Miracles

[MusicLover123]

Thanks for the testimony Pat. And, thanks for your feedback Dandelion and Marc.

Now, I'll mention 2 short ones that I had when I was a child. I have been having miracles a bit more recently, but they are more "Spiritual" miracles. I won't share them, because as Marc notes, they are between me and God. I will comment this though. God seems to deal with me in visions, dreams, and signs around me.

When, or at least, before I was born, my Mom was pregnant with me. Apparently, they were talking to the doctor, and he mentioned that they should abort me, as he said there was a 100% chance that I would be born with defects(missing arms, legs, etc.) So, my parents got together with the church they were going to, and prayed with them a majority of the time. Miraculously, I was born. Though i was premature, I was OK. And, to top it all off, I came out on Thanksgiving Day.

Second one, is when I was walking down some concrete stairs, starting from the top, and at this time my shoelaces were untied. So, as you would expect, I tripped on them! Now, up until recently, I was thinking it was around 15 steps I fell down. But, surprisingly, it was actually over 100! My head never split open, thank God for that! I do have some scar tissue on the front top of my head, that leaves a little bump around there.

Told ya they were short!

[MusicLover123]

Okay Connor, here is a recent one:
My 35 year old daughter had been living in Texas for about 4 years with my 2 grandchildren and her husband.  The marriage went South, and things got tough for her, so she decided to move back to AK mid-May last year.  She moved in with her mother (my ex from 30 years ago), and started to get settled in.  About two weeks after she arrived my youngest grandson (6 yrs.) suddenly became very lethargic, and she ended up taking him in to the E.R.  Luckily (if you believe in luck), Anchorage has modern medical facilities and great practitioners.  It didn't take long before he was hooked up to an EEG, to find he was in constant seizure.  The neurologist put him into a coma, using all kinds of medications and tests to try to figure out the source of the problem.  I am self-employed and have some good helpers, so I was able to spend a lot of time with my daughter.  We watched Ash in his bed hooked up to so many tubes and wires, lifeless.  After six weeks, the doctors decided to bring him out of the coma and see how he would do.  For the next six weeks he was in the PICU, in and out of seizures.  My daughter was 24/7 researching and taking care of him, never leaving his side for one moment.  The staff decided that she could take care of him as well as they could, and let her take him home.  Still no diagnosis, he still has seizures, but sometimes will go a few days without.  I don't know if he will ever be 'normal' again, there is so much damage. Of course, he is my daughter's full time job.  He is lucky (if you believe in luck) to have her.
I must say (my lack of faith, I guess) that I thought we were going to lose him in the hospital when he was in the coma.
Sorry, I got distracted, so I can't finish my story the way I was hoping (I left so many gaps in the story), but even in all of this suffering, there is good that has come out of this.
My daughter is still atheist (although I don't worry about her eternal destiny), but she has gotten to experience so much love from so many people while going through this, that I can't help but think she has to know where it comes from.
As for myself, one of things I learned was that there are people out there that are so dedicated to helping others that it really humbles me.  I am so selfish, I could never be a doctor.  They don't have a life.  They are always 'on'; and Nursing is not a job, it is a lifestyle.  There is no facade to a nurse.  Thank God for all these servants.  Many of them realize it, but even if they don't know it, they are working for the Lord.

Okay Connor that's it for now.  See how many miracles you can find in the little I've written (hint: the miracles began when God sent them back here where they had family support to help go through this)....

"There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." John 21:25

Pat

Okay guys, time to count!

Miracle 1: You got my name right
Miracle 2: The marriage went South, and not East, West, or North
Miracle 3: I don't believe in luck
Miracle 4: They found a very good medical facility with modern equipment and good nurses
Miracle 5: Your Daughter, by God's Grace, had the kindness to take care of your Son 24/7, despite not knowing God
Miracle 6: Your Son was able to come home
Miracle 7: Your Son still never had a diagnosis
Miracle 8: The seizures somewhat decreased
Miracle 9: You learned through these trials, and God gave you the power to humble yourself
Miracle 10: That God did not take your Son at the time

Speaking of John 21:25, have you ever compared it to the 1st verse in John?

Joh 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
Joh 21:25  And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. 

[Andrew]

Posted by God is Love

"I had an experience when I was seeking the truth  and for years did so through drugs, new agey stuff, various religions. Then one of my clients started to talk my ear off about Jesus and I thought she was a weirdo at first but then I got interested...one evening we talked for a while and she mentioned the sinners prayer. I went to my car and cried the whole way home feeling God's love and forgiveness wash over me.   I then felt changed and though I couldn't describe it I felt interested in reading the Bible (I didn't own one so I went to a book store) and other things changed as well. I felt very pure and felt I could discern things, it felt like my conscience was powerful and was leading me. I think it was a taste of the Holy Spirit, which I sometimes still feel to this day but like Rosered says, I go in and out of it now. I'm far from perfect but I have a desire now to chase what is good even though I fail a lot."



How long after this experience did you come to believe in UR and how did that happen?

Thanks

I'm always interested in hearing the timeline between born again experiences and UR revelation because if the seeker is sincere between the time of those two events happening then it should proof of UR. Only if the seeker backslides between that time could the UR revelation be seen as false. That's why i would be curious to know if the seeker's experiences are of the same substance between the time of the two events. And I pose this question to everyone as any information would be helpful in me being able to sleep better at night. 


Andrew

[marie glen]

Posted by God is Love

"I had an experience when I was seeking the truth  and for years did so through drugs, new agey stuff, various religions. Then one of my clients started to talk my ear off about Jesus and I thought she was a weirdo at first but then I got interested...one evening we talked for a while and she mentioned the sinners prayer. I went to my car and cried the whole way home feeling God's love and forgiveness wash over me.   I then felt changed and though I couldn't describe it I felt interested in reading the Bible (I didn't own one so I went to a book store) and other things changed as well. I felt very pure and felt I could discern things, it felt like my conscience was powerful and was leading me. I think it was a taste of the Holy Spirit, which I sometimes still feel to this day but like Rosered says, I go in and out of it now. I'm far from perfect but I have a desire now to chase what is good even though I fail a lot."



How long after this experience did you come to believe in UR and how did that happen?

Thanks

I'm always interested in hearing the timeline between born again experiences and UR revelation because if the seeker is sincere between the time of those two events happening then it should proof of UR. Only if the seeker backslides between that time could the UR revelation be seen as false. That's why i would be curious to know if the seeker's experiences are of the same substance between the time of the two events. And I pose this question to everyone as any information would be helpful in me being able to sleep better at night. 


Andrew

    :cloud9: I was very blessed by GiL's story! :girlheart:

I have a feeling Andrew you will likely find more folks who have had a "walk with the Lord" in sincerity, though none of us are perfect of course. Which makes me think some perhaps have - or might appear - to fall away, or hesitate?

I don't know why some come awake to the full gospel. :dontknow: (Glory! God is good! Perfect as a matter of fact. And perfect, surely, can make no mistakes, and cannot lose anything! :faint: )

As for me, I was never really taught by a church. Tried some churches.. don't know if the flaw was me or them, but it didn't take.

I always thought it likely that His Great Plan of Salvation would include all.. Hell, it seems obvious, is a pagan myth, a power trip. But since finding out about UR, because of Tentmaker, wow! It's been great.. Strength in numbers I guess.. Besides the longer time goes by, the more obvious the UR message is in His Word! It's all over!! Directly and indirectly.. [God is awesome! yes?!]

[Andrew]

I suppose I should reply to the question in the thread since I was out for my own benefit in my last post.

Miracle #1
My born again experience. I was literally full of demons through my participation in some very evil new age material. So i cried out to Jesus to save me (I think it was this time as I said the sinner's prayer twice like within a week) and Jesus completely restored me. I was also extremely indecisive and full of fear and that was taken away. Although I do have some fears now.

Miracle #2
There's a specific type of smoke that has special meaning for me. It's called a Nano. It's how I got my rap name. But this cigarette appeared to materialize out of thin air. There's seems to be no explanation how it got on my dresser. I know it's not your typical miracle story. And for the record I didn't smoke it and I still have it.

Miracle #3
After attending a church meeting with a guy who was a follower of Todd Bentley, oil materialized out of his hand and he rubbed my bald head with his hand and it messed me up. I went home and picked up the Bible and turned to the first letter of John and I started crying and I was healed.

Miracle #4
This one is too personal to talk about but lets just say that Jesus saved me and if he wouldn't have, my life would have been over.

[GodIsLove]

Posted by God is Love

"I had an experience when I was seeking the truth  and for years did so through drugs, new agey stuff, various religions. Then one of my clients started to talk my ear off about Jesus and I thought she was a weirdo at first but then I got interested...one evening we talked for a while and she mentioned the sinners prayer. I went to my car and cried the whole way home feeling God's love and forgiveness wash over me.   I then felt changed and though I couldn't describe it I felt interested in reading the Bible (I didn't own one so I went to a book store) and other things changed as well. I felt very pure and felt I could discern things, it felt like my conscience was powerful and was leading me. I think it was a taste of the Holy Spirit, which I sometimes still feel to this day but like Rosered says, I go in and out of it now. I'm far from perfect but I have a desire now to chase what is good even though I fail a lot."



How long after this experience did you come to believe in UR and how did that happen?

Thanks

I'm always interested in hearing the timeline between born again experiences and UR revelation because if the seeker is sincere between the time of those two events happening then it should proof of UR. Only if the seeker backslides between that time could the UR revelation be seen as false. That's why i would be curious to know if the seeker's experiences are of the same substance between the time of the two events. And I pose this question to everyone as any information would be helpful in me being able to sleep better at night. 


Andrew

Maybe 4 years between both experiences. I never "back slid" in the sense of straying from my faith since that initial experience. I was however still learning and trying to develop my personal beliefs based on reading the Bible and praying and talking with Christians and attending a couple churches here and there. The Bible and prayer were sources of peace and other Christians were sources of stress.

But while I think my faith has remained  strong to this day (its been about 7 years since I prayed to God asking him to come in my life) and God healed a lot, I still face issues in my life like anxiety that seems to ebb and flow with some sort of rise and fall that I can find quite figure out the meaning of. I know I don't know the right answers and ask for guidance, but I don't seem to get consistent answers, and so I stress about decision making especially in regard to parenting or marriage.

[MusicLover123]

Hi GodisLove

Hope this helps. Blessings:

Philippians 4
4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;
5let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord [is] near;
6for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
7and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
8As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as [are] grave, as many as [are] righteous, as many as [are] pure, as many as [are] lovely, as many as [are] of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
9the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

2 Corinthians 12
9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Psalm 63
O God, you are my God—

it is you I seek!

For you my body yearns;

for you my soul thirsts,

In a land parched, lifeless,

and without water.

3 I look to you in the sanctuary

to see your power and glory.

4 For your love is better than life;

my lips shall ever praise you!

5 I will bless you as long as I live;

I will lift up my hands, calling on your name.

6 My soul shall be sated as with choice food,

with joyous lips my mouth shall praise you!

7 I think of you upon my bed,

I remember you through the watches of the night

8 You indeed are my savior,

and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.

9 My soul clings fast to you;

your right hand upholds me.

[marie glen]

    :Chinscratch: miracles.. I had quite a rough and sad upbringing.. so much so that now when I was born again (back in 1979) I think of it as my adulthood and the years between 18 (1973) as my childhood. (But alas I was born in 1955, but the first 18 years are mostly a blur.) I came of age in the 70's part of the age of drugs, rock and roll and 'free' love/the breakdown of the family.. So it was a confusing time, and also, I was a product of my childhood which was drink, drugs and I'm thinking dysfunctional.

The Lord healed me! I have been happily married since 1980 (37 years) and raised two well adjusted individuals.. all of which I consider a miracle. Truly. I do not think I could have been at all well adjusted without Jesus, His healing and His Word and Spirit.

Also I found the Lord in the mountains.. the Father that is. I'd been studying world religions, astrology and was taking meditation classes. And I guess I still think, for example, Yogananda Paramahansa (who died in 1953) is a good writer, poet and philosopher. But although I came to understand meditation as simply the attempt to quiet the mind (enough to sense God's 'voice') I now understand that all religions may seek the Light, but Jesus is the Light ~ the doorway to Father God in heaven, but whom is coming to "tabernacle with mankind upon Earth, made new and pristine, 100% goodness.

But I like to tell the story, how I was sitting in the Rocky Mountain foothills (camping weekend) when all of a sudden it seemed as though I could 'see' (in my mind) a thought come drifting across the very blue sky and hit me in the head! Yep, it ht me in the head. And what it said was "you've been learning about the forces at work in the universe" (astrology, as a science? not foretelling) "and what about the force that created the universe? And what if that force has consciousness?"

And it was like a light turning on and I thought "God!" And it seemed as though I could feel a presence that had always been there but I had always been unaware of -  :dontknow: hard to explain..

Then there was a short time of when in the mountains, there was that sweet and peaceful Presence.. but when not, and at home in the suburbs (at the time) He was not there. I could not feel that peace and 'presence'. Then I found a bible tract titled "God's GREAT Plan of Salvation" - I capitalize Great because of UR.

I read the tract about four times, each time saying the sinner's prayer and then asking "can this be true?" .."and for me?" Then after the 4th time I came into the living room -  the house was empty which was a bit unusual. A stream of sunlight came streaming just then, through a one inch gap of the curtains, as the sun was setting over the mountains in the west. It streamed across the room and filled the unlit tv with a radiant 8 rayed star. Now this star was the symbol I had always used in my meditation practicing/attempting. (I have since of course gone over completely to prayer, albeit, with listening.)

As a 'miracle' a little strange or different I suppose, but it convinced me! Someone gave me a New Testament. I decided early on to read it for myself - beFore allowing others to tell me what it says. From Christianity/churchianity(?) I was getting different signals than what I believed I was getting from the Lord. Which from the Lord was the 'command' to "love". But from believers, or so I thought, looking on from the outside(?) was more in the line of be sort of stuck up(?) so folks will know they are sinners.

  ! :faint: This was nOt jiving with me.. either in my spirit or in God's Word.. So over the years, I've not been taught much by others, and when I do read up on commentaries and the like I think I can take the wheat and toss the chaff.. I think I'm 'freer' than many believers, as I've learned to let myself be free from any yoke of laws and rules - other than to love him - which causes one to love (truly) others. True affection! And "love works no ill" and the fruit of His Spirit in us is love, gentleness, humility, patience, faithfulness, moderation, self control, and "against such there is no law". I've let myself be free from the pressure to "conform" -  real or imagined.. That freedom of His yoke is easy, His burden is light, i believe is a true miracle for all. Free to be one's self in Jesus.. The Lord, after all, has the truest blueprint! The one which makes for peace and yes, happiness.

As to UR/CU, I always figured it likely God would save all.. And now of course I see it every where in His Word, and coming across UR on Tentmaker and some few other places (though growing! all of it being miracles..) on the web, has been awesome! And very strengthening, thus gives a lot of peace and its fruit(?) joy. Even when life is tough and on hard days.. there is the great peace and joy of knowing Him and just how 100% GREAT His Great Plan of Salvation is.. Also His Great Plan of Teaching "ALL" / writing His laws/spirit, deeply, upon every heart and mind.

   :Peace2: :girlheart: