Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Truth in Thinking: Miracles- Part 4

Truth in Thinking: Miracles- Part 4: " Three distinct flashes of lightening pierced the sky. Alicia, a believer-in-depth, said 'Oh, thank you, Lord!' You're wor..."

Miracles- Part 4

    Three distinct flashes of lightening pierced the sky. Alicia, a believer-in-depth, said "Oh, thank you, Lord!" You're working a miracle!" She had no doubt. She believed. And I wonder, sometimes, what the good God thinks in His heart when He sees a human being in dire trouble believing in a miracle. That must be a wonderous happening.
     The wind died down. The rain ceased. There was a great calm. This little family clung to the branches all through the darkness of night. And when dawn came, the waters had receded so that they could climb down and wade to a place of safety. They were suffering from shock, but kind hands ministered to them. And Alicia, eight days later, experienced another miracle-the miracle of birth-a healthy little girl! What a woman! What a person! What a child of God!
     That is what a human being can become if he or she fights doubts and becomes a believer. Such persons expect miracles and make miracles happen.   

Truth in Thinking: Expect a Miracle- Part three, Miracles never stop....

Truth in Thinking: Expect a Miracle- Part three, Miracles never stop....: " The wind was whistling, the rain beating down with great force upon them, the sky dark. Roy shouted through the sto..."

Expect a Miracle- Part three, Miracles never stop.

     The wind was whistling, the rain beating down with great force upon them, the sky dark. Roy shouted through the storm, "Alicia, we're all going to die! The end is near!" she shouted back, "I tell you are not going to die! The end is not near! God is with us, the God of miracles!" "Alicia it'llbe a miracle if we ever get through of this."  "Okay, Roy, expect a miracle-let's make miracles happen!" They clung desperately to the swaying branches/  The storm rose in intensity. Then Alicia began to sing, sending her confident voice out against that hurricane:
          "Jesus, lover of my soul,
            Let me to Thy bosom fly,
            While the nearest waters roll
            While the tempest still is high!

            Hide me, o my Savior, hide,
             Till the storm of life past;
            Safe into the haven guide,
            O receive my soul at last

             Other refuge have I none;
             Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
             Leave, O leave me not alone,
             Still support and comfort me."
The storm was over.          

Truth in Thinking: Expect a Miracle-Part 2

Truth in Thinking: Expect a Miracle-Part 2: " Alicia watched the wind as it whipped up the dust around her little house. She looked as the sky with appraising ey..."

Expect a Miracle-Part 2

     Alicia watched the wind as it whipped up the dust around her little house. She looked as the sky with appraising eyes. Then suddenly the wind increased in intensity, lifting the roof off her house like cardboard. Suddenly a nine-foot dam gave way and water swept up to the house. The family was in imminent peril of death.
     Alicia grabbed her daughter, not quite two two years old, while Roy reached for their two sons, five and three years old, and they looked around for a place of refuge. All they could see in that instant of the mounting waters was an old, gnarled, bent tree which had lived out many a storm. But the question was, would it live out this storm?
     They ran to the tree, but in the slippery mud the five-year-old dropped from Roys' arms and disappeared for a moment. Balancing the other boy in one arm, Roy finally pulled his son from the watery muck. They reached the tree and carrying the children, Alicia and Roy climed into the high branches. The waters continued to mount until they were at Alicia's neck. She held her little girl, Kim, higher than her head to assure that she would be out of reach of the waters.   

Truth in Thinking: Expect a Miracle

Truth in Thinking: Expect a Miracle: " Expect great things from God and you will receive great things from God. This is the basic principle kno..."

Expect a Miracle

     Expect great things from God and you will receive great things from God.  This is the basic principle known as the miracle principle. And those who live on the miracle principle have miracles popping up in their lives constantly.
     How then, can one go about expecting miracles and causing miracles to happen? The No.1 thing is to have a tremendous faith, a deep faith, a faith that is so positively strong that it rises about doubt. Doubt is always getting in the way of faith. But if you train yourself to have faith in depth, it will release an astonishing power in your life to produce miracles. There is a certain type of person in this world known as the believer.
He/She sweeps everything before him/her. He/she seems to take hold of life with a profound authority.
     The question is, how deep is your faith? Get it deep and you can face any difficulity and conquer it. One of my favorite stories is about a tremendous personality, a woman from Virginia named Alicia. She and her husband Roy and their three children lived near the shores of Va.Beach. One hot sultry day a hurricane swept up out of the blue. It slashed into the shore line with destructive force and proceeded in ward, leaving death and destruction in its wake.