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How can I be pleasing to God?

Last night in a discussion with an Egyptian Muslim man, I asked him if he needed a miracle in his life. He said, "everyone needs a miracle". I asked him to be more specific. He didn't need any healing in his body, but then asked, "How can I be pleasing to God"? He wanted me to pray for him about this. I told him that I knew the answer to his question. I quoted Galatians 2:16 - "...a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus". This of course is exactly the opposite of what Islam teaches. Every Muslim believes it is by their good works, their works of the law, that they can be justified. Since my new friend had never heard anybody completely contradict/deny everything he had ever been taught about how one can become pleasing to God and enter heaven, I needed to illustrate what I had just said. I explained to him that in Christianity, we are made acceptable to God by putting our faith in Jesus Christ. Our names...

The Art of Healing

A little over a week ago, I had the joy of ministering healing to several different people. One man had a pain in his hands from a skin condition and after receiving prayer, said he was better. Another man asked for prayer for his back. Again, after prayer, he was 100%. He also asked for some prayer for his family which I did gladly. His wife then came up and I was able to bless them both. After the service, as I was headed to the car, this same man chased me down to say, "thank you." Praise God. Another man had some stomach problems that disappeared after prayer as well. Still yet another young man experienced a greater degree of freedom in his emotional life as a result of prayer. Lastly, a man came with a heart full of repentance and received a huge download of grace, i.e., the power to overcome the next temptation not the license to do it again. I left the fellowship that day feeling a quiet joy and a sense of wonder over how people got healed by my prayers. U...

Physical Healings and Broken Addictions

Last Friday, a group of us ministered in a Church service where we saw many people healed, prophetic words given and addictions broken in the lives of those present. Since there were about 10 of us praying for people during the ministry time at the end of the service, it was hard to know exactly what God was doing, so at one point I just asked everyone to raise their hands if they had experienced a healing or some other kind of miracle. About 15 people raised their hands out of about 75 people. I personally saw several healings in the people I was praying for. One man, who was responding to a word of knowledge given (we gave a number of words at the beginning of the service), was completely healed of two conditions he had. When I asked him if he wanted to testify to what God had done, he couldn't as he was crying because of God's goodness towards him. I was really touched. Another man was testifying that he was about 60% healed when I joined some others who were praying for...