Derek Prince suffered a series of chronic illnesses. Why do you think he couldn't he get delivered from those MST? Just curious as to what you think about that and other deliverance ministers that have same problems and same illnesses as other people that they claim they can deliver.
Hi Vektek. I don't know his history with this, if maybe you are able to fill in some of the specifics i can try to respond more intelligently. I am not an expert, that's for sure and i certainly do not claim to be one. Doc once called me a baby christian and in terms of deliverance ministry, i would say i am a baby indeed, or maybe a toddler that just learned to walk a little bit, but still wabbles a lot. Derek on the other hand was an expert and part of what i love about him so much is his humble spirit. I hope i can learn this from him too, so that i don't appear pride filled to other believers including you. Derek Prince definitely had been given authority over demons by the Lord Jesus, but maybe he managed to never say it that way and that makes all the difference in the way he is received, though no doubt there are some who would reject his beliefs no matter how humbly he presented himself.
I told you in another post that i respect your opinions and that what you had said to me i would very strongly consider. The Lord is still working with me as clay in the hands of a potter and i pray that He transform me much more into His likeness swiftly. The desire of my heart is to be more like the Lord Jesus.
I haven't had a chance to watch as many of Derek's videos as i would have liked, but i did recently watch the one i just posted here and one of his bible studies on Worship. It is an important priority for me though to dig into more of his humble teachings. I do know that he taught that some illnesses and ailments are clearly demonic and can be delivered as such, and others are not. I remember him saying (i believe from memory) that 36 people out of 36 in a particular deliverance service got simultaneously delivered from arthritis or it might have been 35 out of 36.
I was curious to see doc's testimony which i had heard was very good and in the search i found posts of hers from 30 months ago where she had said that Derek Prince was her favorite teacher and it seemed you were enjoying his videos at that time as well, though i wasn't able to spend much time reading all of the posts. This young search has already given me more love for doc than i already had. The Lord really worked swiftly and powerfully in this way, melting my heart for her. In the short search i made, i believe she was really on fire for the Lord. I am looking forward to reading through more of those 30 month old posts. Do you have any insight as to how far back her excellent testimony was posted? There are many many titles to search through.
Blessings to you.
Rainy, I've heard very little from Derek Prince, and I did love that one sermon Doc put up long ago. Just when I saw that he was in the word of faith movement, I knew I would have disagreements. And just listening to a little of the video MST put up from him, I could see he does line up with the word of faith beliefs.
I think you are a beautiful person too Rainy. I see so much humbleness in you. I'm so saddened by all this and cried my heart out to God about it today. I get so tired of everything being so hard. I don't want to leave here but feel like I have no choice. I have a lot going on in my life too and I don't need any extra stress. I'm sorry to say that today about you being deceived. I know I am too in ways. The thing is, I can't even formulate all my thoughts on all this or give a good thorough explanation of where I stand. I need so much more studying myself. And I lean toward thinking I need to be doing that more instead of spending time here. But then again, I've learned so much just from being on this forum. Lots of the subjects brought up here have driven me to study things I might not ever had studied otherwise. But I'm not ready to write out a big theological study of it all like Chette. :)
Right now I need to rest and find peace in knowing that where I've made things worse by getting involved, or not handling things as I should have, that God is able to turn all that out for good for those that love him.
God has given me unending love and mercy. I just want that to flow out of me onto others, and I pray that can happen more and more.
I may have said what I said today, but I'm not really concerned about you Rainy, since I believe you're in good hands. We all need to pray daily what you said you pray about God showing you in any way you are deceived, and I believe he will do just that for all of us.