Embracing God's Presence: Miracles and Obedience

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“A miracle is when God does something for humanity that wouldn't get done if God didn't do it. A miracle is when God gets invested in humanity; it's when He brings in and does something you're just not going to get any other way. God moves by the Spirit, He moves through the power of His word, but He moves by His presence.”
from 01:00:16
“God started everything in the Bible with a miracle, and He finishes everything we see in the scriptures on earth with a miracle. Jesus started His ministry with a miracle turning water into wine, and He finished His earthly ministry before He went to the Father's right hand with a great demonstration of what we'd call a provisional miracle.”
“There's provisional miracles, there's protectional miracles, but you know, there's physical miracles. And if you start talking about miracles, usually in our minds, we think about God doing things in physical bodies. We think about blind eyes opening, deaf ears opening, and so on.”
from 01:06:17
“Sometimes the greatest miracles happen when people, somebody just invites folks in. We want God to work all the miracles. And when they start happening, we're going to go find folks that need him. If we want God to work the miracles, we need to bring folks in that need him and let him advertise and demonstrate for them.”
from 01:20:58
“He's not required himself to demonstrate for believers. He's kind of required believers to believe. See, sometimes we want God to show off and demonstrate all these things for us. But the Bible didn't say the just shall live by manifestations of the Holy Ghost. It didn't say the just shall live by the gifts of the Spirit, although God will do that. But he said the just shall live by faith.”
from 01:21:14
“There is a move of God, there is a revival that's in the process of breaking out across America. Other places, but it is. It's happening even now. And most of it, most of it is amongst the young people.”
from 01:22:23
“If that's what seems to activate the power of God in our churches and in our ministries and in our lives, then let's go find, I don't know about you, I know people that need healing. I could give you a whole list right now. And a lot of times, the folks that need it the worst are the ones nobody bothers asking them to come to church.”
from 01:23:17
“If we want God to work the miracles, we need to bring folks in that need him and let him advertise and demonstrate for them. But he's not required himself to demonstrate for believers. He's kind of required believers to believe.”
from 01:21:08
“Is it your will to be healed? Everybody that's sick wants to be healed. But not everybody will put in the time and the effort going. Not everybody will get in the presence of God and go after it. Not everybody will get in with the Holy Ghost and go after it. Not everybody will feed on the Word until the Word gets working on the inside of it.”
from 01:36:24
“There's another side that God's getting the church ready for, and it's not just for us, it's going to be through us. It's not just for us to go to church and get something, it's for us to come to church, get something, and go out and take it to folks out on the streets, the highways and the byways.”
from 01:40:42
“God's raising the church up. Something's happening. God's letting us know He's raised us up, a whole generation, a remnant, whatever you want to call us. God's raised up a group of believers today, about four generations of us on the planet right now, and God's wanting us to do something.”
from 01:40:58
“There is this side of God where He just reaches out and gets people's attention whether they're believing or not. There is a way God will demonstrate into people's lives. He expects the church to walk by faith, but He doesn't expect the world to walk by faith—they can't because they haven't got faith to walk in.”
from 01:43:42
“If we want God to work the miracles, we need to bring folks in that need him and let him advertise and demonstrate for them. But he's not required himself to demonstrate for believers. He's kind of required believers to believe.”
from 01:21:08
“If God could do it back there into the pool of Bethesda, he can sure do it in Longmont. He can sure do it in America. If he could do it before Jesus came and ministered, he can sure do it since Jesus has come and paid the price.”
from 01:35:12
“I've seen people come in with all manner of sickness and disease, I've seen them come in with sickness and disease, I've seen them go back home totally the same, nothing different. But I've seen them come, I've seen them come in two nights later, didn't recognize them, they're on their feet 100% healed. Said what happened? Well, nothing the first day, nothing the second day, but something about woke up that third morning, when I did the symptoms were gone, the sickness was gone, the MS was gone, I was healed in my body.”
from 01:39:49
“God's in the healing business. We could tell you all kinds of things. It's not over and done. It's just begun.”
from 01:52:49
“I'm telling you what, we're in the tent meeting and I've got this—actually it was a young lady I went to college with, lived in another part of the state—and I said, I tell you what, I'll come by, pick you up and take you there because you want to see a miracle. You don't believe, you think I'm crazy, I talk in tongues now. And so, went by, picked her up, got a seat in the middle of the tent there and there's a guy, full gospel businessmen, college instructor, he calls up, he says before I go any further, he said that I see a lady down here in the front row, got a young boy, looks like maybe about maybe five years old, four or five years old, braces on both legs, can't walk, can't get, he's got braces up and down both legs, he can't really, he can't speak right, he's got all kinds of physical issues. He said mama bring that boy up here on the platform... took the braces off this little boy's legs and the preacher actually, the college professor, grabs this kid, puts him on his feet and says now young man, in the name of Jesus, I command you to walk, now walk in Jesus name. He took a step and he took another step, took another step, looks up, says mama, mama, he never talked before, all of a sudden he takes three or four steps and takes off running, he's running back, never taking a step in his life, he's running back and forth. I don't know about you, that's one of those things that just shaped my life. I said God, if this is available, I'm going after it.”
from 01:47:36
“God will demonstrate if we'll let him do it.”
from 01:50:08
“Jesus, you're the healer. You've already paid the price. You've already done all we need to have done. You've paid the price for the church, for the believers, but there's folks out there that just don't know anything, and you need the church to rise up and be the church. But we're going to just watch you do some unusual miracles, dear Father. We have a stirring in our hearts. It's not that far away. We're living. We got our feet planted in that day.”
from 01:53:10
“A miracle is when God does something for humanity that wouldn't get done if God didn't do it. A miracle is when God gets invested in humanity; it's when He brings in and does something you're just not going to get any other way. God moves by the Spirit, He moves through the power of His word, but He moves by His presence.”
from 01:00:16
“God started everything in the Bible with a miracle, and He finishes everything we see in the scriptures on earth with a miracle. Jesus started His ministry with a miracle, turning water into wine, and He finished His earthly ministry before He went to the Father's right hand with a great demonstration of what we'd call a provisional miracle.”
“There's provisional miracles, there's protectional miracles, but you know, there's physical miracles. And if you start talking about miracles, usually in our minds, we think about God doing things in physical bodies. We think about blind eyes opening, deaf ears opening, and so on.”
from 01:06:17
“Sometimes the greatest miracles happen when people, somebody just invites folks in. We want God to work all the miracles. And when they start happening, we're going to go find folks that need them. If we want God to work the miracles, we need to bring folks in that need Him and let Him advertise and demonstrate for them.”
from 01:20:58
“He’s not required Himself to demonstrate for believers. He’s kind of required believers to believe. Sometimes we want God to show off and demonstrate all these things for us. But the Bible didn’t say the just shall live by manifestations of the Holy Ghost. It didn’t say the just shall live by the gifts of the Spirit, although God will do that. But He said the just shall live by faith.”
“There is a move of God, there is a revival that's in the process of breaking out across America. Other places, but it is. It's happening even now. And most of it, most of it is amongst the young people.”
from 01:22:23
“If that's what seems to activate the power of God in our churches and in our ministries and in our lives, then let's go find—I don't know about you, I know people that need healing. I could give you a whole list right now. And a lot of times, the folks that need it the worst are the ones nobody bothers asking them to come to church.”
from 01:23:17
“Is it your will to be healed? Everybody that's sick wants to be healed. But not everybody will put in the time and the effort going. Not everybody will get in the presence of God and go after it. Not everybody will feed on the Word until the Word gets working on the inside of it. Not everybody will.”
from 01:36:24
“We know our instructions to get results from the throne of God by the shed blood of Jesus, by the wonderful plan of redemption. We know our job is to feed on God's word, believe God's word, declare God's word, act on God's word, and let God confirm His word with signs. We know that. But there's another side that God's getting the church ready for.”
from 01:40:20
“It's not just for us to go to church and get something, it's for us to come to church, get something, and go out and take it to folks out on the streets, the highways, and the byways. God’s raising the church up. Something’s happening. God’s letting us know He’s raised us up—a whole generation, a remnant, whatever you want to call us.”
from 01:40:51
“There is this—if you want to call it sovereign, I don't like to use the word because it's been misused—but there's this side of God where He just reaches out and gets people's attention whether they're believing or not. There is a way God will demonstrate into people's lives. He expects the church to walk by faith, but He doesn't expect the world to walk by faith—they can't because they haven't got faith to walk in.”
from 01:43:37
“He's looking for the church to go and find folks that are sick, beat up, beat down, sick, poor, sorry—looking for folks that'll say, I'm gonna go find folks that are sick and I'm gonna tell them God wants them well. I'm gonna lay hands on them if they'll let me.”
from 01:43:59
“If you want the greatest miracles, bring in folks that need Him and let Him advertise and demonstrate for them. He's not required to demonstrate for believers, but He is looking for the church to bring in those who need a touch from God.”
“God's in the healing business. We could tell you all kinds of things. It's not over and done. It's just begun.”
from 01:52:49
“God will demonstrate if we'll let Him do it. Demonstrations of the Holy Ghost—God will demonstrate if we'll let Him do it.”
“I'm telling you, I don't know what happened, but again, it was angelic activity working there. I mean, we could go on and on. We could tell you all kinds of things.”
from 01:34:55
“If God could do it back there into the pool of Bethesda, He can sure do it in Longmont. He can sure do it in America. If He could do it before Jesus came and ministered, He can sure do it since Jesus has come and paid the price.”
from 01:35:12
“I'm not going to settle for the mediocre. I'm not going to settle for just, you know, here I wander like a beggar through the heat and the cold. I'm not ready to go after that. Shape my life, shape my life. If this is available, I'm going after it.”
“Something about learning how to follow that can change the course of our life. And I came up there thinking I was going to stay for three months, stayed for a little over a year. But sometimes you just take these steps following the leading of the Holy Ghost. And, boy, sometimes those things change the course of your life. And, you know, I think I can look back and see probably four or five times in the last, well, almost going on 50 years now, when I'd made just a, just a particular move to follow what I believed was the leading of the Holy Ghost. And, and a friend of mine said one time, he said, the Lord spoke to him and said, if you miss it trying to obey me, I'll cover for you. I've leaned on that a lot over the years, you know, say, well, boy, I'm concerned. I'm going to miss it. Am I going to do wrong? Am I going to, and the Holy Ghost told him, said. If you miss it trying to obey me, I'll cover for you. And I don't know about you, I've had God have to cover for me a number of times over the years.”
from 00:52:08
“If you've ever been in it, you'll never forget it. If you haven't been in that, it's about time. But the presence is like somebody said, I can't, he says, I can't tell you what it is, I can just tell you what it's not. And anyway, got into this, this last evening in the youth camp. We're all headed home the next day, coming back down here to Longmont. And the presence of God fell in that place. I don't know how to describe it other than it just felt like I was walking through a cloud for about two hours. The youth were walking all over the room. Kids were, young kids, I say. They're adults. They're all over the world right now. We stay in contact with a lot of them. But they were getting healed. They were getting baptized in the Holy Ghost. They were getting relationships right. It didn't turn into where I ran the service. I just got out of the way. And I remember walking around in the presence of God. It had to be, it seemed anywhere from one to two hours. And it was one of those things I've never forgotten about. It's changed the course of my life.”
from 00:55:06
“I said, God, I don't know what this is, but all I know is if this is available, this is what I want the rest of my life. I'll pray any price. I'll pay any price. I'll do whatever needs to be done. But if this is available in the church world today, if this presence, the glory of God, manifested presence of God, if that's available, I want that. I'm going after that. And so I have pursued that for, well, like I said, that was a few years ago. I've pursued that ever since. And I'm just hitting second gear now. I'm really going on into that. We've been in meetings all over the world where the presence of God gets so thick. You know, goodness, our whole sections of the church couldn't even stand up under the power of God for a while.”
from 00:56:00
“A miracle is when God gets invested in humanity, it's when he brings in and does something you're just not going to get it any other way. It's what God moves by the spirit, he moves through the power of his word, but he moves by his presence.”
from 01:00:22
“God started everything in the bible with a miracle okay and then of course we get to the very end of the scriptures we get to revelation 21 and there's a new city coming out of heaven a new jerusalem god started everything on earth with a miracle and he finishes everything we see in the scriptures on earth with a miracle.”
from 01:00:51
“There's all kinds of miracles we could spend we could spend a week just on this subject but there's a there's a what i call provisional miracles when god just does things to take care of people jesus jesus multiplied the loaves and the fishes took a little boy's lunch fed thousands of people and sent him home with 12 baskets full.”
from 01:02:25
“God has worked miracles for us all over the world. And half the time, we didn't know he was doing it. We were just doing what we do, going places and preaching to different locations. But there's provisional miracles. There's protectional miracles. But, you know, there's physical miracles. And if you start talking about miracles, usually in our minds, we think about God doing things in physical bodies. We think about blind eyes opening, deaf ears opening, and so on.”
from 01:06:07
“If we want God to work the miracles, we need to bring folks in that need him and let him advertise and demonstrate for them. But he's not required himself to demonstrate for believers. He's kind of required believers to believe. I thought I'd help you with that one. See, sometimes we want God to show off and demonstrate all these things for us. But the Bible didn't say the just shall live by manifestations of the Holy Ghost. It didn't say the just shall live by the gifts of the Spirit, although God will do that. But he said the just shall live by faith. If any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure. It pleases God when we live by faith.”
from 01:21:08
“There is a move of God, there is a revival that's in the process of breaking out across America. Other places, but it is. It's happening even now. And most of it, most of it is amongst the young people. I take that, I'm young, okay? So anyway.”
from 01:22:23
“Everybody that got healed in there was somebody that came in as a first -time visitor, first -time guest. I said, I'm going to make a mental note of that. Because if that's what seems to activate the power of God in our churches and in our ministries and in our lives, then let's go find, I don't know about you, I know people that need healing. I could give you a whole list right now. And a lot of times, the folks that need it the worst are the ones nobody bothers asking them to come to church. Why don't I wait? I'm going to wait until God starts doing things. Well, he's waiting until we bring in folks that need him to do something.”
from 01:23:09
“Miracles, miracles can be initiated, activated by angels. They don't work the miracles, but God will still work through angel, through angelic activity in our day, in our time.”
from 01:14:48
“He said, there's an angel behind him. He said, big angel. Said he's got him by both shoulders and he's straightening him up. It wasn't just God working the miracle. It was, but God will do miracles through the avenue of angels and this angel he said look at him he's got him by the shoulders and he said he's just gradually straightening his body up.”
from 01:24:30
“Sometimes the greatest miracles happen when people, somebody just invites folks in. We want God to work all the miracles. And when they start happening, we're going to go find folks that need him. If we want God to work the miracles, we need to bring folks in that need him and let him advertise and demonstrate for them.”
from 01:20:58
“He said, ma 'am that's you there's an angel that's come from heaven with a new heart for you okay well now these are all these people come in from who knows where so he goes ahead and prays for this lady and she's instantly by the end of the service she's got all of her strength back she's got all of her health back she's got a brand new heart and she went I don't know where she went but word got out you know what they got those uh those uh tabloids I guess I don't know if they still got them in the grocery stores or not but anyway they had them at that area anyway word got out went across that whole part of Canada by the next night people are coming in from every religion you can think of they're they're carrying crystals they're carrying they're they're man they're carrying all kinds of stuff with them people that got it was front page on the tabloid lady goes to meeting and gets new heart well everybody in town and everybody in that area that needed a new heart would they filled the place up and they had people healed of all kinds of sickness all kinds of disease but an angel brought a new heart.”
from 01:28:24
“He said, I had a large tumor on my back. It was starting to move over onto my spine. And he said, I was having pain and problems. He said, I had this large tumor in my back. And he said, you said if you have back problems, come down here. But he said, I didn't know what you're talking about. I've never heard anybody do anything like that. I should have explained it better, I guess. He said, I didn't come down to the front because I didn't know what it meant to come down and get ministered to. I've never been in a church service before. He said, all I know is you started putting your hands on people in the front. And there are people falling down on the floor. Okay. Well, that's not why they're not getting healed because they fall. I've seen people fall for years and not get healed. Okay. But he said, all of a sudden, he said, somebody put their hand on my back. And he said, I turned around to see who was, you know, didn't even like it. He said, I turned around to see who it was. But he said, I turned around. There wasn't anybody there. I felt a hand on my back where that large tumor was. Somebody had put their hand and just left it on me. And when they finally lifted it off, I checked, and that tumor's totally gone. I mean, it was totally gone. I just want to know what happened to me. Where did this come from? Somebody put their hand on me. And I thought, well, you know, I know who it was. God sent angels to do some things. People got healed of all kinds of things. Got healed by the power of God. God's working through the ministry of angels.”
from 01:31:41
“If God could do it back there into the pool of Bethesda, he can sure do it in Longmont. He can sure do it in America. If he could do it before Jesus came and ministered, he can sure do it since Jesus has come and paid the price.”
from 01:35:12
“He didn't say, do you want to be healed? Everybody wants to be healed. But how many people are willing to go after it? Okay? I'm going to say that again. Everybody that's sick wants to be healed. But not everybody will put in the time and the effort going. Not everybody will get in the presence of God and go after it. Not everybody will get in with the Holy Ghost and go after it. Not everybody will feed on the Word until the Word gets working on the inside of it. Not everybody will. I don't say it critically. I'm just saying Jesus didn't say, do you want to be healed? He said, is it your will to be healed? Do you have your will set in motion?”
from 01:36:14
“We know our jobs to feed on god's word believe god's word declare god's word act on god's word and let god confirm his word with signs we know that but there's another side that god's getting the church ready for okay and it's not just for us it's going to be through us it's not just for us to go to church and get something it's for us to come to church get something and go out and take it to folks out on the streets the highways and the by it's it's god's raising the church up something's happening god's letting us know he's raised us up a whole generation a remnant a whatever you want to call us god's raised up a a group of believers today about four generations of us on the planet right now and god's wanting us to do something.”
from 01:40:33
“As much as true as the mother my we there is this if you want to call it sovereign I don't like to use the word because it's been misused but there's this side of god where he just reaches out and gets people's attention whether they're believing or not there is a way god will demonstrate into people's lives he expects the church to walk by faith but he doesn't expect the world to walk by faith they can't because they haven't got faith to walk in so he's looking for the church to go and find folks that are sick beat up beat down sick poor sorry looking for folks that'll say i'm gonna go find folks that are sick and i'm gonna tell them i'm gonna tell them god wants them well i'm gonna lay hands on them if they'll let me don't chase them down the street they don't like that but um we could go on and on tell you all kinds of cases of things like that where somebody just i mean think about that.”
from 01:43:36
“I said god if this is available i'm going after it i'm not going to settle for the mediocre i'm not going to settle for just you know uh here i wander like a beggar through the heat and the cold i'm not ready to go after that shape my life shape my life.”
from 01:49:13
“God's in the healing business. We could tell you all kinds of things. It's not over and done. It's just begun.”
from 01:52:49
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