Encourage One Another...

June 20

Identified By Miracles


And as you go, preach, saying, "The Kingdom of heaven is at hand." Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. (Matthew 10:7-8)

The Kingdom of God is identified by miracles.

When I was in Brazzaville, the capital of the West African country of Congo, God gave me a "word of knowledge" for a couple otherwise unknown to me, somewhere among the tens of thousands present in the service. The wife had been in a coma for three days, and had been carried into the meeting by her husband. By faith and obedience to God's prompting, I told the vast audience what the Spirit of the Lord had made known to me. As I spoke, the unconscious woman - though not hearing - came out of her coma and was healed. Mind over matter? Impossible! The patient knew nothing of what was going on until she revived.

"And these signs will follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

Another lady present needed urgent surgery. Her unborn baby had died in her womb, and the hospital had arranged for the baby to be removed the next day. When prayer was offered for all the needy ones in the service, the baby in her womb leaped. She rushed forward to the platform tearfully to testify - and just in time too - because straight afterward, she went into labor! She later gave birth to a bouncing baby boy.

"And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give."

These were not the only wonders that happened. They left me unable to sleep for excitement and joy. Most important of all, for six days the Holy Spirit swept through the crowd like a heavenly dam-burst, carrying one hundred thousand precious Congolese on a wave of blessing into the Kingdom of God! That joy is yours today!

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Oliver Pengilley - Animals and Wildlife

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She smiled at a sorrowful stranger.
The smile seemed to make him feel better.
He remembered past kindness of a friend and wrote him a thank-you letter.
The friend was so pleased with the thank-you letter that he left a large tip after lunch.
The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip, bet the whole thing on a hunch.
The next day she picked up her winnings and gave part to a man on the street.
The man on the street was grateful; for two days he’d had nothing to eat.
After he finished his dinner, he left for his small dingy room.
(He didn’t know at the moment that he might be facing his doom.)
On the way he picked up a shivering puppy and took him home to get warm.
The puppy was very grateful to be out of the storm.
That night the house caught fire.
The puppy barked the alarm.
He barked ‘til he woke the whole household and saved everybody from harm.
One of the boys that he rescued grew up to be a President.
All this because of a simple smile that hadn’t cost a cent.
- Barbara Hauck, age 13 -

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Curry Blake quote: It is not faith to say, "God is going to heal me", it is unbelief. Faith speaks the end result at the beginning of the situation while everything still looks the same. Unbelievers say what they see and feel. Believers must believe and therefore speak what is yet unseen.

Thank you Lord. You have healed us, delivered us, and set us free. I choose to stand on Your word and Your promises, and to speak what is not as if it were. Thank you Lord, for counting us worthy to be Your heirs and to sit beside you as friends. You are the Almighty God, and we worship only You. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Excerpts from the sermon.

Here, the following are explained:
- the one reason why Christians fall sick
- the difference between "unworthy" and "unworthily"
- why the Matzah bread is burnt, has holes and has stripes

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“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 16:24-25 NKJV)

"We shall never get anywhere if we depend upon our feelings. There is something a thousand times better than feelings. It is the naked Word of God" Smith Wigglesworth

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Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up!! Galatians 6:9

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