SPECIAL REPORT: MISSIONS

Matthew & Kristin Buckley

As he traveled through the ruggedly beautiful countryside of Botswana on his way from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe, Matthew Buckley sensed the Lord telling him that one day he would return to this African nation. A year after Matthew's 1987 graduation from Rhema Bible Training College USA, the Lord had led him to go to Africa for five months to hold crusades and do other missions work.

Back at home in the United States, Kristin, Matthew's fiancée, was finishing up her last year at RBTC. While Matthew was in Africa, the Lord began dealing with Kristin

Probably the paramount question believers ask today is whether it is God's will to heal. The question is not whether God is able to heal sickness and disease but whether He is willing to heal.

Is it God's will to heal? The answer is most assuredly, yes! The Bible tells us that healing is the will of God.

ISAIAH 53:4–5 (NKJV)
4 Surely He has borne our griefs [sicknesses or diseases] and carried our sorrows [pains]; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED

// Kenneth E. Hagin

TimeLess Teachings

In studying the Book of Acts, you'll see that when folks were filled with the Holy Ghost, they began to speak with other tongues. From this we can gather that tongues are the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. There are other evidences that follow. But this is the initial evidence that someone has received the infilling of the Holy Spirit.

// Lynette Hagin

"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be Like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." -Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)