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Friday, 8 September 2017

Patty Williams: 'I Feel a Miracle'

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Patty Williams: 'I Feel a Miracle'
Dr. Patty Williams loves her job as a small town physician in Lakeview, Arkansas. But several years ago, she was diagnosed with lupus, and her ability to meet the physical demands of her job became an issue.
“It affected every bit of my life, because it hurt when I hit the floor," Patty says. "You begin to rub cartilage on cartilage, and the swelling in the whole area makes it get inflamed, hot, and red. It hurts.”
Patty’s lupus particularly affected a knuckle in her left hand. She received medical treatment, but nothing helped. As a Christian, she knew God was in control, but as a doctor, Patty knew the prognosis.
“It can go into remission, but it doesn’t ever go away.”
She worked through the on-again, off-again pain for years, but one day, Pastor Ron Childress accompanied his wife to see Patty for a routine appointment.
“When I walked in that room that day, I had been praying,” Ron says.
Patty adds, “My thumb was numb and tingly. For some reason it was just worse than it ever had been.”
“I just said, 'Sister, do you mind if I pray for your hand?' I feel a miracle," Ron says.
“He come over and he just grabbed ahold of my hand," Patty says.
Ron recalls, “I commanded in Jesus name for that sickness to leave. I didn’t know that she had lupus for 21, 22 years. The swelling in the hand just instantly went down. I mean, miracle right there.”
“A very warm feeling came over it," Patty says. "It was numb and the feeling came back into it, but this warm feeling just came all over me. I knew it was God. I knew what had happened. I just couldn’t believe it, because it wasn’t swollen and red. I went out of the room and went into my staff and said, ‘Look.’”
Patty’s hand and her entire body were completely healed of lupus. In the three years since her miracle, she’s had no return of any symptoms. Today, when she’s not treating patients at her clinic, Patty’s behind the piano at true connections church something that the lupus had forced her to give up years ago.
“By the grace of God, I’m here. I know who He is. I know where He is, and I know what He does for me.”
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Healed of Lupus!

September 08, 2017 0
Healed of Lupus!

Tumor Disappears. No Cancer found! Doctor documented.

Amazin’ Testimony from a believer for only 18 months….look what God will do!
Theresa was so happy and rocked by what God did she came to the healing class to tell about it.
Dear John
A few months ago my friend Theresa, who is not a Christian who I have been trying to get to church, informed me that her doctor had found a cyst/mass (the size of a baseball-billiard ball) attached to her ovary and bladder.  They didn’t know if it was attached to her colon as well but would find out when they went in surgically.  She also saw one of San Diego’s best oncologists because they didn’t know if it was cancerous or not as well.  He was to be with her other surgeon during the surgery. The surgery could have devastating effects depending on how much was attached to the bladder or attached to the colon. She was told she might have to have a bag surgically attached to her bladder. She is a single mom to a beautiful 14 year old daughter.  Well, a month ago I had tried to get her to come to Selah and the healing class at church but both times she wasn’t able to come for one reason or another.  I had emailed John Pacillio who leads the healing class,  He told me to go ahead and pray for her myself…that she didn’t have to come to the healing class.  So, i asked her if I could come over and pray for her.  She said yes…her exact words were…”Yes, I am willing to do anything at this point to get help.”  I prayed how John has been teaching…casting out the enemy (with fierceness), telling it to leave her body now, spirit of affliction was not allowed to stay in her in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.  I then asked God to go into the areas where the enemy had fled from and fill her with all of his healing.  I told her to believe that it was done.  Over this past month I would ask how she was doing.  She was still tired and not feeling too good.  I just kept thanking God for healing and hoping when she went in for surgery it would be gone.
Well, today she was scheduled for surgery.  This morning I texted her daughter and got great news.  However, I just got a phone call from Theresa tonight that was even more exciting to me.  She was already home after 1 day… (she was scheduled to be in the hospital for 4 days).  I was surprised!  She said she was calling to tell me what had happened this morning.  What was supposed to be a 5 hour surgery turned into a 45 minute surgery.  When the doctor opened her up…the mass/cyst was gone!!!  That’s right!!…Gone!!!  The doctor went ahead and removed her ovaries (she already had an emergency hysterectomy 2 years ago) and cleaned up some scar tissue that was inside and that was it.  The doctor told her he couldn’t explain how it was gone (He said her body may have absorbed it).  Hello, its called a miracle doc (they really need a box you check that says “Miracle” on the paperwork the doc has to submit..lol). She then proceeded to thank me for what I did and said it was “an amazing miracle.”  i told her it wasn’t me…it was God.  She just kept thanking me for the prayer and everything.  I was crying…so thankful God answered our prayers.  So,I just wanted to share with all of you the power of prayer and that God still does miracles today like he did back in biblical times.  He is awesome!!!  I also wanted to thank all of you who prayed for her as well. And, to John for your classes and giving me the push I needed to pray for her myself.  God does hear us!!!
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Healed Of Lupus! (Guest Post)…

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Healed Of Lupus! (Guest Post)…
Gabrielle Pearce is one of my friends and fellow classmates at Temple University.  Knowing how much sharing my mom’s story of healing from CFS encouraged people a few years back, I jumped at the chance to have Gabrielle write out a much-abridged version of her story of being healed of lupus.  Be rocked!

Gabrielle’s Story

The disease hit me completely out of left field in 2010.
After many tests and possibilities eliminated, the diagnosis finally came: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).  Lupus is an incurable autoimmune disease, where your immune system starts to attack your own body (soft tissues and muscles, mostly).  They caught it early, which kept long-term organ damage at a minimum, but the inflammations that it gave caused me more pain than I had ever experienced before in my life (and that’s saying something).  It left me extremely weak and sore, to the point where, some days, I couldn’t even pick up a bowl to make myself cereal.  It also inflamed my skin to the point where wearing certain types of clothing could cause intense pain.  I also had the common lupus rash on my face, and hair loss and bruising.
It was the summer of 2013, almost four years after I had been diagnosed (and, in that time, done a Be Your Own Beautiful photoshoot that you can see here), that I began to realize and accept that Jesus is in the business of healing, and that my healing was about to come. On the morning of July 19th, God informed me that my healing from lupus would come that night. I already had plans to go that evening with a friend of mine, Katie, to a Christian service – God’s perfect timing began to make sense.
As the speaker’s message came to a close that evening, they announced that they were going to go into prayer. The prayer turned into prophesying over people in the room, and I was the first person that they came to prophesy over. I, of course, thought: “This is it! This is my moment of healing!”
Stages of lupus healing
Showing, from left to right, stages in  Gabrielle’s 4-year lupus journey.
Though amazing words of prophecy were spoken over me, none were about healing. The speakers moved on to others, and I was left a bit confused. As the speakers continued praying for others, God instructed me to go and sit in the middle of the aisle. My flesh tried to rebel, but I did as I was instructed.
Shortly after, much to my dismay, the time of prayer ended and people were dismissed for the night – as I was still sitting in the middle of the floor as instructed by God.  As time went by, I became ever more distracted, because I really had to go to the bathroom. I asked God for permission, and upon being told I could get up, I went to the bathroom.  I then headed back out to the main room and God directed me to just remain standing and worship Him. So, in the middle of a chatty room, I did just that. I was so concentrated on Jesus that I was a bit startled when Katie came up to me with a pastor and told me that the pastor felt led to pray for me.
The pastor didn’t even get five words out before the Spirit took me under. Laying there on the ground, I had no control over my body – just my mind. I was simultaneously out-of-body and so hyper-aware of my body that I could feel the Holy Spirit’s presence heavily on me. I began to smell something cool and slightly sweet – like the ideal temperature for your lungs to breathe in, with just the right amount of scent. God informed me that it was the smell of His presence. As I was breathing in this smell, this sensation, I could feel the scent of God’s spirit filling up my lungs. I could physically feel my lungs begin to cool, and it felt as if they were being cleansed – as if all the impurities were being pushed out. As I meditated on this sensation, it began to spread out from my lungs and into my torso. Slowly but steadily, I could feel it spreading into my arms and legs, my fingers and toes. The disease was fleeing every cell of my body.
God spoke to me a few minutes later: “Just look at my Presence”. My eyes opened, fixated on the ceiling right above me, and I physically saw the Holy Spirit, just as I had physically felt and smelled Him. It looked like a mirage of heat rising from pavement on a hot summer’s day. This image was the exact length and width of my body. After several minutes, the Holy Spirit began to dissipate – both the smell and sight of Him – and I could feel myself coming back around.
Katie helped me to sit up, and as I did, breadcrumbs started to fall off of the front of my shoulders and out of my hair. Katie and I questioned what these were, and we received the answer at the same time, “It’s manna from Heaven!”  Katie’s next question was if I was supposed to eat it, and God immediately responded with “no”.  Several other people asked me the same thing later, and God continued to say “no.”
So when I got home later that night, I left it by my bed in a little plastic container.  No sooner did I start to relax into bed with worship music than God instructed me to eat the manna, giving me the word: “the manna is the exact amount of Heaven needed to complete your healing”.  I understood that this was to be done alone with God; between me and my Jesus – the only one who was with me through every single moment of my suffering with lupus.
So I ate the manna.  And I found that for the next several days, because I was ill every time I went to the bathroom, that the impurities and the disease of the lupus were gradually draining out of my body.  Interestingly enough, I was healed from the disease – it was stripped clean out of my body – but I wasn’t healed from the effects of it. It took several more months for my body to gain back the strength and muscle mass it had lost from years of illness.
Now though, well over a year later, I am lupus free! I have no disease, no symptoms, and my blood work is coming back cleaner and cleaner from any and all marks of lupus every time I get it done. Praise Jesus!
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Monday, 21 August 2017

The Power of Faith

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How important is faith? It takes faith to even believe in Christ; it takes faith to believe that what God says is always right and true; and it takes faith to trust and walk in that each and every day. However, if you’re faith doesn’t continue to grow in your relationship with Christ, you won’t have the faith to see God’s Kingdom come not only in your life, but in the lives of those around you.
Whatever faith you have inside of you will determine the outcome of the faith level you’ll have for God at work around you. If you don’t have faith for God to move, there’s a good chance you won’t be looking for anything to take place.
Do you realize that the message of your life; what you spend your time, money and energy on will scream how much faith [belief] you have put in Christ?
When we read all through the Gospels we see how Jesus loved and always responded to anyone that had faith. He loved it. He loved it when those placed their full trust in Him. (Matthew 8:5-13; Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 5:21-24; Luke 19:1-10).
Also, what’s so amazing is that Jesus said you don’t even need a lot of faith. Jesus in fact said that just a little amount can move mountains. In other words just a little faith can do amazing things in your life and in the lives of those around you. (Matthew 17:20; 1 Corinthians 13:2).
Jesus said our faith could be compared to a mustard seed. What’s interesting is that a mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. But it also is a seed. A seed is worth more when it continues to grow. You water and feed the seed of your faith by giving it nourishment. We get nourishment by reading Gods Word; worshipping; praying. All those things feed the seed of faith in your life. (Matthew 17:20).
Hebrews 4:16speaks that we should have confidence; which actually means faith—to approach God’s throne of grace. Saying you believe is one thing.. Walking that out, day in & day out is another… Lets break it down…what faith is and why faith is so important.
Why Faith is Important
Without faith it’s impossible to please God because anyone who comes to Him must believe that he exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)
Jesus is the object of our faith, reliance and hope.
  • John 14:6
Where does our faith come from?
  • Romans 10:17
Q: If the Bible says our faith comes from God; what does that say about us when we place faith in other things?
Faith is a gift, and gifts are imparted.
  • Ephesians 2:8
Since faith is a gift; just like all the other gifts - that means you cannot earn it. It’s a gift. It’s given to you; all you have to do is ask, and after you ask believe that it’s yours. It’s now time to walk in it.
We can also ask God for more faith.
  • Luke 17:5
Believing what God says to us is true; even if we don’t see it happen right away.
  • Look at the lives of those that lived lives marked by faith in Hebrews 11.
The interesting theme in Hebrews 11 is found in the great stories of the amazing people that have gone before us is that these people believed in what God spoke to them, even though some didn’t see things come to pass in their lifetime. I’m sure they were disappointed or confused at times not seeing things come as they had thought; yet they had confidence in their God.
Q: When you don’t see things happen for you when you think they should, what response do you usually have? Do you still continue to go forward or do you start to question God?
Faith is a Verb
Being full of faith is one thing; However, It’s not just about saying you believe—its actually doing something to show how much you believe.
Most people don’t share Christ with others or step out to pray for them because they’re afraid to be embarrassed, afraid to be rejected. However if you want to see God move in the lives of the people around you; taking risks is a part of stepping out.
It’s important to remember; “What if no one shared Christ with you?” 
  • ReadJames 1:22; 2:14; and 2:21-22; and see how faith and deeds work together.
Faith is spelled R.I.S.K. (John Wimber)
Having a strong faith in what Christ has done for you should be enough to compel you to share God with others. If you don’t share your faith in Christ, something isn’t right.
Think about the things you talk about. You usually talk about things that are most important to you. Who a person is eventually makes its way out of their mouth. You talk about what you truly believe in. If you’re relationship with God is so important to you, and you understand that Christ himself has rescued you from hell, then of course you would want others around you to not only be saved, but to also experience and know Him as well.
Don’t think about the risk so much as the great opportunity you have too be a bridge for others to experience God almighty. Don’t think so much about what could go wrong; instead ask God to fill you with faith to share.
Don’t be one that wishes they had stepped out more.
Theodore Roosevelt 
“It’s not the critic who counts; or the man who points how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena --who at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievements, and who at the worst, if he fails at least while daring greatly. His place will never be with those cold, timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Q. How important do you think it is that we share our faith with others.
Jesus said: Matthew 10:32-33
Application:
  • The Apostles said: 1 Peter 3:15
Application:
  • ReadActs 1:8 and write how you think this passage talks about how we share our faith.
Application:
Q. In what ways do we share our faith with others?
  • The only Bible many people around you will read will be YOUR life.
  • Your life story is the most powerful message you carry. What God has and is doing in your life.
  • Matthew 5:16
Application:
  • Serving others: Matthew 25:34-40
  • Forgiving others: Matthew 5:23-24; Luke 17:3-4
  • Loving your enemies: Matthew 5:44
  • Bearing the fruits of the Spirit: Galatians 5:22
How to Share Your Faith with Others
  1. First, explain God’s purpose & peace (Romans 5:1; John 3:16; John 10:10).
  1. Most people choose to be separate from God. They don’t have the peace & abundant life God’s planned for them. God created us in His own image to have abundant life, but He also gave us a free will- with freedom of choice. (Romans 3:23; 6:23).
  1. That means our attempts (good works, religion, philosophy, and morality) to reach God fail (Isaiah 59:2).
  1. The bridge to God is the cross (1 Tim. 2:5; 1 Peter 3:18; Romans 5:8).
  1. Therefore, God has provided the only way. However each person still must make the decision themselves if they desire to receive Christ. Its each persons own individual responsibility as to whether or not the will say yes to Christ.
  1. We must trust Christ ourselves as our Lord and Savior and receive Him by personal invitation (Revelation 3:20; John 1:12; Romans 10:9).
  1. Remember to talk with the person on a personal level. Again your story and what God has done in your life is very powerful. Also, it’s not about how ‘together’ you are now; it’s about how you know that in spite of your weakness’ you have met the One that can make all things new!
Personal Reflection
When was it that you first found faith in God?
What was your experience like? Was it a physical reaction when you first felt like you experienced or saw God for the first time? What did it feel like to you?
What was it that made you first believe?
Do you feel like your faith is often challenged?
If so, what emotions do you go through? Do you feel guilty for questioning what you believe?
What is the best way you have found to fight unbelief?
When you feel a lot of faith, why is that? Is it something you did, or something you prayed or did you just feel at times that you have a lot of faith for God to show up?
What did that feel like personally to you?
If faith is walked out means risk taking is a normal part of the Christian life do you find that you’re a person that loves to take risks in life? Why or why not?
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The Nature And Power Of Faith For Your Exploit

August 21, 2017 0
I hope you have read the first post on FAITH? If not, you need to read it for a better understanding of faith.
Faith gives substances to things you are hoping for; it is what forces things to happen. So faith is a helper, i.e. it helps you out of impossible situations. There is nothing impossible man of faith. Faith makes you an elder, your age notwithstanding.
DEGREES OF FAITH FOR EXPLOIT LITTLE FAITH:
The first level of faith is what is called little faith. Little faith is as a result of little insight. The level of insight is correspondence to the level of faith we have. Little faith is a shaky faith. Mathew 8:26.
GREAT FAITH: the second level of faith is called great faith and is born out of great insight. Mathew 8:10.
SUPERNATURAL FAITH: The next level of faith is supernatural faith and is as a result of supernatural insight. Mark 11:22. So faith, therefore, is a function of insight. The level of insight you have will determine the kind of faith you will operate in.
SOURCE OF FAITH
Faith has only one source because it has only one source, our level of that source is what determines the level of faith we operate. Romans 10:17. So the source of faith is the word of GOD. Faith is a spiritual force that comes from a spiritual source, that spiritual source is the Bible.
Also, faith comes by reading other anointed books or listening to anointed messages by anointed men of GOD. Exploits, therefore, is a proof of linkage with GOD, taking action based on what you hear. Mark 5:27-28. Faith, therefore, is a vital link between GOD and Man. Faith always comes from the word of GOD and the word of GOD is ever a reliance, dependable and ever productive.
Faith in the word connects us to the power that clears all obstacles on our way. So we anchor our faith in the word of GOD as Abraham did. Romans 4 verses 18-21. Abraham was ruled by the word, he operated by the word and the word prevailed for him. The word of GOD always prevails over every circumstance of our life.
HOW TO GENERATE FAITH
According to Romans 10 verses 14, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of GOD. Firstly, we have to hear the word of GOD and when you hear GOD, you can’t doubt HIM.
Secondly, we have to go for insight for insight provokes faith. John 20 verses 24-29. We should depend on the revelation not physical seeing but revelation. II Corinthians 4 verses 4; Psalm 119 verses 18. Every truth you see, you believe it and everything you believe, you become. Ephesians 1: 18-19. Until you are able to see, GOD is not committed. And when faith is at work, the power of GOD is connected that makes things work. Put it this way, “Faith in action, GOD in motion”.
HOW TO ACTIVATE OR RELEASE FAITH FOR EXPLOIT
According to Mark 11 verses 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says”. That is to say, faith is rooted in the power of speech because our speech will determine our peak.
Faith has no respect for mountains as every mountain tremble at the appearance of faith. Until you verbalize it, you cannot give your faith opportunity to appear. Mathew 17: 19-20.
Faith is a talker not a talkative. Romans 10:10. Believing on the inside and speaking forth on the outside is what gives the ability to faith to work. When the heart and the mouth combine, this equals to a creative force in man. Romans 10:6-8.
To be able to activate faith for exploit, our speech is important because it is what we say that gives the command for our faith. It is what we say that we become. Genesis 1:3-26, If GOD said it before it came to pass, then we must loudly say it if we expect it to come to pass. Ezekiel 37:1-10.
BOASTERS OF FAITH FOR EXPLOIT HOLY SPIRIT
Holy Spirit is our primary help in the school of faith. The HOLY SPIRIT is our access to the deep things of GOD. John 14:16; John 16: 13-14. The level of insight we have determines the level of faith we operate.
ANOINTED MESSAGES OF GOD: Also faith is generated when we listen to anointed messages from anointed men of GOD.
THE LOVE FACTOR: Love is the foundation for fruitful Christianity. Without love, faith cannot operate, meaning that without love, faith is useless. 1 Corinthians 13:13.
NO ALTERNATIVE: The greatest enemy of faith is human alternatives. Psalm 62:5 “My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him”. The essence of faith is to terminate the frustration of a man. Psalms 1:1-3. We can’t be keeping alternatives and expect to walk in faith.
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