Thursday 28 June 2012

MAT ANOINTING SERVICE


       Posted by the GOHN (AKA Saving Grace) media house
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ore than 5000-people congregated for the mat anointing service at the GOHN tent of miracles, 30th of April, 2012. They all brought floor mats and rugs to be prayed for and anointed with oil as per the instruction of the Holy Spirit.
The ordained servant of God Prophet T.P Elias open stage by requesting the assemblage to pray for all pastors in the land of Maun, Botswana. He said that there was a fierce war that was taking place in the spirit. If not careful some pastors were going to lose their lives.
“Do you still remember my picture that went missing? The Lord had shown me the culprits behind the theft and unfortunately some of them are pastors with intent to end my life. They took the picture to a witch doctor”, he said.
Papa Elias petitioned the congregants to pray for peace, unity and love within the body of Christ. He assured all of his safety saying that God was not going to allow anyone to harm him until he finished his commissioned assignment on earth.
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                  The Prophetic Mantle


rophet T.P Elias linked this message with the mat anointing service. The text reading accompanying the message was taken from Acts 19:11-12. It reads like this; ‘Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs and aprons that were brought from his body to the sick and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them’
Prophet Elias said that God through his Holy Spirit operated in the life of Paul. He used Paul to demonstrate his power. The miracles that Paul performed were extraordinary to an extent that people questioned whether he was a man of God or something else beyond that.  Paul, he said, was called as an apostle and prophet of God.
 “The bible says that Paul was a herald. A herald means a prophet, an oracle of God, one who can speak the mysteries of God.
 Prophet Elias further said that when God calls prophets, he calls them according to an order. He said that when Jesus was called he was called according to the order of Melchizedek the king of Salem. Jesus came primarily to fulfill what Melchizedek did. When Paul was called, he was called directly by God. He like Moses, Jeremiah and Elijah heard the voice of God directly; saying, ‘I have called you to be my servant’. Prophets like Elisha were of a different order because God used other prophets to tell them that they have a calling.   
“When the Lord called me in 2004 I was 18-years old. I heard him directly just like the way Paul and Jeremiah heard him. I am called in the same order of Jeremiah and Paul. That is why what is happening in this tent is just like what happened in the book of Acts”.
The servant of God explained that the use of the prophetic mantle was neither a new thing nor witchcraft practice. Whatever cloth that Paul touched healed the sick and set people free from demonic oppressions. He also said that not all man of God are sent to pray for cloths or operate through the mantle like him and Paul. God has various ways of using his vessels. While some are called to pray for water others use a rod, speak the word or just preach the gospel.
Prophet T.P Elias dubbed the mat anointing service, ‘The Day of Your House’. He said it was the day for their houses because the Holy fire that God was going to ignite in their homes through mat anointing was to raze down poverty and all evil forces that were tormenting them.
He urged all to believe that as he prayed for their floor mats he was also praying for their homes. Papa Elias further said that one who is a stern believer sets a destination of what he wants and it comes to pass as per his word of mouth. Those who had faith in what he was to do that night were going to return with a big testimony to share.
“If the construction of your house has been at standstill for some years God is going to make it complete if you believe. If your house has been without furnisher God is going to put furnisher in it through your faith. If you do not have money don’t worry.  . Faith is the answer to everything in the life of God’s child”, he said.
The amen of the people shook the holy ground causing the holy angels to descend and take their positions to bless according to their faith and yearnings of hearts.
                                                          Testimonies
When their 14-months old baby was breathing her last her husband covered himself with blankets because he couldn’t bare it. But faith filled mother Marina Ofitlhile 38 from Sehithwa village wrestled with the Devil by sprinkling the dead child with the water that the servant of God Prophet T.P Elias anointed. May your faith be cultivated by the testimony below-Amen!

Marina showcasing her baby
My name is Marina Ofitlhile. I first set eyes on Prophet T.P Elias when he was addressing a crusade in our village on the 26th of April, 2012. During that crusade he gave me anointed water which I took home and started using together with my family. A day after the crusade our one year two months old baby started having a foul smelling running stomach. That night the diarrhea became severe such that we couldn’t sleep.  At the wee hours of the morning I dozed off with the child on my lap. Soon after that I had a dream. In it I saw little children sailing in a canoe. The canoe was moving on land as if it was in water. I asked the little ones where they were going and they told me they were heading for a river ahead of us. I requested for a lift but before I could step inside the traditional boat I woke up. I looked at the child on my lap and found that she was breathing her last. Her eyes were wide open but the eyeballs were not moving. Her body had become stiff and I could hear a whizzing sound coming out of her. She was breathing her last. Immediately I leapt for the anointed water, sprayed the child and commanded the Devil to let go of my baby. As I sprayed, I told him that I knew he was a water spirit and there was no way that he was going to take away my child. I called upon the name of Jesus and pronounced the defeat of the Devil using that name. As I sprayed my other hand touched the anointed sticker that I got from the church and lay the hand on the child. I fervently prayed until I felt the Holy Spirit descending upon me. It was during that moment that I heard myself speaking in a language that I had never used before. Then I felt calm within as  if someone was holding me and saying all is well. Within a twitch of an eye my child started breathing again. Her body became flexible and her eyes started blinking. Her mouth was dry. I opened it and sprinkled the anointed water until at last it was wet with saliva. After that I woke up my husband who had covered himself with blankets and we rushed the child to the clinic. When we arrived there her temperature was normal and the nurse didn’t believe our story. The diarrhea had also stopped. They sent us back home with no treatment and told us to go and observe the child for any changes that could lead us to take her back to the clinic. The story of my child turned my life around and made me completely cling to God. Truly God operates through Prophet Elias for if what he had given me was just ordinary water it couldn’t have wrestled with the water spirits and brought back my child to life. Now I never miss the GOHN ministry services in Maun even though it means travelling 200km to and from Sehithwa.  The worship arena is indeed an arena of liberty. 

It was on the Mat anointing service that she for the first time stepped at the GOHN tent of miracles, Boseja ward, Maun. Pregnant as she is, she experienced severe pains below her bulging belly, a thing that posed as a threat to her six months old fetus life. A scan taken by her gynecologist proved that she was carrying twins. No matter the medication that she was given the pain did not go away. Did she find solution at the tent of miracles? Let’s hear what the heavenly scan revealed through the eyes of Prophet Elias.
Oarabile Serah Mamwela
My name is Oarabile Serah Manwela. I stay at Thito ward, Maun. I was sitting in the middle of the church when the servant of God prophesied into my life. He pointed at the direction were I was sitting and said there is a woman named Serah born in year 1990 and I want to speak to her. When I showed myself up he said that I used to plan things and succeed and now my world has turned around. He also said I had pain in my womb and the cause was ovarian cysts. After that he stretched his hand towards my tummy, prayed and anointed me with oil. At home that night I failed to sleep. My stomach ran constantly for three full days but I experienced no pain. The more I went to the toilet the more my tummy receded. I also felt light within. I have since gone back for a second scan and it has proven that I am carrying a single baby. I have no more pains thanks to the God of Elias whose scan devices are far much more advanced compared to the modern technology that the medical world uses today.

Mr Ntsie
For almost close to 20-years the devil sentenced him to a life of misery, pain and suffering. Through witchcraft the demons struck the left side of his body with a mild stroke causing his leg to throb as if something was chewing inside the bone marrow. He was walking with the aid of a stick, and even though it was like that, he couldn’t make more than a hundred steps before the pain forced him back on his armchair. Now 70-years old Oneile Ntsie of Disaneng ward, Maun is walking without aid and enjoying peaceful and pain uninterrupted nights.  He has a story to share on how he attained his newly found joy.
Wherever I went seeking help; witch doctors, pastors and prophets told me that I had been bewitched and the cause of my suffering was a result of the evil spells that had been cast on yard. Some said that witches dug things inside my farm. I went from one place to another but none of those who prophesied into my life came up with the solution. All those who tried to treat me died after touching me or digging out things from my yard or farm. Medical doctors also failed to help. When there was no help coming my way I crossed over to countries like Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia consulting witchdoctors and churches. It was in Zimbabwe that one prophet refused to touch me because he had seen the number of people that had died after trying to help me. Everywhere I went I paid thousands to buy my health but to no solution. I ended up being bankrupt. One day when all hope was lost I heard people talking about a young prophet who was performing wonders, signs and miracles at Boseja ward Maun. I was told how he had helped a lot of people with chronic disease. My friends told me to go and try him. Deep within I feared that just like the rest he was going to die after touching me. I went there and he touched me and the water that I had. After receiving the touch the pain became more severe than never before. Relatives took me to a private doctor at night but the pain worsened as I took his treatment. The only thing that stabilized the pain was the anointed water that the young prophet gave me. To tell you the truth I despised when I met him on the first day. I had been attended by men and women whose appearance made one believe that they had healing powers. But all of them had failed. The more I visited Prophet Elias’ church and received his hand touch the more I got better and better. Each time when I came back to church expecting him to be dead I found him carrying on with the work of preaching, healing and delivering. As I am speaking today I long threw away my walking scratches. I now manage to do all manly chores within my yard and farm. At night I enjoy peaceful sleep. What I can say to the world out there is that many are called pastors and prophets but few are called to serve the Lord. Finding a true prophet these days is very rare like finding a gemstone and Prophet Elias is one of those gemstones that when you find you learn to value and glorify God for their presence on earth. Thank you Jesus I’m healed.

Masepatela Morapedi
It was during the deliverance session of the Maun sport complex crusade that she threw down her crutches and started running up and down in praise. For an old woman like her to run like a teenager was a miracle to all that witnessed the incident. 
Picking the thrown away crutches
Narrating the story of her healing Mme Masepatela Morapedi said,  “Some years ago I had a leg injury due to a car accident. I was treated and discharged but the pain persisted. Whenever I went to the hospital seeking attention the medical staff never attended to me. They told me that injuries that occur at old age never permanently heal. One day my children told me about the Gates of Heaven Network (GOHN) and Prophet T.P Elias. I went to the church on a Sunday morning. When I was inside the church the eye of the Lord identified me through prophecy. Prophet Elias said,‘ there is an old woman who is suffering from a painful right leg and the Lord wants me to pray for her’. Instantly I knew through the description that he gave I knew he was referring to me. I   showed myself to him and he prayed for me. Days later I presented myself and the hospital again had requested an x-ray to be done on the leg. All medical staff was receptive that day. They referred me to a doctor who recommended for an x-ray with immediate effect. The machine showed that I had an internal fracture. The sad news was that the doctor said there was no way that they could mend the fracture. I was to live on crutches and painkillers for the rest of my life. When we were at the stadium and the man of God was declaring healing upon the people. I threw down my crutches and did what I had never done before. In faith I ran around and believed that I was receiving healing. Then immediately I felt a fire going through the place where there was pain. When the burning stopped the pain was no more. Since that day I have never used crutches again. Neither do I still take painkillers. I thank God and his holy servant Prophet Elias for my healing.
Prophet Elias delivers Mr Diare
The Acts of how God heals and delivers people from all satanic bondages through Prophet T.P Elias continue to spread like veld fire almost a month and half after carrying out crusades in the Okavango district. Those who witnessed the miracles that were performed continue to refer their loved ones to Maun where Prophet Elias is based. Of recent, old man Kemofilwe Diare of Nokaneng village arrived at the tent of miracles accompanied by his niece. He came to the church barely walking but when he left he was marching as if nothing had ever happened to him. Here is how he talked about his miraculous healing.
In 2007 I became very sick. I ended up at Nyangabgwe Hospital in Francistown where in June that year my head was operated and some flesh was removed. Following the operation I was struck by a stroke on the right side of my body. The whole right of my body became completely dead. I also got tired regularly. My back also began to continuously ache. When the Prophet stretched his hand towards me I felt fire running throughout my whole body. I started vigorously shaking and each action that he commanded me to do I did with ease. I managed to lift up  my paralyzed hand. I also moved from the chair and started running. I had never done that since the operation took place. At present I fill a slight numbness within my body but the pain is gone. Now I believe what I have been told that this is a mighty man of God.  

Saturday 16 June 2012

THE MINISTRY OF GIVING


    Posted by the GOHN media house
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ince the inception of Gates of Heaven Network (GOHN) ministries in the land of Maun, Ngamiland, Botswana on the 18th of June, 2011, its general overseer Prophet T.P Elias and the ministry’s partners have been making every endeavor to cloth, feed and give gifts to the widows, orphans, socially disadvantaged and the physically challenged. Some gifts such as toiletry are randomly given to anyone in attendance, amongst them the local and international visitors.
In the month of April we saw many families leaving the church with huge boxes of meat which was donated by the Ngamiland Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) to the ministry.
Prophet Elias admits that the efforts of the ministry are currently not enough. He said that he will be content on the day that the ministry will be able to award scholarships, give bags of mealie-meal, rice, shelter as well as offer monetary aid to those in dire need. He called for more partners to join hands with the ministry, to make this philanthropic dream an achievement. For Proverb 19:17 says, “If you are helping the poor you are lending to the Lord and he will repay you”. The ministry of giving takes place every month.

 GIVING DAY

In his introduction during the giving ministry recently Prophet T.P Elias said Jesus spent all his time on earth doing works of love. Before Jesus got received by the heavens, he said that all who believed in him will also do the works that he did; even greater things than he did. The man of God further said that when Jesus made the statement he was not only talking about healing and deliverance. He also referred to the ministry of giving. Papa Elias said it was good that the sick are laid hands on and healed and the captive prayed for and set free from their captivity. He approved that Jesus did the same. That, according to him, was not all that he did. He said Jesus also fed the hungry, clothed the naked and took care of the ailing. Turning to the congregation he said most will fail to enter the kingdom of heaven because of their failure to give even when they are blessed enough to afford sharing.
On the last day Jesus will say to people, 'I was naked you did not cloth me. I was hungry you did not feed me. I was in prison you did not visit me'. They will say, Lord when did we see you hungry and failed to feed you, he will say to them 'your neighbour that you failed to feed, clothe and take care of was me'. This is why the bible says God is for all and is in all.
The Prophet said God is found in all men because each is created in his image. He summed up his introductory message by saying, “So today we are going to do as Jesus did. We are not saying we have excelled. We are not saying we have reached the highest point. But we are striving everyday to reach the highest mark of our calling in Christ Jesus”.
WHAT THE GOHN GIVING MINISTRY PRESENTERS SAID
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Sis. Kepeo and Sis. Tlotlo
hen presenting the gifts to the recipients that day GOHN giving ministry presenters sis. Kepeo Nkakobang and sis. Tlotlo Badirwang said that the church was extending its hand as a way of expressing its heartfelt love for all. Nkakobang elaborated that the ministry’s giving was based on 2Chorinthians 9:7.
She read it a follows, “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver”.
Twelve people received the share for the day amongst them Steven, a mentally handicapped man who has turned out to be the darling of most in the church because of his childlike actions.

    Word of thanks from the recipients

Kgalalelo Seselamarumo
My name is Kgalalelo Sesalamarumo. God is great and so wonderful. I thank God who sent his messenger Prophet Elias to come and save both the rich and the poor of the community of Maun. The bible says blessed is the hand that gives than the one that receives. I receive this gift with a wide open and jubilant heart. May God multiple and richly bless his servant.
Tshabang Masalela
My name is Tshabang Masalela. I am deaf and I suffer from aching feet. Since I became deaf all my friends vacated me. My only friend is my wife and now this ministry. People of God, what we witness here are the typical works of God. There is nowhere else in this nation that I have experienced such love. Since I became sick the people outside look at me with questioning eyes. But since I came here I have been welcomed with warmth and deep love by all. And here I am today being taken care of. I thank papa Elias and the church for expressing their love to me through this gift. For us new comers to this ministry we see God through such actions because God is love. 
Shumi Mulonda
Dump Lesedilapelo Nametsang jotted her thanks on a piece of paper. It read like this, “I thank the man of God a hundred fold. May the Mighty God bless him for the rest of his life. 

My name is Shumi Mulonda. I know that when most of you see me clean they think that I am not poor. I THANK God for the gift that the man of God presented to me today. I assure you that it will go a long way in improving my life. I currently stay with my aged parents and sibling. Unemployed as I am, I’m yoked with the responsibility of taking care of my whole family. I glorify God for the gift.