Since the second of February 1997, God has been moving in a powerful way in revival meetings at 4 Sydney Avenue, Umina.
Over 6,600 people have attended meetings which are run from Tuesday to Friday nights at 7.30pm and Saturday - Sunday at 6.00pm at Peninsula Christian Life Centre.
The Lord is not bring Revival to a denomination or to a Church but to the Body of Christ as we have seen over 12 Churches represented nightly in these meetings, plus people and pastors coming from as far as Griffith, Boggabri, Kinchela Creek and Hamilton Island Queensland.
The Lord is showing that revival does not only come to large Churches (as this Church only seats approx 250 people) but to any Church that has a desire for God to move.
Over the last 7 weeks, we have seen some dramatic healings and changes in people's lives as the testimonies following show.
During the rest of the meetings, of which I have missed only one, God has set me free totally from a great weight like a stone around my neck that had stopped me from receiving all that he had for me.
I was married to an entertainer for 23 years, had five children to him and was very unhappy and lonely for a great deal of that time, with only brief snatches of happiness, when he was home from whatever part of the world he had been in.
To cut a long story short I finally divorced him 16 years ago, and for all those 16 years I have carried around a heavy grief within me for what could have been but never was. It did indeed weigh me down, even though I thought I had dealt with it, even though I was prayed for about it.
Up until these meetings I thought I had to put up with it forever, tied body and soul to my ex-husband. During the past few days I have wailed like a banshee on the floor, agonised and prayed intensely over my marriage and divorce and the grief of it all. Then God took it all away and set me free at last.
Friday night I could not believe it when I actually began to giggle, not the raucous laughter some have experienced, but quietly giggling with joy I had not felt in a long time.
I have also learned so much from the teaching, and have come to understand the real meaning of Christ's power in me. My thinking has completely turned around now, and this is only the 11th night. I can't wait to see what God is going to do in the future not only in me, but in everyone who attends.
Praise God, who only wants what's best for us. Keep it going forever!
Doreen Crocker
Central Coast CLC
For the past 2 years I have been feeling not as close to God or on fire as I would like, but since I've been to these meetings, I can't say enough about God. I'm telling everyone about Him. God has put the zeal I lost back in, and when I speak to people miracles are happening.
Praise the Lord for Revival!
Susan Felsch
Bayside CLC
Last Sunday I brought a friend to the evening service. When it was time for soaking, he was amazed at how the children were being slain in the spirit. He encouraged his wife to come who is manic depressive. She was prayed for on Thursday.
During the service Thomas was restless and complaining of a sore nose. I took him forward with my other children and when he was prayed for he fell in the spirit and then a small white quarter tablet came out of his nose.
I feel the Lord is rebuilding my life. When Anthony died 18 months ago, I really had no firm idea where God was taking me and I still had a lot of questions. I know during this time God has been carrying me and the family.
During the meetings I felt God placing me on a new level, and teaching me to walk His path and His way. The revelation was that it doesn't matter whether you can see where you are walking with Him-the point is God is in control and I need to trust in knowing He knows what He is doing.
Meredith Lane
Peninsula CLC
Over the last 2 months have gone through negative cycle (hormonal-pregnancy) haven't been willing to push through into spirit too hard-so controlled by sinful nature. Burden and guilt become so great that my spirit has yearned for change despite flesh. Taken steps of faith-re baptism, to get rid of the strongholds and he has changed the motivation of my heart in His grace-and has given me the handle that Christ has borne this sinfulness of mine upon Himself and He yearns for me to give him my burdens and not be weighed down by them.
Erin Wolfe
Peninsula CLC
I was like a wounded bird who couldn't fly but by God setting me free and healing me by His Spirit He has enabled me to fly. I have had a spiritual re-awakening.
Elizabeth Byrne
I have had a problem with my right ankle for 4 years from a car accident and was unable to wear shoes for many years. I was diagnosed this year that the base of my spine was twisted which caused pain through my back and right hip. Praise God tonight God I believe has healed my back as I am now free of pain.
Lyn Laws
Complete healing of spine and three vertibrate (cannot understand this word) cemented from birth and having arthritis it ended up with a curvatures which went in different ways. The Lord had taken stiffness out of my body over the last few months but often Doug called for the person who had pain in back I went out and haven't had pain since and after having it for nearly seventy years.
Jean Casey
I'm an intercessor. I didn't get physically healed I got spiritually healed. I had a burden for the lost and I just couldn't get rid of it until I came here I felt really tingly and the first night I came here Doug called out all the children to come out so I went with my cousins and he got to the kids in front of me and I started crying and then everything released inside me that burden has released praise the Lord I feel better.
Gillie Oldfield (11 years old)
Crossroads CLC
Our dear Father has healed me from blinding migraines. I've had migraines for years. I've been prayed for and put on different medications, nothing has worked. I've had some temporary relief, but they would come back. The last four weeks, they're increased to such an incredible degree, that I often felt like bashing my head against a brick wall. Then, while in Orange, I had to have four pethadine shots in 8 days. This renewal was supposed to begin and end while I was away. I prayed though that God extend it 'till I got back, hopefully for at least another week. And He did and more! I went to my first meeting on Wed 12/2/97. Then, for the next 2 days, had to have more shots. But, I knew I also had to be in the meetings and now, since Saturday 15/2, until now Tuesday 24/2 I haven't had one single migraine!!! Then on Mon 17/2 I didn't go to these meetings for a different reason, so my Father came to me. We talked, we laughed and started to do some planning together, it was so beautiful. It was 12.30 am before I got to bed, and I went to sleep knowing without a doubt that God was changing my heart, as well as healing it. But the time isn't right just yet to share what happened that night and what is still happening.
Katie Bayliss
Peninsula CLC
Call for someone with problem in the right ear to come up-then made a general call for healing. I went up for emotional healing and as I was being ministered to for that my ear began to become itchy. As I touched my ear I realised my ear drum, which was permanently damaged, had been healed. Amen
Greg Taylor
Friday 14-2-97 Over the past two weeks of the revival crusade, I have attended 9 meetings, and I have felt the Lord raising my faith level to the point where I am now healed of a deteriorating back injury I sustained in 1967 during army services.
Thursday 18/2/97 During ministry time, Doug had us lay hands on ourselves and pray and believe for healing - pick a particular area. I believed for healing of my sternum which I injured 15 years ago (army again) and today I have been completely pain free.
Bill Parker
Northlakes CLC
I have had sinus for about 30 years and now I'm free also had backaches every morning and now I'm free. Glory to God!
Joyce McCall
Peninsula CLC
My family has been touched awesomely through this ministry. I had four family members baptised the second Sunday. My son (7 year old) on the Saturday was prayed for and he felt like he was floating halfway up to the ceiling and my husband has been out for prayer for the first time and I know my mother is being healed of secondary breast cancer.
Today, as I taught scripture an 11 year old asked how she should be saved, when I hadn't asked anyone. This is because I have been preaching Jesus Christ as Doug has been in the meetings. I'd just like everyone to know that this really works.
Lift up the name of Jesus and the Holy Spirit will come and watch over the word to perform it.
Margot Crossing
Peninsula CLC
The first Sunday of the meetings I had my tithe ready and felt to give quite a large slice of my bank balance as my offerings! In the evening service it came time for the offering for Doug and his ministry and I asked the Holy Spirit what I should give. I kept getting $50 over and over. Part of me kinda hesitated, as my bank balance would be quite low by this stage, but I thought 'no' and I gave out of joy gladly knowing that God doesn't want his kids to have an empty wallet! Anyway, two days later, completely out of the blue, I stopped in at a supermarket at Ettalong, which I never go to, I bumped into a lady that I used to work with who hadn't seen for over a year. We got talking and all of a sudden she took a $50 note out of her wallet and told me to buy something for myself and my daughter with it. Isn't God Good!
Karma Cannan
Peninsula CLC