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!Revealed!
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
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above image captured after pausing a Joel Osteen Video
Jesus reveals the hidden spiritual wonders to those who diligently seek Him.
Lakewood Church is located in Houston Texas. Joel Osteen is is the Pastor of this mega church and is mega blessed.I highly recommend the experience if you ever have the opportunity to attend.I have experienced Joel's & Victoria's preaching first hand and you will be blessed by their annointing. I was blown away every time by their praise & worship and the awesome powerful presense of the Holy Spirit.
Now I see why, can you?
Spirit lead! Spirit Filled!
Jesus on the rock
By Jennifer Samson
Sitting in the sand looking left looking right, not a soul to be found.This stretch of beach and it's soft white sand has always been a private sanctuary, and more importantly to me, a perfect place for worshiping and praising God.
That afternoon I was thanking God for all of his Grace, Love, and Divine intervention that has radically taken place in my life over the last 24 months, and thanking Him more for what had transpired in my personal life in just the last 24 hours.
Our God is an awesome God and in my thoughts I decided I would like to do something pleasing for Him.
My next thought was what? What could I possibly do for God!
I scanned my surroundings again, and right in front of me was a yellow No. 2 pencil.How did I miss that earlier?
I had another thought. Who brings a pencil to the beach!?!? That is not important.
What someone may deduce as a litter problem I saw as a Divine opportunity. I picked up my new found tool of expression and set out with a plan. I was going to use that pencil to write the name of Jesus on every sun bleached seashell in my path, for I adore Jesus, I wish everyone knew Him the way that I know Him. I love Him and I know He loves me.
A peace and purpose came over my mind. I was on a mission.Countless seashells later, and the sun setting, I retreated for the evening taking my pencil with me for round two the next day.
Last thought of the evening.
The seashells will be swept away!
I awoke the next morning with a solution. I had found some pure white stones earlier the day before, and I thought how perfect to write the mighty name of Jesus on a rock .Not only is Jesus "the Rock of our salvation" He is also the Corner Stone of our Faith, they would be heavier and less likely to be pulled down into the surf.
I was walking and writing, strategically placing the stones, when a negative thought came to the forefront of my mind. What if someone stumbled across my stones, and in their displeasure of finding the name of Jesus threw them away in the ocean?
Instead of dwelling on the negative, I immediately asked God to place these precious stones in the path of a person in need of Jesus, a life that would be changed and uplifted because of His name.
A month had gone by and now back home in the UK, the beautiful beach and my precious stones were all but a fading memory. Till one evening my Mother called so excited to tell me her latest news. Little did I know that her words would have such a glorious impact.
She started by telling me that she had been to the beach the day before and acquired a bit of a sunburn.That in turn dictated her decision to go to the beach the following day, just a little before sunset when the Summer Florida rays are not so strong. She was praying and singing to God uninhibited for once again that little stretch of beach was her own.Not a soul to be found.
As the sun was just about to set, my mother drew in the sand a big heart and in the center wrote the mighty name of Jesus. As she turned to head back home, she heard a small child's voice shouting over the waves "Hey Hey" ! Stunned for thinking she was all alone, she turned and found a sweet little girl asking her "what did you write in the sand?"
My mother replied "I wrote Jesus' name in a heart." By then the girls mother had come by her side. Katie, the little girl, proclaimed with astonishment "I found a heart shaped rock with Jesus written on it!" My mother's heart swelled with joy for I had told her what I had done the month prior. Katie's mother then said "Yes it is true" as tears started to slide down her face."Katie found the heart shaped rock on the beach, and brought it back to me. I was so stunned and overwhelmed when I saw the name of Jesus, all I could do was weep for my mother has just been diagnosed with cancer. It was an answer to our prayers, for we believe in healing."My mother quickly replied, "So do I!"
Katie's mother then went on to say that,"we went up north to visit my mother in the hospital, and Katie wanted to give her Grandmother the new found treasure. We decided that it was a wonderful idea, there could be no better gift."
So on the day of their visit in the Grandmother's hospital room they were all overwhelmed and cried tears of joy. What could have been a day of sadness and fear, turned into a deepened faith, a sense of peace, and the resolute fact that Jesus conquers and Jesus saves.He is the great physician, and by his stripes we are healed!
The story does not end there it just keeps on getting better and better.
Katie's mother went on to say "the Good news has spread quickly throughout the Hospital and everyone, nurses, doctors, and patients, come to Grandma's room to hear the story they are calling, "Jesus on the Rock."
It is at that point in this surreal conversation my mother could not contain what she had wanted to say from the start.She told Katie,
"It was my daughter who left that rock for you on the beach, and she asked Jesus to guide you to it."
God hears our prayers.God is so good, not only does he give you the desires of your heart (asking for someone in need to find Jesus on that rock) but he will orchestrate a "chance" meeting to let you know they were fulfilled.
As my mother told me the story I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit settle upon me and all I could do was listen and silently weep.
One more parting thought.
A friend of Jesus, a pencil, and a rock .
Hundreds of lives touched in His name.
You do not have to be a Billy Graham or Mother Teresa for this broken world, just be what God created you to be, in your own special way....
An expression of His Love.
Psalm 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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