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SUPERNATURAL HORIZONS FROM GLORY TO GLORY

by Charles and Frances Hunter

Charles and Frances Hunter were gifted writers who have gone on to be with Jesus, the One they loved so much. Joan Hunter is their daughter, and she can be reached at http:// oanhunter.org

!ublished originally by HUNTER BOOKS 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. !. 7. ). -. 1/. 11. 12. 13. 14. #$. 1!. 17. 1). 1-. 2/. 21. 22. 23. Spirit Perspective Prepare Ye The Way Translations Supernatural Languages Shifting ears Then "n# $o% &isions "n# 'rea(s Loo*ing +ac* ,n Ti(e Loo*ing .or%ar# ,n Ti(e 0hanging Weather 1ealings 1oly Spirit 0o((unication +aptis( With The 1oly Spirit 1 1e Win# ,s +lo%ing "gain 1 Special "nointings "ngel &isitations .ire .ro( 1eaven o#2s lory 1e Plo%(an Shall 3verta*e The 4eaper. You Spea*a 'a 4ussian ,t2s +eginning To 4ain Purging .ire5 Purity "n# 0o(passion " +oo* That 0an $ever 6n# 3 7 12 22 27 33 3! "" 72 75 )! -) 1/7 113 13! 15/ 157 1!! 17/ 171-/ 1-3 2/3

CHAPTER 1 SPIRIT PERSPECTIVE By Charles

Picture yourself high a7ove the earth %ith eyes %hich coul# see vivi#ly clear everything for (illions of (iles. Then picture eyes %hich %ere not li(ite# to #irection as our earthly eyes are5 7ut %hich can see in all #irections at the sa(e ti(e. Picture yourself %ith the a7ility to fly at the spee# of light so you coul# transcen# universes an# cover all the earth in the t%in*ling of an eye. The Spirit real( is a #i(ension not yet given to (an5 7ut angels vie% it routinely. o# an# 8esus (a#e it all an# they can see it all at one ti(e. o#2s Spirit (onitors everything on earth so 1e sees everything at once. There are no clou#s to cover 1is vie%5 nor #oes #ar*ness ha(per or #i( 1is visi7ility. 0o((unication in the heavenly real( #oes not re9uire sentence nor %or# structure5 7ut can 7e trans(itte# %ith full co(prehension as a flash of lightning. o# can flash a thought in a (icrosecon# into the (in# of (an*in# an# it %ill ta*e #ays5 %ee*s5 (onths5 or even years to fatho( its (eanings in fullness5 an# yet it can 7e so si(ply focuse# into our (in#s that %e can receive an# un#erstan# lengthy (essages instantly. &oices as %e *no% the( are unnecessary an# even cu(7erso(e in the #ivine li(itlessness of co((unications 7y the Spirit of o#. o# (a#e the earth an# all that is in it 7y spea*ing it into e:istence5 so for 1i( to create ne% parts for 7o#ies5 prepare 7an9uets for (illions5 e:ten# life for eternity5 7urn 4

into our (in#s the %hole of the +i7le an# all its vast (eanings %hich e:ten# fro( the 7eginning to the en#5 1e has 7ut to #esire to #o so an# it %ill 7e so. , #iscovere# 7y a #i(ension of the Spirit o# has given to (e that , coul# see in all #irections at one ti(e. ,t2s not li*e having eyes %hich can see the e9uator aroun# the earth5 7ut %hich can see a (illion e9uator circles in all #irections aroun# the earth. , %as spea*ing fro( the lectern on the stage of a large au#itoriu( %hen , sai# to .rances5 ;,2( going to tell the people %here our 7ig angel is.< .rances %as sitting on the stage to (y left an# she thought5 ;3h5 o#5 #on2t let hi( e(7arrass hi(self. 1e can2t see the angel fro( the position he is stan#ing5 7ecause the angel2s in 7ac* of hi(=< , sai# to the au#ience5 ;The angel is stan#ing #irectly in 7ac* of (e5 his 7ac* is a7out three feet fro( the #rapes5 he is a7out fifteen feet in 7ac* of (e an# he is loo*ing #irectly over (y hea# at the au#ience.< , physically #i# not see hi( as often angels are seen5 7ut in the Spirit #i(ension , coul# sense %here he %as. , #i#n2t loo* aroun#5 , #i#n2t (ove (y eyes5 7ut %ith those li(itless spirit eyes , *ne% e:actly %here he stoo#. We 7elieve5 to a great e:tent5 that %e citi>ens of this earth %ho are also citi>ens of the ?ing#o( of o# %ill (ove in the li(itlessness of the Spirit real( in this last generation 7efore 8esus returns. $othing is i(possi7le %ith o#5 so nothing shoul# 7e i(possi7le for o# to #o through us. There is only one true o# an# %e are to %orship 1i( only5 an# %e give all glory to 1i( through 8esus %ho( o# sent to earth as 1is highest glory. %&ut 'ou, ( )ord, are a shield for me, *y glory and the One who lifts up my head+ @Psal(s 3A3B. 5

%( )ord, our )ord, How e,cellent is 'our name in all the earth, 'ou who set 'our glory above the heavens-+ @Psal(s )A1B. %. will sing praise to 'our name, ( *ost High+ @Psal(s -A2B. %/he )ord is 0ing forever and ever+ @Psal(s 1/A1!B. %/he heavens declare the glory of 1od+ @Psal(s 1-A1B. %2ho is the 0ing of glory3 /he )ord of hosts, He is the 0ing of glory+ @Psal(s 24A1/B. %'O4 5H6)) H678 9O O/H8: 1O;5 &8FO:8 *8+ @6:o#us 2/A3B. %/herefore 1od also has highly e,alted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every <nee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is )ord, to the glory of 1od the Father+ @Philippians 2A-C11B. ,n this 7oo* o# an# 8esus are e:alte# high a7ove everything an# everyone. $o one is to receive any glory e:cept %He who glories, let him glory in the )ord+ @,, 0orinthians 1/A17B. %&ut 1od, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ =by grace you have been saved>, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the e,ceeding riches of His grace in His <indness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves? it is the gift of 1od, not of wor<s, lest anyone should boast. For we are His wor<manship, created in Christ Jesus for good wor<s, which 1od prepared beforehand that we should wal< in them+ @6phesians 2A4C1/B. !

We are going to 7e sharing so(e of the a%eso(e (iracles %e have seen o# #o through us5 an# %e %ant you to *no% fro( the very start that o# gets all the glory an# praise through 8esus. We are his %or*(anship5 an# so are you %ho serve 1i( in perfect o7e#ience. We are the servantsD 1e is the Easter. We #o the earthly %or*D 1e gets all the praise an# glory=

CHAPTER 2 PREPARE YE THE WAY! By Frances

"s %e loo* at the glory that has 7een seen in our services in the past5 an# %e loo* at the present an# as %e peer into the future through the Wor# of o#5 %e can see that o# has 7een preparing us for years for %hat %e 7elieve is happening no% an# %ill happen (ore in the near future. When , 7eca(e a 0hristian5 the pastor %ho %as responsi7le for (y salvation tol# (e very sincerely5 ;.rances5 at your age5 you2ll never (a*e it ; That coul# have 7een 7a# if he ha# stoppe# there5 7ut he #i#n2t. 1e continue# an# sai#5 unless you co(e %ith the faith of a little chil#5 Fust 7elieving.< That is the %ay , 7eca(e a 0hristian5 an# that is the %ay , have staye#. , have never gro%n up , still have that si(ple little chil#Cli*e faith , ha# %hen , %as save#. , #on2t 9uestion o#. , #on2t 9uestion his (etho#s. , #on2t 9uestion his results. , #on2t #ou7t o#2s a7ility= , 7elieve if it happene# in the +i7le it can happen to#ay an# , 7elieve if Peter5 8a(es an# 8ohn #i# it5 that , can #o it an# , even 7elieve that if 8esus #i# it5 , can #o it too 7ecause his Wor# says5 %*ost assuredly, . say to you, he who believes in *e, the wor<s that . do he will do also? and greater wor<s than these he will do, because . go to *y Father+ @8ohn 14A12B.
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8esus sai# it5 so , 7elieve it. ,f , #i#n2t5 ,2# 7e #isagreeing %ith o#2s Wor#5 an# , #on2t inten# to #o that= When 8esus %ent so far as to say5 %1reater wor<s than these he will do, because . go to *y Father+, it %as for 1is earthly %or* an# 1is glory that greater things %oul# 7e #one 7y us. We are not greater5 nor #o %e have greater po%er or a7ility. ,t is si(ply 1is a7ility to #o greater things through us than 1e #i# %hile 1e %as on earth. %6nd this gospel of the <ingdom will be preached .9 6)) /H8 2O:); as a witness /O 6)) /H8 96/.O95, and then the end will come+ @Eatthe% 24A14B. %1o therefore and ma<e disciples of all the nations...+ @Eatthe% 2)A1-B. Shortly after 0harles an# , %ere (arrie#5 %e %ere sche#ule# to spea* at a Wo(en2s 4etreat in the State of Washington. We %ere staying at a ho(e on the 0olu(7ia 4iver #irectly across fro( %here the Wo(en2s 4etreat %as 7eing hel#. There %as no 7ri#ge across the river at that point5 so %e ha# to #rive up t%entyCfive (iles to the 7ri#ge5 cross over5 an# then co(e 7ac* t%entyCfive (iles to the retreat. Sitting there eating 7rea*fast5 %e %ere %atching the river race #o%n to the ocean5 an# for a 7rief (o(ent , steppe# over into the supernatural %orl# an# listen to %hat , sai# to 0harles 7ecause of si(ple5 chil#Cli*e faithA ;1oney5 %hy #on2t %e Fust %al* on the %ater across the riverG , thin* that %oul# 7e so neat= "n# %e %oul#n2t have to #rive that fifty (iles to#ay.< Then , returne# to the natural %orl#5 an# %atch %hat happene# as #ou7t an# un7elief ca(e in= , loo*e# at 0harles an# sai#5 ;Eay7e %e2# 7etter go in the car 7ecause %e2ve got to ta*e our 7oo*s %ith us5 an# %e pro7a7ly coul#n2t %al* on the %ater %ith the 7oo*s=< -

0harles an# , %ent in the car5 7ut to#ay %e reali>e that o# %as so%ing see#s into our (in#s for a future ti(e of harvest= "s %e %ere (e#itating on the scripture a7out #oing ;greater< things than 8esus #i#5 %e %on#ere# %hat %oul# 7e greater than he #i#. 0harles sai#5 ;What %oul# 7e greater than raising the #ea#G What %oul# 7e greater than supernaturally fee#ing the (ultitu#esG What %oul# 7e greater than %al*ing on the %aterG What %oul# 7e greater than healing the sic*G< We have 7een (e#itating on that scripture 7ecause %e *no% that o# is going to reveal so(ething e:tre(ely significant to us through this. 0harles sai#5 ;What %oul# 7e greater than raising the #ea#G 4aising thousan#s fro( the #ea#=< ;What %oul# 7e greater than %al*ing on the %ater li*e 8esus #i# on the Sea of alileeG Woul# it 7e %al*ing across the "tlantic 3cean at a supernatural spee#G< 0harles continue#5 ;What %oul# 7e greater than fee#ing 55/// (en plus %o(en an# chil#renG Woul# it 7e fee#ing $(,((( or 5//5///G roping for a clue5 he a##e#5 ;Woul# it 7e translating instea# of traveling on the regular airlines5 (inistering to the (ultitu#es in their o%n languages5 fee#ing a %hole city or nation at one ti(e5 healing "LL of the sic*5 an# then returning ho(e the sa(e afternoon or night so %e %oul#n2t nee# a change of clothesG< 0oul# this 7e %hat 8esus %as tal*ing a7out %hen 1e sai# %e %oul# #o greater things than 1e #i#G We are the last 0hurch= Peter5 Paul5 8ohn5 an# others %ere in the first @lurch5 an# greater things are going to happen in these ne:t fe% years until 8esus co(es 7ac* than happene# in the first 0hurch.
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8esus %as supernaturally fee#ing the people5 they %ere %al*ing on the %ater5 they %ere translating5 1e turne# %ater into %ine5 an# so it is in the en# ti(e that Fust 7efore 8esus co(es 7ac*5 %e are going to see greater po%er #isplaye# than ever 7efore. The #evil is going to co(e in #oing supernatural (iracles in greater #i(ensions5 an# those %ho are calle# to 7e the Peters5 Pauls5 an# 8ohns of this last generation are going to 7e #oing even greater (iracles. The Wor# of o# sho%s us that as %e approach the en# 7efore the return of 8esus5 an# finally 7efore the acts of the 7oo* of 4evelation are co(plete#5 great changes %ill 7e occurring %here o# %ill 7e #isplaying his glorious po%er (ore (ightily an# so %ill Satan 7e #oing all he can to #eceive even the elect5 if that is possi7le5 7y (ighty (iracles. %For as by one man disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one *an Hs obedience many will be made righteous. *oreover the law entered that the offense might abound. &ut where sin abounded, grace abounded much more+ @4o(ans 5A1-52/B. %For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect+ @Eatthe% 24A24B. %)et no one deceive you by any means? for that ;ay will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and e,alts himself above all that is called 1od or that is worshiped, so that he sits as 1od in the temple of 1od, showing himself that he is 1od+ @,, Thessalonians 2A354B. +ut praise o#5 Satan %ith his great po%ers is nothing %hen he stan#s 7efore "l(ighty o#. 8esus has alrea#y con9uere# hi(. 11

%Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it+ @0olossians 2A15B. 8esus is the con9ueror an# the ?ing of all ?ingsA %/herefore 1od also has highly e,alted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every <nee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is )ord, to the glory of 1od the Father+ @Philippians 2A-C11B. %6nd when that time comes, all doing wrong will do it more and more? the vile will become more vile? good men will be better? those who are holy will continue on in greater holiness+ @4evelation 22A11 TL+B.

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CHAPTER 3 TRANSLATIONS By Frances

Shortly after 0harles an# , %ere (arrie# 8anuary 15 1-7/5 0harles ha# an unusual #rea(. We ha# to 7e separate# a lot in the 7eginning of our (arriage 7ecause of (y spea*ing #ates5 an# 0harles often sai# it %as li*e pulling the flesh off of his ar( %hen he ha# to put (e on a plane. This particular night he ha# %hat %e call to#ay a ;preparation< #rea( 7ecause o# %as preparing us for %hat s happening to#ay. 3ften as , %oul# 7e stan#ing in the #rive%ay5 %aiting for 0harles to 7ac* the car out of the garage5 , %oul# say5 ;1oney5 %hy #on2t %e Fust translateG That %oul# 7e so (uch si(pler=< Then #ou7t an# un7elief %oul# co(e in an# , %oul# say5 ;+ut %ho %oul# see to it that our luggage %oul# get there on ti(e if %e translate#G< So %e %oul# go to the airport an# get on the plane. This particular night5 0harles sa% us in our 7ac* yar# %ith our luggage rea#y to go on a trip5 %hen su##enly , Fust lifte# up an# %ent soaring into the s*y. 1e sai# , circle# aroun# the trees in the 7ac* yar#5 an# , *ept saying to hi(5 ;0o(e on5 honey. 0o(e on5 honey=< 0harles %as frantically running aroun# the yar# trying to ;Fu(p< up into the air an# catch (e5 7ut it #i#n2t %or*. 1e straine# an# struggle# an# trie# to leap into the air5 only to co(e #o%n again. 1e %as frustrate# 7ecause here ,

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%as up in the air5 an# he coul#n2t see( to get off the groun#. Isually in our (arriage5 0harles is the #aring one %ho %ill #o so(ething of faith long 7efore , #o5 an# this %as a(a>ing to (e that this ti(e , %as the one saying to hi(5 ;0o(e on5 honey5 co(e on=< .inally he hear# o# spea* to hi(5 an# 1e sai#5 ;Juit struggling5 rela:D it2s 7y faith=< 0harles rela:e# an# stoppe# running aroun# the 7ac* yar# an# the ne:t thing he *ne% he %as up in the air flying %ith (e as %e saile# off to a spea*ing #ate. +ut he %o*e up 7efore he foun# out %here %e %ere going or ho% our luggage got there= ,f it happene# in the +i7le5 it can happen to#ay= The Wor# of o# tells us5 %&y faith 8noch was translated...+ @1e7re%s ##:$>. 1o% %as he translate#G +y faith= Whose faith %as itG ,t %as 6noch2s faith5 an# it is 7y your o%n faith that you5 too5 %ill #o the supernatural= 4e(e(7er %hen Philip %as (inistering to the eunuch near a>aG When his %or* %as finishe#5 the Wor# says, %9ow when they came up out of the water, the 5pirit of the )ord caught !hilip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more? and he went on his way re oicing. &ut !hilip was found at 6@otus+ @"cts )A3-5 4/B. 1o% #i# he get to ">otusG 'i# he ta*e a planeG 'i# he ta*e a 7usG $o5 he %ent on ;Trinity< "irlines @.ather5 Son5 an# 1oly hostB C 1e translate#= Will the sa(e thing happen to#ayG Years ago5 (y luggage %as translate# fro( 'allas5 Te:as5 to Tulsa5 3*laho(a. , tol# the story in our 7oo*5 !raise /he )ord 6nyway even though several people 14

suggeste# that it %as too ;%ay out< to put in a 7oo*. 1ere is the story as ta*en fro( that 7oo*A The 7ig Fet set #o%n in Tulsa5 %here , %as (et 7y a pastor an# his %ife %ho( , ha# never seen 7efore. They ha# 7oo*e# (e into their church at the suggestion of their youth (inister5 so , greete# the( an# they %elco(e# (e to Tulsa5 an# then , sai#5 ;There2s no point in loo*ing for (y luggage5 7ecause ,2( sure it %as (is#irecte# in Eia(i.< +ut %e %ent to chec* any%ay5 an# sure enough5 no luggage= We chec*e# into the airline counter an# after an hour of chec*ing for the luggage it coul#n2t 7e foun#5 so the airline cler* tol# us to go on to the pastor2s house an# they %oul# call us as soon as it %as locate#. 1is ;#on2t call us K %e2ll call you< soun#e# o(inous to (e concerning (y luggage5 so %hen %e got out to the pastor2s car5 , sai#5 ;Let2s pray real 9uic*.< We hel# han#s in the car an# , very si(ply praye# an# as*e# o# to get (y luggage to Tulsa that very night. @'oesn2t every7o#y pray for luggageGB The pastor ha# tol# (e , %as to spea* at a high school asse(7ly that ne:t #ay an# , *ne% that the right *in# of clothes %ere i(portant to co((unicate to young people. So , as*e# o# to please see that (y luggage arrive# in ti(e5 an# then , (erely than*e# 1i( for the %ay he %as going to #o it. , #i#n2t *no% ho%5 7ut , Fust than*e# 1i( for %hichever %ay 1e %as going to #o it. , often %on#er %hat the reaction of the pastor an# his %ife %as to%ar# so(eone %ho praye# for suitcases to 7e returne#. We %ent on to their house any%ay5 ha# a cup of coffee5 an# %hen no call ha# co(e in5 the pastor finally suggeste# that %e call the airline5 %hich he #i#5 an# then , tal*e# to the cler*5 %ho sai#5 ;Well5 %e finally locate# your luggageKit %as (is#irecte#. ,t2s loc*e# up in 3>ar* 15

0entral2s #epot in 'allas5 Te:as. They #on2t stay open all night5 7ut %ill open at eight in the (orning5 an# %e have it on the teletype to put your luggage on the nineCthirty flight in the (orning5 so it %ill 7e in Tulsa 7efore eleven an# %ill 7e #elivere# to your house 7y noon.< , sai#5 ;,2( sorry5 7ut that2s too late= , have to have it tonight 7ecause ,2( spea*ing at the high school to(orro% (orning an# , si(ply (ust have (y clothes=< 1e sai# he %as sorry 7ecause there %asn2t anything he coul# #o 7ecause the airline that %oul# 7ring it to(orro% %as close# for the night. , felt a little #eFecte# an# as*e# if , coul# use the %asher an# #ryer to %ash out the suit , ha# on5 7ut all of a su##en , sai#5 ;Lor#5 , praye# in faith 7elieving that You %oul# get that luggage here5 so ,2( not going to %ash out (y suit5 7ecause , +6L,6&6 You2ll ans%er (y prayer.< .ifteen (inutes later the telephone rang an# the cler* sai#5 ;You2ll never 7elieve this.< , sai#5 ;3h5 yes , %ill< @7ecause , *ne% the Lor# %as %or*ingB. "n# he sai#5 ;Your luggage Hacci#entally2 got on an "(erican liner an# is no% in Tulsa an# %e2re putting it in a ca7 an# sen#ing it on to you.< , sai#5 ;P4",S6 T16 L34'=<...an# he really yelle#5 ;What #i# you sayG< , sai# ;Praise the Lor#<Kan# that2s e:actly %hat , (eant5 7ecause ,2# li*e to give you a little technical infor(ation. The fastest ti(e FetC%ise 7et%een 'allas an# Tulsa is fortyCfive (inutes5 an# yet fifteen (inutes after , ha# 7een a#vise# that (y luggage %as visi7ly seen loc*e# up in 'allas5 it %as in Tulsa. , felt li*e Peter #i# %hen he got out of FailKhe coul#n2t un#erstan# ho% it happene#5 7ut he 7elieve#= "n# so #o , 7elieve in that ;ol#Cti(e< religion %here o# #oes the i(possi7le.

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,n that very sa(e 7oo*5 0harles share# an outCofC theC 7o#y e:perience he ha# %hen his first %ife %as #ying. 1e share# it again in the 7oo*let5 +orn "gain5 What 'o You EeanG Charles: , %ant to share %ith you a personal e:perience %hich %ill5 , 7elieve5 (a*e it easier to see %hat happens %hen %e receive the po%er. 8ust as it is easy to un#erstan# our spirits 7eing conceive# 7y the 1oly Spirit %hen the see#Clife of 8esus %as plante# into us 7y o#5 %e ought also to see ho% he plants po%er into us. Your spirit is e:actly the sa(e si>e as your 7o#y= ,n 1-!-5 8esus visite# (e in an unusual %ay. , ha# spent over a thousan# hours (e#itating in the +i7le5 searching for %ays that , coul# please o# an# 0hrist 8esus %ith (y life. 6arly that evening 8esus ha# spo*en to (e au#i7ly an# , %as e:u7erantly5 profoun#ly fille# %ith the greatest Foy , ha# ever *no%n= , %o*e up in the early hours of the (orning an# %as praising 8esus for loving (e enough to spea* to (e personally. , %as thin*ing ho% a%eso(e it %as that he %oul# #o this to one or#inary person in a city of three (illion people. While , %as a%a*e praising hi(5 another (ighty (iracle too* place. , %as lying on (y 7ac* %ith (y ar(s resting along (y si#es5 loo*ing up to o# %ith than*s in (y heart5 Fust loving hi( an# than*ing hi( for spea*ing to (e. Su##enly , sa% another 7o#y the sa(e si>e an# shape of (ine5 lying in the sa(e position as , %as5 suspen#e# in the air a7out eighteen inches a7ove (y 7o#y. "s , o7serve# this5 , sa% that the face %as i#entical to (ine. , thought5 ;What can this 7eG< an# then reali>e# that o# ha# ta*en 17

(y spirit fro( (y 7o#y an# allo%e# (e to see it5 Fust as , %oul# see another person5 e:cept that the spirit 7o#y %as transparent. ,t loo*e# li*e a thin clou# or fog through %hich you coul# see5 7ut ha# e:actly the sa(e shape as (y o%n 7o#y. The ;clou#< 7o#y ha# no (ore apparent life than any other clou# in the s*y until su##enly (y ;thin*er< (ove# fro( (y physical 7o#y into the spirit 7o#y. , su##enly %as a%are that (y thin*ing a7ility an# (y feelings ha# transferre# fro( (y physical 7o#y to the spirit 7o#y5 an# , no longer ha# any sense of 7eing in the flesh. , *no% no% that (y soul for a (o(ent ha# 7een #ivi#e# fro( (y spirit5 an# then ha# (ove# fro( (y physical 7o#y into (y spirit 7o#y. " la#y %ho %as praying for (e that night ha# sai# she %oul# lift (e into the light of o# in prayer. ,n the Spirit , sa% her %ith her han#s un#er (y 7ac*5 lifting (y spirit 7o#y higher into the air. "t the sa(e ti(e5 , felt %aves of energy (oving through (y 7o#y fro( (y feet up%ar# to (y hea#D the %aves5 li*e repeating %aves of the sea5 increase# in fre9uency an# spee# an# after rising higher than the han#s of the la#y5 (y spirit 7o#y (ove# at a tre(en#ous spee# up%ar# through space. , sa% nothing until su##enly a fe% secon#s through space5 , %as stoppe# an# , loo*e# a7out. What , sa% cannot 7e #escri7e# in our hu(an li(itations5 7ut it %as a 7rilliant yet soft light %hich lit the %hole ;s*y.< , *ne% , %as 7eing hel# in the light of "l(ighty o#. , %as thin*ing nor(ally5 Fust li*e , #i# in (y earth 7o#yA , ha# felt the energy an# (ove(ent5 Fust as , %oul# in (y earth 7o#y. , %ishe# , coul# have staye# there forever5 7ut in too short a ti(e5 the sa(e #yna(ic energy of the Spirit of o# 1)

(ove# (e #o%n%ar# through space until %ithin short secon#s , felt (y spirit enter 7ac* into (y earthly 7o#y. "t that (o(ent , felt in 7o#y e:actly li*e , al%ays have5 7ut , *ne% 7y the e:perience5 7y faith5 an# 7y the Wor# of o# that (y spirit an# soul ha# left (y 7o#y to go on an e:cursion to heaven. This %as o# again preparing us for greater supernatural e:periences 1e has planne# for us in these last #ays. Translations %ere not li(ite# to +i7le ti(es. We have hear# (any people tell of translation e:periences in (o#ern ti(es. ,n the 7oo*5 831$ . L"?6 "'&6$TI46S ,$ 3'5 @1arrison 1ouse5 Tulsa5 3*laho(a5 Pu7lishersB5 the follo%ing e:perience %as relate#A 8ohn . La*e %as in South "frica5 %hen as*e# to pray for a person in the state of ,o%a5 1/5/// (iles a%ay. "s he ha# the church Foin in prayer5 he sai# his spirit see(e# to ascen# in o#5 an# he lost all consciousness of his environ(ent. ;Su##enly5 , foun# (yself stan#ing in that young (an2s ho(e in ,o%a.. .The (an sat 7y a har# coal heater %ith a little 7oy a7out t%o years ol# on his lap.. .While stan#ing 7ehin# the (an2s chair5 , lai# (y han#s on his hea#5 silently praying for o# to i(part to hi( 1is healing virtue an# (a*e the (an %ellCCthat he (ight 7less the %orl# an# that his (other2s heart (ight 7e co(forte#. ;There %as no *no%le#ge of (y return. ,n a (o(ent , %as a%are that , %as *neeling on the church platfor(. , ha# 7een uttering au#i7le prayer an# the Spirit of o# %as resting #eeply upon the people. ;So(e si: %ee*s later5 %or# %as receive# that the young (an %as 9uite %ell. 1is recovery ha# 7egun on the e:act #ate that prayer %as offere# for hi( in our church 1/5/// (iles a%ay.< 1-

"nother e:perience share# in the sa(e 7oo* relates prayer fro( 8ohannes7urg5 South "frica for a (an2s cousin in Wales5 75/// (iles across the sea. The %o(an %as violently insane an# an in(ate of an asylu( in Wales. "s he %as praying along %ith the church5 he relates ;Su##enly5 , see(e# out of the 7o#y an#5 to (y surprise5 o7serve# that , %as rapi#ly passing over the city of ?i(7erley5 3// (iles fro( 8ohannes7urg. , %as ne:t conscious of the city of 0ape To%n on the seacoast5 a thousan# (iles a%ay. Ey ne:t consciousness %as of the ,slan# of St. 1elena5 %here $apoleon ha# 7een 7anishe#D then the 0ape &er#e lighthouse on the coast of Spain. ;+y this ti(e it see(e# as if , %ere passing through the at(osphere o7serving everything5 7ut (oving %ith great lightningCli*e rapi#ity.< ;, re(e(7er the passage along the coast of .rance5 across the +ay of +iscay5 into the hills of Wales. , ha# never 7een in Wales. ,t %as ne% country to (eD an# as , passe# s%iftly over its hills5 , sai# to (yself5 HThese are li*e the hills of Wyo(ing along the $orth 'a*ota 7or#er2.< ;Su##enly5 a village appeare#. ,t %as nestle# in a #eep valley a(ong the hills. $e:t , sa% a pu7lic 7uil#ing that , recogni>e# instinctively as the asylu(.< ;3n the #oor , o7serve# an ol#Cfashione# 1!thC 0entury *noc*er. ,ts %or*(anship attracte# (y attention an# this thought flashe# through (y spiritA HThat un#ou7te#ly %as (a#e 7y one of the ol# s(iths %ho (anufacture# ar(or2.< ;, %as insi#e the institution %ithout %aiting for the #oors to open an# present at the si#e of a cot on %hich lay a %o(an. 1er %rists an# an*les %ere strappe# to the si#es of the cot. "nother strap ha# 7een passe# over her legs a7ove the *nees5 an# a secon# across her 7reasts. These %ere to hol# her #o%n.< 2/

;She %as %agging her hea# an# (uttering incoherently.< , lai# (y han#s upon her an#5 %ith great intensity5 co((an#e# in the na(e of 8esus 0hrist5 the Son of o#5 that the #e(on spirit possessing her 7e cast out an# that she 7e heale# 7y the po%er of o#.< ;,n a (o(ent or t%o5 , o7serve# a change co(ing over her countenance. ,t softene# an# a loo* of intelligence appeare#. Then her eyes opene#5 an# she s(ile# up in (y face. , *ne% she %as heale#.< ;, ha# no consciousness %hatever of (y return to South "frica. ,nstantly5 , %as a%are that , %as still *neeling in prayer5 an# , %as conscious of all the surroun#ing environ(ent of (y church an# the service.< ;Three %ee*s5 passe#. Then (y frien# %ho ha# presente# the prayer re9uest for his cousin ca(e to (e %ith a letter fro( one of his relatives5 stating that an unusual thing ha# occurre#. Their cousin5 %ho ha# 7een confine# for seven years in the asylu( in Wales5 ha# su##enly 7eco(e %ell. They ha# no e:planation to offer. The #octors sai# it %as one of those unaccounta7le things that so(eti(es occur.< Philip %as a #eacon in the church. 1e coul# have 7een an usher5 a greeter5 a car par*erD he coul# have %ashe# the #ishes or serve# ta7les5 7ut he %as not the hea# (an5 an# yet o# chose hi( to translate. 1e is never (entione# in the +i7le again after that5 %hich sho%s us that o# is going to ta*e the or#inary people an# give the( the supernatural e:periences5 an# that it is not only going to 7e the pastors an# evangelists. o# is loo*ing for the sa(e *in# of a person for %ho( 1e has al%ays loo*e#5 the in#ivi#ual %ho is responsive to o#5 open to %hatever o# has for hi(5 an# al%ays e:cite# to respon# to the call of o#5 an# %illing5 %hatever the price= ,t can 7e you= 21

CHAPTER 4 SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES By Frances

Several years ago as %e %ere spea*ing in a %est Te:as to%n5 a (an fro( ,n#ia ca(e into a (eeting %anting to 7e heale# of a sna*e 7ite. 1is foot %as tre(en#ously s%ollen5 an# he ha# 7een #rin*ing a lot of alcohol. The Spirit #irecte# (e to call hi( up on the stage. , as*e# hi( if he %as save#5 an# he replie#5 ;$o.< , then le# hi( in a sinner2s prayer 7efore laying han#s on hi( for the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit an# healing. 1e fell un#er the po%er of the 1oly Spirit an# 7egan spea*ing in tongues5 %hen su##enly he Fu(pe# to his feet5 a(a>e# at %hat ha# happene# to the sna*e 7ite5 an# 7egan to spea* to (e in a foreign language. 1e %as o7viously 9uestioning (e a7out so(ething5 so , spo*e to hi( in tongues. 1e as*e# another 9uestion5 then another5 an# each ti(e , ans%ere# hi( in tongues. Then another 9uestion. "nother ans%er in tongues. "nother 9uestion. "nother ans%er in tongues. This continue# for ten or fifteen (inutes %ith the entire au#ience 7as*ing in the glory of o# 7ecause it loo*e# li*e %e %ere 7oth spea*ing in tongues. 1e finally see(e# satisfie#5 so he left the stage save#5 7apti>e# %ith the 1oly Spirit5 he ha# fallen un#er the po%er of o#5 an# %as heale#= Several years later %e %ere 7ac* in the sa(e to%n an# the couple %ho ha# sponsore# the (eeting tol# us an interesting thing. They sai#5 ;'o you re(e(7er the (an

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fro( ,n#ia %ho ca(e to that (eeting %ith the sna*e 7iteG< We ans%ere# in the affir(ative. Then they sai#5 ;When he left the (eeting he ca(e over to us an# sai#5 HWhere #i# that %o(an learn to tal* the ,n#ian languageG $ot only #i# she spea* the language5 7ut the #ialect fro( the country %here , co(e fro(. , as*e# her %hat ha# happene# to (e on the stage 7ecause , ha# so7ere# up5 an# she tol# (e a7out 8esus %ho #ie# on the cross for the forgiveness of (y sins. She sai# that (y sins %ere gone 7ecause 1e love# (e that (uch. She sai# he ha# sent 7ac* the 1oly Spirit to give us po%er to live the 0hristian life an# that %as the language , ha# 7een spea*ing %hile on the floor. Then she tol# (e that o#2s po%er ha# touche# (e personally an# that %as %hy , fell #o%n2=< o# ha# supernaturally given (e a language %hich , #i# not *no% %ith %hich to converse %ith this (an so that he %oul# *no% a7out the plan of salvation an# e:actly %hat ha# happene# to hi(= lory= This again %as o# preparing us for future activities of the Spirit %orl# into %hich he is ta*ing the +o#y of 0hrist at an everCincreasing rate= "t the Teen 0hallenge .ar( in 4ehrers7urg5 Pennsylvania5 0harles gave a (essage in tongues an# , interprete# it. 1e sai# as this (essage ca(e forth fro( his spirit that it %as the (ost 7eautiful language he ha# ever hear#. ,n his natural (in# he %as thin*ing5 ; o#5 this is so unusual an# , a( pronouncing %or#s that are so #ifferentD , %on#er %hat this isG< The (essage %as rather lengthy an# so %as (y interpretation. We are 7lesse# to see o# using these gifts often through us in our (eetings5 an# generally the interpretation co(es as though thoughts are co(ing into 23

our (in#s5 7ut %e can clearly #istinguish our thoughts fro( o#2s. We #i#n2t reali>e %hat an unusual e:perience %e %ere having until the ne:t night a retire# 'utch school teacher %ho %as a language e:pert ca(e to us 7efore the (eeting an# sai#5 ;0harles5 that %as the (ost 7eautiful thing , have ever hear# as you gave the (essage in tongues last night. You %ere spea*ing in perfect high er(an5 even using the accent of a er(an #oing the spea*ing %ith the perfect #iction an# pronunciation. ,t %as so perfect5 7ut then .rances gave not only the interpretation5 7ut an actual translation of every %or# in perfect 6nglish=< $either of us *no% any er(an other than ; esun#heit=< an# that2s not very high er(an= "gain o# %as opening our spirits in preparation for so(ething (ore. We %ere (inistering #uring an evening service at the PTL 0lu7 +arn an# 0harles %as (inistering the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit to a group of a7out 15/ people %hile , %as laying han#s on the sic*. When %e instruct 0hristians on ho% to receive the gift of the 1oly Spirit5 %e illustrate 7y spea*ing in tongues so they %ill have hear# so(eone actually spea* in the spirit language. , 0orinthians 14A2 says5 %For he who spea<s in a tongue does not spea< to men but to 1od, for no one understands him? however, in the spirit he spea<s mysteries.+ 0harles %as tal*ing to o# %ith his spirit an# %hen he finishe# he loo*e# intently at one young la#y in the group an# thought he %as illustrating spea*ing in tongues again. ,t %as Fust a short sentence. When they ha# all receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit an# they all spo*e in tongues5 the young la#y ca(e to 0harles an# sai#5 ;0harles5 , a( 8e%ish. ,t too* (e a long 24

ti(e to 7elieve that 8esus 0hrist is the Eessiah5 7ut , have 7een 7orn again an# 1e is (y Savior. +ut %hen you %ere telling us ho% to receive the gift of the 1oly Spirit5 #ou7t ca(e into (y (in# li*e it ha# 7efore , accepte# 8esus5 an# , %as a7out to give up the thought of receiving %hen you loo*e# at (e an# in perfect 1e7re% @0harles #oesn2t *no% a %or# of 1e7re%B you sai#5 H4ela: an# it %ill co(e easily=2 "s soon as 0harles sai# that to her5 she lifte# her han#s an# 7egan spea*ing in other tongues as the Spirit gave the utterance5 her ne% language of the Spirit. o# ha# given one of his chosen chil#ren a sign an# %on#er so she %oul# 7elieve. %9ow when the ;ay of !entecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 6nd suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. /hen there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 6nd they were all filled with the Holy 5pirit and &8169 /O 5!860 2./H O/H8: /O91485, as the 5pirit gave them utterance.+ %9ow there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6nd when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because 878:' O98 H86:; /H8* 5!860 .9 H.5 O29 )6914618. /hen they were all ama@ed and marveled, saying to one another, A)oo<, are not all these who spea< 1alileans3 6nd how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born3 !arthians and *edes and 8lamites, those dwelling in *esopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, !ont us and 6sia, !hrygia and !amphylia, 8gypt and the parts of )ibya ad oining Cyrene, visitors from :ome, both Jews and 25

proselytes, Cretans and 6rabs B 28 H86: /H8* 5!860.91 .9 O4: O29 /O91485 /H8 2O9;8:F4) 2O:05 OF 1O;C; @"cts 2A1C11B. Peter #eclare# after this %on#erful (iracle of o# that this %as %hat ha# 7een spo*en 7y the prophet 8oel. We are a part of that great an# (ighty %in# of the 1oly Spirit that is still 7lo%ing full force an# %ill continue until 8esus returns for us= lory= Spea*ing in languages %e #on2t *no% so that people %ho *no% those languages %ill un#erstan# an# see the glory of o# is happening to#ay all over the %orl#. We hear of (any such inci#ents an# %e have spo*en in perhaps eight or ten languages %hich %e have 7een tol# %ere recogni>e#A ?orean5 1a%aiian5 an al(ost e:tinct 0hinese language5 ree*5 1e7re%5 ,n#ian an# %ho *no%s %hat else. 3ne night a 0hristian la#y 7rought her nonC 0hristian hus7an# to one of our (eetings. That night one of us gave a (essage in tongues an# 0harles interprete# it. This la#y calle# us the ne:t #ay to tell %hat her hus7an# sai#. 1e as*e# her %hy %e sai# so(ething an# then turne# right aroun# an# sai# it again= lory to o#5 he ha# hear# an utterance of the %on#erful %or*s of o# 7oth in tongues an# in 6nglish an# #i#n2t *no% the #ifference. 1alleluFah= o# is confir(ing in so (any %ays 7y so%ing see#s as %e progress in his service for the en#Cti(e harvest of souls.

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CHAPTER 5 SHIFTING GEARS By Charles

,n "ugust5 1-)25 %e %ere traveling in Eichigan an# listening to a cassette tape on the %ay to our ne:t (eeting. The spea*er %as tal*ing a7out Peter %al*ing on the %ater. "s he tol# this story5 a truth fro( o# e:plo#e# in (y spirit an# , e:clai(e#5 ;.rances5 #i# you hear %hat , Fust hear#G< , ha# al%ays presu(e# that %hen Peter sa% 8esus %al*ing on the %ater there %as a supernatural po%er 7ecause 8esus %as there5 an# ha# 1e not 7een there5 Peter %oul# not have 7een a7le to #o this re(ar*a7le (iracle. The spea*er continue# on to say that Peter #i# not %al* on the %ater in the flesh5 7ut in the Spirit. 4egar#less of his #esires5 he %oul# have sun* ha# he 7een %al*ing in the fleshly real(. 1e referre# to the scripture %hich says5 %For what the law could not do in that it was wea< through the flesh, 1od did by sending His own 5on in the li<eness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous reDuirement of the law might be fulfilled in us 2HO ;O 9O/ 26)0 6CCO:;.91 /O /H8 F)85H &4/ 6CCO:;.91 /O /H8 5!.:./. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the 5pirit, the things of the 5pirit+ @4o(ans E:FG$>. ,n a 7urst of spirit revelation5 , sa% that it %as Peter5 the or#inary fisher(an5 %ho (a#e the #ecision to %al* to 8esus. Peter the (an (a#e up his o%n (in#= ,t %as not 27

8esus forcing hi( to %al* on the %ater. ,t %as not 7ecause 8esus %as giving off so(e e:tra po%er fro( o#5 7ut it %as Peter hi(self %ho steppe# forth into a supernatural real( 7y si(ply e:ercising his faith in 8esus. 1e #eci#e# an# then acte# on his #ecision. Peter (ove# fro( the sense real( of the flesh into the supernatural real( of the Spirit 7y faith= ,t %as as though he shifte# gears an# (ove# into another %orl#= , sai#5 ;.rances5 if Peter #i# it5 %e can #o it5 too= ,f it is in the +i7le5 %e can #o anything that they #i# 7ecause 8esus sai#5 %A*ost assuredly, . say to you, he who believes in *e, the wor<s that . do he will do also? and greater wor<s than these he will do, because . go to *y Father. 6nd whatever you as< in *y name, that . will do, that the Father may be glorified in the 5on. .f you as< anything in *y name, . will do itC ;@8ohn 14A12C14B. Peter ha# Fust sai# to 8esus5 %)ord, if it is 'ou, command me to come to 'ou on the water+ @Eatthe% 14A2)B. ,t is i(portant to re(e(7er that anything an# everything %e #o in the supernatural (ust 7e #one to fulfill o#2s purposes an# not our o%n. The #esire of Peter2s heart %as to go to 8esus. 1e %as afrai# of the stor( an# he %as frightene# 7ecause he thought he ha# Fust seen a ghost. , #ou7t that he %as thin*ing a7out #oing a (iracle of %al*ing on %aterD he %as thin*ing a7out getting to the one %ho coul# save hi( fro( the stor(. Pri#e can #estroy us5 7ut pri#e %ill never co(e in #oing the supernatural if %e %ill al%ays fi: our (in#s on o#. o# opene# a ne% #i(ension of 1is glory to us that #ay in the t%in*ling of an eye= We have taught How /o Heal /he 5ic< for years to tens of thousan#s of people an# %e constantly tell the(5 ;,f
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0harles an# .rances can #o it5 you can #o it5 too= ,f 8esus #i# it %hile 1e %as on the earth5 you can #o it5 too5 7ecause 1e sai# %e coul# #o the sa(e things 1e #i# an# even greater things.< , sai#5 ;.rances5 %e have 7een shifting gears fro( the fleshly real( to a #i(ension of the Spirit real( for years. When %e operate in the gift of %or# of *no%le#ge for healings5 %e #o it 7ecause o# spea*s to us5 7ut %e #eci#e ourselves at %hich (o(ent to shift into the supernatural real( of the Spirit an# spea* it out.< 8esus co((an#s us in the reat 0o((ission to #o the preaching5 casting out #evils5 spea*ing in tongues5 an# healing the sic*. The scriptures tell us that %e are the +o#y of 0hrist %ho have 7een given the responsi7ility to #o (iracles for 1i(. ,f 8esus co((an#s us to #o so(ething5 1e certainly %ill give us the po%er an# a7ility to #o it. Then %e thought5 ;,f %e shift gears to perfor( (iracles of healing5 %hat else can %e shift gears to #o in the supernatural real(G< We 7egan to tal* to each other a7out #ifferent things o# ha# #one through us %hich %oul# fall in the category of %al*ing in the Spirit an# not in the flesh. We thought5 ;We can give a (essage in tongues an# interpretation any ti(e %e feel le# of the Spirit to #o so. We are the ones %ho step into the supernatural to #o it. We are the ones %ho shift gears fro( the natural to the supernatural. ;We lay han#s on people an# they fall un#er the po%er of o#. That2s in the supernatural Spirit real(5 so %e have 7een shifting gears to (ove into that #i(ension.55 ;We have ha# visions %hile operating in the %or# of *no%le#ge for inner healings. o# gives the visions5 7ut 2-

%e (ove into that #i(ension 7y our %ill T3 '3 1,S W,LL.< Then %e thought5 ;We haven2t %al*e# on physical %ater li*e 8esus an# Peter #i# Y6T= +ut if Peter coul# #o it %e can #o it. o#5 %e are rea#y to %al* on %ater5 so give us the opportunity an# %e %ill step out in faith for You=< We 7egan (e#itating on the full (eaning of this (ighty truth5 ne% to us 7ut given to us long ago 7y 8esus= We 7egan to reflect on the things 1e has #one in our lives %hich are (ighty an# glorify o# an# 0hrist 8esus. We 7egan sharing parts of this ne% revelation in our (eetings5 an# sa% the response of the people. ,t see(e# to 7ring ne% hope5 ne% faith to the( as they caught the vision of %hat o# %ants to #o through his people in this age. "s %e have as*e# congregation after congregation ho% (any of the( 7elieve that %e are in the very last generation 7efore the return of 8esus5 they see( to unani(ously an# spontaneously all lift their han#s e:cite#ly. 3ne #ay , sai# to .rances5 ;'o you reali>e that o# has let us live in this last generationG 'o you also reali>e that the +i7le in#icates that the (iracles an# %on#ers of o# %ill 7e greater in the en# generation than in the first generation of the churchG The #evil %ill #o (ighty (iracles in the en# ti(es5 7ut o# %ill #o greater (iracles. ;.rances5 so(e7o#y %ill 7e the Peters5 8a(es5 8ohns an# Pauls of this generation5 an# %e are going to 7e a(ong that tea( of #isciples=< .rances sai#5 ;,2ll 7e a Pauline=< That 7egan to reach #o%n into our spirits so strongly that %e 7egan to feel the a%eso(e responsi7ility o# is giving to those of us in this last generation %ho %ill lay #o%n our lives for 8esus an# 7e %illing to give all to #o his
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%or*s5 his (iracles5 on earth to %in the (ultitu#es to the *ing#o( of o#= W6 "46 T16 +3'Y 3. 014,ST5 "$' W6 "46 T16 ',S0,PL6S 013S6$ +Y 86SIS .34 T1,S L"ST 6$64"T,3$. W1"T "46 W6 3,$ T3 '3 "+3IT ,TG Paul counte# the cost to 7e a #isciple. Stephen counte# the cost. 6very great (an of faith counte# the cost. "ll those %ho %ere counte# %orthy to 7e #isciples counte# the cost 7ut %ere %illing to #o anything to follo% 8esus. %/hen !eter began to say to Him, A5ee, we have left all and followed 'ou.C %5o Jesus answered and said, A6ssuredly, . say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for *y sa<e and the gospelCs, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions and in the age to come, eternal life. &ut many who are first will be last, and the last firstC @Ear* 1/A2)C3 1B.< So(e people are %illing to go all the %ay %ith 8esus to gain all the %orl#5 7ut not to receive the gain %ith persecutions. So(e people are %illing to go all the %ay at any cost. Paul sai# to Ti(othy5 %'es, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution+ @,, Ti(othy 3A12B. 8esus 1i(self sai#5 %.f the world hates you, you <now that it hated *e before it hated you. .f you were of the world, the world would love its own. 'et because you are not of the world, but . chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. :emember the word that . said to you, A6 servant is not greater than his master. A.f they
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persecuted *e, they will also persecute you. .f they <ept *y word, they will <eep yours also+ @8ohn 15A1)C2/B. We #on2t %ant to thin* of persecution any (ore than you #o5 7ut since 8esus sai# that %as going to 7e a part of serving 1i(5 %e are %illing to #o %hatever 1e %ants 7ecause %e love 1i( (ore than even our lives. Will it 7e %orth the costG %&ut what things were gain to me, these . have counted loss for Christ. &ut indeed . also count all things loss for the e,cellence of the <nowledge of Christ Jesus my )ord, for whom . have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that . may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from 1od by faith? that . may <now Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, # may attain to the resurrection from the dead+ @Philippians 3A7C11B. .rances an# , are going to 7e a part of it= "re youG

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We are reflecting on so(e of the greatest (iracles %e have seen in our (inistry5 an# the %i#e variety of (iracles. We 7egan to recall si(ilar types of (iracles o# sai# %oul# happen5 an# %hich #i# happen in the +i7le. We 7egan to reali>e (ore an# (ore that everything o# has #one in the +i7le %ill 7e repeate# in si(ilar %ays in this final chapter of ti(e 7efore 8esus returns to gather up his 0hurch an# %his* us a%ay to intro#uce us personally in our glorifie# 7o#ies to our glorious .ather. What a #ay that %ill 7e5 an# it isn2t far a%ay= L34Y= Soon after %e ha# receive# the gift of the 1oly Spirit5 an# o# 7egan to #o (iracles through us Fust as he ha# #one through 8esus an# 1is #isciples5 , %as rea#ing in the Living +i7le an# sa% so(ething that %as a thrill to (e. "7out ten o2cloc* that (orning , calle# .rances fro( (y 0P" office an# sai#5 ;S%eetheart5 %e are going to see ne% ar(s an# legs gro% on people %ho have ha# the( cut offD li*e a person %ith a peg leg gro%ing a ne% one=< The scripture , ha# rea# that (orning %as5 %6nd a vast crowd brought him their lame, blind, maimed, and those who couldnAt spea<, and many others, and laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all. 2hat a spectacle it was/hose who hadnCt been able to say a word before were tal<ing e,citedly, and those with missing arms and legs had new ones? the crippled were wal<ing and umping around, and those who had been blind were ga@ing about them- /he 33

crowds ust marveled, and praised the 1od of .srael+ @Eatthe% 15A3/5 31 TL+B. "7out t%o %ee*s later %e %ent to a church in West Pal( +each5 .lori#a. The pastor ha# tol# us that %e (ust 7e out of the church 7y nine o2cloc* 7ecause his people %oul# %al* out if %e *ept the( too late. "7out eleven o2cloc* the %hole au#ience %as stan#ing5 so(e on the floor5 so(e on the seats5 an# so(e even stan#ing on top of the 7ac* of the pe%s hol#ing on to those in front of the(. o# %as #isplaying 1is glory that night %ith (ighty signs an# %on#ers an# (iracles= " 7oy a7out fourteen years ol# ca(e to the altar. The glory of o# %as shining all over hi( an# he %as crying %ith Foy he coul#n2t contain. We as*e#5 ;What %oul# you li*e for 8esus to #o for youG< 1e stuc* out his left han# an# sai#5 ; ro% (e a ne% thu(7.< 1is thu(7 ha# 7een cut off %hen he %as four years ol#. ,t %as a peculiarCloo*ing a(putation5 7ecause it loo*e# li*e the s*in ha# 7een pulle# together an# tie#5 rather than left s(ooth. L34Y T3 3'= T1,S W"S 3I4 .,4ST 3PP34TI$,TY T3 S66 " 0ITC3.. L,E+ 43W +"0?= We sai#5 ;Stic* out your han#s=< 1e #i#. We co((an#e# it to gro% an# nothing happene#. .rances sai#5 ;Put out 7oth ar(s an# hol# the( together.< 1e stretche# forth 7oth ar(s5 si#e 7y si#e5 so %e coul# %atch 7oth ar(s an# thu(7s at the sa(e ti(e. "gain %e co((an#e#5 ; ro%5 thu(75 gro%5 in 8esus2 na(e=<

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,n fact5 %e yelle# at the thu(7. 3ur faith %as high5 7ecause %e ha# Fust rea# in the +i7le that this ha# happene# %ith the #isciples of the early church. Su##enly5 %ith the %hole au#ience stan#ing5 %atching to see %hat the po%er of o# %oul# #o5 the thu(7 stu7 7egan to gro%. Slo%ly5 slo%ly it (ove# for%ar#= ,t gre% right out to full si>e5 Fust li*e the other thu(7= The au#ience %ent %il# %ith e:cite(ent= 8ust li*e %e ha# rea# in the +i7le5 %/he crowds ust marveled, and praised the 1od of .srael-+ L34Y T3 3I4 E, 1TY 3'=< ,f it happene# in the +i7le5 it shoul# happen again to#ay5 an# it #i#= 1alleluFah= We %ill see cutCoff ar(s an# legs gro% Fust that %ay in this generation=

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CHAPTER 7 VISIONS AND DREAMS By Charles %6nd it shall come to pass afterward that . will pour out *y 5pirit on all flesh? your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions? and also on *y menservants and on *y maidservants . will pour out *y 5pirit in those days+ @8oel 2A2)B. ,f o# pro(ise# %e %oul# #rea( #rea(s an# see visions5 %e W,LL #rea( spiritual #rea(s an# see spiritual visions 7ecause %e are in the #ays o# sai# this %oul# happen. 8ust prior to receiving the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit5 %e %ent to a ?athryn ?uhl(an (iracle service in Pitts7urgh5 Pennsylvania. This %as our first e:posure to the great presentC#ay (iracle po%er of o#. 6ach of us ha# 7een #ivinely heale# an# %e ha# seen a fe% (iracles5 7ut that (orning %e sa% (ultitu#es heale#= So(ething else really (a#e an i(pression on us. This la#y stoo# 7efore an au#ience an# pointe# to #ifferent parts of the church an# sai#5 ;" (an over there has Fust 7een heale# of a leg pro7le(. 1e is %earing a 7race on his left leg. Ta*e off the 7race an# co(e here=< Sure enough5 right %here she pointe#5 a (an too* off his 7race fro( his left leg an# %al*e# nor(ally. What an a%eso(e spectacle that %as. She sai#5 ;There is a little girl right 7ac* there %ho ha# cancer %ith 7ig lu(ps all over her 7o#y. o# Fust heale# you5 honey. 0o(e here=< 3!

We ha# stoo# outsi#e in a vast cro%# 7efore the service %aiting an# hoping to get in. This little girl %as right ne:t to us5 hel# in her #a##y2s ar(s. She %as gray an# loo*e# li*e #eath %as near. Lu(ps the si>e of eggs or even larger %ere all over that chil#2s 7o#y. We ha# sai#5 ; o#5 if it is a choice of her or us getting in5 let her get in to get heale#.< Su##enly %e sa% this sa(e little girl5 no% healthy5 pin* an# ro7ust5 running #o%n the aisle %ithout spot or %rin*le free of the curse of the #evil %ho ha# put those lu(ps all over her 7o#y. "fter%ar#s %e tal*e# %ith each other5 %on#ering ho% ?athryn ?uhl(an *ne% a7out these healings in the au#ience. We *ne% it %as supernatural. We *ne% o# ha# to so(e%ay tell her a7out it. We *ne% that if so(eone else coul# #o it5 it %as possi7le for us to #o it. +ut ho% coul# this 7eG Soon after%ar#s %e accepte# the great gift of the 1oly Spirit an# spo*e in tongues Fust li*e on the 'ay of Pentecost5 an# sure enough %e receive# an en#ue(ent of po%er Fust li*e they #i#. This is one of the greatest signs an# %on#ers of all in the +i7le. That o#5 even the o# of ,srael5 %oul# fill us %ith his o%n (ighty po%er5 an# he ha#5 an# %e %ere seeing an increase al(ost #aily in the (iracles #one 7y this ne%foun#5 heavenCsent po%er5 all in the %on#erful na(e of 8esus= We *ept as*ing o#5 ;1o% #i# she *no% a7out these (iracles in the au#ience.< We 7elieve# that if %e %oul# as* o#5 he %oul# tell us5 an# sure enough5 it %asn2t 7ut a fe% (onths 7efore he #i#. 6ven 7efore .rances %as 7orn again 7y the Spirit of o#5 she ha# e:perience# a (ighty vision. To (y *no%le#ge5 , ha# never e:perience# one.

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3ne night5 .rances %as spea*ing to an au#ience in 1ouston5 Te:as5 %hen su##enly she pointe# %ay 7ac* to%ar# the 7ac* of the church an# sai#5 ;That (an %ho is sitting a7out five ro%s fro( the 7ac* on the aisle5 you have Fust 7een heale# of an ulcer. 0o(e here5 please.< Then she pointe# to four others5 #escri7ing %hat they ha#5 an# telling the( they ha# 7een heale#. "ll five of these ca(e for%ar# an# testifie# of 7eC Fug heale# e:actly as .rances ha# sai#. "s soon as %e %ere alone5 , sai#5 ;1o% #i# you #o that=< , *ne% that she ha# shifte# gears an# (ove# into a ne% #i(ension for us. , %ante# to *no% ho%5 so , coul# 7e a part of %hat o# %as #oing. .rances sai# she ha# seen each of the five in a vision. ,t %as Fust as plain as loo*ing %ith the eyes5 7ut it %as seeing in the Spirit real(5 in a vision5 instea# of %ith the natural eyes. 8oel2s %or#s fro( o# %ere 7eing (a#e alive in the t%entieth century. .rances ha# entere# into a #i(ension of the Spirit real( Fust as o# ha# pro(ise# long ago that %oul# happen in these last #ays. We tal*e# a7out this an# (arvele# that o# ha# reveale# to her a %ay of %al*ing not after the flesh5 7ut ;after the Spirit.< We are in the %orl#5 7ut not of the %orl#. @See 8ohn 15A1-B. .rances ha# %al*e# not after the flesh5 7ut after the Spirit. Peter ha# foun# the entrance into this Spirit %orl# %hen he %al*e# on %ater. .rances foun# a %ay to %al* through that #oor into a ne% #i(ension.

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We 7oth 7egan to e:pect this fiel# of energy5 this (agnetic fiel#5 to appear5 an# sure enough5 o# let us 7oth fin# the healings in the au#ience this %ay for 9uite a%hile. 3ne night , %as opening (y spirit to fin# a fiel# of energy. @, thin* of it li*e an area %here it is raining off in the #istance in one spot an# you can see the %hole rain areaB. " spot in the au#ience ca(e to (e %here the energy fiel# %as locate#5 an# , sai# in (y thoughts5 ; o#5 ?athryn ?uhl(an *ne% %hat %as 7eing heale# as %ell as %here it %as locate#. 1o% #i# she #o thatG< Years 7efore , ha# #iscovere# that , coul# thin* to o#5 an# 1e %oul# ;thin*< 7ac* to (e. , #i# this 7y rela:ing (y (in# %hen , %oul# thin* a 9uestion or thought to 1i(5 an# a thought %oul# co(e into (y (in#. , *ne% that if , thought5 it too* a certain effort on (y part5 7ut %hen the thought ca(e fro( o#5 it ca(e %ithout any effort. , learne# to #istinguish 1is thoughts fro( (y thoughts. When , as*e# o# ho% ?athryn ?uhl(an i#entifie# %hat %as 7eing heale#5 , si(ply rela:e# (y 7o#y @after , foun# (y ;rainstor(< in the au#ienceB an# felt a sharp pain in (y left el7o%. , thought5 ; o#5 are you telling (e that so(eone in that little energy area has an el7o% pro7le( %hich you are healingG< So 7y faith that o# ha# spo*en5 , pointe# to the energy fiel# an# sai#5 ;So(eone right over there has a pain in your el7o%. o# Fust heale# you5 so stan# up an# tell us %hat happene#.< " la#y 9uic*ly stoo# to her feet an# sai# she ha# this el7o% pro7le( an# ha# pain Fust as , sai#5 7ut that the pain left an# she %as heale#. "gain .rances gra77e# (e an# sai#5 ;1o% #i# you #o thatG<

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3ne #ay %e %ere operating in the %or# of *no%le#ge gift in healing %hen , sa% in the Spirit a hu(an 7rain %ithout a s*ull over it. ,t appeare# to have a light insi#e it to (a*e all the little grooves in the 7rain sho% up plainly. ,t %as as though , %as stan#ing over this 7rain5 an# , 7egan searching for %hat o# %as sho%ing (e. ,t %as 7eautifully perfect5 %ithout a fla% or (ar*5 e:cept for a tiny spot a7out the si>e of a s(all fingernail %here there appeare# to 7e a little sca7 or so(ething si(ilar. o# ha# sho%n (e so(ething through a vision %hich %as afflicting so(eone in our au#ience. , #escri7e# this vision as 7est , coul# an# tol# of the tiny spot an# sai# it appeare# to (e to 7e a tu(or. " la#y ca(e for%ar#5 telling us that the #octors ha# #iscovere# a 7rain tu(or an# that %hen , calle# it out5 the pain left her instantly= , put (y finger %here , ha# seen the spot in (y spirit5 an# she sai# , ha# (y finger on the e:act spot= lory to o#5 %hat a #ivine LCray o# uses %hen 1e gives us a vision. That is 7y the Spirit of o# not 7y our flesh. ,t is a vision5 not an i(agination. +e%are an# 7e careful if you are one %ho( o# chooses to #o his %or* through visions. ,(agination is so si(ilar to visions that (any get in the flesh an# thin* o# is giving a vision. You can 7eco(e sensitive to the 1oly Spirit5 an# if you are not %al*ing after the flesh to glorify self5 you %ill 7e a7le to recogni>e the voice of the Easter5 instea# of 7eing in the flesh %ith i(agination. 3n another occasion %e %ere operating in the %or# of *no%le#ge to go 7ac* in ti(e for healings necessary 7ecause people hol# on to (e(ories of trau(atic e:periences an# allo% the #evil to (olest their (in#s. They vitally nee# teaching on ho% to recogni>e that your ol# self
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is #ea# %hen you are 7orn again5 an# you 7eco(e a ne% creature5 free fro( the 7on#age of the past. When the %o(an at the %ell tal*e# %ith 8esus5 1e tol# her a7out her past. 1e5 7y the gifts of the Spirit of o#5 (ove# 7ac* in ti(e to tell her that she %as living %ith a (an %ho %as not her hus7an#5 7ut that she ha# 7een (arrie# five ti(es 7efore @8ohn 4A17B. 8esus change# the lives of (ost of the people in her village %hen she 7elieve# that 8esus %as the Eessiah 7ecause 1e *ne% things a7out her %hich 1e ha# no fleshly %ay to *no%. o# gives us these gifts to #o 1is %or*5 an# 8esus ha# a##e# another group of souls to 1is .ather2s riches 7y the %or*ing of (iracles an# signs an# %on#ers. 1e ha# shifte# gears to (ove fro( the flesh real( into the Spirit real(. 3ne #ay .rances %as given a vision 7y o# in one of our services. ,n her spirit real( she sa% a little girl a7out five years ol#5 in a fiel# of %heat %hich %as taller than she5 alone an# frightene#. She %as running at 7rea*nec* spee# 7ecause she %as so afrai#. .rances sai#5 ;There is a person in this au#ience %ho once %as lost in a fiel#5 alone an# frightene#. You %ere %earing a yello% pol*a #ot #ress5 an# 7ecause of that e:perience5 you have ha# fear in your life ever since=< This girl5 no% nearing thirty years of age5 ca(e to .rances %ith this story. She sai#5 ;, re(e(7er it vivi#ly. You #escri7e# perfectly %hat happene# to (e an# it %as li*e you ha# a color photograph of the entire scene.< She ha# gone through a7out t%entyCfive years of her life possesse# 7y fear an# ha# 7eco(e a nervous %rec*. She ha# other acco(panying illnesses cause# 7y the fear instille# in her (e(ory long 7efore.

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+ecause she *ne% that o# ha# recogni>e# her nee# an# tol# .rances a7out it5 her faith rose an# she %as set free= $otice as %e share e:periences of things happening in this generation %hich happene# in the +i7le5 that each ti(e o# is #oing 1is %or* in lives through the Spirit real(5 an# that it is never for the glory of (an*in#. 3ne of the (ost fantastic events %e have ever seen %as share# in our 7oo*5 .mpossible *iracles. The follo%ing is an e:cerpt fro( that 7oo*A Frances: A Vi i!" I A Mi#$%&'! %His glory covered the heavens, 6nd the earth was full of His praise. His brightness was li<e the light? H8 H6; :6'5 F)65H.91 F:O* H.5 H69;+ @1a7a**u* 3A35 4B. The final night of a ;elightfully Charismatic Christian 2al< 5eminar in 0algary5 0ana#a5 %as a night of po%er li*e %e2ve never seen in our entire (inistry. .aith %as at top level 7ecause of the se(inar teachings. That night2s su7Fect %as (arriage5 an# as 0harles %as tal*ing a7out honesty in (arriage5 , felt such a tre(en#ous %ave of po%er , nearly fell over. , gra77e# the po#iu( an# loo*e# over at 0harles to see if he felt the sa(e thing , #i#. , coul#n2t 7elieve (y eyes= 3ut of the en#s of his fingers %ere shooting fla(es of 7lue fire a7out four inches long5 an# as , loo*e# at the(5 o# spo*e to (e an# sai#5 ;The healing anointing is upon 0harles. The first thirty people %ho reach the altar %ill 7e instantly heale#=< , ha# to interrupt 0harles= The po%er %as increasing to such an e:tent , *ne% o# ha# so(ething special= , repeate# to the au#ience %hat o# ha# sai#5 an# it loo*e#

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li*e the entire au#itoriu( turne# upsi#e #o%n. , never sa% sic* an# cripple# people (ove so fast in (y entire life= "s 0harles ran off the stage to lay han#s on the(5 the po%er of o# %as so strong they fell in %aves as he ran through the cro%#. When he %as a7out halfC%ay across the front of the au#itoriu(5 he raise# his han#s to touch so(e5 an# a7out thirty to forty people fell un#er the po%er at the sa(e ti(e. People 7egan %eeping all over the au#itoriu( as they felt the po%er of o# in a %ay they ha# never felt it 7efore. +o7 an# 8oan %ere offstage at this particular (o(ent5 7ut they felt so(ething supernatural co(e through even the lou#spea*er. +o7 sai#5 ;, hear# .rances say5 H et out of the %ay an# let 0harles through52 then , hear# the %or# Hfire=2 , ca(e running out as fast as , coul#5 %on#ering if there ha# 7een a 7o(7 of so(e *in# or other. There %as " 13LY 13ST +3E+= 0harles %as plo%ing through the cro%# an# people %ere falling all over the place=< 8oan sai#5 ;, *ept hearing Hlet hi( through5 let hi( through5 there2s fire on his han#s52 so , ran to the curtain at the 7ac* of the stage. The po%er of o# %as so strong it felt e:actly li*e a soli# %all of o#2s 7eautiful po%er5 an# , 7ro*e into tears5 co(pletely overco(e 7y the over%hel(ing presence of o#.< +y this ti(e 0harles ha# gone al(ost across the au#itoriu(5 an# the fla(es 7egan to #i(inish5 an# finally they #isappeare#. 1e ca(e 7ac* up onto the stage5 an# as*e# the people to raise their han#s if they ?$6W they %ere heale#. Eore than 1// han#s %ere raise#5 as o# gave even (ore than he ha# pro(ise#. ,t is i(possi7le to e:plain ho% you feel in a (o(ent li*e this. , %as so a%e# 7y %hat , ha# seen an# hear# that ,
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, #i#n2t have to %ait 7ut Fust a fe% secon#s an# then , sa% things , ha# never seen in (y entire life. The 8u7ilee "u#itoriu( is a large au#itoriu( %ith t%o 7alconies5 an# an e:tre(ely high ceiling. "s , loo*e# out over the people5 there appeare# a huge #ove %ith a %ingsprea# of a7out fifty feet hovering on the leftChan# si#e of the au#itoriu(. ,t %as not %hite= ,nstea#5 it %as ;li*e as of fire.< The #ove loo*e# e:actly as if it ha# 7een carve# right out of fire= ,t %as re#5 orange an# yello%= , have never felt the a%eso(e presence of o# as , #i# at that (o(ent5 then a shoc*ing thing 7egan to happen= The 9uills fro( the %ings of the #ove 7egan flying out across the au#ience an# lan#ing on various people. ,t loo*e# li*e s*yroc*ets e:plo#ing as the 9uills fle% faster an# faster across the au#itoriu(. o# spo*e again an# sai#5 ;There is perversion in the se:ual life of (arrie# couples here. There is a#ultery in (arriages here5 an# , a( sen#ing the fire of (y 1oly Spirit to 7urn it out.< Een an# %o(en 7egan %eeping as they crie# out5 ; o# save (e=< The presence of o# %as a reality to (any people %ho ha# never 7efore felt his presence. The convicting po%er of the 1oly Spirit %as upon (any (arriages... then... "s su##enly as it ha# appeare#5 the #ove #isappeare#= ,t %as instantly replace# 7y a %hite #ove. , tol# the au#ience the #ove ;li*e as of fire< ha# #isappeare# an# ha# 7een replace# 7y a %hite one5 an# %aite# for another (essage fro( o# 7ecause , #i#n2t un#erstan# this at all. 4!

o# gave 0harles the (essage this ti(e an# he sai#5 ;, have sent (y %hite #ove as a sy(7ol of purification. Your (arriages have 7een cleanse# an# purifie#. ?eep the( that %ay=< The %hite #ove %as gone= 1un#re#s of people accepte# 8esus as a result of this a%eCinspiring (o(ent an# (any %ere 7apti>e# in the 1oly Spirit an# heale# at the sa(e ti(e. ,t %as esti(ate# that aroun# 15)// people fell un#er the po%er of o# this one night. We (ay never again stan# in the She*inah glory of o# until %e get to heaven5 7ut our lives %ill never 7e the sa(e again as a result of this night. So(e people (ight not 7elieve itD (ay7e you %on2t5 7ut %e have to5 7ecause %e %ere there= "n ,EP3SS,+L6 E,4"0L65 7ut it happene#= What else %as there to 7e #one that nightG We %ent 7ac* to the stage an# si(ply sai#5 ;That2s all o# %ants to #o tonight< an# #is(isse# the au#ience. We slippe# 7ac* of the stage curtain 7ut one young la#y (a#e her %ay to us an# %as so e:cite# she coul# har#ly spea*. She sai#5 ;Ey father has co((itte# se:ual intercourse %ith every (e(7er of our fa(ily5 (ale an# fe(ale5 chil#ren5 nephe%s an# nieces5 uncles an# aunts. 1e %as the first one %ho screa(e# out5 H o# save (e=2 1e fell un#er the po%er of o# an# starte# spea*ing in other tongues as he receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit=< ,n Psal( 7A11C17 TL+ %e foun# an interesting confir(ation of the fla(ing 9uillsA %1od is a udge who is perfectly fair, and he is angry with the wic<ed every day. 4nless they repent, he will sharpen his sword and slay them. He has bent and strung his bow and F.//8; ./ 2./H ;86;)' 6::O25 *6;8 F:O* 5H6F/5 OF 47

F.:8. /he wic<ed man conceives an evil plot, labors with its dar< details, and brings to birth his treachery and lies? let him fall into his own trap. *ay the violence he plans for others boomerang upon himself? let him die. Oh, how grateful and than<ful . am to the )ord because he is so good. . will sing praise to the name of the )ord who is above all lords.+ Charles: o# fre9uently co((unicate# %ith 1is prophets or others 7y #rea(s as %ell as visions. 'rea(s an# visions are #efine# as 7eing ali*e5 e:cept that one co(es %hile you are a%a*e an# the other %hile you are asleep. We7ster2s #ictionary says a vision (eans ;to see in or as in a visionD to #rea(.< "nother #efinition given is ;so(ething seen5 especially so(ething such as (ight 7e seen in a #rea( or trance.< " further #efinition of a vision is ;that %hich is suppose#ly seen 7y other than nor(al sightD a supernatural5 prophetic5 or i(aginary appearanceD so(ething seen in a #rea(...<. ,t is i(portant in anything of the supernatural to 7e sol# out to o# an# seasone# %ell in his Wor# so that %e %ill not 7e (isle#. "s hu(ans %e use our (in#s to thin* or reason5 7ut so(eti(es %e use the( to i(agine things %hich are not real. ,(aginations an# visions are si(ilar an# unless %e are %anting to #o %hat o# says to #o5 %e can 7e (isle# in thin*ing %e are seeing a vision %hen it is nothing (ore than our i(agination. 1o% can %e sort out the visions5 #rea(s5 thoughts5 i(aginations5 an# #ay#rea(s to #eter(ine %hat is of o#5

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en# of that year #iscovere# fro( our co(puter recor#s that , ha# %or*e# half ti(eD , ha# half retire#5 not for (y #esires 7ut for o#2s %or*. "n error in EY thin*ing %as that o# 7rought (e to half ti(e %hen , %as fifty instea# of fiftyCfive. , %as fully retire# fro( (y 0P" practice an# %as in fullCti(e service for o# %hen , reache# fiftyCfive. 1e %as #irecting (y #esires all along an# , thought , %as #oing it= 1alleluFah= o# is a great o#5 an# , *no% that 1e can give us #ay#rea(s %hich are supernatural although they see( Fust natural to us. So that %e can all 7e alert to o#2s co((unication through #rea(s an# visions5 %e %ant you to loo* at so(e of the %ays o# tal*e# %ith 1is people in the +i7le. 8oseph %as an interpreter of #rea(s. Pharaoh ha# #rea(e# an# trie# to get the (agicians of 6gypt to tell hi( the (eaning. They faile# to #o it5 7ut so(eone tol# hi( that 8oseph coul# interpret it for hi(. %/hen !haraoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon? and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to !haraoh. 6nd !haraoh said to Joseph, A. have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. &ut . have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.C 5o Joseph answered !haraoh, saying, A.t is not in me? 1od will give !haraoh an answer of peaceC ;@ enesis 41A14C1!B. The #evil is li(ite# in his a7ilities 7ut #oes have Fust enough of the supernatural to confuse us if %e #on2t really *no% o# is spea*ing. We (ust stay in the Wor# of o# until it is %ritten upon our hearts an# (in#s5 an# %e %ill *no%5 li*e 8oseph #i#5 that it is not in usD o# %ill give us the ans%er of peace.

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sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. &ut he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. /o him the door<eeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice? and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 6nd when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for /H8' 09O2 H.5 7O.C8+ @8ohn 1/A1C4B. o# spea*s to us in #rea(s an# visions through angels. %/hen the 6ngel of 1od spo<e to me in a dream, saying, AJacob.C 6nd . said, AHere . amC @ enesis 31A11B. %&ut while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the )ord appeared to him in a dream, saying, AJoseph, son of ;avid, do not be afraid to ta<e to you *ary your wife, for that which is2 conceived in her is of the Holy 5pirit+ @Eatthe% 1A2/B. "lthough %e pu7lishe# the follo%ing visions in our 7oo* How /o Heal /he 5ic<, %e feel that they are so pertinent for this en# generation that %e (ust repeat the( to you. We are careful not to follo% prophecies 7y others5 7ecause the +i7le tells us %e have access to the .ather in the na(e of 8esus5 an# that %e are to follo% after the 1oly Spirit. +ut %e feel that these are true prophecies in the for( of visions5 an# that they are no% 7eing fulfille# an# %ill 7e totally fulfille# in the near future. VISION BY FRANCES ,n 8une of 1-)/5 o# gave (e a vision of the %orl# %ith silver an# gol# 7an#s covering the entire glo7e K 7ut not in the or#erly sense you %oul# e:pect to see the(. These 7an#s %ere spilling all over the %orl# li*e (elte# silver an# gol# rivulets an# running into all sorts of o## little places K (ountains an# valleys ali*e. There %as no 53

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captives an# recovering of sight to the 7lin#5 an# set at li7erty those %ho are 7ruise#. .or the first ti(e5 %e plainly sa% the i#entity of the stu#ents stan#ing on the 7an#s= We ha# seen stu#ents of all nationalities5 7ut ha# thought they %oul# 7e co(ing to the school here in Te:as. Then %e reali>e# they %ere the ones %e (ight not ever (eet5 the ones %ho (ight only see us through vi#eo tapes5 7ut the ones %ho ha# receive# the (essage of ho% to heal the sic* an# ha# gone out to stretch forth their han#s to the sic*= This is o#2s ti(ing for another great (ove of 1is Spirit as the (asses are 7eing traine# to go out an# (inister on a oneCtoCone 7asis. +i7le colleges an# schools of (inistry have sprung up all over as a hungry %orl# says5 ;Teach us ho% to operate in the supernatural the %ay the original #isciples #i#=< There is such a hungering a(ong o#2s people to learn (ore a7out the things of o# that %e 7elieve in a fe% years there %ill not 7e enough schools to fill the nee#5 an# the people %ill have to 7e put on a %aitClist to get into the schools that are alrea#y in operation. What a thrilling thought5 an# %hat a thrilling ti(e to 7e alive= We %ere confi#ent that o# ha# opene# our spirits to a #yna(ic5 farCreaching (ission of teaching the (asses ho% si(ple it is to 7eco(e a (iracleC%or*ing #isciple li*e those in the 7oo* of "cts. "s %e hel# a 1ealing Se(inar in ?ansas shortly after this5 Pastor .re# ?ir*patric* tol# us of a prophecy a7out the en# ti(es %hich literally e:plo#e# our faith as a confir(ation of the part this teaching %ill play in %hat %e 7elieve to 7e the en# of the en# ti(es 7efore 8esus co(es for those %ho love an# o7ey 1i(.

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3ur 7oo* %as rea#y for the typesetter %ith the e:ception of the intro#uction5 %hen %e contacte# the pu7lisher of a 7oo* entitle# P64T,$6$T P43P160,6S , 7y 8ohn E. an# 'orothea E. ar#ner5 an# receive# per(ission to reprint the follo%ing prophecy5 given 7y To((y 1ic*s5 note# evangelist5 in 1-!1. VISION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE END(TIME MINISTRIES Ey (essage 7egins 8uly H$, a7out 2A3/ in the (orning at Winnipeg5 0ana#a. , ha# har#ly fallen asleep %hen the vision an# the revelation that o# gave (e ca(e 7efore (e. The vision ca(e three ti(es5 e:actly in #etail5 the (orning of 8uly H$, 1-!1. , %as so stirre# an# so (ove# 7y the revelation that this has change# (y co(plete outloo* upon the 7o#y of 0hrist5 an# upon the en#Cti(e (inistries. The greatest thing that the church of 8esus 0hrist has ever 7een given lies straight ahea#. ,t is so har# to help (en an# %o(en to reali>e an# un#erstan# the thing that o# is trying to give to his people in the en# ti(es. , receive# a letter several %ee*s ago fro( one of our native evangelists #o%n in "frica5 #o%n in $airo7i. This (an an# his %ife %ere on their %ay to Tanganyi*a. They coul# neither rea# nor coul# they %rite5 7ut %e ha# 7een supporting the( for over t%o years. "s they entere# into the territory of Tanganyi*a5 they ca(e across a s(all village. The entire village %as evacuating 7ecause of a plague that ha# hit the village. 1e ca(e across natives that %ere %eeping5 an# he as*e# the( %hat %as %rong. They tol# hi( of their (other an# father %ho ha# su##enly #ie#5 an# they ha# 7een #ea# for three #ays. They ha# to leave. They %ere afrai# to go inD they %ere leaving 5!

the( in the cottage. 1e turne# an# as*e# the( %here they %ere. They pointe# to the hut an# he as*e# the( to go %ith hi(5 7ut they refuse#. They %ere afrai# to go. The native an# his %ife %ent to this little cottage an# entere# in %here the (an an# %o(an ha# 7een #ea# for three #ays. 1e si(ply stretche# forth his han# in the na(e of the Lor# 8esus 0hrist5 an# spo*e the (an2s na(e an# the %o(an2s na(e an# sai#5 ;,n the na(e of the Lor# 8esus 0hrist5 , co((an# life to co(e 7ac* to your 7o#ies.< ,nstantaneously these t%o heathen people %ho ha# never *no%n 8esus 0hrist as their Savior sat up an# i((e#iately 7egan to praise o#. The Spirit an# the po%er of o# ca(e into the life of those people. To us that (ay see( strange an# a pheno(enon5 7ut that is the 7eginning of these en#Cti(e (inistries. o# is going to ta*e the #oCnothings5 the no7o#ies5 the unhear#Cof5 the noCaccounts. 1e is going to ta*e every (an an# every %o(an an# 1e is going to give to the( this outpouring of the Spirit of o#. ,n the 7oo* of "cts %e rea# that ;,n the last #ays5< o# sai#5 ;, %ill pour out (y Spirit upon all flesh.< , %on#er if %e reali>e# %hat 1e (eant %hen o# sai#5 ;, %ill pour out (y Spirit upon all flesh.< , #o not thin* , fully reali>e nor coul# , un#erstan# the fullness of it5 an# then , rea# fro( the 7oo* of 8oelA %&e glad then, ye children of Iion, and re oice in the )ord your 1od: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain K; @8oel 2A23B. ,t is not only going to 7e the rain5 the for(er rain an# the latter rain5 7ut 1e is going to give to 1is people in these last #ays a #ou7le portion of the po%er of o#=

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"s the vision appeare# to (e after , %as asleep5 , su##enly foun# (yself in a great high #istance. Where , %as5 , #o not *no%. +ut , %as loo*ing #o%n upon the earth. Su##enly the %hole earth ca(e into (y vie%. 6very nation5 every *in#re#5 every tongue ca(e 7efore (y sight fro( the east an# the %est5 the north an# the south. , recogni>e# every country an# (any cities that , ha# 7een in5 an# , %as al(ost in fear an# tre(7ling as , 7ehel# the great sight 7efore (eA an# at that (o(ent %hen the %orl# ca(e into vie%5 it 7egan lightning an# thun#ering. "s the lightning flashe# over the face of the earth5 (y eyes %ent #o%n%ar# an# , %as facing the north. Su##enly , 7ehel# %hat loo*e# li*e a great giant5 an# as , stare# an# loo*e# at it5 , %as al(ost 7e%il#ere# 7y the sight. ,t %as so gigantic an# so great. 1is feet see(e# to reach to the north pole an# 1is hea# to the south. ,ts ar(s %ere stretche# fro( sea to sea. , coul# not even 7egin to un#erstan# %hether this 7e a (ountain or this 7e a giant5 7ut as , %atche#5 , su##enly 7ehel# a great giant. , coul# see 1is hea# %as struggling for life. 1e %ante# to live5 7ut his 7o#y %as covere# %ith #e7ris fro( hea# to foot5 an# at ti(es this great giant %oul# (ove his 7o#y an# act as though it %oul# even raise up at ti(es. "n# %hen it #i#5 thousan#s of little creatures see(e# to run a%ay. 1i#eous creatures %oul# run a%ay fro( this giant5 an# %hen he %oul# 7eco(e cal(5 they %oul# co(e 7ac*. "ll of a su##en this great giant lifte# his han# to%ar# the heaven5 an# then it lifte# its other han#5 an# %hen it #i#5 these creatures 7y the thousan#s see(e# to flee a%ay fro( this giant an# go into the #ar*ness of the night. Slo%ly this great giant 7egan to rise an# as he #i#5 his hea# an# han#s %ent into the clou#s. "s he rose to his feet he see(e# to have cleanse# hi(self fro( the #e7ris an# 5)

filth that %as upon hi(5 an# he 7egan to raise his han#s into the heavens as though praising the Lor#5 an# as he raise# his han#s5 they %ent even unto the clou#s. Su##enly5 every clou# 7eca(e silver5 the (ost 7eautiful silver , have ever *no%n. "s , %atche# this pheno(enon it %as so great , coul# not even 7egin to un#erstan# %hat it all (eant. , %as so stirre# as , %atche# it5 an# , crie# unto the Lor# an# , sai#5 ;3h5 Lor#5 %hat is the (eaning of this5< an# , felt as if , %as actually in the Spirit an# , coul# feel the presence of the Lor# even as , %as asleep. "n# fro( those clou#s su##enly there ca(e great #rops of li9ui# light raining #o%n upon this (ighty giant5 an# slo%ly5 slo%ly5 this giant 7egan to (elt5 7egan to sin* itself in the very earth itself5 an# as he (elte#5 his %hole for( see(e# to have (elte# upon the face of the earth5 an# this great rain 7egan to co(e #o%n. Li9ui# #rops of light 7egan to floo# the very earth itself an# as , %atche# this giant that see(e# to (elt5 su##enly it 7eca(e (illions of people over the face of the earth. "s , 7ehel# the sight 7efore (e5 people stoo# up all over the %orl#= They %ere lifting their han#s an# they %ere praising the Lor#. "t that very (o(ent there ca(e a great thun#er that see(e# to roar fro( the heavens. , turne# (y eyes to%ar# the heavens an# su##enly , sa% a figure in %hite5 in glistening %hite K the (ost glorious thing that , have ever seen in (y entire life. , #i# not see the face5 7ut so(eho% , *ne% it %as the Lor# 8esus 0hrist5 an# 1e stretche# forth 1is han#5 an# as 1e #i#5 1e %oul# stretch it forth to one5 an# to another5 an# to another. "n# as 1e stretche# forth 1is han# upon the nations an# the people of the %orl# K (en an# %o(en K as 1e pointe# to%ar# the(5 this li9ui# light see(e# to flo% fro( 1is han#s into the(5 an# a

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(ighty anointing of o# ca(e upon the(5 an# those people 7egan to go forth in the na(e of the Lor#. , #o not *no% ho% long , %atche# it. ,t see(e# it %ent into #ays an# %ee*s an# (onths. "n# , 7ehel# this 0hrist as 1e continue# to stretch forth 1is han#5 7ut there %as a trage#y. There %ere (any people as 1e stretche# forth 1is han# that refuse# the anointing of o# an# the call of o#. , sa% (en an# %o(en that , *ne%. People that , felt %oul# certainly receive the call of o#. +ut as 1e stretche# forth 1is han# to%ar# this one an# to%ar# that one5 they si(ply 7o%e# their hea# an# 7egan to 7ac* a%ay. "n# each of those that see(e# to 7o% #o%n an# 7ac* a%ay5 see(e# to go into #ar*ness. +lac*ness see(e# to s%allo% the( every%here. , %as 7e%il#ere# as , %atche# it5 7ut these people that 1e ha# anointe#5 hun#re#s of thousan#s of people all over the %orl#5 in "frica5 6nglan#5 4ussia5 0hina5 "(erica5 all over the %orl#5 the anointing of o# %as upon these people as they %ent for%ar# in the na(e of the Lor#. , sa% these (en an# %o(en as they %ent forth. They %ere #itch #iggers5 they %ere %asher%o(en5 they %ere rich (en5 they %ere poor (en. , sa% people %ho %ere 7oun# %ith paralysis an# sic*ness an# 7lin#ness an# #eafness. "s the Lor# stretche# forth to give the( this anointing5 they 7eca(e %ell5 they 7eca(e heale#5 an# they %ent forth= "n# this is the (iracle of it K this is the glorious (iracle of it K those people %oul# stretch forth their han#s e:actly as the Lor# #i#5 an# it see(e# as if there %as this sa(e li9ui# fire in their han#s. "s they stretche# forth their han#s they sai#5 ;"ccor#ing to (y %or#5 7e thou (a#e %hole.< "s these people continue# in this (ighty en#Cti(e (inistry5 , #i# not fully reali>e %hat it %as5 an# , loo*e# to !/

the Lor# an# sai#5 ;What is the (eaning of thisG< "n# 1e sai#5 ;This is that %hich , %ill #o in the last #ays. , %ill restore all that the can*er%or(5 the pal(er%or(5 the caterpillar K , %ill restore all that they have #estroye#. This5 (y people5 in the en# ti(es %ill go forth. "s a (ighty ar(y shall they s%eep over the face of the earth.< "s , %as at this great height5 , coul# 7ehol# the %hole %orl#. , %atche# these people as they %ere going to an# fro over the face of the earth. Su##enly there %as a (an in "frica an# in a (o(ent he %as transporte# 7y the Spirit of o#5 an# perhaps he %as in 4ussia5 or 0hina or "(erica or so(e other place5 an# vice versa. "ll over the %orl# these people %ent5 an# they ca(e through fire5 an# through pestilence5 an# through fa(ine. $either fire nor persecution5 nothing see(e# to stop the(. "ngry (o7s ca(e to the( %ith s%or#s an# %ith guns. "n# li*e 8esus5 they passe# through the (ultitu#es an# they coul# not fin# the(5 7ut they %ent forth in the na(e of the Lor#5 an# every%here they stretche# forth their han#s5 the sic* %ere heale#5 the 7lin# eyes %ere opene#. There %as not a long prayer5 an# after , ha# revie%e# the vision (any ti(es in (y (in#5 an# , thought a7out it (any ti(es5 , reali>e# that , never sa% a church5 an# , never sa% or hear# a #eno(ination5 7ut these people %ere going in the na(e of the Lor# of 1osts. 1alleluFah= "s they (arche# forth in everything they #i# as the (inistry of 0hrist in the en# ti(es5 these people %ere (inistering to the (ultitu#es over the face of the earth. Tens of thousan#s5 even (illions see(e# to co(e to the Lor# 8esus 0hrist as these people stoo# forth an# gave the (essage of the *ing#o(5 of the co(ing *ing#o(5 in this last hour. ,t %as so glorious5 7ut it see(s as though there %ere those that re7elle#5 an# they %oul# 7eco(e angry an# !1

they trie# to attac* those %or*ers that %ere giving the (essage. o# is going to give to the %orl# a #e(onstration in this last hour as the %orl# has never *no%n. These (en an# %o(en are of all %al*s of life5 #egrees %ill (ean nothing. , sa% these %or*ers as they %ere going over the face of the earth. When one %oul# stu(7le an# fall5 another %oul# co(e an# pic* hi( up. There %ere no ;7ig ,< an# ;little you5< 7ut every (ountain %as 7rought lo% an# every valley %as e:alte#5 an# they see(e# to have one thing in co((on K there %as a #ivine love5 a #ivine love that see(e# to flo% forth fro( these people as they %or*e# together5 an# as they live# together. ,t %as the (ost glorious sight that , have ever *no%n. 8esus 0hrist %as the the(e of their life. They continue# an# it see(e# the #ays %ent 7y as , stoo# an# 7ehel# this sight. , coul# only cry5 an# so(eti(es , laughe#. ,t %as so %on#erful as these people %ent throughout the face of the %hole earth5 7ringing forth in this last en# ti(e. "s , %atche# fro( the very heaven itself5 there %ere ti(es %hen great #eluges of this li9ui# light see(e# to fall upon great congregations5 an# that congregation %oul# lift their han#s an# see(ingly praise o# for hours an# even #ays as the Spirit of o# ca(e upon the(. o# sai#5 ;, %ill pour (y Spirit upon all flesh5< an# that is e:actly this thing. "n# to every (an an# every %o(an that receive# this po%er5 an# the anointing of o#5 the (iracles of o#5 there %as no en#ing to it. We have tal*e# a7out (iracles. We have tal*e# a7out signs an# %on#ers5 7ut , coul# not help 7ut %eep as , rea# again this (orning5 at 4 o2cloc* this (orning the letter fro( our native %or*ers. This is only the evi#ence of the 7eginning for one (an5 a ;#oCnothing5 an unhear#Cof5< %ho !2

%oul# go an# stretch forth his han# an# say5 ;,n the na(e of the Lor# 8esus 0hrist5 , co((an# life to flo% into your 7o#y.< , #roppe# to (y *nees an# 7egan to pray again5 an# , sai#5 ;Lor#5 , *no% that this thing is co(ing to pass5 an# , 7elieve it2s co(ing soon=< "n# then again5 as these people %ere going a7out the face of the earth5 a great persecution see(e# to co(e fro( every angle. Su##enly there %as another great clap of thun#er5 that see(e# to resoun# aroun# the %orl#5 an# , hear# again the voice5 the voice that see(e# to spea*5 ;$o% this is (y people. This is (y 7elove# 7ri#e5< an# %hen the voice spo*e5 , loo*e# upon the earth an# , coul# see the la*es an# the (ountains. The graves %ere opene# an# people fro( all over the %orl#5 the saints of all ages5 see(e# to 7e rising. "n# as they rose fro( the grave5 su##enly all these people ca(e fro( every #irection. .ro( the east an# the %est5 fro( the north an# the south5 an# they see(e# to 7e for(ing again this gigantic 7o#y. "s the #ea# in 0hrist see(e# to 7e rising first5 , coul# har#ly co(prehen# it. ,t %as so (arvelous. ,t %as so far 7eyon# anything , coul# ever #rea( or thin* of. +ut as this 7o#y su##enly 7egan to for(5 an# ta*e shape again5 it too* shape again in the for( of this (ighty giant5 7ut this ti(e it %as #ifferent. ,t %as arraye# in the (ost 7eautiful gorgeous %hite. ,ts gar(ents %ere %ithout spot or %rin*le as its 7o#y 7egan to for(5 an# the people of all ages see(e# to 7e gathere# into this 7o#y5 an# slo%ly5 slo%ly5 as it 7egan to for( up into the very heavens5 su##enly fro( the heavens a7ove5 the Lor# 8esus ca(e5 an# 7eca(e the hea#5 an# , hear# another clap of thun#er that sai#5 ;This is (y 7elove# 7ri#e for %ho( , have %aite#.

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She %ill co(e forth even trie# 7y fire. This is she that , have love# fro( the 7eginning of ti(e.< "s , %atche#5 (y eyes su##enly turne# to the far north5 an# , sa% see(ingly #estructionA (en an# %o(en in anguish an# crying out5 an# 7uil#ings in #estruction. Then , hear# again5 the fourth voice that sai#5 ;$o% is Ey %rath 7eing poure# out upon the face of the earth.< .ro( the en#s of the %hole %orl#5 the %rath of o# see(e# to 7e poure# out an# it see(e# that there %ere great vials of o#2s %rath 7eing poure# out upon the face of the earth. , can re(e(7er it as though it happene# a (o(ent ago. , shoo* an# tre(7le# as , 7ehel# the a%ful sight of seeing the cities5 an# %hole nations going #o%n into #estruction. , coul# hear the %eeping an# %ailing. , coul# hear people crying. They see(e# to cry as they %ent into caves5 7ut the caves in the (ountains opene# up. They leape# into %ater5 7ut the %ater %oul# not #ro%n the(. There %as nothing that coul# #estroy the(. They %ere %anting to ta*e their lives5 7ut they coul# not. Then again , turne# (y eyes to this glorious sight5 this 7o#y arraye# in 7eautiful %hite5 shining gar(ents. Slo%ly5 slo%ly5 it 7egan to lift fro( the earth5 an# as it #i#5 , a%o*e. What a sight , ha# 7ehel#= , ha# seen the en#Cti(e (inistries K the last hour. "gain on 8uly 275 at 2A3/ in the (orning5 the sa(e revelation5 the sa(e vision ca(e again e:actly as it #i# 7efore. Ey life has 7een change# as , reali>e# that %e are living in that en# ti(e5 for all over the %orl# o# is anointing (en an# %o(en %ith this (inistry. ,t %ill not 7e #octrine. ,t %ill not 7e a churchianity. ,t is going to 7e 8esus 0hrist. They %ill give forth the %or# of the Lor#5 an# are !4

going to say5 ;, hear# it so (any ti(es in the vision an# accor#ing to (y %or# it shall 7e #one.< 3h5 (y people5 listen to (e. "ccor#ing to (y %or#5 it shall 7e #one. We are going to 7e clothe# %ith po%er an# anointing fro( o#. We %on2t have to preach ser(ons5 %e %on2t have to have persons hec*le us in pu7lic. We %on2t have to #epen# on (an5 nor %ill %e 7e #eno(ination echoes5 7ut %e %ill have the po%er of the living o#. We %ill fear no (an5 7ut %ill go in the na(e of the Lor# of 1osts= 0an you see %hat %e see in these t%o visions given t%enty years apartG We 7elieve no% that o# sho%e# (ore in these t%o visions than %e at first reali>e#. The vi#eo schools continue to (ultiply an# people all over the %orl# are stepping out after learning ho% to operate in the supernatural. We 7elieve o# sho%e# a telescopic vision of %hat 1e %ill 7e #oing in even greater (easure in this final en# generation through or#inary people %ho %ill sell out to 1i( an# serve 1i( %ithout consi#eration of self or things of this %orl#. o# use# visions an# #rea(s in (any instances in the +i7le to co((unicate %ith 1is servants. We have 7een 7lesse# as o# has given us 7oth visions an# #rea(s5 7ut %e 7elieve the faithful +o#y of 0hrist %ill e:perience far greater visions an# #rea(s in these very last #ays 7efore the return of 8esus= 1alleluFah=

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CHAPTER ) LOO*ING BAC* IN TIME By Charles

0an %e #isciples of this en#Cgeneration loo* 7ac* supernaturally into ti(eG 8esus #i#5 so %e shoul# 7e a7le to #o that5 too5 to acco(plish %hat 1e %ants us to #o. ,n the fourth chapter of 8ohn5 8esus %as tal*ing %ith the gentile %o(an at the %ell a7out living %ater %hen 1e sai#5 %1o, call your husband, and come here. /he woman answered and said, A. have no husband.C Jesus said to her, A'ou have well said, A. have no husband, Afor you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband? in that you spo<e truly. /he woman said to Him, A5ir, . perceive that 'ou are a prophet+ @8ohn 4A1!C1-B. What #i# 8esus #o for the *ing#o( of o# 7y ;loo*ing 7ac* in ti(eG< %6nd many of the 5amaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, AHe told me all that lever did+ @8ohn 4A3-B. We (ust re(e(7er at all ti(es that %hen %e shift gears fro( the natural (an into the Spirit real(5 o# gives this a7ility to #o 1is %or*. 1is %or* al%ays is to save those %ho are lost K to a## to 1is *ing#o( those %ho love 1i(. 1o% %as 8esus a7le to transcen# the (aterial li(itations of (an an# (ove 7ac*%ar# in ti(eG +y the Spirit of o#5 a7ilities or gifts are given to (an %hich fall into the li(itlessness of o#. %Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever+ @1e7re%s 13A)B. !!

,f 8esus #i# it %hile 1e %as on earth as a (an5 %e can #o it to#ay5 7ecause 1e sai# %e coul#. 1e %as our e:a(ple5 so in this en# generation %e #isciples %ill 7e #oing this to perfor( the %or* of 8esus. " fe% years ago a (arrie# couple ca(e to (e for prayer. They sai# their (arriage %as 7eautiful an# perfect5 e:cept in their se: life she ha# a 7loc* %here she coul# not perfor(. 'octors an# counselors search the (e(ories of people 7y pro7ing %ith 9uestions an# can often help those %hose (e(ories have 7een #a(age# or %arpe# 7y a trau(atic e:perience of so(e *in#. , *ne% that , (ust not #epen# upon the li(itations of (y flesh5 7ut (ust as* o# for this ans%er. , si(ply (ove# fro( the arena of the flesh into the vast solar syste( of o#2s *no%le#ge5 , shifte# gears an# (y spirit (ove# into the real( of o#2s Spirit %orl#. +y opening (y spirit an# letting it search her past5 si(ilar to letting (y (in# loo* 7ac* to re(e(7er so(ething5 o# let (e sense that so(ething happene# to her %hen she %as 7et%een four an# five years of age. , as*e# her %hat ha# happene# at that ti(e. She coul# not re(e(7er. , urge# her to thin* carefully5 7ecause o# ha# focuse# 1is gift of the Spirit into that part of her past so it ha# to 7e significant in relation to the pro7le( for %hich %e %ere see*ing the ans%er. She still coul# not recall anything5 %hen her hus7an# sai#5 ;, *no%.< 1e sai# her father ha# sai# to hi( Fust 7efore they %ere (arrie#5 ;, (ust tell you so(ething a7out (y #aughter. When she %as four years ol#5 , se:ually (oleste# her.< So(ething %ithin her innocent (in#5 a fear or a %rong ha# 7een #one %hich ha# set up a 7arrier to%ar# (en. ,t %as not her fault5 an# yet it ha# 7een the %or* of Satan to !7

7loc* o#2s #esign for her life. +ut Satan2s %or* %as 7lotte# out 7ecause o# supernaturally uncovere# the #evil2s hi##en secret through an or#inary t%entieth century #isciple. +oth the hus7an# an# %ife 7elieve# %hen o# allo%e# (e to see 7ac*%ar#s into ti(e5 Fust as the %o(an at the %ell 7elieve# 7ecause 8esus %as a7le to transcen# ti(e. When so(eone recogni>es that o# loves the( enough to open the %in#o%s of heaven2s *no%le#ge through so(eone %ho has no %ay of *no%ing those secrets5 (iracles happen in the faith of that person. " (an calle# .rances %hen %e %ere preparing to ta*e a group of 0hristians to ,srael an# sai# his son %as a (ess an# that he %as sen#ing hi( to ,srael %ith us so %e coul# straighten out his life. We coul#n2t straighten anyone2s life in the natural5 7ut %e %al* not after the flesh5 7ut after the Spirit. This young (an5 t%entyCnine years of age5 %as slightly (entally retar#e#. .rances *ne% a7out this5 7ut , #i#n2t. When %e %ere on the Eount of 3lives5 he thre% a%ay his cigarettes 7ecause o# %as alrea#y (inistering to his spirit. We ha# Fust crosse# the Sea of alilee on a 7oat @%e #i#n2t %al* across5 7ut a #eaf %o(an %as heale# on the 7oat as .rances co((an#e# the #eaf spirit to leaveB. We %ent into a restaurant in Ti7erias for a ;Peter2s fish< #inner. Ten of us sat at a roun# ta7le5 an# %e ha# Fust sat #o%n %hen , ;loo*e# intently at this young (an.< Ey spirit (in# spe# s%iftly fro( t%entyCnine years of age 7ac*%ar#s over the years %hen there see(e# to 7e a 7ra*e5 li*e a (agnetic force5 stop at age five. , as*e# the young (an5 ;What happene# 7et%een you an# your father %hen you %ere five years ol#G<

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1e trie# to recall5 7ut coul# re(e(7er nothing. 1e sai#5 ;, re(e(7er %hen , %as in the fifth gra#e in school that , left the classroo( one #ay an# the teacher sai# to the other stu#ents5 HThat *i# is stupi#.< 0an you see %hat (ust have entere# that innocent 7oy2s heartG 1e coul# not help it that his (in# %as not as nor(al as the other chil#ren. ,n his (in# entere# the hurt5 the e(7arrass(ent5 an# perhaps resent(ent to i(print forever a scar that %oul# further his pro7le(. Satan (oves a7out the earth5 see*ing those %ho( he can #estroy5 7ut o# sent 8esus to re#ee( us fro( that curse. , sai#5 ;That is significant5 7ut it %as %hen you %ere five years ol# that o# %ants to help you.< 1e still coul# re(e(7er nothing5 until the ne:t (orning he ca(e to (e e:cite#ly saying5 ;, re(e(7er5 , re(e(7er=< 1e sai#5 ;When , %as a7out five5 , re(e(7er that (y (other an# father %ere tal*ing an# #i#n2t thin* , *ne% %hat they %ere saying. They sai#5 HWe2ve got to get ri# of that *i#D %e can2t #o a thing %ith hi(.< 0an you i(agine the 7lo% to that little chil#2s heart %hen his parental security %as 7eing #estroye# 7y SatanG Perhaps his parents #i#n2t really say that %ith a %rong attitu#e5 7ut he hear# it that %ay in his heart. This stro*e of the #evil #rove his (ental retar#ation further into the real( of #ar*ness. When he reali>e# that the "l(ighty o# ha# spo*en to hi( @he #i#n2t thin* of it as 0harles spea*ing to hi(B5 o# heale# his (in# an# (e(ory5 an# he %as forever set free fro( the 7on#age of Satan= lory to o#= When %e #isciples of this age nee# to #o a (iracle to further the *ing#o( of o#5 %e are as unli(ite# as o# 1i(self 7ecause 7y 1is Spirit %e can shift gears an# (ove into 1is vastness of *no%le#ge= !-

3ne Sun#ay night , %as sharing %ith our church on ho% to heal the sic* an# starte# to #e(onstrate 7y opening (y spirit for a %or# of *no%le#ge a7out a physical pro7le( so o# coul# 7e glorifie# %ith a (iracle. Su##enly , turne# to a (an %ho( , ha# never seen 7efore. ,t %as not a vision5 7ut , 7egan telling hi( a7out things he *ne% , ha# no %ay of *no%ing. , sai#5 ;"7out four years ago so(ething happene# in your life 7et%een you an# a close (e(7er of your fa(ily. This cause# you to turn fro( o# an# you have 7een in (isery ever since an# you are searching for a %ay out of this spiritual #ile((a.< , #on2t re(e(7er other #etails5 7ut for three or four (inutes , loo*e# into his past an# tol# hi( all *in#s of #etails he *ne% , coul#n2t *no%. 1e loo*e# at (e in a%e an# sai#5 ;1o% coul# you *no% all thatG ,t has to 7e o#.< What he sai# ha# happene# %as that his (other #ie# an# his father %ho %as a (inister of the ospel ha# re(arrie#. The father %ent into sin an# co(pletely left all relationship %ith o#. This young (an %as also a preacher5 an# 7ecause of the trau(atic spiritual #eath of his father5 he5 too5 ha# his faith in o# #estroye#. 1e ha# gone into sin an# left the (inistry. That night5 7ecause o# let (y spirit see into his past5 he repente# an# turne# his life 7ac* over to o#. What a faithC7uil#ing #e(onstration of the Spirit o# gave the church %hen 7y 1is Spirit he allo%e# an or#inary hu(an to (ove fro( the real( of the flesh into the great real( of the spirit %orl#. We #isciples of this en# generation have 7een given an a%eso(e responsi7ility5 7ut o# never leaves us nor forsa*es us. o# %ill #o anything %ithin his perfect la%s to reach the soul of one of his creation= 1alleluFah=

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+y our hu(an #ecisions %e can choose to (ove into another %orl#5 into the spirit %orl# %here o# says %e live5 to #o the %or* of o#. %9ot by might nor by power, but by *y 5pirit, says the )ord of hosts+ @Mechariah 4A!B.

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CHAPTER + LOO*ING FORWARD IN TIME By Charles

+y the Spirit5 (an has throughout the +i7le loo*e# into the future5 seeing ahea# %hat o# %as #oing for the re#e(ption of (an*in#. %1od will accept all people in every nation who trust 1od as 6braham did. 6nd this promise is from 1od himself, who ma<es the dead live again and spea<s of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past+ @4o(ans 4A17 TL+B. The $e% ?ing 8a(es version says5 ;... calls those things which do not e,ist as though they did.+ %&ehold, the former things have come to pass, and new things . declare? before they spring forth . tell you of them+ @,saiah 42A-B. o# *no%s everything5 past5 present an# future5 an# 1e is sharing %ith us in %riting an# 7y prophesy %hat 1e is going to #o. ,t is only 7y the Spirit of o# that (an can loo* into future events 7efore they happen5 7ut o# is #oing that no%5 Fust as 1e #i# long ago in +i7le #ays. o# is glorifie# 7y the o7e#ience of (an an# therefore 1e gives forth future infor(ation 7efore it happens. 3ne of the 7elove# pastors %ith %ho( %e have %or*e# as evangelists for years %as very presse# for N2!55/// %hich %as #ue %ithin a7out si:ty #ays after %e %ere %ith hi(. We coul# tell this %as a pressure upon hi(5 although he is a (an of great faith5 an# is 7uil#ing a very e:pensive church facility for %hich he nee#e# this large su( of (oney. 72

'uring a service5 .rances sai#5 ;Pastor5 o# says not to 7e concerne# a7out the N2!55///5 for 1e %ill cause one (an to co(e to you on the #ay the (oney is #ue an# %rite you a chec* for N2!55///.//. Thus says the Lor#=< ,t %as thrilling to receive an e:citing call fro( this Pastor on the #ay the (oney %as #ue to 7e pai#. 1e sai#5 ;8ust at the last (inute5 a (an ca(e into (y stu#y an# sai#5 HPastor5 ho% (uch #i# that la#y say you %oul# nee# to#ayG< The (an %rote out a #onation chec* for N2!55///.//. 1o% can this happen in the t%entieth centuryG +ecause o# tells his #isciples of this en# generation things they nee# to *no% %hen they are fully trusting 1i(= 8esus tol# us %hat %oul# happen in this generation %hen 1e pro(ise# an# foretol# that signs an# %on#ers %oul# follo% those %ho 7elieveD an# 1e further sai# to us5 %Follow *e-+ 8esus #i# (any signs an# %on#ers5 an# therefore %e %ill #o (any signs an# %on#ers %hen %e follo% 1i( an# #o 1is %or*= Since 8esus is the sa(e yester#ay5 to#ay5 an# forever5 1e can ta*e us 7ac* in ti(e5 for%ar# in ti(e5 an# 1e can tell us %hat to #o to#ay. 1e sai# to#ay is the #ay of salvation. o#2s glory is on the earth to#ay= ,n the 3l# Testa(ent5 prophecies %ere al(ost all telling of the co(ing of 8esus to earthD so(e telling even further events in the future of o#2s calen#ar. The 7oo* of 4evelation an# so(e other places in the +i7le are still unfulfille# prophetic events %hich W,LL occur 7ecause o# sai# they %oul#. We can 7e very certain that every event pre#icte# 7y o# %ill co(e a7out e:actly li*e o# foretol# an# %ill 7e right on ti(e=

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Eany (en an# %o(en of o# have 7een use# in great %ays to tell a7out the future5 as %ell as seeing insi#e people2s past 7y loo*ing 7ac* in ti(e. What coul# o# have ahea# for us in these ne:t fe% final years 7efore 8esus co(es for usG We #on2t *no%5 7ut %e are e:pecting far greater things Fust ahea# than %e have seen in the past5 an# in o#2s perfect ti(ing 1e %ill let us *no% %hat each of us are to #o to perfor( our part of 1is plan.

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CHAPTER 1, CHANGING WEATHER By Charles

%6nd a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. &ut He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. 6nd they awo<e Him and said to Him, A/eacher, do 'ou not care that we are perishing3C %/hen He arose and rebu<ed the wind, and said to the sea, A!eace, be still-C 6nd the wind ceased and there was a great calm. &ut He said to them, A2hy are you so fearful3 How is it that you have no faith3C 6nd they feared e,ceedingly, and said to one another, A2ho can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him-+ @Ear* 4A37C41B. 0hanging %eather is not so(ething that you #o at your o%n prerogative. ,t is a supernatural action that can ta*e place %hen you receive a rhe(a %or# fro( o#= We 9uestion %hether any hu(an is %ise enough to #eter(ine %hat %eather is 7est or reasons for severe %eather con#itions5 7ut %e 7elieve o# %ill intervene for us an# %ill tell us %hat to #o a7out the %eather. Then %e can co((an# %hatever o# says an# it %ill happen. 0an %e change the %eather %hen 1e %ants it change# to #isplay 1is po%erG Why notG We are 1is %or*(anship5 an# %e are 1is servants %ho are to #o 1is %or* on earth. .43E L34YA o# has alrea#y #one this in our lives5 an# %e *no% 1e %ill #o it in greater %ays to get 1is greater %or* #one soon. We are loo*ing 7ac* at so(e of the spectacular (iracles o# has #one in the past an# are 75

thrille# that %e have 1is 46034'6' L34Y in our 7oo*s an# articles. 6:cerpt fro( our 7oo* .tCs 5o 5imple @.or(erly H$"L!! ' .i/0 1' 2 B C .rances sharesA WOULD GOD DO IT FOR ME3 ,t2s a(a>ing ho% (iniature our faith is at ti(es K an# it2s a(a>ing %hat o# %ill #o for us if %e %ill Fust 7elieve an# trust= , starte# #riving fro( "n#erson5 ,n#iana5 to Lafayette to spea* at Pur#ue Iniversity at a7out 1/ ".E. on a foggy5 rainy #ay. "s , #rove along5 it %as al(ost i(possi7le to see the roa# or the cars in front5 an# the only thing that (a#e it possi7le to see the onco(ing cars %as their hea#lights. The fog *ept getting %orse an# %orse until , %as Fust cra%ling along at a7out 15 (iles an hour. The %in#shiel# %ipers %ere going full spee# 7ut they still faile# to *eep the %ater off the %in#shiel#. "fter , ha# gone over three sections of the high%ay %hich %ere covere# %ith %ater5 , 7egan to panic an# #eci#e# , ha# 7etter fin# a gas station an# call (y hus7an# %ho %as au#iting in "n#erson to see if he felt , shoul# co(e 7ac*. Then , sai# to (yself5 ;That2s silly5 0harles isn2t the one to as*5 o# is5< so , sai#5 ;Lor#5 shall , turn aroun# an# go 7ac*G< Then , 7elieve the #evil got in the car %ith (e an# sai#5 ;Loo*5 there %on2t 7e anyone co(ing out in Lafayette to hear you in such 7a# %eather. Why #on2t you go 7ac*G< 1o%ever5 , sure coul#n2t hear o# spea*ing to (e5 so , continue#. "fter another three or four (iles5 , really 7egan to panic 7ecause it %as al(ost 7!

i(possi7le to #rive. , #esperately loo*e# aroun# for a little patch of 7lue in the s*y %hen , stoppe# to fill up %ith gasoline5 an# coul#n2t see one tiny little spot that loo*e# pro(ising. , got 7ac* into the car an# starte# on an# 7egan thin*ing to (yself @or shoul# , say to o#GB. Ey conversation %ent so(ething li*e thisA ; o#5 you coul#n2t stop the rain an# turn the s*y 7lue5 coul# youG< , loo*e# aroun# again for a little sign of 7lue s*y5 7ut none= Then , continue# ;thin*ing to o#5< an# , sai# ;$o%5 Lor#5 , ?$3W you coul#5 7ecause the +i7le says you parte# the 4e# Sea5 an# if you coul# part the 4e# Sea5 an# , *no% that you #i#5 then , *no% that you coul# stop this rain an# turn the s*y 7lue.< Then the #evil got in the car again @(ay7e he never got outB an# sai#5 ;Well5 sure he coul# turn the s*y 7lue an# stop the rain5 7ut %hy shoul# 1e #o that for youG Who are you3+ "n# , thought5 ;That2s right5 %ho a( , to as* o# for so(ething li*e thisG< Then another thought ca(e into (y (in# ... ;Who a( ,G ,2( o#2s girlK,2( a chil# of o# an# 7ecause , a( o#2s girl5 the +i7le says , can as* for %hatever , %ant5 an# it %ill 7e #one=< @Eatthe% 21A22B. So very si(ply , sai#5 ; o#5 you *no% , can2t see %ell enough to get through this rain5 so %oul# you please stop the rain an# (a*e the s*y 7lueG< o#2s %or# says to trust 1i(5 an# that2s all , #i#5 7ut 7elieve it or not5 %ithin 3/ secon#s the rain stoppe#5 an# %ithin one (inute the s*y %as 7lue an# , #rove all the %ay to Lafayette on #ry high%ays an# un#er 7lue s*ies. When , arrive# at 77

the university they as*e# (e if , ha# notice# the tre(en#ous change in the %eather5 an# , relate# the story to the(. "s , have retol# this story in the area %here it happene#5 , have al%ays sai#5 ;Eay7e you %on2t 7elieve that o# %oul# 7e %illing to #o this for (e5 7ut , 7elieve 1e loves (e enough to #o this for (e5 Fust li*e 1e loves you enough to #o it for you5 if you %ill only as*=< "n# in each service so(eone has co(e up to the (icrophone to tell the au#ience that they vivi#ly re(e(7er the rain stopping an# the sun co(ing out so su##enly on this particular Thurs#ay. , thin* it2s fa7ulous ho% o# al%ays lets so(eone else see the (iracles5 too= This story thrills (e so (uch 7ecause it 7rings to (in# the fact that o# is still in the (iracleC (a*ing 7usiness to#ay Fust as 1e %as %hen 1e stoppe# the sun5 (oon an# stars for a7out 24 hours 7ecause of the prayer of one (an. 8oshua %asn2t afrai# to as* for the glory of o#5 so let2s all start as*ing (ore= ,n the sa(e 7oo*5 .tCs 5o 5imple5 .rances shares another %eather story5 7ut so #ifferent that it e:presses o#2s versatility in (iracles. AIR CONDITIONED SHIELD , never fail to get e:cite# over the %ay o# ans%ers prayer. So(eti(es it see(s fervent prayer is so necessary 7efore o# hears an# ans%ers5 an# then so(eti(es the (ost si(ple little prayers %ill 7ring #ra(atic results= "fter , ha# returne# ho(e fro( a long har# trip5 , ha# a #ay an# a half at ho(e to get rea#y for 7)

another trip5 an# as , sat at (y #es* trying to get caught up on so(e of (y correspon#ence5 , *ept feeling a tre(en#ous tire#nessK(y legs ache#5 an# (y eyes felt li*e 7urne# holes in a 7lan*et5 , ha# a hea#ache 7ut , continue# %or*ing to the 7est of (y a7ility5 feeling confi#ent of the fact that after another goo# night2s sleep , %oul# 7e in goo# shape for the trip. , continue# to feel (ore an# (ore tire#5 an# 7y the ti(e , sat #o%n to #inner5 , coul# har#ly eat5 an# in the (i##le of #inner5 , sai# to (y hus7an#5 ;1oney5 ,2( so tire#5 ,2ve got to go to 7e#=< "n# %hen , get up an# leave (y supper5 you *no% there2s so(ething %rong= , %ent right to 7e# an# %hen he ca(e to 7e#5 he put his ar(s aroun# (e an# instea# of as*ing (e ho% , felt5 he sai#5 ;1oney5 youCre sic<-+ , %as shoc*e# 7ecause it ha# 7een (any years since , ha# 7een sic*5 an# , sai#5 ;, a(G< "n# he sai#5 ;You2re 7urning up %ith feverKno %on#er your legs hurt5 an# no %on#er your eyes feel li*e they2re 7urne# holes=< , sai#5 ;0harles5 get (e so(e aspirin5 Duic<, can2t 7e sic*5 7ecause ,2ve got to catch the early plane in the (orning for 3*laho(a.< 0harles #i#n2t (ove5 or release his hol# on (e5 7ut very softly he sai#5 ;1oney5 %oul#n2t you rather prayG< o#2s 1oly Spirit really spo*e to (e5 an# ,2( so gla# that o# uses (y 7elove# hus7an#2s %or#s to convict (e %hen ,2( %rong5 an# , sai#. ;Sure5 honey=< 0harles lovingly praye# this si(ple little prayer in %hich he as*e# for five things. 1e sai#5 ;Lor#5 she2s your girl5 so please touch her 7o#y an# ta*e 7-

a%ay the fever an# (a*e her %ell5 ta*e a%ay the pain in her legs5 her hea#ache5 give her a goo# night2s sleep so she2ll %a*e up co(pletely refreshe#5 an# then5 Lor#5 %ill you put a protective shiel# aroun# her so she %on2t feel the heat as she goes to 3*laho(aG< Then he si(ply sai#5 ;Than* you5 Lor#5 for protecting your girl.< , (ight have struggle# for Fust one short secon#5 7ut then it see(e# as if o# ha# Fust covere# (e %ith a protective coating5 an# , re(e(7er nothing else5 7ut 0harles tol# (e this is %hat happene#A Within Fust a fe% secon#s (y forehea# ha# 7ro*en out %ith s%eat5 7ut 7efore this happene#5 , ha# co(pletely rela:e# an# %as soun# asleep. Then the s%eat #isappeare#5 an# in less than a (inute (y forehea# %as as cool as coul# 7e 7ecause the fever %as gone= , slept until 2A3/ in the (orning an# %hen , %o*e up , tol# 0harles , felt li*e , coul# have gotten up an# tangle# %ith tigers an# co(e out the victor. So (any ti(es %e Fust fail to call on o# first, an# 1e2s right there %ith his loving ar(s outstretche#5 Fust %aiting to ta*e care of us an# protect us. You (ight %on#er %hat happene# to the fifth re9uest (y hus7an# (a#eKfor (y protection fro( the heat. 1e as*e# this 7ecause , ha# 7een in 3*laho(a t%o %ee*s earlier5 an# the intense heat ha# al(ost (a#e (e physically ill. The #ayti(e te(perature %as running aroun# 114 an# the night %asn2t (uch 7etter. When , got to 3*laho(a the ne:t #ay5 the te(perature %as 1/- an# it staye# there an# a7ove #uring (y ti(e there. )/

3n Sun#ay afternoon , %as stan#ing out in the sun %ith another evangelist5 an# everyone %as perspiringKthe (en2s shirts %ere soa*e# #o%n their 7ac*s K an# so(eone sai# to (e5 ;1o% co(e you2re not perspiring at allG< , (erely replie#5 ;Ey hus7an# praye# an# as*e# o# to shiel# (e fro( the heat.< The other evangelist turne# to (e an# sai#5 ;'i# you pray that tooG< ,t %as so a(a>ing to see the t%o of us stan#ing there @he even ha# his coat onB %ith no signs of #isco(fort or a sign of perspiration 7ecause %e ha# 7oth as*e# o# to shiel# us. 6ven though our prayers %ere the sa(e5 they %ere sent up to o# 15// (iles apart an# yet o# ans%ere# the( 7oth. We (ust 7elieve %ithin our spirits the a%eso(e authority an# po%er 8esus has place# on our shoul#ers in #oing 1is %or* to %rap up this phase of 1is (inistry. We are 7lesse# to 7e given this privilege of serving our great Easter. We sense in our spirits so strongly that o# has spo*en to you an# us as the +o#y of 0hrist that %e have great acco(plish(ents to attain an# that it (ust 7e #one very soon. 8ust as o# anointe# 8esus %ithout (easure5 so 8esus2 anointing %ill 7e %ithout (easure on those %ho let 1i( freely live in the(. "nother of the great (iracles of %eather changing %as recor#e# in our 7oo* ;onCt )imit 1od. Charles: 3n a trip to 0ana#a5 %e ha# a tre(en#ously e:citing thing happen. ,t #i#n2t loo* li*e it %as going to 7e too )1

e:citing 7ecause as %e fle% in5 an une:pecte# sno%Cstor( ca(e up. The %in#s %ere ho%ling an# %hereas one %ee* 7efore5 the te(perature ha# 7een -3 #egrees in Toronto5 it %as no% 2) #egrees as %e stoppe# to clear custo(s on the 0ana#ian si#e. This %as in the spring of the year %hen all the 7eautiful trees on the $iagara Peninsula %ere loa#e# %ith 7losso(s5 an# pear trees %ere 7loo(ing an# 7eautiful5 an# all of the vineyar#s an# the other fruit trees %ere covere# %ith 7losso(s. ,t %as a 7eautiful sight to 7ehol#5 e:cept for one thing. The sno% %as continuing to s%irl an# to co(e #o%n5 all the 7eautiful little 7losso(s %ere 7eing covere# %ith %hite sno%fla*es5 an# all of the green 7ranches on the trees %ere turning %hite. The econo(y of the peninsula a7ove $iagara #epen#s largely upon the fruit crop each year. " free>e at this ti(e coul# have ha# a #evastating effect upon the econo(y of the entire $iagara Peninsula an# (any other areas of 0ana#a as %ell. The young (inister %ho %as #riving us to the church %here %e %ere going to spea* in St. 0atharine2s %as telling us ho% the people #epen# upon the fruit crop for their livelihoo# for the entire year5 an# so %e really 7egan to pray for the fruit trees. 1e pointe# to the ice alrea#y for(ing on the 7losso(s of the fruit trees an# sai# the %eather(an ha# announce# that the te(perature %oul# go #o%n to the lo% 2/2s or upper teens an# all the fruit crop %oul# 7e #estroye#. ,n the 7ac* seat of the van o# spo*e ever so softly to (e an# sai#5 ;Ta*e authority over the %eather.< 1e #i#n2t say %hen or ho%5 7ut , 16"4' 3'= When o# spea*s a rhe(a %or# to you it ta*es faith only to *no% that it %as o# %ho sai# it an# that 1e actually #i# say it. There %as no #ou7t in (y heart that 1e sai# it5 so fro( that

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(o(ent on it #i#n2t ta*e any (ore faithD it Fust too* o7e#ience. , %hispere# to .rances5 ; o# sai# to ta*e authority over the %eather.< We #i#n2t (ention it to the couple in the van %ith us5 7ut %e *ne% in our hearts that o# ha# a (iracle %aiting to happen. We %ere e:cite# to see %hen an# ho% 1e %oul# #o it. When %e got to our (otel roo(5 %e all felt %e %ere free>ing 7ecause %e ha# not anticipate# %eather of this *in#. We turne# on the television to see %hat the %eather(an ha# to say. ,t %as gloo(5 gloo(5 gloo(5 gloo(5 L33E K nothing 7ut L33E= "ll he coul# tal* a7out %as the fact that it %as going to free>e that night an# they %ere going to lose their fruit crop. We #resse# an# %ent to the church for the service that night. We %orshippe# o# an# praise# 8esus in the service5 an# then the associate pastor praye# for the pastor2s %ife %ho ha# a 7a# 7ac* pro7le( an# ha# to stay ho(e 7ecause of the intense pain. They turne# the service over to us an# %e ha# har#ly starte# %hen o# sai#5 ;Ta*e authority over the pastor2s %ife2s 7ac*.< We as*e# the congregation to Foin us an# %e co((an#e# the 7ac* to 7e heale# an# the pain to go5 in the na(e of 8esus. Then %e turne# to the pastor an# as*e# hi( to call his %ife to see %hat happene#. We 7elieve %hen %e co((an# a (ountain to 7e (ove# for o#2s purposes5 it %ill (ove in the na(e of 8esus= The pastor %ent to his office an# phone# his %ife. 1e ca(e 7ac* a7out t%o (inutes later5 s(iling %ith e:cite(ent saying that all pain ha# left her 7ac*. We tal*e# to hi( the ne:t #ay an# t%o %ee*s later an# her 7ac* %as totally heale#.

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"s soon as he reporte# 7ac* that the (iracle ha# happene#5 o# sai#5 ;$3W5 ta*e authority over the %eather=< "gain %e as*e# the congregation to Foin their faith %ith ours an# point their han#s to%ar# us. To (e it %as li*e , %as relaying %hat o# %as saying. 8esus spo*e %ith authority an# %ith po%er5 an# %ith the sa(e authority an# the sa(e po%er5 , confi#ently spo*e in the na(e of 8esus5 ;Weather5 , 03EE"$' you to o7eyD sno%5 , 03EE"$' you to stopD free>ing te(perature5 , 03EE"$' you to rise a7ove free>ing an# co((an# you not to #a(age one single 7losso( of the fruit5 ,$ T16 $"E6 3. 86SIS=< Then it %as li*e an afterthought5 7ut , *no% it %as a postscript fro( o#5 , sai#5 ;.ather5 %oul# you cause a %ar( gentle rain to fall an# (elt all the sno% an# ice so it %ill not #a(age the 7losso(s= Than* you .ather5 than* you 8esus=< ,t %as late that night %hen %e left the church to go 7ac* to the van. When %e %al*e# outsi#e there %as a %ar( gentle rain falling5 the sno% %hich ha# left t%o or three inches on the groun# 7efore the service %as all (elte#. We an:iously turne# the television set on the ne:t (orning for the report. The %eather(an sai#5 ;We %ere luc*y last nightD a rain ca(e an# *ept the fruit fro( free>ing.< We sai#5 ;That %asn2t luc*5 that %as o#=< Then he sai#5 ;+ut %e are e:pecting it to frost an# free>e tonight 7ecause it has cleare#5 an# that %ill li*ely free>e the fruit.< We co((an#e#5 ;,n the na(e of 8esus5 Er. .rost you %ill not free>e or #a(age this crop=< We chec*e# a7out t%o %ee*s later to get confir(ation on the (iracle5 an# %ere tol# that not a sign of #a(age ca(e to the fruit in the %hole valley. )4

The ne:t su((er %e %ere in .lori#a an# a couple ca(e to us %ith the goo# report that they o%ne# a large fruit orchar# in the $iagara fruit 7elt an# %ere at our service the night o# tol# us to ta*e authority over the %eather. They sai#5 ;We ha# a 7u(per crop an# ho% %e praise o# for 1is (ighty (iracle=< Who a( , to as* o# to #o so(ething li*e thisG ,f o# #i# it to sho% 1is glory an# to fulfill 1is plan thousan#s of years ago5 then for 8esus 25/// years ago5 %hy shoul#n2t 1e %ant to #o the sa(e thing to#ay to fulfill 1is plan %ith us an# through usG o# is Fust as po%erful to#ay as 1e ever %as or ever %ill 7e5 an# 1e %ill #o %hatever 1e nee#s to #o to acco(plish 1is %or* K through anyone %ho is %illing to 7e 1is holy vessel. 1o% %e praise you5 .ather5 for your (ighty (iracles= %2ho can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him-+

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1ealing (iracles are happening so fast that it is har# to *eep trac* of the(. We thought it %oul# 7e interesting to revie% so(e of our (onthly ne%sletters %here %e have share# so(e of the (iracles fro( our (eetings. Woul# you li*e to hear a fe% of the(G MIRACLES 4 MIRACLES 4 MIRACLES " #octor %as 7rought fro( a convalescent ho(e %ith (ultiple sclerosis %ho ha# not %al*e# for seven years5 an# he al(ost ran #o%n the aisle as o# touche# hi(= T%o %o(en in %heelchairs got out al(ost si(ultaneously an# hugge# each other. 3ne ha# never 7een to a 0haris(atic (eeting 7efore= The heavy steel 7race %as re(ove# fro( her leg5 an# she %al*e# up the stairs= lory= "t St. Louis a (an ha# 7ro*en his ar( t%o years 7efore an# ha# never 7een a7le to straighten it out. o# instantly touche# hi(5 gre% the ar( out appro:i(ately four inches an# no% he can 7en# it perfectly= Than* you5 8esus= " paragraph of healingsA " la#y %ith a steel hip soc*et an# cane %al*e# a%ay %al*ing li*e a (o#el... " (an %ho ha# a stro*e an# ha# one paraly>e# si#e %ent ho(e co(pletely free of paralysis. +y the ne:t Sun#ay he %as tal*ing5 %al*ing5 running5 an# living as nor(ally as he ha# 7efore the stro*e... " %o(an %earing a 7race %as heale#5 too* off the 7race an# has ha# no pro7le(s since then... " 7a7y 7egan to hear for the first ti(e in his life... " %o(an %ith (ultiCvision in one eye %as instantly heale#= )!

" %o(an in a %heel chair 7reathing o:ygen through a tu7e %as instantly heale# 7y o#2s po%erD t%o little girls 7eing hel# 7y (others stan#ing si#e 7y si#e %ere heale# of serious leg pro7le(s. 3ne little girl %as toe# in so 7a#ly she fell over her feet. The other one ha# legs li*e Felly5 an# o# instantly put strength in the(5 an# 7oth of the( ran off as nor(al as any chil#ren %e2ve ever seen. " #isintegrate# spine %as supernaturally put 7ac* together again.. ." heart %as restore# 7y the po%er of o# inclu#ing ne% arteries. The #octor confir(s it2s not the sa(e heart= 4heu(atoi# arthritis cripple# her an# for the last seven years she has 7een confine# to a %heelchair. She ca(e e:pecting an# one touch fro( 8esus5 a co((an# fro( .rances to rise up an# %al*5 an# her faith lifte# her out of the chair an# she %as totally5 instantly heale#. She left the (eeting5 pushing her %heelchair5 an# running out the #oor= We 9uit eating lunch long ago5 an# o# has a(a>e# us %ith the nu(7er of supernatural healings 1e has #one #uring the lunch hour. Eany ti(es %e see 1i( heal fifteen or t%enty people. The other #ay in Eichigan5 a la#y %ith partial paralysis fro( a stro*e %as heale#D t%o la#ies %ith E.S. %ere touche# %ith the po%er of the 1oly Spirit an# %al*e# up an# #o%n stairs5 7ac*s %ere heale#5 #eaf ears opene#5 an# on an# on %ent the ;lunchChour< (iracles= The Spirit spo*e to .rances the other night in a (iracle service5 telling her that a %o(an in the au#ience ha# 7een he(orrhaging for a long ti(e an# 1e %as healing her. Juic*ly the la#y ca(e for%ar#5 an# %as overco(e 7y the po%er of o#. While she %as un#er the po%er5 o# spo*e to her5 saying5 ;You %ill floo# one (ore ti(e an# 7e heale#.< 8ust li*e the %o(an in the +i7le %ho ha# an issue of 7loo# for t%elve years an# touche# the he( of 8esus2 gar(ent5 so %as this la#y heale#= L34Y= )7

, atten#e# a (eeting of yours t%o years ago an# %as heale# of leu*e(ia. , feel 7etter than , have in ten years. , %aite# to let you *no% 7ecause , %ante# to (a*e sure it %oul# last= , have ha# internal 7lee#ing for years5 an# you sent (e a prayer cloth5 an# it instantly stoppe#. Praise o#= What a 7lessing to 7e in a (iracle service= Ey 7ac*5 ar( an# shoul#er %ere all heale#= When you %ere here last year , %as heale# of a lu(p in (y 7reast an# another un#er the ar(. , %as also 7apti>e# in the 1oly Spirit. $o% , have the po%er to live the 0hristian life. Ey son %as heale# of rheu(atoi# arthritis %hen you praye# for hi( last year. Praise o# 1e still heals= 1e is no% playing nor(ally. When you calle# 3ut a %or# of *no%le#ge a7out a fracture# s*ull that %as heale#5 it %as (y (other2s= She ha# fallen a year ago an# her hea# ha# never heale# or stoppe# hurting5 an# it %as instantly heale#= Ey *nees ha# 7een 7othering (e for t%entyCfive years5 an# %hen you touche# the( at the .ull ospel (eeting5 instantly all pain #isappeare#5 an# it hasn2t returne# since. $oteA 3ver fifty *nees %ere heale# at the "tlanta (eeting. ThirtyCt%o years ago , fell hea#long #o%n the stairs an# ra((e# (y hea# into the %all at the 7otto(5 inFuring (y nec*5 7ac* an# el7o%. 3n 8une 3r# %hen .rances ha# a %or# of *no%le#ge a7out el7o%s5 , clai(e# (y el7o% healing5 7ut as , %as stan#ing in line5 o# sai#5 ;1o% a7out your 7ac* an# nec*G 'i#n2t , heal the(5 tooG< an# praise o#5 1e #i#= , ha# arthritis in the 7ac* of (y nec* %hich cause# (uscle spas(s an# severe pain for years. When you %ere 9uoting scripture , felt a love enfol#ing (y 7o#y. You ))

stoppe# an# sai#5 ;So(eone %as Fust heale# of a severe nec* pro7le(.< , haven2t ha# a single pain or spas( since. T%o an# a half years ago5 (y #octor gave (e a letter stating as follo%sA ;Present ti(e patient is totally an# per(anently #isa7le#.< "t your (eeting in 6vansville5 , %as totally an# per(anently heale# an# have no #isa7ility. 1alleluFah= , %rote to you last 8une as*ing you to pray for (y hus7an# %ho at that ti(e ha# congestive heart failure5 #ia7etes5 an# cancer an# %eighe# 11/ poun#s. The #octors gave hi( no (ore than -/ #ays to live. Praise the Lor# those prayers %ere ans%ere#. 1is #ia7etes %as heale#5 there2s no flui# in his lung an# heart5 an# he no% %eighs 13/ poun#s. Than* the Lor#= " T%enty (onths ol# 7a7y ha# a large (ar7le si>e hernia. ,t ha# 7een 7oun# for si: (onths %ith tape. The #octor tol# the (other he %oul# nee# to #o surgery on the 7a7y at t%o years of age. $ot only #i# the hernia heal5 7ut the (other2s right %rist ganglion %as heale# si(ultaneously. She ha# t%o previous ganglionecto(y2s. " la#y %ith (ultiple sclerosis ca(e for%ar#5 7arely a7le to %al* %ith a cane. She fell un#er the po%er of o#5 got up5 hel# her cane up as she %al*e# up steps5 #o%n steps an# then %al*e# all the %ay 7ac* #o%n the aisle of the church unassiste#. .rances calle# out %hat she thought %ere three #ifferent %or#s of *no%le#geA ;So(eone %as inFure# t%elve years ago. o# has heale# you. 0o(e #o%n here. So(eone else has pain fro( an inFury seventeen years ago. You have 7een heale#D co(e #o%n here. "lso5 so(eone %as hurt t%entyCt%o years ago. o# has Fust heale# you. Where are youG<

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3ne la#y ca(e for%ar# an# sai# she ha# 7een inFure# t%elve5 seventeen5 an# t%entyCt%o years agoD one ti(e she fell off a cliff5 another ti(e %as a hea# inFury an# the thir# ti(e %as an auto acci#ent. o# heale# her of all three #ifferent inFuries at once= These e:tracts have 7een ta*en fro( Fust a fe% of our ne%sletters %here %e share (onthly so(e of the e:citing (anifestations of o#2s glory= So(e healing (iracles are (ore spectacular than others5 7ut no (atter ho% large or s(all5 they all give glory to o# an# to 8esus= Eany ti(es %e call a %or# of *no%le#ge for all %ho have *nee pro7le(s to co(e for%ar# for healing. We have line# up over a hun#re# at one ti(e5 an# %e si(ply go #o%n the line touching their *nees in the na(e of 8esus an# the po%er of o# goes into the( to perfor( the healings. "l(ost all of the( are instantly heale#. We re(e(7er t%o #uring the past year %ho ha# plastic *nee caps in 7oth *nees5 an# %hen the po%er of o# %ent in5 the plastic %as supernaturally re(ove# an# ne% *neecaps put in. 1alleluFah= " young (an ca(e to our service %ith such a 7a# heart the #octors ha# tol# hi( not only that he coul# never play foot7all again5 7ut that he only ha# a short ti(e to live. When the po%er of o# touche# hi(5 he *ne% he %as heale#. 1e %as e:a(ine# 7y the #octor %ho sai#5 ;, see no reason %hy you shoul#n2t go play foot7all right no%=< lory to o#= " la#y ca(e to .rances one #ay %ho ha# not 7een a7le to spea* a soun# for over fifteen years. o# spo*e to .rances an# sai# the %o(an ha# %itnesse# a (ur#er an# coul# not reveal this to anyone. She ha# shut off her a7ility

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to spea*5 7ut through the supernatural %or*s of o#5 she %as set free an# 7egan to spea* nor(ally again= " (an ca(e to us in .air7an*s5 "las*a %ho ha# 7een in an acci#ent a fe% years 7efore %hich resulte# in 7oth feet an# an*les 7eing crushe# 7a#ly. 1e ha# 1/2 fractures in his left foot an# an*le an# 1/4 fractures in the right. , hel# out his feet an# co((an#e# all the 7ones to co(e together in the na(e of 8esus. The po%er of o# gre% one leg out a7out an inch to (a*e it even %ith the other5 an# his croo*e# feet straightene# in front of his eyes. , tol# hi( to test his feet. 1e got up5 starte# to %al*5 then 7egan to leap an# run an# shout. 1e %ent all aroun# the insi#e of the church running5 leaping an# praising o#= 8esus is e:actly the sa(e to#ay as 1e %as 25/// years ago K 1e is Fust living in or#inary people %ho 7elieve5 an# #oing the sa(e (iracles 1e #i# through Peter an# 8a(es an# the others in the first 0hurch. 1o% very (uch %e love an# praise our great an# (ighty o# %ho al%ays #oes things gloriously= " young (an %as 7rought to one of our (iracle services %hich %e hol# the thir# Thurs#ay night of each (onth at the 0ity of Light. The stu#ent at our school of (inistry %ho ha# 7rought this young (an apparently ha# #one a great Fo7 7uil#ing his faith to 7elieve he %oul# 7e heale# that night5 even though he ha# never seen a (iracle. 1e ha# 7een in a very 7a# hea#Con collision an# the first #a(age he sho%e# (e %as that his %rist %as crushe# an# stiff an# %oul# not 7en#. , very si(ply ru77e# (y han# across his %rist5 allo%ing the po%er of o# to flo% into hi( an# then , tol# hi( to (ove his %rist in the na(e of 8esus. 1e loo*e# rather 9uestioning5 7ut (ove# it slo%ly at first5 then 7egan to t%ist it5 7en# it an# (ove his fingers freely. 1e sai#5 ;, can2t 7elieve itD it2s perfect=< -1

Then , as*e# %hat other #a(ages he ha#. 1is 7ac* ha# 7een so 7a#ly #a(age# that the #octor sai# he coul# never #o any %or* that re9uire# lifting anythingD his pelvic 7ones %ere fracture#D his thighs were #a(age#5 his *nees %ere inFure#5 an# he ha# a scre% hol#ing his crushe# an*le together. ,n the (ighty5 po%erful na(e of 8esus5 , co((an#e# every 7one to 7e heale# an# his 7o#y straightene#. The po%er of o# %ent through hi( an# he Fu(pe# up5 7ent every un7en#a7le part of his 7o#y5 ran over an# pic*e# up a four or five year ol# 7oy5 an# shoute# that he %as totally heale#. $o pain5 no stiffness5 nothing 7ut perfection #one 7y the po%er of o#. 1o% he praise# o# for this a%eso(e spectacle= The sa(e night a la#y %as 7rought fro( San "ntonio5 Te:as5 2// (iles a%ay5 on a stretcher. She ha# a #isease calle# sclero#er(a %hich causes the s*in to turn har# li*e a stone. This ha# turne# the s*in of her legs an# ar(s to ;stone< an# she %as i((o7ileD she coul# neither 7en# her ar(s or legs or any part of the(. .rances si(ply reache# out an# too* one of her han#s an# sai# those (arvelous %or#s5 ;,n the na(e of 8esus=< an# the stone turne# to flesh= She Fu(pe# off of the stretcher5 7egan to run all aroun# the great 0ity of Light #o(e5 then outsi#e5 #o%n the stairs5 up the stairs5 7ac* #o%n an# 7ac* up a7out three ti(es5 an# 7ac* into the church shouting glory= What a spectacular #e(onstration of o#2s glory an# 1is love for 1is people= What an a%eso(e an# po%erful an# loving o# %e serve. Eany ti(es o#2s po%er an# glory is so strong in a (iracle service that %e pray over the (icrophone an# Fust %ave our han#s over an au#ience an# people are heale#. -2

We recall one ti(e %hen over 7// %ere heale# at one ti(e %ithin t%o or three (inutes. We %ere to share *y )ove 6ffair 2ith Charles in a large (eeting an# %hen %e starte# to the (icrophone5 o# spo*e to (e an# sai#5 ;Tell the people , a( going to heal over 5// of the( in three (inutes after you share this story. ;We share# the 7eautiful (iraculous love story of ho% %e %ere #ivinely put together in (arriage. Then %e ha# the (arrie# couples restate their (arriage vo%s an# after%ar#s hol# han#s as %e as*e# o# to anoint their han#s to (inister healing to each other an# their fa(ilies. We tol# the( to lay han#s on each other an# as %e praye# over the (icrophone an# %ave# our han#s over the au#ience5 %ell over 5// %ere heale# in the three (inutes5 Fust li*e o# sai# 1e %oul# #o= We have #iscovere# that the ;%in# of the 1oly Spirit< or the energy of o# %hich #oes the healing can e:ten# 7eyon# our han#s. 3ne night .rances %al*e# past a #eaf (an5 pro7a7ly no nearer than si: feet fro( hi(5 an# his #eaf ears instantly opene#= We have teste# this uni9ue flo% of o#2s po%er a%ay fro( the SpiritCfille# person5 an# have #iscovere# so(e very po%erful results. People %ere heale# %hen the sha#o% of Peter touche# the(. We 7elieve that the reason %as not only that their faith reache# out to hi(5 7ut that the po%er of o#2s 1oly Spirit e:ten#e# fro( %ithin Peter into their sic* 7o#ies an# heale# the(. 3ne night %e %ere (inistering in a church %hen over to our left in the front of the church there %as a la#y lying on a stretcherCli*e cot. She loo*e# #ea# to us5 7ut %e #iscovere# she #i# have life %hen %e sa% her toe (oving to the 7eat of the (usic.

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o# spo*e to .rances an# she i((e#iately spo*e it to the congregation. She e:plaine# ho% the po%er of o# flo%s li*e healing virtue an# that o# sai# four (en of the au#ience %ere to pic* up the cot an# %al* 7et%een a force fiel# of po%er e(anating fro( .rances an# (e on one si#e an# the t%o pastors on the other si#e an# that o# %oul# heal her. We %ere tol# later that the %o(an ha# 7een chec*e# out of intensive care in a hospital 12/ (iles a%ay an# she %as tol# she %oul# pro7a7ly not live to get to the (iracle service5 (uch less to get 7ac* to the hospital. .our strong volunteers 9uic*ly ca(e to the front of the church5 pic*e# up the cot an# slo%ly %al*e# through the %all of #ivine po%er flo%ing fro( the four of us. They loo*e# li*e pall7earers at a funeral5 7ut %e *ne% they %ere %al*ing to%ar# a (iracle of o#. They carrie# her through feet first5 an# %hen her hea# %ent past .rances2 7o#y @she %as last in the lineB5 .rances sai# those po%erful %or#s5 ;,n the na(e of 8esus 0hrist of $a>areth5 rise up an# %al*=< They lai# the cot #o%n an# the %o(an Fu(pe# off of it an# ran all aroun# the church shouting ; lory to o#5 ,2( heale#.< She never %ent 7ac* to her cot 7ecause the %all of po%er %ent forth fro( (o#ern #ay #isciples Fust li*e the sa(e 1oly Spirit po%er passe# fro( 8esus into the %o(an %ith the issue of 7loo#. 1e felt healing virtue flo% fro( 1i(. That sa(e healing virtue co(es fro( the sa(e 1oly Spirit %ho #%ells %ithin us to#ay= There are great (iracles #one 7y o# for 1is people %hich are not healing (iracles. .rances share# one such (ighty (iracle in her 7oo* ,T2S S3 S,EPL6. Frances: G!5 O" T0' S6!/ -4

6very so often (y ;prayer po%er< is really put on the line 7y in#ivi#uals. "fter (y first service at a ca(p (eeting5 a nu(7er of (inisters an# lay(en ca(e up to (e an# sai#5 ;.rances5 %ill you pray one of your H#u(72 prayers for usG< Without a (o(ent2s hesitation5 , replie#5 ;0ertainly=< Then they tol# (e the follo%ing storyA They ha# #rille# a %ell #uring the past %ee* an# ha# hit 7eautiful spring %ater5 7ut a roc* ha# 7een suc*e# up into the pipe %hich %as #o%n 27! feet5 an# the %ater %as shut off as a result. T%o #ays of intensive %or*ing to get the roc* out %as to no avail. The %ellC#igging co(pany %as co(ing the ne:t #ay to ta*e the pipe up5 re(ove the roc* an# sin* the pipe again at a tre(en#ous e:pense. They as*e# (e to pray an# as* o# to re(ove the roc*. ,n%ar#ly , thin* , groane# as , sai#5 ;Lor#5 they really put (y faith on the spot5 #on2t theyG< "n# , ha# no (ore than sai# this %hen , reali>e# they %eren2t putting (e on the spot at all5 they %ere putting o# on the spot. "t this (o(ent the paraphrase# scripture in Ealachi ca(e to (y (in#A ;Try (e5 test (e5 prove (e5 an# , %ill open the %in#o%s of 1eaven an# sho%er #o%n 7lessings far greater than you can contain5< an# that2s Fust e:actly %hat , #i#. " large circle ha# for(e# for the prayer5 an# , (a#e a fir( state(ent. ;,f there is anyone in this circle %ho #oesn2t 7elieve that o# can get that roc* out of there5 get out of the circle, 7ecause , #on2t %ant any un7elievers in it.< So(e steppe# out5 -5

an# %hen the circle %as reCfor(e#5 , (erely praye# this si(ple little prayerA ; o#5 this is your (oney. You can spen# it to have the pipe ta*en up an# put #o%n again5 or you can use it to %in souls to 8esus 0hrist 7y (erely getting the roc* out. , #on2t *no% ho% you2re going to #o it5 Lor#5 7ut than* you any%ay.< 4ight no% ,2( %on#ering if , even 7elieve# it (yself. There are ti(es %hen , pray auto(atically 7ecause this is %hat , <now o# %ants (e to #o5 an# , #on2t 7elieve , even thin* at the (o(ent as to %hether or not 1e %ill #o it5 , only *no% that 1is 1oly Spirit has tol# (e to pray. 8ust then a pastor ca(e up an# as*e# (e to go an# pray for an in#ivi#ual %ith (ultiple sclerosis5 an# %hile , %as %al*ing to the car5 , hear# a (ighty shout go up they ha# turne# the pu(p on5 an# the %ater %as shooting out li*e a fire hose= 9o more

roc<The fa7ulous thing a7out o# is %e never really un#erstan# ho% 1e %or*s %e Fust *no% that 1e #oes=

We have seen tens of thousan#s5 if not hun#re#s of thousan#s of healings #uring the short fe% years %e have ha# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit5 so(e s(all5 so(e great5 7ut all of o#= This is Fust a 9uic* panora(a of o#2s glory as %e soare# over a short perio# of the past. Thin* of the glory of o# Fust ahea# as %e loo* for%ar# %ith eyes of faith to the greater things 8esus %ill 7e #oing through the totally yiel#e# +o#y for this en#Cti(e (inistry of the 1oly Spirit. -!

We esti(ate that up until a year 7efore the %riting of this 7oo*5 appro:i(ately t%enty percent of the people %e (inistere# to %ere heale# (iraculously. Then it %as as if o# turne# a page in a 7oo* one night an# a7out ninetyC five percent %ere instantly heale#= We tal*e# a7out this fantastic night of (iracles an# sai#5 ; o#5 %oul# you let this happen again so(eti(eG< o# gives e:cee#ingly5 a7un#antly (ore than %e coul# ever as* or #rea(5 an# 1e has never stoppe# this giant flo% of (iracle healings. We continue night after night to see )/ to 95% heale#. We %ill never 7e satisfie# until 1//O are heale#5 7ecause this often happene# to 8esus5 an# 1e sai# %e %oul# #o the sa(e things 1e #i#5 an# even greater things= lory.. .glory. .glory. .an# on an# on goes the glory of o# an# 0hrist 8esus as they s%iftly (ove to%ar# the en#.. .fro( glory to glory=
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CHAPTER 12 HOLY SPIRIT COMMUNICATION By Charles

o# has ha# an un7ro*en line of co((unication %ith 1is people throughout all the ages5 an# %hat is happening to#ay is no #ifferent than %hat occurre# in +i7le #ays. We have ha# the thrill of o# spea*ing or telling us so(ething #irectly 7y the Spirit in (any #ifferent %ays. Why #oes o# spea* often to so(e an# see(ingly never to othersG o# spea*s to everyone5 7ut in or#er to hear 1i( %e (ust %ant to o7ey 1i( %ith all our hearts5 souls5 (in#s5 an# 7o#ies. " total an# co(plete co((it(ent of our lives to 1i( is necessary so 1e can #o %hat 1e %ants to through us. Self (ust 7e put co(pletely aside so that %e can follo% after the 1oly Spirit an# not after our o%n #esires. Then %e %ill hear the voice of o# %hen 1e %ants to co((unicate %ith us. A%5urely the )ord our 1od has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. 2e have seen this day that 1od spea<s with man? yet He still lives+ @'euterono(y $:HJ>. "s surely as o# spo*e to Eoses5 so 1e %ill spea* Fust as clearly to 1is Eoseses of this generation5 for
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o#2s %or* still goes on an# %ill continue until (an*in# is re#ee(e# accor#ing to 1is plans. So(eti(es 1e spea*s au#i7ly5 so(eti(es silently. %1od, who at various times and in different ways spo<e in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spo<en to us by His 5on, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds+ @1e7re%s 1A15 2B.
To have o# spea* to us au#i7ly or silently through 8esus is an a%eCinspiring event= This , *no% personally 7ecause in 1-!- , %as supernaturally 7lesse# %hen , hear# 8esus spea* to (e in t%o #ifferent %ays in one night= , %as sitting in a chair %ith (y 7ac* a7out three feet fro( a %in#o% %hen , hear# 8esus spea* through (y hearing (echanis( Fust as plainly as , have ever hear# the voice of any (an. ,t %as a%eso(e to reali>e that the "l(ighty o#5 through 8esus5 %ho spo*e to Eoses an# (any others in the +i7le5 spo*e Fust the sa(e %ay to an or#inary 7usiness(an a(ong three (illion people in 1ouston5 Te:as. This story is tol# in #etail in our 7oo*s !raise /he )ord 6nyway an# &orn 6gain, 2hat ;o 'ou *ean3. ,n the sa(e night that o# au#i7ly spo*e to (e5 , %as praising 1i( fro( the #epth of (y heart for #oing such an a%eso(e thing for (e5 %hen , as*e# 1i( for a s(all thing. 1e ans%ere# (e this ti(e5 not through (y ears 7ut #irectly into (y (in#. ,t #i# not co(e as a thought5 7ut as %or#s spo*en 7y the Spirit of o# K soun#less %or#s5 7ut as clearly hear# as if it ha# co(e through (y hu(an hearing (echanis(. o# sai#5 ;0harles5 let Ee #o this Ey %ay.< This %as repeate# three ti(es %ithin less than an hour as , as*e# three ti(es for so(e insignificant thing. --

This %as one of the greatest (iracles of (y life an# the %or#s he spo*e5 ;0harles5 let Ee #o this Ey %ay<5 have gui#e# (y life fro( that ti(e to this. Whatever o# %ants to #o %ith Ey life5 , guarantee , %ant to #o it 1is %ay. We 7elieve o# %ill 7e #oing far (ore of this type of co((unication 7et%een no% an# the return of 8esus= We nee# to gir# up our loins to 7e rea#y to hear o# any ti(e 1e spea*s to us5 an# 7e %illing to respon# %ithout 9uestioning 1i(. %Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear *e and always <eep *y commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever-+ @'euterono(y $:HK>. o#2s presence an# 1is glory %ill 7e upon us %hen %e al%ays *eep all 1is co((an#(ents %ith all our hearts= "nother e:citing %ay o# supernaturally co((unicate# %ith us %as #uring a (ountainCtop retreat. We travele# a long #istance 7y car an# finally arrive# in (i#Cafternoon5 We %ere tire# an# %ante# to rest5 so %e as*e# if it %oul# 7e possi7le for so(eone to *noc* on our #oor at five o2cloc* to %a*e us up. The (otel %as a long5 single ro% of roo(s an# %e %ere Fust a7out in the center. We ha# a tiny roo( an# our 7e# %as Fust one step a%ay fro( the #oor. We %ere in a #eep5 soun# sleep an# %ere a%a*ene# %hen %e hear# a *noc* on the #oor. , instantly Fu(pe# out of 7e#5 too* the one step to the #oor an# opene# it. $o one %as there= , loo*e# in each #irection5 7ut there %as not a single person in sight. , chec*e# (y %atch an# it %as e:actly five o2cloc*. We 7oth starte# #ressing5 %on#ering ho% the girl %ho ha# *noc*e# on our #oor #isappeare# so rapi#ly5 %hen at $:($ o2cloc* %e hear# another *noc* on the #oor. We 1//

opene# it an# the girl sai#5 ;,2( sorry ,2( five (inutes late.< We sai#5 ;'i#n2t you *noc* Fust five (inutes agoG< an# she sai#5 ;$o=< Well5 then %ho ha# *noc*e# on the #oorG 0oul# it 7e that o# ha# sent an angel to %a*e us up e:actly on ti(eG We %ill al%ays 7e on ti(e %hen %e listen for 1is instructions to #o 1is %or*5 7ecause 1e %ill al%ays 7e e:actly on ti(e. Ipon another occasion5 %e fle% into a city5 rente# a car an# #rove a7out si:ty (iles to the to%n %here %e %ere having a crusa#e. "s %e %ere #riving .rances sai#5 ;Shoul# %e Fust *eep the car an# #rive on to West &irginia to(orro% instea# of going 7ac* si:ty (iles an# then flying overG< , ha# seen a s(all (ap of the Inite# States an# it loo*e# too far to #rive5 so , sai#5 ;Let2s Fust go 7ac* 7ecause it %oul# 7e too har# to #rive that far 7efore the service to(orro%.< "fter %e got into the (otel5 .rances again sai#5 ;'on2t you thin* %e shoul# #rive to(orro%G When you go to the (otel office5 chec* the (ileage chart.< , forgot to loo*. Later that night .rances again sai#5 ;0harles #on2t you thin* %e shoul# Fust #rive to(orro%G< , sai#5 ;Let2s thin* a7out it5 7ut it still loo*s too far.< The ne:t (orning as %e %ere eating 7rea*fast5 .rances " ",$ repeate# the state(ent that she felt %e shoul# chec* the (ileage chart. "gain , forgot5 so %e got into the car5 #rove the si:ty (iles 7ac* to the airport5 turne# in the rental car5 chec*e# in for our seat assign(ents an# %al*e# to the %aiting roo(. "fter sitting there for a short %hile %e hear# a plane circling the airport 7ut not lan#ing. +efore long5 it soun#e# as though it %as going off to another #estination. Then %e hear# the announce(ent5 ;Sorry5 7ut 1/1

the fog prevents the plane fro( lan#ing so the flight to West &irginia is cancelle#=< We 9uic*ly ran 7ac* to the rental car #es*5 got e:actly the sa(e car %e ha# Fust turne# in5 #rove 7ac* the sa(e si:ty (iles %e ha# Fust co(e over an# ha# to rush #riving all the %ay to West &irginia5 an# %ere still thirty (inutes late getting to the (eeting= What ha# happene#G .rances %as respon#ing to a little nu#ge fro( the 1oly Spirit an# , %asn2t tune# in as finely as she %as. $e:t ti(e %e are 7oth going to 7e (ore sensitive to #o %hat o# says= ,n the en# ti(es5 o# %ill spea* in (any %ays5 7ut %e (ust train our spiritual ears to hear the slightest soun# of 1is voice. We %ill nee# to 7e super sensitive an# so finely tune# in that %e %ill not 7e #istracte# 7y the #evil2s tactics to cause #elays an# other atte(pts to #ivert us fro( o#2s %or*. "s %e have relive# so(e of the supernatural e:periences that have change# our entire lives5 %e %on#er %hat %oul# have happene# if %e ha# not 7een %illing to 7elieve that %e actually hear# the voice of o#. Frances: o# spo*e to 7oth of us 7efore %e %ere (arrie# an# tol# us the e:act (inute5 ti(e an# place %here %e %ere to 7e (arrie#. When o# spo*e to (e5 , coul# have 9uestione# 1i(5 7ecause , ha# sai# for years after , %as save# that , %as going to have such a (a#5 %il# love affair %ith o# that there %oul# never 7e roo( in (y life for a hus7an#= 0oul# , have (isun#erstoo# o# a7out getting (arrie#G

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, coul# have (entione# to o# that , %as ol#er than 0harles= 0harles coul# have ha# the sa(e 9uestion in his (in#= , coul# have 7een #ou7tful a7out the t%o of us living 152// (iles apart= Who %oul# give an# ta*e in the (oving arrange(entG 0oul# he continue his %or* as a 0P" an# let (e travel all over the country fulfilling the call of o# on (y lifeG 'i# , stop an# leave the (inistry o# calle# (e toG What %oul# a (an #o %ho ha# never ha# chil#ren5 %hen he %as face# %ith a si:teenCyearCol# #aughter an# a (arrie# sonG 0oul# he cope %ith a teenager in the house %hen he %as use# to peace an# 9uiet at all ti(esG What %oul# he #o %hen she 7rought ho(e a houseful of noisy teenagersG Thousan#s of 9uestions (ight have plague# us at that ti(e ha# %e not 7oth 7een sure %e hear# the voice of o#. There %as no #ou7t in the (in# of either of us that o# ha# spo*en5 an# %e ha# no choice e:cept to o7ey= "n# o7ey %e #i#= , Fust loo*e# at 0harles across the roo( an# sai#5 ;1oney5 can you i(agine our lives if %e ha#n2t hear# an# o7eye# that s(all still voice that tol# us to get (arrie#G< 0harles2 eyes 7u77le# %ith tears as he thre% (e a *iss across the roo( an# sai#5 ;$o5 , can2t i(agine our lives %ithout each other=< Eany years ago in a Southern +aptist 0hurch each of us hear# o# spea* at the sa(e ti(e an# 1e tol# us that %e %ere to have a (iracle service in that +aptist church Tues#ay night. We coul# have sai#5 ;+ut5 o#5 %e never ha# a (iracle service. What %oul# %e #oG< +ut %e #i#n2t.

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We coul# have sai#5 ;+ut %hat if no7o#y gets heale#G< +ut %e #i#n2t. We coul# have sai#5 ;+ut there2s not ti(e enough to pu7lici>e it=< +ut %e #i#n2t= There %ere (any things %e coul# have sai#5 7ut %e sai# none of the(. We only sai# %hat o# ha# tol# us to say an# that is that %e %ere going to have a (iracle service Tues#ay night= "n# %hat a (iracle service it %as= What %oul# %e 7e #oing to#ay if %e ha# not 7een listening intently enough to have hear# o# a7out starting a (iracle (inistryG Wal*ing through an airport5 hol#ing han#s5 an# not tal*ing to each other5 7ut thin*ing to o# an# listening5 %e 7oth hear# o# tell us that 0harles %as to leave his 0P" practice in t%o %ee*s. We coul# have sai#5 ;+ut ho% %ill he support us if he leaves his 7usinessG< +ut %e #i#n2t. We coul# have sai#5 ;+ut %hat %ill happen to the co(panyG< +ut %e #i#n2t. We coul# have sai#5 ;+ut it ta*es longer than that to leave a co(pany %here you are the presi#ent.< +ut %e #i#n2t= We Fust #i# %hat o# sai#5 an# 7elieve# that 1e %oul# supply our every nee#5 an# 1e has= What %oul# have happene# to our (inistry %here %e are together t%entyC four hours a #ay5 if %e ha# faile# to respon# to that s(all voice of o#G 1e #i#n2t shout5 1e #i#n2t even spea* au#i7ly5 7ut it %as so 9uiet an# soft %e coul# have (isse# 1i( if %e ha# not ha# our antennae up to pic* up the slightest co((an# fro( 1i(. We all nee# to have our trac* shoes on to#ay so that %e can start running at the slightest signal fro( o#5 an# not have to %aste ti(e. We nee# to *eep the %hole ar(or of 1/4

o# so polishe# at all ti(es that %e are al%ays rea#y to hear an# o7ey5 7ecause %hat 1e is going to 7e saying to the +o#y of 0hrist in these #ays is going to 7e hear# only 7y those %ho listen carefully #ay an# night. +ut %hat a 7lessing to 7e tune# in an# 7egin to hear that voice that is so in#escri7a7le an# so (agnificently incre#i7le in %hat it says to us= Saul ha# Fust seen 8esus on the roa# to 'a(ascus an# %as 7lin#e#. 8esus ha# sai# to hi(5 %5aul, 5aul, why are you persecuting *e3C 6nd he said, A2ho are 'ou, )ord3C 6nd the )ord said, A. am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.. .arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do+ @"cts -A4C!B. Then 8esus sai# to "nanias in a vision5 %6rise and go to the street called 5traight, and inDuire at the house of Judas for one called 5aul of /arsus, for behold, he is praying. 6nd in a vision he has seen a man named 6nanias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight+ @"cts -A115 12B. The Lor# ha# to spea* to "nanias a secon# ti(e5 7ecause he sai#5 %)ord, . have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to 'our saints in Jerusalem. 6nd here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on 'our name+ @"cts -A135 14B. When 8esus tol# hi( the secon# ti(e5 %1o, for he is a chosen vessel of *ine to bear *y name before 1entiles, <ings, and the children of .srael. For . will show him how many things he must suffer for *y nameCs sa<e+ @"cts K:#$, 1!B. "nanias o7eye#= "s a result of his o7e#ience5 even in great fear5 the great Paul %as not only heale#5 7ut he receive# the gift of the 1oly Spirit an# his calling into the (inistry of reconciliation. The Pauline epistles (ight not ever have

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7een %ritten if "nanias ha# not o7eye#5 even if it (eant suffering for the Lor# 8esus 0hrist. ,f %e are to 7e chosen instru(ents of 8esus in these last #ays 7efore 1is return5 %e (ust not only 7e sensitive5 7ut %illing to face any #anger an# even suffer for 1is $a(e2s sa*e= "re you %illingG We not only are %illing5 7ut an:ious to #o all that 1e calls us to #o= 6ven though "nanias ha# hear# a7out Paul har(ing the 0hristians5 he *ne% the voice of the Lor# an# he %ent as instructe#. What %oul# have happene# if "nanias ha# not 7een sensitive to the voice of 8esusG 8esus ha# tol# "nanias5 %1o, for he is a chosen instrument of *ine, to bear *y name before the 1entiles and <ings and the 5ons of .srael? for . will show him how much he must suffer for *y nameCs sa<e+ @"cts K:#$, 1! $"S+B. ,f %e are to 7e chosen instru(ents of 8esus in these last #ays 7efore his return5 %e (ust not only 7e sensitive5 7ut %illing to face any #anger an# even suffer for 1is na(e2s sa*e=

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CHAPTER 13 BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT By Charles

%6nd it shall be in the last days, H 1od says, A/hat . will pour forth of *y 5pirit upon all man<ind?+ @"cts 2A17 $"S+B. o# is #oing that li*e a %aterspout fro( heaven in these very #ays in %hich %e live= "s %e travel aroun# the %orl#5 preaching the ospel %ith signs follo%ing5 %e are seeing (ultitu#es receive the %on#erful an# po%erful infilling of o#2s 1oly Spirit. ,t is al(ost a #aily e:perience for us to see 12/ receive the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit. 6ven if %e stay t%o or three #ays in the sa(e church or au#itoriu(5 people al(ost run %hen %e (a*e a call for the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit. The %orl# is hungry for the Presence an# lory of o# to 7e evi#ence# in their lives5 so %hen they see a flo% of (iracles an# a #e(onstration of 1is Spirit an# po%er5 they are convince# that this is that %hich 8oel prophesie# long ago. "t the 0onstitution 1all in Washington5 '.0. %e sa% a7out 152// receive the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit in one service %ith the evi#ence of spea*ing in tongues. This is ten ti(es the nu(7er %ho receive# on the 'ay of Pentecost. ,n Pennsylvania the ushers counte# over 15/// %ho receive# in one night. ,t is so easy for hungry an# thirsty people to receive5 an# o#2s people are %anting this $3W= We ha# Fust (et Pastor +uc* @ 6ngels On 6ssignment> for the first ti(e i((e#iately prior to our first service in his 1/7

church. The singers an# (usicians %ere singing a7out the 'ay of Pentecost an# ha# a (usical instru(ent %hich soun#e# li*e %in#5 an# o# spo*e to (e K ;Einister the 7aptis( right no%=< .rances %as sitting 7et%een Pastor +uc* an# (e5 so , %hispere# to her an# she relaye# the (essage to Pastor +uc*5 as*ing if that %as all right %ith hi(. 1e sai#5 ;+e (y guest=< We steppe# to the (icrophone5 spo*e for (ay7e five (inutes telling the( %hat o# ha# Fust sai#5 an# a7out 4// people rushe# to the front of the church au#itoriu( to 7e a living5 (o#ern part of the 'ay of Pentecost in that 7eautiful church= There %as no 7egging5 no urging5 no coercing5 no plea#ing K Fust an opportunity for another host to 7e en#ue# %ith the po%er of o# #uring these #ays %hen prophecy is 7eing fulfille# #aily= 4ecently %e (inistere# for one Sun#ay (orning an# three successive Sun#ay nights in +o7 Tilton2s great Wor# of .aith Worl# 3utreach 0enter in 'allas5 Te:as. 3ver 252// receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit= 3ne night at the very 7eginning of the service %e (a#e the call to receive o#2s gift an# over !// ca(e an# receive#= 3ur 7oo*5 /he /wo 5ides Of 6 Coin5 has 7een use# to (inister to tens of thousan#s aroun# the %orl#. People constantly co(e to us telling ho% they %ere %anting to *no% (ore a7out this ;(ysterious< event that %as happening in the lives of (any5 an# so(eone gave the( a copy of /he /wo 5ides Of 6 Coin. This si(ple story of ho% o# 7ro*e #o%n religious teachings in our lives opens the #oor into the supernatural %orl# %hen they see ho% or#inary5 si(ple5 an# easy this is.

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o# tol# us soon after %e receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit to ta*e the (ystery out of the supernatural for 1is people. 3ne (an state# %hat he sa% in our (inistry5 ;You ta*e the (ysti9ue out of the supernatural5 7ut leave it holy.< o#2s Wor# an# 1is %ays are si(ple so that anyone co(ing to 1i(5 even as a little chil#5 can un#erstan#. So (any people %ant to leave everything up to o#5 7ut o# %ants to leave (ost of 1is earthly po%er an# actions up to us. People try to %or* up e(otions5 tarry5 plea#5 7eg5 struggle5 an# try to 7e so(ething %hich they are not to receive this gift fro( o#. o# create# us in 1is o%n i(age5 so %e urge people receiving to 7e li*e o# create# the( an# receive %hat 1e has for the(. 6arly in our SpiritCfille# (inistry %e #iscovere# that people nee#e# to reali>e that %hen they as*e# 8esus to 7apti>e the( %ith the 1oly Spirit5 1e %oul# #o 1is part i((e#iately5 7ut they the(selves %oul# have to #o the earthly5 hu(an part. ,t %as the fisher(en5 ta: collectors5 an# other or#inary people %ho spo*e in tongues on the 'ay of Pentecost. Eary5 the (other of 8esus5 %as also in that group. When %e si(ply 7elieve an# 7egin to love o# %ith the faith of a little chil# an# (a*e little soun#s5 the (iracle %ill happen. The soun#s (ust continue to 7e (a#e @not Fust t%o or threeB5 an# (a#e rapi#ly so our (in#s %on2t *eep trying to control our spirits5 an# o# %ill give the language of the Spirit. 3ur spirits #on2t nee# to thin* li*e our (in#s #o5 an# %hen %e act upon the hu(an part5 the springs of living %ater %ill flo% forth fro( our inner(ost 7eing. o# an# (an %or* together 7eautifully %hen %e reali>e that o# #oesn2t nee# to change us into so(ething %e are not K 1e Fust %ants us to 7e fille# %ith 1is Spirit so 1e an# 8esus can live in us= You (ay not (inister the 7aptis( the 1/-

%ay %e #oD that2s all right 7ecause it is 8esus %ho gives the Spirit to us= Eany ti(es people are Fust loving o# in the 9uietness of their ho(e5 an# 7egin to spea* %ith other tongues. They #on2t nee# instructions5 7ut to (ost people instructions ta*e a%ay the (ystery an# give the( un#erstan#ing of ho% to #o their part. ,t is so easy to get hungry people to pray a sinner2s prayer an# get save#5 an# it is Fust as easy to instruct so(eone on ho% to receive the gift of the 1oly Spirit. The other night a %o(an calle# us an# nee#e# help. .rances #iscerne# that %hat she really nee#e# %as the po%er of the 1oly Spirit5 an# (inistere# in (o(ents over the phone. Several #eafC(utes have receive# the 7aptis( in our services. 3ne night in 0alifornia %hile %e %ere (inistering to a group5 so(eone 7egan spea*ing so lou#ly in tongues that , thought they %ere e(otional an# out of or#er. , #on2t let people #istur7 others that %ay5 an# %as a7out to as* her to 7e 9uiet5 %hen , sa% that she %as a #eafC(ute girl to %ho( the pastor ha# intro#uce# us 7efore the service. The Spirit of o# ha# (inistere# to her an# she 7egan to lou#ly spea* %ith her Spirit language. The pastor 7egan to %eep %ith great Foy an# tol# us he ha# 7een in Pentecost for over si:ty years5 an# ha# only seen this happen one ti(e previously= 3ne night %e %ere (inistering the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit to a group5 a(ong %hich %as a (an ninetyC t%o years ol#. 1e %as so e:cite# that 7efore the rest receive#5 , pointe# to hi( an# sai#5 ;The glory of o# is upon you.< 1e fell un#er the po%er of o# an# 7egan fluently spea*ing in tongues. 1e coul# har#ly stan# on his feet the

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rest of the evening an# the ne:t #ay. 1e %as heale# that night as o# supernaturally touche# hi(. o# is pouring out 1is Spirit (ightily on people of all ages5 all #eno(inations5 an# in all %al*s of life. 3ur little gran##aughter 0harity %as carrie# onto the stage in .ort Worth5 Te:as5 %hen she %as a7out a year ol#. ran#(a as*e# her %here 8esus live# an# she unhesitatingly patte# her heart5 even though she ha# not yet learne# to tal*. +ecause she un#erstoo# a7out 8esus an# ha# 7een 7orn again5 our #aughter 8oan an# sonCinCla% +o7 lai# han#s on her %hen she %as t%o years ol# to receive the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit. 3ne #ay %hen she %as t%oCan#CaChalf she %as sitting on (y lap %hen , spo*e in tongues. She tilte# her little hea# an# sai#5 ;1oly Spirit< an# out of her inner(ost 7eing flo%e# rivers of living %ater as she5 too5 spo*e fluently in tongues. 1er little sister Spice follo%e# in the footsteps of 0harity %hen she5 too5 %as t%oCan#CaChalf. ran#(a %as playing %ith her an# Spice sai#5 ; ran#(a=< .rances sai#5 ;What5 SpiceG< 3ut of little Spice ca(e a flo% of tongues as fluently an# 7eautifully as %e have ever hear#. .rances sai#5 ;Spice5 are you spea*ing in tonguesG< Spice sai#5 ;Yea=< .rances as*e# +o7 if he ha# lai# han#s on Spice for the gift of the 1oly Spirit an# +o7 sai#5 ;$o5 0harity #i#=< 8esus sai# in Ear* 1!A175 %6nd these signs will follow those who believe: .n *y name they will cast out demons? /H8' 2.)) 5!860 2./H 982 /O91485.+ 2hile !eter was still spea<ing these words, the Holy 5pirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 6nd those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with !eter, because the gift of the Holy 5pirit had 111

been poured out on the 1entiles also. For they H86:; /H8* 5!860 2./H /O91485 69; *619.F' 1O;+ =6cts 1/A44B. 6ven these tiny chil#ren %ho ha# 7een raise# in an at(osphere of praise an# %orship of o# shifte# gears an# steppe# into the supernatural %orl# an# receive# this great (iracle fro( o#. ,t is not unco((on no% that they are ol#er @0harity is si: an# Spice three at the ti(e of this %ritingB for the( to lay han#s on the sic* an# see the( recover Fust li*e 8esus sai#5 %ithout reference to age5 #eno(ination or anything e:cept5 ;Those %ho 7elieve %ill.. .spea* %ith other tongues.. .lay han#s on the sic* an# they %ill recover.< We are the #isciples of this en# age an# %e %ill see greater things happen to#ay than the #isciples of the early 0hurch sa%= This is the ti(e to enter into the #i(ension of the Spirit %orl# an# live to the fullness of the e:pectation of 8esus. 1e %ants us to step into our position an# spea* %ith great 7ol#ness an# %e5 too5 %ill see 7uil#ings sha*e 7ecause of 1is po%er=

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CHAPTER 14 THE WIND IS BLOWING AGAIN By Frances The supernatural po%er of the %in# of the 1oly Spirit is not li(ite# 7y ti(e5 space5 or nu(7ers an# is an a%eso(e thing to %atch. ,t has t%o #ifferent effects upon people. %&y fearful and glorious things =that terrify the wic<ed, but ma<e the godly sing praises> do 'ou answer us in righteousness...+ @Psal( "$:$ "EPB. There are (any people5 in#ee# 0hristians5 %ho are afrai# of the po%er of o#5 an# then there are those %ho sing praises unto o# %hen they see the supernatural. The supernatural either attracts or repels= 0harles an# , are in the ;attracts< category5 7ecause %e have 7oth love# the supernatural fro( the (o(ent of our conversions. Eay7e it %as 7ecause in (y o%n life o# starte# (e off %ith the supernatural that , have al%ays 7een fascinate# %ith %hat o# can #o. , re(e(7er vivi#ly the eye operation that starte# (y search for o#. , ha# gone to the hospital an# , certainly %as not a 0hristian5 even though , ha# atten#e# church for a (aFor portion of (y life. , #i# not even *no% ho% to pray. , ha# rea# the first verse of the 23r# Psal(5 an# no (ore5 7ecause this %as a short operation5 an# , #eci#e# that %as a sufficient a(ount to rea# %hen such a short ti(e %as involve#. Then , (a#e a great #ecision to give o# a ;7rea*< an# pray. ;, lai# the +i7le asi#e 7ecause , felt that %as enough rea#ing5 an# starte# to pray K even though , ha#n2t praye# 113

since (y last operation. 'oesn2t everyone pray in a ti(e of crisisG ;, really praye#. ;, sai#5 H3h5 o#5 #on2t let the operation hurt to(orro%. , can stan# anything5 7ut #on2t let it hurt %hen they operate on (y eye.2 , #i# %hat %e all #o CC , really ignore# o# #uring goo# ti(es5 an# then ran screa(ing for help %hen the ti#e %ent against (e=< @.ro( (y 7oo* 1od .s FabulousB. ,n a split secon# of ti(e5 the thought ca(e into (y (in# that , ha# not rea# the first verse of the 23r# Psal(5 7ut ha# 9uote# it5 an# so(ething tol# (e to pic* up (y +i7le again an# loo* to see %hat it actually sai#. o# *no%s ho% to #eal %ith each an# every one of us in the %ay that %ill reach us the 7est5 so o# #ealt %ith (e in the area of printing5 since , o%ne# a printing shop. "ny printer *no%s that once the in* is lai# #o%n on a piece of paper5 there is no %ay that you can successfully get it off again5 an# as , opene# (y +i7le5 the page %here the 23r# Psal( ha# previously 7een5 %as a7solutely %hite= There %as no printing of any *in# on it. Then , sa% the finger of o# %rite five %or#s in the 7rilliant re# 7loo# of 8esus 0hrist across the 7lan* pages in (y +i7le. 1e %rote5 ;.rances ar#ner5 @that %as (y na(e thenB , L3&6 Y3I.< ;, thin* in one %orl#Cshattering (o(ent , got a gli(pse of %hat (y life ha# 7een CC a constant5 H3h5 o#5 Y3I #o this for (e=2 "n# never a thought as to %hat , coul# #o for 1i(. ;, #i#n2t *no% %hat , %as #oing really5 7ut in that (o(ent , sai#5 H o#5 , ta*e 7ac* that prayer5 an# , #on2t care ho% (uch it hurts to(orro%5 7ut , pro(ise You this. When , get out of this hospital5 , %ill spen# the rest of (y 114

life seeing %hat , can #o for 8esus 0hrist5 an# not %hat 1e can #o for (e.2 ;Little #o %e reali>e %hat %e say in ti(es li*e this5 an# ho% (uch truth is spo*en #uring trials an# tri7ulations.< @.ro( (y 7oo* 1od .s Fabulous>. , have never 7een the sa(e fro( the #ay that o# %ipe# the printing off of the pages of (y +i7le an# put his %or#s %ritten in 7loo# in#eli7ly upon (y very heart. They %ere 7urne# there forever. +ecause , ha# respon#e# to the supernatural5 o# #ealt again in an e:tre(ely supernatural real( %here (artinis in (y life %ere concerne#. Eartinis ha# never 7een a real pro7le( %ith (e5 7ecause the grace of o# sa% to it that , ha# no tolerance for alcohol5 7ut , %on#er %hat (ight have happene# to (e if o# ha# not intervene#. , su##enly lost (y taste for (artinis5 an# for a 7a7y 0hristian5 there can 7e a pro7le( in saying ;$o5 than*s5 , #on2t #rin*=< , ha# gone over to the house of so(e frien#s of (ine an# the hus7an# thought , ha# flippe# (y %ig an# 7eco(e a ;religious fanatic5< an# he insiste# that , ta*e a (artini after calling (e ;1oly 8osephine=< , #i#n2t %ant it5 an# #i#n2t *no% %hat to #o or say. , felt li*e , %as 7ac*e# into a corner an# #i#n2t *no% ho% to fight (y %ay out5 so , silently screa(e# to o# an# sai#5 ; o#5 shall , #rin* it to 7e socia7leG< @an# , #i#n2t %ant itB ;...or shoul# , pic* it up an# hol# it< @an# that2s co(pro(ise5 an# o# #oesn2t honor co(pro(iseB.. .or shoul# , Fust say5 ;$o5 than* you5 , #on2t #rin*G< , #i#n2t *no% %hat to #o5 so , Fust (a#e the fastest prayer you ever hear#5 an# o# ans%ere# (e in such a supernatural %ay5 there %as no #ou7t in (y (in# as to 1is ans%er.

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When , opene# (y eyes5 o# ha# turne# the (artini into a sna*e5 the sign of evil in the +i7le= o# ha# clearly let (e *no% that alcohol ha# no place in (y life. , loo*e# up an# sai#5 ;$o than* you5 , #on2t #rin*=< an# as soon as , sai# that5 the sna*e turne# 7ac* into a (artini= That is the last ti(e anyone has ever offere# (e a #rin*. o# ha# #ealt %ith (e in a supernatural real(5 an# , #i#n2t 9uestion it5 or argue %ith 1i(5 nor %as , terrifie#. , %as Fust grateful that 1e ha# given (e such a clear5 #efinite ans%er= "fter 0harles an# , %ere (arrie#5 an# %e %ere traveling across the nation sharing the love of 8esus 0hrist5 %e hear# so(e peculiar things a7out a %o(an na(e# ?athryn ?uhl(an. We hear# that people ha# #ra(atic healings in her services an# %hen they ca(e for%ar# to testify5 she ;pushe# the( over=< This #i# not turn us off= ,nstea#5 it put a hungering in our hearts to see %hat this %as that people %ere 7eginning to tal* a7out. We %ere in the Pitts7urgh area5 an# hear# (ore an# (ore a7out this unusual %o(an5 an# a #esire %as create# in our hearts to see %hat she really #i# to people= We rea# the ne%spaper an# #iscovere# that the ne:t (orning she %as to 7e at the .irst Pres7yterian 0hurch5 an# a frien# of ours volunteere# to ta*e us. We got there in plenty of ti(e5 7ut the cro%# %as so great5 it %as o7vious that (any %ere going to 7e shut out. We praye# fervently5 as*ing o# to let us get in5 if he ha# a purpose in our 7eing there5 7ut if not5 to let in the sic* an# afflicte#. 8ust as the #oors %ere 7eginning to close5 %e sa% a little girl ne:t to us %ho loo*e# only a step a%ay fro( #eath5 an# 0harles an# , 7oth instinctively praye#5 ; o#5 if it2s her or us5 let her in5 7ecause she nee#s it (ore than %e #o=<

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We steppe# 7ac* to let her fa(ily ahea# of us an# then %e hear# an usher say5 ;0harles an# .rances 1unter5 %ill you step this %ay5 pleaseG< We coul# har#ly 7elieve our ears5 7ut i((e#iately steppe# out an# follo%e# the usher to a seat in the secon# ro%. o# %ante# to 7e sure %e coul# see everything clearly= We %atche# things %e ha# never seen 7efore. We sa% #ra(atic #ivine healings of all *in#s K a #eaf (ute heale#5 the little girl %e ha# praye# o# %oul# let in 7efore us %as heale#5 an# %e sa% things first han# that %e ha# hear# a7out. When they ca(e for%ar# to testify of their healing5 %e notice# ?athryn ?uhl(an Fust lai# her han#s on the( an# they all fell 7ac*%ar#s. We ha# previously hear# of this5 an# , felt it (ust 7e for %ea*lings or so(ething. 6ither that5 or she pushe# the( over= When , sa% ?athryn ?uhl(an for the first ti(e5 , reali>e# she %asn2t 7ig enough to push any7o#y over5 an# yet here , %as sitting in the secon# ro% an# %atching as (any as ! or ) people all falling ;un#er the po%er< at the sa(e ti(e. , coul#n2t un#erstan# it5 7ut , still %on#ere# if there %asn2t so(e *in# of a tric* connecte# %ith it. "ll of a su##en ?athryn left the po#iu( an# announce# that the po%er of o# %as so strong 1e #i#n2t nee# her there5 so she sai# she %as going to #o so(ething that she nor(ally #i#n2t #o. She %as going to %al* #o%n the center aisle5 an# she as*e# that no one touch her an# she also as*e# that no one co(e out of their seat until she calle# the(. She ca(e #o%n to the secon# ro% an# turne# to the seat across the aisle fro( %here %e %ere. She sa% a frien# of hers an# (otione# for hi( to co(e out. 1e2s 7igger than she is5 so , #eci#e# she coul#n2t very %ell push hi( over. She lai# her han#s on hi( an# Fust sai#5 ;8esus5 7less hi(< an# this 7ig (an fell over 7ac*%ar#s. , loo*e# at hi( real 117

goo#5 an# he loo*e# li*e he %as enFoying %hatever %as going on. The ushers helpe# hi( to his feet5 an# again she lai# her han#s on hi(5 an# again5 #o%n he %ent= , coul#n2t 7elieve (y eyes5 an# then , loo*e# #irectly at ?athryn5 an# sa% she %as pointing her long slen#er finger5 an# on the en# of that finger %as E6= , #eci#e# , %as 7igger than she %as5 so , steppe# out. She Fust lai# those soft han#s on (y te(ples ever so gently an# as*e# o# to 7less (e5 an# 7less (e 1e #i#5 7ecause %oul# you li*e to guess %here , %asG 4ight on the floor= "n# in (y 7est #ress 7esi#es5 *no%ing , ha# to spea* at a luncheon that #ay= , coul# have care# less. , felt as if , %as in heaven. The Spirit of o# ha# 7reathe# on (e an# , felt li*e a feather as , %ent #o%n= , have never 7een the sa(e= 3n the %ay ho(e fro( Pitts7urgh5 , opene# (y +i7le to the 1)th chapter of 8ohn an# 7egan rea#ing5 an# you2# never guess %hat , #iscovere#= "n interesting verse that , *ne% o# ha# Fust put in the +i7le that very afternoon 7ecause , ha# never see it 7efore. &erses 4C! rea#A ;8esus fully reali>e# all that %as going to happen to hi(. Stepping for%ar# to (eet the( he as*e#5 HWho( are you loo*ing forG2 H8esus of $a>areth52 they replie#. H, a( he52 8esus sai#. "n# as he sai# it5 T16Y "LL .6LL +"0?W"4'S T3 T16 43I$'=< , al(ost tore 0harles apart right on the plane yelling5 ;Loo*5 loo*5 loo* %hat it says in the +i7le a7out falling un#er 1is po%er=< 3nce (ore o# ha# let us see an# taste of his supernatural po%er. @.ro( our 7oo*5 /he /wo 5ides Of 6 Coin>. Ey life has never 7een the sa(e since that #ay %hen o#2s po%er %ent through (y entire 7eing. o# *ne% the greatest nee# in (y life5 an# 1e too* this opportunity to #o that (iracle= ,t %as not a healing (iracle 7ecause , #i# not get heale# of an eye pro7le(. 1o%ever5 up until that ti(e , 11)

ha# e:perience# every possi7le hangCup on the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit an# spea*ing in tongues. o# *ne% , nee#e# this po%er5 so in that split secon# of ti(e %hen , yiel#e# to 1is 1oly Spirit5 1e too* a spiritual eraser an# re(ove# fro( (y (in# every hangCup , ha# concerning spea*ing in tongues5 an# shortly after that5 7oth 0harles an# , receive# this en#ue(ent of po%er. 3nce %e ha# taste# this supernatural touch of o# an# fallen un#er the po%er5 %e searche# the scriptures to un#erstan# %hat a##itional infor(ation the +i7le ha# concerning this pheno(enon. We #iscovere# ter(s such as ;#eep sleep<D ;trance<D ;as #ea#< #escri7ing ;falling un#er the po%er<. "cts -A 3C4 Spea*ing of SaulA %6nd as he ourneyed he came near ;amascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. /hen he F8)) /O /H8 1:O49;...+ "cts 1/A-5 1/ %!eter went up on the housetop to pray, about the si,th hour. /hen he became very hungry and wanted to eat? but while they made ready, H8 F8)) .9/O 6 /:69C8...+ "cts 22A17 Paul spea*ingA %/hen it happened, when . returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the /emple, that . 265 .9 6 /:69C8 and saw Him...+ 4ev. 1A17 ;... 2hen . saw Him, . F8)) 6/ H.5 F88/ 65 ;86;.+ ,t %as not long after , %ent un#er the po%er of o# that 0harles e:perience# this sa(e supernatural touch fro( o#. 1is life5 li*e (ine5 has never 7een the sa(e fro( the (o(ent o# personally touche# hi(= Since that ti(e o# has let us see hun#re#s of thousan#s fall un#er the a%eso(e po%er of the Spirit. Eany have as*e# over the years5 ;What goo# #oes it #oG< When you have e:perience# this pheno(enon5 you 11-

%ill never 7e the sa(e again 7ecause this is a #ivine touch upon your life place# there 7y the "l(ighty o#= The transfor(e# lives of in#ivi#uals is the 7est testi(ony %e *no% concerning this event. 1o% coul# %e con#ense hun#re#s of thousan#s of testi(onies into a fe% short %or#s to let you see the glory of o# fro( the 7eautiful e:perience of ;falling un#er the po%er< or 7eing ;slain in the Spirit.< We are choosing one %hich you can (ultiply 7y as (any thousan#s as you can i(agine5 an# you %ill get a little concept of ho% (uch o# %ill 7e #oing in these last #ays %hen he touches great au#iences5 all at the sa(e ti(e. This is a con#ense# story of 'avi# .ahey %ho %or*e# for the railroa# in ,n#ianapolis5 ,n#iana. ;.irst let (e tell you that , a( not a longCti(e 0hristian. , ca(e fro( a nonC0hristian ho(e5 associate# %ith nonC0hristian frien#s5 participate# in (any nonC 0hristian activities5 an# (y attitu#es throughout (ost of (y life %ere also nonC0hristian. ;Ey %ife5 ?aren5 as a P? @preacher2s *i#B %as involve# #eeply in church life an# %as trying to #o %hat she thought %as right. Su##enly she 7egan to %orry secretly a7out her salvation5 an# 7egan rea#ing the +i7le an# 7ringing 7oo*s ho(e fro( the 7oo*store5 li*e 1od .s Fabulous, Hot )ine /o Heaven, Hang )oose 2ith Jesus5 all 7y a %o(an na(e# .rances 1unter. ;, thought she ha# flippe# an# one night she cal(ly turne# out the light an# sai#5 HThis .rances 1unter lectures aroun# the country an# , %oul# love to go see her. Shoul# she ever get to this part of the country5 %ill you ta*e (eG2 ;Sure honey5 Fust let (e *no% %hen5 .at chance52 , thought. HThis .rances %ill never get to this part of the country.2 +ut not (ore than t%o %ee*s ha# passe# %hen 12/

?aren ca(e running to (e saying5 H uess %ho is co(ing to to%n ne:t %ee*=2 ;, %as e:pecting a fe% people to sho% up at the 7ase(ent of the 1ilton (eeting roo(5 7ut %as a(a>e# that the roo( %as fille# %ith a7out 4// people5 all of the( %ith 7ig s(iles all over their faces5 all of the( practically shouting5 H1alleluFah= Praise 8esus= Than* you 8esus=2 Wor#s that , %asn2t use# to. , #i#n2t un#erstan# %hat %as (a*ing the( so happy5 so , starte# outsi#e to s(o*e a cigarette an# ca(e to the 7oo*Cta7le. 6veryone there %as e:cite#ly pic*ing up han#fuls of 7oo*s5 an# , sa% t%o that ?aren ha# %ante# so , 7ought the( an# %ent 7ac* to (y seat in the 7ac* ro%. ;They 7egan singing %hen in %al*s 0harles an# .rances 1unter5 hol#ing han#s an# shouting Foy %or#s all the %ay to the front. , got the feeling that this %as not an or#inary author lecture. The first thing , *ne% an unusual feeling ca(e over (e5 an# , %as singing along %ith the( C songs a7out 8esus. ;, thought5 H+oy5 , #on2t *no% %hat they have5 7ut it can2t 7e all 7a# if it (a*es you feel li*e they evi#ently feel.2 6veryone %as saying5 HThan* you 8esus5 Praise you 8esus52 an# to (y a(a>e(ent , %as saying that too. , a( even s(iling= Su##enly , a( a%are that (y han#s are a7out to give (e a fit. They are hot.. .they have turne# a 7right re#. , cannot get the( co(forta7le. , really #on2t *no% %hat to #o %ith the(. They are starting to (a*e (e nervous. What2s the (atter %ith (y han#sG2 ;8ust as 9uic*ly as the roo( 7eca(e e:cite# an# noisy5 it fell 9uiet. .rances stoo# 9uietly %ith her han#s raise# an# her eyes close#. ,t %as al(ost silent in the roo(. Then she 7egan to spea*5 HThere are seven people in this roo( %ho are really having a (ost #ifficult ti(e %ith their han#s. 121

They are unco(forta7le5 they are itchy an# they are even feeling hot.2 ;She %as very cal(5 very (atterCofCfact an# very authoritative. , coul#n2t 7elieve (y ears. This %o(an5 this co(plete stranger5 this person that , ha# never seen 7efore %as telling (e %hat (y han#s ha# 7een telling (e for the past t%entyCfive (inutes= , thought5 HThis is not happening to (e=2 ;.rances continue#5 HThe Lor# has a %or# for you seven people. Will you please co(e for%ar# to receive it= ;M>>>>>ap= " 7olt of unseen lightning flashe# out of no%here an# %ent #o%n (y spine sen#ing a sho%er of spar*s through every nerve in (y 7o#y. ,nvoluntarily , thre% the 7oo*s , ha# 7een hol#ing on the floor an# sai#5 H3h (y o#=25 an# 7egan to %al* for%ar#. ,t %as as if a giant han# %as pushing (e fro( 7ehin# an# , *ne% at once that if it %as re9uire# of (e that , %oul# never loo* 7ac* even to say goo#7ye. There %as no turning 7ac* for (e. , *no% no% that , %as 7eing irresisti7ly #ra%n to that %hich , ha# un*no%ingly 7een see*ing for the 7etter part of (y life. ;.rances %as tal*ing again5 her voice %as soft %ith an al(ost Hcooing2 9uality a7out it. HYou seven people are chosen 7y the Lor# for a great %or*. The Lor# %ill anoint you this night an# in #ue ti(e you %ill 7eco(e involve# in an# 7lesse# %ith a healing (inistry. 0harles an# , %ill no% lay han#s on you an# pray the 7lessing of o# upon you.2 ;, 9uic*ly loo*e# to (y right an# silently counte# those %ho %ere stan#ing %ith (e. 3ne5 t%o5 three5 four5 five5 si:5 an# (yself C S6&6$= $ot five5 not ten5 7ut seven Fust li*e she ha# sai#. 1o% coul# this 7eG 1o% #i# she *no%G 1o% coul# it 7e that there %ere e:actly seven people %ho ca(e for%ar#G There ha# 7een no confusion5 no getting up an# 122

then sitting #o%n 7y #ifferent ones. 8ust the seven %ho %ere in the front ro% no% ha# steppe# out an# co(e for%ar#. ;, %as #esperately trying to sort out %hat ha# 7een happening to (e in the past thirty (inutes %hen , loo*e# up to see 0harles2 an# .rances2 han#s reaching out to touch (y hea#. They %ere 7oth s(iling5 a s(ile that , have co(e to recogni>e in (any people as the s(ile of 8esus 0hrist 1i(self. ;"s they touche# (e , hear# the no% fa(iliar %or#s5 ;Than* you5 8esus5 %e love you5 8esus5 %e praise you5 8esus.< ...an# as the %or#s see(e# to fa#e a%ay , felt (yself 7eco(ing as light as a feather. 6ven as , un%illingly trie# to *eep (y feet plante# on the floor5 , felt (yself #rift up%ar# an# then 7ac*%ar#. " feeling so intense5 so in#escri7a7ly #elicious 7egan to consu(e (e. ,t starte# #eep %ithin (e at e:actly , #on2t *no% %here 7ut , *ne% so(eho% %ithout even the slightest (olecule of #ou7t that %hat ha# 7een in (y life 7efore %as 7eing s%ept out. The e(pty spaces that %ere left fro( this s%eeping %ere 7eing fille# %ith a %on#erful %ar(th. " %ar(th that even though it is recogni>a7le5 it is in#escri7a7le. ;, %as full= , %as clean= , %as really clean= ;3nce again , 7egan to see an# hear %hat %as happening aroun# (e in the roo(. Ey eyes ha# 7een close# an# as , opene# the( , sa% a hun#re# lights. , su##enly reali>e# that it %as a chan#elier. , %as flat on (y 7ac* loo*ing at the ceiling= With little effort , got to (y feet an# 7egan to %al* (ore than Fust a little unstea#ily 7ac* to (y seat. ?aren %hispere#5 HWhat happene# to you #o%n thereG2 ;What ha# happene# to (eG , ha# fallen un#er the po%er of o#. Ey life ha# really Fust 7egun. 123

;, %ent to %or* that night an# ca(e ho(e the ne:t (orning an# %as ta*ing a sho%er %hen an urge ca(e to (e li*e a flash. , nee#e# to pray. WhatG PrayG Ee prayG " voice %ithin (e sai#5 HYes5 pray as you have never praye# 7efore.2 ;There , %as alone5 #ripping %et5 an# , thought to (yself5 HWhat #o , sayG2 Then it ca(e to (e.. . o# ha# ta*en the ti(e an# trou7le to pic* (e out of all those people5 to put (e on the floor an# stir %ithin (e feelings an# urges that , ha# never even hear# of5 let alone e:perience. , 7egan to spea* K out lou#. ;.ather5 though , #o not un#erstan# all of this5 , *no% that it is of you an# , therefore say that %hatever you %ish to #o %ith (e5 then , shall accept it. Ta*e (y life5 .ather5 ta*e it if you %ill have it an# , %ill serve you in any %ay an# every %ay that , can5 the 7est %ay that , can. , a( sorry for all that , have #one to #isplease you in the past an# , %ill try to never (a*e you unhappy or to hurt you again. , a( all yours5 .ather. Please use (e for your purpose an# your glory.2 ;"t that (o(ent 8esus 0hrist steppe# into (y life. , ha# as*e# 1i( an# 1e ha# co(e Fust as , ha# al%ays hear# 1e %oul#. 8ust thin*5 , ha# 7een un#er the po%er of o# before , %as save#= .antastic= In7elieva7le= , %as to #iscover it %as Fust the 7eginning. , gave (yself uncon#itionally to the Lor# that Thurs#ay (orning. ,t %as shortly after that %hen 7oth ?aren an# , receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit an# our lives have 7een a thrilling #elight since then. 8ust as .rances sai#5 , have operate# in the gifts of the Spirit5 have le# great nu(7ers to 8esus an# (inistere# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit to the(5 heale# the sic*5 cast out #evils5 an# #one the %or* of 8esus (y Savior. 124

;Juite fran*ly5 , a( over%hel(e# #aily 7y the fact that in spite of (y total un%orthiness5 (y co(plete failure to co(e even close to that %hich 1e %oul# have (e 7e5 o# sa% fit to reach #o%n an# touch (e even 7efore , ha# (et 1i( through 1is Son 8esus 0hrist. 1e convicte# (e severely an# co(pletely5 yet %ith such love an# ten#erness that , coul# no longer stan#. ,n 1is infinite po%er 1e lai# (e prostrate an# procee#e# to cleanse (e of the things of this %orl#. Since , first got up off the floor an# (a#e (y sha*y %ay 7ac* to (y seat5 , have ha# a 7urning #esire to get into 1is Wor# an# to stay there until it is hi##en in (y heart.< 0an you even in your (ost far reaching i(agination co(prehen# the (agnitu#e of the %or* of this en# generation that 8esus can #o %hen great nu(7ers of people fall un#er the a%eso(e po%er of o# an# e:perience %hat 'avi# .ahey e:perience#G 'avi# has gone on to 7e a great lea#er a(ong (en in the 0hristian %orl#. Eultiply this 7y great hosts an# see ho% 8esus %ill fulfill 1is re9uire(ent that %/his gospel of the <ingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come+ @Eatthe% 24A14B. There have 7een ti(es in our (inistry %hen %e have seen the (ultitu#es fall out un#er the po%er of o# %ith supernatural results. 3ne such happening occurre# in the state of Eichigan at a ca(pC(eeting. We ha# (inistere# there for t%o nights previously an# this %as our final night. +efore the start of the evening service o# spo*e po%erfully an# sai#5 ;Einister to the chil#ren first.< We contacte# the State Superinten#ent %ho %as in charge of the ca(pC(eeting an# as*e# hi( if this %as agreea7le to hi( an# he sai# it %as.

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We starte# the service a7out !A3/ in the evening %ith a short tal* to the young people ranging in age fro( appro:i(ately si: to eighteen. "t the en# of the tal* %e as*e# the( "LL to say a sinner2s prayer %hich they #i#. Then o# spo*e an# sai#5 ; o an# lay han#s on each an# every one of the(.< %6nd they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebu<ed those that brought them. &ut when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, A5uffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the <ingdom of 1od+ @Ear* 1/A135 14 ?8&B. We steppe# off the stage an# lai# han#s on the first t%o chil#ren. They 7oth fell un#er the po%er= We lai# han#s on t%o (ore chil#ren. They 7oth also fell un#er the po%er= We lai# han#s on chil# nu(7er five an# chil# nu(7er si:5 an# they 7oth also fell un#er the po%er5 7ut none of the( %ere getting up= We continue# %al*ing through the ta7ernacle5 an# even outsi#e on the grassy slopes5 an# the sa(e thing happene# to every chil# there e:cept one= "n# they continue# lying on the groun# %hen %suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. /hen there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 6nd they were all filled with the Holy 5pirit and began to spea< with other tongues, as the 5pirit gave them utterance+ @"cts 2A2C4B. ,t %as as if they %ere all puppets an# their 7o#ies %ere controlle# 7y strings 7ecause at a soun# unhear# 7y those in the au#ience5 they "LL lifte# their han#s an# 7egan to spea* %ith other tongues5 as the Spirit gave the( utterance= Eany of these five hun#re# chil#ren %ere fro( +aptist5 12!

Eetho#ist5 0atholic an# other evangelical #eno(inations %ho ha# never hear# of spea*ing in tongues5 7ut the %in# of the Spirit hit the( all at the sa(e ti(e= There %as a hush that %as so silent it coul# al(ost 7e hear# as these five hun#re# chil#ren continue# spea*ing in tongues %ith their han#s lifte# in the air. " photographer %as there fro( the Sagina%5 Eichigan5 ne%spaper an# he snappe# nu(erous pictures all over the au#itoriu( an# seven full pages of pictures plus the story appeare# in the Sun#ay ne%spaper= ,t %as a night to re(e(7er5 an# %e never go 7ac* to Eichigan to (inister 7ut %hat so(eone re(in#s us of this (ost unusual night= We are still in touch %ith so(e of those young people5 so(e of %ho( have gone on to gra#uate fro( 3ral 4o7erts Iniversity %ith honors 7ecause they %ere co(pletely transfor(e# after a personal touch fro( o# on that (e(ora7le night. Three of the greatest ti(es of the (oving of the Spirit %ere in 0ana#aD once in $ova Scotia5 once in Sas*atoon an# once in 0algary. While there have 7een (any5 %e have trie# to select the three that %ere the (ost uni9ue an# unusual to us. 3ur (eeting in $ova Scotia %as hel# in a 7as*et7all gy(nasiu(5 an# on this particular night %hich ha# starte# out as (any other services ha#5 %ith %orship an# praise5 the Lor# #irecte# us to (inister in the area of fear. %For 1od has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind+ @,, Ti(. 1A7B. "fter teaching for appro:i(ately thirty to fortyCfive (inutes5 %e as*e# anyone %ho %ante# to 7e set free fro( a spirit of fear to co(e for%ar#. We %ere surprise# to #iscover that over )// people ca(e for%ar# to 7e set free= They %ere line# up all facing 127

one #irection %hen , 7egan to 7rea* the po%er of the #evil over the(. 0harles %as stan#ing at the front of the group5 an# , %as on the stage at the appro:i(ate center of the group. "s , use# the po%erful na(e of 8esus to 7rea* the evil spirit of fear5 electricity coul# 7e felt in the air5 an# it %as as though t%o ti#al %aves of po%er hit the people. 3ne of the %aves starte# in front of (e as they %6)) fell bac<wards to the ground-+ , turne# to loo* at 0harles at the hea# of the (ass of hu(anity5 an# the secon# ti#al %ave ha# hit the front of the line as %ell an# 7oth %aves si(ultaneously fell 7ac*%ar#s to the groun#. What a night of po%er= What a night of supernatural (iracles. 0harles ran 7ac* to the stage5 an# one la#y ca(e to hi( as*ing5 ;Where is (y hus7an#G , %ant to tell hi( that (y 7lin# eye is heale#=< Eany other testi(onies of healings ca(e forth as a result of this supernatural (ove of o#2s Spirit. So(eone sai# they coul# hear the %in# 7lo%ing %hich soun#e# li*e a rising an# falling ssssshhhhhhhhh5 ssssssssssssshhhhhhh5 over the entire 7uil#ing as o# s%ept over an# touche# all of those )// in#ivi#uals. "nother person sai# it loo*e# li*e %aves of grain 7lo%ing in the %in#= 3ne thing %e *no%5 it %as a rushing (ighty %in# of the 1oly Spirit that hit the people an# every one of the( %ent 7ac*%ar#s un#er the po%er of the Spirit. ,n Sas*atoon5 Sas*atche%an %e %ere (inistering in a large church %ith pieCshape# sections of pe%s. This %as the final night service an# again o# spo*e to us to #eal in the area of fear= "fter teaching on fear5 %e as*e# those %ho %ante# to 7e #elivere# of a spirit of fear to raise their han#s5 an# there %as such a tre(en#ous nu(7er5 %e note# 9uic*ly that %e #i# not have enough roo( in the front to

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call the( all for%ar# at the sa(e ti(e5 so %e ha# the first section step out in the first aisle. 0harles an# , left the pulpit an# %ent #o%n in the front of the first aisle an# raise# our han#s an# lightly touche# one person on the forehea#= ,nstantly it %as as if so(eone ha# hit the entire group %ith a 7ase7all 7at5 an# they ;"LL fell 7ac*%ar#s to the groun#=< ,t happene# so 9uic*ly that all of us ha# to 7lin* our eyes to see %hat ha# happene#= $ot only to see5 7ut to 7elieve that such a supernatural happening ha# actually occurre# right in our (i#st= "s %e (ove# to go to the secon# aisle5 o# spo*e an unusual thought into (y (in#. 1e sai#5 ;There are those here %ho are full of un7elief an# they thin* you pushe# those people #o%n. 4eturn to the pulpit an# tell the( to %atch for (y glory an# , %ill sho% the( it is Ey (ighty po%er %hich is #oing this=< We returne# to the pulpit an# share# %ith the au#ience %hat o# ha# sai#5 an# %e Fust stoo# there5 %aiting to see %hat o# %as going to #o. There %as an air of e:pectation an# anticipation a(ong (any5 an# a(ong others total un7elief that anything %oul# happen= +ut happen it #i#= ,t see(e# supernaturally 9uiet for possi7ly si:ty secon#s5 an# then %e hear# a ;thu#<. The L"ST t%o people in the line ha# fallen un#er the po%er of o#= Then ca(e another ;thu#<. The ne:tCtoCtheClast t%o people in the line fell un#er the po%er of o#. Then it see(e# as though o# hoo*e# up a giant #ivine vacuu( cleaner5 an# suc*e# every person in that section @appro:i(ately 2//B #o%n 7y a tre(en#ous po%er5 7ut each ti(e he too* those %ho %ere last in the line= +efore long5 every single in#ivi#ual %ho ha# stoo# for #eliverance fro( fear ha# 7een touche# 7y the a%eso(e 12-

po%er of o# an# %as flat on the floor= " 7eautiful ol#er la#y of so(e eightyCseven years sai# as she loo*e# up at (e fro( the floor5 una7le to get up 7ecause the #ivine pull %as so strong5 ;, sa% this *in# of po%er 7ac* in 1-/5 an# 1-/!5 7ut , haven2t seen it that %ay since=< lory= ,n 6#(onton5 0ana#a5 at the great 8u7ilee "u#itoriu(5 %e sa% another e:a(ple of this strange pheno(enon %hich is not really strange at all %hen %e un#erstan# that the Spirit of o# is #escri7e# as a (ighty rushing %in#5 or 7reath. We can un#erstan# the ter( %in#5 7ut %e can2t really see it5 nor can %e see the %in# of the SpiritD yet there is a si(ilarity in the t%o. 3ne thing %e #o *no% is that %e %ill see the (ighty results of the %in# of the Spirit (ore an# (ore as %e approach that gran# #ay %hen %e see 8esus split the clou#s= %/he wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. 5o is everyone who is born of the 5pirit+ @8ohn 3A)B. When %e let o# 7e o# an# #o %hat 1e %ants to #o in our o%n lives %e %ill see (ore an# (ore of the supernatural. We %ere letting o# have 1is %ay in 6#(onton %hen (ore than t%o hun#re# people %ere instantly heale# of arthritis in the au#ience= Su##enly5 a #ivine co((an# fro( o# ca(e to (e. "gain it %as %ithout a #ou7t in (y (in# that o# %as in control an# %as telling us %hat 1e %ante# us to #o to sho% 1is (ighty po%er= 1is %or#s ca(e into (y 7rain %ith e:tre(e clarity5 lou# an# crisp. 1e sai#5 ;Tell the au#ience to %atch (y po%er an# (ight= , %ill e:ecute it in the center section only. 'o not loo* to the right si#e. 'o not loo* to the left si#e. 'o not loo* in the 7alconies. Loo* only to the center section.< 13/

, trans(itte# this #ivine infor(ation to the au#ience an# then %e %aite# in a 1oly Spirit silence for the une:pecte#= 0harles 7egan to pray an# as he #i#5 the %in# of the Spirit %ent in an oval s%irl5 si(ilar to a %hirl%in#= "7out si:ty people in the (i##le of the %hirl%in# fell un#er the po%er of o#= Then the oval %hirl%in# enlarge# an# anyone insi#e of that heavenly elliptic fell un#er the po%er. The intensity of the %hirl%in# increase# an# as it %ent faster an# faster5 (ore an# (ore people fell out un#er the a%eso(e po%er of the "l(ighty o# until the %in# #isappeare#5 an# in the center section there %ere only t%elve people stan#ing5 an# they %ere in the last ro%= $ot one person on the right si#e %as touche#= $ot one person on the left si#e %as touche#= $ot one person in either 7alcony %as touche#= ,t %as e:actly as o# ha# sai#. 1e specifie# only the center section5 an# nothing else5 an# that is e:actly %hat happene#= So(eone as*e# (e later %hy o# only (anifeste# 1i(self in the center section. Was 1e (a# at the people in the other sectionsG , #o not *no% %hy o# pic*e# the center section. , only *no% that 1e spo*e it5 an# #i# it= "n# , #on2t ever 9uestion 1i(= "t a (eeting sponsore# 7y Earilyn 1ic*ey Einistries in reeley5 0olora#o5 there %as another e:plosion of o#2s po%er. .ollo%ing is Earilyn2s letter sent to us %hich appears in our 7oo* 5ince Jesus !assed &y;Wally an# 1 agree# that %e ha# never 7een in such a service as the one in the 7allroo( of the $orthern 0olora#o Iniversity at reeley. You *no%5 an hour 7efore the #oors %ere opene# people %ere stan#ing in the lo77y singing %orshipful choruses. We have 7een "sse(7ly of o# pastors for fifteen years an# love# every (o(ent of it5 7ut , have never seen such a sovereign (ove of o# as that 131

night. "s you are %ell a%are %hen you 7oth steppe# on the platfor( an# encourage# the people to Foin in a clap offering to the Lor# @instea# of for youB5 it appeare# as though a clap of po%er hit the 17// people. The first thing , hear# %as a thu#. , loo*e# up an# to the left , sa% a young %o(an %ho ha# fallen on the floor. Within a fe% (o(ents a Lutheran girl , *ne% fro( the Stu#y 4etreats %as on the floor 7ehin# her. Then su##enly all over the 7allroo( people ha# fallen out un#er the po%er of o#. So(e %ere laughing5 so(e %ere praising5 an# spea*ing in tongues5 so(e lay still an# %hen %e left at 11A3/5 there %ere still a fe% on the floor un#er the po%er of o# in this %ay. 9o human touched them. We are still laughing %ith the Foy of the Lor# a7out those %ho %ere to co(e to the platfor( an# testify of the healings they receive# an# fell un#er the po%er as they starte# up the steps. , have no i#ea ho% (any (arrie# couples ca(e up to re#e#icate their (arrie# life to o# an# en#e# up on the floor. , laughe#5 , crie#5 , reFoice# an# then su##enly , hear# a thu# an# (y hus7an# %as on the floor. 1e %as there a long ti(e5 starte# to get up an# fell 7ac* again an# %hen he finally got 7ac* into his seat he %as so #run* on the po%er of o#5 he har#ly *ne% %hat %as happening. 1e sai# it %as li*e he ha# e:perience# the (ost rela:ing ti(e of his life an# every 7one %as unhoo*e#. That night %ill al%ays 7e a (e(orial in (y life K it sho%e# (e a ne% #i(ension of po%er. We have ha# people fall un#er the po%er in our services5 %e have seen so(e great (oves of the Spirit in our church5 7ut , have never seen such a sovereign (ove of o#. Than* you5 than* you for co(ing our %ay an# giving of yourself so freely as channels for 1is po%er. 8esus is so irresisti7le an# , a( sure it %oul# have 7een al(ost i(possi7le to have resiste# 1i( that night. 132

3ne of those %ho re#e#icate# her life to 0hrist5 receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit an# %as co(pletely H>appe#2 7y the po%er of o#. She %ent straight ho(e5 gathere# up N5/.// %orth of 6SP 7oo*s an# procee#e# to 7urn the(. 1alleluFah===< This %as one of the (ost e:citing nights of our %hole life= So(e 17// Fa((e# the 7allroo( for a (iracle service. The po%er %as so strong it %as #ifficult to stan# up. When the tre(en#ous clap ovation for 8esus ca(e5 the po%er s%oope# #o%n an# so(e%here aroun# 2// people fell un#er the po%er right %here they stoo#= The congregation %as pre#o(inantly Lutheran an# 0atholic= Then things really got e:citing= The %or# of *no%le#ge starte# %or*ing an# as %e calle# out healings5 %e as*e# the( to co(e to the platfor( an# tell us %hat happene#. Then %e (a#e a startling #iscovery= The po%er of o# %as so strong they coul#n2t get to the (icrophone= We %ere 7oth hanging on to the pulpit 7ecause it %as al(ost i(possi7le for us to stan#. When anyone approache# the platfor( they loo*e# li*e they ha# steppe# on a 7anana peel5 an# #o%n they %ent5 un#er the po%er of o#= " 7eautiful 0atholic nun trie# to get to the (i*e5 7ut instea# fell on the floor5 personally touche# 7y the han# of o#= We ha# %ritten a7out this in our (onthly ne%sletter an# to#ay %e receive# a letter %hich sai#A ;Yester#ay , receive# another letter fro( you %here those approaching the platfor( %ere not a7le to procee#5 7eing over%hel(e# 7y the presence of o#5 an# ,, 0hronicles 7A2 tells of a si(ilar encounter %ith o#A H"n# the priests coul# not enter into the house of the Lor#5 7ecause the glory of the Lor# ha# fille# the Lor#2s house.2

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Praise o# that 1is glory can still fill the te(ple= "n# praise o# that 1is po%er has not lessene# one iota= ;"n# %hen all the chil#ren of ,srael sa% ho% the fire ca(e #o%n5 an# the glory of the Lor# upon the house5 they 7o%e# the(selves %ith their faces to the groun# upon the pave(ent5 an# %orshippe#5 an# praise# the Lor#5 saying5 .or he is goo#DG for his (ercy en#ureth for ever.< @,, 0hronicles 7A3 ?8&B. ,f there is anything that %ill 7rea* #o%n preconceive# notions5 7eliefs5 an# i#eas5 it is %atching or participating in a (iracle service. o# never see(s to choose e:actly the sa(e %ay to #o the sa(e (iracle. "n# often he #oes it in a hu(orous %ay. The follo%ing letter is self e:planatory a7out an unusual %ay o# %or*e# in a couple2s life= ;'earest +elove# .rances an# 0harles. ;We %ant to share %ith you the (iracle that has happene# in our lives. The Foyous (iracle happene# to (y hus7an# that Sun#ay night at the church in Taco(a. 'ennis fell fro( a la##er @a7out 2/ feetB %hile %or*ing in $ove(7er 1-72. 1e 7ro*e his *nee in t%o places5 also his heel. The #octors tol# hi( he2# never run again. 1e %as left %ith a li(p. $ee#less to say ho% har# it %as for 'ennis to accept this. Praise o#. "t the service that night5 'ennis %as an I$+6L,6&64 all the %ay #o%n the aisle. Eatter of fact5 the only reason he %as going #o%n that aisle %ith (e %as 7ecause of the Hcouple2 call. @You ha# invite# couples for%ar# to as* 8esus to 7less (arriages.B 1o%ever5 Praise the Lor#5 %atching o#2s 1oly Spirit (ove upon the people @starting to (a*e hi( thin*B %as scaring hi( to #eath5 an# confusion %as in his (in# all the %ay5 until the final step %as near5 an# %e %ere ne:t= 1e spo*e %ith 0harles first5 to (y surprise. 134

0harles sai# to hi(5 ;What #o you %ant 8esus to #o for youG< 'ennis sai#5 ;, hurt (y *nee falling off a roof last $ove(7er an# the #octors say ,2ll never 7e a7le to run again5 an# , %ant to run.< 0harles praye# a very short prayer an# then sai# to 'ennis5 H$o% 7en# your *nee52 an# 'ennis #i#5 an# #iscovere# he coul#. Then 0harles sai#5 H$o%5 4I$=2 "n# Praise the Lor#5 o# spo*e through 0harles to (y hus7an#. Li*e a 7olt of lightning he starte# to run. Praise the Lor#= $ee#less to say ,2( left stan#ing %ith 0harles5 an# 0harles #i#n2t even *no% %here he %ent. "fter a fe% (inutes5 here ca(e (y precious hus7an#5 s%eating an# crying5 confessing an# praying= ,2( getting so e:cite# %riting this. Then another 7olt of lightning= +oth of us fell un#er the po%er %ith han#s Foine# as one. The po%er of the 1oly Spirit fell upon us5 an# oh5 the glory of it all= The Foyous feeling that %as in our Hone2 heart as %e left the church %as %on#erful. @Three (onths 7efore this5 %e %ere planning a #ivorce.B 3ur (arriage %as on a soli# roc* calle# 8esus again after t%elve years. Praise the Lor#= The secon# gran# an# glorious (iracle that night5 (y hus7an# pulle# over to the si#e of the roa# a (ile fro( ho(e an# sai#5 HPraise the Lor#5 ,2ll see you at ho(e.2 1e starte# running li*e a #eer through the night5 L34Y5 L34Y5 L34Y=== , #rove on ho(e in a(a>e(ent. ,2ve than*e# 8esus (any ti(es for the pleasure of (eeting an# *no%ing another part of 1is fa(ily. You t%o %ill forever re(ain a part of our lives through 8esus 0hrist our L34'. ,n 8esus2 na(e5 than* you. @signe#B 0onnie an# 'ennis<

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CHAPTER 17 SPECIAL ANOINTINGS By Frances

%/he 5pirit of the )ord is upon *e, &ecause He has 69O.9/8; *e to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent *e to heal the bro<enhearted, /o preach deliverance to the captives 6nd recovery of sight to the blind, /o set at liberty those who are oppressed, /o preach the acceptable year of the )ord+ @Lu*e 4A1)5 1-B. That special anointing the Spirit of the Lor# ha# place# upon 8esus %as transferre# to us. %&ut CC you hold a sacred appointment, you have been given an unction CC you have been 69O.9/8; by the Holy One, and you all <now =the /ruth>.+ @, 8ohn 2A2/ "(p.B. %&ut as for you, =the sacred appointment, the unction> the 69O.9/.91 which you received from Him, abides =permanently> in you?...+ @1 8ohn 2A27 "(p.B. We can see that the anointing of the 1oly Spirit is per(anently %ith us 7ecause it is a gift fro( 8esus. There co(es at ti(es a special supernatural outpouring of the Spirit %hich %e often refer to as a special anointing. When this co(es5 it is a very precious ti(e %hen o#2s po%er an# presence is so upon us that (ost unusual (anifestations of the Spirit are #e(onstrate#. Since these e:periences %ere given to 8esus an# to the #isciples of the first generation5 %e *no% they %ill 7e given (ightily in this last generation 7efore 1is return. %6nd the power of the )ord was present to heal them+ @Lu*e 5A17B. "pparently there %ere ti(es in the life of 13!

8esus %hile 1e %as on earth that the anointing5 the po%er5 %as greater than at other ti(es. 3ne of the (ost anointe# ti(es in our (inistry ca(e very early in (y pu7lic (inistry. , recor#e# it in (y 7oo*5 ,T2S S3 S,EPL6 @.or(erly 1ang Loose %ith 8esusB. 3ne of the (ost unusual e:periences of (y entire life occurre# %hen , ha# an opportunity to spea* at a convention in 8une of 1-!-. ,t all 7egan li*e this. , ha# 7een at the sa(e convention the year 7efore autographing copies of (y first 7oo*5 1od .s Fabulous, an# ha# 7een real e:cite# a7out 7eing a7le to atten# a large international religious convention @(y firstB. , hear# so(e inspire# ser(ons5 7ut so(eho% or other5 , felt that so(ething %as (issing in the ca(pC(eeting. , felt le# to pray upon returning ho(e5 an# this is %hat , praye#K, si(ply sai#A ;Lor#5 they #on2t nee# to sit there an# hear eighteen ser(ons #uring the %ee*. The lay people can hear ser(ons at ho(e fro( their o%n pastor. What they nee# is so(ething ne%Kso(ething to give the( enthusias( so they can return ho(e e,cited a7out 8esus 0hrist5 not %ith ser(ons to lull the( into co(placency a7out %hat goo# 0hristians they are. So5 Lor#5 (ay , please have the opportunity of sharing the e,citement , feel a7out 8esus 0hrist in that great au#itoriu( so they2ll %a*e up an# go an# tell the %orl# the story of 8esus 0hristG< , conclu#e# %ith a ;than* you< an# then that prayer %as recor#e# in the (e(ory 7an* of (y (in#. , pro7a7ly %as the least surprise# person in the %orl# %hen , receive# a letter stating that the co((ittee %as inviting (e to spea* on Thurs#ay afternoon at 2A45 P.E. on the su7Fect ;Ways of Witnessing< K for the very si(ple reason that , ha# as*e# o# to let (e share (y e:cite(ent 137

a7out 8esus 0hrist5 an# certainly the reason , stay e:cite# all the ti(e is 7ecause , constantly %itness as to the now po%er of o# in #aily living. There %as pro7a7ly nothing else in the letter that %as earthsha*ing only so(e #etails to 7e follo%e#5 an# that %as all. , i((e#iately %rote 7ac* %ith great Foy as follo%sA ;Ey first reaction to spea*ing in that tre(en#ous au#itoriu( %as violent sto(ach pains5 7ut then , re(e(7ere# that o# has never calle# (e to #o anything that 1e hasn2t given (e the a7ility to #o5 so it is %ith great e:cite(ent an# anticipation that , accept the privilege of sharing the e:cite(ent , feel in %itnessing for 0hrist an# in seeing souls %on for the ar(y of 8esus 0hrist.< , ha# 7een on (any spea*ing engage(ents fro( the ti(e , receive# the letter until convention ti(e5 sharing the 7lessings of o#. 8ust 7efore the convention , receive# a (e(oran#u( telling %hat each spea*er %as going to tal* a7out an# after (y na(e %as a little notation5 ;, thin< she has chosen for her su7Fect5 H o5 Ean5 o=< This %as interesting5 7ecause so(eho% or other5 o# has never le# (e to %rite out %or# for %or# in a#vance %hat ,2( going to share5 regar#less of %here , spea*. , learne# early in (y 0hristian life that o# #i# not call (e to 7e a preacher5 7ut instea# Fust calle# (e to enthuse people5 so (y tal*ing is constantly sharing the things that 0hrist #oes in (y life. , (ay have even trie# to prepare so(e *in# of a (essage for this big event5 7ut coul#n2t5 an# yet so(eho% or other5 , *ne% that o# %oul# give (e the right %or#s at Fust the right ti(e. @Please re(e(7er since , only share %hat , have seen an# heard? it is easy for (e to recallB. , thin* it2s interesting that everything %e have ever seen5 13)

hear#5 felt5 s(elle# or touche# is store# in a co(puter li*e (e(ory 7an* of our (in# an# can 7e recalle# at any ti(e @not necessarily as we %ill it5 7ut as 1od %ills itB. , %as e:cite# a7out such a fa7ulous opportunity to share %ith people (y i#eas a7out ;giving 0hrist a%ay< an# ha# no nervousness or apprehension @so , thoughtB. The (orning of (y tal* , got into the au#itoriu( early an# %ent up to the huge pulpit5 %hich see(e# a7out 2/ feet a7ove the groun#5 an# loo*e# out into the vast au#itoriu(. , steppe# 7ac* an# then %ent 7ac* up there again an# nearly fainte#= ,t %as huge= , thought5 ;,2ll never 7e a7le to #o it=< Then , re(e(7ere# the verse , ha# chosen. ;, have 7een crucifie# %ith 0hristD it is no longer , %ho live5 7ut 0hrist %ho lives in (eD an# the life , no% live in the flesh , live 7y faith in the Son of o#5 %ho love# (e an# gave hi(self for (e.< ,f , really 7elieve# this5 ho% coul# , possi7ly 7e afrai#5 %hen it is 0hrist %ho is living his life through (e. Ey usual e:u7erance returne# an# , spent the rest of the (orning in a %itnessing conference an# then , ran over to (y roo( to change clothes for the 7ig event= Eay7e so(eone rea#ing this 7oo* #oesn2t 7elieve in the #evil or the po%ers of Satan. +elieve (e5 , #o5 7ecause Fust a7out the ti(e , got into the suit , ha# planne# to %ear5 Satan starte# 7o(7ar#ing (e. 1e sai#5 ;Who #o you thin* you are5 to get up in front of all those people an# try to spea*G What #o you thin* you can say that %ill change their livesG You2re Fust a lay(an. You2re not a theologian or anything of the sort. 8ust %ait until you see %hat a flop you2re going to (a*e of yourself.< , coul# al(ost hear the fien#ish laughter of Satan hi(self as he trie# to put fear into (y heart.

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So(ething happene#5 an# for the first ti(e in (y entire spea*ing life5 , 7ro*e #o%n an# crie#. , not only crie#K, so77e# an# so77e# as (y %hole 7o#y %as convulse# %ith fear. , %ante# to run as fast as , coul#KFust anything to get a%ay fro( that (a((oth au#itoriu( %hich loo*e# li*e a huge (outh a7out to s%allo% (e up. Then , re(e(7ere# ;, %ill never leave you5 nor forsa*e you.< @1e7re%s #F:$> " cool 7ree>e 7egan 7lo%ing in the %in#o% an# , felt li*e , %as 7athe# in o#2s 1oly Spirit5 an# t%o things happene# si(ultaneouslyA " tre(en#ous peace floo#e# (y soul as , si(ply sai#5 ; o# 5 %ith the po%er of your great an# (ighty 1oly Spirit5 , 7in# the han#s of Satan5 an# clai( victory for you this very #ay.< , #i#n2t as* o# to let (e #eliver the (ost po%erful (essage or the greatest ser(on or anything of the sort5 7ut , very si(ply praye# %ith every fi7er of (y 7eing an# every ounce of sincerity , have in (y 7o#y5 ;Lor#5 (ay your 1oly Spirit %al* in that great au#itoriu( as 1e has never %al*e# 7efore.< , 7lotte# (y tears5 slippe# into (y shoes an# %al*e# #irectly to the au#itoriu(. , %on#ere# at that ti(e if part of the letter to 6phesus %asn2t %ritten Fust for (e in that year. .ro( the Phillips Translation5 1A15 it says @an# , thin* of Paul tal*ing #irectly to (eBA %5ince, then, . heard of this faith of yours in the )ord Jesus and the practical way in which you are e,pressing it toward fellow Christians, . than< 1od continually for you and . never give up praying for you? and this is my prayer. /hat 1od, the 1od of our )ord Jesus Christ and the allG glorious Father will give you spiritual wisdom and the insight to <now more of Him? that you may receive that inner illumination of the spirit which will ma<e you reali@e how great is the hope to which He is calling youLthe 14/

magnificence and splendor of the inheritance promised to ChristiansLand how tremendous is the power available to us who believe in 1od. /hat power is the same divine energy which was demonstrated in Christ when he raised him from the dead an# gave hi( the place of supre(e honor in 1eaven.< .ear %as gone 7ecause ;perfect love castest out fear< an# , %as li*e a race horse running to the %ire. "ll restraint %as gone an# there %as nothing hol#ing (e 7ac*5 an# as , got up to spea*5 a (ost unusual feeling overca(e (e. So(eho% or other5 even though , %as in a huge pulpit elevate# high a7ove the au#itoriu(5 , felt li*e , %as sitting #o%n on the stage5 %atching this person %ho ha# the sa(e *in# of %hite suit , ha# on5 tal* %ith a7solute assurance a7out the things %hich o# ha# #one in her life. "s she share# story after story of #ifferent %itnessing escapa#es5 , *ne% so(eho% or other that they %ere (ineK that they %ere things that ha# happene# to (e5 an# yet , sat right there listening to a voice %hich soun#e# Fust li*e (ine spe%ing %or#s out so fast , coul# har#ly hear at ti(es. , felt a tre(en#ous urge to pray for this %o(an %ho loo*e# li*e (e5 an# soun#e# li*e (e5 7ecause there %as such an urgency in her voice5 , %ante# to as* o# to (a*e sure that she sai# everything that shoul# 7e sai#5 an# then all of a su##en ;,< %as stan#ing there. , loo*e# at (y %atch as this other %o(an %as still tal*ing an# reali>e# that (y ti(e %as gone. Ey prayers5 (y #rea(s of o#2s 1oly Spirit (oving in a #ayCofC Pentecost %ay5 hinge# on %hat this %o(an ha# sai#5 an# , reali>e# that , ha# to listen to %hat ;(an< ha# sai#5 7ecause , (ust conclu#e 7y a certain ti(e. , %on#ere#5 ;'i# o# really hear (y prayer this afternoon as , as*e# that 1is 1oly Spirit %al* in that au#itoriu( as 1e ha# never %al*e# 141

7eforeG< +ut , *ne% there %as no (ore ti(e. "ll the %or#s that nee#e# to 7e sai# %ere either sai#5 or (ust no% 7e left unsai#. Ti(e ha# run out. 6(otionally , %as #raine#5 even though , felt li*e , ha# not 7een tal*ing #uring the entire ti(e5 an# , felt li*e crying5 so , lai# (y hea# #o%n on the pulpit an# crie# out5 ; o#5 hear (y cry=< , #on2t even re(e(7er %hat , praye# 7ecause , %as so overco(e 7y the po%er of o# that nothing see(e# to (atter. When , finishe# praying5 , lifte# (y hea#5 an# the 7eautiful strains of ;?u( +a Ya< softly 7ut co(pletely envelope# the huge au#itoriu(. 0o(e 7y here5 Lor#= "n# co(e 1e #i#= "s , stoo# there it see(e# to (e everyone %as getting up to go to conferences in groups of fifty at a ti(e5 an# , %on#ere# %hat ha# happene# that so (any people ha# to leave early to go to conferences5 an# then , got the shoc* of (y life5 7ecause , reali>e# they %ere not leaving5 7ut respon#ing to the po%er of o#2s 1oly Spirit5 an# co(ing for%ar#. The prayer roo(s %ere fille# in Fust a (atter of secon#s5 an# (y pastor K %ho %as sitting on the platfor( %ith (e K stoppe# the( fro( going in5 an# as*e# the people to stan# in front of the huge platfor(. .or one 7rief (o(ent5 , 7elieve# that Satan trie# his last fling 7ecause , (ight have thought ;Wo%5 a( , goo#=< 7ut o# crac*e# (e right on the 7ac* of (y *nees an# 9uietly 7ut fir(ly sai# ;Who #i# it5 you or (eG< , steppe# 7ac* #o%n fro( the pulpit5 an# never %ent up again 7ecause , *ne% that o# ha# ans%ere# (y prayer5 7ut that nothing %as to (y personal cre#it. , re(e(7er loo*ing out at all the people that o# ha# touche# K an# , especially re(e(7er an ol# $egro stan#ing there5 %ith tears strea(ing #o%n her face5 7ut loo*ing right up to lorylan# saying ;Than* you5 sir5 than* you5 sir=< 142

Praise the Lor# that 1is 1oly Spirit can %or* to#ay to (ove people Fust li*e it #i# on the 'ay of Pentecost= " fe% years later in a s(all to%n a7out three (iles fro( %here the special anointing ca(e upon (e5 the anointing of the Spirit of o# ca(e upon 0harles in a (ost unusual proportion. So (any fantastic things have happene# to us since %e accepte# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit that it coul# fill another 7oo*5 Fust telling a7out the unusual services %here o#2s po%er has (ove# in a tre(en#ous %ay. We thought you (ight enFoy an article %ritten follo%ing the first three services %e ha# after pu7licly sharing a7out receiving the gift of the 1oly Spirit. , %rote this the (orning after it happene#5 sitting in a (otel roo( on top of a 7o: of 7oo*s to put (e high enough to use a type%riter , ha# 7orro%e#. , calle# the article ;Let2s Ta*e the 3live 3il 3ut of the Pulpit<. Than* you 8esus5 for revealing such si(ple little truths to us all the ti(e= ;Last night , sat in co(plete a(a>e(ent as , listene# to (y o%n 7elove# hus7an#5 %hose inner(ost thoughts are share# %ith (e at all ti(es5 an# hear# an# sa% a co(pletely #ifferent (an. , sa% a (an so anointe# 7y o# that it %as un7elieva7le. , #on2t 7elieve there %as anyone in the entire church %ho #i# not see the very special anointing of o# upon his lips. ;1e re(in#e# (e of a rushing river an# all , coul# thin* of %as H3ut of his inner(ost 7eing shall flo% 4,&64S of living %ater.2 "n# fro( out of his inner(ost 7eing there poure# the living %ater of 8esus 0hrist= ;3n an# on it ca(e rushing forth as if he %ere po%erless to stop5 yet P3W64C.ILL enough to *eep on going. 6ven though , %as sche#ule# to 7e the spea*er5 , 143

listene# an# reali>e# that $3T1,$ shoul# stop this tre(en#ous surging ti#al %ave of the living %ater itself. ,t ran #o%n into the valleys5 it rolle# across the roc*y falls5 an# the po%er an# the pressure of it s(oothe# the rough e#ges off of roc*s an# crags as it %ent racing through the channel that %as 0harles. ;.or over oneCan#CaChalf hours this %ent on5 gaining (o(entu( all the ti(e. , happene# to glance at the cloc*5 an# that2s %hy , *no% ho% long it ha# 7een5 an# yet it see(e# Fust li*e a fe% (o(ents. ;, loo*e# at the front pe%s of the church. .ille# %ith young chil#ren fro( four to eight or nine years of age5 they sat there co(pletely un#er the spell of o#2s holy po%er. $o %iggling5 no s9uir(ing5 no tal*ing C Fust rapt attention. $othing in the %orl# e:cept the po%er of o# coul# ever *eep little ones 9uiet that long. ;0harles apparently 7eca(e a%are of the ti(e5 7ut 7efore he #i#5 thoughts %ent flashing through (y (in# of H%hat short tal* can , give the( tonight for (y part of the serviceG2 ;.ro( the reservoir #eep in (y (in# ca(e all *in#s of i#eas an# thoughts an# e:periences5 7ut each one %as %ipe# out instantly 7y the 1oly Spirit. , 7egan praying5 HLor#5 %hat shall , share tonight to *eep this flo% goingG2 "n# each ti(e another i#ea ca(e into (y (in#5 the 1oly Spirit %ipe# it out again. Ti(e %ent on an# (y (in# race# faster an# faster. ;, felt the pastor sit #o%n in one of the chairs on the rostru( 7esi#e (e. There %as a gentle (oving of air an# a soft soun# as he 9uietly sat #o%n5 7ut , #i#n2t turn to loo* at hi( 7ecause , %as so co(pletely un#er the spell of the anointing of (y hus7an#. .inally after a (inute or t%o5 , felt a gentle tug on (y sleeve. 144

;, turne# to see %hat the pastor %ante# an# receive# the shoc* of (y life= T16 P"ST34 W"S ST,LL S,TT,$ '3W$ 3$ T16 .43$T P6W= , turne# further to see %ho ha# sat #o%n in the chair 7esi#e (e an# ,2ll never forget %hat , sa%. ;, coul#n2t #escri7e 1i(5 other than the 7lue glo% of an outline , sa%5 7ut , *ne% it %as 86SIS= 1e %as sitting in the chair5 legs crosse# an# ar(s on the ar( rest of the chair. 1e sai#5 H4ela:5 the anointing is on 0harles tonight. Let hi( have the entire service.2 ;, "LE3ST .6LL 3.. T16 01",4= ;0ol# chills ran up an# #o%n (y spine as , reali>e# that o# %as #oing so(ething very special in that church in "le:an#ria5 ,n#iana that night= ;"ll of a su##en 0harles te(porarily #a((e# up the flo% of living %ater an# conclu#e# %ith a re(ar* si(ilar to thisA H, (ust stop. You have as*e# .rances to spea*. , (ust let her share %hat2s on her heart.2 ;"n# share , #i#= , only tol# the( %hat ha# Fust happene# up there on the rostru( of their church5 an# ho% 8esus ha# touche# (e an# tol# (e to *eep silent. ,t %as as though an electrical charge crac*le# through the entire congregation follo%e# 7y a holy hush= ;,t %as a #ay of Pentecost= ,n the silence you coul# hear the rushing of the (ighty %in# of the Spirit. The 25/// hours that 0harles ha# spent in the +i7le in one year5 (ore than forty hours a %ee*5 ca(e pouring out of hi(. The pastor sai# 0harles stoo# there li*e another Paul %ho ha# spent ti(e in the %il#erness see*ing 8esus in the 3l# Testa(ent an# %ho ha# foun# 1i( there. The torrent of %or#s an# revelations continue# to pour fro( his lips. ;, %as pro7a7ly the (ost intereste# listener of all 7ecause out of his inner(ost 7eing %ere flo%ing truths he 145

ha# never #iscusse# %ith (e 7efore. The e:tra hour he has 7een getting up an# spen#ing in the +i7le #aily fro( $:F( until !A3/ every (orning %as pouring fro( his lips. ; o# %as 7lessing the pri(e ti(e of his #ay %hich he ha# given to 1i( for the prece#ing three (onths. The constant searching for the spiritual (eaning of o#2s Wor# ha# not 7een in vain. The lac* of sleep ha# 7een (ore than repai# as o# fulfille# 1is pro(iseA H ive5 an# it shall 7e given unto you.2 The Lor# gave 7ac* into his conscious (in# all that he ha# store# in his su7conscious5 an# ha# so anointe# it that there %as no one present %ho faile# to feel the po%er. ;, ha# share# in 7oth of the (orning services 7ecause the Lor# ha# not le# us to feel he %ante# 0harles until the evening service. ;+oth (orning services ha# 7een anointe# in a 7eautiful %ay5 7ut they ha# only pave# the %ay for the e:plosion of the 1oly Spirit in the evening service. "s %e %ent to pray 7efore the evening service5 little reali>ing %hat %as co(ing5 the pastor sai#5 H.rances5 you can2t fail 7ecause of the %ay 0harles prays for an anointing for you.2 Then he as*e# 0harles to pray for a special anointing at the night service5 an# 0harles praye# for an He:plosion of the 1oly Spirit2 little reali>ing that he %as praying for the anointing on hi(self. ;,t %as an e:plosion all right5 7ut not the *in# you (ight e:pect. ,t %as 9uiet5 7ut (any sai#5 H,t %as the greatest service , have ever atten#e# in (y life.2 3thers sai#5 H,t ha# to 7e the anointing of o#5 7ecause 0harles %asn2t even a%are of %hat %as going on.2 Eany genuine #ecisions for 0hrist %ere (a#e that night. ;Then another interesting thing occurre#. 8ust the night 7efore5 so(e 7eautiful SpiritCfille# (en of the .ull ospel 14!

+usiness(en2s .ello%ship ha# praye# for an anointing for 0harles in this %ay5 H o#5 anoint hi( %ith the po%er of your 1oly Spirit5 %ith the strength of 5amson.C "n# anoint hi( %ith that strength the Lor# #i#= ;People calle# relatives as far a%ay as .lori#a to let the( listen to part of the tape far into the night an# ran up an# #o%n the streets of "le:an#ria telling %hat ha# happene#. o# ha# calle# a church for so(ething great= , ha# spo*en in the (orning a7out 7eing a 7urning 7ush for the Lor# an# the first one at the altar %as the song #irector %ho %ent to his o%n funeral as he co(pletely #ie# to self an# gave all of hi(self to o#. "s %e hear# a7out hi( running up an# #o%n the streets sharing %hat ha# happene#5 in (y (in#2s eye , coul# see hi( crying as in the #ays of Paul 4evere5 only instea# of HThe +ritish are 0o(ing2 it %as H8esus is here=2 ;There %as one (o(ent of real tension #uring the service5 %hen , tol# 0harles that 8esus ha# sai# the anointing %as on hi(. .or a fe% (o(ents the anointing left hi( as he loo*e# at (e in utter astonish(ent. , praye# silently in the Spirit %ith all the fervency , possesse# for the anointing to return5 an# su##enly it %as 7ac* upon hi(. The secretary of the church %rote (e a letter the ne:t #ay5 %hich e:plains 7eautifully ho% a congregation lifte# 0harles up as they sa% the anointing leave5 an# continue# praying until the anointing returne#. ;"s 0harles %as spea*ing Sun#ay evening5 it %as so very evi#ent that he ha# 7een anointe# 7y o# for a very special tas*. ,t ha# not 7een his intention to spea* for the %hole service 7ut %hen .rances tol# hi( that she felt he shoul# continue5 there %as a (o(ent %hen he faltere# ... an# he %as Fust 0harles C not o#2s anointe# one. Ey 147

hus7an# an# , an# our chil#ren %ere sitting in the fourth ro% an# as 0harles faltere# there ca(e upon us an# over us %ave after %ave of the saints of the church hol#ing 0harles up again for the Spirit2s anointing. "s the first %ave (ove# over 0harles5 the secon# %ave (ove# over us an# on an# on until o# ha# reCanointe# 0harles for %hat o# %oul# have hi( to #o. ,t %as as though 0harles %as re(ove#. 1is 7o#y only %as there an# %e %ere hearing #irectly fro( o#. ;You can i(agine the e:cite(ent an# peace an# hush an# precious spirit that %as present= Praise the Lor# for an unusual outpouring of 1is 1oly Spirit= ;"s , sat on the rostru( %atching 0harles5 , sa% 7ottle of olive oil o7viously use# for healing services an# , ha# a perfect vision of %hat o# ha# reveale# to (e a fe% short %ee*s 7efore. When he a#(onishes us in 8a(es5 %.s any among you sic<3 .s any among you suffering3 .f so, let him call the elders of the church, as< them to anoint him with oil, and the prayer of faith will heal the sic<,+ 1e didnCt mean olive oil at all;"ll the %ay through the 3l# Testa(ent5 oil refers to the 1oly Spirit5 an# %hen 1e sai# anoint the sic* %ith oil5 1e (eant to pray for the po%er of the 1oly Spirit to touch the one %ho %as suffering. 1e calle# those of us %ho 7elieve an# %ho are 7apti>e# %ith 1is 1oly Spirit to lay our han#s on the sic*5 an# trans(it to the( 7y 7eing nothing 7ut a channel for 1i(5 the 7eautiful healing po%er fro( on high. 4ight in front of (y eyes , sa% the t%o *in#s of oil. The genuine5 as it %as 7eing poure# out all over 0harles5 an# the su7stitute5 sitting there %ith a cap on the top5 all 7ottle# up. ;The #ifference 7et%een success an# failure. ;The #ifference 7et%een churchianity an# 0hristianity. 14)

;The #ifference 7et%een o# an# (an. %.t is 1od himself, in his mercy, who has given us @0harles an# .rancesB this wonderful wor< =of telling his 1ood 9ews to others>, and so we never give up. 2e do not try to tric< people into believing C we are not interested in fooling anyone. 2e never try to get anyone to believe that the &ible teaches what it doesnCt. 6l/such shameful methods we forego. 2e stand in the presence of 1od as we spea< and so we tell the truth, as all who <now us will agree. %.f the 1ood 9ews we preach is hidden to anyone, it is hidden from the one who is on the road to eternal death. 5atan, who is the god of this evil world, has made him blind, unable to see the glorious light of the 1ospel that is shining upon him, or to understand the ama@ing message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is 1od. 2e donCt go around preaching about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as )ord. 6ll we say of ourselves is that we are your slaves because of what Jesus has done for us. For 1od, who said, A)et there be light in the dar<ness, Ahas made us understand that it is the brightness of his glory that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. %&ut this precious treasure C this light and power that now shine within us C is held in a perishable container, that is, in our wea< bodies. 878:'O98 C69 588 /H6/ /H8 1)O:.O45 !O28: 2./H.9 *45/ &8 F:O* 1O; 69; .5 9O/ O4: 3W$< @2 0orinthians 4A1C7 TL+B. 8esus appeare# to the #isciples of the early church5 an# %e *no% 1e %ill appear to (any of 1is #isciples in this final chapter 7efore 1is arrival to usher us into heaven=

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Charles: Will angels 7e visi7le to (ore of the +o#y of 0hrist in the en# church than in the early churchG "7out a thir# of all (ention of angels in the +i7le is in the 7oo* of 4evelation5 an# %e 7elieve that is the #ay in %hich %e are living no%= Since %e %rote the great soulC%inning 7oo*5 6ngels On 6ssignment5 %e have ha# hun#re#s of people co(e to us %ith testi(onies of seeing angels or having ha# visits 7y angels. The e:citing thing a7out so(e of these %itnesses is that %e have seen the angels appear in the sa(e place they tell of seeing the(5 an# they #escri7e the angels as %e have seen the(. o# #oes confir( his Wor# 7y (any %itnesses. The first *no%n #irect visit fro( angels in our lives ca(e on the night of (y 7irth. Ey (other #i#n2t tell (e a7out this until late in her life5 after o# ha# place# us in a (iracle (inistry. She sai# that angels appeare# at her 7e#si#e5 han#e# her a little pac*age an# sai#5 ;This is your 7elove# son=< Then the angels vanishe#. Soon after %e receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit5 %e %ere (inistering in a (iracle service in "ustin5 Te:as. .rances an# ,5 the %orship lea#er an# another (an %ere on the stage of the au#itoriu(. 'uring the 7eautiful %orship5 .rances turne# to the %orship lea#er an# sai#5 ;Will you lea# us in singing in the SpiritG< 1e loo*e# rather shoc*e# that she %oul# (a*e such an earthly re9uest for such a heavenly act as singing in the Spirit5 7ut Paul sai# he sang %ith the Spirit5 so %hy shoul#n2t %eG 15/

8ust 7efore the %orship lea#er starte# to sing in tongues5 %e 7oth turne# to%ar# the piano. 0o(ing fro( that #irection %e hear# %hat soun#e# li*e a thousan# piece orchestra tuning their instru(ents Fust 7efore a concert. +ut ... the piano 7ench %as e(pty an# a guitar %as resting 7esi#e the 7ench= The volu(e 7egan to intensify as they see(e# rea#y for the #o%nC7eat of the orchestra lea#er5 %hen si(ultaneously %ith the %orship lea#er starting to sing in the Spirit5 the %hole invisi7le orchestra playe# in har(ony %ith this 7eautiful singing in tongues. What an a%eso(e e:perience for us an# the %orship lea#er as %e hear# the (usic of a thousan# angels= Frances: Years later in Eontana %e %ere spea*ing in a convention hel# in a huge tent %here a7out 7// SpiritCfille# people %ere in atten#ance. We ha# Fust share# the po%erful story fro( the (essage 7rought 7y a7riel as tol# in the chapters5 ;1e Taste# 'eath< an# ;You "re 0overe# @"tone(entB< in the 7oo*5 "$ 6LS 3$ "SS, $E6$T. $othing 7rings the glory of o# li*e (agnifying 8esus through 1is sacrifice an# 1is 7loo# offering to o#. "s 0harles finishe# sharing this 7eautiful atone(ent (essage5 , steppe# to the (icrophone. ,nstea# of (inistering healing %hich %e usually #i# at that ti(e5 , 7egan singing in the Spirit an# the voices of 7// people Foine# in the 7eautiful %orship as though it %as a unifie# than*s to o# for sen#ing 8esus to us. The volu(e s%elle# in har(ony an# it %as the (ost 7eautiful singing %e ha# ever hear#. Then it see(e# that everyone 7egan to listen an# loo* up as they %ere %orshiping. This continue# for several

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(inutes an# no7o#y %ante# to stop. Su##enly it en#e# in a holy hush= o# spo*e in prophecy an# sai#5 ;+ecause of your a#oration an# praise of (e this night5 , have sent a heavenly host fro( the other si#e to Foin you in praise an# %orship=< What %e sa% an# hear# %as a spectacular #isplay of o#2s glory. There %ere (ore %orship angels than there %ere people5 the angels hovering near the top of the giant tent5 an# for the first ti(e in (y life5 , hear# the( singing. They soun#e# li*e high pitche# violins 7ut %ere singing in angel languages= lory to o#= Then ca(e the final thrill %hen people ca(e running to us after the service saying5 ;'i# you see the angels an# hear the( singing %ith us %hen %e %ere singing in tonguesG< 6ach #escription %as ali*e5 an# then they sai#5 ;When they finally left5 a heavenly (ist #escen#e# fro( the top of the tent.< We are living in the (ost e:citing age of all ti(es= 1alleluFah= We love to %orship o# an# 0hrist 8esus an# in each of our (iracle services %e spen# a lot of ti(e in praise an# %orship. enerally the congregation %ill 7rea* into praise in the Spirit as they sing %ith their spirits li*e Paul #i#. ,t %as on one such occasion in a (orning service in the "7ilene5 Te:as 0ivic 0enter that the sponsoring pastor5 Wilson 6stes5 ca(e to us an# %as unusually e:cite# %ith %hat he ha# Fust seen an# e:perience#. 1e sai# he %as in high %orship %hen he loo*e# to%ar# the stage an# all across the top of the stage valance he sa% a ro% of s(all angels. 1e continue# to praise o#5 singing in the Spirit5 an# loo*e# again. This ti(e there %ere t%o

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ro%s of angelsD in 7ac* of the ro% he first sa% %as a ro% of large %arrior angels. 1e sai#5 ; o#5 %hat #oes this (eanG< o# sai#5 ;The first ro% are %orship angels , have sent to Foin you in %orship an# praise. The secon# ro% are %arrior angels , have sent to fight the spirit of religiosity %hich is over "7ilene.< We loo*e# all over5 a7ove5 an# aroun# the stage 7ut %e coul# see nothing that loo*e# li*e an angel= We as*e# Pastor 6stes to share a7out the angels in the evening service. When he finishe#5 , 7egan to prophesy a7out %hat o# %as going to #o in "7ilene5 an# %hen , finishe#5 0harles steppe# to the (icrophone to spea*5 %hen su##enly , %as a%are of the fact that there %as so(eone on the stage %ith us. ,n (y spirit , *ne% it %as an unusual person5 7ut , ha# no i#ea %hat it really %as5 so , 7egan to step 7ac* very slo%ly5 very slo%ly5 so that , coul# 7e in line %ith the person %ho %as stan#ing there. So(eho% , *ne% it %as not o# or 8esus5 7ut , *ne% it %as so(e type of heavenly 7eing5 so , continue# (oving slo%ly 7ac*%ar#s so , coul# see %ho it %as 7ecause , #i#n2t %ant to #istur7 the (eeting5 %hen su##enly , turne#5 an# there ST33' T16 +, 6ST E"$ ,2&6 6&64 S66$ ,$ EY 6$T,46 L,.6. ,nstantly , *ne% it %as an angel= "n# at the top of (y lungs @not %anting to #istur7 the (eetingB , sai# ;W3W=< What a (o(ent of lory= 1e %as appro:i(ately eight feet tall an# he ha# the 7iggest shoul#ers ,2ve ever seen in all (y life. , %as so co(pletely overco(e %ith the presence of this angel that , coul# not say a single %or#= Then o# spo*e to (y heart an# sai#5 ;That2s a special %arrior angel that , have statione# %ith you an# 0harles to protect you fro( the fiery #arts of the #evil until 8esus 0hrist co(es 7ac*=< 153

Those %or#s are 7urne# into (y very heart5 an# even as , %rite this5 , can hear the( again= The thing that e:cite# (e so (uch %as the last five %or#s ;until 8esus 0hrist co(es 7ac*=< 1alleluFah= Surely %e are in the very en# ti(es= , have seen the angel (any ti(es since then5 an# a( al%ays a%are of his presence %hether %e are on a plane or in a car5 an# %hat a co(fort to *no% that he2s protecting us at all ti(es fro( the fiery #arts of the #evil= Charles: We %ere to 7e guests an# participate in a %e##ing one Sun#ay evening. ,t %as a7out an hour 7efore the church service an# ti(e for the %e##ing to start %hen a (an 7rought his 7a#ly cripple# %ife into the foyer of the church. We (inistere# healing to her5 7ut o# put her in traction to heal her 7ac*5 an# it too* a7out ten (inutes for the total healing to 7e acco(plishe#. The groo( got very nervous5 7ut %e sai# o# %ante# to finish the (iracle. She %as totally heale# after (onths of e:cruciating pain. While the (inister %as con#ucting the %e##ing5 , as*e# hi( if , coul# interrupt for a (o(ent. The 7ri#e an# groo( %ere facing us as %e face# the au#ience. , tol# the au#ience that this %as an unusual %e##ing 7ecause the giant angel %ho( o# ha# statione# %ith us %as stan#ing #irectly in 7ac* of the 7ri#e an# groo(5 facing us. Then , sai# he %as (oving to (y rightD then he %as (oving 7ac* to .rances. , have never seen this angel or any of the large angels5 7ut o# gives (e an a7ility in the Spirit to tell e:actly %here the angel is an# *no% his (ove(ents %ithout visi7ly seeing hi(. .rances then too* the (icrophone an# sai#5 ;0harles #escri7e# hi( perfectly @she sa% hi( as plainly as she coul# see (eB5 e:cept that %hen he (ove# to our right5 154

he put his han# on the shoul#er of the (an sitting there. The (an accepte# 8esus that night after the %e##ing=< 3ne night %e %ere %orshiping in a church in ?ala(a>oo5 Eichigan5 an# , nu#ge# .rances as %e %ere lea#ing the %orship5 an# sai#5 ;'o you see the angelsG< We %ere %orshiping 8esus an# the %orship angels appeare# in clusterCli*e groups of five or si:. They %ere Foyously clapping their han#s in 7lissful praise. They loo*e# very e:cite# as they %ere %orshiping 8esus %ho( they love so very (uch5 an# honor so respectfully. The %orship angels see( to 7e a7out four or five feet high5 %hile 7ig %arrior angels see( to range fro( a7out seven to eight feet tall. 3ne night in Eassachusetts on the last night of a threeC #ay se(inar5 %e ha# urge# the people to go out into their part of the %orl# an# (inister salvation to the people %ho #on2t *no% 8esus. .rances su##enly stoppe# tal*ing an# 7egan telling %hat she sa% in a(a>e(ent. Stan#ing in (ilitaryCli*e for(ation5 shoul#er to shoul#er along 7oth si#es an# across the 7ac* of the au#itoriu( %ere a7out a hun#re# giant angels #resse# li*e %arriors. o# gave her a prophecy (essage for the peopleA ;'on2t 7e afrai# to tell a7out 8esus an# the ospel5 7ecause %hen you are #oing this you %ill never 7e alone. , %ill sen# one of these giant angels %ith you=< T%elve people ca(e to us after the service an# each of the( #escri7e# the angels ali*e in (ore #etail than .rances ha# relate# over the (icrophone. When Pastor +uc* @6ngels On 6ssignmentB relate# a7out seeing a7out a hun#re# giant %arrior angels stan#ing on his la%n in front of his house5 %e 7elieve#. This special visit fro( heaven gave us a personal confir(ation of one of the (ighty sights Pastor +uc* relate# to us as %e %rote the 155

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CHAPTER 17 FIRE FROM HEAVEN By Frances

,f it happene# in +i7le ti(es5 it %ill happen to#ay= %/he year 0ing 4@@iah died . saw the )ord- He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the /emple was filled with his glory. Hovering about him were mighty, si,G winged seraphs. 2ith two of their wings they covered their faces? with two others they covered their feet, and with two they flew. .n a great antiphonal chorus they sang, AHoly, holy, holy is the )ord of Hosts? the whole earth is filled with his glory.C %5uch singing it was- .t shoo< the /emple to its foundations, and suddenly the entire sanctuary was filled with smo<e. %/hen . said, A*y doom is sealed, for . am a foul mouthed sinner, a member of a sinful, foulGmouthed race? and . have loo<ed upon the 0ing, the )ord of heavenCs armies. %/hen one of the seraphs flew over to the altar and with a pair of tongs pic<ed out a burning coal. He touched my lips with it and said, A9ow you are pronounced A9ot guiltyC because this coal has touched your lips. 'our sins are all forgiven.C %/hen . heard the )ord as<ing, A2hom shall . send as a messenger to my people3 2ho will go3C %6nd . said, A)ord, .Cll go- 5end me+ @,saiah !A1C) TL+B.

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o# continually confir(s his Wor# %ith signs an# %on#ers5 an# so often he #oes so(e of the (ost unusual things. Tues#ay night5 8anuary 2-5 1-7-5 %as a night %e %ill never forget. ,t all starte# as 0harles an# , rea# the confession fro( 6 Confession 6 ;ay 0eeps /he ;evil 6way. ;Than* you5 .ather5 that angels are in charge of (e. , a( surroun#e# 7y angels at all ti(es %ho (inister to (e an# protect (e5 even fro( acci#ents. , a( acco(panie# 7y angels5 #efen#e# 7y the( an# preserve# 7y the( 7ecause you have or#ere# the( to #o so.< @4eferenceA Psal( -1A11B We %ere sitting in the restaurant as , rea# this5 an# as soon as , finishe#5 o# spo*e an# sai#5 ;T3$, 1T T1646 W,LL +6 " &,S,T"T,3$ 3. "$ 6LS ,$ T16 01I401=< , al(ost fell off of (y chair. , share# this in the (orning session5 an# the organist spo*e up an# sai#5 ;Last night , felt the presence of an angel on the front pe%5 7ut , coul#n2t see hi(5 an# as*e# o# to please let (e see hi(5 7ut he sai#5 H$ot tonight5 7ut to(orro% night.< What a confir(ation= The pastor of the church i((e#iately Fu(pe# to his feet an# sai#5 ;, %ant to share so(ething ,2ve never share# 7efore.< Then he share# a story of ho% he hear# the angels sing the night he %as save# si:ty years 7efore. 1e %as 7apti>e# %ith the 1oly Spirit at the sa(e ti(e5 7ut he ha# never hear# the angels sing again5 an# ha# as*e# o# the previous %ee* to let hi( hear the angels once (ore. 8ust seven or eight #ays prior to our 7eing in the church5 o# let hi( hear the angels sing again. Eore confir(ation=

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There %as a great e:cite(ent at the start of the evening (eeting5 an# an a%areness of the presence of o# in an unusual %ay. " prophecy ca(e forth fro( another of the pastors saying that fire %oul# co(e #o%n fro( heaven that very night. The e:cite(ent (ounte#= We %orshippe#5 %e taught5 %e preache# the ospel5 an# still %e sa% nothing of the angels o# sai# %oul# 7e there. We tal*e# on total co((it(ent of our lives an# holy living that evening an# as*e# all %ho %ante# to release their lives totally to o# an# #ie to self to stan# an# co(e for%ar#. The front of the church %as fille#5 the aisles %ere fille# all the %ay to the 7ac* of the church5 7ecause o# ha# touche# the hearts of the people. Su##enly , sa% an angel appear in the 7ac* of the church. 1e %as 7lo%ing a tru(pet5 apparently soun#ing a call for other angels. This all happene# as the cro%# surge# for%ar#5 an# along %ith the( ca(e other angels %hich ha# appeare# right after the tru(pet call. 6ach angel ha# one coal of fire hel# in a s(all pair of tongs. "s they ca(e over the cro%#5 each angel procee#e# to place the coal of fire on the lips of in#ivi#uals throughout the stan#ing congregation. "s , sa% each angel #escen# to leave the coal5 , %ent to that person an# touche# their lips an# unusual things happene#= 3ne of the pastors sai# he never felt such po%er in his life5 an# %hen , touche# his lips he %on#ere# if , ha# actually hit hi( in the (outh. 1e %ent un#er the po%er an# %hile he %as on the floor5 he reache# up to see if his lips %ere 7lee#ing 7ecause he felt such a 7reath of po%er= " young (an %ho receive# a coal of fire ha# not receive# the 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit5 an# as soon as , touche# his lips he fell un#er the po%er an# 7egan to spea* in tongues. 15-

So(e #i# not receive coals5 an# 0harles receive# a %or# of prophecy. o# sai# that there %as a %all or 7loc*age hol#ing so(e of the( 7ac* fro( receiving a special anointing. 1e sai# it in great love5 not 7eing Fu#g(ental5 an# the (essage continue# that they %oul# 7e a%a*ene# 7et%een t%o an# three o2cloc* in the (orning 7y the 1oly Spirit= "n# they %ere= The ne:t night a couple ca(e in %ith nine pac*s of cigarettes. She sai# the presence of o# %as so real the night 7efore she 7egan to %eep 7ecause she %as afrai# she %oul#n2t (a*e it to heaven an# o# sai#5 ;, %ant your cigarettes.< +oth she an# her hus7an# turne# in their cigarettes5 co(pletely #elivere# 7ecause of this unusual visitation. " young (an %ho ha# stolen a #ia(on# ring5 confesse# that he ha# s%allo%e# it %hen the police e:a(ine# hi(5 7ut that it ha# later 7een stolen fro( hi(5 an# the convicting po%er of the 1oly Spirit %as so strong that he hear# o# say5 ;You still o%e the Fe%eler for that ring5 even if it %as stolen fro( you.< 1e sai# he %as going to (a*e a restitution5 an# people 7egan giving (oney to help hi( (a*e the restitution. "t t%oCthirty in the (orning5 a %o(an %as a%a*ene# an# hear# one %or#5 ;Eiria(.< 3n We#nes#ay night5 %e share# the story of Eiria( an# "aron tal*ing an# gossiping 7ehin# Eoses2 7ac*5 an# envying o#2s treat(ent of hi(5 an# this %o(an confesse# her envy of so(eone else in the congregation 7ecause of their talents. @4ea# $u(7ers5 0hapter 12B. 1o%ever5 the (ost e:citing testi(ony ca(e fro( the pastor hi(self. 1e sai#5 ;, #i#n2t see any angels5 , #i#n2t feel a thing %hen .rances place# her han#s on (y lips5 7ut , preache# all night long. , preache# in (y sleep5 , 1!/

preache# %hen , %as a%a*e5 an# fol*s5 you2ve got a 7ran# ne% pastor.< The anointing on hi( %as tre(en#ous. We #on2t un#erstan# everything a7out angels5 7ut ho% %e praise o# for the (inistering %or* perfor(e# 7y the angels that night= We really #i#n2t *no% that there %as a si(ilar story in the +i7le until one #ay %e %ere rea#ing an# #iscovere# the story as 9uote# a7ove in ,saiah 0hapter si:. We still %on#er %hat o# (eant5 7ut as %e loo* 7ac* to the age o# tal*e# a7out in the rest of that chapter %hen ,srael %as scattere#5 an# no% loo* at this en# generation %hen the 8e%s have again 7eco(e a nation5 coul# this (ean that %e #isciples %ho are to 7e use# to go tell the %orl# a7out the cleansing po%er of o# %ill 7e the totally co((itte# people %hose only #esire is to say5 ;Lor#5 ,2ll go= Sen# (e.< %9ow when the ;ay of !entecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 6nd suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. /hen there appeared to them ;.7.;8; /O91485, 65 OF F.:8, and one sat upon each of them. 6nd they were all filled with the Holy 5pirit and began to spea< with other tongues, as the 5pirit gave them utterance+ @"cts 2A1C4B. Charles: We ha# al(ost co(plete# %riting the great 7oo* 6ngels On 6ssignment5 an# %ere in an afternoon service in a church in Wycoff5 $e% 8ersey. , %as telling the congregation a7out o# stationing the angel %ith us to protect us fro( the fiery #arts of Satan until 8esus 0hrist co(es 7ac*D a7out (any of the e:citing visits of a7riel an# the other angels to Pastor +uc*5 an# a7out so(e of the 1!1

(essages o# sent to us5 the +o#y5 7y the "ngel a7riel. , %as 7u77ling over %ith e:cite(ent a7out this %hen su##enly one %hole ro% of people Fu(pe# to their feet an# 7egan pointing to%ar# us an# shouting5 ;Loo* 7ehin# you5 loo* 7ehin# you= Shafts of light= Shafts of light=< 3thers 7egan popping up all over the church shouting the sa(e thing an# pointing to%ar# us. We coul# have *ic*e# ourselves for not i((e#iately loo*ing5 7ut as they %ere shouting5 , felt a force of energy pouring into (y 7o#y fro( 7ehin# (y left shoul#er li*e fro( a fire hose. ,t see(e# to penetrate (y %hole 7o#y an# , have never felt such a po%erful presence or flo% of the po%er of o# in (y life. .rances an# , %ere stan#ing 7ehin# a large pulpit si#e 7y si#e %hen the po%er of the 1oly Spirit ca(e #o%n on us li*e ten thousan# poun#s of glory an# %e 7oth slu(pe# over on the pulpit. This po%er felt (uch li*e the gravity pull on a plane %hich spee#s in a steep cli(7 up%ar#s5 7ut only in reverse. ,t %as the po%er of o# that pushe# us #o%n on the pulpit. "fter this visitation en#e#5 %e tal*e# to the congregation saying %e #i# not *no% %hat this %as5 7ut re(in#e# the( of so(e si(ilar visits in the +i7le. .or e:a(ple5 in 6:o#us 3A2C)A %6nd the 6ngel of the )ord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. 5o he loo<ed, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed ... @)B 5o . have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the 8gyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with mil< and honey ...; ,n this en# generation5 o# is again visiting earth %ith 1is angels %ith the (essage of #eliverance. So (uch of o#2s en#Cti(e (essages in the 7oo* 6ngels On 6ssignment relate to 1is #eliverance of 1is people 7y the 1!2

cleansing 7loo# of 8esus. o# never ceases to reach 1is 7ig ar(s of love out to those %ho are not serving 1i(5 al%ays %anting the( to co(e to 1i( an# 7e 1is chil#ren. 1is love is everlasting an# is 7eing poure# out so freely in this generation5 %anting none to perish= We also calle# their attention to "cts -A3C!A %6nd as he @SaulB ourneyed he came near ;amascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. /hen he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, A5aul, 5aul, why are you persecuting *e3C 6nd he said, A2ho are 'ou, )ord3C 6nd the )ord said, A. am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. .t is hard for you to <ic< against the goads.C %5o he, trembling and astonished, said, A)ord, what do 'ou want me to do3 C6nd the )ord said to him, A6rise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. That %as one of the (ost a%eso(e e:periences of (y life5 7ut %e still #i#n2t *no% %hat this special visitation %as until %e %ere %ith Pastor +uc* to %ho( o# ha# sent the angels so (any ti(es. , as*e# Pastor +uc* to tell us so(e of the (essages an# visits %hich he ha# not yet share# %ith us. 1e sai#5 ;, #on2t 7elieve , tol# you5 7ut a7riel an# 0hrioni ca(e to (y stu#y one night an# sai# to tell 0harles an# .rances that they ha# #roppe# in on so(e of their services5 7ut to tell the( that they #i# not appear as they usually #o5 7ut appeare# "S S1".TS 3. L, 1T=< lory to o#= a7riel is the angel %ho stan#s nearest to o# @Lu*e 1A1-B an# this ra#iation of the presence of o# on hi( %as %hat , felt so strongly that afternoon= "s %e have share# %hat o# is #oing an# %ill 7e #oing to acco(plish those ;greater things< 8esus sai# %e %oul# 7e #oing5 1e has given us confir(ations along the %ay5 7uil#ing our faith to (ove into ne% #i(ensions of 1is po%er an# glory. 1!3

We %ere sharing this en#Cti(e (essage in Sas*atoon5 Sas*atche%an5 0ana#a %hen , su##enly stoppe# sharing5 an# sai#5 ;, have never felt the ra#iating po%er of o# so strong as , #o right no% e:cept the ti(e %hen a7riel stoo# 7ehin# us in $e% 8ersey.< The ne:t night a young la#y %ho ha# 7een save# only a7out t%o (onths ca(e %ith the people %ho ca(e to the hotel to ta*e us to the (eeting. She %as so e:cite# 7ecause she %ante# to tell us %hat she sa% the night 7efore %hile %e %ere sharing this story of o#2s glory. She sai# there appeare# a large angel5 a7out eight feet high5 an# he %as pacing 7ac* an# forth 7ehin# .rances an# (e. She sai# he %oul# %al* up 7ehin# us an# put his han#s on 7oth our shoul#ers5 then he %oul# %al* so(e (ore5 an# then co(e to first one of us an# then the other an# lay his han#s on our shoul#ers. 1alleluFah= She sai# that as she %as %atching this 7ig angel5 so(ething li*e a clou# of thin s(o*e fille# the top of the au#itoriu( an# she 7egan loo*ing at this clou# %hen there appeare# hun#re#s of little angels in the clou#. We often see this clou# of glory fill the te(ple %hen %e are %orshipping o# an# 8esus an# #uring (iracle services. Eany ti(es %e have seen o#2s %orship angels appear in this clou# of glory Fust li*e this young girl #escri7e#. We *no% this %as a #ifferent angel than the one o# statione# %ith us 7ecause %hen ;our< angel is near us %e #o not feel this ra#iating po%erD %e are a%are of his presence an# often .rances sees hi( physically appear in her spirit vision. Pastor +uc* relate# that this po%er e(anating out of a7riel an# the other angel %ith hi( %as so strong one ti(e that he starte# falling #o%n the stairs5 7ut the angels caught hi( an# strength ca(e 7ac* into hi(. 1e sai# that %hen an angel stays on earth for long perio#s 1!4

of ti(e5 this po%er fa#es li*e the glory of o# fa#e# fro( the face of Eoses after he ca(e #o%n fro( the (ountain after having 7een %ith o#. We 7elieve this appearance of a heavenly 7eing %as another of the (any confir(ations o# is giving that this (essage of the greater things 1e %ants to #o through the +o#y of 0hrist is fro( 1i( an# is for us to#ay.

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o# has #isplaye# 1is lory in (ultitu#es of %ays throughout all ages of this earth. The rain7o% of pro(ise fro( o# to 1is creation is sprea# across the s*y as a sho%case of 1is 7eautiful glory. "ll people of all ages since the first rain7o% %as ever place# in the s*y 7y o# have %atche# 1is glory e:hi7ite# %ith a feeling pro#uce# 7y so(ething (aFestic5 su7li(e5 7eautiful5 a%eso(e= We recogni>e o# in 1is creation= When %e see the s*y fille# %ith lightning flashes5 an# hear the thun#er of his po%er %e stan# in a%e= o# is re(in#ing us of 1is po%er an# 1is glory= When %e see the %on#ers of the color5 the variety5 the create# 7eauty of 1is flo%ers an# vegetations place# upon this earth for the pleasure of 1is people5 %e see the glory of o# para#e# 7efore our very eyes. o# sho%s off for 1is people5 an# %e are 7lesse# to 7e 1is people= 3h5 ho% (uch love an# ten#er care an# concern 1e has for all of us5 even for those %ho #o not love 1i( 7ac*. %For 1od so loved the world that He gave His only begotten 5on, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life+ @8ohn 3A1!B. o# presente# 1is greatest 7eauty5 1is greatest love 7efore us as 1e sent 1is royal Son to 7eco(e one of us so that %e coul# 7e one of 1is royalty. What a (ighty o# %e serve. Why %oul# anyone not %ant to release total control of their lives into the loving han#s of such a o# as 1eG 1!!

We *no% of no greater %ay to #escri7e o# an# 1is glory than to go #irectly to 1is Wor#. "s %e loo* at the #escription o# gave of 1i(self an# 1is %or*s an# po%er in 8o75 chapters 3) an# 3-5 %e see evi#ence of 1is greatness. +ut even as %e see 1is creation5 1is goo#ness to us5 %e can only finally get a gli(pse of 1is glory %hen %e rea# %hat 8esus sai# to 1is .ather5 to our .ather5 in the seventeenth chapter of 8ohn. +ecause it is so 7eautifully paraphrase# in The Living +i7le5 %e %ant you to rea# it again as %e have5 an# see o#2s glory= %2hen Jesus had finished saying all these things he loo<ed up to heaven and said, AFather, the time has come. :eveal the 1)O:' of your 5on so that he can give the 1)O:' bac< to you. For you have given him authority over every man and woman in all the earth. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. 6nd this is the way to have eternal lifeGGby <nowing you, the only true 1od, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth- . brought 1)O:' to you here on earth by doing everything you told me to. 6nd now, Father, reveal my 1)O:' as . stand in your presence, the 1)O:' we shared before the world began. %. have told these men all about you. /hey were in the world, but then you gave them to me. 6ctually, they were always yours, and you gave them to me? and they have obeyed you. 9ow they <now that everything . have is a gift from you, for . have passed on to them the commands you gave me? and they accepted them and <now of a certainty that . came down to earth from you, and they believe you sent me. %*y plea is not for the world but for those you have given me because they belong to you. 6nd all of them, since 1!7

they are mine, belong to you? and you have given them bac< to me with everything else of yours, and so /H8' 6:8 *' 1)O:'- 9ow . am leaving the world, and leaving them behind, and coming to you. Holy Father, <eep them in your own care CC all those you have given me CC so that they will be united ust as we are, with none missing. ;uring my time here . have <ept safe within your family all of these you gave me. . guarded them so that not one perished, e,cept the son of hell, as the 5criptures foretold. %6nd now . am coming to you. . have told them many things while . was with them so that they would be filled with my oy. . have given them your commands. 6nd the world hates them because they don Afit in with it, ust as . don t. .Cm not as<ing you to ta<e them out of the world, but to <eep them safe from 5atan HS power. /hey are not part of this world any more than . am. *a<e them pure and holy through teaching them your words of truth. 6s you sent me into the world, . am sending them into the world, and . consecrate myself to meet their need for growth in truth and holiness. %. am not praying for these alone but also for the future believers who will come to me because of the testimony of these. *y prayer for all of them is that they will be of one heart and mind, ust as you and . are, Fat her CC that ust as you are in me and . am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me. %. have given them the 1)O:' you gave me CC the 1)O:.O45 unity of being one, as we are CC . in them and you in me, all being perfected into oneGGso that the world will <now you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me. Father, . want them with me CC these youCve given me CC so that they can see my 1)O:'.

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'ou gave me the 1)O:' because you loved me before the world began%O righteous Father, the world doesnCt <now you, but . do? and these disciples <now you sent me. 6nd . have revealed you to them, and will <eep on revealing you so that the mighty love you have for me may be in them, and . in them. Pro7a7ly the greatest earthly glory ever seen is in the (iracle of the 7irth of a chil#. When o# create# (an an# %o(an an# gave this a7ility for the (an to plant a see# containing a hu(an life into the %o(7 of a %o(an5 1e %as #isplaying his glory in creation. The very greatest glory ever seen on earth %as %hen 8esus ca(e to earth as a hu(an 7eing. Then o# continue# #isplaying 1is glory 7y placing a portion of 1i(self into the spirit of (an %hen 1is see#5 1is sper(5 1is life is plante# into the spirit of (an C 1is see# 7eing 8esus. When %e are 7orn again 7y the Spirit of o#5 %e actually #o have 8esus5 the see#5 the life of o#5 in us. That is truly the greatest (iracle %e %ill ever see on earth5 an# that is o#2s glory.

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CHAPTER 1+ THE PLOWMAN SHALL OVERTA*E THE REAPER By Frances

%&ehold, the days are coming,+ says the )ord, %2hen the plowman shall overta<e the reaper, 6nd the treader of grapes him who sows seed? /he mountains shall drip with sweet wine, 6nd all the hills shall flow with it. . will bring bac< the captives of *y people .srael? /hey shall build the waste cities and inhabit them? /hey shall plant vineyards and drin< wine from them? /hey shall also ma<e gardens and eat fruit from them. . will plant them in their land, 6nd no longer shall they be pulled up From the land . have given them.+ 5ays the )ord your 1od @"(os -A13C15B. "s %e %ere #escri7ing the various an# uni9ue %ays o# has 7een #ealing %ith us in the area of the ;greater< things5 "lan 8an#i5 %ho pastors the great Living Stones 0hurch in "lvin5 Te:as5 share# that scripture %ith us an# the e:planation given in his 7oo* 5end /he 2ord1e sai# that o# ha# a%a*ene# hi( at $ o2cloc* one (orning an# 7egan to #eal %ith hi( concerning the rapi# increase that is going to ta*e place accor#ing to 1is Wor#. 1e sai#5 ;, rea# that first verse over an# over. .inally5 %ay #o%n insi#e of (e5 , 7egan to see a (an so%ing grape see#s. "s soon as they hit the groun#5 i((e#iately a vine %oul# gro% an# grapes %oul# for(5 an# a (an %oul# pic* the(5 put the( in a trough an# trea# out those grapes. That is a supernaturally fast rate P to plant an# have o# instantly a## the increase.< 17/

"n# %hen is that #ay going to 7eG The rest of the scripture tells us that it %ill occur %hen the (ountains shall #rip %ith s%eet %ine5 an# to#ay grape vineyar#s cover the for(er %astelan#s of ,srael. o# sai# that 1e %oul# 7ring 7ac* the captives of ,srael %ho %oul# then re7uil# their cities an# inha7it the(. This is happening to#ay in ,srael. ,srael 7eca(e a nation in 1-44 an# raise# their flag in 1-4) an# they have 7een (a*ing gar#ens an# eating fruit fro( the(. To#ay ,srael is raising (ore fruit per s9uare foot of groun# than any other nation in the %orl#. "n# o# has pro(ise# that ,srael shall never 7e pulle# up again fro( their lan#. The ti(e for the supernaturally natural fast rate %ith an instant increase 7efore the see# even goes into the groun# is 4, 1T $3W 7ecause all of the rest of the things %hich %ere (entione# in that scripture have 7een fulfille#= &isuali>e in your spirit5 if you can5 the supernatural gro%th of a grape see# #roppe# into the groun# an# its (aturity %ithin the t%in*ling of an eye5 al(ost 7efore it hits the groun#5 an# then visuali>e the (iraculous po%er of o# accelerating an# acco(plishing the sa(e things in salvation5 7aptis( %ith the 1oly Spirit5 healings an# #eliverance. &isuali>e one %or# spo*en5 an# salvation receive#= &isuali>e one han# %ave# over the (ultitu#es5 an# see the( all heale# 7y the po%er of a loving o# ... instantly= &isuali>e instantaneous #eliverance of hun#re#s of thousan#s of #e(onCpossesse# or oppresse# people= When is this going to happenG To#ay CC right no%5 if %e %ill learn that fine tuning that is necessary to 7e a7le to operate in those things %hich the 1oly Spirit is trying to co((unicate to us=

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3n a trip to the Ei#%est5 %e ha# rente# a car an# %ere turning it 7ac* in at an offCtheCairport lot. 3nce the papers have 7een returne# to the rental car agency5 it has to 7e #riven 7y one of their regular e(ployees5 so 0harles slippe# into the 7ac* seat %hile a young (an cli(7e# into the front seat to ta*e us on the threeC(inute #rive to the airport. 3n the 7ac* of his TCshirt %ere the %or#s5 ;Success is ...< an# the rest %e #i#n2t see %ell enough to rea#. 0harles sai#5 ;'i# you *no% that 8esus al%ays pro(ises successG< The young (an sai#5 ;$o5 , never hear# of anything li*e that=< , sai#5 ;'i# anyone ever tell you that 8esus 0hrist is the (ost e:citing (an %ho ever live#5 an# that church is the (ost fa7ulous place in the %orl# to go to have e:cite(ent in your lifeG< 1e turne# si#e%ays to loo* at (e an# sai#5 ;$o7o#y ever tol# (e anything li*e that=< "n# , coul# see that in his (in# he %as thin*ing that %as the %il#est state(ent he ha# ever hear# in his entire life= 0harles entere# the conversation again an# sai#5 ;1e never provi#es for failure5 only success5 an# along %ith that5 1e gives you peace in your heart5 Foy an# a purpose for living=< The young (an5 o7viously stunne# 7y this ti(e5 %as turning into the airport an# he sai#5 ;1e %illG< 0harles sai#5 ;Yes5 he %ill. Woul# you li*e to as* hi( to forgive your sins an# co(e into your heartG< The young (an instantly sai#5 ;You 7et , %oul#=< "n# 7efore %e ha# reache# the airline on %hich %e %ere going out5 he ha# praye# the sinner2s prayer5 %e ha# instructe# hi( a7out getting into an e:citing church5 , %as scri77ling 172

#o%n the na(e an# a##ress of the church fro( %hich %e ha# Fust co(e5 an# 1e %as saying5 ;,2( going to go to church. ,2( going to start rea#ing the +i7le5 Fust li*e you sai#=< 1e carrie# our luggage into the airport for us5 an# %ith tears in his eyes %al*e# a%ay5 a ne% creature in 0hrist= "l(ost 7efore the see# %as #roppe# into the fertile groun#5 it ca(e up5 fullC7lo%n= So(e%here along the line5 %e *no% that so(eone else so%e#5 so(eone else %atere#5 7ut no% is the ti(e for us to put in the sic*le an# harvest the crop= 3n this sa(e trip as %e returne# to 1ouston5 0harles (otione# to an aircap that %e %oul# nee# hi( as soon as the luggage ca(e #o%n5 an# in the appro:i(ate ti(e span of no (ore than t%o (inutes (a:i(u(5 0harles sai#5 ;'o you *no% 8esusG< The aircap sai#5 ;$o5 sir=< 0harles sai#5 ;Woul# you li*e toG< The aircap sai#5 ;Yes5 , %oul#=< an# praye# the sinner2s prayer= You (ight thin* this type of salvation coul# not possi7ly %or* CC or last even if it #i# %or* (o(entarily. We have seen this sa(e aircap several ti(es since then5 inclu#ing one %ee* after he praye# the prayer. 1e sa% us co(ing5 gra77e# our luggage an# sai#5 ;,2( the one %ho praye# that prayer last %ee*5 an# it2s change# (y life=< " fe% %ee*s later he again ca(e running up to us an# sai#5 ;Than* you5 than* you5 than* you for %hat you #i# to (y life=< "n# every ti(e %e see hi( he re(in#s us of so(ething that 8esus has #one in his life= This is en#Cti(e harvesting= 'uring a (eeting in St. Louis at the Life 0hristian 0enter5 a %o(an %as so convicte# 7y the po%er of the 173

1oly Spirit5 that she coul# not %ait until the en# of the service for salvation an# 7ro*e out an# ca(e running up. 1er son ca(e also5 an# he accepte# 8esus at the sa(e ti(e= People co(e up to us #uring services an# are crying5 ;, %ant to get save#=< This is o# pouring out of 1is Spirit in these last #ays= "t +illy 8oe 'augherty2s church %hich (eets at the Ea7ee 0enter in Tulsa5 %e gave a call for specific types of healings5 an# si: people %ere in the line %ho %ante# salvation an# #eliverance fro( #rugs5 ho(ose:uality5 les7ianis( an# other evil spirits= They coul# not even %ait until the salvation call at the en#5 that2s %hy %e stan# rea#y %ith the sic*le at all ti(es to harvest the crop that is ripe an# rea#y to#ay= 3n an "las*a trip5 0harles ro#e in a ca7 @%ith a la#y ca7#riverB to one of our (eeting places to set up our 7oo*s for a night (eeting. The fare %as appro:i(ately N).// an# 0harles ha# purpose# in his heart that it %asn2t going to 7e spent for nothing5 so he 7egan sharing a7out the (iracle %or*ing po%er of o#5 an# the %o(an accepte# 8esus as her Savior an# Lor# 7efore they reache# the (eeting place. 1e set up the 7oo*s5 haile# another ca7 to 7ring hi( 7ac*5 an# this ti(e he put his sic*le out to harvest a (an. The (an %as fro( 4o(ania an# #i# not spea* the 7est of 6nglish5 7ut the 1oly Spirit co((unicate# a (essage to hi( an# he praye# to receive 8esus 7efore 0harles got 7ac* to the hotel. "gain5 one soul K cost N).// plus 1oly Spirit 7ol#ness= "t three (inutes to ten5 0harles %as stan#ing in the little enclosure lea#ing to the entrance of an "las*an 7an*5 an# a young (an %as stan#ing %ith hi(5 s(o*ing a cigarette. 0harles loo*e# at the cloc* an# #eci#e# there %asn2t enough ti(e to %itness5 7ut o# spo*e an# sai#5 ;,f 174

you #on2t spea* to hi( right no%5 there (ay never 7e another opportunity for hi(=< The cloc* ha# tic*e# off another (inute5 an# no% it %as TW3 (inutes to ten. 0harles 7egan spea*ing #ou7le ti(e5 an# 7efore the 7an* #oor opene#5 this young (an as*e# 8esus to co(e into his heart an# live 1is life through hi(= That2s (a*ing the (ost of every (inute= 4ecently as %e %ere returning fro( 'enver5 a #istinguishe# loo*ing (an sat #o%n ne:t to us on a plane. We starte# a conversation concerning 8esus an# %ere #elighte# to #iscover that he %as a 0hristian5 as %ell as a fun# raiser for a large university speciali>ing in research. "(ong other things5 he share# %ith us that their ne:t proFect %as an e:citing one to fee# the %orl#. We as*e# hi( ho% they %ere going to #o this5 an# he share# an interesting concept %ith us. 1e sai# it %oul# 7e #one 7y inFecting 7acteria into %oo# pulp5 car#7oar#5 cellulose an# ite(s of this nature5 then inFecting vita(ins an# flavoring into the pro#uct. The 7acteria gro%th %oul# cause the pro#uct to (ultiply an# fro( this see(ingly unco(plicate# process there %oul# 7e sufficient lifeCsustaining pro#ucts to fee# the %orl#= The (inute he (entione# the (ultiplication process5 0harles sai#5 ;8esus an# the loaves of 7rea#=< The (an sai#5 ;Yes=< ,nstantly our (in#s %ent 7ac* to so(ething that 7oth of our (others #i#= They (a#e sour #ough 7rea#5 an# each ti(e they pinche# off a little piece an# put it in a ;starter< Far5 so that the ne:t ti(e they %oul# have the necessary leaven to start another 7atch= Was o# spea*ing to us a7out the spee#Cup processes to (a*e it possi7le to fee# the %orl# 7y supernatural accelerate# (ultiplicationG

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%2hen it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, A/his is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. 5end the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. A&ut Jesus said to them, A/hey do not need to go away. 'ou give them something to eat. A6nd they said to Him, A2e have here only five loaves and two fish.H He said, A&ring them here to *e.C /hen He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. 6nd He too< the five loaves and the two fish, and loo<ing up to heaven, He blessed and bro<e and gave the loaves to the disciples? and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 5o they all ate and were filled, and they too< up twelve bas<ets full of the fragments that remained. 9ow those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children+ @Eatthe% #J:#$GH#>. 1o% #i# 8esus (ultiply that s(all portion of 7rea# an# fishG There ha# to 7e a supernatural process involve# %hich spee#e# up the repro#uction of the 7rea# so that it %oul# not 7e li(ite# to five loaves5 7ut a sufficient 9uantity to fee# all those %ho %ere there5 an# have (ore left over than 8esus starte# %ith. .or (any years %e have state# an# 7elieve# that the %orl# %ill never 7e fe# 7y ta*ing up offerings an# sen#ing foo# overseas. This is goo#5 7ecause it is the only solution %e have at the present ti(e5 7ut %e 7elieve 7eyon# a sha#o% of #ou7t that in or#er for the %orl# to 7e fe# an# sustaine#5 it %ill have to 7e through a supernatural process of o#. We fee# the hungering to#ay5 an# to(orro% they feel the sa(e hunger pangs again5 7ut is there a %ay that o# coul# #eliver a foo# %ith eternal sustaining po%erG o# fe# 6liFah in a supernatural %ay %hen 1e co((an#e# the ravens to fee# hi(. The ravens 7rought hi( 7rea# an# (eat in the (orning5 an# 7rea# an# (eat in 17!

the eveningD an# he #ran* fro( the 7roo*. This %as a supernatural (iracle 7ut he nee#e# sustenance t%ice #aily5 Fust li*e %e nee# our #aily 7rea#. @, ?ings 17A4C!B. %...suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, A6rise and eat.C /hen he loo<ed and there by his head was a ca<e ba<ed on coals, and a ar of water. 5o he ate and dran<, and lay down again. 6nd the angel of the )ord came bac< the second time, and touched him, and said, A6rise and eat, because the ourney is too great for you.C %5o he arose, and ate and dran<? and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of 1od+ @, ?ings #K:$GE>. o# #oes things #ifferently to acco(plish %hatever 1e %ants #one. ,n the secon# story of 6liFah5 the angel fe# hi( t%ice an# it %as sufficient to sustain hi( for forty #ays an# nights %hile he %as e:pen#ing energy %al*ing. .or forty years o# fe# the chil#ren of ,srael (anna fro( heaven on a #aily 7asis5 an# e:cept for the Sa77ath it only laste# for the one #ay. ,n this en# generation %ill o# again rain #o%n (anna fro( heaven as he #i# in #ays of ol#G Will he sen# the ravens to fee# the hungry of the %orl#G Will he sen# an angel or hosts of angels to fee# every forty #aysG Will %e5 li*e 8esus5 (ultiply loaves an# fishes to fee# the (ultitu#esG 3r %ill he allo% us to use a si(ple (etho# *no%n to all of us5 an# a## a supernatural pinch of po%er to (a*e it possi7le through inFecting living 7acteria into cellulose or a starter of sour #ough into a s(all a(ount of flour an# see it accelerate in increasing the loavesG ,s o# saying that one of the greater en#Cti(e things %e %ill #o is to fee# a (illion people at one ti(e5 rather than five thousan#5 an# it %ill satisfy the physical nee#s of the

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people over long perio#s of ti(e5 rather than for one (eal at a ti(eG 8esus use# (ighty (iracles as 1is tools to cause people to 7elieve in 1i(. We 7elieve 1e %ill trans(it to us5 the +o#y of 0hrist5 in this generation (ighty po%er to #o greater things than 1e #i# to %in %hole cities an# nations to 1i(=

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CHAPTER 2, YOU SPEA*A DA RUSSIAN By Charles We have tol# you scores of o#2s supernatural (iracles %hich have happene# in our o%n lives an# (inistry. There have 7een so (any that it is not possi7le to recall 7ut a scattering fe% 7ecause o# is pouring out of 1is Spirit so (ightily in this en# of the en# generation 7efore the return of 8esus. The (iracles are increasing #aily in such (agnitu#e that %e can har#ly *eep up %ith %hat 8esus is #oing to prepare the church. 1e is spee#ing up the harvest of souls so that %e 7elieve (illions %ill soon 7e co(ing into the ?ing#o( of o# an# really (eaning it %hen they give their lives to 1i(. We %ere sharing a s(all portion of this panora(a of (iracles in +ir(ingha(5 "la7a(a5 in a Sun#ay afternoon (iracle service on "ugust 2-5 1-)2. .or the first ti(e after o# 9uic*ene# (y spirit to the fact that %e coul# shift gears fro( the natural into the supernatural5 %e su((ari>e# the story %ith greater 7elief than anyti(e 7efore. We sai#A ;We W,LL (ove into a greater #i(ension of the supernatural than ever 7efore. ;We W,LL %al* on physical %ater %hen o# tells us to go to the other si#e to %in so(eone or (any to 8esus. ;We W,LL translate to so(eplace li*e $orth 4ussia. ;We W,LL spea* to the( in their native languages an# fee# great (ultitu#es5 an# see the( "LL save#5 7apti>e#

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%ith the 1oly Spirit5 heale#5 an# sent forth as a (ighty ar(y to %in their nation to 8esus=< We %ere referring to the +o#y of 0hrist %hen %e sai# W65 7ut %e *no% that %e %ill 7e a(ong those 7eing use# 7y 8esus for this en# generation %rapCup. We ha# planne# to stay in +ir(ingha( that night an# #rive the appro:i(ate 2// (iles to 0hattanooga5 Tennessee5 the ne:t (orning. We #i# not have a spea*ing engage(ent until the ne:t night. +ut .rances sai#5 ;0harles5 , feel that %e shoul# #rive on over there tonight.< , a( learning to respon# %hen o# 7egins to #eal %ith .rances5 so , sai#5 ;Let2s go.< We pac*e# our 7oo*s an# loa#e# the( into the car an# left a7out seven o2cloc* for 0hattanooga. We listene# to cassette tapes5 %e sang praises to o# for his (ighty (iracles5 %e tal*e# a7out 8esus5 an# %ere enFoying a pleasant #rive. , have al%ays (entally co(pute# the spee#o(eter rea#ing at the #estination of a trip an# so , a##e# the (ileage to the rea#ing an# #eter(ine# %hat it %oul# 7e %hen %e got to 0hattanooga. , can al%ays *no% %here %e are in relation to the #estination. We %ere #riving fiftyCfive (iles an hour on the free%ay a7out 11A3/ that night5 %i#e a%a*e 7ut an:ious to get to 7e# after a long #ay fro( 1ouston to +ir(ingha(5 a (iracle service5 an# then a7out a fiveChour #rive that night. .rances %as %atching the roa# signs an# su##enly %e sai# e:cite#ly5 ;01"TT"$33 "5 thirtyCthree (iles=< We sai#5 ;Praise the Lor#5 %e are al(ost there.< , loo*e# at the spee#o(eter rea#ing an# it sho%e# 7y (y calculations that %e %ere thirtyCfour (iles fro( to%n. ,t see(e# as if %e #rove aroun# a curve on the free%ay5 an# there %as another roa# sign %hich rea#5 ;01"TT"$33 "5 eight (iles=< .rances Fu(pe# up in 1)/

the seat to loo* 7ac* at the sign %e ha# Fust seen an# sai#5 ;The roa# (ust have 7een un#er construction an# they put the %rong sign up. +ut then , chec*e# the spee#o(eter an# %e ha# travele# t%entyCfive (iles in a splitCsecon#. .rances loo*e# at (e an# sai#5 ;'i# , fall asleepG< , ans%ere# her an# sai#5 ;,f you #i#5 , #i# too5 an# if , ha# fallen asleep %e %oul# have %rec*e# the car.< We #roppe# the su7Fect5 an# it really see(e# strange5 7ut %e #rove the eight (iles to 0hattanooga5 chec*e# into the hotel an# %ith still an unusual feeling %e %ent to sleep. We tal*e# a7out this the first thing the ne:t (orning5 an# throughout the #ay5 %on#ering %hat happene#. , thin* %e 7oth *ne% %e ha# translate# the t%entyCfive (iles5 7ut %e %ere hesitant to say it to each other until %e ha# pon#ere# it in our hearts a%hile. Peter pon#ere# in his heart for pro7a7ly three #ays %hen o# sho%e# hi( the vision of the unclean things on the sheet let #o%n fro( heaven 7efore he fully reali>e# %hat o# (eant. +y the secon# #ay5 there %as no #ou7t in our hearts that o# ha# translate# us5 car5 7oo*s5 luggage an# all= We loo*e# 7ac* in the +i7le a7out Philip translating an# #iscovere# that he pro7a7ly translate# a7out t%enty (iles an# #i#n2t even have a car5 7oo*s5 an# luggage %ith hi(. 8esus is the sa(e yester#ay5 to#ay5 an# forever= 1alleluFah= We a##e# this translation (iracle to so(e of the others %e have share# %ith you in this 7oo* an# have tol# the story of this en#Cti(e (inistry of 8esus 7y the po%er of the 1oly Spirit to (any congregations across the Inite# States. ,n 3cto7er5 1-)25 %e %ere on the PTL 0lu7 satellite an# share# this story for a7out thirty (inutes.

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To%ar# the en# of the satellite progra(5 , su((ari>e# the revelation an# %hat %e *no% 7y faith is a7out to happen 7efore the return of 8esus. , sai# so(ething li*e5 ;We W,LL translate into so(e foreign country li*e $orth 4ussia. We W,LL spea* in their native language to great hosts of people an# they %ill un#erstan# %hat %e are saying %ithout an interpreter.< Then , spo*e 7riefly in tongues. , continue#5 ;Then 7y the po%er of the 1oly Spirit %e W,LL supernaturally fee# these great (ultitu#es %ith a heavenly foo# %hich %ill satisfy their physical nee#s. When they have finishe# eating all they %ant5 %e W,LL si(ply %ave our han#s over the (ultitu#es an# they %ill all 7e heale#. ;With very little preaching5 7ut si(ply 7y the po%er of the 1oly Spirit5 %e %ill present the ospel of 8esus to the( an# they %ill "LL 7e save#5 they %ill "LL fall un#er the po%er of o#5 they %ill "LL 7egin to spea* %ith other tongues as the 1oly Spirit gives the utterance an# %ill 7e en#ue# %ith (ighty po%er. ;They %ill 7e so touche# 7y o# an# 7y 1is (ighty (iracles that they %ill +3L'LY sprea# li*e %il#fire through their %hole nation an# great hosts through the nation %ill accept 8esus as their Savior an# Lor#. $othing %ill 7e a7le to stop this (ighty5 po%erC fille# ar(y of 7elievers. We 7elieve this is %hat 8esus %ill #o to (a*e the final preparation for 1is arrival for 1is church5 an# the scripture %ill co(e to passA %6nd this gospel of the <ingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, 69; /H89 /H8 89; 2.)) CO*8+ @Eatthe% 24A14B. We ha# Fust finishe# the progra( on satellite %hen a %o(an 7ro*e out of the au#ience an# ca(e running as fast as she coul# to the stage %here %e %ere (inistering. There 1)2

%as such #eter(ination in her run that an air of e:pectancy arose over the entire au#ience. She gra77e# (e5 hugge# (e5 s9uee>e# (e5 *isse# (e5 an# then 7ac*e# off a step or t%o an# pointe# e:cite#ly at (e an# sai#5 ;Y3I SP6"?" '" 4ISS,"$= Y3I SP6"?" '" 4ISS,"$= Y3I S"Y5 HY3I "46 '" SW66T EI''"2S E,L? .34 '" 01,L'46$=< The Spirit of o# fell li*e a 7olt of lightning5 an# if there %as any #ou7t in the (in#s of any of the au#ience5 all #ou7t %as re(ove# %hen this 4ussian %o(an spo*e %or#s %hich %e 7elieve ca(e li*e (anna fro( heaven. We coul# not see a #ry eye in the au#ience that night= There %as al(ost a %ail arose fro( the au#ience as they 7urst into tears. What is the (ost nourishing an# perfect foo# in all the %orl#G Eother2s (il*= Who are the hungry chil#renG The ne% 7a7ies in 0hrist 8esus %ho %ere Fust 7orn again= o# ha# supernaturally confir(e# %hat 1e ha# tol# us a7out this en#Cti(e revival %hich %ill %in %hole nations to 8esus 7efore 1is soon return= lory to our Eighty o# an# to 1is 4oyal Son5 8esus= Shortly after the PTL 0lu7 (iracle5 %e receive# a call fro( 4on S(ith5 the (anager of the ra#io station %here %e air our #aily progra(. 1e is also an or#aine# (inister of the ospel5 one seasone# in the Wor# an# (ature in 0hrist 8esus. 4on sai# he ha# a vision fro( the Lor# for us an# our (inistry5 7ut that he (ust share it personally %ith us instea# of 7y phone. 1e ca(e to our ho(e an# share# this re(ar*a7le vision. 1e ha# not hear# us share the story %e have share# %ith you in this 7oo*5 an# only *no%s us casually. 1e ha# %ritten the %or#s of the vision an# rea# the( to usD %e 1)3

tape# the( an# transcri7e# the (essage fro( o#5 an# %ant to share it %ith youA . would li<e to read the vision that the )ord gave me on /uesday, 9ovember HF, HKEH, while teaching at the Coral :idge /raining Center. .t was during this interim of teaching that . saw an %open+ vision and it concerned the impending ministries of Charles and Frances Hunter. . witnessed the 5he<inah presence of 1od lifting them literally off of the altar of the sacrifice of praise. 6s they were elevated above the earth As stratosphere, the )ord began to show me the ne,t phase of their multiGfaceted ministry. First of all, . saw the )ord hand Charles and Frances a set of <eys. /hen . saw spiritually unborn nations. 8ach <ey unloc<ed a particular ministry. /hese <eys were all in a cluster on a beautiful golden chain, and that golden chain had engraved on it %89;G /.*8 08'5.+ /he first <ey was labeled %H86).91. %. saw their, ministries and . saw them crossing into countries in the international time @one and reaching into distant lands. . saw them ministering healing and the 2ord of 1od in countries that were steeped in witchcraft, superstition and humanism. /hen :evelation HH, verse H, leaped out to me and . saw it as you would loo< at a tic<er tape in a stoc<G mar<et and that verse stated, %/he leaves are for the healing of the nations.+ 6nd then . understood what this first <ey was and its significance. /he Hunters are going to bring the healing ministries of the )ord Jesus Christ into as yet spiritually unborn nations. /hen . saw the <eys labeled %*.:6C)85 69; !O28:5.+ 6nd then . witnessed their words inspired by 1)4

the Holy 5pirit smashing against unyielding iron gates. 6nd in my spirit . as<ed, %2hat are these gates3+ as these gates literally &4:5/ 6549;8: under the power of the 2ord of 1od. 6nd the 5pirit of 1od said to me, %/hese are the literal gates of hell and they are being penetrated, invaded and plundered by their ministry.+ /hen . saw 5ister Frances and . saw her ministry as it would ta<e on new hori@ons. 6nd then . saw a <ey loom up and that <ey was captioned %&O);9855.+ /his <ey is going to unloc< yet many more doors in the days ahead. /his <ey of boldness is a <ey of total confidence which has enabling abilities which will persuade heads of state to O!89 /H8.: 96/.O9 and their doors to the furtherance of the 1ospel. . saw another <ey and it was %/H8 !:.9/8; 2O:;+ and it was in boo< and cassette form, and as a result the Hunter boo<s will escalate to unprecedented dimensions and will become best sellers. Charles, . saw some <eys. /hese <eys were very uniDue. One <ey was labeled %6 2.)).91 !89.+ 6nd then the )ord showed me your tongue, and your tongue will be as the %pen of a ready writer+. ;eep stirrings in your inner man will enable you to teach the masses distinctly and put these words down where they can read it and interpret it as it is given out of your spirit. .t will be a distinct, clear, and convincing message of /ruth. 6lso . saw another <ey, and it was %F4)) &O:9.+ . said, %2hat is this3+ 6nd then he showed me the gifts of the 5pirit that both of you will teach, and the gifts of the 5pirit will become %full born+ in your own bosoms and the Holy 5pirit will draw whatsoever gift he reDuires out of your spirits enabling you to do the *asterCs business-

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Oh, it was wonderful as 1od would show these <eys to me as . was teaching ust a regular group of people in this particular setting. 6nd then as . was waiting before the )ord to see if there would be anything more, he spo<e to me, and he said, %/his is only the first phase of their endGtime new dimensional ministry. . have much more to disclose and to confirm in the months ahead to the Hunters, %that he will through yielded vessels. Then 4on 7egan to spea* to us an# sai#5 ;0harles the a(a>ing thing in this that the Lor# sho%e# (e %as that , %as Fust teaching along an# this vision Fust H+33E2 happene#5 an# , never #i# stop teaching the people. , 7egan to teach out of the (ental real( %hile out of the spirit this is all going on= ;"n# , sa% this altar of sacrifice5 an# it2s the %hole 7urnt offering %here that altar is5 an# %e *no% that is the s%eet savour unto o#. +oth of you ha# so co((itte# an# #e#icate# your lives unto the Lor# that he coul# ta*e all of you. " lot of ti(es %e are not totally there5 7ut the 7oth of you are on that altar totally yiel#e# to o#5 an# so he coul# #o %ith you %hatever he %ante# to #o. Yiel#e#= ;This clou# %hich lifte# you up %as a teleco((unications glory clou#D it %as the She*inah clou# of o#. "ll *in#s of co((unication rays %ere shooting 3ut of it5 an# %ere going every%here. This clou# ha# the teleco((unication po%ers in it so that it is going to go to all five continents.< The conversation %as then accelerate# 7y a (essage in tongues 7y 4on2s %ife5 0arol5 an# interprete# 7y 4on. *y <ingly scepter is e,tended to you because you have found favor in my presence ust as 8sther of old, and as a result, she was the 5avior of sorts even to her own people. 1)!

&ut . will create you in the same dimensions where that you will come before <ings, even though they are ungodly, and they shall e,tend the scepter unto you and you shall receive the power, their power, and their words to go into their country and to establish my <ingdom of righteousness and the vision that . have given will be actually carried out and it shall come to pass and ./ .5 28)) .9/O ./5 O!8:6/.O9 !8:.O;. "s , pon#ere# on this vision %hich o# ha# given to 4on S(ith5 an# reflecte# on the possi7ility of (y ;tongue as the pen of a rea#y %riter<5 , sa% another of the en#Cti(e %ays 8esus (ight use to get the (essage to all the earth 7efore 1is return. ,n (y spirit , sa% %or#s co(ing out of (y (outh instantly 7eing supernaturally i(printe# on paper %hich %oul# 7e use# an# stu#ie# 7y the ne% converts. This %oul# si(ply 7e #one 7y the po%er of o# %ithout the 7enefit of a printing press. , coul# see the Soviet police gra77ing the papers out of their han#s to put the( in prison for rea#ing +i7le literature5 an# the papers turning to ashes in their han#s right in front of their very eyes= What #o you thin* that %oul# #o to the policeG , 7elieve they %oul# 7e 7orn again right on the spot 7ecause they %oul# have seen the supernatural po%er of o#= Si(ultaneously as that thought flashe# through (y (in#5 , re(e(7ere# Pastor +uc* telling a7out the 12/ future events %hich o# tol# hi( %oul# happen as a confir(ation to hi( that he %as actually in heaven. 1e sai# it %asn2t li*e you an# , %riteD the infor(ation Fust su##enly appeare#. 1e continue# an# sai#5 ;, #i# not even nee# to rea# it5 7ut right no%5 , can tell you EVERYTHING /0$/ .$ on that paper5 7ecause it %as instantly i(presse# on (y (in# li*e a printing press prints on paper. The press 1)7

#oesn2t have to rea# %hat is i(printe#. ,t2s there= ,n the sa(e %ay5 every single notation %as 7urne# into (y (in#5 an# it2s still there=< When Pastor +uc* returne# to earth5 the paper %as still in his han#5 so he lai# it on his #es* in his office5 %ent ho(e to tell his %ife %hat ha# happene#5 an# %hen he returne#5 the paper ha# turne# to ashes= Eany people sa% the(5 an# they finally #isintegrate#= Loo* at the parallel %ith the 7elievers in 4ussia= 6ven though the police (ight gra7 the papers out of their han#s5 the infor(ation %oul# 7e i(printe# on their (in#s. SupernaturalG Yes5 7ut everything a7out o# an# 8esus is supernatural5 so %hen %e 7elieve in the(5 %e have to 7elieve in the supernatural= Since "ugust5 1-)25 o# has 7een revealing to us so(e of the en#Cti(e (inistry for the +o#y of 0hrist5 an# 1e has not only chosen us5 7ut also Y3I to prepare for 1is return. We %ant you to go %ith us into this ne% real( %hich pro(ises to inclu#e those things 8esus %as tal*ing a7out %hen 1e sai#5 %*ost assuredly, . say to you, he who believes in *e, the wor<s that . do he will do also? and greater wor<s than these he will do, because . go to *y Father+ @8ohn 14A12B. While %e are le# 7y the 1oly Spirit an# not 7y prophecy5 this vision confir(s %hat o# has 7een telling us an# %hich he has alrea#y starte# #oing in our (inistry. +e alert %ith us to the (iracles of the first 0hurch %hen the first #isciples translate#5 %al*e# on %ater5 raise# the #ea# an# #i# (any other unusual signs. We are the en# generation an# you an# %e are the #isciples %ho( o# %ill use to #o the (iracles of greater (agnitu#e to %in the lost 7y the (illions in this final harvest of souls.

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CHAPTER 21 IT8S BEGINNING TO RAIN By Charles

o# is (oving so rapi#ly %e can har#ly *eep up %ith 1i(. 3n Eon#ay5 Septe(7er 2/5 1-)25 , ha# a supernatural visitation fro( the Lor# in the for( of a vision. ./C5 &81.99.91 /O :6.9.t is F:H" o Acloc< in the morning as . write this because 1od ust gave me a vision that stirred my heart and . began to weep. 1od said, %2rite it now-+ . saw a farmer admiring his bountiful crop of grain which was e,tremely beautiful. He had wor<ed hard all year, and now, finally his wor< was almost complete and his grain was glistening in the sunlight as he prepared to bring in the combines the ne,t morning to start harvesting the greatest bumper crop he had ever seen. He was so proud and happy about this field of beauty. 1od said, %/his is li<ened to the 0ingdom of Heaven e,cept that instead of Jesus saying it to the early Church, He is saying it now to the disciples of this endGtime Church.+ /he farmer was wiping the sweat off his brow and the heat of the fall months didnAt bother him at all because he saw in his farmer spirit the tons and tons of this rich grain already in the bins, and he was very pleased. 5uddenly he felt a bree@e begin to blow. .n what seemed only moments to him, it blew stronger and stronger, and then he saw clouds beginning to form. He 1-/

was a farmer and he <new the signs of rain, and fear struc< him as he reali@ed that it was beginning to sprin<le. He began to run toward the house to get help and saw his neighbor. He yelled with all his voice, %CO*8, CO*8 H8:8 69; H8)! *8- /H8 :6.9 .5 1O.91 /O :4.9 *' &864/.F4) 1:6.9 69; . 988; H8)!. H8)!--H8)!--- H8)!--&ut his neighbor yelled bac<, %. 988; H8)!, /OOCO*8 M4.C0)'-+ /he farmer saw other neighbors, but all of them had the same problem because all the farms had billions of grains and it had to be gathered 9O2 or it would be too late.t was a sudden storm, totally une,pected, and it came fiercely- .t was beginning to rain harder and harder and even some sleet came down and the farmer could do nothing. .t was horribleHe stood watching, but could do absolutely nothing. He was completely helpless. /he sleet was not noticeable as it pelted his face, and his tears came pouring down almost li<e the streams of rain, because 6)) H8 H6; C 878:' /H.91 was being destroyed in minutes right before his eyes/hen the rains stopped, almost as suddenly as they had started, and the silence was so great that it was li<e the whole world had come to a sudden halt, and everything in 1odCs creation became silent. 9ot a sound could be heard e,cept the weeping of the farmer, but it was too late- /OO )6/8- ./ 265 1O98- ./ 265 6)) 1O98/hen in my vision 1od said, %/his is the end age in which you are living right now. 'ou are the disciples of this generation and the wor< must be done Duic<ly or it will be too late.+ 1-1

He reminded me of the billions of souls around the world who donCt <now Jesus, and showed me a flashbac< of the billions of grains on the stal<s, ready for harvest. He said He needed help. He depends upon His people to do 6)) the harvesting. He has hosts of angels wor<ing, but they are sent as fellowGservants to help. 1od said as a reminder of the plea of Jesus, %/he harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few? therefore pray the )ord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest+ @Lu*e 1/A2B. 1od showed this so clearly to me in the vision that my whole body shoo< because of the weeping when the reali@ation was made so vivid that itCs beginning to rain, rain, rain, and that 28 are the harvesters of this final crop. .t is a bumper crop and the people all over the world are so ready to accept Jesus, but 1od said even His believers are too busy loo<ing at their bounty, even the bountiful <nowledge of the 2ord, that they are not alert to the ready fields, and the rains are coming suddenly as a thief in the night. .t will be too late unless the course is changed 9O2. 1od said, %Cry out to the other Christians and tell them as loudly as you can yell, AH8)!, H8)!, H8)!- 6)) .5 1O.91 /O &8 )O5/. ; /hen he continued and said, %&ut yet there is a little time left and . will call upon my people and they will respond and . have sent great hosts of angels from heaven to aid in this final great harvest. . donCt want any of them to perish-+ We are the #isciples of this en# generation an# it is al(ost over. ,f %e are going to #o our Fo7 li*e the #isciples of the first 0hurch5 %e (ust #o it $3W %ith so (uch urgency that %e %ill get the grain gathere# 7efore it is too late= 1-2

CHAPTER 22 PURGING FIRE9 PURITY AND COMPASSION By Frances

We coul# not close the final pages of this 7oo* %ithout sharing so(e e:cite(ent a7out fire %hich has happene# four ti(es in the last three %ee*s in our (inistry. .irst it %as .ort Walton +each5 .lori#a. We ha# share# a7out 5upernatural Hori@ons an# the congregation graspe# the vision of %hat o# is #oing in these en# ti(es. o# is not going to use the sinCstaine# life to acco(plish 1is en#C ti(e (inistry5 7ut 1e is loo*ing for those %ho are %illing to live a holy life5 spotless an# %ithout a %rin*le or 7le(ish5 an# even those %ho are %illing to 7e hate# an# persecute# for 8esus2 sa*e= 1e is loo*ing for people %ho %ill lift their eyes a7ove the nor(al5 nittyCgritty pro7le(s of #aily living an# loo* into the supernatural instea# of at the(selves= ,n his 7oo*5 8li ah, !rophet Of !ower @Wor# +oo*s5 Pu7lisherB5 W. Phillip ?eller says5 ;The instant o# #iverts an in#ivi#ual2s attention fro( his or her o%n petty pro7le(s an# selfCcentere# little interests5 to the great po%er of 1is o%n person5 there are potentials for enor(ous e:ploits un#er the i(petus of o#2s energy. Eost of us 7loc* the (ove(ent of o#2s Spirit not only in our o%n lives5 7ut also in the %orl# at large5 7y our o%n selfish intransigence. ;The hour that 6liFah cra%le# out of his cave of selfC pity an# sa# introspection %as a turning point in his %al* 1-3

%ith o#. "s he stoo# erect on the great (ount in full vie% of his o#5 his eyes %ere lifte# to see far hori>ons of e:citing ne% a#ventures.< o# is loo*ing for people %ho %ill respon# spontaneously= 1e is loo*ing for people %ho %ill loo* out%ar# an# up%ar# instea# of in%ar#. "s %e gave this call5 al(ost the entire congregation ca(e for%ar#. We all lifte# our han#s in %orship an# praise5 %e sang in 6nglish5 %e sang in the Spirit5 %e praye# in 6nglish5 an# %e praye# in the Spirit. Then the praise lifte# to higher levels an# %e 7egan to sing that 7eautiful anointe# song5 ;We Shall +ehol# 1i(=< The po%er an# the presence of o# %as al(ost 7eyon# the capa7ility of the hu(an (in# to un#erstan# or the hu(an 7o#y to e:perience. "s this high praise %as 7eing (inistere# heaven%ar#5 , loo*e# at 0harles an# %as astonishe# an# a(a>e#= ,t appeare# as though he ha# 7een #renche# in gasoline an# set on fire. 6:ten#ing out fro( his entire 7o#y fro( hea# to toe %ere fla(es of fire a7out eighteen inches long. They %ere not fla(es that %ere going up as a fire usually 7urns5 7ut fla(es %hich %ere e:ten#ing out%ar# as if to reach the entire congregation %ith a 7aptis( of fire to 7urn out all the #ross in every life. 0harles re(in#e# (e of the 7urning 7ush in the +i7le= The fla(es of Pentecost %ere 7la>ing forth fro( one %ho ha# receive# the po%er of the 1oly Spirit= , pointe# to 0harles an# as , #i#5 , notice# that (y ar( %as 7la>ing the sa(e as 0harles2 %as5 an# as , loo*e# #o%n5 , sa% that (y entire 7o#y %as also fla(ing %ith the sa(e *in# of fire5 reaching out to the au#ience= o# spo*e to (e an# sai#5 ;Lay han#s on all those %ho are %illing to co((it their lives totally to (e .34 T16 +"PT,SE W,T1 .,46=< 1-4

0harles an# , %ent through this great host of #isciples of this en# generation of 7elievers an# the po%er of o# fell upon the(. "ngels ca(e an# 7egan to touch the hea#s of the people as o# #isplaye# 1is glory in a %ay %e ha# never seen 7efore. We are in the en# church age an# o# is going to 7e e:plo#ing 1is (iracle %or* on earth li*e never 7efore in the history of the %orl#. We are 7lesse# to 7e living in the (ost e:citing ti(e ever.. .7ut that2s not all= The ne:t ;fire< e:perience occurre# in Eaui5 1a%aii Fust a %ee* later at the .irst "sse(7ly of o# 0hurch. They hol# their (eetings in a huge roller s*ating rin* an# on the ne:tCtoCtheClast night %e calle# the entire congregation for%ar#. 'uring the %ee* there ha# 7een (any e:citing conversions of #rug a##icts5 ;free se:< a#vocates5 alcoholics an# (any others5 an# the faith %hich ha# 7uilt up %as 7eautiful to 7ehol# in an at(osphere of the %orl#2s population of 8apanese5 1a%aiian5 0hinese5 er(an5 Portuguese5 .rench5 Spanish5 6nglish5 an# al(ost every nationality you coul# thin* of= "s the entire group surge# for%ar#5 so(eone 7egan to sing in the Spirit5 an# everyone Foine# in. ,t %as li*e the %aves of the sea as it s%elle# an# #i(inishe#5 then s%elle# again an# again. The presence of o# envelope# everyone there an# too* the( al(ost literally out of this %orl#. " %o(an ran out of the au#ience to a couple %ho ha# gone to 1a%aii %ith us5 an# she sai#5 ;,2( afrai#5 ,2( afrai#=< The (an sai#5 ;What are you afrai# ofG< She sai#5 ;That huge 7lan*et of fire %hich is covering the entire au#ience=< "gain5 o# ha# (anifeste# 1is supernatural po%er 7y sen#ing fire=

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+ut there2s (ore.. .an# it happene# t%o #ays later at the .irst "sse(7ly of o# 0hurch in 1onolulu. "gain it occurre# as %e 7egan singing in tongues at the en# of the service= "l(ost the entire church fell un#er the po%er of o#5 an# angels #roppe# healing on appro:i(ately 2// people as 0harles le# a prayer of healing an# %ave# his han#s across the au#ience. ,t %as reporte# that a huge angel ha# stoo# 7ehin# 0harles an# (e #uring the entire service5 so(eti(es %ith his ar( aroun# one of us an# so(eti(es aroun# the other. +ut the (ost spectacular thing %as that rays of light %ere seen 7ehin# us #uring (ost of the service an# at the very en#5 7rilliant flashes of lightning race# 7ac* an# forth across the entire au#ience. %His glory covered the heavens, 6nd the earth was full of His praise, His brightness was li<e the light? He had rays flashing from His hand, 6nd there His power was hidden+ @1a7a**u* 3A354B. 8ust li*e it happene# in the Wor# of o#5 it is happening to#ay= 0oul# it 7e that as %e are seeing fire an# light (ore often in our services5 the praise5 %orship5 an# prayers of the people are 7eco(ing the *eys to opening the #oor%ay into a portion of the #i(ension of eternityG ,s travailing in intercession5 %al*ing closely %ith o#5 living a holy life5 7elieving %hat 8esus sai# %e %oul# 7e a7le to #o %ithout li(itations5 %al*ing in the light as 1e is in the light5 the 7rea*through fro( the li(ite# #i(ension of the flesh into the li(itlessness of the spirit %orl#G 0an the ra#iation of the light an# po%er of o# %ithin SpiritCfille# %orshippers 7e given out so freely an# po%erfully that %hole au#iences %ill 7e flashing lightG 0an the presence of o# 7e so #ra(atically #e(onstrate# in services li*e the ones %e have #escri7e# that even %hole 1-!

au#iences %ho are in the Spirit %ill translate into far a%ay places to (ultiply the (inistry of the ospelG 0an the (agnitu#e of such (ass (inistry 7e so vast that %hole nations %ill receive the ospel at al(ost instant spee#G 0an %e interce#e in prayer an# praise5 praying %ith our un#erstan#ing an# praying %ith our spirits5 so effectively that %e %ill (ove 7et%een flesh an# spirit as though %e are living in t%o %orl#sG Pastor +uc* testifie# of #oing that5 an# Paul testifie# of #oing it. Pastor +uc* sai# it %as as though he live# in t%o %orl#s5 not *no%ing %hich one he %as in or %hich one he preferre#. "re %e reCenacting the 7oo* of "cts5 7ut in even greater %aysG o# is light5 8esus is the light of the %orl#5 an# 1e sai# %e are the light of the %orl#5 o# is a consu(ing fire5 so %hy shoul#n2t fire an# light 7e (anifeste# %hen they are present= We have not hear# (uch fro( the +o#y of 0hrist a7out fire an# the 7aptis( %ith fire in this generation5 7ut in these last #ays %e %ill see (ore an# (ore (anifestations of o#2s glory an# 1is purging po%er to perfect the saints. 6>e*iel #escri7e# his visions of o#5 an# fire or s(o*e %as present %hen the glory of o# %as present. %/hen . loo<ed, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself? and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst li<e the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire+ @6>e*iel 1A4B. 6s for the li<eness of the living creatures, their appearance was li<e burning coals of fire, and li<e the appearance of torches. Fire was going bac< and forth among the living creatures? the fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning. 6nd the living creatures ran bac<

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and forth, in appearance li<e a flash of lightning+ @6>e*iel 1A135 14B. 6nd above the firmament over their heads was the li<eness of a throne, in appearance li<e a sapphire stone? on the li<eness of the throne was a li<eness with the appearance of a man high above it. 6lso from the appearance of His waist and upward . saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it? and from the appearance of His waist and downward . saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. )i<e the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. /his was the appearance of the li<eness of the glory of the )ord+ @6>e*iel 1A2!C2)B. %For our 1od is a consuming fire+ @1e7re%s 12A2-B. %John answered, saying to them all, A. indeed bapti@e you with water? but one mightier than . is coming, whose sandal strap . am not worthy to loose. He will bapti@e you with the Holy 5pirit 69; 2./H F.:8+ @Lu*e 3A1!B. %9ow when the ;ay of !entecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 6nd suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. /hen there appeared to them ;.7.;8; /O91485, 65 OF F.:8, and one sat upon each of them+ @"cts 2A1C3B. We 7elieve fire %ill 7e seen very fre9uently as the Spirit of o# (oves (ore an# (ore (ightily in these last #ays. o# cannot stan# sin5 not even little sins5 7ecause 1e is calling 1is people to 7e holy5 %ithout spot5 7le(ish5 or %rin*le. When %e are to 7e use# in this generation as a #isciple of 8esus5 %e (ust 7e holy as 1e is holyD %e (ust not 7e lu*e%ar( lest 1e spe% us out of 1is (outh. 1-)

We 7elieve %e (ust clean up our lives to operate in the righteousness of o# 7efore the supernatural5 such as translations5 %ill 7e a part of o#2s use for us. Loo* at 6noch an# the reason he %as translate#A %&y faith 8noch was translated, so that he did not see death, Aand 265 9O/ FO49; &8C6458 1od had translated himC, for &8FO:8 his translation he had this testimony, /H6/ H8 !)8658; 1O;. &ut without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to 1od must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of /HO58 2HO ;.).189/)' 5880 H.*+ @1e7re%s ##:$, ">. 3nce the early #isciples receive# the po%er of the 1oly Spirit5 %e see the( living a holy life an# 7eing %illing to #o anything necessary to uplift the na(e of 8esus at the sacrifice of even their o%n lives. That %e (ust 7e %illing to #o5 to 7e use# of o# in the #i(ension of the supernatural a7out %hich %e are tal*ing= +efore 8esus co(es 7ac*5 the +o#y of 0hrist (ust 7e unite# in love. "s %e #ra% closer an# closer to 1is return5 %e %ill fin# one of the supernatural (anifestations %ill 7e the strong 7on#s of love that %ill 7in# us together... fro( all #eno(inations5 fro( all #ifferences of opinion.. .fro( all strife5 7itterness5 hatre# an# the other tools of Satan %hich %ill try to *eep us fro( 7eing one %ith 0hrist 8esus in 1is po%erful o# love. %5ince you have !4:.F.8; 'O4: 5O4)5 .9 O&8'.91 /H8 /:4/H through the 5pirit in sincere )O78 of the brethren, )O78 one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the 2ord of 1od which lives and abides forever...+ @, Peter 1A225 23B. %&ehold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of 1od-+ @, 8ohn 1--

3A1BD %6nd everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, ust as He is pure+ @, 8ohn 3A3BD %&eloved, let us love one another, for love is of 1od? and everyone who loves is born of 1od and <nows 1od. He who does not love does not <now 1od, for 1od is love. .n this the love of 1od was manifested toward us, that 1od has sent His only begotten 5on into the world, that we might live through Him. .n this is love, not that we loved 1od, but that He loved us and sent His 5on to be the propitiation for our sins. &eloved, if 1od so loved us, we also ought to love one another+ @, 8ohn 4A7C11B. %9ow, )ord, loo< on their threats, and grant to 'our servants that with all boldness they may spea< 'our 2ord, by stretching out 'our hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of 'our holy servant Jesus.+ %6nd when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was sha<en? and they were all filled with the Holy 5pirit, and they spo<e the 2ord of 1od with boldness+ @"cts 4A2-C3 1B. ,n .resno5 0alifornia an unusual thing happene#. We %ere in the ho(e of pastor To( Tie(ens an# his %ife5 an# %ere hol#ing their han#s5 as*ing o# to transfer to the( any anointing an# gifts of ours %hich they #i# not alrea#y have in their supernatural (inistry. We often feel the flo% of the po%er of the 1oly Spirit (oving fro( our han#s into those to %ho( %e are (inistering5 7ut this ti(e the energy %as s%iftly flo%ing si(ultaneously fro( us through their han#s an# fro( their han#s through ours. .rances sai# it felt to her as if there %ere layers of po%er flo%ing 7oth %aysD to (e it felt li*e the strea(s of po%er %ere (erging as they flo%e# in 7oth #irections. ,t #i#n2t (eet hea#Con li*e a collision. 2//

,t re(in#e# (e of the %ay 'r. 4ichar# 67y #escri7e# a scene %hen he %as in heaven5 %al*ing through 7eautiful flo%ers a7out t%o feet high. 1e %on#ere# if he %as tra(pling the( #o%n5 so he loo*e# as he %al*e# through the( an# sa% that his feet an# legs %ent through the flo%ers5 an# the flo%ers %ent through his feet an# legs= We felt o# %as saying that 1is love an# unity %ill flo% in an uninterrupte# current 7et%een those %ho give their all to 1i( as %e finali>e this era. "nother (aFor area of entering into the great supernatural spirit %orl# in the en# ti(es %ill 7e through intercessory prayer. %Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. /he effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much+ @8a(es 5A1!B. 3ur 7rother ?enneth 0opelan# share# after si:teen #ays in (e#itation %ith o# the first of 1-)35 that the #isciples entere# into a ne% #i(ension as they interce#e# for 7ol#ness5 an# that %e (ust #o the sa(e to #o o#2s (iracles in this generation. We feel that intercessory prayer an# co(passion %ill 7e *eys to unloc* the #oor to translation an# other #i(ensions of the spirit %orl#. When %e get so concerne# that %e %ill interce#e for hours 7ecause of our co(passion for the souls of people5 o# %ill ta*e us supernaturally to those people to (inister life to the(. Paul travaile# as a %o(an in la7or for the ones a7out %ho( he %as #eeply concerne#. A*y little children, for whom . labor @travailB in birth again until Christ is formed in you, . would li<e to be present with you right now and to change my tone? for . have doubts about you+ @ alatians 4A1-5 2/B.

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" pastor frien# of ours calle# this %ee* to say that he ha# travaile# for us #uring the past three or (ore %ee*s. 1e sai# he actually hurt insi#e physically an# coul# not get a release fro( intercession for us. We ha# 7een going through (aFor changes in our (inistry %hich fro( the fleshly stan#point %ere 7a#5 7ut in the Spirit real( %ere e:citing 7ecause %e ha# hear# fro( o#. ,t %as through his an# other intercession that %e %ere a7le to (aintain perfect peace an# e:cite(ent a7out the %hole situation. We (ust 7e a7le to enter into intercession for one another an# for the %or* of o# in or#er to stay in the Spirit an# not in the flesh.

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CHAPTER 23 A BOO* THAT CAN NEVER END

By Frances So(e 7oo*s are #ifficult to %rite K 7ut this one is #ifficult to conclu#e 7ecause o# continues to accelerate the supernatural in our services an# %e have an urging to inclu#e so(e e:tra supernatural ;goo#ies< %hich have happene#5 %ith possi7ly so(e e:tra thoughts %hich have co(e into our (in#s as %e have proofe# the final copy of 5upernatural Hori@ons. 3ne such e:tra %as infor(ation given to us 7y a converte#5 SpiritCfille# 8e%5 %ho tol# the story of translation as it concerns the veil of the te(ple= The te(ple of o# in the 3l# Testa(ent %as shiel#e# fro( everyone e:cept the 1igh Priest5 an# he coul# only go into the 1oly of 1olies once a year. This he #i# 7y going through the thic* veil %hich separate# o#2s presence fro( the sins of the %orl#. This veil stoo# 7et%een sinful (an an# o# until that great #ay %hen %Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. /H89 /H8 78.) OF /H8 /8*!)8 265 /O:9 .9 /2O F:O* /O! /O &O//O*+ @Ear* 15A375 3)B. 8esus opene# the heavenly #oor%ay for each of us to go into the very presence of the "l(ighty o# an# personally tal* %ith 1i(5 using the na(e of 8esus as our passport. 1e is our 1igh Priest an# is the supernatural #oor%ay into o#2s presence. The veil %as a thic*5 heavy curtain %ith no openings. 'i# you ever %on#er ho% the 1igh Priests in the 3l# 2/3

Testa(ent got 7ehin# the veilG "ctually this thought never crosse# our (in#s until Fust recently %hen %e %ere sharing a7out translation an# so(eone (entione# that the only %ay they coul# have gotten through the veil %as 7y translating= This %as confir(e# 7y this converte# 8e% %ho %as previously in the priesthoo#. 1e share# that there are t%o %ays o#2s la%s are passe# #o%n to 8e%s. 3ne is the %ritten la%5 %hich is the 3l# Testa(entD the other is the spo*en %or#5 %here it is ver7ally passe# fro( generation to generation. 3ne such spo*en %or# is that the 1igh Priest ;translate#< through the veil %hen he entere# once a year= lory to o#= What %ill o# #o ne:t to #isplay 1is glory an# 1is po%er in the t%entieth centuryG We #on2t *no%5 7ut one thing %e #o *no% is that 1e %ill 7ring a7out soon all the things 1e has tol# us an# %hich %e have share# in this 7oo*5 an# EI015 EI01 E346= 6ven this (orning5 0harles %as a%a*ene# 7y a #rea( %hich %as so real that he feels o# is further preparing us for the great things 1e has ahea# for all %ho live for 1i(. ,n the #rea(5 0harles share# that he ha# 7een spea*ing to an au#ience in an au#itoriu( %hich %as locate# in the en# roo( of a large %arehouse 7uil#ing. When he %as (a*ing his final re(ar*s5 he %al*e# through the au#ience5 #o%n a long corri#or5 out the front of the 7uil#ing5 an# (a#e a 9uic* turn to the si#e of the 7uil#ing. 1e sai# it %as as though he starte# Fogging %hen his steps gre% longer an# longer an# then he reali>e# he %as (oving into the air. ,t %as a%eso(e 7ecause he *ne% that %as the 7eginning of translations through space in the physical 7o#y. Still #rea(ing5 0harles #iscovere# hi(self in the air flying a7out t%enty feet a7ove the groun# over his 2/4

neigh7or2s 7ac*Cyar# gar#en %here the %ife %as hoeing in her gar#en. .ro( the air he sai#5 ;'o you *no% 8esus as your SaviorG< 1e lan#e# near her5 an# her hus7an# ca(e out an# he %as lea#ing the( to 8esus. 1e lai# his han#s on each of the( an# they %ent un#er the po%er in their gar#en5 s(iling 7ecause 8esus ha# 7eco(e real to the(. Then he foun# hi(self again in the air flying %ith ease far a7ove the rooftops of a resi#ential area5 reali>ing that once %e 7rea* through the veil in translating5 %e can #o it %henever necessary to get the ospel of 8esus to so(eone %ho is see*ing o#5 for 1e sai# if you see* Ee5 you %ill fin# Ee= When 0harles a%a*ene# fro( the sleep #uring %hich this #rea( occurre#5 he felt for a7out t%enty (inutes that it %as an actual happening an# not a #rea(. +ecause of 7eing involve# constantly in the supernatural po%er of o#5 %e are super sensitive to those ti(es %hen special anointings co(e upon us. .or so(e ti(e after he a%o*e5 there %as an unusually heavy anointing of the Spirit upon hi(. ,t is for this reason that %e 7elieve this %as a o#Cgiven #rea( to further prepare us for the #i(ension of the Spirit %orl# into %hich %e are (oving. 3r #i# he actually translateG 8ust 7efore going to press %ith this 7oo*5 another e:citing (anifestation of the po%er of the 1oly Spirit %as #e(onstrate# in .resno5 0alifornia. We %ere in the great 0ivic 0enter Theater5 an# as %e entere# into the secon# night of (inistry the %orship an# praise %as reaching ne% heights to%ar# o# an# 8esus. ,t %as #uring this ti(e %hen %e %ere glorifying 8esus an# o# that the glory of o# ca(e into the theater an# fille# it %ith a thin s(o*e. We #re% this to the attention of the congregation5 an# then o# opene# (y spirit eyes to see a (ost unusual an# spectacular sight. The lo%er floor 2/5

%as (ostly fille# %ith people5 7ut the 7alcony %as not 7eing occupie#5 an# yet there %as not an e(pty seat in the %hole theater= , ha# never 7efore seen angels sitting5 7ut this night every seat not occupie# 7y people %as fille# 7y one of o#2s angels= Then the gift of prophecy ca(e forth through Pastor To( Tie(ens of the +el(ont +elievers 0hurch in .resno5 in a po%erful %ay as o# spo*e confir(ing the (essage %e %ere to share5 the story of this 7oo*5 5upernatural Hori@ons From 1lory /o 1lory 6ven 7efore %e 7egan (inistering5 o# announce# through this prophecy %hat 1e thin*s a7out this en#Cti(e (essage. People in the congregation tol# us that #uring this ti(e the pastor an# his %ife5 an# 0harles an# , %ere appro:i(ately eighteen inches out of our 7o#ies in %hat (ust have appeare# to have 7een an elongate# #ou7le vision= 6:tracts of the prophecy are given hereA . am in the midst of *y people tonight, and so . call upon you to lift your hands toward Heaven. . call upon you, says the )ord, to bless *y Holy name and as you bless *y name, then the glory of 1od shall fill the tabernacle, 'ea, even the presence of *y glory and the presence of *y fire shall come upon you*y 5pirit, says the )ord, is calling in this hour. 2ho are those that will hear3 2ho are those that will give ear to the counsel of 1od3 2ho are those that shall bring themselves before *e3 2ho are those that shall humble themselves before *e3 2ho are those that will lay themselves prostrate in worship and in praise before *e3 /hose are they who have made a decision to be sold out? those are they that have made a decision before *e to consecrate their hearts and their lives? those are they that 2/!

hear the voice of *y 5pirit? those are they that love *e? those are they that have abandoned this world and all of the earthly pleasures to follow *e. . desire to lead you out and on to a new glory and faith. . desire to guide you and to lead you into a new demonstration of *y 5pirit and *y power. 2ill you come follow *e, you that love *e, you that have consecrated your lives before *e3 2ill you step into this new dimension of *y glory? will you behold *y salvation, will you behold those things that the prophets of old and the apostles of old longed to e,perience and to see into, for this is the hour that . desire to do a new thing among *y people. *en shall not be able to run nor shall they be able to hide from *y glory, says the )ord, for *y <nowledge shall fill the earth. 'es, even *y <nowledge and *y glory shall cover this earth as never before. /here will be those that will harden their hearts against *e and say . donCt want anything to do with this, and they shall run and hide and give themselves over to a reprobate mind. Oh, donCt be li<e them, says the )ord. .t is they that shall bring the wrath of 1od upon themselves. *y grace and *y mercy, yea, even *y glory and *y truth, are available in this hour and .Cm calling unto *y people to come wal< with *e? come follow *e. 5tep into the splendor and into the glory and into the ma esty, into this thing that . desire to do in the earth, for it shall be the greatest revelation of *y power, it shall be the greatest revelation of *y glory that this world has ever e,perienced. ./ 5H6)) &8 /H8 !O28: 69; *6J85/' /H6/ 45H8:5 .9 J8545, 56'5 /H8 )O:;-

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For you have not yet even begun to see *y glory or *y power in demonstration. Oh youCve seen a glimpse here and yes, youCve seen a glimpse there, but it is time and this is the hour that . have chosen for you to be a part of that which . have ushered into this hour. .t is time, saith the )ord, for *y glory and *y power to be demonstrated in the manner in which . have designed it to operate. &ut *y children, hear<en unto *y voice, hear<en unto that which has been said and spo<en to you. .t is time for you to sound the alarm. .t is time for you to hear<en unto *y voice. .t is time for you to fall before *e, to worship *e, to praise *e, to pray and to see< *e, and to <now that . am your 1od, and that . am all power, and that . am all glory, and that it is *y desire to fulfill all that . have said . shall do- &ut hear<en unto *y voice, *y children, for it is unto you that . have Duic<ened you, it is unto you that . have placed it within your hands, for it is within you that *y glory shall be demonstrated all around the earth? it is unto you that that glory and power shall be manifested through. . am calling you even this moment. .t is time for you to set yourself aright unto what the 5pirit of 1od would have done in this day, in this moment, in this hour. ;onCt be afraid of what . do. ;onCt be afraid of *y glory and the revelation of *y power. .t must come to pass, says the )ord. :evival must come, says the )ord. /he glory of the )ord must visit this earth before *y 5on returns. *y power shall be in great display. 8very nation, every <indred, every tongue shall be touched by *y power. /here will be those who won At understand. /here will be those who will fear the glory of the )ord. &ut . e,hort you, do not be afraid of what # will do. For you shall see 2/)

the manifestation of *y power, and you shall see the manifestation of *y glory, and great shall be *y might upon the earth. 1reat shall be *y might and great shall be *y glory, and <nees shall bow and tongues shall confess that Jesus is )ord and that . live in the heavens. 'ou are on the threshold of the greatest revival that the world has ever seen. 'ou are even at the door, says the )ord, of the latter rain of *y 5pirit, *y power, and *y fire. 5o when it comes, don At be afraid of it, and be reminded of the word that was delivered to you, says the )ord, for these things shall come to pass.

Jesus sa d t! her" #$ d % n!t say t! y!u that & y!u '!uld (el e)e y!u '!uld see the *l!ry !& +!d,-

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