LOS MILAGROS SIGUEN OCURRIENDO
(Por Marlies Zechner)
Translated by Valeria Valesco
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Contenido
1/ Fiji
2/ Egipto
3/ Israel
4/ Papua Nueva Guinea
5/ Perdona o no podré perdonarte
6/ Jesús sigue sanando
7/ Suicidio
8/ Prisión de Long Bay
9/ Intento de asesinato
10/ Prisión de Bathurst
11/ Ángeles
12/ Cómo orar
13/ Cuerdas
14/ Contando el costo
15/ La enfermedad del corazón
16/ Lorraine
17/ Drácula - ¿Realidad o ficción?
18/ Si me amas
19/ Ser homosexual
20/ Fe
21/ La raíz
22/ Malasia
23/ Nueva visita a Fiji - 1997
24/ Lo que Jesús significa para mí
25/ Pasajes de mi diario
26/ Conclusión
Introducción
Existen dos mundos distintos, el físico y el espiritual. No podemos ver a Dios ni a sus ángeles o al demonio y sus ángeles, a no ser que Dios nos permita hacerlo. El que no los veamos, no quiere decir que no existan. No podemos ver el viento, pero podemos ver sus efectos. Una brisa puede mover las hojas de un árbol, pero un huracán puede arrancarlo de raíz. Entonces no importa cuantas personas nieguen la existencia de Dios, ellos no pueden negar esas cosas que ven diariamente: el cielo, el pasto, las flores, la comida, el agua, etc.
Romanos 1:19 y 20
19 porque lo que de Dios se conoce les es manifiesto, pues Dios se lo manifestó. 20 Porque las cosas invisibles de Él, su eterno poder y deidad, se hacen claramente visibles desde la creación del mundo, siendo entendidas por medio de las cosas hechas, de modo que no tienen excusa.
El propósito de este libro es mostrar la realidad de Dios a quienes leen estas páginas. Las historias son verídicas y muestran que los milagros no murieron con los discípulos y apóstoles. Dios, a través del Espíritu Santo y del Señor Jesucristo, es tan activo ahora en la vida de la gente que quiere conocerlo, como lo fue en los días en que Jesús caminaba la tierra en forma de hombre.
Hebreos 13:8 Jesucristo es el mismo ayer, y hoy, y por los siglos.
Si la gente pudiera buscar una relación personal con Dios a través de su Hijo, el Señor Jesucristo y del Espíritu Santo, sus vidas y las vidas de quienes los rodean cambiarían tremendamente. read more »
Comments
jesse davis
dear Jesse,
it often happens that, when God plants us somewhere, He allows us to grow up rather quickly in the things concerning Him and the Kingdom, for the reason of seeing what we will do when all is not rosy within the rose patch any longer. i understand that Godhas moved spectacularly in your life in the past, and is probably gearing up to do more- for He seldom breaks out the gates with someone then resorts to boring methods later on. as hard as it ma be to find or believe in our present slothful 'modern day Christianity' God is indeed alive, well and doing the unexplainable in anyone He find to be willing, committed and obedient to His leading.
Having said that i believe this will help you. If God indeed has a ministry for you to walk in, He will both reveal and confirm it in His own time. (ii) 1 Corinthians 12: 13- 31 is an excellent teaching from Paul on how God aligns and sets up His body. he placed you in your church for a reason, and now what you think is a schism could well be God making it more apparent to you the greater PURPOSES for which He placed you there. we cannot uproot ourselves when uncomfortable times come [in whatever form my friend] any more than our hand or eye can say, well i'm off! when our body sickens or weakens for any reason. God sets the members in the body as it pleases Him, and unless He has given you a clear, unequivocal word to leave your church (as much as it chafes u right now)- DON'T.
third. this may help. David was anointed for a specific work that took many many years to become apparent to the entire nation of Israel. In his home town Samuel poured a horn of oil on him in a grand gesture that marked him as future king of Israel, and all who heard of it, knew it was God's sovereign choice. However soon after errors in Saul's rulership, his divinely orchestrated deminse and plain old jealously at the "new shine" of God on David even as Saul knew the "shine" had departed from him, had young David on the run for his life. unjustly treated, lied on, hunted like an animal- David entered into one of the worst periods of his life thru NO FAULT OF HIS OWN. this ugly time just landed onnhim. he hadnt sinned. he hadnt even coveted Saul's throne. in FACT, he was loyal to the man up to the point of going to pains to prove his loyalty.
the real test in David's ugly time [much like yours] came when information was now apparent not only to David, but to many others that Saul's leadership had gone 'bad'. his mad episodes were by now no secret to palace life, as the only person able to ease those fits by his skillful playing, was the very David he was now hunting all across Israel. Why, Saul was tying up army resources for months at a time hunting David with up to 3000 men, no small army to seek one man. many had gathered to David, sympathetic to his cause, "on his side" you might say. [i'm sure you're experiencing that now...] Those 'worthless' men the bible records had now begun to become a fearless fighting troop called 'David's mighty men"- what a transformation people can experience when they come under right leadership, anointed teaching, someone who is perhaps closer to what God is "doing and saying" than a predecessor may have been.
bear with me.
we find David in a right fix when not once, but twice- he has saul in his grip, his life a snatch away. Saul is already in the wrong, seeking to murder an innocent. Saul has killed all the priests of one lineage just becuz they mistakenly gave david help when he was on the run. [your pastor may well be murdering the spirits of the people of your church with faulty or even outright error-teaching...] Once David let him go, and shamed he swore never to pursue him. but the jealousy and madness are on Saul again, and he is more determined than ever that David die. now see this.
it seems like GOD HIMSELF supports David oppotunity to kill Saul, when the ENTIRE ARMY WITH SAUL FALLS UNDER A HEAVENLY SLEEP. this MUST be God right?! Saul right in His hands, sleeping like a aby, exposed. deserving to die, says one of David's right hand men Abishai. Let me kill him, urges the friend. [is the congregation urging you jessee?] But DAVID RESTRAINS HIS HAND. he says buddy, what God has anointed, i wont touch. what God has planted, i wont criticise. what God set up here long before i came along, Let God finish.
David understood smething u seem to have understtod as well. He understtod that the same God who set Saul up- [1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 10:1] Many today act like God ahs lost both arms and legs, eyt He is the same God who boasts that when he had surveyed the whole earth and could find no-one righteous enough to pay the blood ransom He requeired for sin, he "accomplished His own salvation" with HIS mighty right arm, and appointed Christ a sacrifice. before men even knew they were sinful, God had made a way out- yet the pstor or worship leader goes awry and already we're ready to stone them to death when GOD IS THE SAME ONE who called and put them where we first found them. people fall into error, it is but a flicker for God to restore if He wants to. Betcha God has found many a butchered pastor in the back yard- before the man could even walk his road until he sees his error by grace (which is on HIM as much as the others in church], before he can even overcome his/ her pride and repent, the church stones them, walks out, allows offense to infiltrate their midst and defile many- and God shows up to find a hung jury situation when a little mercy and MUCH PRAYERFUL INTERCEDING FOR THE STRAYING LEADER has done wonders in other places. makes ya think...
i totally admire the way u are dealing with your present situation- for it seems u are content to remain miserable and in your place, rather than go out in a blaze of glory: "i'm right, i'm right" with a trail of palm-frond-waving supporters behind you. i'm impressed Jessee, God really is with you. many would have long gone in offense esp when the theology is sqwonky [my personaly word for 'way twisted']- as soon as many detect error offense comes, and they separate themselves, and wander off without church home becuz "well how can the pastor lie on God like that?!" God can deal with lies quite wel thany you church. He handled Saul, and if he does not repent and see reason, then i guess God will handle your pastor too.
David passed one of his biggest tests in the story i just told you- he could have killed and been justified in his own eyes, but he would have forfeit God's favour by trying to accomplish his own solution. he stayed hidden in them caves, crying out to God when the pain and injustice got too much- and in due time, God cleared the way to the throne for David, and the APPOINTED KING'S BLOOD WAS NOT ON HIS HANDS.
peace be with you Jessee, our God is able, and he hears the cry of His righteous. pray God's mercy on your pastor- dont seek confrontation but hand him over to God. forgive him the losses he has ost your church, for if he is preaching in error it is likely he is making changes to "draw a crowd" to replace the dwindling number of members. it is likely his changes are to please men, not God- but pray for him, so that when God swoops down to take account, U will be told well done, and be found faultless. I'm really proud of you, you sound young but it seems you're already an old soul being skillfully taught by God to do the right thing. well done.
also, as i said- if there is ministry for you- God will initiate it and propel it forward. Mika may have said that we are slaves and servants, but my bible teaches me that Jesus negated that when he says- No longer do i call you slaves/ servants, but friends. being a friend of God and not a slave, makes all the difference in the world, concerning ministry, concerning anything. we do not call the ministers of God by any other name than their name. for God is quite ok with naming his works down here after the men and women he uses to perform them. we know katherine kuhlmann by HER ministry, and Benny Hinn by HIS. it is not to say u own but, but it is an acceptable pronoun to outline WHO God is using, and WHAT God chooses to use them for.
have a great day, i rlly hope u see this.
Esther
Baptism
I was sprinkle Baptized as an infant Just a question about Baptism, I had been studing the New Testament and praying for a boldness in Christ, a physical healing through faith for me and a complete healing of my son Ray, who is autistic and has a badly curved spine. This morning I was in the shower praying in in tongues and then asking for understanding and I was told to be Baptized and read Mark 3:3. And he told the man with the withered hand "come forward". Part of the healing I asked for is to have the healing of my right hand. It seems as though he was talking to my problem. The odd thing is that he put a sense of urgency on my heart, but no time frame. what should I make of this? I feel the spirit has been, preparing me to be able to heal people, I am worried about the time frame. would it be necessary for a Baptism of the Holy Spirit, so that I can heal? I have read all the passages and I thought it was just and act of faith not required..
Bob
baptism & the gift of healing
hello Bob.
i dont know how long ago u posted this, but it caught my eye just now and i felt i shd say this to you:
(i) if the Lord has revealed to you to get baptised, then that is your first step in moving in the Holy spirit gift known as gift of 'healing and divine health'. God often reveals things in stages, so a fervent desire to heal others [though honest out of a clean spirit] will not be acted upon if you have not followed the building blocks for God to use u in this manner.
get a proper IMMERSION BAPTISM as u see Jesus had under John the Baptist, and as u see supported in the scriptres by all the various apostles, esp Paul and Peter.
(ii)Allow the Holy Spirit to work in HIS OWN TIME. simply tell the Lord father 'here am i' as Isaiah did [Isaiah]to show God that you are willing, available and submitted for Him to move and operate thru you HOWEVER HE CHOOSES.
(iii) Third- though God will always move in the earth thru His sons and daughters, you need to understand that it is not YOU who heals people. there is no power inherent in man, even if he is born again [i trust that you have received Jesus as lord and saviour- if you have not that is your ABSOLUTE FIRST STEP- even before baptism- receive Jesus as Lord with a simple prayer which i will add for u at the bottom of this email...]
GOD is the healer. the Holy Spirit moves in his believers thru prayerful faith in action, according to James 5:14- 16- the prayer of faith WILL heal the sick [God doesnt say maybe, he says it WILL, so we ought to pray trusting God that results will come]. James said if any are sick, they need only call on the brethen to pray for them by laying hands on them and anointing them with oil [dont make dogma out of oil, u can lay hands on anyone who needs healing without anointing oil, if u dont have it handy, God is not limited by that...]
We cant heal by ourselves, tho many do their utmost to 'fake' this gift in the Body. but we CAN call on the GOD who heals on behalf of others, and i personally have witnessed God move in sometimes shocking, sometimes gradual ways concerning the healing and complete physical and emotional restoration of others, even in my own life.
God knows no boundaries to the man or woman of FAITH. Pray boldly for others expecting God to show up and do something. Lay your hands and seek God for their healing, go forth and live out the "pressing" you are feeling in your spirit, trusting that when u ask, He will turn up and do the rest. never lose hope no matter how slowly someone receives their healing. some pple get healed over years, gradually but surely, yet others get healed in an instant, overnight, over a fortnight, or a few months sees them set free. Trust God- He is the one operating the gift, He will do as u asked in FAITH.
so continue seeking the Lord for both your son's healing, and your own. Tell Him "Father i absolutely am convinced by the accounts of Jesus healings in the word that He is alive, and He heals in this present day. i trust you to restore health and fullness to my body and my son's body, to drive out, destroy and frustrate every work of the enemy that may be operating in our health, and to show yourself faithful according to Isaiah 55:3-6- where u said that Jesus bore our every sickness in His stripes. Thank you Father, i love you, amen."
Watch and trust He not only hears, but is also delighted to answer- and you will be gratified to see Rapha [The Healer] respond to your faith.
read 1 Chorinthians 12: 1- 11
study Jesus' miracles of healings. He was wonderful!!
prayer for Salvation or spiritual restoration:
Heavenly Father i bless and thank you for the awesome gift of of Love, your son Jesus Christ. i thank you that Christ laid down His life for mine, That he took me sins upon the Cross to make a way of redemption back to you for me. i confess that i have sinned, missed the mark, and fallen short of all you originally intended for me; but TODAY LORD, I COME. boldly to the throne, i receive forgiveness for sin and eternal life. i confess JESUS right now as my Lord and Saviour, and i thank you from this moment on- I AM BORN AGAIN. AMEN!
there you go Bob, really hope it helps. ther eis simply nobody like the Lord!
God bless you and your family,
Esther
A Need For Guidance
I would like to request prayer for clear, Divine guidance.
I'm about to make a major decision in my life.Come to a crossroads, so to speak. Want to do the Lord's will.
All prayers and intercession would be deeply appreciated!
Thanks
Bro Doug
I need to know something...
This has been bothering me and I need to talk to someone about it.
I wish to say this without bios and without gossiping. My pastor and I have been disputing much over things of theology for a while. I read in my Bible..., then the pastor says something else. Now, of course that leads me to study further and harder, yet with the same conclusion as before.
At one point a very weird thing happened, I think as confirmation of what I had been feeling all along. During a sermon he was reading from Matthew 18. When he got to verse 35, he read it, and then I felt my spirit jump within me, and saw his face change (which no one else saw, :\) and then he went on explaining from the Greek how Jesus was not saying that we can lose our salvation. Now, that was the first time I had ever talked to him about it, and he continued to hold on to his knowledge.
Here lately, I have been pursuing my ministry and have been having trouble with him on this. Every time I have talked to him about something I am to do, he tries to give me something else to do or he tells me not to do it. This last time, I went in to talk to him about putting resources (studies, articles, etc.) out for the congregation, and part of this was a follow up study for whatever his sermon was about. He tried giving me something else to do, and at the end before I left I told him I would do both. This sorely bothered him. A few hours later, I emailed him, telling him what I was feeling, about some errors in his theology, and basically that he hasn't walked in faith since I've been there with some examples of each.
Now, one thing I told him was that if did not repent of this all and change, his ministry would not go anywhere. He replied saying that he felt no conviction and was pure before the Lord. Something I found out a few days ago (a few days after this email) was that people have been leaving based on his teaching as well as because of some of the churches changes. Today I came in and found out that people have come in today saying they were leaving.
These are my observations, but I believe I am led of the Spirit on this. My church has been doing everything it can to replace the Spirit with our own efforts. Our services are trying to be as smooth as possible. We play movies now, we now have a full band and the worship leader is trying to follow the band of a local mega-church, we have a different lighting setup and everything. We have done many changes within the past few months, under the direction of the pastor, the elders and the worship leader. Because of this, our numbers are decreasing.
I don't know what to do or say, I am praying and praying and I am continuing to do what God is telling me to do, however I don't know how to deal with this body of unbelieving Christians.
Please pray, and if God gives you anything to say, please say it. I need something, quick.
All I have to say is that
All I have to say is that you need to find a new church immediately. If your church tries to control its services instead of being led by the Spirit, you have to leave. If your pastor doesn't listen to what you have to say, you can only wash your hands because you've done your part by warning him. Nothing you can do can convince him otherwise, only the Holy Spirit can. All you can do is pray and fast. Ask God to reveal to him his wrongdoing and to lead him out of his ways. Show him Hebrews 6:4-6, and especially 2 Peter 2:20-21. In verse 21, it says, "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." Notice how it says to TURN from the holy commandment delivered unto them. Also, show him Mark 3:28-29, I Corinthians 10:6-12, I Timothy 3:6-7, Colossians 1:22-23, and ESPECIALLY I Timothy 1:18-19. Note that a person cannot shipwreck faith unless he first has faith! Paul just said plainly that a believer can reject faith and a good conscience (which only truly saved ones have) and become an unbeliever. Unbelievers will face God's wrath (Luke 12:46), for without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6), Hebrews 2:1-3, Hebrews 3:12-14 [Notice that this was written to "brethren," those who are part of the Body of Christ. If one of the brethren departs from the living God through a hard heart of unbelief, he will not be a partaker of Christ. Our confidence (faith) in Christ must be held fast to the end!], Hebrews 4:6 and 4:11, *Hebrews 10:26-29 [These verses say that those who deliberately keep on sinning after receiving knowledge of the truth and after being sanctified by the blood of Jesus (namely, forgiven believers) will have fearful expectation of fiery judgment because they have made themselves enemies of God], Hebrews 10:35-38, Hebrews 12:25, II Peter 3:17 (What might happen if one of the beloved believers falls from steadfastness and is led away with the error of the wicked? Might he be judged along with the wicked?), I John 2:24 [John said if Jesus' words abide (stay, remain) in us, only then do we continue in the Son and in the Father].
Remember that all of these verses were written to Christians (Acts 11:26 clarifies that a Christian is a disciple of Jesus). Notice the conditions for salvation: "if ye keep in memory," "if ye continue in the faith," and "if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end." These and many other similar warnings should cause Christians to reconsider the shaky doctrine called "eternal security."
I copied most of this from http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/losing-salvation.htm. I will keep you in prayer as well as the church. Keep praying, God can work! Also show him Romans 8:14: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." Have a blessed week.
- Jeremy -
Sometimes the Cloud Moves
Brother, you describe what happens when the Cloud moves. When the Israelites followed the Cloud in the wilderness it would camp in various places for various lengths of time. When it moved, the Israelites were to change campgrounds. The Cloud was Christ, says 1 Cor. 10:4.
I have had this happen. Slowly, or suddenly, we begin to see the error behind the scenes. What do we do with this? Do we shout "FIRE!" and try to warn and clear out the congregation? No, this would cause little ones to stumble, and we do not want to have to answer for that crime. (tares and wheat parable - God will leave tares in place to not harm the wheat growing in its midst)
You did well to approach the pastor with your concerns, but it is his fold to answer for and his authority you are under as long as you attend. I have churches in my past that the Lord used mightily, but when the Cloud moved I had to move to keep my integrity intact without defiling the congregation. I moved a thousand miles to be part of a nationwide ministry here, so when I left, it was obvious there was a disagreement. When people sought for an answer I would tell them simply, "the Cloud moved". This helped minimize opportunity for a spirit of division.
As we mature, sometimes we find we have received what that church had to offer us. The Lord needs to place us in a different place to grow us in another area. If you must leave, please do so respectful of the Lord's ability to work in the midst of the dysfunction of what you are leaving. I received my greatest blessings through the church I left, but to stay after the Cloud moved would open me up to destruction. God bless you with peace and confidence in Him as you journey on....
Blessings and Peace,
Timothy
Yea, I just don't know where
Yea, I just don't know where I would go. There is only one pentecostal church in town, an AOG, but I've been there and it'd be like going to the same church I'm at now, except they speak in tongues. I'm lost, at least the Jews saw the cloud leave and knew at least in what direction it was going.
I've been told that if I leave many would follow me, yet I've also been told that the time to leave is not now.
Are people gathering behind
Are people gathering behind you? Beware. The info on how many would follow if you leave is irrelevant to your call. You probably know all this, but I am putting it out there for the observers of the dialog. People can stoke vanity and that leads to foolishness moves on our part. Sometimes we don't know where it is going til we get there.... "Lord, give discernment to stay or leave and how in this we pray in Jesus' name, amen."
Blessings and Peace,
Timothy
I know. :\
I'm not going anywhere or doing anything right now. I'm considering coming to a complete halt, because no matter what I read in the Bible and what I feel God leading me to do, I always feel like I'm doing it all wrong. So, I'm just not doing anything.
I don't really want anyone following me or listening to me or anything, I really do wish that I could go back to when I came home and just stayed put right where I was.
I need prayer.
Welcome to the Unknown Zone
Brother, your slanty face says it all perfectly!! It is not a comfortable place you are in, but I believe you have the wisdom of God in resting and waiting for His voice. The devil likes to jump the communication line and get us moving in the wrong direction if we are not patiently waiting. My wife calls it 'the unknown zone'. You do not know even who you are or where you are in God's plan for your life, but faith says you are there and He will make it clear in due season. Sometimes waiting is the most obedient thing we can do. I have been there and tried to make things happen in ministry just to be using the talents I have been given, but God hasn't always moved with me. I am learning.... I have confidence in where you have been, where you are now, and where you are going. Will send up a prayer for you.
Blessings and Peace,
Timothy
Thanks Tim.
It helps to have someone's encouragement and to know someone else knows what's going on.
Michael, I really want to bring the Gospel to the unbelievers in my community. How would I do that when I feel like everything I do is sin? I feel as if even spreading the Gospel is wrong right now.
Two competing imperatives
Its not an easy question to answer. On the one side, God tells us to wait on Him and be dependent. On the other hand, God says be bold, go, and preach the gospel to all creation.
Sometimes the best thing we can do is just relax a bit, and TRUST that it is God who is working in us the desire and the power to do His will. Its not healthy to assume that EVERYTHING we want to do is somehow wrong. Thankfully, many times God speaks to us through the desires He gives us.
Hope that helps a bit. We are all growing in our knowledge of the Lord and His ways.
Re: Two Competing Imperatives
Michael,
It is certainly something that takes our personal walks with the Lord to determine. Moses had plenty of giftings, but needed to tend sheep a while in the 'outback'. He attempted according to the account in the NT (substantiated upon Jewish oral tradition I presume) to prematurely walk into his calling when he killed the Egyptian - then 40 years later when he was really called, he balked.
Like the owner of a fine spirited horse, I think the Lord doesn't mind if we jump the gun as we learn to follow His leading, but if we stay in that rebellious state, there will be discipline following. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. It takes a lifetime to learn to discern the voice and call of God, but He is faithful and gentle as He leads.
In my own personal walk, I feel as though I am in a wilderness time, but that does not excuse me from showing up in my day to day interactions with customers and people to do those things to witness and praise the Lord.
Blessings and Peace,
Timothy
I feel that I need to say this...
I think that this bit of testimony could benefit you guys...
I am 19, and I have an unusual relationship with the Lord. When I say unusual I mean, that He has done things in and through me that would normally take people years to do, even a lifetime for some.
I was converted in the county jail after being arrested and charged with 4 different counts of burglary. Needless to say I was off to prison, and I was only 17. For a week or so, I was on my knees crying out for the Lord every night. At the conversion point He took cursing from my lips, he took all desires for the drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes away from me and left me in a state that was very similar to the baptism of the Holy Spirit, however I received no tongues, so I don't believe it was the baptism.
Anyways for the first two months, I carried the Bible with me EVERYWHERE; reading it while I'm doing my exercises, while I'm walking, while I'm in line for meals, everywhere. I was witnessing to everyone, ministering to the other Christians and was walking in the Spirit. I say all this to say that I learned Scripture, and passages, references, etc. quickly. He did a work in me that is permanently part of me.
Not only did He teach me His Word unusually quickly, He taught me to hear His voice fairly quickly, though at first I followed it blindly and ignorantly. In that same unit within the jail, a friend of mine, who was on my case even, got into trouble with some of the other guys. I was sitting at the top of the stairs reading the Bible. In a quick instant, the t.v. got much louder in my ears, I became aware of a couple of people walking that don't usually walk and I felt a clear leading to go into my cell and read. Not ten seconds after I went in my cell a fight broke out with my friend and the Lord brought me to safety.
I have been through many of these situations and even weirder ones that I would just butcher if I tried to explain right now. However I have one more to share.
Here recently, I was setting up a game of football after a good snowfall with my little brother and some of his friends. For some reason or another I was really hyper. The Lord spoke to me through His Spirit to calm down. He did this a couple of times, and I ignored it. A little later on, we all went to pick someone up from a suburb out in the country. I was still hyped up and was driving like a fool. Again, the Lord spoke to me about calming down. He must have done that many times, because many times I would calm down, for a little while. On our way to get him we hit a patch of ice and skid a little ways, but nothing happened and we continued on, playing with a 2 ton vehicle.
After picking the friend up we got back out to the country road and I was playing with the accelerator. I pushed it to the floor and right after the car started to jump speed I hit that same patch of ice and skid for about 30 yards or so and went off road. When I was able to gain traction to stop, I looked out of my window, and I saw that I was within maybe 3 yards of a tree line. The Lord must have spoken to me a few dozen times about calming down and being responsible, and when I continued to ignore Him, He brought me face to face with reality. When it was all said and done, the only thing wrong with the car, surprisingly, was a flat tire. None of us took any damage.
It has been a month or so since this happened and needless to say, I am a much calmer and more responsible person now.
I know that I have much to learn and much to experience, but so far, I know at least two things. I know His Word, and I know His voice. They are both clearer than day. I say this, because I feel this is His desire for each of us. Though He will work at different rates and in different ways, He desires for us to know His voice long before we get to go home. He doesn't want us to guess, or to stumble around, He wants to lead us and be able to turn us on a dime.
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"
- John 10:27
I hope this helps someone..
Two Competing
Kind of like Jesus said that the path is narrow that leads to life and FEW find it..yet on the other hand Revelations says that the crowd of people in heaven (who obviously found it) is so great that no man could number it!
I have always had a problem reconciling that one.
Filling Heaven
Many kings had many children. God did not take them all. This one's innocence was accompanied by something more. It was "toward" the Lord. How does this apply to the topic of children in heaven? Or the age of accountability? I'll let the reader meditate on that, I'm just putting the Word out there for thought.
The immediate thing is that God allowed something 'bad' to happen by the taking of the child's physical life, because the danger of him being corrupted in the house of Jeroboam growing up was a risk God did not wish to take, or a temptation God did not see this child being able to handle.
Blessings and Peace,
Timothy
Who will fill up heaven?
I have a suspicion that heaven will mostly be populated with people who were aborted by their parents and by young children who did not reach the age of accountability. These ones did not have to "find" it. Amongst accountable adults, relatively few find it. Maybe 2% or something like that? Its still a shockingly low figure.
Authority in the local church
Hi Jesse,
You can't tell a pastor what ministry you should be having in the local church. Its up to that pastor to give you tasks to do. Obviously he is not comfortable with what you believe, and you are not comfortable with what he believes and is doing.
The Bible says: "How can two walk together unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3). You can share your convictions and question him but you can't insist that you have access to the people in the church to teach them what you believe.
Another thing: its not healthy to talk too much about "my ministry". We are Jesus' servants or slaves. We don't get to "own" our ministry or anything like that. He can put us to work wherever He wants to. If He doesn't promote us to a place of influence in the local church, that is His right. And He is well able to do it if He so desires.
I would suggest going to a church where you respect the pastor and his teaching a lot. Or go out and win people to the Lord outside the church. If you can do that, then you have someone you can teach as well.
Michael, I'm sorry, can you
Michael, I'm sorry, can you please pray for me and for this situation.
I feel both like David in that cave with Saul and also like Peter and James amongst the rulers after healing that man and then preaching Christ.
By the way...
I posted this here, because I believe I have the gifts of knowledge and of wisdom, as well as prophecy and teaching. I believe that there are other gifts that I will be given as my ministry unfolds, however many forces are at work to slow me down and keep me from using them, including members of my own church.
My child in Heaven visits
This is the first time I am writing this on the net. I am struggling spiritually, and I know that offering testimony for what the Lord has done in the past helps us move forward.
I was sleeping at a retreat about 5 years ago in Florida.
I was there to go through a program for people healing from post abortion hurts. I came by instruction of the director, so that I could, in the future talk to the women about my healing, many years ago, from an abortion through rape when I was a teen.
I had been healed of so much of the issues. My child I thought was a boy and I named him Joshua Kolbe(first and middle names.) years before.
I had lit birthday candles for him and done prayers over the years as well as post abortion healing when I was in my twenties.
I did not expect to receive from God at this retreat, but in faith I was there to give to Him. To go through the retreat again, so I could speak in the future and offer comfort to women and men hurting, as God's grace had brought me so far. I was at peace with that issue.
Well, in my room, asleep after prayers and adoration, I was awakened in the night. I didn't get up but became aware that I was conscious while lying on my little bed in the tiny, one person room.
I saw what looked like an angel come toward me. It was the most beautiful face and it came within inches of my eyes.
I could see something behind it and realized that behind the face were angels in four corners, but the face was not that of an angel, but of an infant baby. It was a boy, with blonde curls and the most beautiful eyes!
I felt the radar in my mind and spirit really, really wake up. I knew there was something for me to pay attention to.
Then the child proceeded to give me a message, for what seemed like a long time. He did this with his eyes as they moved messages into my heart without speaking.
I heard every word loud and clear it seemed and there was this washing in my heart of such joy and awe. I was just amazed as I lay there motionless on my bed, while this child showed me his joy and happiness.
I was aware of a sense that this boy was allowed and meant to come to me, to share his message for me, that he was in more happiness and bliss than a person would ever experience here on earth.
I was trying to comprehend all this at once, but it was not any thing earthly and I knew that as it was happening.
At one point, after Joshua's initial entrance, he took me up somewhere, that I was shown by a feeling. It was as if it was 'where he lives'. It was as if it was the outside layer of the world he lives in(Heaven). It was ecstatically peaceful in my soul to the point I could hardly take it.
It was overwhelming and soothing at the same time.
He kept saying, I have none of what you undestand there.
I am in constant joy and bliss, he would communicate to me.
I felt so priviledge and in awe of this happening to me.
As I awoke, finally in the dark, I shot right up and spoke out loud, to try to find my bearings. I said "God, was that my son??!!"(of course much more humbly than with an exclamation, as I had just been somewhere that was not natural in any way, but heavenly)
I then saw in the corner of the room, as far as the eye or my spirit could see, GIANT ANGELS floating above. It was known to me they were huge and very powerful and they went on infinity.
I could hardly move or speak, and at the same time I was not restrained by what the natural man is restrained by.
I slowly came back to 'earth' in my mind and spirit.
For three days I could not speak. I told no one for weeks about it as I could not describe it in any way that did it justice. I was overwhelmed that God sent this messenger to me.
When I asked God "why me?" I heard a voice say, "Do not question God" and I remembered something in the Bible about not questioning God, and Job's story.
I wanted to tell God that someone else struggling in this area would need that vision more than me. I was healed already.
When I came to give to God, in faith- He gave me something I could never, ever have hoped for. I couldn't even have imagined it, ever. I keep it in my heart and one day hope to write it in a story prayfully, that it will help moms and dads find comfort about their own child gone on to heaven.
I pray you are blessed with encouragement,
K
My child in heaven visits
What a glorious, beautiful testimony! Our big god has ways that are beyond our finding out.
What a marvelous gift he has given you! This blessed me so much, as I have read many, many stories about aborted children and their new place in our Fathers bosom.
Thank-you for sharing this! And I think this is the kind of testimony that you need to share whenever the Lord gives you occasion!
The Overflow of the Holy Spirit.
What a glorious thing it is to be in an intimate relationship with the creator of heaven and earth. I have personally been going through a rough period at home with my relationship with my wife. You see i have been baptized in the Holy Spirit and have through a process of waiting to hear from the Lord left the church that we were both attending, a fundamentalist baptist church.
This has not been easy but I know that I heard from God in this matter and she is thinking that I am not being rasonable about this new thing that is going on in my spiritual walk with the Savior. I have told her that the Lord has spoken and that I must follow God rather than man. She is not a believer in the Baptism in the holy Spirit and does not believe in the initial sign of tongues. I have tried to show her by coninuing to love her and tell her as much that I am the same husband just made better by the love of God in me and a desire to pursue holiness in my walk.
This brings me to the point of this post. Since I've been baptized in the Spirit I desire to be used of Him and to glorify His name. This past week I had been praying fervently for the Lord to use me as he pleased. I was up rather late well past midnight and when I was done i went to bed and had a dream about a woman with blond hair that was a Christian. In my dream I asked her to come in from the cold and get warm. she asked me who I was and I told her that I am sent to help her.
She agreed and then I woke up. I thought that this was strange but went back to sleep without giving it another thought.
The next evening I was feeling especially oppressed by the enemy and was really crying out to the Lord for wisdom in handling my family situationas well as seeking the Lord's will for my life. I remember being filled with the spirit and speaking in tongues. I was so filled and overjoyed that I fumble at trying to find the proper words to explain. In my prayers I asked the Lord to allow his Spirit to overflow from me and bless others. Once again I was up past midnight pouring my self out to Him. i went to bed and then had another dream with this same blond haired lady. This time it was a little easier to make out some features on her. I determined that she was young looking but not really a youing woman. I asked her why she was outside and told her she needed to get inside where it was safe and warm. She told me that she could not come in because she needed to gather her vessels. I questioned her as to what vessels she spoke of. She told me that these were precious vessels and that she needed to gather them up before she could go in but she needed help. I told her I would help her get them and we walked along side of a building and found a vessel. We walked around the back of the building and found another one. We made it to the other side of the building and saw a trash bin with a vessel just outside of it. Each of these vessels were made of ceramic, very beautiful. She told me that we are still missing a vessel and looked all around. She said we need to find that vessel because it is very precious to her. I looked inside the trash bin and there was a vessel made of clay, with many cracks and dings in it. i stared at this vessel and regarded it as beautiful in a raw sense of the word. She was overjoyed when w=she saw this vessel and thanked me for helping her find it. I told her to come inside now and then I woke up from my dream. once again I was somewhat confused about the implications of this dream as I had dreamed about the same blonde haired woman on consecutive nights.
The very next morning I woke up and sensed the Lord asking me to fast and pray for Him. I obeyed His voice and proceeded to get ready for work. I was very quiet before the Lord and had felt a certain expectancy for something that I could not quite explain. A couple of hours into the day I felt the Lord impress upon me that I was to lay hands on a couple of people. Their names were not revealed to me and so I just purposed in my heart to obey Him completely. As I was traveling on the road the Lord gave me the names I was waiting for.
One of the names was of the mother of someone that had been praying for me to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. I went to her house and found that she was a little busy. I was a little confused because I thought I had clearly heard from the Lord on this. I told her that perhaps I could come by some other time. She had her husband tell me that I should not leave because the Lord told her that i need to pray for her. Well that just confirmed to me that I had indeed heard from the Lord. I laid hands on her and the glory of the Lord filled that place. Tongues flowed forth and she started to shake and quiver. The Lord led me to touch her back and pray for her lungs and some back pain. What an awsome experience. As I was praying for her someone walked in that I did not see because my eyes were closed. I continued to pray and after about 15 minutes or so stopped and opened my eyes. To my amazement it was a blond haired lady just like in my dreams.
We went into the living room as the lady I was praying for needed to take care of something. We shared some small talk and then just got right to it. I asked her if she would not mind me sharing a couple of dreams I had. She agreed and I relayed to her the events of the past couple of nights. After I was done, she looked at me and told me that she had four children (four vessels?) and that her oldest son from an illicit relationship from her youth before she knew the Lord had struggled with his life for years. She told me that in his youth he had gone to church and made a profession of faith but that got away from the Lord and started using drugs, drinking and commiting crime. He spent some time in jail and had a son from an illicit relationship as well. Funny how these patterns seem to repeat themselves in ones children, but I digress. She told me that he has started to get his act together and has found a steady job but was still not following after the Lord. He was fractured in spirit and angry at God. I knew that the dream was for this woman. I asked her if we could pray for her son. we did and she was really blessed by this.
After this time I got back in my car and headed back to the office. It was on the way back that the Lord gave me another name and put the word Holiness in my mind. The name was one of my co-workers. When I got back to the office it was the end of the day and I spoke to him about what the Lord told me. He said to me that he indeed was struggling with the matter of holiness and really needed prayer and a touch from God. When went into a prayer closet that is set up in our facility and poured out prayers on his behalf as I layed hands on him. The Spirit of the Lord moved in a powerful way and once again the Spiritual language came forth from my lips. What a blessing. This young man was overcome with emotion as the Lord shot straight to his heart and
he worshipped the Lord greatly. When we finished he thanked the Lord for having me pray for him and he left greatly encouraged.
Later that day after attending a church service I was suddenly overcome with a great exhaustion such as I had never felt experienced before. I had asked for an overflow and the Lord granted it. Blessed be the name of the Lord, his Son Jesus and his blessed Holy Spirit.
Walk in Wisdom Toward Them That are without Redeming the Time. (Col. 4:5)
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Re: the Holy Spirit
Dear Cesar,
Its wonderful how you are seeking God and God is working with you in the ministry of reconciliation and leading you by His Spirit with various gifts. Keep going! Hope you will keep posting your experiences here!
Michael