Pastor Raymond’s friend invited him to pray for his sister-in-law, Geeta, who had to fly back home to Nepal that night. When he arrived at their home, the house was chaotic, and the mother was in a panic, because her daughter Chloe had an overnight fever of 103.6 degrees (39.9 degrees Celsius) that was not going down. Geeta had stayed up overnight to sponge Chloe’s forehead.

They allowed Pastor Raymond to pray for Chloe, so he sat by her bed and told her that all human problems, including her fever, were either directly or indirectly caused by sin, so get rid of the sin to get rid of the problem. Chloe readily agreed to the healing process, so they asked Jesus to show Himself to her and tell them what was causing her fever. She was never formally taught to do that before, but found it was the most natural thing in the world to see Jesus and talk to Him.

Since Chloe’s faith was so innocent, simple, and pure, Pastor Raymond tried an advanced healing method called the Whiteboard Method. He asked Jesus to put all of Chloe’s sins on a whiteboard and wash them clean with His blood. She saw Him do that and believed. They then asked Jesus if there were any more sins to deal with and He said there were no more sins to repent of—He forgave them all. In this way, Chloe didn’t have to list out all her sins; not that she had many of them, nor they were serious ones as she was only nine years old.

Then Chloe and Pastor Raymond asked Jesus whether Chloe’s fever was physical or spiritual in nature, and they both heard that her fever had just purely physical causes remaining as the family had already prayed and dealt with the spiritual causes overnight. They then asked whether the fever was caused by a bacterial or viral infection. Chloe did not know what that meant, so Raymond had to first explain to her what bacteria and viruses were, and then she was willing to ask. They both heard from the Lord that it was a bacterial infection and that He gave them enough faith to heal it. So Pastor Raymond prayed with all the faith and spiritual strength he had, and then they measured her temperature with a thermometer. It read 98 degrees—her fever had instantly left her.

They both got that Chloe still had to go to the doctor, so the mother fetched her other kids from school and planned to bring Chloe to the doctor after that. The whole process of consecration and healing for Chloe took seven minutes flat; Pastor Raymond just preached the whole Gospel to her, including the part about repentance and deliverance from all the effects of sin, including the fever, and she believed. However, when he got up from the bed, he felt dizzy and asked the mother for food. Being the hostess that she is, she cooked him eggs and toast, making her late, but it recharged him enough to pray for Geeta.

Healed to be a Healer

Chloe was feeling much better and decided to join Geeta at the kitchen table. Pastor Raymond asked Geeta if she could see Jesus at the throne of grace (Heb 4:16),

¹⁶Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

but she could not. But Chloe could, and he didn’t even tell her how to do it! So Pastor Raymond used this opportunity as spiritual training for Chloe—he taught Chloe how to bring Geeta to the throne of grace while he stayed in reserve watching for a demonic counter-attack. Chloe was able to see Raymond in the spirit surrounded by lots of angels in a castle—he looked like a shining knight to her!

Geeta though, had difficulty squaring her postgrad education with the possibility that her problem was demonic in nature rather than a physical cause. So under Pastor Raymond’s direction, Chloe read Luke 4:16–44

¹⁶And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. ¹⁷And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, ¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, ¹⁹to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” ²⁰And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” ²²And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” ²³And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” ²⁴And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. ²⁵But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, ²⁶and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” ²⁸When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. ²⁹And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. ³⁰But passing through their midst, he went away. ³¹And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, ³²and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. ³³And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴“Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” ³⁵But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. ³⁶And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” ³⁷And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region. ³⁸And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. ³⁹And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them. ⁴⁰Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. ⁴¹And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. ⁴²And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, ⁴³but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” ⁴⁴And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

to Geeta, but had difficulty with the vocabulary so he switched to reading the passage instead. Through the reading of the Word of God out loud, and in experiencing healing and deliverance herself, Geeta received full healing that day, but that’s another story.

God healed Chloe so that she could heal her aunt Geeta, but then she lost interest when she finished her part and left Pastor Raymond to finish the ministry with Geeta. Young children may have great faith, but they usually lack the attention span and stamina for extended ministry.

Take-aways

Further Reading

The Whiteboard Method shows how to diagnose, cleanse and verify that a person’s sins are wiped away without having to list them out one by one.