Former Legalistic Couple Empowered to Change Africa with God's Love - Mike and Pat Heiser

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Not knowing their identity in Christ, Mike and Pat Heiser felt too weak to be qualified for God’s work. Until one day, they came across the teachings of Andrew Wommack, where they learned that they had the power and authority to go across the world and touch more lives than they ever dreamed. Mike and Pat Heiser didn’t see themselves as having any power or authority. They thought they had to just ask God to do something and hope that He would come through. They felt they were nobodies that God wouldn’t think to use. Pat’s parents shared some of Andrew Wommack’s tapes, and Pat started to consume the teachings and wanted to find a Spirit-filled church. One of Mike’s co-workers recommended Dan Funkhouser’s church, Agape Fellowship. They loved the lively music, dynamic preaching, and they especially liked one Sunday school teacher named Andrew Wommack. Andrew’s teachings that we have authority in Jesus were a new revelation for Mike, and he started to see real blessings in his own life because of this message. Years later, God opened the door for Mike and Pat to go to Charis Bible College in Grandview, MO. It was there that they met a Kenyan couple who would later present them with the opportunity to share God’s love halfway across the world in Meru, Kenya. Before reading Andrew’s book, The Believer’s Authority, Mike and Pat never would have believed that they could do something like this. But once they got a hold of the message, they knew that God qualifies them, they don’t qualify themselves. So, they packed up and, without any support, they left for Kenya. They started out helping single mothers in need of food, which turned into a Bible study. That study grew into a church, which eventually developed into a Bible college. Mike and Pat visited the States and spoke with Andrew Wommack, who provided curriculum and books for them to bring back to the school. The Swahili word for Grace is Neema, so they decided to name the school Neema Bible College. Their first year, they graduated 9 students, but by 2015 they graduated 108! Over the years, they’ve graduated over 700 students, with 15 locations across Kenya. Along with the churches and Bible schools, the Heisers started a different type of discipleship inside their own home. Seeing children in desolate situations, Mike and Pat began taking children off the streets and bringing them into their home, saving them from prostitution, abuse, and relatives selling them into slavery. They’ve seen their children healed from diseases, and their lives prolonged well past the young expected deaths that many children on the streets suffer. Their children are growing up with God and learning who they are and what they can do in Him. Because of Andrew’s faithfulness to share the message that God gave him, Mike and Pat’s lives were changed, their children know their identity in Christ, and the effects are spreading throughout Kenya, the rest of Africa, and even into the Middle East. We want to thank the partners of Andrew Wommack Ministries. Because of you, the people of Kenya are being changed by the love of God and freed from the bonds of AIDS, sexual slavery, drug addiction, homelessness, and spiritual ignorance. For more information on the Heisers’ ministry, visit kidskenya.com. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8H3lzJU5Qm-s3WVroB87kw/join 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 You can become a Partner or give a donation at https://l.awmi.net/give-youtube To become a monthly Partner, click here https://l.awmi.net/partner-youtube To make a one-time donation, click here https://l.awmi.net/one-time-donation-youtube #andrewwommack #charisbiblecollege #neemabiblecollege #mikeandpatheiser

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• Love & Compassion