at-

tendance. Evangelist Daniel Kolenda ministered the gospel

with great authority and fantastic results, leading Reinhard

Bonnke to say, “I am proud of my young colleague.”

Many fantastic miracles of healing occurred during the

crusade meeting. Bonnke commented that, “Something

happened the night before that I have never seen in my entire

ministry: Mrs. Regina Attah came with her three children

Umeka (12), Chinwendu (10), and their brother Chukwudi

(7) to the meeting – all three children totally blind; Umeka

for 8 years, Chinwendu for 2 years and little Chukwudi for

1 year. When I prayed for blind eyes to open in the Name

of Jesus, all three children received perfect sight at the same

moment, ‘in the twinkling of an eye,’ so to speak. It is almost

not to be believed, but everything was checked out with great

care. The crowd went wild for joy.”

He went on to say that, “Faith is the link with God, not

aesthetics. And faith does not end in faith but in tangible

blessings. Faith is not fantasy – it is the end of fantasy!

As for preaching an emotional gospel, it cannot be avoided!

If the gospel is not emotional, then nothing ever was.

Sensationalize the gospel? There is no need! God made it

sensational! This is what we see and experience.”

On the Saturday evening, 400,000 people gathered on the

university ground for the evening crusade meeting and the

team were heard wondering where they had all come from,

because Nsukka is a relatively small town. Daniel Kolenda

preached again that evening and did very well, prompting

the comment from Reinhard that, “The love and grace of

God for the salvation of the lost was overwhelming. We

truly serve a mighty God. We are evangelists and want to

be true to this calling and the Lord of the Harvest. Christ

died for us. That event was a cosmic explosion of love and

As Reinhard Bonnke and the team arrived in the city of Nsukka, Nigeria at the start of the crusade

week, the people were on their feet! What a welcome, what rejoicing! All signs pointed to a great

and fruitful Gospel Crusade as representatives of all churches greeted the new arrivals joyfully.

One leading minister was heard to say, “We’ve been waiting for you so long … but now no more.”

Reinhard Bonnke replied, “We have come in the Name of the Lord!” The king of Nsukka Land

received Bonnke with great honor and literally ‘clad him in royal garments’ while the secular media

pressed around for interviews. All in all it was a truly wonderful welcome.

goodness, shattering the rock-solid walls and iron gates of

every bondage that ever tyrannized humankind. A check

for a billion dollars would seem nothing when crammed

into a pocket, but it opens vast possibilities to the payee.

That Good Friday act of redemption in the darkness of

the Cross changed everything: Jesus the Carpenter from

Nazareth turned the wood of his cross into the door of

heaven. Only Jesus saves because only Jesus died to be able

to offer what he offers. Nobody else stands where he stands –

glory to God!”

Reinhard Bonnke took the platform on the final night

to preach a powerful and direct gospel message to over

400,000 people and then to pray for the baptism of the

Holy Spirit. The resulting outpouring of the power of God

over the vast gathering echoed for miles around as the

air shook with waves of sound reminiscent of thunder as

hundreds of thousand of voices burst out in spontaneous

praise to the Lord. You can get some idea of the magnitude

of this by looking at the accompanying photograph of that

historic meeting.

Fire Conference

The Fire Conference took place each morning with Reinhard

Bonnke, Daniel Kolenda and Peter van den Berg ministering

to the 45,000 registered delegates. Such was the hunger for

the Word of God that the conference venue, an open field in

the town, was already packed to capacity by 7:30 a.m.

The Fire Conference had its climax in a massive outpouring

of the Holy Spirit during the final session on Saturday morn-

ing as spiritual foundations were laid for future ministers and

future ministries.

Shaken to the Core

The whole community for miles around was shaken by

the happenings at the crusade, and by the end of the week

numerous stories were flooding in of miracles taking place in

and around the town after each meeting. One such story was

told us by the Anglican Bishop who late on Saturday night

responded to a call to accommodate a disabled man who had

been separated from his friends after the crusade and was left

lying helplessly on the crusade field after everyone had left.

Pastors found a vehicle and transported him to the Bishop’s

church asking him to take the man in until morning when his

relatives could be found. The Bishop did this and set the man

up in a small room at the back of the church. He told us that

upon entering the man’s room in the morning he found him

walking around unaided. When asked what had happened,

the man simply said that when he woke up he found that he

was healed and that he could now go home on his own.

The overriding impression left in all the team and visitors

who were present at this amazing event, was that the entire

region had been shaken by the power of God in salvation,

healing and deliverance, a truly epic event in the lives of

hundreds of thousands of people and whole communities.

Report by Daniel Kolenda

Reverend Peter van den Berg preaches a stirring message to the church leaders and pastors gathered at the Fire Conference to inspire them to reach the lost in their communities.

7 year-old Chukwudi marvelled at the sights from the car window, amazed at the ability to see for the first time in a year.

Mrs. Regina Attah came to the Nsukka Gospel Crusade with her three children: Umeka (12), Chinwendu (10), and their brother Chuk-wudi (7). All three children were totally blind; Umeka for 8 years, Chinwendu for 2 years and little Chukwudi for 1 year. She wanted and needed a miracle from God.

Each night of the meeting, Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda called out prayers for divine healing, nam-ing specific diseases and condi-tions one by one. When Evange-list Bonnke prayed, “blind eyes open in the Name of Jesus,” all three children received perfect sight at the same moment.

Members of the Christ for all Nations team went to the fam-ily’s village to follow-up the de-tails of the healing. Neighbors and friends in the family’s vil-lage confirmed the story and rejoiced for the miracle that had taken place.

Regarding the healing, Reinhard Bonnke, commented, “In my entire ministry, I have never seen a miracle anything like this … it happened ‘in the twinkling of an eye,’ so to speak. To God be the glory!”

Family receives triple Miracle

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