IMPOSSIBLE MIRACLES

by Charles Frances Hunter

TABLE OF CONTENTS I Cant Believe Its True Norma Jean Le Roy This Is My Story Something New Is Added! The evil !ays A "isit More Mira#les $ods Mer#y S%ills &ver The evil Stri'es Again! $ods Mira#le (or )ileen My New *ome +ire Ta%%ing +hat Is A Mira#le! +hy Mira#les, *ow Many +ays Can $od o Mira#les A "ision Is A Mira#le o -ou +ant A Mira#le, 3 9 12 24 31 41 49 60 75 87 96 100 117 136 154 159

I CANT BELIEVE ITS TRUE!

And a vast crowd brought him their lame, blind, maimed, and those who couldn t s!ea", and man# others, and laid them be$ore %esus, and he healed them all& 'hat a s!ectacle it was( )hose who hadn t been able to sa# a word be$ore were tal"ing e*citedl#, and those with missing arms and legs had new ones+ the cri!!led were wal"ing and ,um!ing around, and those who had been blind were ga-ing about them( )he crowds ,ust marveled, and !raised the .od o$ /srael& 01atthew 152303314 )hat reall# couldn t have ha!!ened, could it5 /$ it a!!eared in an# boo" other than the 6ible, ma#be we couldn t believe it, but because it does a!!ear in the 6ible, we can believe it& /t ha!!ened because %esus did it( 7$ course, that s the onl# wa# it could have ha!!ened& 6ut %esus died& )hen his miracles must have sto!!ed&

)he# would have, 68) 9 :arl# on ;unda# morning, as the new da# was dawning, 1ar# 1agdalene and the other 1ar# want out to the tomb& ;uddenl# there was a great earth<ua"e+ $or an angel o$ the =ord came down $rom heaven and rolled aside the stone and sat on it& >is $ace shone li"e lightning and his clothing was a brilliant white& )he guards shoo" with $ear when the# saw him, and $ell into a dead $aint& )hen the angel s!o"e to the women& ?@on t be $rightened(A he said, ?1 "now #ou are loo"ing $or %esus, who was cruci$ied, 68) >: /;B ) >:C:( D7C >: >A; E71: 6AEF )7 =/D: A.A/B, %8;) A; >: ;A/@ >: '78=@&&&&A 01atthew 28213 64 %ust as he said he would( /$ that isn t im!ossible, we don t "now what im!ossible means( %:;8; E>C/;) /; )>: ;A1: G:;):C@AG, )7@AG, AB@ D7C:H:C& 0>ebrews 13284 %esus lived be$ore time was, %esus lives toda#, and %esus will live $orever&

/$ he lives $orever and toda#, he must still be doing the same "inds o$ miracles he did 2,000 #ears ago while he was living in a human bod# on earth& %esus chose to live in a human bod# on earth, and uni<uel#, he has chosen to live toda# in a bod# I on earth& )hat sounds im!ossible, too, but it s in the 6ible, so it must be true, ,ust li"e those im!ossible miracles the 6ible tal"ed about in 1atthew, and the im!ossibilit# o$ %esus coming alive a$ter he had been dead three da#s& / am cruci$ied with Ehrist2 never3 theless / live+ #et not /, but Ehrist liveth in me2 and the li$e which / now live in the $lesh / live b# the $aith o$ the ;on o$ .od, who loved me, and gave himsel$ $or me& 0.al& 2220 F%H4 And this is the secret2 that Ehrist in #our hearts is #our onl# ho!e o$ glor#& 0Eol& 1 227b4 /$ we can have the $aith o$ a little child, we can believe these im!ossible words o$ the 6ible I words that sa# we who are living in a human bod# on earth are actuall# the bod# o$ %esus( ;o, i$ we are the bod# o$ %esus and he is the same toda# as when he did miracles, im!ossible miracles, then we

in the human bod# should be able to do im!ossible miracles toda#, ,ust as he did in his other earthl# bod#& 'hat was it that gave him this awesome !ower to do all these wonder$ul, im!ossible miracles5 /t was .od s might# !ower, the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit, the !ower !romised b# %esus to be given to his disci!les I to us, his bod#& %esus had the ;!irit o$ the =iving .od in him to em!ower him to do these great and might# acts o$ .od& /t was not until a$ter %esus was ba!ti-ed in water and the >ol# ;!irit came down on him that he did an#thing unusual& >is miracles started a$ter the heavens were o!ened to him and he saw the ;!irit o$ .od coming down in the $orm o$ a dove& @on t #ou believe that / am in the Dather and the Dather is in me5 )he words / sa# are not m# own but are $rom m# Dather who lives in me& And he does his wor" through me& %ust believe it I that / am in the Dather and the Dather is in me& 7r else believe it because o$ the might# miracles #ou have seen me do& /n solemn truth / tell #ou, an#one believing in me shall do the same

miracles / have done, and even greater ones, because / am going to be with the Dather& Gou can as" him $or an#thing, using m# name, and / will do it, $or this will bring !raise to the Dather because o$ what /, the ;on, will do $or #ou& Ges, as" an#thing, using m# name, and / will do it( 0%ohn 142103144 /$ the 6ible sa#s it s true, then it /; true& /$ #our $aith is strong enough to believe what we have said above, and strong enough to believe the 6ible, then #ou have enough $aith to believe some o$ the im!ossible miracles we want to share with #ou in this boo"& /$ #our $aith is not that strong, we want these true stories to build #our $aith $or #our own healing, healings through #ou, miracles in #our own li$e, and miracles through #ou $or others& 6ut most o$ all, we want #our $aith to be absolute and $irm in %esus, the divine, living ;on o$ .od, who lives in and through us human beings on earth toda# b# the might# !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit o$ .od& Eome, wal" along the ;ea o$ .alilee, wal" down the hillside, go with us to Ea!ernaum as we climb into a boat, go o$$ !reaching in the cities li"e %erusalem, or

come wal"ing on the water with us as we ,oin %esus on his ,ourne# through the world o$ miracles I im!ossible miracles& Eome with us to 1innea!olis, to :aston, to .reen 6a#, to >ac"ensac", to .ar# 99 Eome with us as %esus lives in us and see him do his /1J7;;/6=: 1/CAE=:; in the twentieth centur#& =et s go $or a wal" on s!iritual water 99 with %esus(

NORMA EAN LERO!

(formerly Norma Jean Van Dell)

Borma %ean was $ull# <uali$ied to have a visit $rom %esus& ;he needed a visit $rom %esus( =ittle children were brought $or %esus to la# his hands on them and !ra#& 6ut the disci!les scolded those who brought them& ?@on t bother him,A the# said& 6ut %esus said, ?=et the little children come to me, and don t !revent them& Dor o$ such is the Fingdom o$ >eaven&A And he !ut his hands on their heads and blessed them be$ore he le$t& 01atthew 192133154 %esus tells all o$ us to come to him with the $aith o$ a little child, sim!l# believing& >e wants us to trust him& >e wants us to have con$idence in him& >e wants us to believe that he is ,ust as real now as he was bac" then& >e wants to touch us with his hands and bless our lives& Borma %ean was a little li"e 1atthew& 1atthew was a ta* collector and Borma %ean !re!ared ta* returns $or her living&

1atthew was a t#!ical human being who didn t "now %esus and was disli"ed b# most !eo!le because he was tr#ing to !lease his human sel$ b# ta"ing advantage o$ those over whom he had an advantage& Borma %ean wasn t tr#ing to cheat in her ,ob, but she was ,ust as normal a human being as 1atthew, and so she was ,ust as <uali$ied in her need $or %esus as was 1atthew& %esus went to 1atthew s house $or dinner and there were man# notorious swindlers there as guests& )he Jharisees were indignant and wanted to "now wh# %esus associated with men li"e that& %esus said that !eo!le who are well don t need a doctor( /t s sic" !eo!le who do( Borma %ean then was <uali$ied in more wa#s than one to need %esus& Dirst o$ all, she didn t reall# "now %esus enough to give all her li$e to him+ secondl#, she was sic"& ;o being <uali$ied, she was read# $or a visit $rom %esus& 6ut where was he5 >ow could she $ind him among all the !eo!le in 1innea!olis5 ;he had $ound his old address be$ore he moved $rom %erusalem& ;he $ound his trac"s in the 6ible& 6ut that was a long time ago and she needed to "now where to $ind him now, in the twentieth centur# and in 1innea!olis, not %erusalem or out b# a

la"e some3 where& And besides that, did she reall# believe he was available to meet her needs5 'ith all the !eo!le he was with, how could she get his attention when she was ,ust a common, ordinar#, un"nown !erson& ;he didn t reall# $eel she was im!ortant enough $or the 1aster to come to her house or even to her cit#& And even i$ he was there, would he sto! to bless her when the crowds o$ sic" !eo!le were !ressing him, tr#ing to ,ust touch the hem o$ his garment( 6esides all that, her a$$lictions were be#ond the hel! o$ an#one& )he doctors told her that& ;he was too $ar gone $or an# hel! $rom an#one in this world and ho!e was gone& .od said, ?;ee" me and #ou will $ind me&A =et s see how Borma %ean $ound this %esus o$ Ba-areth, whom !eo!le said could do im!ossible miracles 33 li"e she needed&

THIS IS M! STOR!
by N"r#a ean LeR"y

Gou reall# need a com!uter to list all the o!erations / have had since m# $irst one be$ore 1955& )his was an a!!endectom#& /t le$t a scar, but reall# le$t me with no unusual !roblems& =ots o$ !eo!le have this o!eration and most !eo!le are hardl# aware that a !art o$ the bod# is missing& ;o it was with me, and / reall# didn t miss not having an a!!endi*& 6ut / ll never $orget m# second one( /n %anuar#, 1955, a truc" ran into the bac" o$ our car causing an in,ur# to m# bac"& A disc in m# s!ine sli!!ed out into the s!inal canal and ru!tured, or herniated& /t was swollen several times its normal si-e and was !ressing on the nerve in m# le$t leg, ma"ing wal"ing ver# !ain$ul& )he !ain $rom the sli!!ed disc went down through m# hi!, through the bac" o$ m# leg and even into m# toes& )he doctors said i$ it was not ta"en care o$ / might not be able to wal" at all& ;urger#, a laminectom# and a s!inal $usion, was !er$ormed in 1a# o$ that #ear& )he# removed the disc, too" bone out o$ the bac" o$ m# right hi! and inserted it into the

s!ace where the disc was removed, so that it would grow to $ill in the s!ace& )he discs between vertebrae allow #our bac" to bend, but when it has been $used, it doesn t bend at that !oint& )he surger# lasted $our and a hal$ hours& 6e$ore surger#, the doctors made a series o$ studies I discogram, m#elogram and s!inogram, !robing m# s!ine& )he s!inogram test, as / understand it, is when the# !um!ed the $luid out o$ m# s!ine and $illed it with some !ur!le d#e& )his was done without an anesthetic, so / ,ust ?su$$ered it out&A )he most !ain$ul was the discogram where the# insert a needle into each disc& Dor about $ort#3$ive minutes the# tested each disc in three s!aces, $re<uentl# ta"ing K3ra#s& 'hen the needle touched the disc which was ru!tured it $elt li"e m# leg was electrocuted& /t was sheer torture, the worst !ain / have ever endured& :ven a$ter the o!eration, the !ain was so terrible that / don t thin" / could have lived through it e*ce!t $or the h#!os& / couldn t lie on m# bac" or stomach& 'hen the# turned me $rom one side to the other, it too" two !eo!le about twent# minutes& 6ecause the !ain was so e*cruciating, / couldn t "ee! $rom screaming& / actuall# bent the metal bridge

in m# mouth tr#ing to bite hard enough not to scream& )his was the most horrible torture / could imagine a human enduring& )his started a series o$ events and o!erations which too" me to a !oint o$ des!eration and total des!ondenc#& / had a total o$ ten o!erations in all& 7ne #ear / had two( / had surger# in 1955& / had surger# in 1960& / had surger# in 1961& / had surger# in 1962& / had surger# in 1963& / had surger# in 1964& / had surger# in 1967& / had surger# in 1969& / had surger# in 1973& 1# bod# became the surgeons !ractice $ield& )hat $irst bac" o!eration in 1955 was $or the removal o$ the lowest disc in m# s!ine and the $usion& )his resulted in $i$teen !er cent disabilit#& /t too" over two #ears $or me to !artiall# recover to the !oint where / could do things $airl# well& /t was alwa#s a little bit slower and a little harder $or me to do what was normal& / continued having di$$icult# $or $ive #ears, until 1960&

/n 1961 / had <uite a lot o$ intestinal and abdominal surger#, and a h#sterectom#& A$ter recovering $rom this surger# / was $eeling better than / had $elt since be$ore 1955& / was even wor"ing again& )>:B 78C EAC 'A; >/) DC71 6:>/B@ A.A/B, this time b# another car( 6ac" to the hos!ital again / went( )his time / never even got to go home& )he# !ut me right bac" into the torture chamber $or all the tests the# had made be$ore& 6ut / !raise .od $or doctors and hos!itals& )his time the# $ound the second disc u! $rom the bottom was ru!tured, so in 1962 the# o!erated I another laminectom# and s!inal $usion& ;ince the accident, / had worn a nec" brace because o$ a nec" in,ur# in the accident& /t was a big collar around m# nec" that had one !art resting on m# chest and the other under m# chin to hold m# nec" straight& /t was most uncom$ortable, es!eciall# in hot weather& Drom the time o$ the accident until the o!eration, / had to have traction on m# nec", a ten3!ound weight that made me $eel li"e it was going to come through m# brain& Jraise .od, a$ter the nec" o!eration, / didn t have to have traction an# longer&

1# nec" "e!t giving me so much !ain that in 1963 the doctors decided to ma"e the s!inal tests in the u!!er vertebrae& )he# $ound two discs out in the nec" and arthritic3 li"e s!urs on them& )his o!eration was done b# o!ening m# throat, ta"ing out m# lar#n*, m# voice bo*, m# eso!hagus and, as / understand it, la#ing it all out on the o!erating table& )he# went through the bac" o$ the nec" and too" out the two discs& )his time the# too" bone $rom the $ront o$ m# right hi! to ma"e the $usions& )his meant / had bone ta"en $rom the $ront and bac" o$ m# hi!& )he# had to go rather dee! into the hi!& )his made me $eel li"e m# hi!s were out o$ ,oint when / wal"ed& )he nec" o!eration was not as !ain$ul as the lower bac", but it hurt enough& )he# !ut a nail at the to! o$ the s!ine to hold the $usion& /n the meantime, m# lower bac" "e!t getting worse $rom the second accident, so in the s!ring o$ 1964 the# o!erated again& )his time the# went through m# abdomen and did what the# call an anterior $usion& )he# actuall# $used one o$ the same discs that the# had $used in the $irst o!eration, but this time the# $used the $ront li"e the# had the bac" be$ore& /n order to hold it !ro!erl#,

the# !ut in a one and three3eighth inch screw at an angle& /n 1966 / $ell over some rein$orcing steel and again damaged m# bac"& 6ac" through the tests again and another o!eration in 1967& )his time the# could not $use, but the# did remove another disc& 6ecause o$ the man# o!erations, m# heart and blood !ressure began to show signs o$ trouble, so the# ,ust sewed me u! without the $usion& Jain continued and seemed to get worse and worse, but / was resigned to endure it the best / could& A$ter the earlier o!erations, the doctors !rovided me with a canvas brace, $irst with light steel ribs in it, then a$ter the second o!eration, with heavier steels over the light ones& 6ut a$ter this o!eration where no $usion was made, / had to wear a solid steel brace encased in leather& / could onl# ta"e it o$$ $or short !eriods to rela* or when it was e*tremel# hot, and / removed it to slee! at night& 1# husband, 'all#, won a tri! to >awaii, including L200 s!ending mone# in @ecember, 1968& Celuctantl# the doctor !ermitted me to go since it was $l#ing& >e had restricted m# travel to distances o$ under 100 miles b# car& / wanted to sa# /

stood in the Jaci$ic 7cean so / wal"ed out into the water and was thrilled until suddenl# catastro!he struc"( An undertow caught me, swe!t me o$$ m# $eet and with strain, struggle, and $right, the brea"ers $inall# rolled and tumbled me onto the beach& / $elt li"e m# whole bac" had been torn a!art and / was not onl# hurting I / was scared( )raged# was con$irmed when the medical e*amination later disclosed that all the rest o$ the movable discs o$ m# entire s!ine had been ru!tured& / was bro"enhearted, our dream vacation had been tragicall# interru!ted, we had a long, hard tri! home, and m# ho!e o$ ever being well vanished into dar"ness& )he con$irmation o$ the damage had to wait until we got bac" home, but the distress o$ ho!elessness and the !ain, lessened to a bearable state b# !ain medication, was vividl# !resent $rom the time o$ the traged# until the doctor later told me the horrible news& / didn t want to go bac" to surger# so when we got bac" home, / started doctoring m#sel$& 6ut it seemed surger# had become a wa# o$ li$e $or me& 6# ;e!tember, 1969, / could no longer stand the !ain, so / went into the hos!ital $or

m# si*th time through those terri$#ing, !ain$ul tests, and $inall# $or m# si*th s!ine o!eration& )he# removed the last two movable discs and $used them, !lus $using the one the# couldn t $use in 1967& 6# this time the# had di$$icult# getting the bone $or the $usions& )he# had alread# ta"en ma*imum bone $rom the $ront o$ m# le$t hi! and $rom m# !elvic bone& )he# had cut under each "nee to see i$ the# could ta"e the bone& 1# le$t leg was the one / could not wal" on and the# didn t want to mess u! m# good right leg& /t too" three surgeons $ive and a hal$ hours to do the o!eration& )he# couldn t get m# blood !ressure u! $or <uite awhile, so the# couldn t give a h#!o $or all this time& 'ithout the h#!o, the !ain was so intense that / ,ust !ra#ed to die& /t hurt and it hurt and the hurt didn t sto! with the surger# or the recover# time& / sta#ed in !ain $rom 1962 until 1973, and that s a long time to live with and in constant !ain& Cecover# $rom this o!eration was e*tremel# slow and di$$icult& / was in the hos!ital twent#3two da#s and couldn t even get out o$ bed alone& 'e had to have a hos!ital bed at home& / couldn t be out o$ bed at all unless / wore the steel, leather3

encased brace& 'e had to have someone with me $or $our wee"s until / could get out o$ bed b# m#sel$& / reall# $elt that li$e had !rett# well come to an end $or me& / didn t want to live an# more because / was su$$ering so much, and it seemed as though / had no ho!e $or im!roving& / didn t thin" / would ever be able to do an#thing again e*ce!t ,ust lie there I hel!less and des!ondent& )he doctors said / had a 100M disabilit#& / started having other sic"nesses along with the bac" !roblems& Jeo!le used to com!liment me on how beauti$ul m# hair was, but even m# hair started $alling out& / thought the medicine caused it& / didn t even bother going to a doctor $or that& 'hat was the use5 7ur doctor bills had destro#ed all our $inancial ho!es& / started wearing a wig in %anuar# o$ 1970& 6# 1972 it seemed li"e ever#thing in m# bod# went wrong& )he !otassium went down& 1# "idne#s mal$unctioned& 1# th#roid wasn t $unctioning !ro!erl#& / had something that had a long name that / can t remember& 1# bladder was not wor"ing right&

Bothing in m# bod# seemed to $unction right& 1# hair eventuall# all came out e*ce!t a $ew little bunches on the le$t side, and even that was ra!idl# $alling out& An internist said all m# hair would $all out, even m# e#ebrows& / thin" this was about the $inal blow( 1# s"in was $la"ing o$$ in big white hun"s and the doctors couldn t do a thing about it& )he# had to even tell me / would never be an# better& )he onl# thing the# could do was to give me !ain !ills and slee!ing !ills, along with other medication& )he# said this was to maintain me but o$$ered me no ho!e $or cure& Dinall# in Bovember o$ 1973 the# o!erated on m# bladder without going through the abdomen causing more scar tissue& )he surger# was !er$ormed through the vaginal canal, causing m# hi!s to $eel li"e the# were bro"en because o$ the lac" o$ bones in them& / 'A; A6;7=8):=G ;8C: / '78=@ B:H:C 'A=F A.A/B( / EA1: >71: AB@ EC/:@ D7C A '::F&

/ ,ust "new / would never be able to do an#thing again in all m# li$e& ;ince 1965, / had an income ta* business so / could use m# brain, even i$ most o$ m# bod# was hel!less& / wondered i$ / would ever be able to do that in the 1974 ta* season& / had someone ma"e some long3handled $orce!s, tong3li"e things 0li"e a barbecue tong4 so / could !ic" u! a !a!er cli! or an#thing / dro!!ed on the $loor& Becessit# made me $ind wa#s to do little ,obs when m# bac" wouldn t bend& / had been ta"ing two to $our slee!ing !ills ever# night and !ain !ills ever# three to si* or eight hours $or over twelve #ears, ever since the second accident& )hat was a long, discouraging and agoni-ing twelve #ears, never without !ain, never without medication, never $ree $rom going $re<uentl# to doctors& 1# hi!s used to go out o$ ,oint all the time with those bones gone& Driends used to tr# to cheer me u! b# sa#ing #ou re so luc"# that #ou don t have to scrub the $loor& / could onl# re!l#, ?Gou don t "now what / would give to be able to scrub the $loor&A / could never describe to #ou the agon# o$ the constant, never3ceasing !ain night and da#, da# and night, time

never seeming to !ass and the !ain never once leaving m# aching bod#& )o go an# !lace was no ,o#& Ehristmas was an ordeal& .oing to church was terrible& / was unha!!# most o$ the time& / $orced a smile when / $elt / had to, but there was no smile inside&

SOMETHIN$ NE% IS A&&E&!

;ome $riends o$ ours began to ta"e us to some meetings called Eharismatic meetings& 'e began to hear tal" about miracles and healings& )he# tal"ed about gi$ts o$ the ;!irit& 'e heard what the# called messages in tongues and inter!retations& Jeo!le tal"ed about %esus ,ust li"e the 6ible tal"ed about him, onl# it was li"e he was alive toda# and still doing miracles, but now through !eo!le& / didn t understand it, but we !robabl# went to hal$ a do-en meetings be$ore @ecember o$ 1973& 7ne da# a $riend said, ?)he >unters are coming to town(A ;he seemed e*cited about this, but all / could sa# was, ?'ell, who are the >unters5A ;he said the# would be in Augsburg Eollege in 1innea!olis& /t didn t ma"e much di$$erence to me who an#bod# was, because / was so ho!elessl# discouraged and sic"& ;he said that the >unters !ra# and .od heals !eo!le in their meetings&

?>ow did #ou $ind out about all this,A / as"ed& ;he said she was on their mailing list and in their newsletter the# list their schedule o$ s!ea"ing engagements and miracle services& ;he must have !reviousl# been to one o$ their services& ;he wanted to ta"e me to the meeting but / was still con$ined to the house $rom the surger#& / $elt nobod# could ever do an#thing $or me& / guess / wasn t thin"ing about the =ord at that time& / said, ?/ m too sic" to go&A ;he said, ?Gou re not doing an# better here, so #ou might as well go& %ust sta# as long as #ou can and get !ra#ed $or&A Jraise .od $or $riends( 'e decided to go in our car so we could leave i$ we didn t li"e it, or i$ / got too tired& / thought, ?/$ / go and get !ra#ed $or and nothing ha!!ens, ma#be the# will leave me alone and <uite bugging me to go to these meetings&A ;o we went, more or less to get them o$$ m# bac", not reall# even ho!ing $or an#thing to ha!!en to me& / ,ust $igured / was be#ond ho!e( /t was even too much $or the =ord to do an#thing about& /t s ama-ing how we can even $orget that .od can do an#thing(

'e arrived earl# enough to get a seat about hal$ wa# bac"& As the >unters came in and / loo"ed at all the !eo!le, / thought, ?/ ll never get near them an#wa#& 'hat s the use o$ even !ra#ing&A )he meeting began and all "inds o$ things began to ha!!en that / hadn t seen be$ore& Drances tal"ed about how .od had delivered her $rom $ive !ac"s o$ cigarettes a da#, instantl#& ;he as"ed ever#one who wanted to be delivered o$ an# tobacco, drugs or alcohol to come $orward $or %esus to deliver them& 'all# ,um!ed u! and went to the $ront $or cigarette deliverance& 'hen Eharles and Drances laid hands on the heads o$ all those who went $orward, the# $loated bac"wards to the $loor& /t was strange, because the# seemed to barel# touch them and instantl# the# $ell bac"wards& 1ost o$ them didn t even bend+ it was li"e the# were sti$$, but the# loo"ed rela*ed& ;ome even $ell bac"wards without an#one touching them& 'all# came bac" to his seat so e*cited( >e said, ?7h, how great it was( / was slain in the ;!irit(A >e "new he had been instantl# delivered& >e "new %esus had touched him and he was so e*cited he could hardl# sto! tal"ing about it& As a matter o$

$act, he hasn t ?come downA to earth #et a$ter 3 #ears& /t was about the greatest thing that ever ha!!ened to him& >e was so mightil# touched that !eo!le call him ?7ld .lor# Dace(A >e li"es that, because that s the wa# he $eels& 1# $riend had bought a co!# o$ the >unters boo", Since Jesus Passed By, to ac<uaint me with a little o$ what might ha!!en& )he# had described ?slain in the ;!irit, or $alling under the !owerA in the boo", so / "new about it, but this was the $irst time / had ever seen an#thing li"e it& / thin" it would have scared me i$ / hadn t read the boo"& )he boo" also told some stories o$ !eo!le being healed, but this didn t seem to be !ossible $or me& / was curious about these !eo!le being ?slain in the ;!irit,A so while 'all# was u! to be !ra#ed $or deliverance $rom cigarettes, be$ore the# started to !ra# $or sic" !eo!le, / got u! and slowl# edged m# wa# u! $ront where / could get a closer loo" to see i$ the# were 7&F& / couldn t see them good $rom where / was sitting& / $elt li"e a dumm#, but an#wa# / was curious enough to do it& )hen the# began to !ra# $or individuals& / got in the line but was ,ostled one wa# or the other and couldn t sta# in the line& / was on

the verge o$ cr#ing& )ears began running down m# chee"s& Dinall# an usher came over to me and said, ?'hat s the matter5 Gou are !ale and loo" wea"&A / said, (N)his is m# $irst time out o$ the house since / had surger# and / want to get !ra#ed $or but / can t even get in line&A / had lost 'all# in the crowd and couldn t $ind him or an#one else / "new& / must have $elt li"e the sic" man at the 6ethesda Jool& >e had been sic" $or thirt#3eight #ears when %esus as"ed him, ?'ould #ou li"e to get well5A ?/ can t,A the sic" man said, ?$or / have no one to hel! me into the !ool at the movement o$ the water& 'hile / am tr#ing to get there, someone else alwa#s gets in ahead o$ me&A 0%ohn 52537 )=64& 'hen / was ,ostled out o$ line and was getting so wea" that / could hardl# stand there, / $elt li"e someone else was alwa#s beating me ?into the !ool at the movement o$ the water&A / wish / had remembered that %esus $inall# came along and healed him& All / could thin" o$ at the time was that someone else "e!t getting !ra#ed $or when / was edged out o$ the line& :ver#one wanted so much to be healed that night& )he healing waters seemed to be moving and !eo!le were being healed all over the $ront o$ the church&

)he usher went over to Eharles and whis!ered something to him, and Eharles whis!ered something bac" to him& )he man then came to me and too" me to Eharles $or !ra#er& / still $elt that it was emotion that caused !eo!le to $all bac"wards, and / had good control o$ m# emotions& / m not sure / was even thin"ing about healing at the time& / was a$raid that i$ / $ell bac" / would hurt m# bac" again, so / wasn t going to go down& >e ver# gentl# touched me as he so$tl# as"ed %esus to touch me and heal m# bac"& / had on snow boots that had hal$ inch heels and / ?dugA the heels into the car!et to brace m#sel$& / $elt a !ower go into m# head when he touched me and / too" a little ste! bac"wards+ then another ste!& / didn t "now what was ha!!ening& ;omething was !ushing me but / "new it wasn t Eharles& >e barel# touched me& / ended u! going down and $ound m#sel$ l#ing $lat on the $loor( 'all# had $ound me b# that time and was ne*t to me as / was under the !ower o$ .od& / was aware o$ ever#thing but the $orce o$ the !ower o$ .od was li"e a ?windA o$ energ# that !ushed me bac" and held me to the $loor& / began testing m# hi!s $irst

because the# were so bad, and told 'all# / still had some !ain& 'hen / got u! b# bac" didn t hurt( Eharles !ra#ed again $or the !ain in m# hi!s& >e also laid hands on both 'all# and me and !ra#ed $or & 6oth o$ us went down again( / had never been without !ain in m# hi!s since the 1962 surger#, and had never been free of the pain in the deep incision scar on my back where it was torn during so many operations. When I got up this time I WAS F !! "F #$A# AWF%& PAI' A# &AS#(( I# WAS )"'!(( I# *I*'+# $% # A# A&&(( I# *I*'+# $% #(( I# S!!,!* S" I,P"SSIB&!- B%# )"* $A* *"'! A' .I,P"SSIB&! ,I A/&!(0 And it was so simp1e for him to do. I never rea1i2ed before what a great physician Jesus is. $e had performed an impossib1e surgery on me without testing- without painwithout anything e3cept the gent1e hea1ing power of the $o1y Spirit of )od( I went back to my seat and sat down& / D:=) .77@( 1uch later that night / went to bed and / still $elt good& / >A@ 6::B >:A=:@ AB@ / FB:' /)(

THE &EVIL 'A!S A VISIT!

About noon the ne*t da# / began to have !ain all over m# bod#& 6ut the one worst !ain s!ot where it had hurt unceasingl# $or #ears didn t hurt( / FB:' / >A@ 6::B >:A=:@( )he hi!s were better, but again / had some !al n& / had read in Since Jesus Passed 6G how ;atan will attac" with s#m!toms to tr# to ma"e #ou lose $aith in #our healing, so / was !re!ared $or him& >e reall# is deceiving, though& 'hen #ou $eel !ain #ou can almost imagine more !ain than #ou have& Gou can remember how bad it was be$ore #ou were heated and #ou can so easil# believe the devil s lies& / must admit that $ear tried to attac" m# mind& / "now the 6ible tells me that $ear is o$ the devil, but somehow, his negative salesmanshi! seems at the tem!ting time to be more !ositive and more !ractical than trusting %esus& /sn t that stu!id5 .od never tem!ts an#one( >e will test us to ma"e us stronger, but onl# the devil tem!ts& Ean #ou imagine trusting ;atan more than %esus right a$ter %esus had ta"en #ears o$ !ain out o$ #our bod#5 %ust because some

s#m!toms are !ut on #ou b# the dece!tive devil, #ou are tem!ted to believe %esus isn t real and can t do miracles that will last& /t is so im!ortant that we 0health# or sic"4 constantl# meditate on the !romises o$ .od in the 6ible& )hen when tem!tations come, and the# will come to all o$ us, we have the "nowledge o$ .od s written !romise that we can overcome an# tem!tation the enem# can !ut in our !ath& =oo" at these three !romises .od gives to !re!are us with the !ower o$ his word $or ,ust the time / was $acing& @ear brothers, is #our li$e $ull o$ di$$iculties and tem!tations5 )hen be ha!!#, $or when the wa# is rough, #our !atience has a chance to grow& ;o let it grow, and don t tr# to s<uirm out o$ #our !roblems& Dor when #our !atience is $inall# in $ull bloom, then #ou will be read# $or an#thing, strong in character, $ull and com!lete& 0%ames 1 2234 )=64 ;o be care$ul& /$ #ou are thin"ing, ?7h, / would never behave li"e thatA I let this be a warning to #ou& Dor #ou too ma# $all into sin& 6ut remember this I the wrong desires

that come into #our li$e aren t an#thing new and di$$erent& 1an# others have $aced e*actl# the same !roblems be$ore #ou& And no tem!tation is irresistible& Gou can trust .od to "ee! the tem!tation $rom becoming so strong that #ou can t stand u! against it, $or he has !romised this and will do what he sa#s& >e will show #ou how to esca!e tem!tation s !ower so that #ou can bear u! !atientl# against it& 01 Eorinthians 10212313 )=64 'ho his own sel$ bare our sins in his own bod# on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness2 b# whose stri!es #e were healed& 01 Jeter 2224 F%H4 %:;8; >A@ >:A=:@ 1:( >e gave me evidence that / was healed on Drida# night( / believed / was healed& 1# bod# $elt healed& %esus wants us to trust him so he can bless us& 'hen he said to Jeter three times, do #ou love me, Jeter5 @o #ou reall# love me5 >e must have wanted so much $or Jeter to love

him enough that when ;atan s tem!tations came he would trust him, even when he was a$raid he would lose his li$e& Jeter $ailed %esus and believed the lies o$ ;atan that the# would "ill him& Jeter needed !ower that he didn t have at his greatest time o$ tem!tation& 'as this m# greatest time o$ tem!tation5 'ould /, too, choose to believe the lies o$ the devil instead o$ the truth o$ .od s !romises5 'ould / den# %esus thrice be$ore the coc" crew5 'ould / $all $or his lies5 'ould / have more $ear o$ the enem# "illing me than trust that %esus had healed me5 / had $ear o$ being "illed b# the enem#, ,ust li"e Jeter had $ear o$ being "illed& )his was a ver# real $ear to me& 1# enem# was the !ain$ul, cri!!ling, destro#ing diseases / had lived with $or so long& )his $ear was as real an enem# to me as Jeter s enemies, and ,ust as ca!able o$ "illing me& )>:C: ; AB7)>:C JA/B( 'as that the one s!ot in m# bac" on which / anchored m# assurance that / was healed Drida# night5 /t was close to it& Bo, it s not <uite the same !lace&

7r, is it5 Bo, it s not reall# close at all& / had discerned the devil s lie and / re$used his tem!tation& .od s assurance, his word which / had hidden in m# heart, was m# shield and m# buc"ler( >e that dwelleth in the secret !lace o$ the most >igh shall abide under the shadow o$ the Almight#& / will sa# o$ the =ord, >e is m# re$uge and m# $ortress2 m# .od+ in him will / trust& ;urel# he shall deliver thee $rom the snare o$ the $owler, and $rom the noisome !estilence& >e shall cover thee with his $eathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust2 his truth shall be th# shield and buc"ler& )hou shalt not be a$raid $or the terror b# night+ nor $or the arrow that $lieth b# da#+ Bor $or the !estilence that wal"eth in dar"ness+ nor $or the destruction that wasteth at noonda#& 0Jsalm 912136 F%H4 .od had also made 1 Eorinthians 10213 real to me& Gou reall# can trust .od to "ee! the tem!tation $rom becoming so strong that #ou can t stand u! against it, $or he >A; !romised and will do what he sa#s&

>e '/== show #ou how to esca!e tem!tation s !ower so that #ou can bear u! !atientl# against it& >e had done this ,ust $or me& >e had shown me that all the little !ains and s#m!toms were not reall# to be $eared& >e had shown me how to esca!e them& .od had "e!t his !romise $or me ,ust li"e he said he would& / didn t choose to trust the devil more than %esus( / didn t den# %esus when he needed me to trust him( Beither did %esus den# me be$ore m# Dather in heaven, because / didn t den# him& >is love $or me had become real enough that m# love $or him let me trust him& / 'A; )C8=G >:A=:@( )hen the coc" crowed( J:):C ':J)& 6ut / C:%7/E:@( %ust as .od had said, overcoming the tem!tation increased m# $aith I / became stronger in character so m# destin# was to be $ull and com!lete instead o$ sic" in de$eat& %esus had healed each a$$liction / had been !ra#ed $or, but the =ord reminded me that / had not as"ed $or healing o$ m#

illnesses other than m# bac", nec" and hi!s& / guess / hadn t had enough courage or enough $aith or enough guts or whatever it ta"es to as" them or to tell them about m# hair !roblem and the causes o$ m# hair all $alling out& / was !robabl# also embarrassed& .od im!ressed on m# mind to as" $or ever#thing to be healed& 'e started at once to $ind out i$ the >unters were still in the area& 'all# s!ent the whole a$ternoon on ;aturda# in<uiring and $inall# was told that the# would be ministering at the .os!el )abernacle on ;unda# morning, the 9th o$ @ecember& 'e arrived at the church earl# and !ic"ed our seats the $ourth row $rom the $ront& )his time we had a lot more e*!ectation than dread& .od had beauti$ull# demonstrated his might# healing and delivering !ower in both our lives& )he >unters s!o"e that morning but had to leave earl#, so / had someone else !ra# $or me I / don t "now who the# were, but / $elt .od was there to do the healing& / as"ed $or and received !ra#er $or a com!lete healing o$ all m# de$ects and again was slain in the ;!irit& A$ter the !ra#er line was com!leted, the# gave an invitation $or those wanting to receive the ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit& /

res!onded and received and began !raising .od in a new language, ,ust li"e the# did in the 6ible on the @a# o$ Jentecost( >allelu,ah& 1# li$e has never been the same since then& And / never had the !ain again( )his new understanding o$ the healing !ower o$ .od was a drastic change $rom the wa# / understood the teachings o$ m# church& / was under the im!ression, a!!arentl# $rom m# church teachings, that the =ord gives #ou ailments and illnesses according to #our need $or !unishment& / !resumed that, since / had been through so much !ain and sic"ness $or so long, / must have been ver# bad in .od s sight& / didn t want to dis!lease .od, so / would tr# hard to live right, but assumed / wasn t doing ver# well because / thought .od "e!t !unishing me more and more& )he harder / tried it seemed the more o!erations / had& / actuall# was a$raid to go outside $or $ear .od would stri"e at me again( )he thought never occurred to me to ever <uestion this !icture / had o$ the .od o$ chastisement and !unishment& / ,ust acce!ted the assum!tion that / was bad and couldn t rise above that state& / later $ound out that / did need the e*tra !ower to rise above m# state o$ being less than worth# in

.od s sight& /t was the ba!tism with the >ol# ;!irit that gave me the !ower and the understanding o$ the true .od in the ;cri!tures& / $ound 7ut that it is the >ol# ;!irit who reveals the truth& )he 6ible too" on a whole new meaning and a !ersonal understanding o$ the sim!le truth, and then / $ound .od to be a loving and !ersonal .od who wouldn t even thin" o$ im!osing sic"ness or a$$liction on his children& Jeo!le had told me that .od !unished us with illnesses and in other wa#s ,ust li"e we !unish our children& / didn t even sto! to consider that / wouldn t tr# to "ill m# children with some cri!!ling !unishment, nor brea" their bones or beat them hal$ to death ,ust because the# didn t obe# me& /t never occurred to me that ma#be .od wouldn t be that mean either( %ust be$ore / went to the $irst >unter meeting when .od began this $antastic series o$ healings, someone among the Eharismatic grou!s / had attended with m# $riends said that sic"nesses and a$$lictions came $rom the devil& )hat was a com!letel# new thought to me, and it was hard to com!rehend& /sn t it inconceivable that someone who had been e*!osed to the 6ible and who thought she was a Ehristian, would

be so com!letel# deceived b# the devil as to trans$er the blame $or sic"ness $rom the devil to .od5 >ow could / have been so blind( %esus wasn t "idding when he called the devil a liar and deceiver& >e sure had me $ooled $or a long time& / FB7' .7@ @7:;B ) EA8;: ;/EFB:;;& /t is the devil who causes it, and .od a!!arentl# allows him certain $reedoms, but !raise .od, he alwa#s wins b# using all the meanness o$ ;atan to let his light shine brightl# in contrast to the devil s dar"ness& / won the battle when .od s light was so brightl# and tenderl# shined on m# inner li$e $or a healing even more im!ortant than the !h#sical healings he gave me&

MORE MIRACLES!
1# bod# was mightil# touched b# the !ower o$ .od s >ol# ;!irit when %esus, the great !h#sician, healed me on @ecember 8, 9, and 10, 1973& / went bac" to m# doctor on @ecember 18th, ,ust a little over a wee" later& :ven b# this time, m# hair was about an inch and a hal$ long and was thic" all over m# head# 'hen / $irst $elt $u-- on m# almost com!letel# bald head, / was ,ust a little a$raid to be ho!e$ul, but m# ho!es and $aith were increasing& /t didn t ta"e .od long to grow enough hair to convince me that he had hair3growing !ower as well as healing !ower& )his was a thrilling time o$ m# li$e to almost literall# see the hair grow longer and longer& >ere is a letter m# beaut# o!erator wrote to tell o$ her !art in watching .od s /m!ossible 1iracle in the ma"ing I while it was ha!!ening2 ?6eing Borma %ean s beautician, / can truth$ull# sa# that her hair grew at an unusuall# $ast rate& ?/ts growth is a!!ro*imatel# one inch !er month, which is twice that o$ the

average !erson s hair growth rate o$ onl# one3hal$ inch !er month& ?As $ar as te*ture is concerned, it seems to be thic"er ever# time / do it& ?)he =ord reall# "nows how to bless abundantl#(A ;usan Eoo"e )he ama-ing !art o$ this miracle was that as it got long enough to be sha!ed and ta!ered, it didn t need an# changes( .od let it grow !er$ectl# st#led and ta!ered, even better than a beaut# o!erator could have done( / could hardl# believe that .od was doing such wonder$ul, !ersonal things $or me& >ow he must love us( /t was im!ossible, but / could see it, and $eel it( / give him all the glor# and !raise and honor $or doing it $or me& Ean #ou imagine5 Dor me who had mistrusted him so much $or so long, he "new ,ust what to do to bring to me, a mere human o$ no earthl# im!ortance, a !er$ect, !ersonal miracle o$ such magnitude& )o me, it was earthsha"ing and would have easil# registered 10 on the Cichter scale o$ the earth<ua"es o$ m# imagination& )he hair s!ecialists could not believe how thic" and how beauti$ul and !er$ect it was& )he#

couldn t believe it was !ossible, but the# saw it and admired it( )han" #ou %esus&(( / love #ou, %esus, $or doing such a !er$ect miracle o$ m# hair along with the $antastic miracles o$ m# bac", nec" and internal organs, s"in, heart and whatever else #ou healed when #ou made m# bod# !er$ect( .=7CG )7 G78C :H:C=A;)/B. BA1:( / !raise #ou, %esus( %esus, / will do ever#thing to live a li$e that will ma"e #ou and .od the ha!!iest #ou can !ossibl# be& 'ith #our !ower and hel!, / give #ou m# whole li$e to3 use as #ou choose( / went to an internist $or e*amination& >e believed in healing and didn t laugh at me& A$ter his e*amination, he discharged me without an# negative re!orts& )he doctor who had done m# bladder surger# also discharged me as being whole& Eharles had made a statement to me a$ter he !ra#ed the $irst time $or m# bac"& >e said, ?@on t throw awa# #our crutches, braces, or medicine until #ou ve chec"ed with #our doctor& 1uscles get wea" while wearing a brace so #ou need to let them get strengthened&A / will alwa#s be so than"$ul $or that because / had been wearing the steel brace since 1967 and m# muscles were

?shot&A / didn t !ut on m# brace on ;aturda# a$ter m# bac" was healed on Drida# night and he was right I m# bac" was wea"& >ad he not told me what he did, / would have been discouraged and !robabl# m# $aith would have wea"ened, but / believed / was healed and acce!ted his statement that / would have to let m# muscles strengthen be$ore / could do entirel# without the brace& Jraise .od $or the gi$t o$ wisdom given him along with the gi$t o$ healing& About the third or $ourth o$ %anuar#, 1974, / went bac" to the doctor who was in charge o$ the bac" !roblems& >e did not believe in healing and ,ust laughed at me when / told him what had ha!!ened& / wanted him to give me a lighter, more com$ortable brace, but he wouldn t let me have it& / had to wear the heav# steel brace which was encased in leather all through ta* season& 1# muscles were so wea" that / couldn t get along without something to su!!ort them& )hat brace was driving me nuts all through the hard wor" o$ the ta* season& /n %ul# / went bac" to m# bac" doctor, and insisted that / had to have a di$$erent "ind o$ a brace& / $elt li"e m# bac" was healed and the brace was what was causing all the hurting& >e reluctantl# told

me that he would write a !rescri!tion $or whatever "ind / wanted& >e said / would alwa#s have to have the heav# steel brace, but because o$ m# insistence, he wrote the !rescri!tion $or a light brace with two steels $or su!!ort& )hese could be removed as m# muscles strengthened, which / $ull# believed would ha!!en& /t was m# intention, and / told m# doctor so he would be aware o$ what / !lanned to do, to $irst remove the two heav# steels in the brace and then later discard the whole brace& >e said that / should not ta"e the heav# steels out until %anuar#, 1975, at least, and / would have to wear the brace with the light steels the rest o$ m# li$e& /n ;e!tember / removed the steels because m# muscles had strengthened so much, and b# the end o$ Bovember o$ 1974 / was able to com!letel# discard all su!!ort and le$t the brace o$$& Jraise the =ord( 'hat a relie$( / discontinued all medication at the end o$ the ta* season o$ 1974& / had three medical tests made in the $all o$ 1974 and the# showed all the s"in condition !roblem and hair !roblems were com!letel# gone, so the doctor o$$iciall# sto!!ed the medication 0which / had alread# <uit ta"ing4&

/ waited about a #ear be$ore writing to let the >unters "now about the healing, because / wanted to be sure / reall# was healed& / waited until / was com!letel# out o$ braces and was sure nothing was coming bac"& )hen / heard the# were to be bac" at the .os!el )abernacle in A!ril o$ 1975, about seventeen months a$ter the# $irst as"ed %esus to !er$orm the miracles that changed 'all# s and m# entire !h#sical, s!iritual and mental lives& / was e*cited and was going to be able to tell them and show them !ersonall# what .od had done( / would get to sa# those wonder$ul words, ?/ H: 6::B >:A=:@(A 1# hair had grown 13 1O2 inches, and ever# hair was the same length, giving it that !er$ect beaut#3!arlor loo", onl# even better than the best beaut# o!erator could do& /t was thic", beauti$ul ,et blac" and alwa#s $resh loo"ing and health#( / m glad the 6ible sa#s that we can even call %esus our $riend, and he trul# showed his wonder$ul $riendshi! when he intervened in m# behal$ and healed me com!letel#& Bo one will ever "now, and / don t have the abilit# to e*!ress, how ver# grate$ul / am to him $or his love, $or his com!assion and his !ersonal touch to m# bod# and m# soul, and

$or his including m# beloved 'all# in his miracle3wor"ing, li$e3changing !ersonal trans$ormation o$ our whole wa# o$ li$e and !ur!ose in living& All we both want to do now is to s!end the rest o$ our lives $or him( / ,ust can t begin to tell #ou how much di$$erent li$e is now& 'all# could hardl# reali-e what it was li"e to come home $rom wor" and $ind his meals !re!ared& /t had been over twelve #ears since that had ha!!ened& >e had been the one who had to add another ,ob at the end o$ the da# and ta"e care o$ me #ear a$ter #ear, da# a$ter da#, night a$ter night& >e was the one who had to do the cleaning and other duties o$ ta"ing care o$ our home& Ehristmas, 1975, was di$$erent& /t was an e*citing da# and / "new whose birthda# we were celebrating& >e was a ver# real !erson in m# li$e and / "new he was not ,ust a bab# bo# born o$ the virgin 1ar#+ / "new he was the magni$icent ;on o$ .od, ;avior, >ealer, and Eontroller o$ m# li$e& / had $allen in love with this %esus& >e was real and alive in m# li$e& Dor all these #ears / had never been able to wear decent3loo"ing shoes, i$ an# at all& Bow the $lat shoes had been laid aside $or whatever "ind / wanted to wear& / have no

more !roblem with m# hi!s going out o$ ,oint& :ver#thing we had done $or all those miserable, ,o#less #ears was histor#& 'e had !lanned ever#thing around a !ermanentl# disabled !erson until / was sic" o$ it. :ver# !lan we made, the clothes we bought, the $ood that was !re!ared b# 'all# or someone else, the constant tri!s to the doctors with the bills eating ever#thing we could !iece together and more I ever#thing $or a ho!eless, cri!!led invalid& 68) B7' /) ; A== 7H:C( D7C:H:C( / 1 ':==( .=7CG )7 .7@ D7C >/; 1:CEG AB@ F/B@B:;;(

$O&S MERC! S'ILLS OVER ON

=et me go bac" and share a little o$ what ha!!ened to 'all# and what .od did $or him, and us together& 'all# had tried to be a Ehristian be$ore all the sic"ness came into our lives, but no matter how #ou ?tr#,A #ou cannot live a Ehristian li$e on #our own I it ta"es %esus in #ou to do this, but we didn t "now an#thing more than to tr# on our own, ho!ing we could be good enough to !lease .od and get to heaven& 'hen the 1965 second accident hit and when our $inancial ho!es were gone as we lost the lawsuit $or damages, 'all# lost all ho!e and all !ur!ose $or living& >e ,ust seemed to ?<uitA .od and even sto!!ed tr#ing to live $or him& Although he tried to hide it $rom me, he began acce!ting o$$ers $or beers and drin"s $rom what he thought were $riends& >e hid his cigarettes $rom me, but / "new he was smo"ing& :ven the guilt he at $irst had began to disa!!ear as he got $urther and $urther awa# $rom the desire to be a Ehristian&

>e grew colder and colder toward .od and colder and colder toward me& As / com!lained to him about m# !ain, he became more grouch# and bitter about the situation& / can understand a little more how he $elt now, but our lives became almost unbearable toward one another& 7ur home had become a battleground $or the civil war between us& / would #ell at him and he would come bac" at me with the same miserable attitude / had& )he sic"ness o$ was almost worse than the sic"ness in m# bod#& 'e were sim!l# coe*isting $or economical reasons and necessit#& 'e couldn t a$$ord $inanciall# to live a!art I the bills too" ever#thing we had and we were dee!l# in debt and growing dee!er& 'all# began to use $oul language and cursing became more natural than decent words& 'hat was dee! inside him began to $low out o$ his mouth with the vileness o$ the ser!ent he was serving, the ver# devil himsel$& /n %ul# o$ 1973, 'all# attended a 6ill# .raham Erusade and gave his li$e to %esus&

@ee! in his heart he hated himsel$, but circumstances had !ulled him into the control o$ the $orces o$ evil& .od "e!t drawing and drawing, but he couldn t #ield his li$e totall# to him& =i$e $or 'all# was greatl# im!roved, bit with m# sic"ness and !ain and im!osition on his time and !ull against the li$e he wished he could have, he could not <uit acce!ting the drin"s $rom his ?$riendsA and he could not give u! the cigarettes he guiltil# snea"ed and hid around the house or in the car& )hose unclean words "e!t $lowing out o$ his mouth, telling what was on the inside& )r#ing to "ee! clean was li"e wor"ing in a garage with a white suit& >is habits were dirt#, but his heart "e!t wanting to be clean+ clean enough $or %esus to live there& /t was a di$$erent "ind o$ guilt, but guilt it was and it hurt inside, and was hard to hide $rom !eo!le on the outside& /t might be easier $or Jaul to e*!lain to #ou what was going on inside 'all#& Jaul seemed to have about the same trouble& )his is what he had to sa# about his striving to !lease .od and sel$ at the same time2 )he law is good, then, and the trouble is riot there but with me, because / am

sold into slaver# with Sin as m# owner& / don t understand m#sel$ at all, $or / reall# want to do what is right, but / can t& / do what / don t want to I what / hate& / "now !er$ectl# well that what / am doing is wrong, and m# bad conscience !roves that / agree with these laws / am brea"ing& 6ut / can t hel! m#sel$, because / m no longer doing it& /t is sin inside me that is stronger than / am that ma"es me do these evil things& / "now / am rotten through and through so $ar as m# old sin$ul nature is concerned& Bo matter which wa# t turn / can t ma"e m#sel$ do right& / want to but / can t& 'hen / want to do good, / don t+ and when / tr# not to do wrong, / do it an#wa#& Bow i$ / am doing what / don t want to, it is !lain where the trouble is2 sin still has me in its evil gras!& /t seems to be a $act o$ li$e that when / want to do what is right, / inevitabl# do what is wrong / love to do .od s will so $ar as m# new nature is

concerned+ but there is something else dee! within me, in m# lower nature, that is at war with m# mind and wins the $ight and ma"es me a slave to the sin that is still within me& /n m# mind / want to be .od s willing servant but instead / $ind m#sel$ still enslaved to sin& ;o #ou see how it is2 m# new li$e tells me to do right, but the old nature that is still inside me loves to sin& 7h, what a terrible !redicament / m in( 'ho will $ree me $rom m# slaver# to this deadl# lower nature5 )han" .od( /t has been done b# %esus Ehrist our =ord& >e has set me $ree& 0Comans 72143254 'hat was missing5 'hat did Jaul discover that made the di$$erence in his being able to turn awa# $rom the old evil nature inside him that held him in bondage5 'all# wanted so much to be $ree, but in s!ite o$ all his earnest e$$orts, he ,ust couldn t live li"e he "new he should and li"e he wanted so much to do& )hen came the night o$ @ecember 7, 1973, when 'all# and / went to our $irst miracle service& )hat night Drances invited

all who wanted to be delivered $rom cigarettes to come $orward& Gou can understand wh# 'all# ran to the $ront o$ the auditorium to be delivered $rom this hold the devil still had on him& >e meant it when he !ra#ed with Drances >unter $or %esus to deliver him $rom cigarettes& )hat s wh# he wouldn t sto! re,oicing and tal"ing about what had ha!!ened when he returned to his seat to tell me what it was li"e to be slain in the ;!irit as Drances touched him& /t was reall# %esus who had touched him b# the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit through Drances hands as he $ell bac"wards to the $loor under the !ower o$ .od never to be the same again& )hen came the second touch in his li$e as a $ew minutes later, Eharles laid hands on both o$ us and as"ed %esus to bless & Eharles didn t "now how much we needed blessed& /t not onl# needed blessing, it needed an overhaul as much as m# bod# did& 6oth were ho!elessl# cri!!led be#ond re!air b# an# human !ower& 'hen %esus delivered 'all# that Drida# night, he was com!letel# and totall# delivered o$ an# desire $or cigarettes, $or beer or alcohol, and .od cleaned u! his mouth instantl#& >e has never had a desire or tem!tation since that night to smo"e,

drin" or swear& )his was done b# the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit& /t was on ;unda# morning that 'all# went to Drances again and as"ed to be ba!ti-ed with the >ol# ;!irit& Drances gentl# laid her hands on his head, he $ell under the !ower o$ .od and instantl# began !raising .od and s!ea"ing in tongues, ,ust li"e it ha!!ened in the 6ible when Jaul laid hands on the Ehristians& )his was the touch that changed 'all# s de$eat to victor# in his Ehristian li$e& >e had $ound what was missing& >e $ound what Jaul tal"ed about in the eighth cha!ter o$ Comans when he moved $rom the de$eat in his Ehristian li$e in the seventh cha!ter to the victor# in the eighth cha!ter& Again, let Jaul tell what ha!!ened to 'all# when he received the ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit& ;o there is now no condemnation awaiting those who belong to Ehrist %esus& Dor the !ower o$ the li$e3giving ;!irit I and this !ower is mine through Ehrist %esus I has $reed me $rom the vicious circle o$ sin and death& 'e aren t saved $rom sin s gras! b# "nowing the commandments o$ .od, because we can t and don t

"ee! them, but .od !ut into e$$ect a di$$erent !lan to save us& >e sent his own ;on in a human bod# li"e ours I e*ce!t that ours are sin$ul I and destro#ed sin s control over us b# giving himsel$ as a sacri$ice $or our sins& ;o now we can obe# .od s laws i$ we $ollow a$ter the >ol# ;!irit and no longer obe# the old evil nature within us& )hose who let themselves be controlled b# their lower natures live onl# to !lease themselves, but those who $ollow a$ter the >ol# ;!irit $ind themselves doing those things that !lease .od& Dollowing a$ter the >ol# ;!irit leads to li$e and !eace, but $ollowing a$ter the old nature leads to death, because the old sin$ul nature within us is against .od& /t never did obe# .od s laws and it never will& )hat s wh# those who are still under the control o$ their old sin$ul selves, bent on $ollowing their old evil desires, can never !lease .od& 6ut #ou are not li"e that& Gou are controlled b# #our new nature i$ #ou have the ;!irit o$ .od living in #ou&

0And remember that i$ an#one doesn t have the ;!irit o$ Ehrist living in him, he is not a Ehristian at all&4 Get, even though Ehrist lives within #ou, #our bod# will die because o$ sin+ but #our s!irit will live, $or Ehrist has !ardoned it& And i$ the ;!irit o$ .od, who raised u! %esus $rom the dead, lives in #ou, he will ma"e #our d#ing bodies live again a$ter #ou die, b# means o$ this same >ol# ;!irit living within #ou& 0Comans 8213114 /t was the !ower o$ this same >ol# ;!irit living within 'all# that gave him !ower to live above the desires to sin& Beither 'all# or Borma %ean are !er$ect( 6ut it was through the !ower %esus !romised to send bac" to us, the !ower that we were to receive when the >ol# ;!irit came u!on us, that 'all# and / were able to die to sel$ and let %esus trul# be =ord o$ our lives, =ord and @eliverer $rom our old evil natures& )hat !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit is still wor"ing within us to burn out the rest o$ our carnal nature, but the >ol# ;!irit living within us alwa#s gives us that ever3!resent desire to !lease .od and %esus in ever# act and thought& 'hen a wrong attitude or thought tries to get into our minds, the >ol# ;!irit is

instantl# there to sa# ?no,A and we are <uic" to sa# ?#esA to resist what ;atan would li"e to do to !ollute our minds and hearts& 'here 'all# used to storm out o$ the house mad and grouch#, now he wa"es u! ever# morning with a !eace and ,o# #ou wouldn t believe& >e dro!s on his "nees to !raise .od and than" him& >e holds m# hands be$ore leaving $or wor" and !ra#s $or me& >e returns home so $ull o$ the ,o# o$ %esus that he can hardl# wait to tell me all the things %esus has done through him during the da#& >e alwa#s as"s %esus to lead someone to him ever# da# with whom he can share& Almost ever# da# he tells o$ some !erson in his wor", or a child who has acce!ted %esus as their ;avior& >e can hardl# sto! tal"ing about %esus& >is li$e was turned u!side down b# this new3$ound !ower to witness& >is $ace shines with the glor# o$ .od night and da#& >e loves %esus so much that when he tells !eo!le what he has done $or us and what he can do $or them, tears $low out o$ his e#es& )he tears o$ loving re!entance run

li"e rivers o$ water out o$ his e#es when he tal"s to .od and %esus li"e li$e3long $riends& >e can even tal" to me $or hours with a love $or me li"e / never believed was !ossible& 1# love $or him has been so magni$ied b# the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit and the love o$ %esus that is as near !er$ect as / could ever imagine& )he# call him ?7=@ .=7CG DAE:A because he trul# is $illed with the glor# o$ .od night and da#&

THE &EVIL STRI(ES A$AIN!!!

/t was seventeen months a$ter m# healing and our encounter with the =ord %esus and the >ol# ;!irit through the >unters that we wal"ed into the church to meet them and share what had ha!!ened& )he# were as"ed to wait $or us in the !astor s stud#& )he !astor had ,ust told them a lad# and man would be in to share an e*citing miracle that had ha!!ened when the# were in his church be$ore& / wal"ed in wearing high heel shoes and a $ull head o$ m# own hair and a ,o# li"e no one could have on this earth without %esus& )he# reall# didn t "now what we re doing as / entered the room, bent over and touched m# toes and then hugged them& 'ith a bac" $used in so man# !laces that it was im!ossible to bend at all, / was able to bend it with ease and touch m# toes& / told them how / had hel!ed 'all# move $urniture and do an#thing an# normal, health# woman could do& / had !ainted two o$ the bedrooms, ceilings as well as walls, which would have been im!ossible be$ore& / had mowed and ra"ed the #ard, scrubbed the $loor 0and loved

doing it4, ridden a bic#cle, driven the car, ba"ed and coo"ed $or lots o$ com!an#, and an#thing else that came m# wa# to do& / told them about the da# we had had an aw$ul bli--ard& 'e needed snow tires on both cars& 'all# too" the @uster and / drove the 7lds& 'e s!ent $ive hours tr#ing to ma"e an eight bloc" round tri!& )he @uster had two bald tires and he "e!t getting stuc"& / wanted him to let me ta"e the wheel while he got out to !ush, but the wind and snow was blowing so hard that it would ,ust cut #our $ace, so he wanted me to sta# in the 7lds& 'ithout him "nowing it, / got 7ut o$ the car while he was gunning the @uster to get u! a small incline and / !ushed it out alone until he got u! the grade& Ean #ou imagine that( )he muscles in m# bac" had become as strong as a #oung woman s& / tried to tal" to Eharles and Drances $ast enough that night to !iece together what / had been and what / now was b# the healing, trans$orming !ower when %esus touched me through them& )he#, o$ course, were thrilled to hear the stor#+ and 'all# and / ho!e it not onl# thrills #ou as #ou read it, but that it will bring ho!e not onl# $or healing, but will bring $aith to an#one who needs a healing& 'e !ra# that right now as #ou read this, the

same !ower that raised %esus $rom the dead and raised me $rom m# bed o$ a$$liction will raise #ou $rom #our sic"ness or a$$liction& ?%esus, than" #ou $or #our might# healing !ower and $or healing m# bod# so com!letel#& %esus, we as" #ou to touch the bod# o$ the !erson reading this and heal them in the same com!lete, wonder$ul wa# #ou healed me& )han" #ou, %esus, $or the miracle o$ healing&A ;everal months a$ter we shared with the >unters about what .od had done in our lives, the# invited us to go to >ouston, )e*as and a!!ear on their television !rogram& 'e were delighted and it was a thrill to tell multitudes about what .od had done& / was able to demonstrate the wa# / had once used that tong3li"e instrument to !ic" u! !a!er cli!s or other dro!!ed items when / couldn t bend m# bac"& / showed that big steel brace and the lighter braces / had worn so long& )hen / demonstrated how / could bend m# bac" b# touching m# toes, running u! ste!s and in other wa#s& / reall# never reali-ed what an e$$ect this testimon# would have until months later the# told what had ha!!ened to a man in Eali$ornia& )he#

recorded the !rogram on television ta!e to be sent around the 8nited ;tates and Eanada and aired in di$$erent cities during the ne*t several wee"s& 'hen it was !la#ed in one cit# in Eali$ornia, a man sat in his television room watching& >e had had the same bac" !roblems / had, and had $usions ,ust as m# bac" had been $used& As he watched and heard m# testimon# his $aith too" hold and suddenl#, the !ower o$ .od touched him and he ,um!ed u!, bent his bac", began to ,um! and test it over and over again, and was com!letel# and totall# healed& >e called the o$$ice o$ >unter 1inistries in >ouston and was so e*cited telling them about this ama-ing miracle that he could hardl# tal"& .od had used this television ta!e to record his miracle3wor"ing !ower and wee"s later had s!o"en to the heart o$ a man hundreds o$ miles awa# to demonstrate the living %esus& ;atan never li"es to lose one o$ his !otential victims& >is deceiving wa#s and his counter$eit attem!ts to ta"e awa# m# healings were man# and varied& 'hen we got bac" home $rom being on the television !rogram, the devil made one o$ his attem!ts to ma"e me thin" / would have more bac" troubles& 1ost !eo!le who

have a bac" !roblem have something li"e a !l#wood board under their mattress& 'e had !ut a three3<uarter inch !l#wood under our ortho!edic mattress a$ter m# $irst o!eration& 'hen we got home $rom >ouston / started having bac"aches& Dinall# the# got so bad / thought / couldn t stand it& / began to believe his lies and to thin" it might be something more than his attem!ts to deceive me& / began to wonder i$ the ortho!edic mattress was getting so$t or i$ / needed a harder mattress& / was tr#ing to thin" o$ wa#s that might give me some relie$& / as"ed 'all# i$ he would ta"e the board 7ut and let me tr# it that wa#& /t $elt li"e $eathers and / doubted i$ / would ever be able to slee! on it& / decided that m# bac" couldn t hurt an# worse and went ahead and used it that night& / thought i$ it was worse the ne*t morning, we would have to get a harder mattress& / went to bed $ull# e*!ecting not to slee! and !robabl# not being able to get out o$ bed alone the ne*t morning& )o m# sur!rise, / sle!t through the night and got u! without a !ain, and / have never had a !ain since then& )he board is now a shel$ in our garage& 'hen / <uit the last o$ m# !ain !ills and slee!ing !ills, the devil tried to imitate the

!ain in m# bod# and / too" as!irin a $ew times& Dinall# he gave u! and the !ains ended& )he $irst time / gave m# testimon# at church / was sic" with !neumonia $or three wee"s& / didn t get the connection until / gave the testimon# again, and got sic" again& )hen / reali-ed he didn t want me to tal" about what .od had done& >e tried to convince me that i$ / didn t shut u!, / would be sic" again& 'hen he $ound out / would tell m# stor# an#wa#, he started ma"ing me sic" be$ore / would s!ea"& /t had to be ;atan, because the $irst time / didn t get sic" was when the !astor as"ed me without telling me be$orehand, and the devil didn t have time to ma"e me sic"& / began s!ea"ing out o$ town at meetings and because / "new the dates in advance, / would get sic" each time& )he attac"s were worse and lasted longer& 7ne time a cold went down into m# chest and / su$$ered with a terrible coughing s!ell& /t seemed he even tried to "ee! me awa# $rom m# own church so / couldn t be !ra#ed $or& / thin" the last attac" li"e this ha!!ened ,ust be$ore / was to s!ea" in Ale*andria, 1innesota& / got what / call the ?!lague&A / coughed so much that / vomited& / don t thin" / ever coughed so much and so hard in m# li$e& / went an#wa#,

but / sto!!ed b# the church and m# !astor rebu"ed ;atan, bound him and his !ower, and as"ed %esus to heal me& / wasn t sic" even a minute more a$ter he !ra#ed& 'e had the best meeting that da# we had ever had& / thought the devil had given u! the battle, but months later 'all# and / had the e*citing !rivilege o$ ta"ing a boat cruise $rom 1iami to Bassau with the >unters on a @elight$ull# Eharismatic Ehristian 'al" ;eminar& )he devil tried in several wa#s to bloc" us $rom getting there, but he didn t succeed and the da# arrived when we were on the shi! and were being $ed the word o$ .od b# the !ractical teachings o$ the >unters& 'e were having the thrill o$ our lives& 'e were as"ed to go to the dec" to have grou! !ictures made& )he !hotogra!her began !ositioning us $or the !icture& >e as"ed us to move bac" a ste!& / didn t notice a $our3inch ledge and when / ste!!ed bac" / lost m# balance as m# $oot dro!!ed o$$ the ledge, $ell bac"wards and in an attem!t to catch m#sel$, / turned sidewa#s and $ell $urther over a three3$oot ledge and landed across a dec" chair& 1# rib hit the arm o$ the chair with such an im!act that / thought / had torn m# whole bac" a!art&

/ "new / was badl# hurt, but the sudden $ear that struc" me was even worse& / ,ust "new that / had torn m# bac" a!art and the thoughts that / would be right bac" where / was those long, horrible #ears o$ torture rushed to m# mind& / cried $rom the !ain and the $ear& 'all# was almost in shoc" with $ear& Eharles and Drances rushed to me while others were also tr#ing to hel!& )he# immediatel# too" s!iritual authorit# over the devil and his !owers and commanded m# bod# to be healed and commanded the s!irit o$ $ear to leave& )he !ain subsided a little, but was still hurting& 1# side began swelling and in a $ew hours / had two big bruises in the sha!e o$ hearts on m# hi!s& )he swelling was rather bad and caused additional !ain& A$ter much !ra#er, most o$ the !ain le$t about ten o cloc" that night& 6# the ne*t morning the swelling had gone down b# m# rib and / could move the rib and hear it crunch and / "new it was bro"en& / went to the shi! s doctor and he made arrangements $or me to have it K3ra#ed when we doc"ed at @odge /sland in 1iami, Dlorida& )he doctor e*amined me, $elt the rib as 'all# and / told him how it crunched and he said he could $eel it too& >e and the nurse both said it was bro"en& )he nurse got

me into a gown and !ut me on the K3ra# table& 'hile she !ut the $ilm in, or whatever the# do, / said, ?7&F&, =ord, do #our thing and do it <uic"l#(A )hat was all the time / had to !ra#& )he# too" an K3ra#& )he doctor loo"ed at it and $elt m# rib again& >e too" the K3ra# again, and again loo"ed at it and $elt m# rib& >e too" a third K3ra# and again loo"ed at it and $elt m# rib& / could tell that each time he $elt it, it didn t move or crunch and / had $elt it and it wasn t li"e it was be$ore& / began to !raise .od and than" him $or healing it& )he doctor said he "new it was bro"en but his K3ra# e<ui!ment wasn t as strong as it was in the hos!ital, so he sent me to a hos!ital in Eoral .ables& 6e$ore / le$t, the shi! s doctor showed me the K3ra# where the mar" was that should have been a brea", but it didn t show a $racture& / said, ?Jraise the =ord(A 'e went to the hos!ital in Eoral .ables where another K3ra# was ta"en and another doctor e*amined me& )he# too" them a second time& A mar" was on the K3ra#, but it was not a $racture& )he# said it was ,ust a bruise and dismissed me& 7bviousl# the =ord healed it be$ore the nurse could sna! the K3ra# !icture at the doctor s o$$ice on

@odge /sland& 'e !raised the =ord $or the healing and $or ma"ing the rest o$ our vacation tri! what it was& >ad the rib been bro"en, it would have ended our tri!& / would have had a di$$icult time riding over 1,500 miles bac" home in an automobile& .od wouldn t let the devil have his wa# and ruin this tri!, even though he reall# tried& )his was ,ust another con$irmation that m# bac" had been made totall# new and strong, because the !revious damages in ru!tures o$ the vertebrae were caused b# less than this accident& .od is a good .od( >allelu,ah( / can t even wonder or imagine what li$e would be li"e, /$ / had li$e le$t, had m# $riends not insisted that / go to that $irst meeting& / don t want to even thin" about it& =i$e is too glorious li"e it is, and 'all# and / loo" $orward to the e*citing things %esus is going to do with each new da# / "now Eharles and Drances didn t do these miracles& / "now .od did them through the =ord %esus Ehrist, and to him we give all the glor# and !raise& ;o $or the second time the# called in the man who had been blind and told him, ?.ive the glor# to .od, not to %esus, $or we "now %esus is an evil !erson&A

?/ don t "now whether he is good or bad,A the man re!lied, ?but / "now this2 / 'A; 6=/B@, AB@ B7' / ;::(A 0%ohn 92243254 Beither / nor the doctors can e*!lain what %esus did to m# bac" and nec"& A$ter the $usions the doctors and / "now that / could not bend m# bac", and now we all "now that / can bend it $reel#& / don t "now how he did it, ?but / "now this2 / E78=@B ) 6:B@, 68) B7' / EAB(A Authors Bote2 As a !art o$ the veri$ication o$ these remar"able miracles in Borma %ean, we as"ed her to have a doctor in 1innea!olis e*amine the records which were available and to K3ra# her s!ine to let us "now certain $acts we $elt would be o$ interest to the readers o$ this boo", as well as to e*alt %esus in the !er$ormance o$ these miracles& A doctor told Borma %ean be$ore she had the K3ra#s made in August, 1976, that i$ the $usions were shown to be !ro!erl# holding and the screw and nail were still in !lace, the greatest miracle would be that she could bend her bac" as $reel# as she did in high school& >er bac" !reviousl# wouldn t and couldn t bend with the $usions in !lace&

'e are including her doctor s letter&

45 *ove &ane- 'orth "aks St. Pau1- ,innesota 66447 August 85th- 495: ,r. /har1es $unter 47;87 ,emoria1 *rive $ouston- #e3as 5578; re< ,rs. 'orma Jean =an *e11 *ear ,r. $unterAs you know. ,rs. =an *e11 asked me to e3amine the medica1 records which you mai1ed up from $ouston#e3as> as we11 as the ?@ ays of the &umbo@Sacra1 Spinetaken at %nity $ospita1- Frid1ey- ,innesota on Aug. 86th495: and interpreted by *r. $arry ,i3er- adio1ogist. I a1so e3amined ,rs. =an *e11. I wi11 first answer your specific Auestions as re1ayed to ,rs. =an *e11 in your te1ephone conversation with her. 4. Bou asked. .Is the 4 CDE0 screw sti11 present0F Ans. Besthe 4 CDE0 screw which was inserted during her operation of ,arch 4Eth- 49:;. is sti11 c1ear1y evident and is firm1y in p1ace. P1ease find enc1osed *r. ,i3er+s report. Bou wi11 note in his report that the screw sti11 transfi3es the 1umbosacra1 Joint and I wou1d therefore conc1ude that this operation has been moat successfu1.

8. Bou asked. .are the fusions from the previous operations sti11 presentF0 Ana.< Bes- Bou wi11 note again in *r. ,i3er+s report- that the e3tensive fusions from the previous surgery are a1so c1ear1y evident on both sides- from the ;th &umbar =ertebra and e3tending downward into the sacrum. #his too- confirms the success of the previous surgery. C. Bou asked- .Are the donor sites for the bone removed from the pe1vic bones sti11 visib1e or have they a11 hea1ed inF0 Ans.< #he donor sites are c1ear1y visib1e as trans1ucent areas in the I1iac /rests on both sidesindicating the donor sites from which cortica1 cance11ous bone grafts were taken. A1though *r. ,i3er doesn+t mention these in his reportthey are mentioned by another adio1ogist as incidenta1 findings on fi1ms of the abdomen which had been taken about a year previous1y. I compared these fi1ms and they are practica11y identica1. "n physica1 e3amination. ,rs. =an *e11+s back has a Auite good range of motion. "n forward f1e3ion- she can+t Auite touch the f1oor- stopping short by about C or ; Inches. #his is about average for many peop1e in her age range. #he mu1tip1e surgica1 scars are readi1y apparent- but I e1icited no significant pain when pa1pating the area. ,rs. =an *e11 stated that prior to her hea1ing- she used a 1arge Auantity of pain@re1ieving medication- as we11 as s1eeping pi11s etc. on a regu1ar basis. But since then. none are needed. In the September- 495: issue of /$ IS#IA' &IF! maga2ine- /har1es Farah- Jr- has contributed an artic1e

entit1ed< #oward a #heo1ogy of $ea1ing0. In this artic1e- he states- .)od hea1s through doctors and )od hea1s through prayer. A11 true hea1ing is divine- whether )od does it through natura1 means- doctors- or through supernatura1 means. )od wi11s to hea10. Francis ,ac'utt- ".P.- in his book- $!A&I')- G495; by Ave ,aria PressH- states on page 85;< .Sometimes )od works through nature and the ski11 of doctors> sometimes he works direct1y through prayer and sometimes through both- but a1ways there shou1d be coIoperation- mutua1 respect and an admiration for the variety of ways in which )od manifests his g1ory.0 I find myse1f in agreement with the views as e3pressed by theme two men of )od. In summary then- in my opinion- ,rs. =an *e11 ham e3perienced at 1east two kinds of hea1ing< 4. )od+s hea1ing through her doctors Gski11ed "rthopedic surgeons- a neuro surgeon etc.H. whose operations appear to have been successfu1. epeated surgery was necessitated after repeated accidents and recurrent trauma. 8. Supernatura1 hea1ing with re1ief of her pain and because of this- increased freedom of movement and an ever@ widening range of activities- inc1uding riding a motor cyc1e+ C. She probab1y a1so e3perienced a supernatura1 Inner $ea1ing which freed her of an3iety and much apprehension and many fears. #his has enab1ed her to venture out and

constant1y e3pand her range of activities and interests. I be1ieve the hea1ing wi11 continue as she commits to the &ord- more and more of her past fee1ings of resentmentsbitterness etc. ,rs. =an *e11 because of her accidents and many operations- has e3perienced a great dea1 of suffering- both physica1 and menta1 as we11 as emotiona1. When we observe her present@day busy schedu1e- carried "ut in a cheerfu1 attitude and with a most optimistic out1ook- we can+t he1p but reJoice with her in her miracu1ous recovery. For a11 of this we give thanks and praise to our &ord and Savior- Jesus /hrist( Sincere1y in $im-

PUBLISHERS NOTE: "n June 8E- 49E4- Wa11y =an *e11 went home to be with the &ord. 'orma Jean =an *e11 wedded *r. .J. &e oy on ,arch 44- 49E;

$O&S MIRACLE FOR EILEEN by Eileen Swanson THE OL& HOUSE

'hat is that !ain that "ee!s hitting m# s!ine5 Jrobabl# the weather& Bo, there it goes again, but this time it reall# is ma"ing m# shoulder blade hurt( / wonder i$ there s something wrong with me5 /t couldn t be, or could it5 6# 1960 / was convinced that there was something reall# wrong because the !ain in m# s!ine and shoulder blade area was becoming more and more !ronounced as / !er$ormed m# household tas"s& / went to our $amil# !h#sician and he !rescribed a high3 !otenc# vitamin 6 which / too" $or almost two #ears, but the !ain still continued& /n 1962 it had !rogressed to the !oint where / could not reach u! over m# head with both arms to hang u! clothes& / had alwa#s been a ?scrubberA in m# house, and / loved to wash windows, but washing windows was becoming ver# !ain$ul and while / li"ed to wash them on

the outside at least twice during the winter months, / had to sto! because o$ the !ain& ;uddenl# the !ain hit m# chest as well as the s!ine( 7ur $amil# !h#sician had le$t the medical !ractice to become a !s#chiatrist in the $all o$ 1963, so in the meantime / tried treatments with an osteo!ath which gave tem!orar# relie$, but the !ain would come bac" again within a $ew hours& :ven i$ / wal"ed on the beach in 80P weather without a sweater, the wind would cause severe !ain& / decided to see an ortho!edic surgeon at the urging o$ m# $amil# and $riends because whatever / had, "e!t getting more and more wides!read and more and more !ain$ul& >e too" K3ra#s and !rescribed a muscle rela*ant& >e also suggested that / be under the care o$ an internist, and in an attem!t to relieve the almost constant !ain he sent me to the curative wor"sho! $or dee!3heat treatments and whirl!ool thera!#& / did this and then attem!ted an e*ercise !rogram at home& )he !ain increased in the s!ine when / did some o$ the e*ercises, so / discontinued them& /n 1964 while m# husband was deer hunting, / awo"e earl# in the morning with e*treme !ain in m# arm& / had a habit o$ slee!ing with one arm over m# head and the

!ain was almost unbearable, and the arm was $ro-en, or loc"ed, in an over3the3head !osition( / tried to call out to our sons slee!ing in another room, but the !ain was so intense / couldn t get much more than a loud whis!er out& Bot onl# was the !ain in m# arm, but it had s!read to the chest area as well& As soon as the doctor arrived in his o$$ice / called him and e*!lained what had ha!!ened and about the !ain / was having in m# s!ine and chest& /t certainl# was obvious in m# voice& >e e*!lained that he thought it was $ibrom#ositis, and / was given a !rescri!tion $or muscle rela*ants& /n @ecember o$ 1964 / was again sent to the curative wor"sho! $or treatments, this time b# an internist& )he treatments didn t seem to be hel!ing me& / would loo" at all these !eo!le who were so cri!!led and here / was a health#3loo"ing woman& / thin" / $elt out o$ !lace, but the doctor e*!lained that no matter what / loo"ed li"e on the outside this !ain was real and / FB:' it( / was ver# much aware o$ the !ain / had da# and night and it was becoming worse( / was now aware o$ !ain in ever#thing / did& :ven a sim!le little thing li"e letter writing was !ain$ul&

'i!ing u! $loors was !ain$ul& 1a"ing beds was !ain$ul& >olding !ac"ages was !ain$ul when / went to a store& )al"ing on the tele!hone was !ain$ul and un!leasant because o$ holding the receiver( Cunning the vacuum was !ain$ul& 'ashing dishes was !ain$ul& Eoo"ing was !ain$ul& ;itting down was !ain$ul& .etting u! was !ain$ul& =#ing down was !ain$ul& ;tanding u! was !ain$ul& :ver#thing was !ain$ul& / could not continue with an# tas" because once the !ain started, it would increase the rest o$ the da# unless / com!letel# sto!!ed doing an#thing& / soon learned to ta!er o$$ and not do much in an# one da#& :ven in s!ite o$ medication, m# s!ine was still ver# !ain$ul& /n 1arch o$ 1965, the doctor sent me to the hos!ital $or K3ra#s o$ m# s!ine& A$ter he e*amined the K3ra#s he told me / had osteoarthritis o$ the s!ine with deterioration and that / would have to learn to live with !ain as there was no cure as #et $or this disease& / was stunned I / was da-ed I / don t remember what / said to him& / ,ust

remember / didn t "now what arthritis was, much less osteoarthritis, but it was something !ain$ul, )>/; 18E> / FB:'( 'hen he said there was no "nown cure, / thought o$ the !ain and the #ears ahead o$ me, and / was onl# 38 #ears old& 1# world $ell a!art( 'hen the doctor told me / had osteoarthritis and that / would $orever have to live with the !ain, and that it would in all !robabilit# get worse and worse, / cried out to .od $or hel!( / "new he "new how / $elt( / had never "nown an#one who had been healed b# .od, and had onl# heard about a man named 7ral Coberts who had !eo!le healed as he !ra#ed& )his reall# didn t register an# ho!e $or m# healing, but / had read .od s word and it said that %esus could heal !eo!le& / didn t "now how .od could do an#thing about m# ho!eless condition, but / "new i$ an#one could, it would have to be .od& /$ he didn t do something, then there was no ho!e& / loo"ed u! the word ?osteoarthritis&A )he medical de$inition is ?degenerative ,oint disease&A )he de$inition o$ degenerative ,oint disease is, ?A chronic ,oint disease characteri-ed !athologicall# b# degeneration o$ articular cartilage and h#!ertro!h# o$

bone, clinicall# b# !ain on activit# which subsides with rest+ it occurs more commonl# in older !eo!le, a$$ecting the weight3bearing ,oints and the distal inter!halangeal ,oints o$ the $ingers, there are no s#stemic s#m!toms&A 06la"iston s Joc"et 1edical @ictionar#, 1c.raw3>ill 6oo" Eom!an#4 / didn t understand it, but / didn t li"e it& )he doctor gave me a shot o$ Bovocain and then a shot o$ cortisone in the s!ine to counteract the !ain& / $elt $airl# good on ;aturda#, but b# ;unda# morning / had !ain all over m# entire bod# where it hadn t been be$ore& )he shots were reall# a $orewarning o$ what was to come& >e discontinued them and gave me instructions to rest and not !ut m# arms over m# head $or $ear the# would loc" in that !osition and cause e*treme !ain& )hen / went into de!ression& / cried $or no reason at all& / was tired all the time( /t seemed / never got over being tired& / was tired when / went to bed& / was tired when / wo"e u!& / was tired all the time& 1# doctor e*!lained to me that it was the !ain that was causing the $atigue& / hadn t even reali-ed this& / m not the "ind who li"es to lie down and rest during the da# because / have so man# things to do& Bot onl# that, i$ / did tr# and lie down, all the wor" / had to do would

"ee! running through m# mind and / couldn t rest at all& 'hen m# children were small and ta"ing a$ternoon na!s, / would sit down and read the 6ible and thoroughl# en,o# it, but as the# grew older, / grew awa# $rom this wonder$ul habit, and "now now this was a big mista"e& /n 1965 when this terrible de!ression hit me, / began attending 1onda# night 6ible studies, and while / en,o#ed them, m# dail# 6ible reading was still cast aside& /t seemed li"e / had so man# things to do& )he de!ression was so heav#, / cried most o$ the time and $elt that no one in the entire world loved me& :ven though m# children would come and !ut their arms around me / couldn t seem to sto!& ;till that $eeling continued that nobod# loved me& B767@G =7H:; 1:( 'hat a horrible thought, and #et / couldn t sto! this $eeling& @ee! within me / "new .od loved me, so one night when / was $eeling !articularl# miserable / !ic"ed u! m# 6ible and ,ust sat there and held it in m# la!& / didn t o!en it or read it& / ,ust held it& )he ne*t night / !ic"ed it u! again, / o!ened it and started to read& A change came over me that / can t e*!lain, but somehow /

FB:' things were going to be di$$erent& / "new .od loved me and cared about me and so did m# $amil#( /nstantl# the de!ression le$t( )he de!ression was gone, but the household tas"s became harder to do, the !ain more severe and the tired $eeling more e*hausting& / d go to bed with !ain and wa"e u! with !ain, and along with this, that terrible $eeling o$ constant e*haustion& / was tired o$ being tired( )hen / went to an e#e, ear and nose !h#sician, because in addition to being tired / was having terrible !ain in m# head, $ace and ,aw& / could hear the ,aw ,oints as / o!ened m# mouth to eat& >e said it was arthritis o$ the ,aw bone which caused the !ain& 7n 1a# 19, 1967, m# doctor sent me to )he .reen 6a# 7rtho!edic Eom!an# with a !rescri!tion $or a steel bac" brace& 6# this time m# bac" "e!t wanting to curve in, es!eciall# when / would sit $or an# length o$ time during church services or in the car& @riving was ver# !ain$ul, but / had learned to hold the wheel at the bottom and steer, rather than raise m# arms as #ou normall# would do& )his hel!ed&

/ went to the 7rtho!edic Eom!an# and was $itted $or the brace& / was stunned as / stood there and reali-ed that there was no wa# / could bend in this brace& / thought o$ all the things this would "ee! me $rom doing& / had them ta"e the brace o$$ and tear$ull# told the man / ,ust wasn t read# $or something li"e that #et& / became determined that this disease wasn t going to con<uer me& / was going to challenge it all the wa#& / "new .od would give me strength because he was doing this dail#& / "new i$ / wore the brace / would get too sti$$ $rom not bending at all& / was alread# having big !roblems with sti$$ness and / could see that being in a brace would reall# cause me to get worse& >e showed me a less e*!ensive one I a shoulder su!!ort& )his / used when we would go on a tri!& /t hel!ed m# shoulders and s!ine& /n the meantime the doctor gave me !rescri!tions $or the arthritis, but / couldn t tolerate the medication $or an# length o$ time because o$ the reaction on m# stomach& 6# 1968 the arthritis !ains had continued to increase in m# s!ine and nec"3shoulder area as well as the chest& At night / would be awa"ened out o$ a sound slee! with shar! !ains across m# chest& / remember the $irst

time it ha!!ened / thought / was having a heart attac" and was going to die right then and there& /t ha!!ened so man# times / $inall# got used to it& ;ometimes the cold weather would cause the same reaction& / got to the !oint / didn t even want to go out in the cold( 7ne ;unda# / had muscle s!asms and a lot o$ !ain in the nec" area, and as / was standing in line to ta"e communion, / suddenl# !assed out $rom the intense !ain& / wondered how much more / could stand& / had had continuous !ain in m# entire mouth $rom one ,aw ,oint to the other $or over a #ear, !lus the !ains in m# ears& / was sent to an orthodontist to be sure it was not a dental !roblem& >e made a cast o$ m# bite and $ound that to be o"a#& / was then sent to an internist who made 5 K3ra#s o$ the ,aw ,oint& >e also made a rheumatoid test, but $ound no rheumatoid arthritis& 6# 1970 m# hi!s were increasingl# !ain$ul and sti$$& .etting in and out o$ the car or a chair, bending over to !ic" something u! or to ta"e something out o$ the oven made me $eel as i$ someone had inserted a rod across m# hi!s so / couldn t straighten u!&

6# 1974 the !ain in m# le$t arm became so severe that / couldn t slee! on it at night& )he minute / would turn on m# side, the !ain would wa"e me u!& /t hurt $rom m# shoulder to m# elbow& 1# !h#sician sent me to 6ellin >os!ital in A!ril, 1974, $or BEH3 0nerve ending tests4& )he# stuc" needles into m# arm& )he# stuc" needles in m# hand& )he# stuc" needles in the $lesh# !art o$ m# thumb& )he# stuc" needles into the ends o$ m# $ingers& )he# stuc" needles in the bac" o$ m# shoulders& )he machine would register the $indings wherever the needles were !laced and then the doctors told me the aw$ul news2 muscle atro!h#& Bo cure& Bo ho!e& Bo medication& Bo thera!#& 1# elbows were so !ain$ul / couldn t li$t a bowl o$ vegetables, much less a s"illet $rom the stove to !our the grav#& )he bo#s would do it $or me& / had real di$$icult# tr#ing to do dishes, so m# $amil# would also have to do this $or me&

'e have a two3stor# colonial home with washing $acilities in the basement, so / had to do a lot o$ stair climbing& / $ound a little relie$ b# going down the stairs bac"ward, but $inall# m# "nees and hi!s couldn t ta"e it an# more& 1# husband and / tal"ed it over and decided to sell our home and loo" $or one with ever#thing on one level& /n 1a# o$ 1974 he contacted a realtor and e*!lained our !roblem& / !ra#ed and as"ed the =ord to lead us to the right home $or us because / "new .od "new how much !ain / was having& :ver# home he showed us was too small& 7ur $urniture wouldn t $it in it& 'e loo"ed at several, and m# heart cried out, ?7h, =ord, #ou "now how much !ain / m having& Jlease lead us to the home #ou "now will be the one we need&A 6ut no home we loo"ed at would do& )he #ard was either too small or something else wasn t right and I became discouraged, but somehow / "new .od wouldn t let me down& 1# bod# was the tem!le o$ .od s!irituall#, but it was a dila!idated home !h#sicall#& 'hich wa# should / turn5 'hich wa# could / turn5

M! NE% HOME
)he =ord had another !lan $or us( Jraise his >ol# Bame( >e answers !ra#er, but in a much di$$erent wa# than we e*!ect sometimes( >e answered mine in a much better wa#, because instead o$ a one3stor# house, he made a change in m# bod#, his tem!le, instead o$ m# home& /t ha!!ened a little a$ter 10 J&1& on the night o$ %ul# 13,1974( >ere s how( ;everal women had been meeting $or lunch where we than"ed .od be$ore and !raised him a$ter eating& )his had become a highlight in m# li$e and was $illing a dee! hunger $or more o$ .od& / had been reading boo"s written b# Eharles and Drances >unter and loved their e*citing relationshi! with %esus and the thrilling wa# the# had o$ !ortra#ing the ,o# and victor# in serving him& / thought I had read all o$ their boo"s, but a!!arentl# / hadn t& / didn t "now what had reall# ha!!ened because / didn t "now the# had written a boo" called )>: )'7 ;/@:; 7D A E7/B& And then / discovered

the# were going to be s!ea"ing at one o$ these luncheons& )he >unters shared with e*citing enthusiasm what %esus was doing and / loved ever# word& )he# were tal"ing o$ things / hadn t read in their boo"s& )hings li"e miracles that had been ha!!ening in their services& / didn t reall# "now what to thin", but somehow / believed what the# were sa#ing was true& )heir boo"s had alwa#s been real and alive to me& A$ter the# s!o"e the# invited all those who wanted to receive the ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit to go to the bac" o$ the room& ;omeone had also said something about being ?slain in the ;!irit&A All this was strange to me and / didn t understand what it all meant& :ven though it sounded di$$erent, it seemed that the# had something / wanted in m# li$e& )his one thing / "new I i$ .od had a gi$t $or me, / 'AB):@ /)( / don t "now what ha!!ened, but when Drances touched me / $loated bac"wards to the $loor and it was beauti$ul& )he# s!o"e with such assurance about the healing !ower o$ %esus that / was $illed with awe( )he# told stories o$ healings that ha!!ened in their meetings that were so much li"e those o$ the Bew )estament that

it was li"e the# were telling 6ible stories, but / "new the# were current events& )hen the# tal"ed about the miracle service at the high school auditorium that night& )he# said %esus was going to !ass b# and would be healing the sic"& )he# tal"ed about what would be ha!!ening that night with such conviction that / had no doubt that there would be healings& / was so e*cited that / could hardl# wait $or the time $or the service to arrive& 'e got to the auditorium almost an hour earl# so we wouldn t miss a thing& / had !ain in ever# ,oint in m# bod# that night& At this time / was Ehairman o$ the .reen 6a#, 'isconsin arthritis grou! and served on the board o$ directors o$ the Arthritis Doundation o$ 'isconsin& / had a dee!, !ersonal interest in !eo!le with arthritis and wanted to do all / could to hel! them& )he miracle service began with a lot o$ !raising .od and / loved it& / was reall# s!irituall# $ed that night& 8! to this time / had a "nowledge $rom the word o$ .od that !eo!le could be healed, but so $ar as / "new / had not #et been able to believe in m# heart that / would be healed& )he wa# the# tal"ed that a$ternoon caused me to "now in m# mind,

but the realit# that / would be healed had not $ull# reached m# heart& / wanted to be, and / had ho!es& 'hat would it ta"e to change this $rom head "nowledge to believing in m# heart5 'hen the miracle service got under wa# something was ha!!ening within me& Cight a$ter the singing started / could $eel the !ower and the !resence o$ %esus& 'hen we were worshi!!ing .od in song, the# began to sing in languages that / didn t "now& )he# later said this was called singing in the ;!irit& /t was beauti$ul, but even more, / could $eel the !ower o$ .od li"e / had never $elt it be$ore& )he 6ible sa#s that tongues are $or the unbeliever& 'hen / heard singing in tongues, it caused me to believe in s!ea"ing in tongues and in !ower& / had never seen the =ord worshi!!ed and loved so much in m# entire li$e& :ven i$ / had not been healed / would still have remembered the miracle service because o$ the love and adoration o$ the =ord( 1# li$e reall# changed& )hen the >unters had ever#one in the audience stand real straight with our $eet together and e*tend our arms $orward& )he# were as"ing .od to heal bac"s& 'ith our arms stretched $orward, !alms together, the#

as"ed .od to do the miracle o$ healing bac"s and letting arms grow out A lad# $rom our 6ible stud# grou! was standing ne*t to me and was healed( / watched her arm grow right out until the# were both the same length& ;he is able to do all "inds o$ things now that she couldn t do be$ore& )his was the ver# $irst miracle / had ever watched .od do and it was beauti$ul( .lor#( Jeo!le all over the auditorium had their arms grow out at the same time& /t was real e*citing and #ou could ,ust see and $eel the !ower o$ .od at wor" in the meeting& /t was li"e %esus had come there in !erson that night and was doing his miracles right in $ront o$ us& )hen the# began announcing over the micro!hone that !eo!le were being healed in the audience, and as the# called out $irst one disease or a$$liction and then another, the !eo!le would res!ond b# going to the micro!hone and telling what .od had ,ust done $or them& / could hardl# believe what was ha!!ening& / wondered how the# "new about the healings, but the# s!o"e with authorit# and the testimonies o$ the !eo!le who were healed were e*citing and genuine& At di$$erent times during the service, Drances came to the $ront o$ the stage and

announced, ?A woman with arthritis and deterioration o$ the s!ineA I and that is all she said& ;he didn t sa# ?Eome $orward,A or ?Gou ve ,ust been healed&A )hat was all she said& )hree di$$erent times she said this& / thought, ?7h, =ord, that s me(A 6ut / was aware o$ how man# !eo!le in .reen 6a# had this condition& / wor"ed with so ver# man# who were a$$licted with it& )hen the# tal"ed about marriages& )he# as"ed cou!les to stand and then the# had them sa# their marriage vows again& )he service was nearing the end& 'e who were married were all standing b# our seats when Drances attention was drawn to a woman in the $ront row& Drances and Eharles le$t the stage and a!!roached her and / heard them sa#, ?Arthritis and deterioration o$ the s!ine,A and then / "new she was the one the# had been tal"ing about during the service& / can t tell #ou how ha!!# / was $or her& / "new what her li$e was going to be li"e without all that !ain da# and night( '7'( 1# attention was $ocused on her and / didn t want to miss seeing her healed and slain in the ;!irit& As / stood there so $illed with ,o# $or her, in m# mind / said, ?>allelu,ah, =ord(A %ust as / said that / was slain in the ;!irit and $ell bac" into m# seat(

1# daughter said, ?1om s healed(A A $riend who was two seats down $rom us said to his wi$e who was sitting ne*t to me, ?:ileen s $ainted(A / was so awed b# it all that / was s!eechless& )he !eo!le around me ,ust loo"ed& )he#, too, were awed b# m# being slain in the ;!irit as / ,ust stood there b# m# seat because no one touched me& 1# bac" hit that wooden bac" on the seat and it le$t a red mar" which m# husband $ound the ne*t morning, but / $elt no !ain( / $elt nothing at all e*ce!t a nice, warm $eeling in the s!ot that had been deteriorated( 6e$ore / ever got u!, / FB:' / >A@ 6::B >:A=:@( 6e$ore the healing, when we were riding in the car and m# husband would bra"e suddenl#, the ,ar would cause the arthritis !ain to go the whole length o$ m# s!ine and then / was in trouble $or the rest o$ that da# and usuall# the ne*t da#& 6ut, !raise .od, even a$ter the hard $all against the bac" o$ the wooden seat, / >A@ B7 JA/B( )he ne*t morning / >A@ B7 JA/B& >A==:=8%A>(((

1# whole bod# was healed in that instant when the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit touched me& 1# bac" was healed( 1# nec" was healed( 1# shoulders were healed( 1# elbows were healed( 1# hi!s were healed( 1# "nees were healed( 1# s!ine was healed $rom to! to bottom( 1# mind was healed and m# s!irit was healed& 1# whole li$e has been trans$ormed b# the touch o$ %esus( Bow / didn t need a one3stor# house because / could run u! and down the stairs& =ater that night, / received the ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit, and even the !ower in m# li$e changed& )his has added a dimension to m# li$e and a !ower that enables me to boldl# tell o$ the love o$ %esus and to be the witness %esus said the !ower would give& )han" #ou, %esus, $or the gi$t o$ the >ol# ;!irit( 7ur #oungest son, %im, said, when / told him o$ m# healing, that he thought it was ?neat,A but at $irst he didn t believe it& )hen he said, ?/ saw $or m#sel$ that #ou were healed& )hen / believed&A

@ave said, ?/ don t thin" #ou should have an# more K3ra#s ta"en, #ou have had enough o$ them& Bow that #ou are healed, !eo!le will see that #ou are healed without #ou having to !rove it to them&A AB@ ;:: /D )>:G @/@( / am s!reading the .ood Bews $ar and wide and constantl# that %esus healed me and the# see me as a living, active, strong, energetic, totall#3healed !erson& @on t worr# about an#thing+ instead, !ra# about ever#thing+ tell .od #our needs and don t $orget to than" him $or his answers& 0Jhil& 4264 DA)>:C, / )>ABF G78 '/)> A== 7D 1G >:AC) D7C )>: 1/CAE=: G78 @/@ D7C 1: I )>: /1J7;;/6=: 1/CAE=:( :ileen ;wanson re$lects great ,o# in healing(

%IRETA''IN$
by T.K. Easton, Maryland

/ $ell out o$ a tree and crushed a vertebra twent#3three #ears ago( =ittle did / "now then what would ha!!en to me as a result o$ this during the ne*t eighteen #ears& )his bac" in,ur# too" me through si* ma,or o!erations during the eighteen #ears& / went $rom doctor to doctor, $rom hos!ital to hos!ital, and $rom !ain to continuous e*cruciating !ain, as the# o!erated in Bew Gor", 'ashington, 1innesota and Bew %erse#& )he words $rom the doctor almost !aral#-ed m# mind& >e indicated that / had two choices2 an o!eration the $irst o$ %une which might leave me !aral#-ed+ or !ost!onement o$ the o!eration and a tem!orar# dela# o$ the !aral#sis& >e $elt that / would be !aral#-ed b# ;e!tember an#wa#& / thought, ?'hat s the di$$erence whether / m !aral#-ed in %une or ;e!tember&A / didn t want to be !aral#-ed at all& ;ometimes we are inclined to blame our doctor $or !roblems he had nothing to do with& )oo o$ten we also blame .od $or things ;atan throws at us& ;atan causes

sic"nesses and ,ust because .od in his com!lete wisdom doesn t sto! what the devil causes, we blame .od& Drom a surgical stand!oint, the o!eration was success$ull# !er$ormed& )he# removed another disc and $used m# s!ine& )his was a total o$ $ive discs that had been removed and $usions made& )he# also !ut a stabili-ing wire along m# s!ine& )he# rerouted all the nerves to ta"e the !ressure o$$& 'ith all the# could do $or me, the !ain continued and continued and continued until / went to a home !ra#er meeting one night at the home o$ .raham and )reena Ferr& Eharles and Drances >unter were their guests that night& ;o man# !eo!le came that we had the meeting outside on their beauti$ul lawn overloo"ing the water$ront& At the end o$ the meeting the# began to !ra# $or the sic" or other needs o$ the !eo!le who were there& /t was ama-ing to see !eo!le $all bac" to the ground as .raham and )reena and Eharles and Drances ,ust touched them& )he# had tal"ed about healings and said !eo!le would be healed that night as %esus touched them& / could see things ha!!ening and could hear !eo!le tal"ing about being healed& )hen Eharles came u! to me to !ra#&

>e as"ed me what / would li"e %esus to do $or me& / didn t tell him ver# much, but said / had a bad bac" !roblem& )ruth$ull#, / didn t "now whether to have him !ra# or not& / was a$raid / might not be healed& / was also a little a$raid that / would $all under the !ower li"e the rest o$ the !eo!le and / didn t "now about that& / "new that m# bac" wouldn t bend& Eharles ,ust touched m# bac" with his hand and said, ?%esus, heal him&A / $elt a warmth go into m# bac" and / $loated bac"wards to the ground& / la# there $lat on m# bac" $or what seemed to me to be about $i$teen minutes& 1# bac" $elt li"e it was on $ire& / "new something was ha!!ening& / could $eel the !ower o$ .od u!on me& / didn t want to do an#thing that would inter$ere with whatever it was that .od was doing, and / "new he was doing something& Dinall# / sat u!& / ;A) 8J((( 6ut / couldn t sit u!( 1# s!ine was bending, but it couldn t bend( )>A) 'A; /1J7;;/6=:(

'ith the $usions and the wire, it ,ust couldn t bend& ;omething had ha!!ened( / stood u!, bent m# bac", touched m# toes, twisted m# bac" and did ever#thing / could to test it, and it was wor"ing !er$ectl#& AB@ )>:C: 'A; B7 JA/B( /) 'A; A; DC:: A; /D B7)>/B. >A@ :H:C 6::B 'C7B. '/)> /)& .7@ >A@ @7B: A 1/CAE=:( 1G 6AEF >A@ 6::B >:A=:@( / later went bac" $or a chec"u! to the hos!ital where m# last o!eration was !er$ormed& )he# made the necessar# e*amination and K3ra#s and then told me their $indings& / >A@ D/H: B:' @/;E; /B 1G ;J/B: AB@ )>:G @/@B ) :H:B D/B@ )>: '/C:( JCA/;: .7@ D7C >/; J:CD:E) '/C:)AJJ/B. %76(

%HAT IS A MIRACLE)
by Frances

1r& 'ebster has this to sa# about a miracle2 ?/n theolog#, an event or e$$ect that a!!arentl# contradicts "nown scienti$ic laws and is hence thought to be due to su!ernatural causes, es!eciall# to an act o$ .od& A wonder or wonder$ul thing&A And that s the wa# we $eel about miracles& :ver# miracle whether it is large or small, contradicts "nown scienti$ic laws and there$ore must be due to su!ernatural causes, es!eciall# to an act o$ .od& And isn t a miracle a trul# wonder$ul thing( ;ometimes we !ut miracles into ,ust one categor#, that o$ healing, and #et there are im!ossible miracles ha!!ening all around us, and waiting to ha!!en around us, i$ we will ,ust call u!on the su!ernatural !ower o$ .od to hel! us& )oo man# times we call an im!ossible miracle a ?coincidence,A or ?luc"&A )hese words should never be in a Ehristian s vocabular#, because i$ we re trusting in .od, let s give him the glor# $or whatever ha!!ens in our lives( 'e love these ?im!ossiblesA that ha!!ened to us recentl#& 'e were $l#ing to

the east coast one da# and / had been having trouble with contacts& / discovered a long time ago that it s im!ossible $or me to ever use cream on m# $ace because / never manage to get ever# smidgen o$ it o$$ and when / !ut m# contacts in, the cream gets on the contact and causes a $ilm to $orm which is the most di$$icult thing in the world to get o$$& And the bad !art o$ not getting it o$$ is that / can t see through m# contacts when the# re $ogged u! with cream, and m# vision is absolutel# -ero& / had been struggling all the wa# to Atlanta on the !lane, tr#ing to ?blin"A o$$ the cream, and in s!ite o$ !ra#er, using e#e dro!s and ever#thing / could thin" o$, nothing wor"ed( 7ne e#e was $air, but the other e#e had nothing but a big blur( Eharles held m# arm as we changed !lanes in Atlanta and guided me around obstacles and $inall# we boarded the big =317 that was to ta"e us to our $inal destination& 'hen we got on the !lane, / was reall# !ra#ing that .od would clear u! the lens when all o$ a sudden / reali-ed that the reason / wasn t seeing was because the lens had come out, a!!arentl# somewhere along the line as / had rubbed m# e#es tr#ing to remove the $ilm& I almost !anic"ed, because

this would mean a ten3da# tri! without sight in one e#e& 6ob, our son3in3law, immediatel# said, ?/ ll go bac" in the air!ort and as" .od to show me right where it is((A 'e all reall# !ra#ed u! a storm( 'hen 6ob told the stewardess wh# he was getting o$$, she said, ?Gou ll never $ind it(A 6ob !ra#ed all the wa# out to the lobb# where we had been standing, as"ing %esus to show it to him, and it was as though a beam o$ light was directed to the s!ot where it $ell out, and there it was, waiting $or him to !ic" it u!( A situation that contradicted "nown scienti$ic laws5 Ges, because how could #ou ever $ind a tin# contact in an air!ort the si-e o$ the Atlanta air!ort5 'hat would #our ?chancesA be o$ not having it destro#ed b# some 200 or more !eo!le ste!!ing on it as the# boarded the =3105 'hat scienti$ic law would ever state that a contact could be missed b# that man# $eet all ste!!ing in the same small area5 A wonder5 Ges( A wonder$ul thing5 Ges( An im!ossible miracle5 Ges, e*ce!t $or .od( )he other night we were tal"ing to a $riend o$ ours who mentioned that he had

lost his class ring during the da#& 'e as"ed him i$ he was sure he had it on when he le$t the house that morning to go to wor"& >e was con$ident he had it on and #et somehow there was a word o$ "nowledge that it was in his house& 'e as"ed him i$ he had loo"ed all over his house, and he said he had& )hen we !ra#ed and said, ?%esus, will #ou direct him right to the !lace where that ring is and let him see an im!ossible miracle(A 'e $inished our tele!hone conversation, hung u!, and within two or three minutes, we got a call right bac", and he was e*citedl# #elling on the other end o$ the tele!hone, ?/ $ound t/ / D78B@ /)(A %esus had directed him to his tennis rac"et, and as he o!ened the cover, he discovered his ring sa$el# nestled there, waiting $or him to discover his im!ossible miracle( isn t .od good5 =ast #ear in one o$ our crusades, .od used his beauti$ul sense o$ humor to s!ea" to a man in one o$ our services& @uring one o$ our ?cigarette deliveranceA times when / as"ed the cigarette smo"ers to come $orward, he said to himsel$, ?/ ve smo"ed $or 40 #ears, and / m not about to give it u! now, and / m sure not going to go u! there,A so he didn t come u!& )hen / made a call $or

men in the audience to act as ?catchers,A because most !eo!le $all under the !ower o$ .od in that moment o$ #ielded3 ness when the# are willing to give u! something that has become a strong !art o$ their li$e& )his man said to himsel$, ?'ell, that won t hurt me, / ll go u! and catch&A 'hat a shoc" he got when he discovered that the !ower o$ .od had gone through the !erson he caught and had moved into him, and he was instantl# delivered o$ 40 #ears o$ smo"ing( >allelu,ah( An im!ossible miracle5 Ges, $or those who don t believe in the su!ernatural !ower o$ .od, but what can believe in .od without believing in his su!ernatural !ower5 )he entire 6ible is su!ernatural, and so is .od, and so is %esus( ;alvation is su!ernatural, !raise .od( ;o is the ba!tism with the >ol# ;!irit( >allelu,ah( ;o is eternal li$e( All o$ these contradict "nown scienti$ic laws, but !raise the =ord, the# re real( 7ne o$ the most su!ernatural things that ever ha!!ened to me occurred during m# water ba!tism& 1# li$e was absolutel# revolutioni-ed b# this ?glor#A moment in m# li$e& Eharles and / had wanted $or a long time to have a water ba!tismal service so that those who had never had the !rivilege

o$ sharing in this beauti$ul command in the 6ible, ?re!ent and be ba!ti-ed,A would be able to "now the realit# o$ water ba!tism& 'e tried renting a motel swimming !ool, but .od held our hand& A$ter watching a service in our church, we as"ed our !astor i$ he would li"e to ,oin with us in a mass water ba!tismal service& >e said he would !ut his sta$$ to wor" immediatel# to loo" $or a suitable la"e $or the event, but we all wished it could be a river& AB@ )>:B .7@ 17H:@((( :vangelistic )em!le the ver# ne*t wee" received 65 acres o$ land, ,ust 25 miles north o$ >ouston, worth !ossibl# L1 ,000,000 and debt $ree, as a ./D)( 6ordering the !ro!ert# is the sand#3 beached ;an %acinto Civer which we tem!oraril# renamed the ?;an %ordanA Civer& 'e announced the mass water ba!tismal service on our television !rograms, sent thousands o$ letters across the 8nited ;tates and !ra#ed as"ing %esus to ba!ti-e !eo!le with the >ol# ;!irit when the# came u! out o$ the water, and to wash their diseases awa# in the river& )he# came, b# the hundreds, wal"ing down a dust# road, carr#ing loaves o$ $ishes and bread, $ollowing a$ter %esus ;ome were

old, some #oung, some blac", some white, some with entire $amilies, some seemingl# alone, and #et !art o$ a throbbing e*citing grou! o$ Ehristians who had gathered on the ban"s o$ the ;an %acinto Civer in southern )e*as, $or one !ur!ose I to be obedient to the word o$ .od and submit to water ba!tism& /t was a scene that could have ta"en !lace two thousand #ears ago& )he dresses were a little di$$erent, but the $ervor was the same as the eunuch had when he as"ed Jhili!, ?=oo"( 'ater( 'h# can t / be ba!ti-ed5A ?Gou can,A Jhili! answered, ?i$ #ou believe with all #our heart&A And the eunuch re!lied, ?/ believe that %esus Ehrist is the ;on o$ .od(A >e sto!!ed the chariot, and the# went down into the water and Jhili! ba!ti-ed him& 0Acts 8236337&4 And the# believed with all their hearts( 1ore than two thousand !eo!le o$ all denominations lined the ban"s o$ the ?;an %ordanA Civer to !artici!ate in an old3 $ashioned river ba!tism& )he# came $rom Hisalia, Eali$ornia+ 6altimore, 1ar#land+ Atlanta, .eorgia+ Biagara Dalls, Bew Gor"+ =ouisiana+ 1issouri+ all over the state o$ )e*as& 7ne woman vacationing here $rom >olland, got caught u! in the e*citement and came to be ba!ti-ed&

)he# came wal"ing down that dust# road together all in one accord2 ?'ater ba!tism is what / want(A )here were 1ethodists, Eatholics, =utherans, Jresb#terians, :!isco!alians, 6a!tists, Assembl# o$ .od, Ba-arenes, Ehurch o$ .od, 1st Ehristian, Jentecostals, Dree 1ethodists, ;alvation Arm#, Driends and !eo!le who had no church a$$iliation, but who wanted to !artici!ate in a great ?.lor#A da# $or the =ord( ;omehow or other, / didn t see the beauti$ul slee" air3 conditioned cars !ar"ed in orderl# rows b# the >arris Eount# ;heri$$ s @e!t& the# had ,ust le$t& All / saw was !eo!le who loved %esus ,ust as much as those disci!les did who trudged down a dust# road a$ter him some 2,000 #ears ago& )he# were singing as the# wal"ed along, and even though shuttle busses had been !rovided, !eo!le seemed to $eel there was something s!ecial about wal"ing the <uarter mile down to the ba!tismal site& )he# were carr#ing !icnic bas"ets o$ all si-es and sha!es and there was a $estiveness to the air, and great antici!ation& )here were those who had been con$ined to wheelchairs who came, believing their ailments would be washed down the river u!on ba!tism& )here

were sociall# !rominent !eo!le & & !eo!le o$ great wealth& & & un"nowns& & & e*3alcoholics&& & !eo!le $rom !overt# row& & & all loving %esus the same wa#& )here were children in bathing suits, ladies in !ants suits o$ all "inds, long ma*i dresses o$ all descri!tions, but the same love o$ %esus in the e#es o$ ever# single one o$ them& 1en were dressed in their church clothes, beach clothes, wor" clothes& & & all wal"ing with the same enthusiasm & & & there was a ,udge there, e*citedl# ta"ing !ictures o$ ever#thing he could see, com!letel# carried awa# with the e*citement o$ the da#( )here were chic"en dinners and hot dogs, soda !o! and sand, but ever#one was so interested in the ba!tism the# lost interest <uic"l# in the $ood& :ver#one was tal"ing about %esus, and how the# heard about the ba!tismal service and what the# were e*!ecting& )elevision cameras were whirring, movie cameras o$ all descri!tions were !anning the scene, and #et nobod# wanted to ?!er$orm&A )he# were all willing to let .od $ilm what he wanted recorded o$ the occasion& )wo scuba boats with ?$rogmenA !atrolled the scene to !revent an# accidents&

)hen there was singing& /t started with ?.ive 1e )hat 7ld )ime CeligionA and the voices swelled to ear brea"ing !ro!ortions as more than two thousand !eo!le ,oined in the singing& :ver#one was cla!!ing to the beat as the# were singing, and the sounds carried u! and down the river as ?%esus %o#A bro"e out all over the entire meeting& =i"e Qacchaeus, who was too small to see what was going on, a little blonde bo# climbed u! one o$ the willow trees lining the ban" and watched the entire service $rom that vantage !oint& ?/t was good $or Jaul and ;ilas, and it s good enough $or me(A seemed to echo ever#one s thoughts there& )hen it was ?/ =ove >im 6etter :ver# @a#(A, ?@own b# the Civer ;ide,A ?7h, >ow / =ove %esus,A ?>allelu,ahA and a $ew more, and soon the men who had been chosen to do the ba!ti-ing wal"ed down into the river, two b# two, and too" their !laces u! and down the river in the ro!ed3o$$ areas& Eharles wal"ed into the water to meet and ,oin with the !astor o$ our church, Austin 'il"erson, who was sitting in a boat, waiting to give a message on water ba!tism& 'hen he $inished, he sli!!ed over the side o$ the boat into the water, shoes, soc"s, tie and all, and the $irst ba!tismal candidate

wal"ed out& )he $irst one was a new Ehristian o$ ,ust a $ew months, but with a -eal to !ut most mature Ehristians to shame& )hen she heard the <uestion, ?>ave #ou acce!ted %esus Ehrist as #our ;avior and =ord5A >er ?#esA was loud enough to be heard b# the entire gathering& ;he didn t want an#one to have an# doubt about this big moment in her li$e& )hen the Jastor said, ?8!on the con$ession o$ #our $aith in %esus Ehrist as #our ;avior and =ord, / ba!ti-e #ou into the death, burial and resurrection o$ %esus Ehrist, in the name o$ the Dather, the ;on %esus, and the >ol# ;!irit&A And under she went( ;he came u! beaming all over, !raising .od, a brand new creature in Ehrist( )he $act that her wig had come o$$ and was starting to $loat down the river didn t $a-e her at all( ;omeone grabbed it and handed it to me and said, ?Jraise the =ord $or wigs(A ;he was lost to this world because the ;he"inah glor# o$ .od had $allen on her and the things o$ the world had grown strangel# dim& As soon as their names were chec"ed o$$, the candidates were hel!ed into the water and down to the !ersons who were ba!ti-ing them& )here were 8 ba!ti-ing grou!s and each had been instructed to let ever#one

have an e*!erience in water ba!tism that the# would never $orget& 'e had instructed the grou! that those who wanted to receive the ba!tism with the >ol# ;!irit at the same time could e*!ect this, and as soon as the# came u! out o$ the water, to raise their hands and begin !raising .od& 1an# received be$ore the# went under the water because o$ a com!lete and total surrendering o$ themselves to .od& )he ;an ?%ordanA Civer almost became a salt water river because o$ the tears that $lowed& 'hole $amilies went in together to be ba!ti-ed at the same time& 7ne o$ the most beauti$ul sights was a negro $amil# with 6 children who wal"ed out together to $ollow %esus in ba!tism& 1arried cou!les o$ all ages wal"ed out hand in hand to be ba!ti-ed into a !er$ect union with Ehrist, as the# went under the water together& )he# crowded the shoreline, !ressing to get in& / had the beauti$ul !rivilege o$ sha"ing hands with each !erson as the# entered the water and giving a s!ecial greeting to each one& )he !ower and !resence o$ .od became almost overwhelming as lives were changed as the# went under the water and came u! ?new creatures in Ehrist(A )heir old selves had

been buried with Ehrist b# ba!tism& >allelu,ah((( .lor#((( Jraise #ou %esus((( could be heard all over the !lace& )he# came out o$ the water and were grabbed b# their $amilies and $riends and tears s!lashed all over the !lace& 1an# times during the ba!tismal service, the !resence o$ .od became so over!owering that !eo!le went under the !ower be$ore the# were immersed and had to be hel!ed bac" to the beach& 7ne woman had come all the wa# $rom Eali$ornia because .od had s!o"en to her and said she needed to be ba!ti-ed in the river, and the glor# o$ .od so $ell on her that as she came out o$ the river, two men had to catch her as she went under the !ower& )he# laid her gentl# down on the sand# beach, and $or two hours .od did a su!ernatural wor" in her li$e as she was ?slain in the ;!iritA this entire time, never to be the same again( ;ome o$ the most digni$ied, so!histicated Jresb#terians and 1ethodists / "now were lost in the beaut# o$ the moment and $orgot the mud that had see!ed u! through the sand b# the time the# got down to the beach& ;hoes were le$t at the edge o$ the river b# !eo!le who even $orgot the# had come with shoes on because o$ their ?glor#A hour& )he

enthusiasm became contagious, arid suddenl# there was a rush o$ !eo!le who had come to be s!ectators but who had been caught u! in the holiness o$ the hour, and decided this was their da# $or ba!tism, too& )he# wal"ed into the water with some o$ the most beauti$ul dresses and hair3dos / ve ever seen, and the# could have cared less what ha!!ened to them because .od was s!ea"ing to their hearts, and who can resist the call o$ .od when it becomes li"e a drum beating inside #our chest5 7ne woman had on a beauti$ul long dress which billowed out li"e a huge balloon as she wal"ed into the water loo"ing right straight u! into the $ace o$ %esus( )he sun beat down, but no one seemed to mind the heat& )he !ath u! the hill was getting mudd# $rom all the wet $eet and clothes, but nobod# seemed to mind because ever#one was loo"ing u!, and not down& )here were sunburned bald heads, but nobod# seemed to mind& )here were moments when there was a hol# hush and !eo!le seemed unable to s!ea" because o$ what had ,ust ha!!ened to them& A Eatholic man in a wheelchair who had ,ust been saved that da#, decided he wanted to go in, wheelchair and all, and down the

ram! the# too" him& )he# turned the wheelchair around bac"wards in the water, and a$ter his con$ession o$ $aith, he was ba!ti-ed b# tilting the wheelchair bac"wards& )he# brought him out o$ the water and u! the hill again& >e sat on the to! o$ the hill with his !aral#-ed bod# sti$$ as a board& / wal"ed over to him and said, ?/n the name o$ %esus o$ Ba-areth, 'A=F(A >e loo"ed at me <uestioningl#& / sim!l# said, ?/t s been done(A >e said, ?/t has5A / said, ?)here was enough !ower surrounding #ou when #ou were ba!ti-ed 06 men had carried him4 to let 10 men wal"&A / wal"ed over and sat down $or the $irst time all a$ternoon& / =77F:@ 8J AB@ >: 'A; 'A=F/B.((( )here was a small shout throughout the crowd, but no one actuall# seemed sur!rised& )he# ,ust 6:=/:H:@ it was going to ha!!en, and it did( / tal"ed to his wi$e who said he had a stro"e three and a hal$ #ears ago and hadn t been out o$ the wheelchair since that time& Jraise .od $or his healing !ower so a!!arent in toda# s world( =a#men who had never !artici!ated in ba!tismal services be$ore wal"ed around almost da-ed a$ter it was over because o$ what it had done to their lives& Jeo!le were

re,oicing because o$ the numbers who came out o$ the water ba!ti-ed with the >ol# ;!irit( Jeo!le began wal"ing the road bac" to their air3conditioned cars& Again it seemed nobod# wanted to ride& )he# ,ust wanted to be alone with .od at this ver# s!ecial time& 'e saw some o$ the ba!ti-ing !astors eating their chic"en dinners as the# wal"ed bac" down the road to their cars& )here were droo!ing hair3dos and dri!!# clothes, but no one seemed to mind I the# were thin"ing o$ the things in the s!iritual world( A $ew sta#ed on, most returned to the church $or the evening Jraise Eelebration, but some got so ha!!# the# could hardl# contain themselves& %oan said she d never $orget those who came in wheelchairs being carried into the water to be ba!ti-ed+ 6ob said the thing that im!ressed him was the e*!ression on the $ace o$ the !eo!le who were s!ectators and who cried and re,oiced and !raised right along with those who were being ba!ti-ed& As $or Eharles and me, all we could see were !eo!le, ?wal"ing down a dust# road, carr#ing loaves o$ $ishes and bread, $ollowing a$ter %esus(A

An im!ossible miracle5 Ges, to ever#one but .od( 'ho would believe in a da# o$ air3 conditioning and modem conveniences that !eo!le would go to all that trouble ,ust to be ba!ti-ed5 'e would, because we were there&

%H! MIRACLES)
by C arles

.od created the world b# a miracle( .od created man b# a miracle( .od loves the man he created b# a miracle and has used miracles ever since to draw men unto himsel$& .od could have used $orce to bring his created being into heaven and into a heavenl# relationshi! with him, but .od chose to do it a di$$erent wa#& >e chose to o$$er all man"ind the o!!ortunit# to love and serve him, and the entire 6ible is devoted to .od s !atient e$$orts to win man to his might# love& /t is hard to reali-e that an# one o$ us would choose to !ull awa# $rom the might# love that .od wants to give us, but that s the wa# .od !lanned it& 7ne o$ the most interesting studies / have ever made in the 6ible was on the sub,ect o$ miracles as we were writing this boo"& As / s#stematicall# went through the 6ible / discovered there were man#, man# reasons $or .od s miracle3wor"ing !ower, $rom creation to destruction& =oo" at the reasons $or .od s miracles(

:*odus 32193202 ?6ut / "now that the "ing o$ :g#!t will not let #ou go e*ce!t under heav# !ressure& ;o / will give him all the !ressure he needs( / will destro# :arth with m# miracles, and then at last he will let #ou go&&&A +*- MIRACL)S, T& )STR&- &0R )N)MI)S :*odus 42293312 ;o 1oses and Aaron returned to :g#!t and summoned the elders o$ the !eo!le o$ /srael to a council meeting& Aaron told them what %ehovah had said to 1oses, and 1oses !er$ormed the miracles as the# watched& )hen the elders believed that .od had sent them& T& CA0S) B)LI)( :*odus 626392 ?)here$ore tell the descendants o$ /srael that / will use m# might# !ower and !er$orm great miracles to deliver them $rom slaver#, and ma"e them $ree&

T& (R)) (R&M )N)M- 1 SIN Acts 72362 ?And b# means o$ man# remar"able miracles he led them out o$ :g#!t and through the Ced ;ea, and bac"

and $orth through the wilderness $or $ort# #ears& T& )LI")R (R&M SLA")R1 SIN :*odus 10212 )hen the =ord said to 1oses, ?.o bac" again and ma"e #our demand u!on Jharaoh+ but / have hardened him and his o$$icials, so that / can do more miracles demonstrating m# !ower& T& )M&NSTRAT) $& S !&+)R :*odus 13232 )hen 1oses said to the !eo!le, ?)his is a da# to remember $orever I the da# o$ leaving :g#!t and #our slaver#+ $or the =ord has brought #ou out with might# miracles& & T& R)MIN *IS !)&!L) &( T*)IR )LI")RANC) :*odus 132142 ?And in the $uture, when #our children as" #ou, N'hat is this all about5 #ou shall tell them, N'ith might# miracles %ehovah brought us out o$ :g#!t $rom our slaver#& T& 2N&+ &0R R) )M!TI&N (R&M SIN

:*odus 142312 'hen the !eo!le o$ /srael saw the might# miracle the =ord had done $or them against the :g#!tians, the# were a$raid and revered the =ord, and believed in him and in his servant 1oses& MIRACL)S BRIN$ ()AR AN R)S!)CT (&R $& :*odus 342103112 )he =ord re!lied, ?All right, this is the contract / am going to ma"e with #ou& / will do miracles such as have never been done be$ore an#where in all the earth, and all the !eo!le o$ /srael shall see the !ower o$ the =ord I the terrible !ower / will dis!la# through #ou& Gour !art o$ the agreement is to obe# all o$ m# commandments&A T& IS!LA- !&+)R T*R&0$* !)&!L) Bumbers 162302 ?6ut i$ the =ord does a miracle and the ground o!ens u! and swallows them and ever#thing that belongs to them, and the# go down alive into ;heol, then #ou will "now that these men have des!ised the =ord&A T& I )NTI(- T*&S) +*& )S!IS) $& 3SINN) 4

Bumbers 14210, 112 6ut the onl# res!onse o$ the !eo!le was to tal" o$ stoning them& )hen the glor# o$ the =ord a!!eared, and the =ord said to 1oses, ?>ow long will these !eo!le des!ise me5 'ill the# never believe me, even a$ter all the miracles / have done among them5 T& CA0S) T*)M T& B)LI)") $& Bumbers 142203232 )hen the =ord said, ?All right, / will !ardon them as #ou have re<uested& 6ut / vow b# m# own name that ,ust as it is true that all the earth shall be $illed with the glor# o$ the =ord, so it is true that not one o$ the men who has seen m# glor# and the miracles / did both in :g#!t and in the wilderness I and ten times re$used to trust me and obe# me I shall even see the land / !romised to this !eo!le s ancestors& T& S*&+ T*) IM!&RTANC) &( MIRACL)S AN &( &B) I)NC) @euteronom# 12283292 )he# have even seen giants there I the descendants o$ the Ana"im( ?6ut / said to them, N@on t be a$raid( )he =ord .od is #our leader, and he will $ight $or #ou with his might# miracles,

,ust as #ou saw him do in :g#!t& And #ou "now how he has cared $or #ou again and again here in the wilderness, ,ust as a $ather cares $or his child( 6ut nothing / said did an# good& ?)he# re$used to believe the =ord our .od who had led them all the wa#, and had selected the best !laces $or them to cam!, and had guided them b# a !illar o$ $ire at night and a !illar o$ cloud during the da#&A +*- MIRACL)S 1 T& L)T 0S 2N&+ $& +ILL (I$*T (&R 0S +IT* MIRACL)S @euteronom# 4292 ?6ut watch out( 6e ver# care$ul never to $orget what #ou have seen .od doing $or #ou& 1a# his miracles have a dee! and !ermanent e$$ect u!on #our lives(A T& S*&+ IM!&RTANC) $& !LAC)S &N MIRACL)S @euteronom# 42323352 ?An entire nation heard the voice o$ .od s!ea"ing to it $rom $ire, as #ou did, and lived( 'here else will #ou ever $ind another e*am!le o$ .od s removing a nation $rom its slaver# b# sending terrible !lagues, might# miracles, war, and terror5 Get that is what the =ord

#our .od did $or #ou in :g#!t, right be$ore #our ver# e#es& >e did these things so #ou would reali-e that %ehovah is .od, and that there is no one else li"e him& S& +) +&0L R)ALI5) T*AT J)*&"A* IS $& AN T*AT T*)R) IS N& &N) )LS) LI2) *IM! @euteronom# 7282 ?/t was ,ust because he loves #ou, and because he "e!t his !romise to #our ancestors& )hat is wh# he brought #ou out o$ slaver# in :g#!t with such ama-ing !ower and might# miracles& J0ST B)CA0S) *) L&")S -&0 @euteronom# 72192 ?@o #ou remember the terrors the =ord sent u!on them I #our !arents saw it with their own e#es I and the might# miracles and wonders, and the !ower and strength o$ Almight# .od which he used to bring #ou out o$ :g#!t5 'ell, the =ord #our .od will use this same might against the !eo!le #ou $ear&A +*- MIRACL)S 1 $& +ILL 0S) MIRACL)S A$AINST T*&S) -&0 ()AR

@euteronom# 11272 ?6ut #ou have seen these might# miracles( >ow care$ull#, then, #ou should obe# these commandments / am going to give #ou toda#, so that #ou ma# have the strength to go in and !ossess the land #ou are about to enter& T& $I") (AIT*6STR)N$T* T& $& T& *)A")N %udges 22103112 6ut $inall# all that generation died+ and the ne*t generation did not worshi! %ehovah as their .od, and did not care about the might# miracles he had done $or /srael& )he# did man# things which the =ord had e*!ressl# $orbidden , including the worshi!ing o$ heathen gods& T& CA0S) C&NTIN0IN$ +&RS*I! &( $& Jsalms 75212 >ow we than" #ou, =ord( Gour might# miracles give !roo$ that #ou care& T& $I") !R&&( T*AT $& CAR)S Jsalms 86283102 'here among the heathen gods is there a god li"e #ou5 'here are their miracles5 All the nations I and #ou made each one I will come and bow

be$ore #ou, =ord, and !raise #our great and hol# name& Dor #ou are great, and do great miracles& Gou alone are .od& T& ISTIN$0IS* T*) &N) TR0) $& (R&M &T*)R $& S Jsalms 95282 @on t harden #our hearts as /srael did in the wilderness at 1eribah and 1assah& Dor there #our $athers doubted me, though the# had seen so man# o$ m# miracles be$ore& T& S0!!&RT $& S !R&&( &( *IS )ITJsalms 111232 Dor his miracles demonstrate his honor, ma,est#, and eternal goodness& +*- MIRACL)S 1 T& )M&NSTRAT) $& S S0!R)M) !&SITI&N /saiah 552132 'here once were thorns, $ir trees will grow+ where briars grew, the m#rtle trees will s!rout u!& )his miracle will ma"e the =ord s name ver# great and be an everlasting sign o$ .od s !ower and love& T& !R&"I ) AN )")RLASTIN$ SI$N &( $& S !&+)R AN L&")

@aniel 4232 /t was incredible I a might# miracle( And now / "now $or sure that his "ingdom is everlasting+ he reigns $orever and ever& T& !R&") T*AT T*) 2IN$ &M &( $& IS )")RLASTIN$ 1atthew 11242 %esus told them, ?.o bac" to %ohn and tell him about the miracles #ou ve seen me do&&& N6lessed are those who don t doubt me&A T& !R&") T*AT J)S0S +AS $& S S&N 1atthew 112223232 ?)rul#, )#re and ;idon will be better o$$ on the %udgment @a# than #ou( And Ea!ernaum, though highl# honored, shall go down to hell( Dor i$ the marvelous miracles / did in #ou had been done in ;odom, it would still be here toda#&A T& S*&+ S)RI&0SN)SS &( &0BTIN$ J)S0S +*)N MIRACL)S *A") B))N &N) 1ar" 52272 ;he had heard all about the wonder$ul miracles %esus did, and that is wh# she came u! behind him through the crowd and touched his clothes&

T& INSTILL (AIT* B- MIRACL)S 1ar" 92392 ?@on t $orbid him(A %esus said& ?Dor no one doing miracles in m# name will <uic"l# turn against me& & T& S*&+ S)C0RIT- IN MIRACL)S 1ar" 162202 And the disci!les went ever#where !reaching, and the =ord was with them and con$irmed what the# said b# the miracles that $ollowed their messages& +*- MIRACL)S 1 T& C&N(IRM +*AT T*)- SAI =u"e 42252 Dor e*am!le, remember how :li,ah the !ro!het used a miracle to hel! the widow o$ Qare!hath I a $oreigner $rom the land o$ ;idon& )here were man# %ewish widows needing hel! in those da#s o$ $amine, $or there had been no rain $or three and one3hal$ #ears, and hunger stal"ed the land+ #et :li,ah was not sent to them& T& *)L! A +I &+ %ohn 22112 )his miracle at Eana in .alilee was %esus $irst !ublic demonstration o$ his heaven3sent !ower& And his disci!les believed that he reall# was the 1essiah&

T& !R&") T*AT J)S0S +AS T*) M)SSIA* %ohn 22 183192 ?'hat right have #ou to order them out5A the %ewish leaders demanded& ?/$ #ou have this authorit# $rom .od, show us a miracle to !rove it&A ?All right,A %esus re!lied, ?this is the miracle / will do $or #ou2 @estro# this sanctuar# and in three da#s / will raise it u!(A T& S*&+ T*) A0T*)NTICIT&( J)S0S )AT* AN R)S0RR)CTI&N 1 T*) R) ))MIN$ MIRACL) &( ALL A$)S. %ohn 22232 6ecause o$ the miracles he did in %erusalem at the Jassover celebration, man# !eo!le were convinced that he was indeed the 1essiah& T& S*&+ T*AT IT +AS T*) MIRACL)S +*IC* C&N"INC) MAN- T*AT *) +AS T*) M)SSIA* %ohn 321322 A$ter dar" one night a %ewish religious leader named Bicodemus, a member o$ the sect o$ the Jharisees, came $or an interview with %esus&

?;ir,A he said, ?we all "now that .od has sent #ou to teach us& Gour miracles are !roo$ enough o$ this&A +*- MIRACL)S 1 T& S*&+ !R&&( T*AT J)S0S CAM) (R&M $& %ohn 42452 6ut the .alileans welcomed him with o!en arms, $or the# had been in %erusalem at the Jassover celebration and had seen some o$ his miracles& T& CA0S) T*)M T& +)LC&M) J)S0S AN ACC)!T *IM %ohn 52202 ?Dor the Dather loves the ;on, and tells him ever#thing he is doing+ and the ;on will do $ar more awesome miracles than this man s healing&A T& S*&+ !R&&( T*AT $& L&")S J)S0S %ohn 72312 1an# among the crowds at the )em!le believed him& ?A$ter all,A the# said, ?what miracles do #ou e*!ect the 1essiah to do that this man hasn t done5A T& !R&") T*AT *) +AS T*) M)SSIA*

%ohn 102243252 /$ #ou are the 1essiah, tell us !lainl#&A ?/ have alread# told #ou, and #ou don t believe me,A %esus re!lied& ?)he !roo$ is in the miracles / do in the name o$ m# Dather&A %ohn 102322 %esus said, ?At .od s direction / have done man# a miracle to hel! the !eo!le& Dor which one are #ou "illing me5A T& *)L! T*) !)&!L) %ohn 102413422 ?%ohn didn t do miracles,A the# remar"ed to one another, ?but all his !redictions concerning this man have come true&A And man# came to the decision that he was the 1essiah& T& (0L(ILL !R&!*)C%ohn 142112 ?%ust believe itRthat / am in the Dather and the Dather is in me& 7r else believe it because o$ the might# miracles #ou have seen me do&A T& !R&") T*) &N)N)SS &( T*) (AT*)R AN S&N %ohn 142123142 ?/n solemn truth / tell #ou, an#one believing in me shall do the same miracles / have done, and even greater

ones, because / am going to be with the Dather& Gou can as" him $or an#thing, using m# name, and / will do it, $or this will bring !raise to the Dather because o$ what /, the ;on, will do $or #ou& Ges, as" an#thing, using m# name, and / will do it(A +*- MIRACL)S 1 T& BRIN$ !RAIS) T& T*) (AT*)R %ohn 152242 /$ / hadn t done such might# miracles among them the# would not be counted guilt# T& S*&+ T*AT I( +) &NT B)LI)") +IT* MIRACL)S +) +ILL B) C&0NT) $0ILTAT J0 $M)NT %ohn 202303312 %esus disci!les saw him do man# other miracles besides the ones told about in this boo", but these are recorded so that #ou will believe that he is the 1essiah, the ;on o$ .od, and that believing in him #ou will have li$e& +*- MIRACL)S 1 T*) M&ST IM!&RTANT R)AS&N (&R MIRACL)S IS !R&&( T*AT J)S0S IS T*) M)SSIA*

Acts 22222 ?0 men o$ /srael, listen( .od !ublicl# endorsed %esus o$ Ba-areth b# doing tremendous miracles through him, as #ou well "now MIRACL)S +)R) $& S !)RS&NAL )N &RS)M)NT &( J)S0S AS T*) M)SSIA* Acts 8262 Erowds listened intentl# to what he had to sa# because o$ the miracles he did& MIRACL)S CA0S) !)&!L) T& LIST)N T& T*) $&& N)+S !R)AC*) Acts 14232 Bevertheless, the# sta#ed there a long time, !reaching boldl#, and the =ord !roved their message was $rom him b# giving them !ower to do great miracles& T& !R&") !R)AC*IN$ +AS (R&M $& Comans 152192 / have won them b# m# message arid b# the good wa# / have lived be$ore them, and b# the miracles done through me as signs $rom .od I all b# the >ol# ;!irit s !ower&

!A0L +&N $)NTIL)S !ARTIALL- B- SI$NS (R&M $& 1 Eorinthians 1023342 And b# a miracle .od sent them $ood to eat and water to drin" there in the desert+ the# dran" the water that Ehrist gave them& >e was there with them as a might# Coc" o$ s!iritual re$reshment& Get a$ter all this most o$ them did not obe# .od, and he destro#ed them in the wilderness& T& +ARN &( T*) A+)S&M)N)SS &( IS&B) I)NC) A(T)R A MIRACL) T& S0!!LN)) S &( $& S !)&!L) 1 Eorinthians 1227, 102 )he >ol# ;!irit dis!la#s .od s !ower through each o$ us as a means o$ hel!ing the entire church 9 >e gives !ower $or doing miracles to some,& T& *)L! T*) )NTIR) C*0RC* 1 Eorinthians 122282 >ere is a list o$ some o$ the !arts he has !laced in his church, which is his bod#2 )hose who do miracles,&&& T*&S) +*& & MIRACL)S AR) !ART &( T*) B& - &( C*RIST >ebrews 2342 Dor since the messages $rom angels have alwa#s !roved true and

!eo!le have alwa#s been !unished $or disobe#ing them, what ma"es us thin" that we can esca!e i$ we are indi$$erent to this great salvation announced b# the =ord %esus himsel$, and !assed on to us b# those who heard him s!ea"5 .od alwa#s has shown us that these messages are true b# signs and wonders and various miracles and b# giving certain s!ecial abilities $rom the >ol# ;!irit to those who believe+ #es, .od has assigned such gi$ts to each o$ us& T& !R&") T*AT M)SSA$)S (R&M $& AR) TR0) .od used miracles in the 7ld )estament !rimaril# to let the !eo!le "now that he was their living, ever3!resent .od to su!!l# all their needs and to show his love, merc# and grace $or the care and redem!tion o$ his children& %esus used miracles in the Bew )estament !rimaril# to !rove that he was sent $rom heaven to save the lost& 'hen the boo" o$ Cevelation becomes !resent tense, %esus will be bringing ever#thing to !ass to wind u! the ages and !resent ever#thing to .od as he totall# de$eats ;atan and his !owers& ;atan, in his last and great e$$ort to win all to himsel$,

does might# miracles, but no longer do .od and %esus need to !rove an#thing& IT IS (INIS*) !

HO% MAN! %A!S CAN $O& &O A MIRACLE)

'e re alwa#s $ascinated to discover that #ou can t !ut .od in a little bo*, because he alwa#s does things di$$erentl#( Cead how .od did s!ecial miracles in s!ecial wa#s& $& CAN )")N *)AL T*R&0$* A B&&2! Drom .ACG, /B@/ABA 7ver the !ast ten #ears, m# health had steadil# regressed& 1# $amil# s!ared no e*!ense, and #et one anguishing #ear $ollowed another& @7Q:B; o$ length# hos!itali-ations 0sometimes lasting two to three months4, $our ma,or abdominal e*!lorator# surgeries, several minor ones, endless testing and retesting& A$ter e*hausting local !h#sicians, / began seeing s!ecialists in Ehicago with re!eat visits to the 1a#o Elinic& / underwent !s#chiatric treatment $ollowing a nervous brea"down resulting $rom the strain on m# household and m# endurance& 'hile hos!itali-ed $or this disorder, / became a ?tentativeA Ehristian gro!ing $or an understanding o$ .od s !lan

$or me& >ad / been wrong in $ighting so hard $or so long5 / couldn t acce!t the growing invalidism& 'h# =ord5 A$ter m# return $rom 1a#o s in %anuar# o$ this #ear, / was told / must s!end the rest o$ m# li$e con$ined to a wheelchair& 6# this time, / had lost com!lete use o$ m# right leg and was unable to raise m# arms more than hal$3wa#& )here was e*tensive swelling and discoloration& /t was diagnosed as a !rogressive muscular deterioration 0i&e& 1&;&4& but / was sent home to await $urther s#m!toms $or a de$inite ?labeling&A / was instructed to remain in m# wheelchair e*ce!t $or three minutes !er hour on crutches& :*tensive e*ercises, heat lam!s and thera!# were begun& )he Hisiting Burses Association came dail# to assist with the !h#sical thera!#& 1# weight $ell to less than 90 !ounds I and / m 5 8A tall& 6ecause o$ the intense !ain, it became necessar# $or me to be taught to give m#sel$ intra3muscular shots ever# $our hours around the cloc"& 0100cc& )alwin4 )he letharg# the# !rovided mas"ed m# emotions but during the long, !ain3$illed nights the <uestioning went on I wh# =ord5 /t became $or all ,ust a matter o$ time& =ate one night, / sat alone reading several religious

boo"s 0.od is Dabulous and / 6elieve in 1iracles4 given to me b# m# born3again Ehristian sister, 6arbara& 'hile reading, / $elt the need to sto! and !ra# $or m# husband, Borm I who with m# com!lete hel!lessness, $our children, house and ,ob to manage was nearing the brea"ing !oint& As / started soundlessl# to !ra#, a voice distinctl# s!o"e sa#ing, ?=i$t u! #our arms to me&A / shrugged it o$$ I / hadn t been able to raise m# arms in months& /t came again, ?=i$t u! #our arms to me&A At this !oint / became irritated as / couldn t concentrate on m# !ra#ers $or Borm& / started to mentall# retort, became e*as!erated when the voice !ersisted, and shouted, ?;ee, / can t raise m# armsA I and as / s!o"e, / reali-ed m# arms were over m# head and / was 7B 1G D::) 17H/B.( /n an aura / can onl# describe as a m#stical golden ha-e, and to the sound o$ a beauti$ul choir singing a gos!el h#mn o$ m# childhood 0;o$tl# and )enderl# %esus is Ealling4, / $elt the !resence o$ %esus at m# right side& >is !resence was so absolute, / $elt no need to $ace him& / was com!letel# unaware o$ surroundings, movement or time& / do "now we wal"ed, cried and re,oiced together& >uman words are ,ust

inade<uate to describe the e*!erience, but it was so real( 8!on ?awa"eningA 0as nearl# as / could estimate some 15 minutes later4, / "new / had been given a glim!se o$ heaven& 6eauti$ul be#ond com!are I an absence o$ all earthl# emotions e*ce!t an encirclement o$ com!lete love I !ouring $rom me to %esus and bac" again& /n the ensuing da#s the swelling and !ur!le discoloration le$t& 1# strength and weight increased& /n a short time m# social wor"er was able to discontinue the services o$ a dail# homema"er& )he Hisiting Burses cut their visits down to bi3wee"l#, then wee"l#, and when all s"e!ticism was removed, closed m# case& 1# recover# was com!lete( J)=( 7h the ,o# o$ being needed again rather than needing& Dor wee"s / was unable to share with an#one what had ta"en !lace that night& /t was such a !ersonal relationshi! with %esus& / was a$raid that in re!eating m# stor# / would lose the true $eelings that / $ound so hard to verbali-e& 6ut / have seen so man# o$ those 0who "new what / had been going through $or so ver# long4 moved to a rea$$irmation o$ their $aith, that it became a necessit# to share m# gi$t& >o!e$ull# there will be those reading this who will reali-e there is but one healer I

%esus Ehrist& >e is alive and with us toda# wherever we ma# be& >e alone chooses where and when we shall meet I whether it be a lo$t# cathedral or sim!le countr# church& 6ut, / also now "now a miracle can come late at night, in an em!t# room, to a struggling Ehristian I one who had to be bro"en mentall# and !h#sicall# be$ore acce!ting Ehrist& Bot until / li$ted m# e#es to %esus could he li$t me& And so, that s m# stor#& %esus touched me& 1ind, bod# and s!irit were made whole& Jraise the =ord I / =/H:( Drom /B@/ABA, 1an# than"s $or #our boo" Why Shou1d I Speak In #onguesF / never thought this was an#thing that / needed, but a$ter reading #our boo", the beauti$ul language came without m# even as"ing $or it& Jraise the =ord, / have never $elt so near him be$ore& 1# !rivate worshi! through this e*!erience has greatl# e*!anded and ,o# has come into m# li$e which is une*!lainable& Drom ):KA;&&& / ve had #our boo" Since Jesus Passed By la#ing around $or months intending to read it, but $ailed& / sat down to watch the news and reached $or #our boo"& / o!ened it at random, one o$

those ?%esus3caused accidents,A and it o!ened to !age 42 and / began to read the letter $rom a girl who had been healed o$ an allerg#& 1# !roblem o$ allerg# or sinus is .7B: D7C:H:C& Gou said 1atthew 727, and / did, and he did( / instantl# $elt m# head o!ening u!& / can breathe( / ,ust got u! and $lushed all m# medicine awa#& / don t need it an# more& Drom B7C)> EAC7=/BA / am writing this letter to than" #ou $or #our boo" )od Is Fabu1ous& )wo #ears ago when / was about to the end o$ m# ro!e a $riend gave me a co!# o$ #our boo"& / started reading it one ;aturda# a$ternoon and could not !ut it down& 'hile reading #our boo" at the age o$ 27, / reali-ed that / had never reall# met %esus& A$ter reading the boo" / dro!!ed to m# "nees and as"ed him into m# heart and li$e& Jraise the =ord( %esus came in and changed m# whole li$e& / ,um!ed u! $rom m# "nees, ran out doors and wal"ed around m# #ard singing at the to! o$ m# lungs ?%esus ;aves&A )wo short months a$ter m# e*!erience m# husband also acce!ted Ehrist and now we have a wonder$ul Ehristian home, /t all started with )od Is Fabu1ous( /s the miracle #ou need a DA) one5 Cead these(

Drom EA=/D7CB/A Gour boo" has had a tremendous e$$ect on m# li$e& / weighed in at 336 !ounds on m# doctor s scale& ;ince going on the @aniel Dast / have lost 30 !ounds in a $ew wee"s time& Drom E7=7CA@7 Jraise .od $or the Dat boo"& 'hat a great lesson it teaches us& 'e thin" o$ giving things over to .od, but we seem to thin" our a!!etites belong to us& / lost the 10 !ounds / needed to lose& A $riend who could never lose weight lost 10 !ounds also& All o$ this was in three wee"s time& Drom J:BB;G=HAB/A / lost 83 !ounds since / read #our boo" in %anuar#& Drom AC/Q7BA @uring a session at one o$ #our meetings #ou !ointed at me and as"ed, ?'ouldn t #ou li"e to have a hot $udge sundae5A / was embarrassed, but / reali-e now that .od did the !ointing& Jraise the =ord& /t was ,ust what / needed& ;ince reading #our boo" / have lost 31 !ounds and $eel great& $& CAN *)AL T*R&0$* T)L)"ISI&N Drom /7'A / had been sic" with the $lu $or a wee" and it reall# had me down and unable to move& / would be u! $or $i$teen

minutes at a time doing m# household ,obs and then / would have to rest an hour& / had as"ed a $riend to come $or dinner on ;unda#, and / was determined to be on m# $eet $or ;unda# ;chool and church and to !re!are m# com!an# meal& 6ut / was no better& / could hardl# stand / was so wea"& 1# husband told me to go lie down and he wouldn t let me go to church& A$ter the $amil# le$t / turned on )H& 'hen #ou !ra#ed $or healings and miracles / !ra#ed too and the tears ran down m# $ace&& & 'hen #ou $inished / sat there with m# e#es closed, waiting $or m# miracle& ;uddenl# / reali-ed / could breathe through both nostrils and m# sinuses had been !lugged solid& / !raised the =ord and ,um!ed u! and ever# s#m!tom and sign o$ the $lu was gone& / ran through the house, ,um!ing u! and down $or ,o# and constantl# than"ing %esus and !raising him $or / was healed com!letel#& Drom 7>/7 @uring the !ra#er with #ou over the )H, / was touched and healed b# %esus and have not had nor craved a cigarette in over three wee"s& Jraise .od / Drom /B@/ABA ;everal wee"s ago Eharles !ra#ed $or those watching #our

!rogram and stated that i$ the# had an#thing wrong with their "nees to do as he instructed and he would !ra# $or them& / had had "nee trouble $or a !eriod o$ months and it was getting worse 0/ m onl# 584 so / believed and had $aith and / was com!letel# healed and am $eeling $ine& / than" Eharles, but alwa#s give credit where credit is due I to the =ord( Drom EA=/D7CB/A 1# husband went to church, but / sta#ed home because o$ a severe e#e in$ection& 1# e#e hurt so badl# it made me nauseated to even touch it& /t was also swollen& )hat night, at the end o$ #our !rogram, Eharles as"ed )H viewers to !ut their hand where the# needed healing& ;omehow, alone in the living room, / had $elt the >ol# ;!irit move all through #our testimonies& / $elt .od s !ower unlimited, so / touched m# e#e as #ou both !ra#ed& 'hen / touched m# e#e it hurt so badl# / almost got sic", so / ,ust cu!!ed m# hand over the swelling and !ra#ed with #ou& ;uddenl#, when #ou had $inished, / touched m# e#e I it didn t hurt( / $elt it gentl#, no !ain( / rubbed it and $elt absolutel# no !ain& )he swelling was gone and it hasn t hurt since(

Drom 6/C1/B.>A1, A=A6A1A / was watching #our )H !rogram and #ou s!o"e ,ust to me( Dour wee"s be$ore / had hurt m# le$t "nee ver# badl#& /t was so severe / was !ut in the hos!ital $or several da#s& / was also scheduled to go bac" to the hos!ital $or !ossible surger#& / had been in !ain all this time, and could hardl# wal" b# dragging m# leg& As / watched #our )H !rogram this ;unda# morning, Eharles loo"ed straight at me and said, ?;omeone is watching this !rogram this morning with a "nee !roblem&A )hen he said, ?/$ #ou will la# #our hand on the "nee and believe .od as we !ra#, .od will heal the "nee&A / said to m#sel$, ?)>A) ; 1:(A 6# the time we had $inished !ra#ing / could bend m# "nee without !ain& 6e$ore, / could not even bend it an#& / went to church that morning wal"ing normall#& / as"ed m# !astor i$ / could testi$#, and told all the !eo!le o$ m# healing& / am the commander o$ a grou! o$ Co#al Canger bo#s in our church and we !lanned a tour da# cam!out the ne*t wee", /ncluded was a hi"e u! a mountain three and a hal$ miles almost straight u!& / am !roud to testi$# to the $act / made this cam!out, including the hi"e, without

an# !roblem& / have wor"ed ever since& I give .od all the !raise and glor#( $& CAN *)AL 1 T*R&0$* T*) LA-IN$ &N &( *AN S! Drom A8;)CA=/A Dor seven #ears, / was a ?battered wi$e&A 1# $irst husband was not a drin"er, but on occasion he would $l# into the most terrible rages and assault me& 'hen the children were born, he turned his rage towards them, too& /t was ver# seldom that at least one o$ us did not have a bruised and battered bod# or a cut and bleeding head& / have no idea what made him this wa#& / did discover that he had attac"ed other girls be$ore / met him, but / did not "now that when we were married& 7ur son !articularl# enraged him, and he bears scars on his $ace in mute testimon# to the cruelt# o$ this man& As well as !h#sical beatings, m# son was sub,ected to verbal abuse o$ the crudest and most vulgar "ind& >e was told so o$ten he was stu!id when his childish hands $ailed to master a tas" when he was tr#ing so hard to !lease& Eonse<uentl#, $rom about age two, he began to wet the bed& A$ter seven #ears, / decided to leave and too" the children with me& / went bac" to com!lete m# nursing training, and m# son

began to develo! behavioral !roblems as well& >e lied, stole, and generall# became antisocial& / was des!erate, and a$ter tr#ing !s#chiatric treatment, !laced both the children in a Damil# .rou! >ome& )he !s#chiatrist would tell 1ichael, ?Gou are naught# because #ou have !roblems&A 1ichael immediatel# began to ,usti$# his ever# misdeed with, ?/ have !roblems, so / have to be naught#&A /n the home he didn t im!rove& Alwa#s withdrawn, he su$$ered because o$ the bedwetting as the other children would laugh at him& / moved to 6risbane and, shortl# a$ter, / had a seven hour o!eration on m# s!ine as a result o$ in,uries received m#sel$& / was in !laster $or months& / le$t $or a si* wee"s holida# in the ;tates and Eanada, and came home much re$reshed and able to co!e& 6# this time, / was a ;!irit3 $illed Ehristian o$ a $ew months& )he children remained in the >ome while / began to wor" to see i$ / could continue and su!!ort them, with a view to getting them bac" into m# care& )he =ord "new m# wea"nesses and / met /an, whom / married& 'e too" the children into our care and moved to the countr#& 1ichael im!roved onl# slightl# and was a source o$ concern continuall# to both o$ us&

1i"e s bed3 wetting continued to be a !roblem, and he wasn t a little bo# now, but a big stra!!ing lad o$ nearl# $ourteen& >e en,o#ed #our $irst meeting at the 6risbane Eit# >all& 'e had driven 110 miles to be there, and we came with an air o$ e*!ectanc#& ?.o u! and be !ra#ed $or, 1i"e,A / suggested as a line o$ !eo!le headed $or the stage& 1i"e went& / watched with e*citement and a !ra#er as he was slain under the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit& / don t even "now which o$ #ou laid hands on him, but this / do "now2 1ichael is healed o$ the dread$ul bed3 wetting, and his !ersonalit# has undergone a mar"ed change& >e is outgoing and honest, has held a !art3 time ,ob and been $ound trustworth#, and now aims to become a !olice o$$icer& 'e stand in awe at this great wor" o$ .od and !raise and glori$# him& 1i"e s testimon# was, and is, a tremendous demonstration o$ the !ower o$ %esus(
.7@ EAB >:A= I )>C78.> A JCAG:C E=7)>(

Drom DA/=;'7C)>, :B.=AB@ )han" #ou $or #our !ra#ers and the !ra#er cloth $or our bab#& / !ut the cloth in his little

hand and we !ra#ed $or his head to be healed& / "now #ou won t be sur!rised when #ou hear the reaction o$ the two doctors who saw him& )he# said, ?)his bab# never had a dislocated hi!, and there is B7)>/B. wrong with his head&A >e was born with a water head and a dislocated hi!, but was healed com!letel# b# the little !ra#er cloth& Jraise .od the anointing o$ .od sta#ed during the $light across the ocean& Drom =78/;/ABA / !ut the !ra#er cloth in m# husband s !illow case and within 2 wee"s he was saved& >e sure was miserable $rom the moment / !ut it there as .od dealt with him& )han" #ou, %esus( $& CAN *)AL 1 +*IL) -&0R) RI IN$ IN A CAR ?7n the wa# home $rom #our service, m# big toe which has bothered me $or #ears, was healed&A ?/ was so disa!!ointed when / le$t #our service because / hadn t been healed, but when we were about 60 miles $rom the meeting the !ower o$ .od went through m# bod# and / was instantl# healed& / had come on a stretcher and le$t on a stretcher, but wal"ed out o$ the station wagon whole when we got home(A

?/ was still hurting when / le$t #our meeting, but in the car on the wa# home, m# bursitis was com!letel# healed and the !ain le$t( )his was a #ear ago and it has never returned& Jraise .od(A $& CAN *)AL 1 B- !R&7Drom ):KA; @o #ou remember that little :!isco!al church where we !ra#ed $or a girl with cancer who was not e*!ected to live through the da#5 Gou loo"ed at #our watch and said, ?/t s 11237&A Gou ll never believe this, but a $riend o$ mine went to the hos!ital to visit ;hirle#, and when she got there she was dancing in the ;!irit in her room& ;he said, ?;hirle#, what ha!!ened to #ou5A ;hirle# re!lied, ?At 11237 this morning, %esus Ehrist wal"ed into this room and said, NGou re healed, get out o$ bed& / "new he was real, so / !ulled the needle out o$ m# arm and wal"ed out o$ m# room into the hall to tell the nurses that %esus had visited me& )he# were reall# shoc"ed(A ;hirle# was discharged $rom the hos!ital com!letel# healed two da#s later& $& CAN *)AL 1 0RIN$ +&RS*I!

/n Cacine, 'isconsin we saw one o$ the most unusual miracles we ve ever seen& 'hile we were worshi!!ing .od, a #oung girl sitting in the audience said, ?1other, m# teeth are moving in m# mouth&A )he mother said, ?.et u! there real <uic" to where the# are&A As a $riend o$ ours was screening the !eo!le coming $orward, she loo"ed at the little girl s teeth, and saw tartar, raw gums which loo"ed li"e the# had been ?over3 $lossedA and croo"ed teeth& )he girl had been to the orthodontist the month be$ore, but because o$ being one o$ nine children her !arents could not a$$ord the wor"& )he girl went under the !ower and 30 minutes later when she came out she had the most beauti$ul, !er$ect, straight white teeth we ve ever seen& )he# loo"ed li"e the# had been created out o$ heavenl# !earls and !ut right in her mouth& )here was a dentist there who had driven $our and a hal$ hours to be at the meeting& 'e called him to the stage and he, li"e all o$ us, was com!letel# awe3stric"en at what .od had done& )han" #ou, %esus( .od inhabits the !raises o$ his !eo!le( =et s !raise him more( $& CAN *)AL 1 AN L)T -&0 2N&+ LAT)R!

Drom E7CJ8; E>C/;)/, ):KA; / have su$$ered with ha# $ever all m# li$e& @uring ha# $ever season / was snee-ing, dri!!ing, whee-ing and miserable& Gou !ra#ed and / thought the ha# $ever season had ended, and didn t reali-e / was healed until the ne*t #ear when it never came bac"& Drances >unter2 / lost a $illing $rom one o$ m# teeth while we were in Dlorida, and threw it in the waste bas"et in a church& 'hen / got home / made an a!!ointment with the dentist, and as / drove u! to his o$$ice / said, ?.od, #ou healed $ive !eo!le the other night b# $illing their teeth& >ow come #ou didn t $ill mine5A 'hen the dental technician and the dentist e*amined m# tooth, the# couldn t $ind the hole where the $illing was missing& & & and neither could /( $& CAN *)AL 1 0RIN$ +&R &( 2N&+L) $) A man sat in the balcon# tal"ing to himsel$& ?)his is !hon#& Bobod# s being healed& )he# re ,ust imagining the things the# re calling out as being healed& >ow can #ou tell what s going on& / can t see an#thing ha!!ening& >ow do / "now the# re healed5A

?;omeone in the balcon# is being healed o$ a lum! under his arm&A Eharles had a word o$ "nowledge and called it out li"e all the other ones, but it went straight to the heart o$ the man who had been tal"ing to himsel$, because he was the one who had come with a tumor under his arm about the si-e o$ a so$tball& /t was ver# !ain$ul and he was miserable& )he $inger !ointed right at him& 'hat was ha!!ening5 )he !ain disa!!eared, and his arm went to his side naturall#& >e $elt under his arm and couldn t $ind an#thing& >e $elt inside his coat, and couldn t $ind an#thing( )he tumor was gone( >e raced down to the stage and said he had been ?houndedA b# $riends to come to this meeting& >e claimed to be an agnostic, but when he reali-ed the !ower o$ .od was real, he said, ?/ m not an agnostic an# morelA %esus disci!les saw him do man# other miracles besides the ones told about in this boo", but these are recorded so that #ou will believe that he is the 1essiah, the ;on o$ .od, and that believing in him #ou will have li$e& 0%ohn 202303314 $& CAN *)AL 1 AN- +A- *) +ANTS T&,

A VISION IS A MIRACLE!
by !ran"es

(I") -)ARS A$&/ I +&0L NT *A") B)LI)") T*IS/ B0T N&+ I & )he $inal night o$ a @elight$ull# Eharismatic Ehristian 'al" ;eminar in Ealgar#, Eanada, was a night o$ !ower li"e we ve never seen in our entire ministr#& Daith was at to! level because o$ the seminar teachings& )hat night s sub,ect was marriage, and as Eharles was tal"ing about honest# in marriage, / $elt such a tremendous wave o$ !ower / nearl# $ell over& / grabbed the !odium and loo"ed over at Eharles to see i$ he $elt the same thing / did& / couldn t believe m# e#es( 7ut o$ the ends o$ his $ingers were shooting $lames o$ blue $ire about $our inches long, and as / loo"ed at them, .od s!o"e to me and said, ?)he healing anointing is u!on Eharles& )he $irst thirt# !eo!le who reach the altar will be instantl# healed(A

/ had to interru!t Eharles( )he !ower was increasing to such an e*tent / "new .od had something s!ecial( / re!eated to the audience what .od had said, and it loo"ed li"e the entire auditorium turned u!side3 down& / never saw sic" and cri!!led !eo!le move so $ast in m# entire li$e( As Eharles ran o$$ the stage to la# hands on them, the !ower o$ .od was so strong the# $ell in waves as he ran through the crowd& 'hen he was about hal$3wa# across the $ront o$ the auditorium, he raised his hands to touch some, and about thirt# to $ort# !eo!le $ell under the !ower at the same time& Jeo!le began wee!ing all over the auditorium as the# $elt the !ower o$ .od in a wa# the# had never $elt it be$ore& 6ob and %oan were o$$stage at this !articular moment, but the# $elt something su!ernatural come through even the louds!ea"er& 6ob said, ?/ heard Drances sa#, N.et out o$ the wa# and let Eharles through, then / heard the word N$ire( / came running out as $ast as / could, wondering i$ there had been a bomb o$ some "ind or other& )here was I A >7=G .>7;) 6716( Eharles was !lowing through the crowd and !eo!le were $alling all over the !lace(A

%oan said, ?/ "e!t hearing Nlet him through, let him through, there s $ire on his hands, so / ran to the curtain at the bac" o$ the stage& )he !ower o$ .od was so strong it $elt e*actl# li"e a solid wall o$ .od s beauti$ul !ower, and / bro"e into tears, com!letel# overcome b# the overwhelming !resence o$ .od&A 6# this time Eharles had gone almost across the auditorium, and the $lames began to diminish, and $inall# the# disa!!eared& >e came bac" u! onto the stage, and as"ed the !eo!le to raise their hands i$ the# FB:' the# were healed& 1ore than 100 hands were raised, as .od gave even more than he had !romised& /t is im!ossible to e*!lain how #ou $eel in a moment li"e this& / was so awed b# what / had seen and heard that / ,ust stood there wondering what was going to ha!!en ne*t( / didn t have to wait but ,ust a $ew seconds and then / saw things / had never seen in m# entire li$e& )he %ubilee Auditorium is a large auditorium with two balconies, and an e*tremel# high ceiling& As / loo"ed out over the !eo!le, there a!!eared a huge dove with a wings!read o$ about $i$t#

$eet hovering on the le$t3hand side o$ the auditorium& /t was not white( /nstead, it was ?li"e as o$ $ire&A )he dove loo"ed e*actl# as i$ it had been carved right out o$ $ire( /t was red, orange and #ellow( / have never $elt the awesome !resence o$ .od as / did at that moment, then a shoc"ing thing began to ha!!en( )he <uills $rom the wings o$ the dove began $l#ing out across the audience and landing on various !eo!le& /t loo"ed li"e s"#roc"ets e*!loding as the <uills $lew $aster and $aster across the auditorium& .od s!o"e again and said, ?)here is !erversion in the se*ual li$e o$ married cou!les here& )here is adulter# in marriages here, and / am sending the $ire o$ m# >ol# ;!irit to burn it out&A 1en and women began wee!ing as the# cried out, ?.od save me(A )he !resence o$ .od was a realit# to man# !eo!le who had never be$ore $elt his !resence& )he convicting !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit was u!on man# marriages&& & then,

As suddenl# as it had a!!eared, the dove disa!!eared( /t was instantl# re!laced b# a white dove& / told the audience the dove ?li"e as o$ $ireA had disa!!eared and had been re!laced b# a white one, and waited $or another message $rom .od because / didn t understand this at all& .od gave Eharles the message this time and he said, ?/ have sent m# white dove as a s#mbol o$ !uri$ication& Gour mariages have been cleansed and !uri$ied& Fee! them that wa#(A )he white dove was gone( >undreds o$ !eo!le acce!ted %esus as a result o$ this awe3ins!iring moment and man# were ba!ti-ed in the >ol# ;!irit and healed at the same time& /t was estimated that around 1,800 !eo!le $ell under the !ower o$ .od this one night& 'e ma# never again stand in the ;he"inah glor# o$ .od until we get to heaven, but our lives will never be the same again as a result o$ this night& ;ome !eo!le might not believe it+ ma#be #ou won t, but we have to, because we were there( An /1J7;;/6=: 1/CAE=:, but it ha!!ened(

&O !OU %ANT A MIRACLE)

)7@AG is #our miracle da#( =et s believe .od $or whatever #ou need, because there s an ?im!ossible miracleA waiting $or #ou& 7ur mail is $ull o$ interesting letters+ some sad, some heartbrea"ing, but man# ,o#ous ones telling us o$ ?im!ossible miraclesA that have ha!!ened& )here was a time when we thought the onl# miracle worth sharing was one where someone wal"ed out o$ a 'heelchair, but how man# !eo!le need this "ind o$ a miracle5 'e have discovered the im!ortant miracle is the one G78 need( And an# miracle is a 6/. miracle when it ha!!ens to #ou& A bac" healing might not seem to be a 6/. miracle to #ou, unless it ha!!ened to be G78C bac" that was hurting( A ?cric"A in the nec" might seem insigni$icant to #ou, unless the ?cric"A was in G78C nec"( A headache seems li"e a minor thing, unless the head that s aching is G78C own(

A sore elbow is nothing, is it5 )hat is, unless the elbow that s sore is G78C;( Eigarette smo"ing is something #ou ,ust use #our own will !ower to sto!& 8nless G78 ha!!en to be the one who s addicted( )hen it ta"es a miracle o$ .od to deliver #ou( A sti$$ "nee might seem unim!ortant to #ou, unless G78 were the one hobbling along on it( 1an# o$ the letters that reach our o$$ice contain ?littleA miracles, and #et as we read them one a$ter another, our $aith reall# ignites when we reali-e that .od cares $or the ?littleA !roblems in our li$e& 1a#be #our miracle, large or small, will match one that we re sharing& )rust .od $or Nit as #ou read& )hese miracles have come $rom almost ever# state in the 8nion and cover almost ever# "ind o$ a miracle #ou could need& Gou will notice man# o$ these !eo!le did not "now the# were healed until a later time& Gou will also notice man# came to services B7) :KJ:E)/B. )7 6: >:A=:@( Gou ma# not believe right now and #et .od wants to do a su!ernatural, wonder$ul thing in #our li$e( Drom B:' G7CF 'hen #ou were at 6u$$alo #ou !ra#ed over me $or the healing

o$ m# elbows& / have had !soriasis on both elbows all m# li$e& / am 42& :ver#thing was done, bought, tried $or them to B7 AHA/=& =ast summer / had even as"ed m# doctor to !ut me in the hos!ital and scra!e, sand, o!erate, gra$t or do ;71:)>/B. $or them& >e said / would have to ,ust ?learn to live with it&A Jraise the =ord, as / was leaving the service that night, %esus said to m# s!irit, ?.o and be !ra#ed $or #our elbows& / 0%esus4 cleansed the le!ers and / can and will ma"e #our elbows ,ust as clean&A Gou "now alread# what / m going to write((((( Jraise and than" #ou, dear %esus, three da#s later m# elbows were E71J=:):=G >:A=:@( Drom '/;E7B;/B At #our meeting in .reen 6a# last A!ril a $riend o$ mine was healed and has never worn her bac" brace since& Jraise the =ord( Drom 1/E>/.AB /n %ul# o$ 1974 m# husband received healing $or his bac" a$ter su$$ering $or 18 #ears& / came to that meeting at DA3>73=7 Jar", .rass =a"e, 1ichigan on crutches which / have not used since nor do / even need m# cane an# more(( >allelu,ah( Drom /7'A A bus load o$ us and our !ast minister went to see #ou in Eedar Dalls, /owa& )o be honest / didn t believe a thing

that was done at the morning miracle service& / reall# thought #ou were a !hon# and / was read# to come home& 6ut Jraise the =ord, the evening service E>AB.:@ 1G =/D:( / was healed o$ bac"aches which / have had $or #ears& / have doctored and had treatments $or #ears because o$ a curve in m# s!ine& )han" .od $or all o$ #ou who could bring a soul li"e me to Ehrist& Drom /B@/ABA / did not "now it at the time, but / received a healing $rom a s!astic colon& Drances called me $rom the audience and said .od had a s!ecial touch $or me, and / was slain in the ;!irit $or the $irst time& Bow / am healed( / have not ta"en medicine in about 3 wee"s, and be$ore, / could not go one whole da# without medicine& )hree months later / went to the doctor& >e said when he originall# diagnosed it that / would !robabl# have this condition $or the rest o$ m# li$e i$ / did not sta# on medication& 'hen / went bac" to him, he did not use the word ?cured&A >e said, ?)hese things ha!!en sometimes&A J&)&=& / FB7' )>:G @7 I a$ter !ra#er( Drom =aEC7;;:, '/;E7B;/B /t was towards the end o$ the service when we were worshi!!ing the =ord that the ;!irit o$ the =ord $ell on the auditorium and man# $ell

under the !ower o$ .od& )hat ha!!ened to me( >allelu,ah( Eharles gave instructions that we were to la# hands on the !arts o$ our bod# where we needed healing, so / laid m# hands on m# e#es and $ell under the !ower& )>: =7C@ )7=@ 1: that m# e#es were healed( / didn t believe him until the $ollowing 1onda# when the =ord con$irmed his word& )>: @7E)7C )7=@ 1: / no longer needed to wear glasses& / give .od all the glor#( Drom B:6CA;FA / went $orward at the meeting in 7ttumwa to be delivered o$ tran<uili-ers as a crutch& / as"ed that .od hel! me lean u!on him instead o$ !ills when $ear and worr# overtoo" me I es!eciall# $ear o$ sic"ness I cancer& / $ell under the !ower and have not ta"en a tran<uili-er since& Drom 1/E>/.AB& /n Bovember o$ 1973, / had to have a laminectom#, which was surger# on a deteriorated disc& 1# s!ine had to be scra!ed due to arthritis and bones had to be !ut in !lace& A$ter surger# / had to have thera!# on m# right leg because o$ the s!ine !roblem& /t was ver# di$$icult to raise m# right leg and / had to ta"e m# hand and raise it to cross m# legs& 'henever / got into a car / had to li$t m# leg in order to get

m#sel$ into the car& At night it was di$$icult $or me to roll over in bed or to get u! or down without cr#ing out $rom the terri$ic !ain& Jraise the =ord( >e is m# healer( >e reached down and touched me with his healing !ower as we were !raising him& 1# right leg became numb and / was im!ressed to start e*ercising m# legs and bac"& / was healed( Jraise the =ord( >e touched me( Drances as"ed me to come to the !lat$orm and tell what the =ord had done $or me and she !ra#ed and / was slain in the ;!irit& As / returned to m# seat, / reali-ed / was able to li$t m# leg and cross it over m# le$t leg without an# hel!& As the service was being dismissed we all stood and the =ord im!ressed me to !ut m# legs together and $or the $irst time in m# li$e 1G =:.; ':C: B7) 67':@, the# were com!letel# straight( )he ne*t da# / as"ed m# $ather to loo" at m# legs and he said, ?'hat ha!!ened to #our legs5 @id someone brea" them and straighten them5A / re!lied, ?)he =7C@ healed them(A >allelu,ah( Drom 1/BB:;7)A 1# son was receiving two serum shots each wee" at the age o$ 18 months& 1# husband is a distance runner, and our bo#s wanted to run li"e their

dad& At age 12, 6ob couldn t run a mile& >e came home with chest !ains and was whee-ing& ;unda# evening as #ou were sharing, 6ob had chest !ains again and when #ou called $or children, he as"ed i$ he could go $orward& / told him to as" his dad and the# went $orward together& 1# husband hasn t $ull# understood m# newness in Ehrist, and / m sure man# times / ve le$t him scratching his head wondering what had ha!!ened to his wi$e& 1# !ra#er was that he would ta"e us that night and see the !ower $or himsel$( As Drances !ra#ed, m# son said he $elt a tightness in his chest 0li"e someone was s<uee-ing him4 and then he $elt a tingling all over and went under the !ower& >e later went $orward to receive the ba!tism with the >ol# ;!rit& 7n 1onda#, 6ob went running with his dad& / "new this was it and decided not to !ra# A;F/B., but to !ra# )>ABF/B.( =ater 6ob came in the house, his e#es and mouth !ale $rom running& All he could sa# was, ?/ did it, / did it, / did it(A / as"ed him i$ his chest hurt or i$ he was whee-ing& 6ob said, ?Bo, but m# legs are "illing me&A JCA/;: )>: =7C@& )he ne*t night he even ran two miles&

>e has had !eo!le sa# it is im!ossible, .od doesn t heal, he can t do an#thing& 6ob "nows better( 7$ our $our children / $elt it would be hardest $or 6ob to $ind Ehrist& >e is well3li"ed, has man# $riends and reall# doesn t need an#thing& .od in his beaut# and !er$ection "new ,ust what 6ob needed and ,ust how to reach him& 6ob s e#es now twin"le $or the =ord, because he touched him in a grand wa#& =ast wee" in rough, cho!!# waters, he swam the 1/=: swim and received the 1ile ;wim Award& 6ob said he would never have tried it be$ore& 'e give all the glor# to .od( Drom /7'A 7ur daughter is eight #ears o$ age& ;he had ear surger# in %ul# o$ 1973& ;he had so much in$ection in her le$t ear that the# had to ta"e a lot o$ the bone out and also !art o$ the ear drum& )here wasn t even enough le$t $or them to do much with& ;he was in surger# nine hours and she was dea$ in her le$t ear& ;he went $orward when #ou called $or an#one with hearing !roblems, and came bac" hearing( 'e too" her to her doctor and he gave her a hearing test& >is bottom ,aw about touched the $loor and the !a!ers shoo" in his hands& >e loo"ed at us and as"ed where we had been ta"ing her& Ehristine as"ed us it

she could tell him and we told her to tell him an#thing she wanted to& >e could tell she was $ull o$ ,o#& ;he told him that %esus had healed her ear& >er doctor loo"ed at her $or a second and then said, ?'ell, that s good enough $or me, because / didn t do it(A Drom D=7C/@A / had Jaget s disease, a bone disease, $or at least $i$teen #ears& Her# seldom was / without !ain in m# bac", arms or legs& / $ell at wor" in 1968 $racturing a vertebra in the diseased lower bac"& / was unable to wor" a$ter that& )he !ain made it im!ossible $or me to sit still $or even a short time& 7n 1arch 6, 1975 at )he Assembl# o$ .od Ehurch in =a"eland, Dlorida at the >unters service in the evening / went $orward !ra#ing $or a healing& / had alwa#s been a 1ethodist& 1# bac" was hurting so bad, / had contem!lated getting u! and going out to e*ercise a bit& / told 1rs& >unter this, she !ra#ed $or me and as she ran her hand down m# bac", the !ain all le$t and / have had no !ain to this da#& .od also healed m# right bad shoulder& / had been unable to raise m# arm straight u! $or #ears, or to use it normall#, but it is !er$ect now& / have been in hos!itals several times $or asthma, but since that miracle

service / have had no trouble at all& A $ew da#s later / reali-ed / had also been cured o$ hemorrhoids which / had $or #ears& .7@ >A; ;8C:=G >:A=:@ 1:( Drom /B@/ABA / than" the =ord ever# da# $or he touched me with his healing !ower when #ou !ra#ed $or me& / said ?hiatal hernia&A Gou !ut #our $inger on m# stomach and !ra#ed a short !ra#er& / was slain in the ;!irit& 'hile l#ing on the $loor / could $eel the healing !ower wor"ing on the inside o$ m# bod#& / came home and ate a good dinner, went to bed earl# and sle!t all night without wa"ing u! until morning& / had m# bed raised 7 inches at the head& Bow / have ta"en the bloc"s out and can lie $lat without an# more heartburn, and no trouble with $ood coming u! in m# mouth i$ / stoo! over a$ter eating& Jraise the =ord( Drom FAB;A; 'hen #ou came to 'ichita / onl# had 25 to !ut in the o$$ering, but #ou as"ed .od to multi!l# it 100 $old& Bot long a$ter that / was as"ed to give a tal" about $ostering two college classes and was given L25& /t was such a shoc" to be !aid $or tal"ing, it too" me months to cash the chec" and $inall# reali-ed that .od had multi!lied m# gi$t 100 $old& )han" #ou, %esus(

Drom E7=8168;, 7>/7 'hen / was $ive and a hal$ months !regnant with m# $irst child, / was in an automobile accident and was thrown out o$ the car and received a hard blow on the head& )his caused severe headaches and blac"ing out, and / discovered / had e!ile!s#& 'hen / came u! $or !ra#er at that meeting, / was slain in the ;!irit, and while under the !ower / $elt li"e .od gentl# sawed o$$ the to! o$ m# head, brushed out the cobwebs, and then gentl# !ut the to! o$ m# head bac" on& 8! until that time / had terrible, nauseating, e*hausting headaches, and that is all gone now& / have not had an# medication since then and it is over two #ears& Jraise .od( Drom B:6CA;FA )hings reall# ha!!ened when we went to #our meeting( 1# husband had been warned o$ the dangers o$ the Eharismatic movement $or about thirt# minutes be$ore going to #our meeting, but he went $orward to receive the ba!tism in the >ol# ;!irit& 7n Drida# night m# arm was lengthened b# the =ord almost one inch& / had alwa#s had trouble with !ain between m# shoulder blades when wor"ing in the "itchen or t#!ing, and now it is com!letel# gone( J&)&=& 1# husband was cured o$ cigarette smo"ing& )wo o$ our children went

$orward to receive the ba!tism( .lor#( 'hat a night with the =ord( ;aturda# morning m# husband went to #our teaching session and came home with almost ever# boo" #ou had ever written and bubbling over, as much as a reserved and <uiet man bubbles( ;aturda# night the !resence o$ the =ord was so real as #ou said a healing cloud was over us& 7ur ;unda# ;chool teacher was healed o$ h#!ogl#cemia during that service( 'e had been !ra#ing $or her $or months& )his same night #ou !ra#ed $or anointing o$ husbands and wives hands and $or healing o$ marriages& 'e laid hands on each other and several things ha!!ened2 the lum! on m# husband s shoulder decreased considerabl# I a benign lum! he had had $or over ten #ears, and a !ain at the base o$ m# s!ine disa!!eared& Also, when marriages were !ra#ed $or, all resentment and bitterness was removed $rom I the >ol# ;!irit swe!t over us li"e a gentle bree-e and le$t 6ruce cr#ing hol# tears and me !lo!!ing down in m# seat cr#ing( Drom 'A;>/B.)7B, @&E / have su$$ered $rom migraine headaches $or 15 #ears& 7n Debruar# 17, 1974, in the 'ashington >ilton >otel, 'ashington, @&E&

at a Dull .os!el 6usiness 1en s Eonvention / was slain in the ;!irit when Eharles !ra#ed $or me& / did not remember him touching me, but while under the !ower / $elt waves o$ love !assing through m# bod#& /t seems as though / la# there <uite a long time, and / remember / did not want to get u! because the $eeling was so !eace$ul and there was =7H: all around me, and com!lete assurance $rom .od that he was going to ta"e care o$ me and m# $amil#& As / returned to m# seat / was aware that / had been healed, and / have not had a headache since& Jraise the =ord( Drom B:6CA;FA =ast summer / had a ,ob at an inside !ool $or the G1EA& / had classes $or about 75 "ids at the same time& / had to #ell constantl# ever# da# $or about eight hours, not out o$ anger, but because that s the onl# wa# to be heard& Dor nearl# a #ear and a hal$ since then / ve been having trouble with m# throat, and since / am a singer this was di$$icult& @uring this time / lost over an octave in m# voice range so / could onl# sing songs with a range o$ about eight notes& ;ome da#s / could barel# whis!er& / "e!t telling m#sel$ that it would go awa#, but it !ersisted& /t got worse and

worse, until some mornings / couldn t tal" at all& Dinall#, in %ul# o$ 1974, / went to see a well3"nown throat s!ecialist in town& >e told me / had a ver# severe case o$ nodules on m# vocal chords and !ut me on si* months vocal rest& )hat meant B7 singing, #elling, loud laughing, and as little tal"ing as !ossible& >e said i$ the !roblem !ersisted $or an additional three months / would have to have surger# to have them removed& Beedless to sa#, / was ver# u!set& / <uit m# ,ob and had several wee"s o$ bewilderment, and then in August m# husband and / went to a >unter meeting in 7maha, not with m# healing in mind at all, but to learn& )he thought o$ being healed cre!t into m# mind, and / was reall# e*cited& ;omeone was healed o$ cancer and / thought, ?)hat s great, but the# ll !robabl# never get around to little diseases li"e mine((A )hen the# had the married cou!les stand and the# !ra#ed that .od would anoint their hands& 'hen m# husband laid hands on m# throat, / FB:' / >A@ 6::B >:A=:@( / cried and cried, and the =ord reall# cleaned me out on the inside&

)he $ollowing 1onda#, onl# two da#s later, / had an a!!ointment with the throat s!ecialist to get chec"ed& / sat in the waiting room $or an hour reading Jsalms in antici!ation o$ what / would soon hear& 'hen the doctor loo"ed at m# throat, he said, ?/ can see where the nodules have been, but the# re gone& / reall# don t understand it& /t s /1J7;;/6=:(A >e rechec"ed a cou!le o$ times and said, ?)he# re gone I #ou can lead a normal s!ea"ing and singing li$e&A Jraise the =ord( / have been singing and tal"ing ever since with not one s!ec" o$ trouble& / have not had a hoarse note since& All the glor# goes to .od and / !raise him $or his love and !ower and how he mani$ested it on me& / am a 1ethodist( Drom AC FAB;A; / have had osteo!orosis o$ the nec" and s!ine and have s!ent two #ears in bed& / have been hos!itali-ed man# times $or several wee"s at a time& / was instantl# healed in Dt& ;mith, Ar"ansas, and received the ba!tism with the >ol# ;!irit& Drom E:@AC CAJ/@;, /7'A 1# right nostril had been clogged $or a long time& )his seems li"e such a little thing, but it can be an anno#ing thing& Eonse<uentl#, / had

trouble breathing, and was alwa#s tired because o$ lac" o$ air& Dinall# an e#e, ear and nose s!ecialist o!erated and made a new entrance $or m# nose& >e said, ?Gou will have di$$icult# with it, even a$ter the o!eration&A >e was correct( :ach morning / would have to ta"e breathing e*ercises, 68) B7) ABG =7B.:C& / was healed at ;iou* Eit#, /owa, August, 1974, at a 1iracle ;ervice( Jraise the =ord( Drom H/C./B/A Dor two #ears, 25 doctors tried to diagnose m# !roblem, and when an outstanding endocrinologist $inall# too" m# case, he diagnosed it as Addison s disease& Dor si*teen #ears he treated me& 'hen / went to the meeting in 'ashington, @&E& #ou singled me out as being healed o$ a "idne# in$ection& / !lanned to "ee! m# seat until a ,olt o$ electricit# "noc"ed me to m# $eet& /nstead o$ !raising the =ord about the "idne# in$ection, / told #ou o$ m# Addison s disease which doctors said is incurable& Gou re!lied that / had been healed o$ it& 1# mouth $lew o!en and / said, ?Ceall#5A Gou !ra#ed in tongues s<uee-ing the da#lights out o$ me, then / was slain in the ;!irit& )he res!irator# s!ecialist had given me tests o$ blood, etc& to determine the state o$ adrenal

insu$$icienc#, but a$ter being slain in the ;!irit, he gave me his re!ort, ?6:G7B@ A ;>A@7' 7D A @786) )>:C: /; B7 A@@/;7B ; @/;:A;: I G78 AC: >:A=:@(A Drom ):KA; 'hile driving #ou $ol" to Amarillo, Eharles was telling o$ the #oung girl who had been healed o$ a "not on her $orehead& At the time that he was relating this, a lum! or "not on m# own bod# disa!!eared & & & JCA/;: .7@( Drom 1/A1/, D=7C/@A Dor about a #ear / had $elt something bothering me in m# right arm!it, but / couldn t $ind an#thing& )hen one da# / $elt a lum! there, so a$ter two months / went to the doctor& >e said it was a swollen gland, but it still didn t go awa#& 'hen / attended #our meeting, the lum! was larger than be$ore, and hurt somewhat& 'hen #ou were !ra#ing $or healings, it disa!!eared, and / haven t $ound it since& Drom B:' %:C;:G Dor over a #ear / d su$$ered with severe rectal bleeding and a rectocele, $acing surger#, because nothing seemed to hel!& / was slain in the ;!irit at #our meeting in Allendale, in August last #ear, and $elt an absolute !eace and assurance that all was well& )wo wee"s later

the !ain and bleeding sto!!ed, / dis!ensed with m# arra# o$ medication and have had no !roblems since( 1# g#necologist e*amined me in 1arch and said, ?Bo o!eration necessar#&A Jraise the =ord( Drom >/EF7CG, BE 'hen Drances and Eharles wal"ed down the aisles at the end o$ the meeting and touched each !erson, / as"ed that .od would ?store u!A enough o$ his !ower to touch m# mother who had not been able to come& / m a ;outhern 6a!tist( / went on to .eorgia& A wee" later / returned and !ra#ed with m# mother& ;he was slain in the ;!irit& 'e !ra#ed $or the lum!s that had been discovered a $ew wee"s be$ore b# her doctor, and when she was slain a ?volt o$ currentA went through both o$ us& )hat night in bed she was !raising the =ord in the ;!irit and she $elt little shoc"s in her right breast and several ?!ulling outA sensations& A wee" later a visit to her doctor con$irmed that )>: =81J; ':C: .7B:( All glor# goes to %esus Ehrist, the healer o$ bodies and souls( Drom :8.:B:, 7C:.7B / shall never $orget the evening that / $irst con$ronted Eharles and Drances& /t will remain with me until / meet .od who wor"ed through these blessed !eo!le& / was a ver# s"e!tical

Ehristian and / might as well have not been a Ehristian at& all $or / had nothing to !rove m# $aith to m# $ellowman& / had no witness, $or the !ower o$ .od wasn t in m# words when / shared with the world about .od& )hen / saw, with m# ver# own e#es, miraculous wor"s done through Eharles and Drances& / was miraculousl# healed o$ disbelie$ in the !ower o$ .od( Drom H/C./B/A 6:AE>, HA /n 1968, the doctors at Dt& 6elvoir, Hirginia, discovered / had degenerative disease in the bones o$ both ears called otosclerosis and was on m# wa# to a com!lete loss o$ hearing& 1# hearing became !oor enough that the doctor said / needed to have an o!eration in m# right ear& / did and it was success$ul enough to allow me to continue teaching& )hen in 1973, m# hearing was $ading ra!idl# and / "new / could never teach another #ear& / was distraught over this, but something else began to ha!!en in m# li$e& / began learning about the true love o$ %esus& / gave m# heart to %esus and discovered that he is the same #esterda#, toda#, and $orever( / had read #our boo"s, and the =ord <uic"ened m# heart to be with #ou in >ic"or#, Borth Earolina& )his was m# $irst

e*!erience at a gathering li"e this and / have never witnessed healing in other !eo!le or witnessed or $elt the !ower o$ .od so greatl#& / also had not as"ed $or or received the ba!tism in the >ol# ;!irit, and being a 1ethodist had never been more demonstrative in worshi! than "neeling& / went to >ic"or# as an amateur& & & and when it was over, Jraise .od, / had de$initel# decided / wanted to be a !ro& Drances, / came u! to #ou be$ore the luncheon and told #ou / was losing m# hearing and had come e*!ecting a miracle& Gou loo"ed me s<uarel# in the e#e when #ou said J&)&=& and told me that the =ord had revealed to #ou that morning that he would heal the dea$& & & and >: @/@( )han" #ou, %esus, / not onl# received a miraculous healing in m# ears, but / also received a glorious ba!tism in the >ol# ;!irit and did not come bac" to Hirginia 6each the same !erson / was when / le$t& Drom /==/B7/; / ve been a ;outhern 6a!tist all m# li$e, and / had been under conviction $or almost a #ear about smo"ing& / hated m#sel$ ever# time / !ic"ed u! a cigarette& / tried so hard to <uit and it was even worse when un3Ehristian !eo!le / "new <uit and / couldn t&

At the meeting / went $orward when #ou as"ed $or !eo!le who wanted deliverance $rom cigarettes and / $ell under the !ower& / onl# la# there a cou!le o$ minutes and when / got u! / started cr#ing& / "new some thing !recious had ha!!ened& / ve been tem!ted to ta"e a cigarette, but now the =ord is m# will !ower, !raise his name( Drom C76/B;7B, /==/B7/;&&&&/ "now that .od is wor"ing and / shall alwa#s cherish our meeting in ;!ring$ield and again in Cobinson& )he desire $or tobacco is gone and m# dail# wal" with %esus grows sweeter each da#& Drom >78;)7B, )K Drances !ra#ed with me $or m# e*3husband& ;he !ra#ed, ?=ord, bring him bac" to his children and his wi$e and ma"e him a good husband and $ather&A Debruar# 2, 1974, we were remarried& 'e had been se!arated and divorced $or two #ears& 6e$ore this answer to !ra#er there was no ho!e $or the marriage& Drom >78;)7B, )K / had a gold crown on m# tooth, and $rom the moment it was !ut in, / had severe !ain o$$ and on $or nearl# two wee"s&

1# dentist told me on the morning o$ the >unter meeting that i$ the !ain continued it would be necessar# to have an endodontist do a root canal& / was !ra#ing $or m# mother3in3law when 1r& >unter said someone has been healed o$ a tooth !roblem& 1G )77)> 'A; /B;)AB)=G >:A=:@ 6G .7@ and / ve never had a !ain again( Drom '/;E7B;/B >aving sent #ou a donation last month, we received a letter $rom #ou, in which #ou as"ed the =ord to bless us with a hundred times our donation& /n that same mail we received an une*!ected chec" $or L2,282&98 $or cro! $ailure& 'e were onl# e*!ecting a cou!le o$ hundred dollars, but the =ord had alread# answered #our !ra#ers I Jraise .od(((( 'e had sent in L20&00& Drom 1/E>/.AB A== JCA/;: )7 .7@( )he ver# da# that #ou would have received our last chec", m# husband was noti$ied that he had been a!!roved $or a L2,000 raise& Also that same da# we sold our house in .rand Ca!ids& )he =ord is getting us out o$ debt( Drom @A==A;, )K /n 7ct& o$ 1973 / went to #our retreat in 'aco, )e*as& / hadn t been to church in over 20 #ears& / was 47 at

that time, and #ou as"ed i$ an#one wanted to be delivered $rom smo"ing& / ,ust laughed, but someone 0the =ord4 marched me right u! on that stage with m# cigarettes and a L25&00 lighter, which was collected& Gou !ra#ed $or us, and $rom that moment on / >AH: B7) )78E>:@ A E/.AC:)): 7C >A@ A @:;/C:& Drom =78/;/ABA / was in Bew 7rleans at the )heater o$ Jer$orming Arts at one o$ #our meetings and was delivered $rom smo"ing& / had smo"ed $or 57 #ears and have had no desire $or a cigarette since& )han" .od( Drom /B@/ABA / want to than" .od $or the wa# he has used #ou in m# $amil#& 1# husband received the ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit through #our boo", )>: )'7 ;/@:; 7D A E7/B, and m# $ather received at #our 4th o$ %ul# meeting in %ac"son, 1ichigan& Although / am a 'esle#an 1ethodist now, / was raised a Ba-arene& 1# $ather s Ba-arene !astor wrote to #ou last s!ring about the ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit& >e received and he was the one who brought @ad and 1om to Eam! Da3>o3=o in %ul#& 7n the wa# to the meeting, @ad was discussing his $anatical daughter who had gone o$$ the dee! end s!irituall#, even

s!ea"ing in tongues& %o"ingl#, @ad turned to his Ba-arene !astor and said, ?'ell, / haven t s!o"en in tongues #et, have #ou5A @ad literall# became ill when his !astor said, ?Ges, / have&A @o #ou remember an older cou!le who came to #ou while Eharles was !ra#ing $or the !eo!le on the busses be$ore the %ul# 4th service5 )hat was m# !oor ?sic"A $ather who was so a$raid o$ ?tonguesA that the news o$ his !astor s de$ection gave him the tremors& ;omehow @ad managed to sit through the evening service, and the >ol# ;!irit convinced this $rightened Ehristian that ?tonguesA were o$ .od& )he ba!tism o$ the >ol# ;!irit 0which @ad received that night4 revolutioni-ed his Ehristian e*!erience& >e $ell in love with his 6ible again, he s!ends more time in !ra#er, he won some #oung !eo!le to Ehrist, and he is $illed with ,o#& )hat s the real im!ossible miracle in his case( 1# $ather was a ,o#less Ehristian that had been bound b# worr# and $ear $or as long as / can remember& 'hat a change( Jraise the =ord( A month ago @ad called to see i$ %im and / needed to come home $or the wee"end to have a !ra#er meeting& /magine that I $or a !ra#er

meeting( Beedless to sa#, we drove the 150 miles and had a glorious time& Drom EA=/D7CB/A %esus had been m# =ord ten months and / had !ra#ed $or a month to sto! smo"ing& 'hen #ou came to Ealvar# Eommunit# Ehurch in ;an %ose, it was a night / ll never $orget& 1# daughter and / were delivered $rom smo"ing& / had smo"ed $or 34 #ears and m# daughter had smo"ed $or eleven& )his was over $our #ears ago& 'e haven t smo"ed, or wanted to $rom that night on& Jraise the =ord( Drom ):KA; At the meeting at Ehrist $or the Bations in @allas last #ear Eharles said, ?/$ #ou give, it will return to #ou&A / had a L5&00 bill and a little change to last me until !a#da#& / said, ?=ord, / don t have an# mone#, this that / have goes to !a# a bill&A 1# ne*t thought was, ?)he sha!e / m in, what s L5&005A / !ut it in the collection !late and $orgot about it& 'hen / got !aid a $ew da#s later / held the envelo!e in m# hands be$ore o!ening it, !ra#ed, and it had a L50&00 raise& Jraise the =ord( Drom ):KA; / was at one o$ #our meetings at Daith )em!le last time #ou were here& Gou both !ra#ed $or a mass in m# right "idne#& K3ra#s show it is gone& Jraise the =ord(

Drom 7C:.7B ?/ ve had d#sle*ia since / was si* #ears old, and / haven t been able to s!ell right or read right& )he b s were all ,umbled together and so were the m s and the w s& / couldn t see them& /$ it was a ?bA / thought it was a ?d&A )hen when / wrote them down / alwa#s got m# ?d sA and ?b sA mi*ed u!& 7ne time / wrote a sign on m# door when / was about eight which said, ?E=7;: )>/; 677C I B7 @7G; A==7':@&A 1# 1om said she would go with me to the >unter meeting& ;he $elt / should be !ra#ed $or& / went u! to Eharles and as"ed him to !ra# $or me& >e ,ust !ut his $ingers on m# e#es and !ra#ed something about rewiring m# e#es& / $ell bac" under the !ower o$ .od& / couldn t believe what was ha!!ening& /) 'A; DAC 78)( 1# e#es are terri$ic toda#& / got an ?AA on a s!elling test& 1# teacher said, ?Gou got all #our d s and b s straight toda#&A :ver#thing is terri$ic & Drom 1/E>/.AB @uring #our meeting the =ord healed me o$ a lum! in the breast which was $irst noticed b# a doctor in 1968& >e also removed a lum! $rom under m# arms& )his su!ernatural surger# ama-ed me, because / had as"ed $or !ra#er $or a s"in

condition in m# $ace and never even thought about the lum!s& Jraise the =ord even though / $ailed to call it to .od s attention, he healed me( Drom /7'A 'hen / came u! to be !ra#ed $or, / didn t e*!ect .od to heal m# bursitis, but he did an#wa#( >allelu,ah( Drom 7C:.7B 'hat a wonder$ul $eeling to go to m# doctor $or a th#roid test and discover it was !er$ectl# normal( / have had this !roblem m# entire li$e( Drom EA=/D7CB/A 1G >:A=/B. )77F J=AE: 6:D7C: )>: 1::)/B. ;)AC):@( / s!o"e to #ou $ol"s while #ou were autogra!hing boo"s, and as / too" a ste! $rom the aisle to a seat, the =ord said to me, ?G78 >AH: 6::B >:A=:@&A / shi$ted m# weight bac" and $orth and not a !ain to be $ound& 0/ had been su$$ering $rom a lower bac" !roblem $or over 10 #ears, the last two in continual !ain $rom the !inched nerve&4 / had an e*tremel# aw"ward wal" due to the !ain and the $act that all m# li$e one hi! was much higher than the other& / did not reali-e until / got home that evening that not onl# was m# bac" healed, but also m# hi!s were !er$ectl# aligned& JCA/;: )>: =7C@(

Drom B:' %:C;:G >7=G =A8.>):C & && / laughed and laughed and didn t even "now what / was laughing about( 6ut what ha!!ened be$ore was not a laughing matter& /t all started at the birth o$ our bab# in %ul#, 1975& )he doctors aren t sure #et what the !roblem was& All the# "now, and / "now is that it has caused me a lot o$ !ain in m# bac" $or a long time& /t "e!t getting worse until / had to go to the hos!ital $or two wee"s in Debruar#, 1976, and was !ut in traction& )hat was not a cure& / continued having di$$icult# and at times it was so bad / could hardl# li$t m# leg or wal" without going into s!asms& / too" medication $or muscle rela*ation& At times / had to ta"e e*tremel# heav# medication to even $unction& At times / could not even !ut weight on m# leg, and sometimes $or hours there was no $eeling in it& 'e "new the !roblem was serious, and ho!ed that a suggested o!eration would not be necessar#& 7ne hi! was about a hal$ inch lower than the other and one arm was shorter than the other& 7n August 22, 1976, .ar# and / went to a Eharismatic meeting conducted b# Eharles and Drances >unter&

)he service had hardl# started when Drances ste!!ed to the micro!hone and said .od had ,ust told her that there were a lot o$ !eo!le there who were not saved, or were in doubt as to whether the# had been born again& ;he as"ed them to come u!on the large stage o$ the auditorium& 'e were ama-ed as about two or three hundred !eo!le moved <uic"l# $orward& )he# hadn t even !reached or done an#thing( /t was the >ol# ;!irit moving su!ernaturall# to !re!are the !eo!le s souls be$ore he was read# to !re!are their bodies $or healing in the miracle service which was to $ollow& )his seemed to electri$# the $aith o$ the audience& A$ter this the# as"ed .od $or a mass healing o$ bac"s& 'e all measured our arms and it was ama-ing to see about two hundred !eo!le remain standing with uneven3length arms( 'hat the# didn t "now that / "new was that one o$ m# arms was shorter than the other& / didn t want an#one to "now this or see it, so / !ut m# hands in bac" o$ me& / thought nobod# saw me, but .od did and he said, ?>e#, / want to bless #ou, but how can / unless #ou coo!erate5A /t didn t ta"e me

but a second to res!ond to him, and out went m# arms in $ront o$ me& 7ne o$ the ushers saw m# short arm and selected me to go to the stage& / brie$l# e*!lained about the bac" !roblem and !ain that had e*isted since our child was born& ;uddenl# the arm began growing out and / $ell over bac"wards( /t was beauti$ul as a wave o$ .od swe!t over me& As / la# there, / began laughing and laughing and couldn t sto!( / didn t even "now what / was laughing about, but neither did / care& .od was blessing me be#ond an#thing / had e*!ected& 'hen / got u!, / discovered )>:C: 'A; B7 JA/B( /t was gone( 'e chec"ed m# hi!s and .od had evened them u!& 'hat ha!!ened ne*t reall# shoc"ed me even more( Dor some time / had been having a tough time wal"ing li"e %esus wanted me to& / had !reviousl# been in the occult but had been delivered $rom that& /t seemed / would turn le$t and then right, awa# $rom the !ath .od was telling me he wanted me to wal"& Eharles loo"ed intentl# at me and said, ?'al" in the straight and narrow wa#(A /

"new it wasn t Eharles sa#ing that, but the ;!irit o$ .od telling me to wal" where he wanted me to wal", and not go where / had been going( ;ince the moment / was touched b# the !ower o$ the >ol# ;!irit on that stage as m# arm grew out and m# hi!s were leveled, / have had absolutel# no !ain and no !roblems& /t was an instant, com!lete miracle o$ .od( Jerha!s even more im!ortant was the wa# he has blessed our li$e and marriage& 'e have been reading the 6ible more, and / have been much easier $or .ar# to live with, too( / have made a much dee!er consecration to the =ord and am determined to live $or him& %esus did miracles while he was on earth so that !eo!le would believe, and it certainl# made a more realistic believer out o$ me when %esus touched me and healed me, inside and out( B7' /) ; G78C )8CB & & & 7ne o$ the most e*citing times in #our li$e is when G78 need a miracle( A woman came to a meeting in 7regon needing a uni<ue miracle because she had never been able to get her "nees closer together than three inches because o$ an accident& ;he was healed instantl# b# the

!ower o$ .od and her legs and bod# straightened out& 'hen she came to the micro!hone to re!ort her healing, we as"ed her i$ she was saved, and she said, ?/ am B7'(A Drom AB@:C;7B, /B@/ABA came an e*citing letter2 ?)he miracle #ou !ra#ed $or our $amil# has arrived( 7ur son s recover# $rom drugs is reall# great(A )hat was an e*citing moment in their lives because the# B::@:@ A 1/CAE=:( )he miracle the# needed won t be #ours, because .od deals with each one o$ us individuall#, and each o$ our miracles is s!ecial to us& ?1# hernia was healed during #our miracle service&A ?/ was healed o$ diabetes a$ter attending #our meeting&A ?/ was healed o$ cancer o$ the colon&A ?.od restored the sight in m# right e#e&A ?/ had been !aral#-ed $rom a stro"e $or $our #ears and was brought to #our meeting and was instantl# healed& Jraise .od(A ?A$ter eleven #ears o$ wanting a bab#, #ou !ra#ed $or us and we now have a beauti$ul bo#( )han" #ou, %esus, $or our miracle(A

?Gou !ra#ed $or healing o$ m# eight3 !ound tumor, and it instantl# disa!!eared( >allelu,ah(A ?1# gout was instantl# healed((A )hese are all $rom letters in our o$$ice, and re!resent a 6/. miracle to each one because /) 'A; )>: 7B: )>:G B::@:@( Gour miracle is a 6/. one, because it s the one G78 B::@( =et s agree right now and believe that )>/; /; G78C @AG D7C A 1/CAE=:( =a# #our hands on ours, will #ou5 @ear $riend, we !ra# $or #ou right now& 'e agree with #ou that whatever #our need is, %esus Ehrist will underta"e $or #ou at this ver# moment& 'e believe $or #our miracle ,ust li"e those recorded in this boo"& As our hands touch, we as" .od to release the miracle !ower o$ his >ol# ;!irit I B7'( 6ecause we ve as"ed in %esus name, we believe and than" .od $or #our IM!&SSIBL) MIRACL)!