“Queen Wilhelmina of Holland entered the state of motherhood six times, but was never able to carry the child to maturity. All the science of Europe could not bring the child to birth.
There was a dear lady in our congregation in South Africa who had formerly been a nurse to Queen Wilhelmina. Her son was marvellously healed when dying of African fever, when he had been unconscious for six weeks. Being a friend of the Queen, she wrote the story of her son’s healing, and after some correspondence we received a written request that we pray God that she might be a real mother.
I brought her letter before the congregation one Sunday night, and the congregation went down to prayer. And before I arose from my knees, I turned around and said, “All right mother, you write and tell the Queen, God has heard our prayer; she will bear a child.” Less than a year later the child was born, the present Princess Julianna of Holland.”
― John G. Lake, The John G. Lake Sermons: On Dominion Over Demons, Disease And Death
The ministry of John G Lake touched every level of human existence, from the savannahs and forests of Africa to the royal houses of Europe, his message and methods were the same. He exercised his authority and dominion over sickness and disease and commanded them to leave in the name of Jesus.
During his ministry in South Africa his influence was felt beyond the Christian sphere. Among the many giants of history who were touched by Lake were such people as Cecil Rhodes, Louis Botha and Jan Smuts. It is on record that John Lake made a significant contribution to the formulation of the South African Constitution.
But the driving force behind the man was his determination to demonstrate the Power of God wherever he saw the opportunity. No matter the location, whether a Queen’s palace or a tribesman’s mud hut, the outcome was the same – the oppressed were set free.
“The life of the Christian without the indwelling power of the Spirit in the heart is a weariness to the flesh. It is an obedience to commandments and an endeavor to walk according to a pattern which you have not power to follow.”
“The secret of spiritual success is a hunger that persists…It is an awful condition to be satisfied with one’s spiritual attainments…God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people.”
“GOD ALWAYS WAS THE HEALER. He is the healer still, and will ever remain the Healer. Healing is for YOU. Jesus healed, “all that came to Him.” He never turned any one away. He never said, “It is not God’s will to heal you,” or that it was better for the individual to remain sick, or that they were being perfected in character through the sickness. He healed them ALL. Thereby demonstrating FOREVER God’s unchangeable will concerning sickness.”