Goodbye – From Burkina Faso (VIDEO)

Yesterday I told you about the severely crippled man who was accidentally brought on the platform and set in the center of the stage. When I saw him sitting there my palms began to sweat and my heart rate went up. All that faith that I thought I had was suddenly missing. I’m sure you want to know what happened next. I have to warn you – this is not what you were hoping for. I prayed for the man and nothing happened. No healing. No miracle. No manifestation. Nothing.

I spend a lot of time on this blog telling you about the many amazing and awe-inspiring miracles that I see and experience as I minister around the world. But I want to be very real with you. Sometimes the most important lessons are learned, not on the mountaintops, but down in the valleys. I want you to understand something about faith that is very valuable and if you will receive what I am telling you now, it can set you free.

After I prayed for that crippled brother and he didn’t get healed, I must admit; I felt humiliated, embarrassed, ashamed, disgraced and depressed. I think I actually felt worse for myself than for the crippled man! In that moment, the Holy Spirit shone a light on my own heart and I saw something I had never been aware of before. I suddenly realized that I had hitched my reputation and ego to the train of God’s glory. If He did a miracle, I felt gratified. If He didn’t do a miracle, I felt humiliated – as though I had some ownership in HIS wonders…(continued)

Im not sure what caused the miscommunication that took place next. Perhaps it was the language barrier – we were in Hong Kong. Perhaps it was due to the noise – it was a very loud meeting and a huge venue. I’m not sure. All I know is that after I had laid my hands on the last person in the front row, I turned back towards the stage and now that man in the wheelchair was sitting front and center on the stage in front of over 5,000 people! Apparently, when I told the ushers to lift him out of the wheelchair, they thought I said to lift the wheelchair onto the platform.

“What is the Secret to Accessing the Miraculous?” When Sid Roth asked me this question yesterday on his “It’s Supernatural” television program, my first thought was, I wish I had 30 minutes to talk about this instead of 30 seconds. The reason is that I know many people will dismiss my answer as a cop-out or a corny spiritual cliché because it is too simple and un-convoluted.

“The secret”, I told him, “is that there is no secret.” Or at least, it SHOULDN’T be a secret. The key to accessing the miraculous power of God is the simplest and most basic belief of Christianity. It is what brings us into the Kingdom of God, justifies us before God and allows us to please God in the first place.

The key to accessing the miraculous is simply faith in the finished work of the cross. I know no other secret and a challenge anyone to point to anything in Scripture that gives us any other key to accessing the miraculous power of God besides faith.

Remember when the lame man at the Beautiful Gate was healed? Peter said to the crowd of amazed spectators that gathered, “…Why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? …His [Jesus] name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know.Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.”…(continued)

I just have to share this amazing quote with you from the prolific author, evangelist and pastor F.B. Meyer. I’d love to hear your thoughts about this one:

“There are four different planes of power – the lowest is the physical, above that is the mental, above that is the moral, and above all is the spiritual. It is only when a man moves on the Spiritual level that he has power with God. It is because too many ministers and Christian workers are content to live upon the intellectual level or upon the moral plane, that their work is impotent to touch the mighty stronghold of Satan. The first question, therefore, to put to every Christian worker is: on what level are you working; on what level are you living? For if you are speaking on anything less than the Spirit level, you should know that your life will be largely a failure.”

Im sitting in the airport now after recording with Sid Roth in Charlotte, NC on his well known, It’s Supernatural television show.  I got to meet some other wonderful guests as well whom God is using in extraordinary ways around the world.  The Church is a wonderfully diverse and multifaceted phenomenon that reflects the infinite creativity of the inexhaustible God.  What a joy to be a part of HIS body. I’ll be sure post the show schedule when I find out when it will air.    

Some people always have something good to say because they are overflowing with a heart ablaze for Jesus. My friend and fellow evangelist Eric Gilmour is one of those people. Today we are together in Charlottle, North Carolina having rich and wonderful time of fellowship. I asked him to share with us what is on his heart and he gave me the following. It will stir you!

COME AWAY

We cannot rightly say, “I am His,” until we truly believe, “He is mine.” God has given Himself to us. The spread arms of Christ on the cross are not only a picture of His openness to all but also the total gift of Himself to us. In Song of Songs 2.10 we see the Beloved, a picture of Christ, saying to His bride, a picture of the Church, “Arise, my love my fair one and come away.” This sentence has two commands in it, “arise” and “come away.”

I am very pleased to announce that our NEW Christ for all Nations Television show is now on the air! To catch one of the broadcasts, you can check the schedule HERE or you can watch it online HERE right NOW! I would LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ((For access to the links click the “read more” button below))

It is a WEEKLY show that is airing on multiple networks around the world. I am very excited about what we have in store for you over the next several months. You are going to see amazing miracle stories, testimonies and reports right from the field, fascinating interviews, powerful teaching, personal ministry and much much more. As we produce the shows I will be giving you behind the scenes previews right here on my blog. From time to time, Ill also add my commentary and show you things that will not be seen anywhere else!

To all my fellow blognaggians – I’ve missed you! Over the past several months I’ve had my nose to the grindstone toiling over a new book that will be released with Charisma next year. Now that that labor of love is finished, I am happy to report that, in the inauguration of this new year, I am climbing back into the blogging saddle – with a few extra treats in the goodie bag! Lots of multimedia; audio and video will be coming your way this year along with my regular, (almost daily) devotionals and reports from the field. I hope that you will follow along, interact and remember to pray for us.

The crowd doubled in tonight’s meeting here in Ughelli, Nigeria. The dynamics are extraordinary. The word is going out that Jesus is showing up in an extraordinary way.

Tonight I preached about repentance and restitution; certainly not “feel-good” preaching. But the people want to hear the truth and we have a responsibility before God to say it like it is. The Lord also confirmed His Word with signs and wonders: (…Continued)

Greetings from Ughelli, Nigeria in Delta state, where another Great Gospel Campaign has just begun. Jesus said, “…The night is coming when no man can work.” The time is short and the end is near. This is why we are laboring relentlessly on the harvest field to bring in the sheaves…shoulder to shoulder with you!

Tonight there was electricity in the air. The people are full of faith and expectation. They press in around us; they rush the vehicles as we drive down the street just to touch them in hopes that they will receive their miracle from the Lord. (…Continued)