Supernatural Worldview/stories of power the Holy Spirit

[bearbear]

Like many other conservative evangelical groups of today, the LCs adopts a cessationist view concerning the gifts of the Holy Spirit. However early on in the LC's history (before Witness Lee gained as much influence as he did perhaps) it seems like tongues, deliverance and healings were practiced here and there. My Grandma has many wild stories from her early start in the LCs of Taiwan in the 50s and 60s of healings and deliverances during her evangelism trips.

My mother was also healed of a leg injury when she was about 7 or 8 by a brother in Taiwan with the gift of healing (who's healing ministry Witness Lee later put a stop to).

I've attended a Charismatic church for a number of years now, and from direct experiences have come to accept a supernatural worldview as well as well as solid belief that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are for today.

Just last weekend I attended a men's retreat in my church. On Sunday morning, I had pretty bad nasal congestion and had trouble speaking and breathing which was unfortunate because I was assigned to lead devotion in the morning. After a quick prayer in my head to the Lord about this matter, one brother gets up and announces that he felt led to pray for healing for anyone with nasal congestion. I raised my hand and after the group prayed for me, my sinuses cleared immediately. I've never had my nasal congestion symptoms disappear so quickly and I was more than ready to serve in our morning devotion that would follow.

I was happy and thankful, but not that surprised as I've experienced and seen these type of miracles occur over and over again in my church group and during our evangelism trips where we pray for healing to demonstrate the power of God to help others believe in God's love for them through Jesus.

That's one of the more tamer stories and I have a lot more I can share later, but that's the most recent one. I just wanted to open up this thread to anyone who had other direct experiences with the Holy Spirit and has adopted a supernatural worldview after leaving the LCs.

Acts 4:29-30
And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.