WHAT SUPERNATURAL THINGS INTEREST YOU?

   Your voice matters!

I want to know what subjects are important and helpful to you.

   For the last four months I've been writing weekly blogs where I've shared experiences from over 40 years of supernatural encounters with God.

   In that time I have covered a variety of incredible-but-true stories that I believed would both build your faith in God and provide you with a better understanding of the supernatural power He has made available to us.

  

   But, this week I want to hear from you. I want to offer you the opportunity to tell me what YOU would like to know more about or what supernatural subjects hold the most interest to you at this time in your life.

   If it doesn't directly benefit you then it is just so much additional information. You are important, and what you need in order to live a more productive and enjoyable life is of utmost concern to both God and me.

   I'm looking forward to hearing back from you and eager to see what the Lord will have me share in response to your requests.

   As you read my weekly blogs, I guarantee you will be encouraged, empowered and enlightened.

   Have a great weekend and don't forget that God loves you and has a wonderful plan for you and your family.

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POWER TO HEAL

Doing The Works of Jesus

   It had been a wonderful evening of fellowshipping with friends in the neighborhood, but it was getting late and I decided to call it a night. After arriving home I headed to the bathroom to go though my usual hygiene regiment before retiring to bed. 

   After brushing my teeth, I washed my face. As I was drying off my neck, I felt a lump underneath the hand towel. When I lifted the cloth, I saw what appeared to be a growth beneath the skin about the size of a large grape. It had no discoloration or pain but it was nevertheless obviously abnormal.

   Instead of being gripped with fear, a sudden surge of anger came over me and I quickly placed my right hand on the lump. I was in the process of saying, "You foul lump, I command you to leave me now, in Jesus' name," but I barely got the first two words out of my mouth when I suddenly heard a "bloop" sound and the lump instantly disappeared.

   Afterwards, this whole episode seemed surprising to me in many ways. First of all, I didn't know when the lump first came up. Secondly, I didn't know what it actually was. Thirdly, and the most perplexing of all, I was amazed that the lump went away before I could get the whole sentence out or even speak Jesus' name.

   Sometime later I was reading the story in the 9th Chapter of Acts where the Apostle Peter prayed for a woman named Tabitha who had become sick and died.

   Beginning at verse 40, the scriptures record,

"And turning to the body he (Peter) said, 'Tabitha, arise.' And she opened her eyes and when she saw Peter she sat up."

   I noticed here that Peter never used the name of Jesus. Rather he simply exercised the authority Christ had given to the Disciples when He told them in the 14th Chapter of John ,

"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also;"

   Farther along, in John 17, after praying for His Disciples, Jesus prayed to God regarding everyone else who would ever believe in Him for generations to come.

^{20 "}I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; ²¹ that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. ²² And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: ²³ I in them, and You in Me;"

   So then, Jesus drew spiritual power from His union with God and we, through our union with Christ, have been granted access to that same mighty power which enables us to do the same works Jesus did. And at times, we may even be so filled with His Spirit that we operate on an especially high level of spiritual authority.

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POWER OVER SMOKING

                                    Conquering Nicotine

                              And these signs will accompany those who believe;

                             In my name they will cast out demons; (Mark 16:17)

   She was so excited over the healings her daughter had just received, Mrs. Adkins looked across the room at her son and exclaimed, "Jack, let Jimmie pray for you to quit those cigarettes."

   Now I had known Jack all my life. He had a rather rough reputation and was not a man you approached quickly on any matter. So I looked at him and asked cautiously, "Jack, would you like for me to pray for you?"

   Jack agreed, though I think it was primarily at the urging of his mother. I walked across the room and as I placed my hand on his shoulder he reverently lowered his head and closed his eyes.

   Jack had been smoking that evening and at that moment I began praying for him he was holding a lit cigarette between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand. I drummed up some courage and used the most authoritative voice I could muster.

   "You nicotine spirit," I boomed, "I command you to come out of him!" All of a sudden Jack let out a loud grunt, his right arm jerked forward and the cigarette shot out of his hand and landed on the floor across the room, still lit.

   Jack reacted so violently that it startled me and I stepped back. After all, I had never seen anything like this before and I certainly didn't want to get on this man's bad side.

   By the look on his face, Jack was startled by this sudden involuntary reaction on his part and appeared to be a little embarrassed as well.

   I had undergone deliverance myself at Brother Glen's months before, so I knew this type of ministry was real, but this was the first time I attempted to step out in the same manner I had seen him do.

    It appeared to have worked quite convincingly, though the whole episode caught me completely off guard at the moment. This would prove to be just one of many encounters the Lord had in store for me regarding power over the forces of darkness.

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AMAZING ANSWERS TO PRAYER

                 And The Sick Shall Recover  (Part 2)

   Ethel looked over at Marty's mom and said, "Shirley, why don't you let Jimmie pray for your legs." Now, Shirley was currently holding down a job as a waitress at a local truck stop but her legs had begun to swell due to standing on her feet on a hard surface for long periods of time.

   I knew I was on the spot, but I also knew I had to make my promise good, so I reluctantly got up from my chair and slowly walked over to where Shirley was sitting. By the time I reached Shirley, She also informed me she had high blood pressure and would like for me to prayer for that, too.

   I have to admit I was a little nervous but I was determined to face this situation and trust in God to show up and do what only He could do. I placed my hand on Shirley's shoulder and began to pray.

   I suddenly began to feel a tingling settle on my shoulders and travel down my arms, much like mild waves of electricity. It was the same feeling I felt at Brother Glen's the night I met the evangelists, right after I got saved.

   Since then, I have come to understand this sensation to be the presence of God's Spirit. (Days later Shirley would inform me that all the swelling had gone down in her legs and her blood pressure was now normal).

   When I finished my prayer, I was relieved to have made it through this minor test of my faith and was preparing to take my seat and settle back into a casual conversation with everybody. But the evening was still young and God had yet more spiritual lessons in store for this young convert.

   Shirley suddenly spoke up and said, "Jimmie, would you pray for this lump on my neck, too?" Now, some problems, like high blood pressure, can be a little easier to pray for because you can't become intimidated by what you don't see.

   But when Shirley reached behind her head and pulled her hair to one side, I could clearly see a lump on her neck about the size of a walnut just beneath the skin. This time my faith was being stretched and I confess I was somewhat worried. Would she get the results she was hoping for or had I gotten in over my head this time?

   Once again I was on the spot and I had no choice but to step out in faith, hoping for a miracle. I gently placed my hand on the lump and began to pray. As I stood there I suddenly felt her neck grow warm under my palm and much to my astonishment, and great relief I might add, the lump began to shrink.

   By the time I lifted my hand off her neck the lump was gone and I tried my best not to look surprised, though I might have been the most surprised person in the room. The Bible speaks of a mustard seed of faith and I think that was about the size of my faith before I prayed.  

   Once again I felt I had dodged the bullet and surely I could now sit down and relax, but not so fast. God had one more person in the room He wanted to touch before the night was over.

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