I was healed from throat cancer nearly 60 years ago, but I was sick for three months before I came to the spiritual place with God where the miracle happened – three months in spiritual growth, followed by a sudden revelation – an explosion – and in that moment the healing was instantaneous! When I was in a communist prison fifty years ago for Bible smuggling, I was almost one year in the prison, believing that God would work the miracle to get me out – but that year was the best year of my life! Yes, I was separated from my wife and my children, my youngest daughter was only three years old – but I grew all the time in my experience with God! It was a testing of my faith, but God when did it, it was sudden, a big miracle! I travelled the world for two years afterwards, talking about that miracle. I preached to more than a million people, sometimes ten thousand at a time – a quarter of a million came to Christ because of that testimony! But the miracle took one year of prayer. I’m a coward and from the first day I cried, ‘Oh God get me out!’ In the early days I thought that they would torture me, then simply throw me out of the country – but God didn’t get me out!
However, if He had answered my first prayers and released me from the prison within one or two days, what would have happened? Suppose God had organised things ‘extremely well’ and got me out of prison really quickly – I would not be evangelising the way I do now, I would not have the ministry I have today. The longer I stayed in the prison, the bigger the miracle became. It’s the same with you. Hold on. Don’t let go of God! God WILL do it! If it takes three months, three years, God WILL do it!
'[Abraham] did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised.' (Romans 4.20-21, NIV.)
God does what He says! (Jeremiah 32 & 33, Pt 2)
God does what He says! (Jeremiah 32 & 33, Pt 1)
Driven by a vision of revival (Joel 2: 23-28)
The latter rain of the Spirit (Joel 2:23)
The whole armour of God (Ephesians 6:10-17, Pt 18)
The Body of Christ on earth (Ephesians 4:30-32/5:1-30, Pt 17)
Be imitators of Christ: How to be successful in ministry (Ephesians 4:15-16, Pt 16)
The purpose of the fivefold ministry (Ephesians 4:11-15, Pt 15)
God has a purpose in your adversity (Isaiah 30:20-21)
Fed by the bread of affliction (Isaiah 30:18-20)
Unity through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:1-3, Pt14)
The fullness of the love of God (Ephesians 3:17-21, Pt13)
Held by the love of God (Ephesians 4:1-6, Pt 12)
Expect God's exceedingly abundantly (Ephesians 3:17-21, Pt11)
Principalities and Powers in heavenly places (Ephesians 3:10-11, Pt10)
Fellow heirs and partakers of the promise (Ephesians 3:1-11, Pt 9)
Saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9, Pt 8)
Resurrected to new life in Christ (Ephesians 2:1-2, Pt 7)
The Power and Glory of your inheritance (Ephesians 1:21-23, Pt6)
Jesus is our intercessor in heavenly places (Ephesians 1.19-21, Pt5)
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