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Table Of Contents

Foreword 2

Chapter 1. Youre Dying 5

Chapter 2. The Miracles of Jesus !

Chapter . The "a#e of Jesus $ings %ells 1

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Chapter &. 'tay (n The )ord 1

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Chapter 5. Maintaining (s +s (#portant +s

$ecei,ing

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Chapter -. +nd %y is 'tripes 15

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Chapter /. To Forgi,e (s To $ecei,e To

Forget (s To Maintain

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Chapter *. Do You )ant To0 1-

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Chapter . ( )ill raise i# 1


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Foreword

3ne of the #ost uni4ue answera6le and yet

unanswera6le 4uestions in the healing #inistry is

7)hy do so#e people get healed and others do

not08

+nd then to further co#plicate things 7)hy isit that so#e people who get co#pletely healed lose

their healing08

(s there #ore than #eets the eye concerning not

only recei,ing a healing 6ut 9eeping your healing

and health once you ha,e escaped fro# the hand of

the de,il: e is the culprit who dishes out sic9ness

without regard to who you are what your

relationship to ;od is the le,el of your faith or

anything else you could possi6ly thin9 of.

This is so#ething that has plagued #any people.

)hy is it that so#e people get healed and others

do not0

)hy is it that so#e great saint who has lo,ed;od her whole life and followed His directionguidance and )ord suddenly disco,ers that she is

the ,icti# of an incura6le disease such as cancer

rheu#atoid arthritis or any one of the 7i#possi6le8

situations which 'atan lo,es to put upon us0

)hy is it that this sa#e great saint who has

prayed for #any people and seen the# #iraculously

and instantly healed of all 9inds of diseases see#s

una6le to recei,e a healing for herself.

)hy is it that all the great 7faith8 healers can

co#e pray for her and see#ingly nothing happens.


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)hy is it this sa#e great saint starts on a downhill

path dwindles down to a6solutely nothing and

e,entually goes on to 6e with ;od and Jesus afterne,er 6eing a6le to recei,e that special di,ine touch

fro# ;od in her own life0 These are 4uestions all of

us would li9e to ha,e answered so#ehow or other.

)e ha,e #ade a lengthy study of this pro6le#

and while neither we nor anyone else ha,e all the

answers we will gi,e you so#e of the things which

ha,e helped us tre#endously in recei,ing healings

and #aintaining the# o,er the years.

)e all 9now that the de,il co#es to steal 9ill

and destroy and it is his plan and desire that those

in,ol,ed in the wor9 of the 9ingdo# of ;od will 6e

the ones he atte#pts to 7hit8 the #ost. ;ods plan is

that we li,e a long healthy life so we need to 9nowhow to tap into that source of life and healing which

will ena6le us not only to receive what ;od has for

us 6ut which will ena6le us to maintain it:

Jesus is the gi,er of life and also the author and

finisher of our faith so we need to loo9 to i# for

the answers to those 7unanswera6le8 4uestions.

3ne of the #ost critical factors in recei,ing and

#aintaining a healing is to sincerely 6elie,e

that ;od really wants to heal us. 'o#e people hope

pray thin9 wonder 4uestion and dou6t that ;od

wants to heal the#. ?sta6lish in your own #ind and

heart that ;od actually wants to heal you.ro6a6ly one fact #ore than anything else has

allowed #e to 6e 6lessed and recei,e healing after

healing and #aintain the#. That fact is this whene,er sic9ness hits ( 9now in #y heart it is


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only a te#porary thing and ( always 9now that (

9now that ( 9now 6eyond a shadow of any dou6t

that ( will reco,er.This is not 6y 7faith8 or 6y 4uoting scripture

6ut is an honest state#ent of howl feel in #y heart.

There is a6solutely no dou6t in #y #ind that

;od wants #e healthy for the rest of #y life

6ecause e has so #uch for #e to do.

)e hear so #uch a6out 7incura6le8 or

7ter#inal8 diseases. The #inute we hear that

so#eone has cancer or so#e other 7ter#inal8

disease we i##ediately panic and start planning

their funeral. For so#e reason or other dou6t as to

;ods a6ility to heal the# 6eco#es an

o,erwhel#ing thought and oppression that settles in

on the #a@ority of us. )e try to push it aside 6ut itlingers there 6ecause the first thought that ca#e into

our #ind said 7fatal:8 ity a tool of the de,il

co#es in 6ecause we feel so sorry for the person

who has @ust recei,ed such de,astating news.

3ur i##ediate response to the news a6out

so#eones fatal illness should 6e 7( dont recei,e

that in the na#e of Jesus:8 and #o,e in to attac9:

;od is ne,er on the defensi,e es always on

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Chapter 1 Youre Dying...

By Frances

( ha,e atte#pted o,er the last two years to try to

esta6lish when 7it8 started.

)hen was the first ti#e ( noticed there was

so#ething wrong0

)ere there warning signals along the way that (ignored0

Did it suddenly snea9 up on #e0

)as there so#ething ( could or should ha,e

done to ha,e pre,ented what the de,il did0

( re#e#6er 6ouncing into the doctors office for

a 4uarterly chec9 of #y 6lood pressure and heartfeeling li9e a young si=teenAyearAold girl. )hen the

doctor as9ed #e how ( was ( said 7Fa6ulous ne,er felt 6etter:8

is answer was 4uite a surprise and delight

6ecause he said 7(ts always a pleasure to ha,e you

co#e into #y office 6ecause you always #a9e me

feel 6etter:8 "ow thats a switch isnt it for Y3Bto #a9e the doctor feel 6etter0 Charles and ( 6oth

laughed 6ecause what the doctor really saw was our

Jesus @oy e,en though he is a Mosle# fro# (ndia.

e #ade the routine chec9 and said all signs

were nor#al and then he said 7( want to ta9e a

potassiu# chec9 on you.8 ( willingly donated thelittle 6it of 6lood re4uired for that and Charles and (

left ho#e to #inister healing outAofAtown for a6out

two wee9s. ( @o9ingly said 7(f you find anything

wrong with #y 6lood call #y secretary and shell

find #e and deli,er the news.8

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( 9new there were no pro6le#s 6ecause ( felt so

good: Therefore it was shoc9ing to recei,e a call

fro# #y secretary with the infor#ation that #ydoctor wanted #e to start ta9ing one potassiu#

ta6let per day and to co#e in to see hi# as soon as (

returned ho#e.

( purchased so#e potassiu# and too9 the one

potassiu# pill per day 6ut it see#ed to #e (

suddenly didnt feel as good as ( had pre,iously felt.

( said to Charles 7( dont thin9 those ta6lets agree

with #e8 6ut 6ecause ( 6elie,e when you go to a

doctor you should follow his ad,ice ( continued to

ta9e the one ta6let per day.

+s soon as we got ho#e we went right to the

doctors office for another 6lood test 9nowing that

e,erything would 6e fine:( recei,ed a telephone call the ne=t day saying

7'tart ta9ing two potassiu# ta6lets daily 6ecause

your syste# is e=tre#ely low on potassiu#.8 )hen

you are not #anufacturing sufficient potassiu# it

can ha,e a lot of side effects so#e of which are not

good at all. ( #entioned to hi# that ( had not

see#ed to feel as good after ( started ta9ing the# as

( pre,iously had and he said 7Thats odd 6ecause

you should feel 6etter.8

( started ta9ing two a day confident ( would 6e

right 6ac9 to #y old ,i# ,igor and ,itality which

;od has gi,en #e 6ut as ( loo9 6ac9 now it see#s

to #e ( started on a slow 6ut definitely downwardcur,e:

( suddenly noticed an unnatural 7tiredness8

which ( would get not on a regular 6asis 6ut

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#ore regular until one day Charles as9ed #e if (

was sure that the de,il hadnt 6rought 6ac9

dia6etes0 ( insisted it was not a return of dia6etes6ecause it was a 7different8 9ind of tiredness.

)e were scheduled to go to Japan Taiwan $ed

China and ong ong so we went positi,e in our

hearts that this was a 7te#porary8 thing and that (

would 6e o,er 7it8 6efore we got to Japan.

( #anaged to #a9e the two wee9s trip only 6y

running to 6ed as fast as ( could after each ser,ice

or plane ride. (t was a grueling trip 6ut it see#ed to

6e #uch harder than any other trip had e,er 6een on

#e. ( said to Charles 7( guess (# @ust getting older

and cant do 4uite as #uch as ( did 6efore:8

The trip was finally co#pleted 6ut we ca#e

6ac9 through awaii where we had another ealing?=plosion scheduled: ( re#e#6er when we got into

the lo66y of the hotel they told #e our roo# wasnt

ready and it would 6e se,eral hours.

( panic9ed: ( was e=hausted:

)e called %o6 and Joans roo# 6ut they had

gone out so ( as9ed the #anage#ent if they would

let us in there 6ecause ( could not sit up any #ore.

Co#plete e=haustion are the only words that

e=press how ( felt. (t was such a tiredness that ( felt

#y 6ody wouldnt e,en sit up long enough to ha,e

our roo# ready. (t got worse 6y the #inute:

%efore they ga,e the final o9ay to %o6 and

Joans roo# ( was lying down on a couch in thelo66y of the hotel: ( wasnt worried what anyone

would thin9 ( was only concerned a6out the fact (ne,er felt worse in #y life:

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( slept the whole day through ha,ing allowed

one day to reco,er 6efore starting the ealing

?=plosion and after sleeping that entire ti#e ( gotup e=hausted: ( #anaged to get through the first

ser,ice 6ut as soon as it was o,er

Charles literally carried #e 6ac9 to our roo# where

( fell in 6ed e=hausted. This continued throughout

the entire ealing ?=plosion e,en though (

#anaged to #a9e each ser,ice: ( thought ( was

really suffering fro# 7@et lag:8

)e ca#e ho#e deter#ined ( was going to stay

in 6ed until ( fully reco,ered fro# 7@et lag8.

%ut that wasnt what happened:

The downward cur,e accelerated until it wasnt

long 6efore ( disco,ered it was harder and harder toget out of 6ed in the #orning and easier and easier

to get 6ac9 in early in the e,ening.

Then one #orning ( wo9e up and try as ( would

( could not get up. +s fast as ( left the 6ed (

returned to it fell into it and could not #uster the

necessary energy to stay on #y feet.

( suggested to Charles that ( #ight ha,e caught

the 7flu8 or so#ething li9e that and that ( was @ust

7catching a healing8 6ut that ( would 6e all right 6y

the ne=t day. e prayed for #e and went to wor9

without #e.

%y this ti#e the downward cur,e was di,ing

al#ost straight down 6ecause daily ( grew worseand worse. The office was praying the church was

praying %o6 and Joans church was praying 6ut (

still continued to get worse. )e decided it was ti#e

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to go to a doctor so Charles literally drug #e out of

6ed and we went to the doctor.

There was no fe,er no nausea no pain onlytre#endous sweating and e=tre#e e=haustion. (

could lay in 6ed wrapped in a terry cloth ro6e with

towels on top of #e and in fi,e #inutes ( would

soa9 the# all the way through. The doctor could not

#a9e a diagnosis so he decided to #a9e so#e

6lood tests. The first series of 6lood tests showed

nothing and ( was getting worse and worse.

Then started a series of 6lood tests and tests of

all 9inds and ( proceeded to get worse and worse. (

was tested for e,erything your 6lood can 6e tested

for and they all ca#e out negati,e.

(# sure the physician felt he had a

hypochondriac on his hands 6ut ( @ust didnt feelgood and yet nothing was showing up on any

charts. e ga,e #e so#e #edication including

steroids

and all it did was #a9e a tre#endous weight gain:

Charles had to go on the road away fro# ho#e

WITHOUT M?: 3n one trip ( tried to go with hi#got as far as Dallas threw up all o,er the place got

,iolently ill and he had to put #e in a wheelchair

turn #e o,er to the airline nurse and run for his

plane. 3ne of the #ost difficult things in the world

is to lea,e the one you lo,e the #ost on this earth

when they are sic9. +nd the hardest thing for the

one who is sic9 is to let their 6elo,ed go when youdont e,en 9now if you will li,e long enough to

#a9e it ho#e on the plane. %ut one thing Charles

unter and ( 9now is that ;od has always co#e

first is always first in our li,es and will always

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co#e first in our li,es regardless of the

circu#stances.

+s Charles turned and wa,ed at #e ( could seehi# crying torn 6etween what he #ight want to do

in the natural 6ut doing what he 9new he had to do

in the spirit: ( couldnt e,en wa,e good6ye 6ecause

#y strength had gone:

'o#eone called #y secretary %ar6ara to #eet

the plane with a wheelchair in ouston and (

#anaged to sur,i,e the &5 #inute flight fro#

Dallas 6ut when ( fell in 6ed ( was a6solutely

e=hausted: 'he stayed all night at #y house

watching o,er #e li9e a #other hen.

( continued to get worse and worse. ?,en when

you thin9 you feel as 6ad as anyone can feel you

disco,er the ne=t day you feel worse. (ts difficult tounderstand how you can continually slide downhill

when you ha,e none of the usual things that

indicate sic9ness and ( had none of the#.

( didnt want to tal9 to anyone. ( didnt want to

see anyone. ( didnt want to do anything. ( didnt

ha,e enough strength to read the %i6le ( didnt

e,en ha,e enough energy to thin9. (t see#ed as if (

was in a 6otto#less pit with no way out and e,en

#ore de,astating no will to get out. ( felt li9e a pile

of nothingness lying in 6ed.

owe,er ( didnt waste #y ti#e. My 6ed was

stac9ed with piles and piles of cassette tapes. astor

;ary )hetstone sent #e a6out 15! of his tapes and( listened to his enthusias# and anointing hour after

hour which was feeding #y soul.

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( listened to tapes 6y Marilyn ic9ey John 3sA

teen and e,en #y own: My 6ody wasnt doing so

well 6ut #y spirit was soaring in spite of it:( was too sic9 to read too sic9 to sit up and

watch ,ideo tapes 6ut at least ( could lay in 6ed

twentyAfour hours a day listening to tapes. My sleep

ha6its at that ti#e were not good so ( went to sleep

listening to tapes and would wa9e up while the

sa#e tape was still going. ?,en while ( was asleep

( 6elie,e the )ord of ;od was washing o,er #e

#inistering to 6oth #y 6ody and #y soul.

There were #any nights when #y adrenalin was

at such a high le,el 6ecause of 6eing inspired 6y

teaching on tape that #y heart would pound.

( would thin9 7'urely ( can get up 6ecause #y

adrenalin is racing8 6ut try as ( would there wasno strength in #y 6ody. ?,en getting to the

6athroo# which is @ust fi,e feet fro# #y side of the

6ed was acco#plished only 6y hanging onto the

wall and the door:

The slide downhill see#ed to 6e accelerating

after #y atte#pt to go with Charles and at ti#es it

#ight ha,e 6een easy to thin9 that ;od wasnt

going to heal #e 6ut the only thing ( e,er thought

was 7)hen08

Then one night so#ething #ost unusual

happened: ( had apparently doed off 6ecause ( do

not e,er recall feeling as 6ad as ( did that night.

'uddenly e,en though ( was sleeping so#ething roused #e and ( re#e#6er the horri6le

sic9ening feeling that engulfed #e as the stench of

death filled #y 6edroo#. (t was so horri6le and so

terrifying that ( pulled the co,er o,er #y head in an

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atte#pt to escape whate,er this was and slipped

6ac9 into apparent unconsciousness 6ecause

whate,er was happening was #ore than ( couldphysically stand. ( spo9e the na#e of Jesus and

slipped into o6li,ion.

( do not 9now what ti#e it was when this was

happening 6ut so#eti#e after this ( heard a

telephone ringing in the distance. (t was so faint (

could hardly distinguish or recognie the fact that it

was a telephone e,en though it was ne=t to #y

pillow.

( struggled to answer it 6ut ( was trapped in

so#ething that ( couldnt get out of and that

horri6le stench was stronger than e,er and ( 9new (

had to get out of whate,er it was that was 6inding

#e. ( continued to struggle to get out of whatsee#ed li9e a huge pipe or tu6e or possi6ly a

tunnel which was holding #e. (t see#ed li9e a

hopeless tas9: +fter what see#ed to #e to 6e an

endless struggle ( finally #anaged to get #y head

out.

The phone 9ept ringing and ringing 6ut (

couldnt answer it.

( 9ept struggling and struggling and finally with

supernatural effort got #y left ar# out of the

tunnel.

The phone continued ringing way in the

distance: (t see#ed an eternity away: 'o#ehow or

other ( 9new it was Charles caning #e fro#so#ewhere where,er he was.

)ith a di,ine energy ( finally pic9ed up the

telephone. e was still hanging on the other end

9nowing ( hadnt gone anyplace.

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( did not say #y usual greeting 7allelu@ah

;od lo,es you8 6ut wea9ly said 7ello.8

Charles apparently noticed so#ething wasseriously wrong with #e and he said 7oney

whats the #atter08

( replied 7(# too sic9 to tal9 please call #e

later8 and with that ( hung up and slid 6ac9 into

nothingness.

ours later ( wo9e up when #y sonAinAlaw %o6

called #e. Joan had @ust 6een operated on and was

in the hospital and his loyalty was first to his wife

6ut his heart was 6rea9ing 6ecause he couldnt help

#e. Joan called #e and all she could say was

7Mother ( wish ( could 6e there to help you:8 6ut

she needed #ore help than ( did.

( told %o6 what had happened during the nightand with a lo,e that ,ery few #othersAinAlaw e,er

feel %o6 whispered 7Mother did it e,er dawn on

you that you #ight ha,e died last night and when

Dad called you it 6rought you out of it08

That had ne,er entered #y #ind:

( said 7"o way ( would ha,e 9nown it:8

e continued 7)hat ti#e did it happen08 (

said 7Charles called #e around 2 a.#. fro# California8 6ecause later (

found out that the oly 'pirit had wo9e hi# up and

told hi# to call #e:

%o6 continued with the greatest lo,e i#agina6le

and said 7Thats the ti#e of the night when your6ody is the wea9est and if Dad hadnt called you

#ight not 6e here this #orning.8

e pro#ptly called our secretary and told her to

stay with #e until Charles ca#e ho#e. This is hard

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6ecause she has a fa#ily 6ut praise ;od for her

faithfulness and loyalty she ca#e o,er and 76a6y

sat8 with #e until ( felt ( could once again 6e allright 6y #yself during the night.

%o6 and Joan called #e three and four ti#es

daily to chec9 on #e and finally Joan was out of the

hospital and %o6 said 7Mother we ha,e such

wonderful doctors up here ( thin9 you should get

up here so#ehow and let us ta9e care of you. )ell

#a9e an appoint#ent with so#e doctors to see if

they can find out what your pro6le# is.8

(n the #eanti#e Charles left for 'weden with a

6ro9en heart 6ut #inistered with a tre#endous

anointing 6ecause we 9now that we 9now that we

9now that ;od has to co#e first regardless of what

the circu#stances are:ow ( got to Dallas was a #iracle it was a

supernatural one ( could ha,e ne,er #ade it on#y own: %o6 #et #e with Joan lying down in the

6ac9 seat fresh fro# the hospital so now he had

T)3 of us on his hands.

They had #ade so#e appoint#ents for #e so

%o6 too9 #e to the doctor left Joan in the car 6ut

she couldnt stand not 6eing with #e so she

struggled up to the doctors office and what a day

we had. ( went fro# one doctor to another for a

series of e=a#inations and 6lood tests 6lood

cultures and e,erything else you could thin9 of.

)hen ( related it to Charles on the telephone thatnight he said 7They were @ust trying to see what a

faith healer is #ade up of:8

They decided there was a possi6ility ( could

ha,e so#e disease ( pic9ed up in a foreign country.

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)e had @ust returned fro# Japan so they tested #e

for e,ery 7Japanese8 disease ( #ight ha,e possi6ly

caught. +s ( #entioned we had co#e 6ac9 6yawaii and had a ealing ?=plosion there so they

decided it could 6e so#ething fro# the 'outh 'ea

(slands so ( was chec9ed for e,erything they could

thin9 of fro# that area.

They e,en tested #e for diseases that ha,ent

6een disco,ered yet:

( didnt ha,e any of those diseases:

7)here were you 6efore that08

%rail Chile +rgentina araguay and

Bruguay.8

Then ( went through a 6attery of 6lood cultures

for e,ery disease 9nown in those areas.

"o diagnosis could 6e #ade:)here do you go fro# there0 Joan was

e=hausted 6ut they suggested a #a##ogra# so

we went to a la6oratory and had one #ade. "o

pro6le#s:

)here do you go ne=t0

)e all went ho#e and went to 6ed and %o6 and

Joan felt secure 6ecause ( was in their tender lo,ing

care. Charles felt peace since he could not 6e with

#e 6ecause our children were ta9ing care of #e.

+fter consultations a#ong the#sel,es the

physicians decided ( needed to see a specialist in

(nternal Medicine so they #ade an appoint#ent

and off we went to see hi#.+gain ( went through e,ery 9ind of e=a#ination

you can i#agine and then so#e. e decided on aseries of 6lood cultures. ( had 6lood drawn for

se,enteen and for so#e reason or other the 6lood

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was #isplaced and ( had to go 6ac9 and ha,e it

done again: Then we went through #ore series and

#ore series of 6lood cultures. The 6eautifulthorough patient doctor to who# ( went could find

nothing so ( ca#e 6ac9 ho#e to ouston 6ecause

Charles was co#ing ho#e.

( see#ed to ha,e reached a plateau of not going

downward not going upward 6ut at least holding

#y own which wasnt ,ery #uch 6ecause ( felt

terri6le. My strength was a6solutely ,oid although

#y appetite was good and ( ne,er had any fe,er

chills pain nausea 6ut felt terri6le: )as this e,er

going to end0

"ow let #e 6ac9 up a little: ( a# not telling you

this story to gi,e you the details of a horri6le

sic9ness 6ut to share with you so#e of the things (ha,e learned on how to recei,e and #aintain a

healing:

3,er the si=Awee9s period ( was flat on #y 6ac9

in 6ed ( recei,ed telephone calls e,ery day fro#

friends and well wishers who wanted to 9now how (

felt. My answer was always the sa#eE 7orri6le8

6ut each ti#e ( said 7%BT ;3D' ;3T +

M($+C? +T T? ?"D: 3,er and o,er ( said

those sa#e words to person after person.

Many could not understand why ( said ( felt

horri6le. ( said that 6ecause ( was truthful 6ut

watch what ( was calling into 6eing. + #iracle fro#;od: There was ne,er a single #o#ent when ( had

e,en one dou6t as to the fact that ;od was going to

heal #e: ( 9new that ( 9new that ( 9new that this

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sic9ness was not unto death 6ut there was a #iracle

at the end.

( told #any people that ( didnt 9now what the#iracle was 6ut ( 9new it was there.

( want to re#ind you of the words ( said each

ti#eE 7;3D' ;3T + M($+C? +T T? ?"D

3F T(':8 "e,er one ti#e did ( gi,e a report of #y

actual feeling without adding the #iracle that

needed to 6e called into 6eing.

7;3D' ;3T + M($+C? +T T? ?"D 3F

T(':8 (t wasnt @ust words that were co#ing out of

#y #outh. (t was the heartA9nowledge that ( had of

;ods pro,ision for #e. ( ta9e seriously what it says

in #y %i6le 7Frances unter ( wish a6o,e all

things that you #ay prosper and 6e in health e,en

as your soul prospers:8My soul was prospering 6ecause of the audio

tapes ( was listening to so that is why ( could

confidently say 7;ods got a #iracle at the end of

this:8

3ne day the telephone rang and the (nternal

Medicine specialist called #e and said after

discussing #y case with #any other specialists that

they felt there was a possi6ility that ( could ha,e

endocarditic a fatal 6lood disease where the 6lood

literally pulls off pieces of the heart until you die.

e said ( also could ha,e a staphylococcus infection

negati,e in the 6lood strea#.e said the treat#ent for this was

hospitaliation for thirty days recei,ing #assi,e

doses of anti6iotics twentyAf our hours a day and

upon discharge the patient would ha,e a shunt

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%o6 and Joan and Charles and ( had prayed for

e,ery 9ind of disease and spirit we could thin9 of

6ut ( still ne,er was healed 6ut ( always said 7+ssoon as we find out what this is Charles will pray

and (ll get healed:8 )e 6elie,e in specific prayers

and e,en though we 9now that ;od is so,ereign and

can do anything e wants to do and any way e

wants to we ha,e found fro# #uch e=perience that

it helps to 9now what the pro6le# is.

( wasnt going to ta9e the telephone call 6ecause

( was sagging 6y this ti#e 6ut when #y secretary

told #e it was the internist ( gra66ed the telephone.

3ur con,ersation is so#ething ( will ne,er forget as

long as ( li,e:

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( personally 6elie,e your response at a ti#e li9e

this is critical as to whether you li,e or die. (n the

first place my spirit did not receive what he said# (9new he was telling #e what the la6oratory reports

said 6ut ( 9new what ;od was saying to #e: "e,er

was there one single #o#ent when ( 6elie,ed (

would die. ( 9new it was an i#possi6le situation

where ( was concerned at that ti#e. My #ind raced

6ecause ( feel you should o6ey a doctors

instructions when you go to the#.

)hat should ( say to hi#0

)hat could ( say to hi#0 ( had to go to 'an

+ntonio the ne=t day to a ealing ?=plosion and

truthfully at that #o#ent ( dont 9now how ( e,er

thought ( could #a9e it 6ut there was no 4uestion

in #y #ind ( would 6e there:( said 7( cant. ( ha,e to go to 'an +ntonio

to#orrow. Can ( co#e in Monday08

e said 7"o ( want you there to#orrow

#orning:8

( said 7( cant could ( #a9e it 'aturday08

thin9ing ( could s9ip the Gictory %rea9fast:

Gery sternly he said 7Mrs. unter you dont

understand: Y3B$? DY(";: ( want to prolong

your life. ( want to see you there to#orrow

#orning:8

MY '($(T "?G?$ ?+$D + )3$D ?'+(D:

7( cant go to the hospital until ( as9 #y

hus6and if its all right then (ll call you 6ac9:8

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The doctor realied ( was #a9ing e=cuses and

trying to wiggle #y way out of going to the

hospital so as soon as he hung up he called #ydaughter and said 7lease call your #other and tell

her to 6e at the hospital to#orrow #orning. 'hes

dying and she doesnt realie how sic9 she is:8

Joan said 7You dont 9now #y #other:8

raise ;od for a daughter who 6elie,es in the

healing power of ;od:

Charles office is at the opposite end of our

6uilding fro# #ine so ( dialed hi# and told hi#

the doctor had told #e the pro6le# and he ca#e

running down the hall 6ecause now he 9new that he

9new that he 9new ( would 6e healed 6ecause now

he would 9now how to pray:

( 6lurted out e,erything as soon as he ca#e insight of the door to #y office. My words were

co#ing out so fast they #ust ha,e sounded li9e a

sentence without any spaces 6etween words 7The

doctor says (# dyingHthat (,e go endocarditic

which is causing #y 6lood to pull off pieces of #y

heart and a

staphylococcus infection negati,e in #y 6lood

strea# and that (,e got to 6e at the hospital

to#orrow #orning at eight ocloc9 and l8....

My hus6and who lo,es #e 6eyond #easure

didnt e,en say 7(ll #iss you honey.8 7)hat 9ind

of flowers would you li9e on your cas9et08 7( cant

li,e without you:8 not one of those things did hesay and he ne,er e,en let #e finish #y sentence

6ecause Charles literally leaped o,er #y des9 laid

hands on #y heart and said 7(n the na#e of J?'B'

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( co##and a

total new 6lood syste# into your 6ody:8

( felt nothing: "o heat no sensation whatsoe,er6ut so#ehow ( 9new that #y healing was ta9ing

place. ( #erely said 7Than9 you Jesus:8

( dialed the heart specialist and told the nurse

what the internist had said and as9ed if ( could see

the doctor i##ediately.

( dont care who you are or how #uch you lo,e

;od or how ready you are to go to hea,en

recei,ing a death sentence doesnt e=actly turn you

on: (t didnt turn #e on either: They could sense the

seriousness in #y ,oice and said 7(f you can 6e

here in ten #inutes the doctor will see you.8Charles and ( didnt say a word to anyone 6ut

dashed out of the office @u#ped into the car anddro,e as fast as we could up the highway: Charles

loo9ed at #e and said 7(,e got peace:8 ( had @ust

told hi# ( was dying and he tells #e he has

7peace8: ( 9new that ;od had spo9en to Charles to

tell hi# the situation was in is control.

( i##ediately 6egan to put ;od in re#e#6rance

of is )ord. ( said &" shall not die, but live, and

declare the wor's of the (ord .

Then ( said 7Father you pro#ised to satisfy #e

with long life and (# not satisfied yet:8

( re#e#6er what ( said o,er and o,er as ( laid in

6ed

&The (ord is my shepherd)" shall not want#

*e ma'es me to lie down in reen pastures)*e leads me beside the still waters,

*e restores my soul)

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*e leads me in the paths of rihteousness

For *is Name+s sa'e#

$ea, thouh " wal' T*-./* the valley ofthe shadow of death,

" will fear no evil) For you are with me###.

;od didnt say wed sit down in the ,alley of

the shadow of death e said we would wal9

T$3B; it. 'o#eti#es our steps #ay 6e wea9

and faltering and we #ay so#eti#es wonder if

well #a9e it 6ut if we will 9eep our eyes on i#

we will wal9 T$3B; any situation in life and

co#e out on the other side totally G(CT3$(3B':

Then another thought ca#e into #y #ind. ;od

had stationed a huge warrior angel with us in

+6ilene Te=as on Fe6ruary &1/* and is wordswere fore,er 6urned into #y heart when e said

7Thats a special warrior angel ( ha,e stationed with

you and Charles to protect you fro# the fiery darts

of the de,il until Jesus Christ co#es 6ac9 again:8

+ll of us ha,e anchor points in our life. To so#e

it is the day of their sal,ation to others it can 6eal#ost any supernatural e,ent in their life 6ut one

of the anchor points in #y life is that day when a

6ig angel stood 6eside #e and ( heard the ,oice of

;od as clearly as ( can hear #y own ,oice:

( re#inded ;od of what e had told #e that

wonderful e=citing day in +6ilene.

+ll the way up to the doctor ( spo9e scriptures

concerning healing. ?,en though you can ha,e the

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shoc9 to your ner,ous syste# and to your 7faith

syste#8: ( still wasnt turned on:

The doctor too9 #e i##ediately called theinternist and things really flew around the office.

e told #e to go to the hospital i##ediately for si=

#ore 6lood cultures 6ecause all of the #ore than

one hundred pre,ious ones had co#e out positi,e:

)e went to the hospital and so#ehow when

they too9 #y 6lood ( 9new this ti#e it would co#e

out right: The peace of ;od which surpasses all

understanding had flooded #y soul:

)e left the hospital and i##ediately went to a

Me=ican restaurant and ate fa@itas for supper: ( will

ha,e to ad#it that there wasnt #uch con,ersation

o,er the dinner ta6le that night. %oth of us were

e#otionally e=hausted fro# the afternoon so as4uic9ly as we had eaten we ca#e ho#e and

i##ediately went to 6ed and fell asleep:

(t was a ;33D sleep: The first good one ( had

e=perienced in a long ti#e and ( was so grateful that

( had fallen right to sleep without ha,ing ti#e to

stay awa9e or 9eep #yself awa9e thin9ing a6out

what had transpired during the day:

'o#ewhere in the #iddle of the night ( was

awa9ened. ?ither it was a ,ision or a drea# ( a#

not sure which 6ecause what wo9e #e was a

sensation that so#ething huge had hit #e on the

head. (t see#ed as if it was a 2=& piece of lu#6er

6ut our 6edroo# doesnt ha,e that 9ind of a ceiling.+s ( #entioned ( a# not sure if it was a ,ision or

drea# 6ut whate,er hit #e on the head 6ounced

down onto #y chest and when ( saw it it appeared

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to #e to 6e a huge 6oo9 which was open and all (

saw was one sentence directly fro# ;ods )ordE

&They that wait upon the (ord shall renew theirstrenth) they shall mount up with wins as eales)

they shall run, and not be weary) and they shallwal', and not faint .

( 9new that ( 9new that ( 9new that ;od had

healed #e. (t was a confir#ation directly fro# the

throne roo# of ;od sol said 7Than9 you Jesus: ,rolled o,er and went right 6ac9 to sleep:

The ne=t #orning ( wo9e up 6right and early

feeling li9e a #illion dollars. Charles and ( pac9ed

our luggage to go to 'an +ntonio for the ealing

?=plosion put it in the car and then went to the

7(nfectious Disease 'pecialist8 to who# the doctor

had told us to go 6ut 6elie,ing that we would go onto 'an +ntonio.

e e=a#ined #e as9ed #e an hours worth of

doctorA9ind of 4uestions and ( was 6u66ling o,er

gi,ing hi# the answers when he said 7)hatyou

did ha ye you don+t have! /o to an 2ntonio#)e caught the plane and went to 'an +ntonio

where ( shared #y testi#ony that night and what a

glorious ?=plosion we had:

)e ca#e ho#e a6out a wee9 later and #y #ail

6rought so#e interesting docu#ents: (t was the si=

6lood culture results fro# the hospital ta9en the day

( was ad,ised ( was dying: They should ha,e gone

to the doctor 6ut they ca#e to #e instead:They ca#e 6ac9 negati,e negati,e negati,e

negati,e negati,e negati,e:

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They as9ed #e to co#e 6ac9 and ha,e si= #ore

#ade 6ecause surely the 6lood had 6een #i=ed up:

( did:"?;+T(G? "?;+T(G? "?;+T(G?

"?;+T(G? "?;+T(G? "?;+T(G?:

'o#ething had to 6e wrong: This ne,er happens

to 6lood when a person is not on #edication:

"?;+T(G? "?;+T(G? "?;+T(G?

"?;+T(G? "?;+T(G? "?;+T(G?:

( was on no #edication of any 9ind so no 7pill8

can clai# the healing. The doctor finally closed #y

case noting that the cause of healing was un9nown.

%lood cultures do not instantly change fro#

positi,e to negati,e in the natural 6ut ( 9now ;od

put is di,ine finger into #y conta#inated 6lood

syste# and #ade it co#pletely whole.The #edical profession #ight not 9now why or

how ( was healed 6ut ( do 6ecause ( 9now the 3ne

who healed #e and ( ;(G? (M + T?

$+('? +"D T? ;3$Y:

+nd ( than9 i# e,ery day:

lease do not thin9 that #y co##ents are

against the #edical profession 6ecause ( appreciate

what they do. )hen prayer doesnt get the answer

we need we do not hesitate to go to a doctor which

we feel is wisdo#. eople #ay say its a lac9 of

faith 6ut we feel its the thing to do. rayer always

co#es first 6ut when we are una6le to so#ehow or

other #uster faith or whate,er it ta9es we go to adoctor and we appreciate the#. ( could ha,e

perished for lac9 of 9nowledge:

( appreciate with all #y heart the doctors who

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pro6le# #ade test after test 6lood culture after

6lood culture and then ga,e #e the diagnosis. (

6elie,e he was a stepping stone that ;od used tolead us into the right way to pray.

)e do not e,er 4uestion the so,ereignty of ;od.

e could ha,e healed #e any ti#e any way e

wanted to 6ut ( 6elie,e e chose the way e did

for so#e reason which we #ay ne,er 9now until we

get to hea,en 6ut for whate,er reason it was ( gi,e

i# all the praise and all the glory 6ecause e is

the one who did it:

By 3harles'hortly after that we went to a ealing

?=plosion in California.

( was at the 6oo9 ta6le when Dr. Janten

approached #e and said 7( #ust tell youso#ething.8

e is a 'piritAfilled doctor who had attended si=

or #ore ealing ?=plosions and who had helped us

on Doctors panels. e has spent a lifeti#e in

#edical practice.

e said 7Charles when we recei,ed your letter

as9ing us to pray for Frances #y wife and (

i##ediately entered into prayer. 'hortly after that (

went to #y study and was i#pressed to pray in the

spirit for Frances. +n urgency arose in #y spirit

and while seriously praying in the spirit ;od said

IFrances is going to die:

7( was shoc9ed. ( said I;od that cant 6e so:You told her when you stationed the angel with her

and Charles that they would li,e until Jesus co#es

6ac9. They ha,e so #uch i#portant wor9 to do for

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7That certainly caused #e to #uch #ore

seriously pray for her:8

)hen Dr. Janten told #e this instantly #y#ind raced 6ac9 to what Frances had told #e after

the healing too9 place. ( ha,e read se,eral 6oo9s

a6out people who died and ca#e 6ac9 to life again.

They always re#ar9ed a6out going through a

tunnel seeing a light at the other end and then

co#ing out into that light.

Frances had told #e a6out the horri6le stench of

death in our 6edroo# while ( was away fro# ho#e

and a6out how ( had called in the night. ( recalled

how ( suddenly wo9e up felt an urgency to call her

i##ediately and did so. This was ,ery Bnusual

6ecause ( 9new that was a ti#e she should 6e

asleep 6ut we #ust always 6e alert to the ,oiceless,oice of the oly 'pirit.

)hen we wrote the 6oo9 +";?' 3"

+''(;"M?"T ( had as9ed astor %uc9 if he went

through a tunnel when he went to hea,en and told

hi# that when ;od too9 #e up to hea,en in 1-*

that ( did not go

through such a tunnel.

e said 7"either of us died:8

)hat ( 6elie,e happened was that Frances

actually did die that ;od had caused Dr. Janten to

intercede seriously in praying in the 'pirit and had

caused #e to awa9en her fro# what we thought was

a deep sleep 6ut which ( 6elie,e was death.&4hen *e came in, *e said to them, 4hy

ma'e this commotion and weep5 The child is notdead, but sleepin#+ 2nd they lauhed *im to scorn#

But when *e had put them all out, *e too' the

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on of /od, and that believin you may have life in

*is name .

Those which the oly 'pirit chose to re,eal tous were carefully selected fro# the thousands of

#iracles which we 9now Jesus did so that fro# a

study of the# we #ight learn all that we need to

9now to 6oth follow i# in the doing of #iracles

and when needed follow the e=a#ples gi,en so that

we #ay recei,e #iracles in our own li,es.

?ach #iracle is a de#onstration of Jesus

o,erpowering so#e principle allowed into the

hu#an race through the fall of +da#. De#onstrated

is the control o,er "+TB$? '+T+" D('?+'?

+(" and D?+T.

Then e sent 6ac9 the oly 'pirit to us and

6ecause of this e has 6oth co##anded and gi,enus the a6ility to e=ercise that sa#e total control o,er

all that was lost.

There are #any things which we need to watch

for as we read all of the thirtyAse,en #iracles

which are in chronological order. )e want to

encourage you to read e,ery scripture ,erse

carefully and not @ust s9i# o,er the# thin9ing you

9now what they say 6ecause they will spea9 to you

in a new and different way.

You will notice that #any ti#es there is a cry of

desperation. ( wondered for years why it was so

easy for people in the third world countries to 6e

healed and #uch #ore difficult in the Bnited 'tates.ere we always ha,e an 7alternati,e8. )e ha,e

hospitaliation Medicare pills and 7re#edies8 6ut

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and in their desperation it see#s easy for the# to 6e

healed:

(f we can 6elie,e Jesus and use our faith itsa#aing how #any ti#es we ha,e seen people

healed the instant they 7put their faith in action8.

+s we go through these #iracles watch for

these signs and also the action which ( 6elie,e

'?+' the healing and will #aintain the healing the ?+$T 3F T+"';(G(";. Many

ti#es we ha,e seen healing released as the person

si#ply stated fro# their heart 7T+" Y3BJ?'B':8

MIRC!" #$. 1% &John 2%1'11(

The first #iracle that Jesus e,er did was whenhe turned the water into wine which appears in one

gospel only: ( ha,e ne,er 6een a6le to understand

why all the #iracles didnt appear in all of the

gospels 6ut it is interesting to note how #any ti#es

so#e of the# appear and how few others appear.

The ,ery first one Jesus e,er did does not

appear in any place e=cept John.1# -n the third day there was a weddin in

3ana of /alilee, and the mother of esus

was there#

9# Now both esus and *is disciples were

invited to the weddin#

:# 2nd when they ran out of wine, themother of esus said to *im, &They have

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;# esus said to her, &4oman, what does

your concern have to do with 7e5 7y

hour has not yet come# waterpots of

stone, accordin to the manner of

purification of the ews, containin

twenty or thirty allons apiece#

?# esus said to them, &Fill the waterpots

with water# 2nd they filled them up to

the brim#

8# 2nd *e said to them, &@raw some out

now, and ta'e it to the master of thefeast# 2nd they too'

it## 4hen the master of the feast had tasted

the water that was made wine, and did

not 'now where it came from Abut the

servants who had drawn the water

'new, the master of the feast called the

brideroom#10# 2nd he said to him, &Cvery man at the

be inD flin sets out the ood wine, and

when the uests have well drun', then

that which is inferior) but you have 'ept

the ood wine until now#

11# This beinnin of sins esus did in

3ana of /alilee, and manifested *islory) and *is disciples believed in

*im#The first #iracle Jesus e,er perfor#ed in,ol,ed

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# the 6eginning of the earth when e created +da#

and ?,e so it is interesting to note that Jesus first

#iracle concerned #arriage. The fa#ily is close tothe heart of ;od and ( 6elie,e this is one reason that

the first #iracle Jesus e,er did pertained to the

fa#ily. owe,er the #ost significant sentence (

6elie,e is where Mary said 7)hate,er e says to

you do it8 .

Those words apply to us in our 2!th century

li,ing. (t doesnt #a9e any difference what Jesus

tells us to do we need to do it. "ot to 4uestion i#

nor to 6e distur6ed 6y what e as9s 6ut to @ust do

it regardless of whether it e,en #a9es sense to us

in the natural we need to 7do8 it:

( 6elie,e in recei,ing and #aintaining a healing

that this is one of the #ost i#portant things tore#e#6er. )hate,er Jesus tells you to do whether

its in the healing in the #aintaining or li,ing a

Christian life we need to do it: )e need to 6e

6lindly o6edient to whate,er e tells us to do

6ecause when we are in line with i# then we can

e=pect to recei,e the ,ery 6est e has to offer.

MIRC!" #$. 2% &John ))*'+)(

The second #iracle Jesus e,er did occurred ,ery

early in is Judean #inistry. (ts also interesting in

this and other #iracles that e 7a6undantly8

supplied not 6arely. +nother resultE The disciples6elie,ed.

This #iracle indicates what 6elief can do

6ecause it si#ply says &o the man BC("CEC@ the

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This is a totally different 9ind of #iracle

6ecause its a #iracle of Jesus 6eing a6le to go right

through a crowd without any6ody e,er seeing i#.)hen e wal9ed on the water e was

de#onstrating a totally different 9ind of #iracle 6ut

when 6e wal9ed through the crowd e o6,iously

either 6eca#e in,isi6le or e caused 6lindness to

co#e o,er their eyes.

( well re#e#6er how Charles and ( were at a

#eeting #any #any years ago. )e had flown to a

#eeting in the 3ar9s which had 6een ,ery hard to

reach and wed had to ta9e se,eral planes that day.

)e were totally and co#pletely e=hausted and had

to 6e 6ac9 to spea9 at a 6an4uet that night.

enneth Copeland #inistered in the afternoon

and at the conclusion of his ser,ice he called us upon the stage #inistered to us in prophecy and we

fell under the power of ;od. +ll the audience saw

us and they were aware that we were there 6ut as

we wal9ed a#ong the audience toward the ele,ator

it was li9e they loo9ed through us 6ut didnt see us.

There were pro6a6ly 15!! people there and we

had said 7;od so#ehow or another let us get to

our roo# without people seeing us so we can ta9e a

nap and 6e fresh for tonight.8

)e wal9ed right through the crowd not one

person said a word to us not one person stopped us.

)e got on the ele,ator which was loaded with

people and not one single person acted li9e theye,en saw that we were there.

"othing is i#possi6le with ;od if we can

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( 6elie,e one of the reasons so #any different

9inds of #iracles were done was that ;od wants to

show us that a6solutely nothing in any way shapeor for# is i#possi6le with i#.

MIRACLE#$. )% Luke +%1'11

1# Now so it was, as the multitude pressed

about *im to hear the word of /od, that

*e stood by the (a'e of /ennesaret,9# and saw two boats standin by the la'e)

but the fishermen had one from them

and were washin their nets#

:# Then *e ot into one of the boats, which

was imon+s, and as'ed him to put out a

little from the land# 2nd *e sat downand tauht the multitudes from the boat#

;# Now when he had stopped spea'in, he

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8# 4hen imon Geter saw it, he fell down at

esus+ 'nees, sayin, &@epart from me,

for lam a sinful man, 0 (ord!# For he and all who were with him were

astonished at the catch of fish whichthey had ta'en)

10# and so also were ames and ohn, the

sons of Hebedee, who were partners with

imon# 2nd esus said to imon, &@o

not be afraid# From now on you will

catch men#

11# o when they had brouht their boats to

land, they forsoo' all and followed *im#This is an unusual #iracle totally different fro#

all the rest 6ecause to #e this is a #iracle which

indicates ;ods pro,ision for you in all things. Theyhad fished all night long and had gotten a6solutely

nothing and yet ( lo,e what 'i#on said in ,erse 5

&2t your word " will let down the net#

This is a case of a #an who was pro6a6ly totally

e=hausted after fishing all night. ( a# sure there was

nothing he wanted to do less than to throw his nets

out once again and

ha,e to haul the# in 6ecause there is a lot of hard

wor9 connected with hauling in a net fro# the sea

whether it has fish in it or not. %ut his co#plete

o6edience saying &2t your word " will let down the

net is so#ething all of us should re#e#6er when

we read the )ord of ;od or when we ha,e a rhe#aword fro# ;od 7at your word ( will do whate,eryou tell #e to do.8 )hen we 7instantly o6ey8

without 4uestioning ;od or trying to find another

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pleased and will 9eep on gi,ing you #ore to do for

i#.

This is a wonderful instance of Jesus showingyou that we can 6e loo9ing for prosperity or a @o6 in

one place and a6solutely 6e una6le to find anything

that is the least 6it successful. Yet when e co#es

along and puts is hand on it as you can see in this

#iracle they caught so #any fish fro# fishing in

e=actly the sa#e place that it filled the 6oats and the

6oats 6egan to sin9.

;od always has a pro,ision for you and not only

a pro,ision e has a #ore than all sufficiency

pro,ision for you if you will @ust act 7at is word8.

MIRC!" #$. +% Mar- 1%2,'2 0

!u-e )%,,',

This is narrated in two of the gospels.

7ar' 1#9:D9IJ

9:# Now there was a man in their synaoue

with an unclean spirit# 2nd he cried out,

9;# sayin, &(et us alone! 4hat have we to

do with $ou, esus of Na6areth5 @id

$ou come to destroy us5 " 'now who

$ou areKthe *oly -ne of

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&4hat is this5 4hat new doctrine is

this5 For with authority *e commands

even the unclean spirits, and they obey*im#

98# 2nd immediately *is fame spreadthrouhout all the reion around

/alilee#

"t appears a second time in (u'e#

(u'e ;J::D:?J

::# Now in the synaoue there was a man

who had a spirit of an unclean demon#

2nd he cried out with a loud voice,

:;# sayin, &(et us alone! 4hat have we to

do with $ou, esus of Na6areth5 @id$ou come to destroy us5 " 'now $ou,

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to the de,il all night long he did not argue with the

unclean spirit 6ut e #erely told hi# to co#e out

of hi#.Jesus 9new who e was there was a6solutely

no 4uestion in is #ind as to who e was and

therefore the de#ons had to o6ey i#.

The people were du#6founded when they saw

is authority and yet e has gi,en that sa#e

authority to us when e says in John 1&E12E &7ost

assuredly, " say to you, he who believes in 7e, the

wor's that " do he will do also) and reater wor's

than these he will do, because " o to 7y Father#)e need to re#e#6er when we use the na#e of

Jesus and spea9 with authority that the spirit will

co#e out e=actly as it did when Jesus spo9e a word.

)hen a person co##ands a de#onic spirit toco#e out of you if you are sic9 recei,e their word

and 6e set free 6ecause #any sic9nesses are caused

6y de#onic spirits.

Cancer is a #ar,elous e=a#ple of a de#onic

spirit. Christians and sinners ali9e get attac9ed 6y

this horri6le de#on 6ut there is an answer andthat is to ha,e the de#onic spirit cast out with the

power thats in the na#e of Jesus:

'e,eral years ago we were at a #eeting and a

#other as9ed #e if ( had e,er 9nown anyone who

was healed of epilepsy.

+ young #an standing there said 7May (

answer that 4uestion for Frances08 Then hecontinued and said 7'he laid hands on #e years

ago and cast out the spirit of epilepsy and ( ha,e

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Just #a9e sure the person who lays hands on

you 9nows the 3)?$ that is in the na#e of Jesus

when they spea9 to the de#on."o loud shouting no endless fight with the

de,il. e has to 6ow at the na#e of J?'B':

MIRACLE"3. - Matthew *E1&15 Mar9 1E!A1 u9e &E*A

Miracle nu#6er si= is a ,ery uni4ue #iracle6ecause this is the first one that appears in three

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:# o *e stood over her and rebu'ed the

fever, and it left her# 2nd immediately

she arose and served them#The thing that is so interesting a6out this is that

three of the gospels chose to tell this particular story

and yet you will notice that each one only tells a

,ery short ,ersion of the story.

(n each case it said e ca#e in and touched her

hand or e too9 her 6y the hand and in the third

one it said e @ust stood o,er her and re6u9ed the

fe,er. (n two gospels youll notice the word

&immediately is used. (n Matthew it says as etouched her hand the fe,er left her which also

#eans i##ediately.

Many thoughts co#e into your #ind when you

see this si#ple #iracle repeated in three differentgospels. )as it 6ecause #othersAinAlaw are not

always held in high estee# and respect today and

;od thought it would 6e a good idea to put it in

there to show how #uch eter was concerned for

his #otherAinAlaw0 ( do not 9now the answer to this

it was Just an interesting little thought that ca#e

into #y #ind.

+nother thing ( li9e a6out this story is that its

such a ,ery si#ple story. There was so little told

and so little action done it was si#ply a gesture or

a touch on Jesus part that created the #iracle. (f we

can 6elie,e this for the #iracle in our own life if

we can 6elie,e that Jesus can still reach down andtouch us today thats all it ta9es theres @ust thatone little spar9 of faith necessary to #a9e a #iracle

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rebu'in them, did not allow them to

spea', for they 'new that *e was the

3hrist#The thing that is so interesting a6out this

#iracle is the fact that Jesus healed all that were

sic9. Two of the three gospels report that they

6rought unto i# all that were diseased and that

were possessed with de,ils and e healed the# all:

3nly Mar9 says 7#any.8

The two of us ha,e often 7laid hands8 on the

sic9 in crowds of one or two thousand people. Jesus

often had far #ore people than that and e did it

alone. (f you lay hands on fi,e per #inute it ta9es

o,er three hours to lay hands on a thousand. it is

e=citing wonderful and thrilling to see people

healed with one touch of the power of ;od 6ute=tre#ely e=hausting. Jesus #inistered day after

day. )hen crowds e=ceed that we #ust find other

ways to #inister healing. "ow we ha,e trained

healing tea#s doing the wor9s of Jesus.

Jesus has not changed fro# that ti#e to this and

so is desire is to heal all @ust li9e e healed at that

ti#e.

+gain youll notice the %i6le is ,ery sparse in

descriptions of these #iracles 6ecause Jesus did

the# so easily and ( 6elie,e thats the way he

wants us to do the# today.

Many ti#es a persons illness is not healed

si#ply 6ecause we try to co#plicate the gospel so#uch instead of lea,ing it si#ple e=actly the way it

was 2!!! years ago.

Jesus wants to heal you today e=actly the way

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that ti#e. e wants to heal all who are sic9 today.

(ts such a si#ple process if we can @ust 9eep it

si#ple.Dont struggle strain or sweat to recei,e your

healing@ust rela= and 9eep your eyes on i#:e #ade it si#ple and he e=pects us to 9eep it

si#ple:

MIRC!" #$. Matthe %2')3 Mar-

1%)/'))3 !u-e +%12'1+

Miracle nu#6er eight healing the leper is inthree of the gospels.

7atthew 8J9D;

9# 2nd behold, a leper came and worshiped

*im, sayin, &(ord, if $ou are willin,$ou can ma'e me clean#

:# Then esus put out *is hand and touchedhim, sayin, &" am willin) be

cleansed# 2nd immediately his leprosy

was cleansed#

;# 2nd esus said to him, &ee that you tell

no one) but o your way, show yourself

to the priest, and offer the ift that

7oses commanded, as a testimony to

them#

7ar' 1;0D;;

40. Then a leper came to *im, implorin

*im, 'neelin down to *im and sayinto *im, &"f $ou are willin, $ou can

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;1# 2nd esus, moved with compassion, put

out *is hand and touched him, and said

to him, &" am willin) be cleansed#;9# 2s soon as *e had spo'en, immediately

the leprosy left him, and he wascleansed#

;:# 2nd *e strictly warned him and sent

him away at once#

;;# 2nd *e said to him, &ee that you say

nothin to anyone) but o your way,

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came toD et her to hear, and to be

healed by *im of their infirmities#

(n either of the stories and it doesnt #a9e anydifference which ,ersion of the %i6le you read or in

which chapter you read the #essage is e=actly the

sa#eHit is the will of Jesus to heal you.

(t is the will of Jesus that you 6e whole and that

you re#ain whole. 3ne of the things ( thin9 is so

i#portant is that we re#e#6er what the leper did

when he ca#e down to JesusE he worshiped i#.

%efore he as9ed Jesus to heal hi# 6efore he

#entioned anything a6out the desire of his heart he

fell down and worshiped the one he 9new had the

power and the authority and the will to heal hi#.

Many ti#es we are so in,ol,ed or caught up in

our own particular situations and with thee#ergency or the crisis of the #o#ent and the

healing needed that we forget to ta9e ti#e to

worship Jesus 6efore we as9 i# for what we want.

Then after the leper had worshiped i# he so

,ery si#ply said in u9e 5E12E &(ord, if $ou are

willin, you can ma'e me clean# +nd Jesus said

&" am willin) be cleansed#

+ctually ( lo,e this story 6etter in The i,ing

%i6le. The leper said to i# &"f you want to, you

can heal me# 2nd esus said, &" want to, be

healed# 2nd instantly the leprosy disappears#

.

( guess the reason this touches #y heart so#uch is that Jesus is

saying 7Fro# the 6otto# of #y heart with all that (

a# ( want to heal you. ( dont want to see you on a

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6ed: +nd ( want you once you get healed to

#aintain that healing.8

( want: ( want: ( want: Jesus 7want8 is to #a9eyou happy. Jesus 7want8 is to gi,e you the ,ery

desires of your heart.

( ha,e certainly had so#e health challenges in

#y life since ( 6eca#e a Christian. ( suppose this

one particular scripture has helped #e #ore than

any other si#ply 6ecause whene,er ( read it or

whene,er ( a# in a situation where ( need a di,ine

touch on #y 6ody so#ehow or another ( can see

Jesus saying to #e 7Frances unter ( want to heal

you.8

(n #y spirit when ( see this ( see Jesus with is

ar#s outstretched to #e ready to en,elop @ust one of

the fi,e 6illion people on this earth.'o#eti#es we #ight thin9 why would e want

to heal #e0 is desire is to heal each and e,ery one

of us. +nd thats why ( can see is ar#s stretched

out and saying 7Frances unter ( want to heal

you.8

ut your na#e in the place of #ine and 9now

without a dou6t that Jesus really wants to heal you.

You dont need to 6eg or plead with i# e)+"T' to heal you e,en #ore than you want to 6e

healed.

$ight now ,isualie Jesus holding is ar#s out

to you saying whate,er your na#e is 7( want to

heal you.8 Thats is desire thats your desire andthats #y desire too. 'o @ust 9now that e wants to

heal you. (ts not is will for you to 6e sic9 so lets

get well and 6less Jesus 6ecause e wants to heal

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MIRC!" #$. 4% Matthe 4.2'3 Mar-

2,'123 !u-e 5:18-26

The ninth #iracle that Jesus did again appears in

three gospels.

7atthew J9D?9# 2nd behold, they brouht to *im a

paralytic lyin on a bed# 2nd esus,

seein their faith, said to the paralytic,&on, be of ood cheer) your sins are

forive you#

:# 2nd at once some of the scribes said

within themselves, &This 7an

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crowd, they went up on the housetop and

let him down with his bed throuh the

tilin into the midst before esus#90# o when *e saw their faith, *e said to

him, 7an, your sins are foriven you#91# 2nd the scribes and the Gharisees bean

to reason, sayin, &4ho is this who

spea's blasphemies5 4ho can forive

sins but /od alone5

99# But when esus perceived their thouhts,

*e answered and said to them, &4hy

are you reasonin in your hearts5

9:# &4hich is easier, to say, $our sins are

foriven you,+ or to say, ise up andwal'+5

9;# &But that you may 'now that the on of7an has power on earth to forive

sinsK*e said to the man who was

paraly6ed, &" say to you, arise, ta'e up

your bed, and o to your house# esus

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loo9ed on the natural ele#ents and saw the faith

that they had.

'o#eti#es we say we ha,e faith and we reallydont 6ut in each of these gospels it says*e saw

their faith#3,er in $o#ans the fourth chapter it says we

can call into 6eing those things which 6e not as

though they were. Many ti#es ;od has to 7see8 our

faith and not @ust our words to 9now that we 6elie,e

what we say.

Jesus 7saw8 the faith of these #en and thats

why the #an was healed of paralysis.

This re#inded #e of an incident that happened

while we were in Tegucigalpa onduras Central

+#erica at a great ealing ?=plosion. (t was

difficult if not i#possi6le to get down on the soccerfield so ( told the people in the audience 7(f

Charles and Frances can do it you can do it too.8

( said 7(f you ha,e a disease if you ha,e an

illness right now ( want you to put your hand on

yourself and say I(n Jesus na#e: (ts that si#ple:

7(f ( laid hands on you ( would 6elie,e that you

were going to 6e healed 6ecause Jesus said that

those who 6elie,e would lay hands upon the sic9

and they would reco,er.8

Then ( added 7(f you will do the sa#e thing

that scripture applies to you @ust as well as it does to

#e.8

There was a wo#an in the stadiu# who had ane=tre#ely se,ere case of palsy. 'he was sha9ing so

6adly she could hardly stand up and certainly had

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# 2nd immediately the man was made well,

too' up his bed, and wal'ed# 2nd that

day was the abbath#10# The ews therefore said to him who was

cured, &"t is the abbath) it is not lawfulfor you to carry your bed#

11# *e answered them, &*e who made me

well said to me, Ta'e up your bed and

wal'#

19# Then they as'ed him, &4ho is the 7an

who said to you, Ta'e up your bed and

wal'+5

1:# But the one who was healed did not

'now who it was, for esus hadwithdrawn, a multitude bein in that

place#1;# 2fterward esus found him in the

temple, and said to him, &ee, you have

been made well# in no more, lest a

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water the first one who got in after the trou6ling of

the water was #ade whole regardless of what

disease he had.(# sure that there is a purpose in this #iracle

far greater than any of us can realie or certainly far

greater than ( can realie. The thing (# wondering

is this was it only the first one who got in there

who got healed 6ecause that first one really

6elie,ed0

(s that why he got in there in such a hurry or

was it the fact that a lot of people once they 7en@oy8

a sic9ness ne,er see# to #ind suffering with that

sic9ness0

+ lot of people lo,e to tal9 a6out their

sic9nesses and thats why ( thin9 its hard

so#eti#es for certain people to get healed. Theyhang on to illness li9e a security 6lan9et.

Did you notice the 4uestion that Jesus as9ed the

#an in ,erse -0 e said &@o you want to be made

well5

(f youll notice the #an did not say 7Yes.8 e

@ust si#ply ga,e an e=cuse saying in ,erse ?, &"have no man to put me in the pool when the water is

stirred up#

( thin9 we need to esta6lish in our #ind that we

a6solutely want to 6e healed. )hether its a 6ig

sic9ness or a little sic9ness we need to want to

reco,er: "ot only do we need to 9now that Jesus

wants to heal us we need to want to 6e healed ourAself.

"ow you #ight say thats a ,ery odd 9ind of

reasoning e,ery6ody wants to 6e healed and yet

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tolerate a sic9ness 6ecause we 9now its @ust a little

te#porary thing and were going to get o,er it ,ery

4uic9ly.Did you e,er start to get a cold and then say

73h well (ll 6e o,er this in a few days.8 $eally

saying 7( dont want to 6e healed ( 9now that (ll

get o,er this in @ust a few days so ( dont really ha,e

to 6e healed.8 Thats a ,ery interesting type of

reasoning and ( @ust wanted to put that in your #ind

6ecause ( thin9 that was the pro6le# the #an had

all the ti#e. e 9ept loo9ing at e=cuses rather than

at 6eing healed.

'o#e people en@oy the attention they recei,e

while they are sic9. Thats detri#ental to healing:

oo9 for the healing and not for the e=cuse:

MIRACLE NO. 11: Matthew 12E1!A1 Mark3:1-5; Luke 6:6-10

Miracle nu#6er ele,en is found in three

gospels. The fact ( ha,e found interesting in #a9ing

this study is that when it appears in three it appears

in Matthew Mar9 and u9e. The single ones appear#ostly in the 6oo9 of John. May6e thats 6ecause

three of the# were si#ilar and the fourth one John

was different than the rest. ( dont 9now thats @ust

a thought that ( throw out to you.

Matthew 19J10D1:J

10# 2nd behold, there was a man who had a

withered hand# 2nd they as'ed *im,sayin, &"s it lawful to heal on the

abbath5 that they miht accuse

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11# Then *e said to them, &4hat man is

there amon you who has one sheep,

and if it falls into a pit on the abbath,will not lay hold of it and lift it out5

19# -f how much more value then is a manthan a sheep5 Therefore it is lawful to

do ood on the abbath#

1:# Then *e said to the man, &tretch out

your hand# 2nd he stretched it out, and

it was restored as whole as the other#

( thin9 this #iracle is especially fascinating

6ecause it concerns a #an with a withered hand and

the first 4uestion that was as9ed Jesus was 6y the

s9eptics the un6elie,ers and those who li9ed to

antagonie Christians: oo9 at the legalistic

4uestion in Gerse 1!E &"s it lawful to heal on theabbath5

)e face e=actly the sa#e thing today. 7Do you

really thin9 its ;ods will to heal e,eryone08

7Does ;od put sic9ness upon us to teach us a

lesson08 +nswering the first 4uestion 7Yes ;od

does want you healed second ;od does not put

sic9ness upon you to teach you a lesson.8 .

These are 4uestions often as9ed of us and #any

#ore in a si#ilar ,ein si#ply through legalis# and

a lac9 of faith and a lac9 of 6elie,ing that ;od

really wants to heal people.

(f youll notice they started this off with a4uestion of un6elief and dou6t and a sincere desire

to see that the #an was not healed.

( lo,e it when Jesus @ust said Gerse 12E8 -f

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Jesus does want us healed that Jesus does want our

e#ployees healed that Jesus does want our children

healed and that Jesus does want our fa#ilies healed( thin9 we would disco,er that we would all wal9 in

a lot 6etter health.

(n the 6oo9 of u9e it said that the ser,ant was

ready to die 6ut when his #aster heard of Jesus he

i##ediately had faith and so he sent people to 6ring

Jesus to hi#.

The sa#e thing is true today. )e ha,e

disco,ered as we go into foreign lands #any people

ha,e ne,er heard of Jesus they ha,e ne,er heard of

the healing power of ;od they,e ne,er heard that

;od lo,es the# and wants to #a9e the# well and

yet the #inute they hear of it they co#e and areinstantly healed.

( lo,e Jesus response when e said &" have

not found such reat faith, not even in "srael# +nd

yet youll notice that was the faith of a new person

who had @ust heard a6out Jesus.

)e oftenti#es disco,er that people who are

first6ornAagain are the easiest ones to heal 6ecause

their faith hasnt had an opportunity to get tainted

which it does so #any ti#es after we ha,e 6een

wal9ing with Jesus for a while. )e let dou6t and

un6elief co#e in instead of letting our faith grow

stronger.

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You will notice that e did not spea9 to the

#other e spo9e to the young #an and the young

#an sat up and there he was ali,e and well again:

+s we race toward the end of ti#e ( 6elie,e

were going to see #any #ore #iracles of this type

where the dead are raised. )e @ust recei,ed a call

the other day fro# so#e people in %ur#a who saythat raising the dead is ,ery co##on and ,ery

co##onplace.

%enson (dahosa a great #an of "igeria had a

#ost unusual con,ersion in that when he was sa,ed

he instantly 6elie,ed what the %i6le said that he

could go out and lay hands on the sic9 and see the#

reco,er. e also 6elie,ed that he could raise thedead: )hen you hear hi# tell this story its

a6solutely fascinating 6ecause it shows a #an who

had incredi6le faith in sal,ation. e went up and

down the streets loo9ing for dead people hed

9noc9 at e,ery door and say 7(s there any dead

person in here0 (f there wasnt he would go on tothe ne=t.

e found eight dead people the first onere#ained dead the second one re#ained dead. The

third one he said was deader than he was when he

got there 6ut he didnt gi,e up: ( thin9 this is so

,ital when we want to recei,e or #aintain a healing

or e,en raise the dead we ha,e to 6e persistent andwe #ust not let go. e 9ept on going until he got to

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Just i#agine a 6rand new con,ert who had @ust

gotten sa,ed and here he is out raising the dead. (

6elie,e thats one of the reasons today that %enson(dahosa is the #an of ;od that he is 6ecause he

started out 6eing persistent. You 6e persistent too:

MIRC!" #$. 1)% Matthe 12%22'2,3

!u-e 11%1)

7atthew 19J99D9:99# Then one was brouht to *im who was

demonDpossessed, blind and mute) and

*e healed him, so that the blind and

mute man both spo'e and saw#

9:# 2nd all the multitudes were ama6ed and

said, &3ould this be the on of @avid5(u'e 11J1;

1;# 2nd *e was castin out a demon, and itwas mute# o it was, when the demon

had one out, that the mute spo'e) and

the multitudes marveled#

( want you to 9now that there is so#ething ,eryspecial a6out this particular #iracle. + 6lind

de#oniac was cured and yet it rates two ,erses in

Matthew and only one ,erse in u9e.

The #an was 6lind the #an was deaf and he

6oth spo9e and saw and yet thats all it rates in the

%i6le.

To #e this is an indication that healing isso#ething we should e=pect to happen. Youll

notice that the %i6le doesnt write fifty pages on

one little tiny healing it @ust #erely states a fact that

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de,il and e @ust cast the de,ils out the de,il of

6lindness and the de,il of du#6ness.

(t doesnt say a thing a6out the faith of theperson in,ol,ed it #erely said that when Jesus

spo9e the word the de,ils ca#e out and that sa#e

thing is true today: (f we 6elie,e that Jesus is li,ingon the inside of us we can use is na#e and de,ils

will co#e out.

e is spea9ing to you today if you need a

healing:

MIRC!" #$. 1+% Matthe %2,'23

Mar- )%,+')/3 !u-e %22'2+

7atthew 8J9:;?

9:# Now when *e ot into a boat, *is

disciples followed *im#

9;# 2nd suddenly a reat tempest arose on

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9;# 2nd they came to *im and awo'e *im,

sayin, &7aster, 7aster, we are

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thin9 is so tre#endous is that while dou6t and

un6elief can 9eep us fro# recei,ing the #iracles of

;od in this particular instance e still went aheadand co#pleted the #iracle and cal#ed the sea.

(t doesnt #a9e any difference what the stor# is

in your life it doesnt #a9e any difference what

youre going through right now re#e#6er Jesusis the 3ne who can cal# any stor#.

ut your faith and trust in i# and dont let

dou6t and un6elief snea9 in regardless of the

circu#stances:

MIRC!" #$. 1*% Matthe .2',23

Mar- +%1'1,3 !u-e %2*',,(

7atthew #98D:998# 4hen *e had come to the other side, to

the country of the /eresenes, there met*im two demonDpossessed men, comin

out of the tombs, e>ceedinly fierce, so

that no one could pass that way#

9# 2nd suddenly they cried out, sayin,

&4hat have we to do with $ou, esus,

$ou on of /od5 *ave $ou come here to

torment us before the time5

:0# Now a ood way off from them there

was a herd of many swine feedin#:1# o the demons beed *im, sayin, &"f

$ou cast us out, permit us to o awayinto the herd of swine#

:9# 2nd *e said to them, &/o# o when

they had come out, they went into the

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herd of swine ran violently down the

steep place into the sea, and perished in

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:0# esus as'ed him, sayin, &4hat is your

name5 2nd he said, &(eion, because

many demons had entered him#:1# 2nd they beed *im that *e would not

command them to o out into the abyss#:9# Now a herd of many swine was feedin

there on the mountain# 2nd they beed

*im that *e would permit them to enter

them# 2nd *e permitted them#

::# Then the demons went out of the man

and entered the swine, and the herd ran

violently down the steep place into the

la'e and drowned#This is another ,ery interesting #iracle 6ut

arent all of the #iracles of Jesus interesting0 You

notice that e didnt specialie in @ust one type. ewas capa6le of doing any and all 9inds and e is

still capa6le today if we can re#e#6er 7e is the

sa#e yesterday today and fore,er.8

This is the fa#ous story a6out the de#oniac of

;adarenes. e was often 6ound with chains and

fetters and he would @ust 6rea9 the# to pieces and

no #an could ta#e hi#. +ll day and all night he

was in the #ountains and he was in the to#6s

crying and cutting hi#self with stones.

%ut note that when Jesus was far off this #an

ran and he did the sa#e thing as the leper did in the

6oo9 of Matthew the eighth chapter. e fell down

first and worshiped i#.(f we could @ust re#e#6er to get our hearts in a

position of worship which says 7Jesus ( lo,e you

with all of #y heart and ( 6elie,e that you will do

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the supernatural that ( need done8 ( thin9 wed find

oursel,es recei,ing a lot #ore #iracles.

This is the story where Jesus sent all of thede#ons into the swine and then they ran ,iolently

down a real steep #ountain side and into the sea

and drowned.

?ach of the gospels tells a little different part

a6out the #an. Youll notice in the 6oo9 of u9e it

said that he wore no clothes nor did he li,e in any

house 6ut he li,ed in the to#6s. You put all three of

the stories together and you ha,e a real good picture

of a totally insane #an. +nd yet so#ehow or

another the 'pirit of ;od had penetrated his #ind to

#a9e hi# 6elie,e that Jesus could do so#ething for

hi#. (snt it unusual that the disciples were not

afraid of the de#onApossessed #an until he wasclothed and in his right #ind then the %i6le tells us

that they were afraid. )e often wonder why people

are afraid of the supernatural.

Could this 6e a reason that so#e people dont

get healed 6ecause they really are afraid of the

supernatural0 ( do not 9now the answer to that (#

@ust as9ing you a 4uestion.

'o#e 6elie,e that this could possi6ly 6e two

#iracles e,en though the treat#ent and the situation

was e=actly the sa#e. (n Matthew the town was

recorded as ;ergesenes and #entioned 7two8 #en.

Most theologians agree howe,er that this was the

sa#e #iracle 6ut differently recorded.

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MIRACLE#$. 1% Matthe 4%2/'223Mar- +%2+',)3 !u-e %),')

Matthew Mar9 and u9e record #iracle

nu#6er se,enteen which ( thin9 is one of the

fa,orite stories of al#ost e,ery6ody where the

wo#an with the issue of 6lood was totally healed.

This again was 6ecause of her tre#endous faith.

7atthew J90D99J90# 2nd suddenly, a woman who had a flow

of blood for twelve years came from

behind and touched the hem of *is

arment)

91# for she said to herself, &"f only " maytouch *is arment, " shall be made

well#99# But esus turned around, and when *e

saw her *e said, &Be of ood cheer,

dauhter) your faith has made you

well# 2nd the woman was made well

from that hour#

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98# for she said, &if only " may touch *is

clothes, " shall be made well#

9# "mmediately the fountain of her bloodwas dried up, and she felt in her body

that she was healed of the affliction#:0# 2nd esus, immediately 'nowin in

*imself that power had one out of *im,

turned around in the crowd and said,

&4ho touched 7y clothes5

:1# But *is disciples said to *im, &$ou see

the multitude thronin $ou, and $ou

say, 4ho touched 7e5

:9# 2nd *e loo'ed around to see her who

had done this thin#::# But the woman, fearin and tremblin,

'nowin what had happened to her,came and fell down before *im and told

*im the whole truth#

:;# 2nd *e said to her, &@auhter, your

faith has made you well# /o in peace,

and be healed of your affliction#

(u'e 8J;:D;8J

;:# Now a woman, havin a flow of blood

for twelve years, who had spent all her

livelihood on physicians and could not

be healed by any,

;;# came from behind and touched the

border of *is arment# 2nd immediatelyher flow of blood stopped#

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$ou and press $ou, and $ou say, 4ho

touched 7e5

;=# But esus said, &omebody touched 7e,for " perceived power oin out from

7e#;?# Now when the woman saw that she was

not hidden, she came tremblin) and

fallin down before *im, she declared

to *im in the presence of all the people

the reason she had touched *im and

how she was healed immediately#

;8# 2nd *e said to her, &@auhter, be of

ood cheer) your faith has made you

well# /o in peace#'he had heard a6out the #an Jesus and ( often

thin9 a6out what she went through to get to that#an she had heard so #uch a6out.

'he could ha,e said 7( dont ha,e any #oney to

go 6ecause ( spent it all on doctors.8

'he could also ha,e said 7( a# e=hausted fro#

ha,ing 6een sic9 so #any years theres no way (

can possi6ly get to i# 6ecause es so faraway.8

'he also was unclean 6ecause she had an issue

of 6lood and she could ha,e really gotten into

trou6le going in pu6lic as a result of this.

There was such a tre#endous crowd she could

ha,e used that as an e=cuse for not getting to Jesus.

%ut nothing stopped her a6solutely nothing

stopped her 6ecause all she 9ept saying was 7(f (can @ust touch the he# of is gar#ent (ll 6e #ade

whole.8

er faith was through touching so#ething 6ut (

6elie,e her faith would ha,e #ade her well

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regardless of whether she touched i# or not. (

6elie,e it was 6ecause of all the pro6le#s that she

went through and the trou6le that she went to get tothat one person who# she 9new could heal her was

what #ade her totally instantly and co#pletely

healed. (ts also ,ery interesting to note that she did

fi,e things.

"u#6er one she heard."u#6er two she said."u#6er three she acted."u#6er four she recei,ed."u#6er fi,e she told it.

(f ( were to pic9 out the two parts which (

thought were the #ost i#portant it would 6e

"u#6er three and "u#6er fi,e.

'he acted:This is so ,ital 6ecause so

how to receive and maintain a healing

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