acts of the Holy Ghost . Out of desperation , I consistently sought the Lord with prayer and fasting , and after a divine commission , I began to experience what I call “ Acts of the Apostles results ”. Time would not permit me to testify of some of the mighty signs , wonders , healings and miracles that the Lord has wrought through my ministry ; but several hundreds of deafmutes , cripples , blind , paralyzed , and people with all manner of sicknesses and infirmities have been healed by the undeniable power of God . There have been countless conversions in some of the world ’ s most Satanic strongholds . On many occasions , the Lord has even used me to stop the rain and cause it to rain !
At an evangelistic crusade in Ibadan , Nigeria , a lady who had crawled on hands and feet for 38 years was touched by the power of God , straightened up and started walking . And as we were singing and praising God for her testimony , she started dancing . She was so overjoyed that , even when the music stopped she kept on dancing !
More recently in 2011 , at a Morris Cerullo World Conference in Orlando Florida , the Lord led me to command cripples who wanted to walk to come to me in front . Immediately 23 cripples left their sticks and walking aids and began to walk !
And there were many other things that the Lord has done so powerfully because I invoked His help through prayer .
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What Leaders Must Do
Since prayerless pastors produce prayerless pews , and prayerless pews produce a powerless church , there is an inescapable responsibility on the pastor or church leader to pray and to raise a praying church . Paul was literal when he instructed , “ Pray without ceasing ” ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ), and that is the clarion call to all believers , especially leaders of the Church . I believe the following could help us as leaders in the area of prayer :
I . Personal revival of prayer :
It is a known fact that people watch our actions more than they listen to our words . Likewise , in our churches the members observe our lives more than what we preach to them on Sundays . So if we want to have a praying church , we need to first of all be praying leaders .
Indeed , prayer is more about quality of attitude than quantity of hours , but surely quantity has a significant part to play . Is that not why Jesus was disappointed that His disciples and close associates could not spend even one hour in prayer ? In the same