This Should Be Interesting!

[hhodgson]

I received a monthly ministry letter from one of our favorite Word of Faith teachers recently and would like to share some of what he shared in his letter along with some of my thoughts. Perhaps you have received this letter also.

Can storms hear? We know Jesus spoke to the wind and said to the water, "peace, be still!" and they obeyed Him.

"But, brother, that was Jesus."

I know. That's what His disciples also said. Let's look at it.

Mark 4:35-41 says:​

35 And the same day, when the evening was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves heat into
the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:
and they wake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou
not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,
Peace, he still.. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye
have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another; What
manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

In V40, Why did Jesus say, "How is it that you have no faith?" (John Gill's Expository says the disciples had some faith, but they didn't exercise what they had.") The reason Jesus said that, was for them to use their authority on the storm AND it was also meant for us, the Body of Christ to take its place of authority in Christ's Name on similar and other situations, for us today in whatever we may face.

The disciples missed it when Jesus said in V35, "Let us pass over to the other side." When the storm came, they feared exceedingly. It is apparent that Jesus in V40 was expecting them to use their authority over the storm as they went to the other side.. Sounds like the ship was full of water, probably lightening and thundering. The waves was beating on the side of the ship, and the ship had to be rocking back and forth, and he was at the end of the ship asleep on a pillow? He must have been super tired. Regardless, the Word says He was asleep.

Another thing...Is it possible that Jesus knew of the storm before he fell asleep? God could have revealed it to him beforehand and this may have been a set up for His disciples to see if they would rebuke the storm. (Just thinking).

Jesus said in (Mark 11:23) "whosoever" shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed." The author said in his letter that the big thing in this passage is the word "whosoever" and I agree wholeheartedly but I would like to add the word
"whosoever" believes. I don't think God would mind in this post.

What about the Body of Christ today doing this in a similar situation? Do we have the same authority if a situation that "calls for it" such as a tornado approaching our home? Especially in these last days? Most definitely, at least, that's how I see it. These types of storms are on the increase across our nation, along with flooding in several areas, and also the fires in other areas in our country.

The author states we are to start speaking to it, NOW! Go outside, if you can and "shout". Don't just talk about it. Say, "I declare the BLESSING of the Lord, the Shield of Grace all around me, my family, my property, and all that God gave me.

"Oh Yeah, (Someone may say) I know what you're saying, but I am not "good" enough to even qualify to do that." (The only qualifications are, is to have the God kind of faith, which WoF believes, and to "only believe". To go with this qualification is (Gal. 4:6) "Faith works by Love." We know that without love, our faith won't work.

These powerful storms will continue to come upon us, just look around! Satan knows his time is short, so we should be continually renewing our minds with His Word and act on it in unfeigned faith. (Sincere, genuine and real) Reading of His Word and getting alone with God occasionally won't cut it. (Psa.1:2, Joshua 1:8) is to "meditate on the Word, day and night."

Now, don't go out with arrogance and "try" your faith against and approaching tornado or you may be heading for a wild ride and may end up in the next county.

It is our time to rise in unfeigned faith as soldiers in the army of the Lord and BE who we really are...The CHURCH TRIUMPHANT.

To answer those who may say that God is behind these devastating storms and other disasters because He is judging America. "That's nonsense." Jesus took God's full wrath and all judgement that we deserved, as He was nailed to the Cross which brought to completion with His resurrection. These devastating storms that we are seeing today are stealing hope, killing people and destroying property. Hmm! Where have we heard that? (John 10:10) "The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy." I am come that they might have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." Satan is the destroyer, not God.

I keep hearing in my inner man, (spirit) "If my people would stand and "only believe." It is time for us, trusting God and start resting in His Word. Trusting is the finished work of God.

Just a little over a year ago, Ohio and other neighboring states experienced a "strange" storm that saw sustained winds up to 85 miles/hr that lasted close to an hour. Many trees, roofs, telephone poles, etc. were heavily damaged.
In one nearby village, several dozen utility poles completely went down and they were all lined up in a roll. In our area, this was one of the strongest wind storms we have encountered in memory.

I went out and faced the storm in Christ's Name and commanded it to stop...and it kept right on going. Why didn't it work? The answer is easy, I didn't have unfeigned faith. I was genuine and sincere in what authority that God has given me, but there was fear and unbelief present. Will I do it again? Absolutely! (Just a add-on...) It's not whether it worked this time or not. (First time) or a hundred times...We are at the time, that we need to step out of the boat ...We are being prepared for such a time.

Any other miracles that Jesus and the disciples have done in their time, I believe is also meant for us today, with even greater works when using His Word with unfeigned faith. (That ought to raise a few eyebrows). And not to sound arrogant myself, the Word does say it, I believe it, and for me that settles it." Remember (John 14:12)?


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[Scottmcc1]

Great post Hhogson,

These verses are causing me to meditate and act on these same lines.

Isaiah 51:6
I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.

Romans 8:20,21
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

As far as the disciples not having faith: They had knowledge for sure. But their fear contaminated their faith. They were operating in what I call default mode instead of walking by faith. Default mode is living life from a natural perspective.

 

[Gospel Guy]

don't go out with arrogance and "try" your faith against and approaching tornado or you may be heading for a wild ride and may end up in the next county

Done it numerous times as bad storms approached with tornadic activity being shown on rader on the local news... and I've never been blown away yet.

I wasn't "trying" anything, as I spoke to it in the Name of Jesus Christ and commanded it to go around my location and cause no damage to my family or belongings.

I heard Copeland years ago say that we have authority over our own lives but not necessarily over the lives of others, so this is probably why my faith landed on telling the storm to go around me instead of trying to stop it altogether.

All I know is that it works great for me... I usually speak to it and then go back to what I was doing and refuse to think about it any further as though it's a nice sunny day outside. That's probably the biggest reason why it's been working cause I'm not all freaked out about a bad storm being right outside.

 

[hhodgson]

Done it numerous times as bad storms approached with tornadic activity being shown on rader on the local news... and I've never been blown away yet.

All I know is that it works great for me... I usually speak to it and then go back to what I was doing and refuse to think about it any further as though it's a nice sunny day outside. That's probably the biggest reason why it's been working cause I'm not all freaked out about a bad storm being right outside.

Wow...what an amazing testimony. Not only have you spoken to these tornadic type storms and have done these miracles numerous times (in Christ's Name). You also quoted that diverting these storms away from your area works great for you. Very impressing to say the least.

I am more impressed in that you say you just speak to them and just simply go back inside and continue in what you were doing. Honestly, I haven't got past the "freaked" out yet. It would be something else if I could get to a place when I can face an F5 tornado and tell it to dissipate before my natural eyes. (God is still working on me). I will continue renewing my mind with His Word until......

I must say this...Usually when a new poster comes aboard our ship (WoF). I immediately go to their profile and sorta get to know a little bit about them. You had no profile, but your statistics were no less than amazing also. Don't get offended by what I say next but that's why profiles are there, and also I read some of your posts in other groups. That's just me...A lot of us may do that.

Wow again...This could be a forum record. 461 posts in 30 days or so to 19 different groupings. I didn't fully realize this forum had so many. I must admit that I may have just a "wee bit" of envy on my part of you having the time, (And I"m retired!), and more importantly, the various knowledge you have in all these areas you have posted in.

Just a little bit about myself...Have been saved a little over 50 years and been in the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement from 1980 till now. Even though I have only been in Word of Faith just under two years,(Thanks to this forum), much of that time since 1980, our AoG church had some of WoF teaching in it. I am 100% Word of Faith BUT don't believe everything that came down the pike. In all that time, I have not heard of anyone that could compare to your testimony. Also, I have heard or have read over several years of Copeland, Capps, Savelle, Duplantis, Hagin, Winston, Creflo, Wommack, Kieth More, Fred Price, E.W Kenyon, Wigglesworth, Paul Billheimer, Billye Brim etc. There are several more but my mind escapes me just a fuzz. Also there are many WoF Christians on this forum that go back over 10 years or more, so I will add them to this list. Out of all of these WoF saints, I can't think of any one of them that commanded "numerous" of these types of storms, that are happening today, to stop, or turn around, and they obeyed. If I am proven wrong, I stand corrected.

I would be most interested if there are any other miracles that God has used you for. You make it sound so simple, and it really is, if real faith is present. Since my faith hasn't arrived, any chance we can get together and travel across America and use the gift God gave you? And since I haven't arrived yet at my faith, I could be your bodyguard. I could think of several on this forum that may want to go with us and watch God (through your faith of-course) stop all of the tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, fires throughout our nation. What a ministry...! We could see hundreds of lives saved, not to mention saving hundreds of homes and other property being destroyed by floods and fires. Do you remember the 24 (I think) very elite team of fire fighters that lost their lives some weeks ago, I think in Colorado? If we were there, we could have saved their lives. Are you interested?

I remember Jesus saying to Peter and his brother Andrew in (Matt. 4:19, Mark 1:17) "Come follow me!" I think in one of the Gospels, Jesus said to "drop everything, and come follow me. Hmm..! You think maybe God could be talking to you? You have done this numerous times with relative ease. Man, we could go to these places and watch God work through His Word. Even if you are working, God will supply all of our needs. (Phil.4:19)

Also, over in the CARM forum on the Word of Faith part, it has pretty well been taken over by non-WoF skeptics. They continually lash out and mock us, as Word of Faith believers. They "lurk" in our forum and every once in a while, one or two will comment. Then they go back and mock us between themselves. We could go to several areas of America and show them your faith in this area. That would really shut them down. What do you think?

I tried to make this post as non-critical as I could, but your the one who posted that you've done a miracle of this type, "numerous" times with your post. And not to say that it did not happen. Pray about this and and see if God wants you to "step out of the boat" and pack your bag. Just turned on The Weather Channel and all I see is tornadoes, floods and forest fires. Where is the CHURCH TRIUMPHANT...including me!

Once again, Welcome!


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[Scottmcc1]

Curry Blake teaches this power of God to command storms to stop. And over on his forum there are others that have the faith for this as well.

When Curry moved to Denver CO, they had a relatively dry year for snow because of Curry's commands to stop storms during his seminars. He has since moved back to Texas.

Kenneth Copeland had a testimony of commanding a storm to stop when he was at an airport getting ready to fly off.

 

[Gospel Guy]

Wow...what an amazing testimony. Not only have you spoken to these tornadic type storms and have done these miracles numerous times (in Christ's Name). You also quoted that diverting these storms away from your area works great for you. Very impressing to say the least.

I am more impressed in that you say you just speak to them and just simply go back inside and continue in what you were doing. Honestly, I haven't got past the "freaked" out yet. It would be something else if I could get to a place when I can face an F5 tornado and tell it to dissipate before my natural eyes. (God is still working on me). I will continue renewing my mind with His Word until......

I must say this...Usually when a new poster comes aboard our ship (WoF). I immediately go to their profile and sorta get to know a little bit about them. You had no profile, but your statistics were no less than amazing also. Don't get offended by what I say next but that's why profiles are there, and also I read some of your posts in other groups. That's just me...A lot of us may do that.

Wow again...This could be a forum record. 461 posts in 30 days or so to 19 different groupings. I didn't fully realize this forum had so many. I must admit that I may have just a "wee bit" of envy on my part of you having the time, (And I"m retired!), and more importantly, the various knowledge you have in all these areas you have posted in.

Just a little bit about myself...Have been saved a little over 50 years and been in the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement from 1980 till now. Even though I have only been in Word of Faith just under two years,(Thanks to this forum), much of that time since 1980, our AoG church had some of WoF teaching in it. I am 100% Word of Faith BUT don't believe everything that came down the pike. In all that time, I have not heard of anyone that could compare to your testimony. Also, I have heard or have read over several years of Copeland, Capps, Savelle, Duplantis, Hagin, Winston, Creflo, Wommack, Kieth More, Fred Price, E.W Kenyon, Wigglesworth, Paul Billheimer, Billye Brim etc. There are several more but my mind escapes me just a fuzz. Also there are many WoF Christians on this forum that go back over 10 years or more, so I will add them to this list. Out of all of these WoF saints, I can't think of any one of them that commanded "numerous" of these types of storms, that are happening today, to stop, or turn around, and they obeyed. If I am proven wrong, I stand corrected.

I would be most interested if there are any other miracles that God has used you for. You make it sound so simple, and it really is, if real faith is present. Since my faith hasn't arrived, any chance we can get together and travel across America and use the gift God gave you? And since I haven't arrived yet at my faith, I could be your bodyguard. I could think of several on this forum that may want to go with us and watch God (through your faith of-course) stop all of the tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, fires throughout our nation. What a ministry...! We could see hundreds of lives saved, not to mention saving hundreds of homes and other property being destroyed by floods and fires. Do you remember the 24 (I think) very elite team of fire fighters that lost their lives some weeks ago, I think in Colorado? If we were there, we could have saved their lives. Are you interested?

I remember Jesus saying to Peter and his brother Andrew in (Matt. 4:19, Mark 1:17) "Come follow me!" I think in one of the Gospels, Jesus said to "drop everything, and come follow me. Hmm..! You think maybe God could be talking to you? You have done this numerous times with relative ease. Man, we could go to these places and watch God work through His Word. Even if you are working, God will supply all of our needs. (Phil.4:19)

Also, over in the CARM forum on the Word of Faith part, it has pretty well been taken over by non-WoF skeptics. They continually lash out and mock us, as Word of Faith believers. They "lurk" in our forum and every once in a while, one or two will comment. Then they go back and mock us between themselves. We could go to several areas of America and show them your faith in this area. That would really shut them down. What do you think?

I tried to make this post as non-critical as I could, but your the one who posted that you've done a miracle of this type, "numerous" times with your post. And not to say that it did not happen. Pray about this and and see if God wants you to "step out of the boat" and pack your bag. Just turned on The Weather Channel and all I see is tornadoes, floods and forest fires. Where is the CHURCH TRIUMPHANT...including me!

Once again, Welcome!


Greater works...
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Harry

Yessir... God's Word never fails if we will allow the Lord to feed it in to us daily and think about / speak / act on His promises every moment of every day!

Yeah, I was arguing with the guys over at the irregular theology forum which caused the post count to rise quickly since they believe all kinds of wired stuff the Word does not teach...

 

[now faith]

I started doing this because of that passage,this summer in Florida storms have been every day.

In my out door sports I have limited time with family,so I started to command the storms to go.

No less than 10 times they went,never has it failed.

Granted wife and tennis partner looks at me strange.

Jesus said it I believe it,my faith with this is unwavering.

Save one time we were afraid of lightning,so I commanded the lightning to be gone it went but it rained!

Now I am specific storm,lightning,wind rain be gone from here head out to sea!

In the past I have heard stories of men of God having no fear of storms and even when others were hit their property was UN touched.

Christ has given us dominion over the earth,the last Adam.

When we study what he states in his teaching on faith nothing is impossible,unless our flesh makes it that way but our spirit is willing.

I do not share these things often due to others being offended but glad you brought it up.

 

[now faith]

Done it numerous times as bad storms approached with tornadic activity being shown on rader on the local news... and I've never been blown away yet.

I wasn't "trying" anything, as I spoke to it in the Name of Jesus Christ and commanded it to go around my location and cause no damage to my family or belongings.

I heard Copeland years ago say that we have authority over our own lives but not necessarily over the lives of others, so this is probably why my faith landed on telling the storm to go around me instead of trying to stop it altogether.

All I know is that it works great for me... I usually speak to it and then go back to what I was doing and refuse to think about it any further as though it's a nice sunny day outside. That's probably the biggest reason why it's been working cause I'm not all freaked out about a bad storm being right outside.

Amen you were not trying you were commanding,I honestly think these things are alive and will obey.

 

[now faith]

One thing I get about the passage,our Lord said paraphrase: lets go to the other side.

Then he rested and went to sleep,no concern in him.

When they woke him,I believe he was angry that the men who knew what he had done and who he was,could not take on just one simple task.

In other words it was a small act of faith to calm the storm well with in their doing.

It wasn't feeding 5000 or casting out a legion of demons or raising the dead.

To Jesus it was a small task he expected them to do.

There is a deeper meaning here,maybe mountain moving faith is closer to us than we can see.

 

[Gospel Guy]

Amen you were not trying you were commanding,I honestly think these things are alive and will obey.

Exactly... this gets into calling those things that be not, as though they were which is what Abraham did as He was emulating God in the way He conducts business.

Another major, major aspect of this is learning how to cast your care upon the Lord knowing He watches over His Word to perform it and it's in His best interest to protect us since we are literally part of Him as we are members of the Body of Christ.

It took me a few years to really get this part of it but it makes perfect spiritual sense when you realize we are speaking God's will which enables God to move to dispel darkness.

Truly, there is intimacy with the Lord in overcoming darkness!
This kind of things brings pleasure unto the Father thru Jesus Christ, by the Holy Ghost...

 

[now faith]

Exactly... this gets into calling those things that be not, as though they were which is what Abraham did as He was emulating God in the way He conducts business.

Another major, major aspect of this is learning how to cast your care upon the Lord knowing He watches over His Word to perform it and it's in His best interest to protect us since we are literally part of Him as we are members of the Body of Christ.

It took me a few years to really get this part of it but it makes perfect spiritual sense when you realize we are speaking God's will which enables God to move to dispel darkness.

Truly, there is intimacy with the Lord in overcoming darkness!
This kind of things brings pleasure unto the Father thru Jesus Christ, by the Holy Ghost...

Amen,today and last night I have listened to 3 sermons on the power of words.

God wants us to speak our faith,as in the fig tree our Lord spoke directly to it.

Speaking Gods word requires us to study deeply exactly how our Lord conducted things while here.

So often we read to fast and miss something huge then simply think just another miracle.

Each event in the Word has meaning and purpose,as well as all of Gods word,truthfully nothing in the Bible was put there in vain.

 

[andreha]

I started doing this because of that passage,this summer in Florida storms have been every day.

In my out door sports I have limited time with family,so I started to command the storms to go.

No less than 10 times they went,never has it failed.

Granted wife and tennis partner looks at me strange.

Jesus said it I believe it,my faith with this is unwavering.

Save one time we were afraid of lightning,so I commanded the lightning to be gone it went but it rained!

Now I am specific storm,lightning,wind rain be gone from here head out to sea!

In the past I have heard stories of men of God having no fear of storms and even when others were hit their property was UN touched.

Christ has given us dominion over the earth,the last Adam.

When we study what he states in his teaching on faith nothing is impossible,unless our flesh makes it that way but our spirit is willing.

I do not share these things often due to others being offended but glad you brought it up.

Thanks for sharing those testimonies bro. It's a shame that there are people out there who claim to be believers, who get offended at powerful testimonies like that.

The Holy Spirit has taught me about the ability we have in commanding things to be or to cease to be. It is indeed vital to know what the scriptures say about our authority, bacause it gives us faith. like once, several years ago:

Myself and my wife were on vacation at the southern coast of South Africa (Where we now live ). Upon arrival, a loud piercing "zing" filled the air. It was the sound made by an insect we call a "Christmas beetle". My mood sank, realising that this was what we'd be listening to, and not the lovely sound of the ocean.

So, in my mind, I went through what the word says about this, about the authority we have and whether declaring silence over these creatures would rob anyone of anything good or useful. After meditaing on this, I declared silence over this insect, and it was quiet.

So, the next day, the same loud zinging sound filled the air. Undeterred, I declared silence over it again, and again, it was quiet for the rest of the day.

The third day saw me baffled at the same sound filling the air. This is obviously when the Holy Spirit steered me to the finishing line. Refusing to believe that there was anything wrong with my faith, I realised that I was not being specific in my declarations. So, after declaring silence over the entire species of insect, for the whole southern region, from now, and into eternity, they never made a peep again.

The rest of our vacation was filled with peace. Years later, we visited, and those insects were not to be heard. Even now, living and working in the region, over a decade later, I have yet to hear a single "zing" from any one beetle.

That lesson, from the Spirit, showed me that we definitely have authority over this world, and if we exercise it in faith, with love for our fellow man, the results can be awesome. Whether those insects heard me or not, we still have the power to command things to be or to cease from existence.

Glory to our God.

 

[hhodgson]

Curry Blake teaches this power of God to command storms to stop. And over on his forum there are others that have the faith for this as well.

When Curry moved to Denver CO, they had a relatively dry year for snow because of Curry's commands to stop storms during his seminars. He has since moved back to Texas.

Kenneth Copeland had a testimony of commanding a storm to stop when he was at an airport getting ready to fly off.

Hi Scott...I searched on our own forum on an earlier thread you were in with the heading John G. lake in which much was about Curry Blake. From the responders there, I would say that he must be a good servant for the Lord since some who had posted were bad mouthing him...Imagine that! Surprise, surprise. I did save one of your posts that had many, many scriptures on healing that can be used for others who may ask for any of them.

You found yourself in a little hornets nest with one responder and I was amused by his rebuttal when you guys shared several posts.

If I get a chance in my busy "retired" life, I have several of his teaching videos saved on my pc.


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[hhodgson]

Thanks for sharing those testimonies bro. It's a shame that there are people out there who claim to be believers, who get offended at powerful testimonies like that.

The Holy Spirit has taught me about the ability we have in commanding things to be or to cease to be. It is indeed vital to know what the scriptures say about our authority, bacause it gives us faith. like once, several years ago:

Myself and my wife were on vacation at the southern coast of South Africa (Where we now live ). Upon arrival, a loud piercing "zing" filled the air. It was the sound made by an insect we call a "Christmas beetle". My mood sank, realising that this was what we'd be listening to, and not the lovely sound of the ocean.

So, in my mind, I went through what the word says about this, about the authority we have and whether declaring silence over these creatures would rob anyone of anything good or useful. After meditaing on this, I declared silence over this insect, and it was quiet.

So, the next day, the same loud zinging sound filled the air. Undeterred, I declared silence over it again, and again, it was quiet for the rest of the day.

The third day saw me baffled at the same sound filling the air. This is obviously when the Holy Spirit steered me to the finishing line. Refusing to believe that there was anything wrong with my faith, I realised that I was not being specific in my declarations. So, after declaring silence over the entire species of insect, for the whole southern region, from now, and into eternity, they never made a peep again.

The rest of our vacation was filled with peace. Years later, we visited, and those insects were not to be heard. Even now, living and working in the region, over a decade later, I have yet to hear a single "zing" from any one beetle.

That lesson, from the Spirit, showed me that we definitely have authority over this world, and if we exercise it in faith, with love for our fellow man, the results can be awesome. Whether those insects heard me or not, we still have the power to command things to be or to cease from existence.

Glory to our God.

Hi Andreha... Great testimony. I heard it before when you shared it on Cindy's
site. I think that was where it was.


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[hhodgson]

No less than 10 times they went,never has it failed.

Hi nowfaith... You and Gospel Guy continue on and save your experiences. We may be practicing for the real thing.


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[hhodgson]

I want to add and clarify something I said on my first post when I said the storm that I commanded to stop, that didn't stop, and kept right on going. I mentioned this was my "first" time. What I meant to say is this was my first time of being "serious" with my faith, but fear and unbelief crept in.

Over my years there have been several times, that I did experience rebuking storms such as...family reunions, backyard cookouts, grandchildren soft ball games etc. Some of the storms rebuked "actually" did stop or "diverted" away, and some of them did not move at all, so in those times, I flew back into the house.

Anyway, I know now, that those storms over the years that I "tried" to rebuke and commanded to stop, and ,whether they stopped or not, they were not an act of faith on my part. (That was hard to admit). Back then, I didn't really walk in true faith.

Now, I can with ease go out and be confident in Christ's Name and stop or direct away a severe storm while I am using my back yard grill. (Oh really), Even if I could, (on the grill). What would I do, or any of us do if a "monstrous" F5 tornado that is a mile wide come down our street?

I mentioned an incident during one of our family reunions. Did I command the storm to stop... in front of my entire family? They think I'm "nuts" now. Anyway, no I didn't. Hmm..!I can't remember, or was that the time I hid behind a tree?

I am making this a little funny, but yet, it's not. It can be very serious. Who knows what could be coming in "our area," such as storms, floods, fires and even tornadoes and hurricanes. And will we be prepared? What will we do? How many friends, loved ones, and maybe, some of our own forum friends, that we haven't heard from in a while, are right now, in these areas that may be suffering.

I hope we have others to share their experiences with us. I know one can be little hesitant on this. It's understandable. Now faith, in his post appeared to be a little hesitant in his last sentence. (Understand this, that no one is bragging on their faith.) That's not why I started this thread. That opens up the question...Why was this brought up and what does it accomplish? Ah! I really don't know! Just sharing experiences?


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[Gospel Guy]

We may be practicing for the real thing

The need to do the works of Jesus has already arrived!

 

[hhodgson]

The need to do the works of Jesus has already arrived!

Absolutely "yes", BUT... we need to "Only", believe and receive what He has already provided for us.


Greater works...
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Harry

 

[now faith]

Thanks for sharing those testimonies bro. It's a shame that there are people out there who claim to be believers, who get offended at powerful testimonies like that.

The Holy Spirit has taught me about the ability we have in commanding things to be or to cease to be. It is indeed vital to know what the scriptures say about our authority, bacause it gives us faith. like once, several years ago:

Myself and my wife were on vacation at the southern coast of South Africa (Where we now live ). Upon arrival, a loud piercing "zing" filled the air. It was the sound made by an insect we call a "Christmas beetle". My mood sank, realising that this was what we'd be listening to, and not the lovely sound of the ocean.

So, in my mind, I went through what the word says about this, about the authority we have and whether declaring silence over these creatures would rob anyone of anything good or useful. After meditaing on this, I declared silence over this insect, and it was quiet.

So, the next day, the same loud zinging sound filled the air. Undeterred, I declared silence over it again, and again, it was quiet for the rest of the day.

The third day saw me baffled at the same sound filling the air. This is obviously when the Holy Spirit steered me to the finishing line. Refusing to believe that there was anything wrong with my faith, I realised that I was not being specific in my declarations. So, after declaring silence over the entire species of insect, for the whole southern region, from now, and into eternity, they never made a peep again.

The rest of our vacation was filled with peace. Years later, we visited, and those insects were not to be heard. Even now, living and working in the region, over a decade later, I have yet to hear a single "zing" from any one beetle.

That lesson, from the Spirit, showed me that we definitely have authority over this world, and if we exercise it in faith, with love for our fellow man, the results can be awesome. Whether those insects heard me or not, we still have the power to command things to be or to cease from existence.

Glory to sour God.

This was Gods will from page 1!

Glory to the king.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Thank You Jesus.

 

[Gospel Guy]

Absolutely "yes", BUT... we need to "Only", believe and receive what He has already provided for us.

Yes, believe... and also ACT as though we actually have what He has provided for us is ours right now.

Sorry, I could just hear Copeland talking about the Book of James...