They Shall Recover
by Gloria Copeland
Sometimes we, as believers, make sharing Jesus with people too complicated. We get the idea that before we can tell them about Him, we must become theological experts who can answer all their questions. We think they won’t listen to us unless we come up with some clever way to get them interested in Him.
I don’t know where we got such ideas. But they’re absolutely untrue!
I received a letter some years ago that proved it.
One of my favorite testimony letters of all time, it was written by a woman in Ukraine who had recently tuned in to our Russian TV broadcast of "Believer’s Voice of Victory."
She began the letter by explaining she’d only seen the broadcast once. Her husband liked to watch a soap opera called "Wild Rose" that aired at the same time on another channel. So, she wasn’t usually able to tune in to our broadcast. But the one time she saw it, the broadcast changed her life. She didn’t say exactly what message she heard, but it was clear from what she wrote that through it she’d learned three basic truths about Jesus.
• No. 1: As the Son of God, He died for our sins so that by faith in Him we can receive forgiveness and have peace with God (Acts 10:36).
• No. 2: He “went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil” (Acts 10:38).
• No. 3: He said, “These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues…[and] they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (Mark 16:17-18).
In her letter, the woman indicated that some time during the broadcast I led people in a prayer to receive healing.
BVOV : 27
