Apostle Dr. Peggy Elliott

JANUARY: CONGREGATION RECEIVES INNER HEALING – PART ONE​

I interviewed Pastor, Warren Carey of Tree of Life Church, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Pastor Carey is implementing something within the church that quite frankly, I have never heard a pastor do.  He decided that the whole church should become educated on the ministry of inner healing as a body, during regular Sunday services.  Pastor Carey has set aside the third Sunday of every month as inner healing Sunday.  This is a miracle! 

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​When Pastor approached me, asking me to take the congregation through inner healing, so that they would understand its purpose, understand the process, and understand the differences between inner healing and deliverance ministry, I was excited!  I have been used by God in the areas of both inner healing and deliverance for over forty years and have never heard such a request.  It is exciting to watch the positive shifts taking place within Tree of Life, within individuals and families. God is on the move.

 

FEBRUARY: INNER HEALING . . . PART TWO

At the Tree of Life Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, God continues to move within our midst as we implement the ministry of inner healing.  This month’s article completes the series titled, “A Congregation Receives Inner Healing.” Yes, a total congregation is experiencing something so rare, yet so needed today. Healing one-on-one sessions are available to those who choose to receive this healing in their lives.   

 

MARCH: I began the year taking a look at the synoptic gospels and how Jesus went about performing healing miracles. The Synoptic Gospels are filled with example after example of the healing power of Jesus Christ and the working of the Holy Spirit.  Over forty examples of Jesus’ miracle healings are recorded in these books. Matthew includes many proof texts to drive home the theme of Jesus as the healer. Take a journey with me as we examine three examples of the healing miracles Jesus performed:  the man with leprosy, Peter’s mother-in-law, and two blind men. We will examine who asked for the healing, what were the circumstances of the healing, what methods did Jesus use to heal, and in what timing did the healing occur?

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APRIL: I AM A MIRACLE CREATED FOR HIS KINGDOM!

Dr. Mary Jo Winston is a mighty woman of God.  By all stretches of one’s imagination, she should not be alive, nor in her right mind.  Yet, what the enemy thought he was going to do to bring utter destruction to her life, God had other plans for Mary Jo.  She is currently a pastor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Purpose for Life Worship and Outreach Center. Along with pastoring, Dr. Mary Jo has a food and clothing street ministry and a ministry to set women free from spiritual, emotional and physical bondage, titled Bridges of Hope Leadership Academy. She has been working for his kingdom for more than four decades.  Her story will move you to understand the healing, saving and redeeming power of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

MAY: INNER HEALING AND MENTAL HEALTH

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…  Isaiah 61:1-3

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This scripture is the foundation for many ministries.  When broken down, it becomes evident that the three types of ministry included in Isaiah, ought to be a focal points of ministry offered to the body of Christ.

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1. …the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.   

       This is evangelism

2.    He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted…

       This is inner healing (emotional and mental health)

3. …to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from

       darkness for the prisoners…This is deliverance ministry

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During the month of March, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate on a panel of professionals as we discussed mental health, including inner healing, and the African American community. The subject of mental health in some communities is still taboo, yet there is no doubt that it is time to not only begin the conversation, but to also, ensure that this community is served well by mental health and faith-based professionals.

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One of the gentlemen on the panel, Marquis Armstrong, is the founder and president of Hope and Healing Counseling Services.  This faith based mental health facility is breaking ground within the Twin Cities, making it known to community residents that they do not need to be ashamed to ask for nor seek help for their emotions, with their need for mental health.

 

JUNE: THE NEW TESTAMENT MIRACLE WORKER

"And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.”

Remember the movie The Miracle Worker, starring Patty Duke? I first saw the movie when I was a child.  Then, once again, as a teenager.  I cannot remember why, as an adult, I felt the need to view it a third time, but I did.  During the third watch, I found myself comparing the Nanny and Patty Duke with Jesus and how we deal with miracles within the body of Christ. I believe that far too many have low expectations for miracles.

 

JULY: WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? WE NEED A MIRACLE

“My people are destroyed from the lack of knowledge.  Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of God, I also will ignore your children.”  Hosea 4:6

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In 1999, just days after the Columbine High School murders, I was listening to a national Christian radio talk show host and child psychologist, Dr. Chuck Swindoll, give a prophetic word.  He said, “Regarding mass school shootings, they will not decrease in America.  This type of violence, students going into schools and killing teachers and fellow students, is only going to increase.” That prophetic word was released nineteen years ago. Much to our dismay, it has come true.  School shootings have significantly increased throughout America.

 

AUGUST: A DIFFERENT KIND OF HEALING : JOSHUA ARMIES RISE UP!

When I hear the word ‘healing,’ I automatically think of someone being healed physically or emotionally.  In this article, I broaden the definition of healing to include the healing of communities.  Daily, local news reports throughout the country, capture our attention as we listen to how crime is increasing in many communities.  We also, hear of the increase in gun and domestic violence.  The deaths of innocent children are increasing.  What has happened in far too many of our communities whereby crime and death seem to now be the order of the day?  Gone are the days of children innocently playing down the street and not having to come home until it starts getting dark.  Gone are the days of two guys having a beef and ending it with just a loud argument or a fist fight.  It has now become the norm for students and teachers to mandatorily practice what to do, if a student turned gunman, riddles classrooms and hallways with rounds of bullets, killing many.

 

SEPTEMBER: Postponed writing an article. I will share about my missions trip to Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana in the February 2019 Edition of Triumphant One!

 

OCTOBER: A DIFFERENT KIND OF HEALING : JOSHUA ARMIES RISE UP!

When I hear the word ‘healing,’ I automatically think of someone being healed physically or emotionally.  In this article, I broaden the definition of healing to include the healing of communities.  Daily, local news reports throughout the country, capture our attention as we listen to how crime is increasing in many communities.  We also, hear of the increase in gun and domestic violence.  The deaths of innocent children are increasing.  What has happened in far too many of our communities whereby crime and death seem to now be the order of the day?  Gone are the days of children innocently playing down the street and not having to come home until it starts getting dark.  Gone are the days of two guys having a beef and ending it with just a loud argument or a fist fight.  It has now become the norm for students and teachers to mandatorily practice what to do, if a student turned gunman, riddles classrooms and hallways with rounds of bullets.

 

OCTOBER: Taking Healing To The Streets 

In last month’s article, I asked you to stretch the definition of healing to include overtaking territorial spirits by organizing Joshua armies. This month, I am asking you to think of the definition of healing to include healing on the streets. 

​Jesus taught in the synagogue, yet, most of healing he performed was with people outside of the four walls of the church.  Jesus healed out on the streets, in villages or in the homes of those in need.

 

OCTOBER: CAN NATIONS BE HEALED? PART ONE

“On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing 12 crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month.  And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”  Revelation 22:2

​Over the past few months, I have challenged those who read my monthly column, to think about healing in unconventional ways:  healing on the streets and the healing of a total congregation, for examples. This month, I want to challenge you to consider healing again in an unconventional way – the healing of nations.  Can a nation be healed?  Let’s keep in mind that the only reason for something or someone to need healing is due to sickness, sometimes sickness leads to death. 

 

NOVEMBER: CAN A NATION BE HEALED? PART TWO

During the last two weeks of September and the first week of October, I  had the wonderful privilege to travel and live in Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana.  During my stay in Nairobi, I  stayed at a 'homestay', which Americans would call an Airbnb. A husband and wife, Peter and Norah were my homestay mates. Peter's laugh was infectious and Nora's cooking of Kenyan food was delicious. As we were getting to know one another, I  decided to ask these current residents of the U.K., who are Kenyan natives, if they believed  the U.K. and Kenyan needed healing as and if so. could be healed? Both are very strong, seasoned Believers.

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