July 15, 2003
FSM #386
Copyright © 2002 by The Family
(Note: All Family members in China use pen names for their contributions to the FSM.)
No matter what the obstacle, stand fast in My will, call upon the power of the keys of the Kingdom, stand back and see Me do the miracle.
By Tim E., Nigeria
Shortly after Feast 2002, I developed severe stomach pains, like a constant cramp, which kept me in bed for three days. During that time I was able to reread the entire series of Feast GNs as well as have united prayer from the rest of the Home, who claimed the power of the keys for my healing.
When praying about whether or not I should go for a checkup, the Lord told me that He could heal me right there in the Home, but that He wanted to do it more publicly so that others could glorify Him also. He said that if I didn’t know what I had, it wouldn’t be so easy for me to testify of what I’d been healed from once He’d healed me. That seemed to indicate that I should have a checkup, so we had a doctor friend come by and take a look at me.
He recommended immediate surgery, although he wasn't sure exactly what the problem was. We decided to go to a clinic for a second opinion and got pretty much the same diagnosis. It wasn’t possible to run tests that night so they hospitalized me and put me on an IV drip.
Over the next few days the doctors kept recommending surgery, as the problem seemed to be with my appendix. During that time I had someone in my room with me at all times to read, pray, and hear from the Lord with me. A prayer request was sent to the area office and to my parents, who passed it on to others.
By the time the doctors ran a few tests and figured out what had happened, I’d been getting better and so the operation was no longer necessary. What had happened, they said, was that my appendix had begun to rupture, although miraculously my stomach muscles cramped up so tight around it that they held everything together, preventing a full-blown rupture. Eventually a protective mass, like a scab, developed over the perforation, allowing it to heal naturally.
After I’d been home for a few days, I went back to the clinic for another checkup. Along the way we met our doctor friend who had originally recommended surgery. He seemed a little surprised to see me doing so well and came with us to the clinic to hear what the doctor had to say. I was told that I didn’t need any further medication and that I could start eating normally. This was a tremendous testimony to our friend, as well as to the other doctors and nurses at the clinic whom we had witnessed to about the Lord’s power to heal. To us it was a very encouraging reminder that the Lord can do anything but fail, and that the power He’s given to us through the keys is very real.
I’d never been hospitalized before, but I’m so thankful that this incident happened at this time. Studying the Feast GNs on the power of the keys for three days before being subjected to all of the doctors’ skepticism and doubts was such a blessing. It gave me the faith to believe that the Lord was going to do a miracle regardless of how I felt or in spite of what the doctors said. Thanks also to everyone who prayed for me and claimed the power of the keys on my behalf. I can truly say that the keys are real and that they work as advertised.
By Joan, Mideast
The night after Christmas, Michael Piano, Joy, and I were returning by taxi from an evening fellowship at one of our Homes. It was around 1:30 a.m., so the roads were pretty empty. Suddenly we saw a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction, which hit the divider in the middle of the road.
The motorcycle hit the cement barrier, sending it and the driver spinning through the air. It flew in front of our taxi until it landed behind us. It was a miracle that it didn't hit us!
At the same time, the man on the motorcycle was thrown onto the center of the road, right in front of us! The taxi driver stopped the car, and we all were a bit dazed for a moment, realizing that a man was lying right in front of our taxi who was probably seriously injured. It was a very heavy experience, as it suddenly dawned on us that if we didn't do something to help this man nobody would, as there was no one else on the streets. I heard a clear voice in my heart, mind, and spirit saying, Now is the time. Move. Do what I tell you to do right now.
I’ve always wondered what I would do in a situation like this and it was amazing to hear the Lord's clear direction and voice saying exactly what to do. I told everyone that we had to get out right away, and then asked Joy and Michael if they could lay hands on the man and pray for his healing. I headed for one of the houses nearby, to get them to call an ambulance. I went to one house but it looked dark and deserted, so I ran across the street to another house. As I reached the house I realized that it had a big gate around it, and it would be very difficult for me to get into any of the houses at that late hour.
The Lord strongly checked me that perhaps it would be better to try to stop the next car that drove by. A car passed, but it wouldn't stop, and then a second car passed and also wouldn't stop. Finally a third car was approaching. By then I was standing in the middle of the road, jumping up and down and yelling for the car to stop. Thank the Lord, it did stop and the two men who were in the car had a mobile phone and spoke good English. At this point I was pretty much crying out in desperation for the poor man who was lying in the middle of the road. I asked the two men to call an ambulance, which they did. I then ran back to be with Michael and Joy, who were with the man on the road.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone so seriously injured, except in a movie. The man’s leg was very torn up from having skidded across the road. It was also broken and bent out of shape. (We found out later that he had also broken his pelvis.)
The man was crying out in pain. Michael and Joy had already laid hands on him and prayed for him. I joined them and knelt down beside him. I believe it was an answer to prayer and the power of the keys that the Lord helped me, and probably all of us, to overcome my sensitivities towards blood, pain, and suffering. I'm pretty much of a baby when it comes to that type of thing and have never been able to do very well with it; in fact, I have a hard time even looking at someone's cut finger. There was blood everywhere. The man’s face was badly scraped. He had lost one of his teeth, and his eyes were black and swollen from having hit the road face down. I'm sharing all of these somewhat gory details to testify that I feel that the Lord did a miracle, firstly in my life, in giving me the faith to try to help this man, and in giving all of us help in overcoming our natural tendencies.
I put my bag underneath his head and began praying for him, stroking his face, and trying to comfort him. As I said, he was crying out in pain and calling out to God in Arabic. I just did the best I could, whispering in his ear and telling him that Jesus loved him and that people were coming to help soon. I encouraged Michael to speak to him in Arabic to help calm his spirit. It was amazing to see how he began to calm down. Undoubtedly he was still in a lot of pain, but slowly he stopped yelling and crying out and got much quieter. We kept gently stroking his face and talking to him and comforting him.
The next 10 or 15 minutes were probably one of the longest that I've ever experienced, waiting for the police and ambulance to come. There wasn't much that we could do for him physically as he was in pretty bad shape. We felt strongly that we shouldn't try to pick him up or move him, as it was obvious that he was seriously injured and moving him might cause more damage. The Lord kept encouraging us that our most important job was to pray for him and to help to comfort his spirit, so that's what we did. Eventually, a lot of people gathered as a number of cars stopped, and a doctor who was passing by stopped as well. The doctor didn't really do anything, as he said there was nothing that he could do and that it was best not to do anything until the ambulance came. He loosened the man’s clothing and made sure that he could breathe.
The police came and then the ambulance to take him to the hospital. When some of the men asked him his name, he was able to utter it and we found out what hospital they were taking him to. It turned out he was a policeman, which was pretty obvious from his motorcycle and the fact that he had a gun on his side.
Some of the people who had stopped kept thanking us over and over again for taking care of the man and for being there and for doing our part, which was very sweet. When the police arrived, we told them the story and what we had seen, and that we didn't know what caused the man to run into the cement divider in the road.
The next day the Lord supplied a beautiful bouquet of flowers from one of our contacts and we went to the hospital to see the injured man. Unfortunately, he was in pretty bad shape, in intensive care. The hospital staff was so sweet and let us in to see him nonetheless.
One of his brothers was there at the time, and we took the flowers, some reading material, and other things for the man and left them with his brother. We thought he was unconscious, but towards the end Michael went to him to touch his arm and say goodbye, and he whispered very quietly in English, Thank you for coming. We didn't know that he spoke English, nor did we even think he was conscious!
We were able to go back and see him again a few days later, and spent quite a bit of time with him, and all of his family who were around his bed. We witnessed to them, letting them know that we had prayed for him at the accident scene and how we believe that it was God who allowed us to be with him at that time. It even encouraged his faith when we told him that he was crying out to God, and that we believe God answered his prayers in having us being there at that time, telling him how we prayed for him. He doesn't remember anything. He just remembers riding his motorcycle and then waking up the next day in the hospital.
It turns out that this man speaks English quite well and has been so, so touched that we have come to see him. His father is so precious and kept getting teary-eyed every time he looked at his son. Then he would look at us and would say, We have to be friends forever. This has bonded us together and we have to be close. They've invited us to their home.
Sweet N., who is the man that got hurt, seems to be such a sheep and we feel that the Lord has allowed this for many reasons. We got a prophecy for him in Arabic, which we took to him and we'll try to minister to him further.
I don't think that I’ve ever experienced anything quite like this—actually being that close to someone who was so badly hurt and suffering. I was amazed that the Lord helped us and anointed us as a team, giving us the grace and the faith to be a help. Although we don't know exactly what miracle the Lord performed that night, we do believe that the Lord answered our prayers. We called on the power of the keys and we prayed for a miracle, and I'm sure that this man is probably in much better condition than he would have been had we not prayed for him. I truly believe, from what the Lord said, that He did a miracle in N.’s heart and life, and there's a special reason why He had us there that night.
It was a poignant testimony of being able to claim the anointing of the Lord’s power in these desperate times and moments, when you know that you can't do it yourself. Yet the Lord comes through and helps you to rise above and overcome your natural weaknesses and tendencies.
Here are a few excerpts of what the Lord had to say:
As you call upon the power of the keys, I will anoint you. I will give you situations where you can put the power of the keys to the test—where you can stand upon My promises, where your faith can be tested and tried and stretched, and where you can grow.
Everything you do is important. It is a witness to others, and people notice and talk and form judgments. All things are for a purpose and are training for the future. I am preparing you. I am putting you in situations to help you hone your gifts and wield the power of the keys.
By Stefan Pioneer (of Joy), Switzerland
Since I joined the Family 11 years ago, I have never celebrated Christmas with my parents in Germany. I was always scared to get stuck in car pile-ups on the German freeways because of snowstorms, ice, rain or heavy Christmas traffic. Three months prior to Christmas 2001, the Lord showed us that it would be good to visit our folks. That means we would travel 800 km to my parents, stay there four days, then travel 1,400 km to Hungary in one day to visit Joy’s parents, stay there six days, and then return to Switzerland, traveling another 1,000 km.
We started praying for good weather conditions a month before our journey, but two nights before our departure my nightmare came back to haunt me.—German news showed pictures of big car pile-ups, heavy snowstorms, and traffic jams up to 100 km long on various freeways. Hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany were stuck in their cars on that particular night. The next morning people had to be flown by helicopter to hospitals because they had spent the whole night sitting inside their icy cold cars.
We got very desperate then and kept claiming the keys, and we also got a confirmation from the Lord that we should still proceed. Praise God, the keys worked! We had no problems traveling whatsoever, except for a few short traffic jams that dissolved quickly. We had mostly beautiful weather, and enjoyed our journeys tremendously. Thank God for the keys!
From Matt (of Trudy), China
When we were on a visa trip, we needed to see some friends whom we had lost contact with. The secretary of one of our friends we tried to re-establish contact with would not let us into his office, so we prayed, claiming the power of the keys that the Lord would bring our friend out.
We left the office a little discouraged, but as we were walking through the foyer of the building our friend walked out on his way to lunch. The Lord did bring him out to see us, and we were able to re-establish contact with him.
Later, that same day, the Lord did something similar when we went to see another friend. This time the secretary explained that our friend was out. We left the building asking the Lord to do another keys-of-the-Kingdom miracle, since He’d been the one to show us to go visit this friend in the first place.
We were outside walking when we saw our friend, who was glad to meet with us. We are beginning to understand these keys to the Kingdom more and more. PTL!
By Asaph, Pakistan
Having just re-read Call on the Keys! and pondering all the things promised to us if we use this power, I thought about how things have been different for our Home and work overall since using the keys more. The more I thought about it, I realized that there are some exciting things happening that perhaps we’ve taken for granted. The keys do work, and it is becoming more real to me that if we use the keys, miracles will happen!
It’s been a miracle of the Lord’s protection that nothing has happened to us here since the war in Afghanistan began, even though Pakistan neighbors Afghanistan. (Thanks, everyone, for your prayers!) We’ve continued doing our work here, ministering to our sheep, and even once giving a weeklong teacher’s training seminar during a time when there were daily demonstrations. At the time most foreigners had left Pakistan and things were looking bleak for us financially. But we have never lacked and it seems things are getting better by the day.
It used to be somewhat of a struggle for us to make it each month financially, but over the last few months, since using the power of the keys in our prayers especially for supply and protection, our income has been the best so far since we’ve been here in Islamabad (a total of seven years), and we are safe, even though outwardly there is much reason that things should be worse for us. We feel no need to worry or struggle.
Usually it’s a battle to get bookings for Christmas shows, as Christmas isn’t celebrated in Pakistan. But this year we’ve had people calling us up asking us to sing. We even had bookings at the best hotel in town, where all the foreign reporters stay. The UN club that we’d tried unsuccessfully to book a show in for a few years, this year immediately agreed, giving us almost double the amount we requested for our performance. Not only that, but they took 100 tapes, 10 Mottos, and they now want to book us for other functions, to help raise funds for us. We also had people calling us for CD cards and other Christmas tools. All this is a miracle in answer to our claiming breakthroughs through the keys.
Things are still somewhat uncertain as far as our future here, but we believe the Lord will have His way. We also want to thank all Family members who recently answered our call for financial help. We were very touched by our wonderful Family’s willingness to help when there is a need.
By Mary Mom, Ivory Coast
My son Brian (13) had a very bad and painful case of malaria. We’d seen a doctor who assured us that the medication he prescribed for Brian was good and that it was just a matter of time before he would get better. But I spent two days holding Brian in my arms while he cried and was in so much turmoil.
I prayed and prayed for Brian, and during a reprieve, while he was calmer, I asked the Lord to speak to us about what He wanted us to do to receive His healing for Brian. Among the precious things He said about Brian, the Lord told me that He wanted me to avail myself of more power through the keys. I told Him that I didn't really know how to do it, or what I was supposed to do differently than just being desperate and claiming the Word as I always had. The Lord said that I needed to get ahold of a key and specifically ask for it, and to see that there was a higher level to step up to in order to grab it. I then had a vision of walking up to the Lord and getting this key. When receiving it I thanked Him for it and asked Him to activate its power.
So I prayed for Brian, imagining that I had this new activated key. It was then that Brian was instantly, immediately healed. Completely! No pain, no fever! He fell into a deep, 12-hour sleep, waking the next morning ready to eat, which was another miracle, as he had been vomiting nonstop for two days! It was a miracle! I know it! I have had my kids be like this for the four to five days of this sickness and then slowly improve over the next couple of weeks.
I prayed about Brian’s healing and the Lord told me it was in answer to some of the battles I had had when reading this GN. Although I did love the Words in this GN, I had had a lot of questions. I have always had rather weak faith when it came to healing for physical things, especially for my kids. I worried and fretted so much and it has always been a battle, so I was quite surprised when Brian was so instantly healed. I had never seen that kind of thing happen before.
I have always had faith for people's spiritual healing and have seen people get delivered of things like fear, worry, negative thinking, depression, etc., always feeling confident in that area, knowing the Word will give people what they need to overcome. I’ve talked with some Christian faith healers here, and they’ve told me stories of their battles with the sorcerers and the very big spiritual battle that they have to fight. These faith healers say that the Lord has told them in prophecy that the most important thing for them to do is to spend a few hours a day for several days before entering a village, fasting, praying, and getting instructions about the particular demons in that village and what the Lord will do to overcome them. They then go on those messages and go in and conquer. They perform miracles, get people healed and delivered, and then souls get saved—whole villages!
This gave me faith that the Lord can use us in this way too, and of course, He is going to anoint those (like these faith healers and evangelists) who have the faith for these types of battles and miracles to help His desperate and oppressed children. The Lord told me that He showed me the power of that specific key along with Brian’s healing so that I could see how powerful and real the Words in that GN were.
By Magda and Julia (21), Namibia
One afternoon while witnessing in an industrial area of town, we had a bit of a hard time. Generally, the people were sweet, but uninterested. Because our afternoon was quickly going nowhere, we stopped to pray and claimed the power of the keys. Amazingly, the very next office we stepped into was the start of a total change! There were only three company workers there at the time and no managers around to talk with. But these three people were so sweet and listened to everything we had to say. They begged us to return the next day so that they could get some Christmas CD cards, as they didn't have any money on them at the time. Then they asked us to sing them a song and then to teach it to them. We looked at each other, surprised, because something like that had never happened to us before in an office!
Magda had the idea to teach them Into My Heart so that they could sing along with us and get saved. After explaining to them what this song is about and what would happen to them if they sang it with us, they agreed that they would like to learn it. Right there in the office building we sang and then they joined in and received Jesus in their hearts!
Later, one of the men commented that our approach to fundraising is so different from other organizations or private fundraisers. He said we have a more human approach, and a softer way of dealing with people. We told him it was the Lord that he saw in us. Our afternoon was changed through the power of the keys!
By Pedro (of Lily), Madagascar
Recently, I had an accident during one of our clown shows at an orphanage. As a clown I usually do a funny flip; however, this time I fell in such a way that my thumb got twisted 180o in the opposite direction. As I was lying on the floor, the pain was bad, to the point that I felt like fainting. I had to make the decision to either stop the show right then or to trust the Lord for an instantaneous and miraculous healing.
I didn’t want to disappoint the children, who were so enthusiastic and happy with our message and performing. I opted to cover my finger with my other hand and prayed silently, desperately calling on the power of the keys.
Suddenly, I got that my finger would be all right, and not broken. The Lord told me that the pain would disappear progressively. Sure enough, that’s what happened! A few seconds later, I told Lily about my finger and she took my still painful hand and prayed for an immediate healing of my finger, also calling on the power of the keys. Just a minute later, I regained my breath and was totally calm. The show continued until the end, without stopping, and without the children even noticing what had happened to me on stage.
Although my thumb was still sensitive after the show, I was very thankful that the pain had subsided and that my thumb didn’t swell. This was a testimony to me that the keys work effectively. With this unfailing Heavenly power, we can overcome any plans of the Enemy to destroy our work.
By an FGA, WS
About every three or four months, I get hit with what seems to be hemorrhoids, though I haven’t heard of it being as painful as this is. The pain usually lasts for an hour or two, and during that time the pain is truly excruciating and I can’t walk or think or do anything.
One day I came down with this affliction, and though I was trying to fight and claim verses, it kept becoming worse. I could have sent around a prayer request to the others in the Home before then, but by that time it had become so bad that I couldn’t even get up from my bed.
After about fifteen minutes of battling with this problem, it was so bad I couldn’t even focus on trying to formulate a prayer or think of a verse to claim. Suddenly, a spirit helper was there beside me. He kept saying, Just keep saying the words! At first I couldn’t think of what he meant, but then I realized he was saying to keep repeating the words, I call on the power of the keys of the Kingdom. So I kept repeating that over and over, and it was as if I was somehow shielded from most of the pain as long as I kept saying it.
I’m not one for prepared prayers, I think because I was raised a Catholic where everything to do with communication with the Lord was always predigested and prepared. In my aversion to all that, I find that repeating predetermined lines is something I tend to resist. So this was not what I would have done if he hadn’t told me to and I hadn’t been so desperate.
Then after a bit he said, Now claim sleep through the power of the keys of the Kingdom. When I get hit with this I have to lie down, as I can’t do anything else, but I’ve never been able to go to sleep in the midst of it. But it all seemed so right, and I started claiming sleep in the power of the keys of the Kingdom. The next thing I knew, I was opening my eyes; I’d been sound asleep for over an hour. And the symptoms were gone! PTL!
By Carmen, Chile
I’m getting dental work done on some serious lifelong thorns. Some of the work is delicate and I’ve had to see several dentists, one of whom is a surgeon. I got his address by recommendation and went to see him to get an evaluation of his work, prices, etc., hoping to provision the work later on. He was very busy and charges a fee just to evaluate you. I pleaded with the secretary to let me see him that day, just to get a feel, and to see if he was a nice man. Secretly, I was hoping to weasel my way in and get the info I needed without having to pay for the appointment, but that didn’t work and I had to make an appointment with him for another day. I was torn because I didn’t know what my next step should be.
I sought the Lord desperately. The Lord’s answer was very surprising. He put the ball right back in my court with, What kind of man do you want the surgeon to be? He asked. What do you want him to do for you? You have the power of the keys in your hands, so you tell Me what you want. Do you want a sweet, kind man who helps once in a while? Do you want a solid contact, who will get activated and be a long-time friend and king? You hold the keys, so you tell Me!
Wow! If I was going to go, I might as well go all the way. I claimed the keys for everything! It shouldn’t have been, but it was a step of faith for me.
The whole trip to the office I was wondering if I was crazy or what; for all I knew he could have been a bitter old atheistic Scrooge! And since I didn’t have a witness of the spirit to give me at least a little orientation, I felt that it could have been pretty impossible to expect so much with so little to go by! Oh, me of little faith! (Mental picture of me miserably crawling along on the ice.) I decided that if I had claimed the keys, I had to believe they would work, so I started acting as if. I sat in the waiting room witnessing to the other patients and the secretaries, and amazingly I felt totally at peace and unusually inspired. While waiting I found out from his other patients that he’s an excellent doctor and surgeon.
Finally I was ushered in to see him and why should I even be surprised! He was warm and friendly, meek, good-natured, a kind-hearted Christian man who was not only receptive but asked all the right questions for me to pack as much witness into our short encounter as I could. We hit it off well and it was so smooth and easy to ask him for help, no awkwardness at all. I gave him some lit, which he said he’d look at during his vacation (he was leaving the next day, which is why he was so pressed for time). His immediate response to my plea for help was to drop all his prices down by 50%, but that we could discuss it further when he returned.
I walked out of that office in a different dimension, where facts or figures didn’t matter. What I do know is that I claimed the keys not knowing what I was getting into, and I came out with everything I had asked for.
By Lily (of Steven D.), Russia
"Call on the power of the keys!" my husband whispered in my ear before I was going out provisioning. "These are the words that you need to continue to repeat in your prayers! You will see!
Steven had just happened to read a new GN on the keys before I did, and was applying the Word in our everyday lives—and it worked!
With every prayer that was uttered before entering each office door that day, I repeated those words. It worked amazingly! All of the people whom we approached that day agreed to help, and another one offered to organize a big CTP project for 550 children! The magic works!
By Mary, Russia
We unexpectedly found ourselves needing to move from our house, and this made us very desperate. We had five days to move and only three people to pack everything and organize all the details—quite a challenge!
The weather was an obstacle too. In our area it gets so rainy on some days that you literally cannot do anything outdoors, much less carry furniture. If it's very rainy, the roads are nearly washed away, which makes using a truck needed to transport our belongings out of the question.
We prayed and our dearest Love confirmed that indeed we needed to move and there was no way around it, saying that He would help us each step of the way. It was before we had received the Call on the Keys GN, but we were so desperate and needed the Lord's help so much that we started praying in the name of the keys and calling on their power.
Amazingly, while we were moving the days would usually begin with very black clouds and heavy rain, but then we'd pray and call on the power of the keys and the rain would stop, and the sun would shine. On the day of our main move, there was no rain.
Also, once we loaded the truck with all our furniture and belongings, the driver found out that the gearbox was jammed. We didn't know whether the Lord was trying to show us something or if it was just an attack of the Enemy, so we prayed once more. The Lord showed us to fight and pray for the gearbox. We claimed the power of the keys again, and it immediately worked. The wonderful miracle of the power of the keys was the fact that we were able to pack and move safely in only four days!
On another occasion three of us were driving to town for an important appointment with our new landlord when a very heavy storm rolled in. The storm intensified and we decided to stop for a few minutes to wait till it passed. But when we tried to start the car again, it wouldn't start. We prayed, calling on the power of the keys, and it immediately started. Ahead of us was another big, deep puddle, and as we started to drive through it the engine died again, right in the middle of the puddle.
Needless to say, we were very desperate, as we could hear water splashing on the bottom of our car and some water was actually coming inside the car. The rain was coming down harder. We prayed and called on the power of the keys and the car started again! What a miracle!
We were able to drive 100 meters further, and then it died once more. This time when we called on the keys, the Lord did a miracle—the heavy storm and rain totally stopped and the sun came out. Our car dried out a little and worked great for the rest of the day. Ever since then the car has been working fine, which proves even more that on that day the Enemy was attacking. But thank God for the power of the keys! There's nothing that they cannot do!
By Ker (SGA), Kenya
My two-year-old came down sick one day with a high fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. After we prayed for her, the Lord told us to go and get her checked. The results showed she had amoebas. This got me desperate, as all the doctors said how hard it is to get rid of them, and how you can have them for years!
Well, after a week or two of praying for her daily, the day came for me to take her back for another checkup. That night I brought her before the Home, and we all laid hands on her, anointing her with oil and praying for her healing through the power of the keys. And guess what the result was? Yep, there was no trace of amoebas whatsoever! With the power of the keys anything is possible!
By Joan (of Davide), Italy
We've been praying in the power of the keys and it's been such an awesome experience! The first miracle that happened was with our two parakeets. One day we noticed that the male parakeet was acting strangely, not eating, and was always sleepy. We prayed for him and gave him some medicine from the pet shop, but still he didn't improve.
The next day we realized the male parakeet was dying. We all started praying desperately for the parakeet, claiming promises, asking the Lord to heal him or to deliver him, but his condition didn’t change.
Then somebody remembered to use the power of the keys, and so we prayed again, claiming the power of the keys for the healing of the parakeet. Almost instantly the bird, which was lying down, got up and started eating! We all started praising the Lord for the miracle! It's been three weeks since that day, and every time we see him full of life, we cannot help but marvel at the wonderful gift our sweet Husband has given us!
The second miracle we experienced with the keys happened when the children were going to watch Jesus of Nazareth for their Word time while Davide and I took P&P time. Somebody had accidentally put on an old tape and the video machine heads got dirty, so the picture was all black.
We tried to fix the problem using the cleaning tape, but after three or four times the picture was still fuzzy and jerky. At this point we decided to pray. We started praising and asking the Lord to fix whatever the problem was, but nothing happened. We reminded the children about the power of praise, and so we kept on praising, but nothing happened until we remembered to call on the power of the keys. Then the picture started improving, until it was perfect. The same miracle with the video machine has already happened two more times. In every instance the problem has been fixed through the power of the keys, and our video machine works perfectly.
The third miracle was for our two-year-old, Celeste, who was getting in the habit of waking up around 2 or 3 a.m. crying and asking for milk. When I heard her again crying and asking for milk in the middle of the night, it came to me to pray silently for her and call on the power of the keys, which I did. She stopped crying almost immediately and went back to sleep without the milk. Time has passed since then and her habit is broken. The keys rule!
By Phil (of Marie), USA
Being down to only four people in your Home to do everything and bring in the needed funds for the month is fertile ground for desperation and for using the keys. The target: the needed monthly income!
So the four of us went out after prayer. The day wore on as usual; well, maybe it was a little worse than usual! Michelle had been postering at the streetlights and for the first one-and-a-half hours not much dropped into her can.
Then a young guy drove up and took a poster and said, "How much is it?"
"It's for a donation," Michelle replied.
"But how much do you want?" he asked again.
Michelle was thinking fast and wondered if she should say this amount, or that amount, or what?! Acting totally by faith, after shooting up a desperate prayer calling on the keys, she replied, one hundred dollars!"
The young man reached into his wallet, pulled out a $100 bill, plopped it in her can and drove off! And that was how the keys saved the day!
By Matthew (of Dulce), Brazil
After we called on the keys for some needed financial help, the Lord reminded me of a man we know. Most of the time it’s difficult to get ahold of him at his office, but the Lord told me not to call beforehand but to go, trusting Him, and enjoy the visit. He also told me to ask for ten times the usual amount he gives monthly, even though I was going to see him two weeks early. Well, not only was our dear friend in his office, but he immediately wrote the check for the amount I had asked for without hesitating!
By Premika Free, India
We were out witnessing, visiting some friends who lived quite far away from our Home. By the time we started on our journey home it was dark. About three or four km from our Home, our motorbike started to sputter. We looked down at the fuel gauge only to see that it was entirely empty! We had forgotten to put enough fuel in it, and now we were stuck! The bike suddenly stopped completely.
We didn't know what to do, as there were no fuel stations anywhere nearby. It would have taken us a good while to walk all the way home with the bike. It was a desperate situation. We needed a miracle.
We laid hands on the engine and prayed, calling on the keys. When we had finished praying we got on the bike and to our jubilant amazement it started! We were so excited and praising the Lord. There was not a drop of petrol in the fuel tank, yet our bike took us all the way home and finally stopped right outside our gate. The power of the keys is real and they are there for us whenever we need them!
By John, Esther, and Meekness, Brazil
The owner of the house that was soon to be ours loaned us her key to the front door so that we could move in some of our things. I put it on my key ring with some other keys. We left the house, locked the door and returned home. Later that evening, I noticed that the key to the new house wasn't on the key ring! Yikes! I spent two hours retracing all my steps trying to find the key that obviously had fallen off the key ring, but I didn’t find it. The next morning at devotions I asked for prayer and we claimed the power of the keys to find the missing key. Within five minutes someone found it!
By Martin, Maria, and André, Mozambique
Every time we’ve claimed the power of the keys all sorts of miracles have happened, big and small. We found ourselves having to move houses on short notice. Homes here are very expensive, and it’s very hard to find a house with running water, electricity, telephone, and the sewage system all working well. For two weeks we went out every day looking for a house, but found nothing. We decided to reread the Letters on the keys and had our monthly prayer day. Then we had desperate prayer, claiming the power of the keys for our housing needs.
The next day André went out witnessing, and someone on the street walked up to him and asked, "Are you looking for a house? Come, I’ll take you to one." The house had all the main things on our list and was for the amount of rent we could pay! We were able to move in right away!
In the meantime, we had been trying to fix up some things in the house that we were moving out of. It needed some handyman work and there were some repairs that we would have to spend money on. After claiming the power of the keys, in one week our sweet Lover supplied all those things for free! Also André, who has never done any handyman work, got the anointing to fix all the lights and some other things that he wasn’t familiar with. All this in the name of the keys!
When having prayer vigil with the children, we claimed the power of the keys for new disciples. Two days later when out postering, Blossom (11) prayed with a 25-year-old man to receive Jesus. He has been coming over faithfully every day for Bible classes, and he wants to serve Jesus full time!
By Stephanie, Bosnia
Since reading the Conviction vs. Compromise series we have been put to the test to see whether we would trust the Lord or compromise here in Bosnia. We were invited to do a concert at the German SFOR base (NATO peacekeepers) here in Sarajevo, which would fall on the night of the beginning of the worldwide fast. They usually pay well and let us freely witness and get out CDs during the shows. Since it was the time of the fast, we took a united stand together to not accept the show, and called on the keys to supply what we lacked for our next month's budget. Everyone wholeheartedly agreed that we needed to give full priority to the fast instead.
The week prior to the fast we received extra donations from our FCF project, and from several other donors. The total from all these sources added up to what we would have received if we had gone ahead and done the show! It showed us how important it is to trust the Lord to supply! Calling on the keys works!
By Masha (of Victor), Russia
My three-month-old daughter’s eyes became seriously infected. We prayed for her healing and one cleared up but the other one didn’t improve. I tried to get some professional counsel on what to do for her, but each time I tried, the Lord closed the doors. He told me instead, "Come out from amongst them." I had a feeling that He was trying to show me that He alone wanted to heal my daughter.
Then the Letter "Call on the Keys" came out with testimonies of healing miracles, answered prayer, and instruction on how to call on the keys for our needs. As I read this GN, I got a strong feeling to pray, calling on the keys, for the healing of my daughter’s second eye. After we prayed, immediately the infection cleared up! This was after my little one’s eye had been infected for two months. I cannot find words to express the overwhelming thankfulness from my heart to Jesus. There is tremendous power in the keys of the Kingdom!
By Hope, Romania
I’ve had chest pains for the past year. At times they would go away, but then return. One evening I wasn’t feeling well at all. Angela prayed for me and she claimed the power of the keys. Since then I haven’t had any chest pains! It's been over a month since that evening. Now I use the keys all the time when praying.
Another example of the power of the keys took place on a four-day faith trip that I made with Daniel. We went to a particular city last year, but we didn't have a chance to meet all the people that we wanted to. This year, using the power of the keys in our prayers, it seemed like all the doors were opening! We were able to meet the people that we wanted to meet and they were very happy to buy tools and help our work. "There is no door that the keys of the Kingdom cannot open."
By Jo, Joy, and Jenny, Romania
Since we have been using the keys fully we have been able to get out many more tools than ever before. Wherever we go, the people buy the tools like hotcakes. We are sold on the keys!
We are also praying for the sheep, claiming the keys for their ailments and sicknesses. In one instance, when a close friend of ours came down with symptoms of pneumonia (high fever, pain in his lungs), we prayed for him, claiming the power of the keys. The next day he was completely healed!
By Cherry (of Steven), China
We had been waiting for a schoolbook order for our son, and being in China, it should have taken from six weeks to three months for his books to arrive. I had only allotted about two months for their arrival when I ordered them, so the school year had already started and my son’s books still had not arrived. It was nearing the end of three months and I was feeling a bit worried, thinking that the order might have gotten lost in the mail. Finally, one morning I decided to get desperate with the Lord about it. I got out my Bible and read some faith-building promises. When I felt ready, I got on my prayer bones and claimed the power of the keys of the Kingdom that those books, wherever they were, would be moved to our P.O. Box by the next Friday (it was a Thursday).
The Lord spoke to my heart and told me that I should ask for the books to be there not the following Friday, but the following day, which was Friday! I really wavered, feeling that that would be impossible, as even if the box came to the P.O. the next day, it takes them time to notify us and get a slip of paper to our P.O. The Lord insisted that I should stretch my faith and said that the only reason I wasn't claiming it for this Friday was that I was afraid of my faith being disappointed, which is not full faith. I read a few more promises and, after struggling with the Lord about it a bit more, I claimed the power of the keys that the package would be there the next day.
After my prayer time, I went over to another Home for a meeting. While I was there, they told me that they thought my order had accidentally been sent to them, and they wanted me to check the box. When I opened the post box there was my order! And it had arrived the day before. I was so inspired not only that the books had come, but especially that the Lord had answered so quickly. In fact, the books had already come and the Lord just wanted me to stretch my faith.
By Abi, Taiwan
We were coming home from witnessing when my purse fell off the scooter along the road somewhere. We hadn’t noticed that it was missing until we got home. I had a lot of valuable things in it—important documents, my glasses, and more than US$100 equivalent in cash.
My partner went to retrace our trip, which was about five miles through the city, and I went upstairs and prayed with a teamworker. We desperately called on the power of the keys. I had lost something in this same city before with my name and address inside, but never had it been returned. We claimed specific key promises about miracles.
As soon as we finished praying, the phone rang. It was the police station. Two businessmen had found my purse on the busy city street, and turned it in to the police station a few blocks from our house. There wasn't anything missing from it! It gave me goose bumps how the Lord answered, and to experience firsthand the awesome power that we have from Him at our fingertips!
By Tim and Joy, Canada
Our Home would like to testify of a great miracle the Lord has done for us since we have used the keys to the Kingdom. In less than one month the Lord has supplied us with a beautiful house with a reasonable rent, and Christian landlords who love missionaries. Because we want to return to the field, they have required no lease (which is next to impossible for such a high standard of housing), and they did all the major cleanup, like the carpets, chimney, and yard!
The house is located in a beautiful neighborhood and is right next to a school, where our kids have lots of space for get-out. During this time, the Lord also supplied the needed personnel for our Home. One of the couples who joined us had a nice vehicle. They had transport but no Home, and we had a Home but no transport, ha! The Lord has put us together with the same vision for getting back to the field and we all want to do our best to get as many activated as we can. We dove in deep with the Christmas push, the Christmas CDs, and Christmas Activated, all of which went out like hotcakes.
The key promises have given us great peace that it is not being in a certain place that makes someone a missionary, but being a missionary means completely trusting in His love and doing our best to follow where He leads, knowing He will never fail! The keys have given us hope that even though we had to return to North America from the field, it is His perfect will and in His time He will get us back to the field we love.
By Phoebe, Conéctate Home, Mexico
We sure were astounded at the miracles the Lord worked on our behalf just before the Feast, as we claimed the power of the keys, and got a foretaste of what is in store for us. Our seven CM Homes in Monterrey had united to organize a big CTP for King’s Day (January 6), and a few days before the event, David (of Claire) in Houston called to let us know that they had free transport to bring down three to four tons of clothing and shoes to distribute to the poor. The Lord confirmed that it was His will, and as an area we desperately claimed the power of the keys so that David and team would be able to cross the border with the supplies without having to pay taxes.
Mexican Joy, David, and myself went from government office to government office, and miraculously every door opened wide before us. At the first office (where we had initially received permission to hold the CTP) they gave us an official letter of recommendation with their official seal, asking customs to let the shipment through.
We also had an official meeting with the directress of an influential government agency for Monterrey and three of her helpers, who happened to be there for an appointment at the same time we were. They had seen the TV coverage of the giant free Christmas meal the Family hosted in Mexico City, and were very touched by it. We now have an open door with her to receive her help for our projects.
The next morning, we had an appointment with the customs official, and the brethren in the area desperately claimed the power of the keys for the situation, as we knew that without this official’s help it would be nearly impossible to bring the huge truck in. The customs official was touched by our work, and sat there for a while pondering our request, while we were desperately claiming the keys.
I’ll help you, he finally said.
That very evening, dear David, his son Titus, and Mexican Joy left for the border, and the following day, after many more adventures and miracles of the power of the keys, the truckload safely reached its destination.
By an SGA woman, Indonesia
For several years now it has been a struggle for my mate to hear from the Lord, and he has been discouraged, thinking that he didn’t have the gift of prophecy. During the Feast, the Lord told me to take the time to pray with my mate, and for us to hear from the Lord for each other on the P&P questions, in addition to doing them on our own, even though it would take us longer. Before we began, my mate asked the Home to call on the power of the keys for him that he would have a big breakthrough with his gift of prophecy.
Then we started doing the P&P questions and it was amazing. The Lord would often show my mate a totally different aspect of the question that I had overlooked! I was rewarded with a lot of extra jewels in our prophecy times that I would have missed otherwise. It has been a rebirth in our marriage, being able to have these special times of hearing from the Lord together.
By Joy (of Emanuel), Venezuela
At the beginning of the year, after more than two years of being out of contact with my sister, she called me and told me that she had cancer, and that she was in a lot of pain and couldn’t walk. She went to the hospital for an examination and test. Meanwhile, I prayed for the keys to work a miracle for her. She has cancer in the womb and in her ovaries, and further exams were needed to determine how advanced the cancer was.
We’ve been praying in the Home every day for her, claiming big miracles of healing through the keys. Last week I saw her and I anointed her with oil. She told me that at the hospital everybody knows her because when she came to the hospital she was almost crawling because it was so painful, and now she is walking straight and feeling better, even though she is not on medication and hasn’t been operated on.
We are claiming specifically that the cancer disappears from her body completely.
By David (22, of Victoria), Brazil
I would like to attest to the awesome power and incredible coolness I have personally seen and felt in using the keys! I've had my best outreach days and met the greatest people while out since calling on the power of the keys. I love that quote in the GN where the Lord goes: "Even if you just say that over and over, ‘I call on the power of the keys,’ that would do the trick (ML #3368:53). That's my motto, man! When I’m witnessing to someone, in my mind I constantly repeat, "Claim it in the keys. Claim it in the keys!" It does the trick! Naturally I elaborate more at times. But it definitely works!
The other day I was supposed to go out and wasn't sure where to go or what to do. I had a rather vague suggestion of a certain street, so I prayed and got the go-ahead to go to that area. It was a very hot day and that particular street was lined with car dealerships, the type of places I don't particularly relish. But we claimed the keys and went for it and had a great day. In three hours we'd gotten out 10 CDs, met lots of sweet people who we'll be following up on, and had a good lunch. For a stay-by-the-stuff/handyman-type guy that is pretty amazing, proving that it's only Jesus and power of the keys!
By Ester Montanha, Brazil
For more than a year I experienced very strong bleeding every month. It was very heavy and would last for up to two weeks. I went to the doctor at different times, but each time the examinations didn’t show anything. For three months I was bleeding almost every day. The day after reading Call on the Keys, I asked the Home to lay hands on me and pray the prayer of healing included at the end of that GN. Instantly the bleeding stopped! I’m still recuperating from the weakness and stress caused from the extended period of blood loss, but I have been completely healed through the power of the keys!
By Phoebe Helper (of Simon), USA
At the end of October 2001, two of our boys, Andre (11) and Chris (13), were involved in an accident in which they fell 30-45 feet down a mountain trail. When the rescue team reached them they were flown in by helicopter from the accident site to the hospital, where they were given several X-rays and a CAT scan. Andre had to have surgery on his skull. He also had to have three CAT scans, which are very expensive. The two also stayed at the hospital for three nights. Thankfully, the Lord helped both boys to recovery quickly! However, the hospital bill was looking rather steep.
Shortly after we received two bills for $250. On each one it said that this was the emergency bill. Simon called the hospital office and asked her if they could forward any further bills to the insurance company. The woman explained that there weren't any other bills. What a miracle! Anyone who lives in the States would know that hospital bills could be outrageous, but the Lord honored our prayers and answered our request in the power of the keys!
By Faith New Jerusalem, USA
Julie had a number of warts on her neck, which the doctors told us were a virus, which was diagnosed as contagious. We were told that they would clear up in a couple of years. I prayed with the children against them in the power of the keys and noticed about a week later that the warts had disappeared. There were just tiny little marks left where the warts had been!
By Joy, Maria, and Pedro, Colombia
Mariana (20) had been having very strong pain and swelling in her breast for almost two days. After reading the Letter about the keys of the Kingdom, Joy laid hands on Mariana and prayed for her, specifically claiming the power of the keys for her immediate healing. Fifteen minutes later there was no more pain or swelling and it hasn't returned since! She’s completely healed!
By Joy Phoenix (of Josiah PI), Romania
Many times while out on follow-up, when the weather looked very gloomy and dark we prayed, calling on the power of the keys, and every time the Lord changed the weather conditions for us. PTL!
By David and Liberty, South Africa
Liberty had a lump in her breast, which was confirmed a couple of times from different sources. We had prayer, specifically calling on the power of the keys and anointing her with oil. She went for a mammogram at the hospital, and nothing was there! She is completely healed!
By Hanna and Andrew, Zimbabwe
On a particularly hot day our freezer stopped working. After checking the fuses, the thermostat and wiring, plus having someone check into it, it appeared that the fault lay inside the compressor. Our Home laid hands on the freezer and claimed the power of the keys for it to be fixed, and as soon as we plugged it in again it came to life!
By Felippo, Bolivia
After reading the GNs explaining about the keys I asked for prayer for pain that I had been experiencing in my eyes. Immediately the pain was gone!
By Marisha, Russia
After devotions Sara couldn't find her glasses. She looked everywhere, and the boys helped her look as well, but the glasses could not be found. Dove prayed in the power of the keys and asked the Lord to show them where the glasses were. He told her that Misha (11 months) took them and threw them behind the bed. She figured someone had already checked there, but she decided to check anyway, and there they were!
By Ezequiel (of Rejoice), Brazil
We were in need of costly parts to repair our bus. I was making phone calls to provision the parts, but to no avail. Then in the middle of one phone call I silently called on the power of the keys and the man I was talking to immediately said yes, donating everything we had asked for!
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