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Do you believe in our day and age that we can see miraculous manifestations of God’s power? I mean, ones that blow you away because they are so amazing?
The Israelites were in a place where they were having problems believing for a miraculous manifestation of God. They were in the wilderness when they were crying for meat to eat. When their leader, Moses, went to God and asked where in the world they can get enough meat to feed millions of Israelites, God said, So, do you think I can’t take care of you? You’ll see soon enough whether what I say happens for you or not. (Ref. Numbers 11:22 MSG.)
He’s saying, “You think I can’t? Do you think I’ve lost My power? Come on, I’ve done so much for you in the past and all of a sudden you think I can’t handle this?”
When we come up against conditions we must not think, Okay this is it. I can’t see any way this can be resolved. God went on to say to Moses, “Well let me tell you, you’re going to see whether what I say happens or not. You’ll see if I can handle this or not.”
Then God set in motion the wind that caused small birds, quail, to come in from the sea. They piled up around the camp and all the people had to do was go out and gather in the quail. This was an extraordinary manifestation.
God will demonstrate to you what He can do. It will show up. It isn’t just spiritual talk. I know we have to have “spiritual talk.” Because that’s when we’re speaking the truth of God. We say His promises and express our faith. We’re positive in what God can do.
But there comes a place where there has to be a manifestation of what we’re saying. The power has to be seen and not just talked about. So God wants you to believe you can see those extraordinary manifestations of what He can do. Listen, those cannot and did not stop in the Bible.
There’s a wonderful woman who has been my friend and also a Partner of this ministry for many years. We received a call from her about some extraordinary pain she was having in her neck and shoulders and it went down her back and at times she even felt it in her full body. She was in so much pain and it would come up around 2 in the morning. So miserable. She would call and express how much she needed prayer. It was extraordinary pain and she had to have an extraordinary manifestation of God’s help.
So I was interceding and believing God to visit her health in a supernatural way. Do the extraordinary that she must have. You know, you just have to believe that God has said it, promised it, Jesus said for us to ask for it and believe for and it can happen. So I was hanging onto that and believing it. This woman had to have a better day.
A week or two went by and then we received another phone call. She said, “I wanted to tell you the prayers that I had you make for me for [the pain in] my neck and back and shoulders and everything, I have not had that pain now for about four days. So thank you, thank you. I just wanted to tell you. Finally, the pain is gone!”
Since then we received an update a few weeks later and she still is thrilled that all the pain is gone. THAT is an extraordinary manifestation of what God can do when we believe. She said she had never had any pain such as that. Well, when you have extraordinary conditions you need extraordinary help. That’s what God can provide. Every day she had to believe a better day was on the way. To get that better day sometimes we have to believe for an extraordinary manifestation.
Now if you feel that you just don’t have the level of faith for that, just think about this woman. She’s a widow, she isn’t wealthy, she isn’t young, you see what I’m saying? She isn’t Abraham or Moses or Elijah or some superpowerful person. And yet she is superpowerful. Because she believed. She believes that when God says He can give her a manifestation of His power, He will.
So by human standards she isn’t extraordinary, but by God’s standards she is extraordinary to Him. YOU are extraordinary to Him. You’re very special and important. So when you need extraordinary manifestations of what He can do, believe He’s going to send them. (Ref. Hebrews 2:4.)
Spiritual Powerline to say out loud:
“GOD CAN DO THIS FOR ME AND HE WILL!”
Here is a powerful prayer to say out loud:
Lord, I know You CAN give me a miracle because You have in the past. I also know You WILL. So I believe for the help I need to manifest in my life in an extraordinary way. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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