THE SANCTUARY MESSENGER

WHC is a registered United Kingdom Charity No 232409

Website & Webcam: - www.world-healing-crusade.org.uk
Contact Brother Roy: Roywhc@aol.com & www.broroy.com

Dear Friend

It is now the beginning of

September, even though the
days are getting shorter you
should still be able to enjoy
the warm sunshine as you
work in your garden or walk in
the park.

“A garden is a love some

thing,” wrote the poet T.E
Brown.

While Dorothy Gurney, another poet, said, “One is nearer

God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.”

The writer Francis Bacon put it well in his essay of gardens,

his famous opening is often quoted; “God almighty first
planted a garden, and indeed, it is the purest of human
pleasure. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of
man.”

All worth remembering when your back is aching and your

hands are blistered

Bro Roy
 Testimonies
Dear Brother Roy
Thank you for your letter which I
received a few weeks ago. All the
people that asked you to pray for
have improved.
Yours in Christ–Beverly
Dear Friends
When I was at my wits end not knowing what to say to my
sister who has cancer, and she feels so down and depressed
because she has been told that she will not be receiving any
treatment anymore. I received your Crusader magazine and
read to her Always Pray and Don’t Give Up by Brother Roy.
She was giving up but perked up as soon as I read it to her,
please dear friends continue to pray for her they give us hope.
God Bless – Sheila – email
Dear Brother Roy
I spoke with you on the phone, thank you so much for listening
and praying for complete strangers and for putting our names
upon the altar in the Sanctuary.
Yours in Christ –Pat
Dear Brother Roy
Thank you so much for your most uplifting letter & leaflets.
They were truly inspirational and helped me so much.
Yours in His name –Hilda
 A Question of
Faith
In answer to the many questions I have received regarding
faith, I am reminded of H G Wells. He was never a
particularly religious man, but after he had studied the
history of the human race and had observed human life,
he came to an interesting conclusion: “Religion is the first
thing and the last thing, and until a man has found God
and been found by God, He begins at no beginning, he
works to no end. He may have his friendships, his partial
loyalties, his scraps of honour. But all these things fall into
place and life falls into place only with God.”

"The Bible is the only book where the author is

always present whenever it is read."
 My Letter to the Lord
Why not share the needs of your family and friends with the
Lord right now? That’s right; just unburden all those thoughts in
a letter to Him. This is a release Ministry and we entrust all our
fears and worries to Christ. Believe and receive just as a child
trusts its earthly parents to care for it, then so we must trust
God.
We share prayers at nine o’ clock each weekday morning and
your private letter will rest on the Sanctuary Altar. GOD is in
your midst as you pray. Feel His love enfolding you and thank
Him for the blessing of wellbeing. Now you can share blessings
with others.
We welcome your personal letters as well! It is a great honour
to be able to read your words and to be able to offer prayers for
you and your loved ones.
All correspondence will receive our sincere attention, and we
will help and assist you to the best of our ability, so please write
in again soon.
 Let’s WaLtz The
Night Away
You can see Vernon, posing with
one of his young dancing
instructors. What’s so remarkable
about that you may ask? Well if
you had, like myself met Vernon
seven years ago when I first
became a minister of the World
Healing Crusade the very thought
that one day Vernon would be
dancing and looking a picture of
Health and Vitality would have
seemed nigh impossible.

In those early days of our meeting Vernon inhabited a world of

darkness and pain and life did not hold any real joy for him. But
over the years through my weekly visits to his home where I
conducted a healing service and through his own determination
and resolve he has started to emerge from that darkness and with
encouragement change his quality of life for the better. He has
nearly completely refurbished his home and now his life is full of
numerous pursuits, so much so that these days I have to make an
appointment to catch him in and sometime it means my calling on
him as early as 08.30 in the morning. Vernon still has off days but
he doesn’t let things spoil it for him.
Vernon is just one of many of our Crusader friends that I have
regularly called upon over the years and I continue to work in
partnership with both them and the Lord for the betterment of
their health and wellbeing. In many cases there has not been a
quick fix to healing prayer but a gradual improvement over a
period of time. One incident that sticks in my memory the most
was when on one of my many ministerial visits I found myself in
the waiting room of a local mental health facility. On arrival I saw
there was only one other man in the waiting room and as I entered
he looked up at me and noticed the blue cross that I wear in my
jacket lapel. He had the most pathetic and sad look on his face, and
he asked me, "Are you a minister?" I said, "Yes." He began to weep
and proceeded to share with me his almost hopeless struggle with
depression.
Through his tears, he said he regularly went to Church and that he
knew God answered prayers, but he had been constantly praying for
his depression to go away but nothing seems to be happening. With
a sense of desperation in his voice, he asked the question, "Why
doesn't God seem to hear my prayers?" At that moment the nurse
called his name and I quickly handed him my card as he got up to go
into the facility.
Afterwards I gave his question some thought and then it came to me
that sometimes maybe we are not actually praying at all. I remember
seeing a behavioural psychology experiment using a lab rat that was
given cocaine every time it pushed down a little bar. Within a day or
two that rat was beating down on that little bar like crazy until it
forgot all about eating, drinking or raising his rat family. God in His
wisdom knows that if prayer was only just asking Him for what we
wanted and "puff", we immediately got it, most of us would become
like that poor rat, banging away like crazy at Heavens gate for more
and more of what we want and paying very little attention to who
God is, what do we really need and also forgetting about our
responsibility to our family and others. Can you imagine what the
world would be like if everything everybody asked for was
immediately granted! Speak about chaos!
No, I believe God's purpose in prayer is for us to get to know who He
is and His holiness rather than to get Him to do our bidding. That
does not mean that He will not hear our prayers and answer, but His
purpose is not to make us happy, but to make Him known to us and
others and by so doing bring about our own true joy and happiness.
So I continue to visit all our Crusader friends, who for whatever
reason are unable to call into the Sanctuary themselves. In praying
together we find God’s purpose and in so doing bring about a
Healing, sometimes it can be instantaneous or like in Vernon’s case
gradual over many years, all it takes is that first important step.
Would you care to join me for a waltz?
 Elementary;
My Dear Watson.

I believe that laughter and a good sense of humor, is the

best medicine for a long and happy life. Take a playful
attitude towards problems; toss them around, handle them
with a light touch, use laughter as a safety valve to keep
you sane and relaxed and I hope you will enjoy the
following humorous tale...Brother Roy
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went on a camping
trip. In the middle of the night Holmes awoke and nudged
his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me
what you see.”Watson looked up at the night’s sky, and a
vista of God’s creation was spread out before him.
Watson replied, “I see millions and millions of stars.” “What
does that tell you Watson?” “Well…astronomically, it tells
me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially
billions of planets. Horologic ally, I deduce that the time is
approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I
suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Why,
what does it tell you?”
Holmes was silent for a moment, and then spoke…
“Watson, someone has stolen our tent.”
"For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip,
that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises
to go." George Washington

"The summer days are fading, as they must

from endless hours to short and fleeting light
the bird’s once bright, immortal tune, now cries
a melancholy aura to the dusk.

The children fiercely climb, and dream, and race

before their wild and unchained days depart
and yet beneath the zeal lays a half heart.

For there isn't time, there's only enough space

the sun seems low, a hazy orange sphere.
Now reminiscing sweetly of the days
when endlessly before you summer lay
and as in the deep, crimson dusk you stir.

Your soul joins with the birds in wistful brood

crying for lost summer days, for childhood."

Shannon Georgia Schaubroeck,

The End of Summer