WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO AFRAID OF THE SUPERNATURAL?

WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO AFRAID OF THE SUPERNATURAL?                     3/1/2015

From the time I was very young, the supernatural interested me. My father would read Old Testament Bible stories about Moses parting the Red Sea, Daniel closing the mouth of lions, and heavenly bread falling on the Israelites when they were in the desert with no food.

It seemed to me like the God of Israel, Yahweh, could do anything. I still believe it to this day.

How many Christians realize that His actions are supernatural deeds of a SUPERNATURAL God?

Disney started coming out with supernatural movies in the 1960’s like “Bedknobs and Broomsticks”. My mother often watched “Twilight Zone”, and in school we would hear ghost stories at Halloween.

 Jeanne Dixon, psychic to the presidents and the stars, was prominent in the news. The supernatural was prevalent in the American culture, but not nearly to the extent as it is today.

Instead of Jeanne Dixon, today, we have TV mediums that supposedly act as channels between the dead and the living, like Jon Edwards, who’s show “Crossing Over” was highly popular during its height. Many people mistakenly believe that they are actually communicating with their loved ones through this man, who is most likely actually communicating with demons posing as dead loved ones. Then there’s the Long Island Psychic, Theresa Caputo, who also claims to do the same thing.

There is a precedent in the Bible for a ‘medium’ commandeered by King Saul to communicate with the dead prophet Samuel, in I Samuel, chapter 28.

       “Then Saul said unto his servants, ‘Seek me a woman that hath a FAMILIAR SPIRIT, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, ‘Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.” I Samuel 28:7   KJV         

  (This occurred after Samuel had rid his kingdom of all such demon-possessed people. He treaded on doubly dangerous ground! And the Lord held him to account - telling Saul he would die the very next day!)

The Hebrew word, “owb”, Strong’s H178, translates as both “familiar spirit”, and also translates as “necromancer”, as someone who evokes or brings up the dead, in order to communicate with them. But my current understanding of the supernatural elements of this – is that “familiar spirits” are lying spirits, that cling to individuals who invite them into their hearts and minds. And because supernatural evil spirits have access to information they can imitate dead relatives, giving the living information and answers that deceive the families into believing they have heard from their lost family members.

The Lord strictly forbids trucking with necromancers and wizards.

In Leviticus 19:31 God says, “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.”

In this passage, the Lord’s instructions imply that to seek after evil spirits, and wizards, is the same thing as worshipping other gods. Because He says, “I am the Lord your God.”

Also, in Leviticus 20:6 our Holy God says, “And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off, from among his people.”

In this verse God is basically saying that seeking people indwelt by familiar spirits, and both male and female “wizards” which would also be called “witches” is equated in God’s eyes with not only disobedience but actively worshipping or following other gods. To go “awhoring” means to prostitute oneself for something far less than God, by means of unfaithfulness to believing God to be sufficient to answer your questions about what is beyond. 

Many people seek witchcraft in order to gain what they perceive to be supernatural power, and control.

What these people do not realize is that witchcraft is a bottomless well that is worse than a spider web that ensnares their soul and spirits. They become bound and enchained to Satan just as the demonic spirits are, which are doomed and obligated to serve him.

The Harry Potter books which have become so famous in America and around the world, have imprisoned millions upon millions of children in a nightmare world of witchcraft. Many have gone beyond the original concepts, and have gone on to study deeper occult books.

In fact, while attending Calvary Chapel megachurch in Ft. Lauderdale, between 2000 and 2005, I heard a sermon which knocked my socks off. The pastor talked about Scholastic publishing, which had been a publisher of school materials since I was a child many years ago. As part of the marketing of “ Potter”, the company  prepared curricular materials to discuss Harry Potter in classes across the United States, which included discussion round tables on how children could become more involved in witchcraft. So witchcraft is actually being promoted and taught in elementary, middle and high schools across the nation, while the Harry Potter series of books become increasingly popular. 

One such Internet link reads:

Discover The Magic of Harry Potter Books And Demonstrate Your WIZARDING SKILLS! (SCHOLASTIC)

 Many teachers reported that the children went on to carry to school many other, more adult witchcraft manuals, and seriously engaged in the practice of witchcraft. Many of those once-young children, over the past decade or so, have become adults practicing witchcraft. Let’s not even dwell on the popular movies which brought vividly to life the often-thought harmless characters, which actually mock parents and those who do not embrace witchcraft or occult practices.

The National Educational Association also makes flagrant use of Harry Potter lesson plans, as well:

NEA: Tools/Lessons - TEACHING HARRY POTTER

                        

Not to mention that these same children are punished or expelled for bringing a Christian Bible to class, even to read in their free time! 

Teacher Tells Student He Can't Read Bible In Class

That is bad enough. But our culture went from the mild “Twilight Zone” of the 1960’s, to the movie, “Twilight” in most recent years. The Twilight series of movies romantically glorifies vampirism, which is totally antithetical to Christ. One takes blood from many and Christ gave His blood for many, that they would be set free from such demonic bondage.

Vampirism and werewolf cultural heroes are now the norm, just as is twisted sexuality, and its ensuing violence, engendered by such shows as “Bates Motel”, and movies like “Fifty Shades of Gray” which glorifies sadomasochism.

Our children are being demonized because they are so hungry for the supernatural. If they don’t get it inside the Church – they will find it elsewhere!

Cris Putnam in his book, “The Supernatural Worldview”, on pages 110 and 111 says, “We are facing a serious problem. At the same time that the culture is embracing the paranormal, the church is largely uninformed and incredulous. The answers we provide concerning phenomena like ghosts and ESP are often circular and unsatisfactory.”

Mr. Putnam goes on to explain, “The large-scale defections from historic orthodoxy [IN THE CHURCH] bore fruit in nineteenth-century, theological liberalism’s social gospel. The focus became ‘this worldly’ in order to foster social justice rather than heavenly treasure by making disciples. Into the twentieth century, this progressively polarized conservative Christians, and they withdrew from the academy and culture at large. As the Bible believers left the discussion, unbelievers had full rein in academia and the majority influence on the next generation. This was a fatal error and a failure to heed the Lord’s command to ‘occupy till I come’ in Luke 19:3, KJV)”

     Steve Quayle and Cris Putnam on Hagmann – Biblical Supernatural View vs the Humanistic View   

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSqThdqAJDQ       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42-GEScvk5w  

Being incessantly curious as a child, interested in the spiritual, supernatural and psychology, I read many books on parapsychology and extrasensory phenomena in order to gain an understanding of the spiritual realm. Children today are just as curious, but so many are being handed Harry Potter books, or even worse read to them aloud, by their deceived parents, thinking they are encouraging their children to read. Then the parents ignorantly purchase Harry Potter wands and other toy to increase the child’s interest in a blatantly controlling spirit.

Adults in America are just as curious as the children. But not realizing that God is the original source of anything supernatural, they turn to countless other sources, rather than Him in the search for understanding. But do not be fooled. God is not mocked. In Leviticus 20:6 He promised to kill those individuals who practiced such horrible things.

As the years went on, my interest in the supernatural grew. I read everything I could get my hands on that piqued my interest. If I had just been following my earthly father’s instructions all that time instead, to read my Bible every day, I would have even more understanding now than I currently have. But over the years, I made the Bible my go-to book for information, and now base everything I know and understand, see and hear on its “plumb line”. Because I believe that the Bible is the integral, indestructible and inerrant Word of God.

As a child, I knew that the God of the Bible was amazing. I saw that He did almost unbelievable things for His people in His Holy Book. I often wondered why I didn’t see the same miracles today as were written in His Word.

THIS IS BY NO MEANS A COMPLETE LIST BUT JUST A SAMPLING OF BIBLICAL MIRACLES:

1. God provided “manna” to the Israelites                                                                                 Exodus 16:4
2.  God in person appeared to Abraham to inform him                                                            Genesis 18:17-33
3.  God also told Abram that Sarah would have a baby                                                             Genesis 18:1-15
4.  There were many appearances of angels                                (Too many references to list here. Another lesson.)
5.  Angels brought provisions to Elijah while sleeping                                                               I Kings 19:6
6. God fed Elijah via birds at the Cherith Brook                                                                          I Kings 17:6
7.  Elijah and Enoch were taken into the sky without dying                                         II Kings 2:11 & Gen. 5:24
8.  Widow’s jars overflow with oil and flour continually during famine                                I Kings 17:12-14
9.  Elijah was able to see beyond the earthly realm                                                                  II Kings 6:17
10. Elijah was able to see Gehazi his servant from afar                                                            II Kings 5:23
11. God instructed Moses to strike the rock to get water                                           Exodus 17:8; Numbers 20
12.  Twice apostles were freed miraculously from jail                                                  Acts 5:19-22; Acts 16:26
13.  Lazarus came back to life, as did the little girl, and boy            John 11:5; 12:9/I Kings 17:20/Luke 8:52
14. Young men taunting, possibly attacking Elijah, were attacked by a bear after Elisha cursed them.   II Kings 2:23-24
15. Elisha’s bones were so filled with God’s power they raise others                        II Kings 13:2
16. Jesus and Peter walked on water                                                                               Matthew 14:29
17. Jonah lived 3 days in a whale then was spat up alive                                              Jonah 1:17 & 2:10
18. The Lord advised Joseph in dreams                                                                           Matthew 1:20 & 2:13 & 19
19. Daniel subdued lions while in their den                                                                    Daniel 6:16-24
20. Three young men withstood a fiery furnace                                                             Daniel 3:6-26

The Baptist church we attended said, “Oh such miracles are not for today. They were only for the days of old, before Jesus Christ came, died on the cross and rose.” They always taught that miracles ended then. But some of those pastors skipped over certain KEY passages in their Bibles. Or perhaps because they weren’t experiencing God’s dynamic power in their ministries, perhaps because they didn’t know how to access it, they conveniently rationalized that they could not, or would not even try.

But my childlike mind reasoned, “Why would God stop?”

And my Bible must have read differently than theirs. Because my Bible said in Hebrews 13:8:

               “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever.”

So according to my childish logic, I reasoned that if God was the same yesterday, today and forever, than He must still act in miraculous ways. And if Jesus Himself, said:

“And these signs shall follow them that believe; in MY NAME shall they cast out devils, they shall speak with new tongues, …they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

And in Mark  16:20, “And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. Amen.”

Again, my Bible must have been published for me only, or perhaps the words disappeared when they tried to read them in their Bibles, because mine said:

“Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.”  

In Matthew 10:8, and again in Luke 9:2 and 10:9.

But my child-like mind reasoned, if the Church is teaching us to “become disciples”, and Jesus told us to do these things, why would God stop, and therefore make it impossible for us to do what He had commanded us to do? It didn’t make sense at all.

In another location, my Bible read, AND STILL DOES TODAY, “I changeth not”. (Malachi 3:6.) 

According to my childish logic, if He had not changed, then intuitively His power and ability had not changed either. So what was stopping Him from producing the same miracles now as He had done in the past? But the church could not give me the answers I searched for. So I looked in other directions.  It took me on a long journey through the years, where the Lord and I had both highs and lows in our relationship. But thank God His will and power prevailed in my life, and I can truly say that I understand much more today than I did as a child. God has answered my prayers for understanding.

But what of the many people sitting in churches who have been told by their elders that God does not or cannot do the same miracles today? The leaders have sent their church members off on a wild goose chase, trying to satisfy their hunger for the supernatural and for God, through the occult, and all the mysterious occultic offerings the world has today. These same pastors will be held accountable for falsely teaching the followers of Christ that their Bible was not true.

Cris Putman, in his scholarly book, “The Supernatural Worldview” writes on page 115:

       “…a large part of Western evangelism doesn’t believe the Holy Spirit is actively revealing Himself, as reported in the New Testament, through speaking in tongues, healing by the laying on of hands, and prophetic utterances. Although these gifts are described as ongoing, unbelief has been baptized as cessation theology – the threefold idea that (1) the Holy Spirit’s purpose for ‘sign gifts’ was finished in the first century; (2) the sign gifts were given exclusively to the original twelve apostles, so that the sign gifts and apostleship are inextricably linked; and (3) the gift of apostleship no longer exists. The most often-cited proof text is: ‘Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part”. (I Corinthians 13:8-9). According to cessationists, the ‘perfect’ to the New Testament implying that, upon the closing of the canon, the sign-gifts cease. However, this is a far-fetched twisting of Scripture, as ‘the perfect’ more likely denotes the return of Christ…"

In my attempts to educate myself regarding the supernatural, as a child, there was no material I could find on God or Christians outside of the Bible, which described Christians in modern days experiencing supernatural events. Of course that was the days before the internet.

There was one book though, that my aunt gave my mother when I was ten years old. It was called, “They Speak With Other Tongues”, by John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill’s husband. She was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for many years. This book alone, was a key in my journey.

       http://www.amazon.com/dp/0800793595/?tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=3489035447&ref=pd_sl_4m40bpzrgl_e                                                                                              

But I kept asking, “What was stopping God?” NOTHING CAN STOP GOD!

 Then the fault must lie with men. Wait a minute! Doesn’t the Bible say that Jesus didn’t do miracles in HIS OWN TOWN because there wasn’t enough faith there? So the faith levels in his hometown were very low, just as the faith levels in my hometown were also extremely low. So despite the fact that I cherish the memories of my faithful Sunday School teachers who gave me a solid foundation in Biblical teachings, I still wondered why no churches around were supernatural. Where were the miracles?

The Word of God says, Jesus didn’t do miracles in his home region because, “No prophet is accepted in his own ‘country’. (Luke 4:24 KJV). Because they had seen Jesus grown up as a child their lack of faith levels surrounding Jesus apparently limited what He was able or willing to do. He works in coordination with our FAITH.

In OUR OWN COUNTRY, the United States, in the embodiment of the majority of Christian Believers across the USA – He has been limited by their LACK OF FAITH. That’s why so many people are sitting in churches sick, burdened, mentally ill, demon possessed, marriages dissolving, people dying on drugs and alcohol.  And the dry, dull teachers of pastors, who are not themselves on fire for God, don’t have faith to believe for miracles. So they turn it around on the Lord because of their own lack of faith. They say, “Oh, God doesn’t do that anymore.” I SAY LET GOD BE GOD!

SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN – WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO AFRAID OF THE SUPERNATURAL?

A.    Because they don’t know their God, whom they say they serve. If not, then WHO ARE THEY SERVING?

B.    Because they don’t know God’s Word, and what it says. They rely on leaders to “spoon-feed” them, and neglect learning and studying the Bible.

C.    They don’t want to commit themselves. They are afraid they might have to give up something. Belief in a supernatural God, whether you believe in God Almighty, (as a Christian), or you instead serve the devil as a witch, wizard, vampire wannabe, Goth, or any other supernatural entity –REQUIRES SOME KIND OF COMMITMENT!

D.    It also requires an acknowledgement of a world beyond this one. 

Quantum physicists with their realization that there are other dimensions beyond this one, most recently evidenced by string theory, which implies 10 or even 11 dimensions, existing side by side or "parallel" with each other, brings us back to the spiritual reality that what we see is not all of that which makes up reality. In fact many scientists also hold the viewpoint that we actually live in a holographic universe.) This would mean that we are simply a holographic projection of some greater reality. This then, also requires an acknowledgement of one’s MORTALITY.

Hyperspace by Micho Kaku        Parallel Worlds - Michio Kaku 

E. They don’t want to change or be changed. Change is often scary to most people. 

And so many people often stick to their old tried and true ways even though those ways do not help them at all. The comfort of something familiar is all that they really have. But through the ages, the Lord sometimes varies His methods of reaching people. He is above all else creative. Over the decades Waves of His Holy Spirit have moved over the ocean of His people, stirring them in new eras in mighty outpourings that produced different outcomes.

The Protestant Reformation is just one major example of how God turned a situation around in order for more of common humanity to understand and reach out to Him. Over centuries the Catholic Church leaders had consolidated information among themselves and spoon-fed it to the people, for profit. The common man didn’t even have access to the scriptures. The priests were the arbitrary guides to the Catholic person’s soul, unlike the order the Bible proclaims. God wanted the scriptures and Himself to be accessible to everyone. Hence the “Ninety-Five Theses” Martin Luther nailed to the All-Saints Church door, in Wittenberg, Germany 1517.

The Gutenburg press helped to put the Word of God into the hands of the common people, a miracle in itself!

Thus, although the Catholic Church remains a bastion of often-outdated traditions, another whole group of Christians – the Protestants – have sprung up, making God real to the people. Millions of denominations and churches have spawned from that one-act of a Holy Spirit inspired man.

Fast forward down through the centuries. We cannot forget the Azusa Street revival, the true beginning of the modern Pentecostal movement, in 1906, which came about through a group of young people praying fervently in California. Please click the link below to watch a dynamic video about William Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPm980ATPa4   AN AMAZING DOCUMENTARY YOU WON”T WANT TO MISS!

Wikipedia says about the Azusa phenomena, “Today there are more than 500 million Pentecostal and Charismatic believers across the globe, and it is the fastest growing form of Christianity today. The Azusa Street Revival is commonly regarded as the beginning of the modern day Pentecostal movement.”

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azusa_Street_Revival

 God blessed His TRUTH-SEEKING people, from Azusa Street Pentecostalism to the modern Charismatic movement, which gained momentum in the late 1960’s. The many freedom-loving, hippie youth who had been “turned on” by drugs and free sex crashed into the reality of the dark side of those excesses. When many tired of those ancient reality-escapes, they realized that true freedom comes from Jesus Christ and following after him.

 Chuck Smith out on the West Coast started up the Calvary Chapel Churches. He played an important role in the evangelical movement in the past century. According to Ed Stetzer in a Christianity Today article, 

“Simply put it is hard to overstate the significance of Calvary Chapel in re-mapping Protestantism, particularly evangelism.”

Ed Stetzer, citing Donald Miller’s scholarly book, “Reinventing American Protestanism”, “Calvary Chapel helped birth and shape a movement”.

www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/october/chuck-smith-1927-2013.html   

     

REASONS WHY, CONTINUED…

F.   They are afraid to get into “DEEP WATERS” with God. They are afraid they might drown in Him. When really - He is their LIFE-SAVER.

G.  Afraid it would upset their “solid tradition”. Well this is the way grandpa and great grandma worshiped. Why should we ever accept anything different? Why? Because Grandma and Grandpa may have missed an awful lot!

H.  They think all supernatural is bad. They are afraid of the very WORD “supernatural”.

I.  They mistakenly think all supernatural events come from the “dark side”.

J. They limit God because they have limited imaginations and low expectations of Him.

K.  They are afraid of “signs and wonders”. Better get used to them Church/World!

L.  They think they’ll be labelled “odd” or ‘fanatics’.

M. They believe the mistaken notion that “Religion leads to insanity”.

WE NEED THE SUPERNATURAL ASSISTANCE OF GOD TO FACE THE SUPERNATURAL FORCES DRIVING HARD AGAINST CHRISTIANITY TODAY!

If you try to take the supernatural out of God, then you no longer have THE GOD OF THE BIBLE. God HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPERNATURAL.

Over thousands of years He has done supernatural acts, to, for and with His people. Some of His people, those very close to Him, have performed supernatural acts by HIS Power, in both the Old and New Testaments. Those who believe His Word continue to impart healing to others by way of Christ’s power.

If you take away the supernatural from the God depicted in the Torah (Old Testament), and the New Testament, you have basically castrated God. You have declared him impotent.

If you go to church every Sunday, sing the same old hymns, DO THE SAME OLD THINGS, hear the same sermons, or the same theme preached over and over again, UNLESS THAT THEME IS GOD’S LOVE, then you are imagining and worshipping a God you have contrived in your brain, or by your Church’s teachings – BECAUSE THAT GOD HAS NO REAL POWER.

Even if your church preaches the “SALVATION” message, but NO ONE EVER CHANGES. And you hear the same old gossip Sunday after Sunday. Girls and women wear the same breast-baring outfits, and everyone and everything remains the same, to hang onto the same old status quo…you have been worshiping a God whom you have falsely assumed to be of very little power.

If you have a preacher saying “Miracles are not for today”, or “Healing is not for today”, that leader is not only robbing God, but he is also robbing you. He contradicts God’s Word, the Bible. And that same minister is effectively STEALING YOUR HEALING.

The Lord Himself says in Malachi 3:6, “For I am the Lord, I CHANGE NOT; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”

He may work in different ways, in different “movements” down through the millennia. But if anything, these “moves” of God are intended to MOVE you closer to Him.

Joel 2:28-31 says, “And it shall come to pass afterwards, that I shall pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids. In those days I will pour out my Spirit. And I will show wonders in the heavens and the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.”

And again in the New Testament Acts 2:16 through 21 reiterates this same passage, indicating that the initial outpouring of Pentecost immediately began after Christ’s disappearing into heaven, with a promise of His Return. However, we are now in the time period when these signs in the heavens are about to occur. This means that the generation we now live in, are living in the last days immediately preceding THE RETURN of Jesus Christ.

In fact, a large majority of Bible scholars fix 1948 as the beginning of the generation on Earth who will live to see His Return. Whether that is 70 or one hundred years - it means the same thing. The time is CLOSE. 

This all revolves around God’s prophetic timetable and His dealing with Israel and the Jewish people as a re-birthed nation, at its reconstitution in 1948. Scholars agree that the passage in the New Testament which speaks of Israel as the fig tree branches bring forth fruit, or coming into its “season”, its own, so to speak, is the sign that we shall see the widely acknowledged Return of Christ in the sky, the same way as He left.

       “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is night”. Matthew 24”32 KJV

      “…which also said, ‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye staring up onto Heaven? This SAME Jesus which is taken up from you into Heaven shall SO COME IN LIKE MANNER as ye have seen HIM GO INTO HEAVEN”. Acts 1:11 KJV

If your church leaders are not preaching or teaching about the End of Times as declared throughout the Bible then they have totally missed the boat! They have been blinded by the deception rampant in this time period.

For we are in THE LAST DAYS BEFORE CHRIST’S RETURN, as described in many, many Bible prophecies. You need to know the truth about what is going to happen! And if you think the book series “LEFT BEHIND” has laid out the complete and true course of events then you are wrong. If you rely on fairy tales told by men and NOT on what the Word of God says about the Last Days, then you will be sorely disappointed. 

                                                                    www.leftbehind.com

You will have to rely on the true, SUPERNATURAL GOD of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, in order to overcome the challenges ahead.

Our God, Jehovah, Yahweh, King of Kings, Prince of Peace, Mighty Counselor, Almighty God - is the one you will need to rely on, to protect and provide for you and your family in the coming days.   (Isaiah 9:6.)

So you HAVE to realize that we serve a SUPERNATURAL GOD, and His ways are higher than ours. But if you know the Bible, the Word of God, and not just THINK you know, but really search out the scriptures and get to know the Living God for yourself, then you will be on your way to encountering His supernatural power.

By all means, if you are already a Christian do yourself a HUGE favor and ask the Lord for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Yes, you received the "deposit" of His Spirit. But why not go all out and learn to walk filled with HIM?

Only HE has the power to cleanse men’ and women’s hearts and minds. Only He has the ability to move mountains, calm the seas, heal the sick, know men’s minds and thoughts, raise the dead. Yet if you are fully partnered with Him, and yielded to his Holy Spirit by His Power, you will be able to do these same things.Only because HIS POWER WILL BE FLOWING THROUGH YOU! 

 HIS WORD COMMANDS IT! DEMANDS THAT HIS FOLLOWERS DUPLICATE HIS ACTS! ARE YOU A TRUE DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST? FIND YOUR S-U-P-E-R-N-A-T-U-R-A-L IN HIM!

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I HAD A DREAM - CAN WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER?

I HAD A DREAM, Thursday, January 30th. In the dream, I WAS Whitney Houston's daughter. I didn't see my physical body, or even have a sense of myself. But I felt thrilled to be with my mother, after a long absence from her. I could clearly see Whitney.

In the dream Whitney was not drinking nor on drugs. She didn't even sing in the dream. She didn't act like a "star". She was very humble, and didn't even let on about who she was when we were around other people. She was looking for a job. I was giving her "pep talks" about finding the job she wanted. 

No one even recognized her when we were riding on a sail boat with some "scruffy" guys. We left the boat to go home. At some point we must have been in a car, but we mostly walked. Whitney dropped something in the middle of the road as we were walking. I couldn't tell what it was but it seemed very repulsive. In the dream, I didn't think to ask Whitney about it. After all - she was my mother.

We visited a house. Inside,  a little baby crawled on the floor. This little baby picked up the same repulsive item, that Whitney had dropped in the street, and the baby ate it. Still, I couldn't recognize the object. It was tiny, looked a putrid brownish green, and had an irregular shape. The dream ended.

When I woke I wondered what the dream meant. I asked the Lord the meaning of the dream.  I thought about how confusing it must have have been for Whitney's daughter growing up. Being around the drugs...the celebrity...having everything she could ask for and yet living in a household of unhappy people, trying to fulfill the emptiness inside, not realizing that that "hole in one's heart" can only be filled by a close relationship with the Living God.

One woman, who claims to have been a friend of Bobbi Kristina, says that " Bobby Kristina admitted that living with Whitney could be traumatic."

                http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2944117/bobbi-kristina-confidante-reveals-whitney-s-tormented-daughter-told-family-say-m-crazy-hold-money.html#ixzz3R7Uhla1h



I prayed for Bobbi Kristina. But I wish I would have realized what was going to happen on Saturday of that week. Perhaps I would have spent more time in prayer for her. Now I feel so sorry that I didn't stop and just bang the" heck" out of the gates of heaven on behalf of Whitney's beautiful but sad and lonely, only girl-child!

 ( I don't mean to be disrespectful of Heaven. However, remember the Importunate Widow and the unjust judge in Luke 18:1-8? Well that is what I mean! If the woman who wouldn't give up, banging on the gates of the unjust judge received her petition answered, how much more should we receive a positive response as we keep "hammering" the gates of Heaven, of the Almighty, Just, Wise and Fair Judge to give Bobby Kristina Brown another chance at life?)

Not ever imagining the awful events occurring in tandem with my dream, Saturday morning I checked the news on the Internet, as I normally do. There to my horror were accounts of Bobbi Kristina being found face-down in her bathtub, unconscious, in the same position Whitney had been found the evening of Clive Davis' Grammy party three years ago.

I had been grief-stricken and shocked when I heard about WHITNEY's death February 11, 2012. I couldn't believe the beautiful woman with the unbelievable voice - so full of life - with such vivacious laughter and sparkling eyes - was now dead!

     WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DEATH AND AUNT'S WARNINGS HAUNT BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN'S FAMILY

When details surfaced of her problems with drugs and alcohol in the early nineties, I wrote Clive Davis, her manager, a letter, begging him to get her help - even if he had to put her in rehab himself!

Like many others I had watched "The Houstons" reality show, just as I had watched "Being Bobby Brown". When I had watched the couple on Bobby's show, I was stirred to pray as I watched them be baptized in Israel, hoping they had finally found a solid connection to God. But my hopes were dashed.

www.mylifetime.com/shows/the-houstons-on-our-own/

www.tv.com/shows/being-bobby-brown

I had always hoped, since CeCe Winans and Whitney had seemed to be friends, that somehow CeCe could be instrumental in helping Whitney out of her hole of despair. But again, my hopes and prayers were not realized.    Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Personally, I believe every saint of God in America, who interceeds in prayer on behalf of others,WHOSE LOVE OF CHRIST CROSSES "COLOR BOUNDARIES" should be FERVENTLY PRAYING FOR BOBBI KRISTINA.

I dare say, that if your love of God does not exceed color boundaries, Dear Saint, I would question your salvation and your commitment to Him. That goes regardless of whether you are black, white, brown, yellow, pink, or even blue, as in the case of some highly interbred families in Kentucky.

                    IS THERE REALLY A RACE OF BLUE SKINNED PEOPLE?


The Holy Spirit has certainly laid a "prayer burden" upon my heart for this young girl, whose own heart has been broken beyond despair. But I pray with all my heart that the situation is not beyond repair.

There was an anointing from God and a gifting upon Whitney Houston's VOICE. After all, she started out singing in the church choir. As a young girl, raised in church, surely Whitney had the opportunity to hear the Gospel message preached. She knew the right pathway because she heard the truth of Jesus Christ being the only way to God the Father.

          "Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father  but by Me".    John 14:6 KJV

Whitney Houston had a divine destiny in God. But like Elvis Presley, who started out singing gospel hymns, probably in church, she made choices that pulled her into a swirling quicksand maelstrom, that pulled her into darkness she could not save herself from. 

                      ELVIS SINGS GOSPEL    ELVIS DIES


Many times over the years I asked the Lord, "Are other people praying for Whitney?" I am sure they must have been. But if so, why this tragic end?

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE SAME WITH BOBBI KRISTINA! If enough people pray, continuously, until she awakes sound and whole, I believe the Lord can do a miracle! I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!  IF WE BELIEVE TOGETHER PERHAPS GOD WILL DO A MIRACLE OF REVIVAL AND HEALING FOR BOBBI KRISTINA!

            "IF YOU BELIEVE" LYRICS

Now Whitney is gone. But Bobby Kristina could still live, and WELL,  if we believe for miracles for her - TOGETHER.

 The Word of God says, "I also tell you this: if two of you agree on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you."    Matthew 18:19 NLT

   Several nights ago I found a video of Juanita Bynum's prayer meeting for Bobbi Kristina. Sister Juanita surely knows how to storm the gates of Heaven!  Although it may not have been at the same time the others on the video were praying, I believe the Lord honored our prayers in unity. I prayed until 1:30 a.m. until totally exhausted.

                www.gospelbreak.com/2015/02/ambassador-juanita-bynum-prays-for-bobbi-kristina-video/

IF WE COULD ALL PRAY TOGETHER, FORGET OUR DIFFERENCES, AND PRAY IN UNITY - THAT IS THE KEY!

It seems necessary to be perfectly clear...it is not because her mother is an AMERICAN ICON that I am praying for Bobbi Kristina. I do not worship people, be they performers, sports heroes, or politicians. THAT WOULD BE IDOLATRY!

The Lord warns against idolatry in the Ten Commandments. Many nations in the Bible and throughout history, fell, because they worshiped things, people, and FALSE GODS. The worship of other things rather than God, has put this nation exactly where it is..a multi-jeweled
snowball rolling quickly down a steep hill and headed for Hell! 

However, I loved Whitney because she was a fellow-singer. She gave me the enjoyment of not only listening to her beautiful music, but I used her songs to train my voice, just as I did with Sandy Patty's. Both women have long been a great inspiration for me. But they have never been idols, not even for a second. 

It was obvious these are/were flesh and blood women with their own problems and foibles. But I  relate to them because of their music. Music transcends cultures.

           MY FAVORITE SANDY PATTY SONG



And as for Whitney's handicaps...drug and alcohol problems also transcend color and cultural barriers. For ONE Bobbi Kristina, there are probably millions of other young men and women suffering the throes of drug and alcohol addiction because of their parents' tragic examples. I pray for them, too. 

But just as Whitney Houston had a divine destiny - or shall we say "God's Call" on her life, that I believe was left unfulfilled, despite all the fame and wealth...so I believe that Bobbi Kristina also has a divine destiny! That destiny is NOT to die drowned in a tub due to either drug overdose or violence imposed by a jealous boyfriend!
                             
 BOBBI KRISTINA- VIOLENT HISTORY WITH NICK GORDON TRIGGERED BY JEALOUSY

          POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING...


Bobbi Kristina is special because she is one young woman, who if she miraculously survives, and comes back to bring us an account of her amazing "time in heaven",  as OTHERS do; perhaps, she will lead many SEEKERS onto a pathway of life, instead of a route to death.

Because of the esteem by so many Americans for her mother, perhaps she could be a "bridge" to the broken heart of our nation.Perhaps God could use her to help heal the wounds that have been inflicted by those who have  merely pretended to be leaders of the caliber of Martin Luther King, Jr.

       www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html


Divine mantles or we can call them "anointings" from the Lord, often fall upon the next generation, or others who willingly pick them up.  This has been proven in the Bible as well as in our modern culture. 

Elijah the prophet literally passed his mantle on to Elisha. What we see a picture of in the natural also occurred in the spiritual realm in II Kings 2:13-15.  This is especially dramatic when the original mantle-wearer is taken away from our midst.

Elisha trained students and very easily may have imparted a portion of his mantle to them. The Bible refers to "schools of prophets", and also "the sons of the prophets".

 See I Kings 20:35, II Kings 2:3, II Kings 4:1.


 Upon further study, one sees that these so called mantles or "anointings" can be passed from generation to generation, or to "helpers".  

Due  to Moses' heavy work-load, God also appointed a portion of his 'anointing' to fall upon seventy elders who were to act as authorities on behalf of Moses for the Tribe of Israel wandering in the desert after their flight from Egypt.   See Exodus 24:1-9 and Numbers 11:16-24.

Look at Pat Robertson's son Gordon, who is now heads up CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network).     SPIRITUAL GIFTS - GORDON ROBERTSON - HEALING THE SICK

 In fact, former CBN co-host Ben Kinchelow wrote a very interesting article yesterday about Black History Month.

                    THE HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA PART II by Ben Kinchelow     
                 

And then there are Franklin Graham, and Anne Graham Lotz, who also seem to have inherited their father's mantle. Although Billy at present is still with us, but unable to carry it now.

                    FRANKLIN GRAHAM CARRIES HIS FATHER'S TORCH

                   ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ

Some in the "Prophetic community" of The Church at large have predicted that when Billy Graham dies the End Time Company will rise up in the Tribulation Hour and MIRACLES WILL PREVAIL!     
              THE SIGN WILL BE BILLY GRAHAM'S DEATH - BENNY HINN


So I believe there is a special anointing on Bobbi Kristina...Now that Whitney is gone, the divine mantle that was upon Whitney's voice...to MOVE MILLIONS, could also fall upon Bobbi Kristina...should she live. 

But the choice she can make differently than her famous mother did - IS: does she want to get caught up in the adulation, fame and disintegration of the unhealthy and ungodly lifestyle of her mother? Or would she yield herself to God's Spirit, and follow her divine destiny as an anointed spokesperson for the Lord, in this End Time Hour?

 Perhaps to draw millions of people to the Kingdom of God with the sound of her voice? Perhaps her destiny is to be a link in the mighty End-Time revival that so many Christians in America are desperately praying for.

If not only that, Bobbi Kristina would be in a unique position to unite both African American and Caucasian cultures. If the saints will pray that God spares her life, and restores her completely, perhaps she can be a catalyst for racial healing in our culture. Only leaders intent on bringing Jesus Christ to the forefront as THE HEALER OF ALL DIVIDES, including the horrible racial divide we now see being purposely inflamed in our culture, are TRUE leaders. 

AMERICA'S RACIAL POWDER KEG

Yes, there are hawkers trying to promote themselves at the expense of The People. These manipulators pretend to have the best interests of the people at heart, yet SELL their own brand of rhetoric, in an attempt to inflame the passions of unwitting millions. At the same time these immoral leaders promote their own twisted versions of Christianity. Some of which promote one culture over another, and even "Damn" America. * 

Instead of truly healing the breach, these UNSCRUPULOUS so-called "leaders" divide and want to "conquer" the masses, for their own wealth, fame and power. Expounding a twisted form of culture-specific Christianity, they brain-wash the unsuspecting naive with their seemingly uplifting words, feeding into the "SOULISH",  CARNAL or "fleshly side" of Christians, which promotes hate instead of love.  Man is a three part being, made up of spirit, soul and body.

           WE ARE THREE PART BEINGS

   Remember that the Bible says "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."   

            THE PASTOR WHO SAYS: "GOD DAMN AMERICA"           


I have lived in several major cities and have even been involved with the ethnic communities in those cities. Honestly, I saw more prejudice toward white people in the black communities than I have ever seen from caucasians toward blacks. This observation extends from the 1960's to the present day.

Of course I grew up in a small town in the North and not in the South. I had a black friend who was actually afraid to travel with me from South to North by car even in the 1990's because of still-existing prejudices.

I know there are still many prejudices existing on "both sides of the fence", but what has been happening in the U.S. lately has only fueled the fires of racism. The common people, if left alone and not pushed by secretive and not-so-secretive political groups, intent on capitalizing on emotion to boost their own political ambitions, would not have gone as far as what happened in Ferguson.

 Even some of my closest African American friends had told me they had very hard feelings toward whites because of experiences they have had. I believe them. But they must FORGIVE!

From the time I was a little girl, one of the number one desires of my heart has been to bring black and white people together in unity. At one time I thought that could be done politically. But having tried that route. I heard the false promises of those who pretend to do that, but whose actions prove otherwise.

  The only way to unite people is to teach them the WAY OF JESUS' LOVE. Those who KNOW Jesus Christ as personal Savior, and CARRY HIS SPIRIT -  LOVE. Those who don't -DON"T!

 I have encountered my own share of incidents where various individuals, whose color of skin just happened to be "black", threatened me or harmed me in some way. But I still have this persistent love for other people, like I said before - even if they are BLUE!

 However I am here to tell you that your skin color has nothing to do with your spiritual identity in JESUS CHRIST! And if you are an American you should be AN AMERICAN! Yes, honor your fore-bearers if you want. But remember,  all of our ancestors came from somewhere else at one time or another.

Every American should read, "Dreams From My Father", by Barack Obama. On page 115 he writes:                    

"Whatever my father might say, I knew it was too late to ever truly claim Africa as my home. And if I had come to understand myself as a black American, and was understood as such, that understanding remained unanchored to place. .."

                                 GET OVER YOURSELF!


I have forgiven those who harmed me, or even threatened to do so, when I was showing them nothing but love. I FORGIVE because I believe in the power of the Gospel to bring men of all nations, languages and colors together for His Glory. CAN WE DO THIS IN the UNITED States?      
                   
The only answer for the intense and ever-increasing battle between cultures in America is Jesus Christ and His Love. Those who truly love one another will consider their Brothers and Sisters in Christ as part of the same family, despite their skin color. That bond ITSELF should surely pave the way to increased understanding and unity. We must sit down together to eat. Invite each other into our homes. Sit down to talk and befriend and understand one another.

A dear African-American friend of mine named Janet from Ft. Lauderdale, invited me to her all-black Baptist church in about the year 2000. I was the only white person in a crowd of 400 people. But I loved every second of it, and in my imagination longed to address the crowd -  begging them for unity in the Body of Christ.

When I attended a small, storefront church in South Florida, because I was on the worship team the pastor listened to my "input". After some African American church burnings in the south, as recently as the 1990's, I wrote an article and gave it to the pastor, encouraging him to make our congregation as unsegregated as possible. Yes, we already had caucasians and non-caucasians worshiping side by side. But the pull on my heart was to encourage the pastor to do something "extra".

He listened. We had an amazing service where his friend Billy Blanks of TAE-BO fame spoke, and our two churches got together to worship. After Billy spoke, the congregations exchanged gifts of love with each other. Some exchanged money, some watches, some food, etc. Whatever we had to give we shared with each other. I will never forget that amazing worship service!

                BILLY BLANKS OF TAE BO FAME

    BILLY BLANKS IS A COMMITTED CHRISTIAN WHO DOESN'T LET COLOR STAND IN HIS WAY

After that, one of our dearest sisters in Christ, a precious, anointed African American saint, ended up homeless. One could actually feel the Spirit of God surrounding her physical being while sitting or standing near this mighty woman of God.

 The pastor let her make her bed in an extra room in the church, as many weeks as were necessary for her to be reunited with her family in another state. If it had not been inappropriate for a single man and woman to live together, I have no doubt he would have invited her to stay in his home. Now that is what I call "love"!

Please, Brothers and Sisters, don't infer insult or injury where there is none!

 Let us pray Bobbi Kristina through this crisis TOGETHER,  AS A UNITED FAMILY IN CHRIST JESUS!

Perhaps in her coma, like the little boy in the book, "HEAVEN IS FOR REAL", she will visit Heaven, and experience Jesus first-hand. Perhaps Bobbi will even visit temporarily with her beautiful mother, whom I am sure would say, "Krissy, you need to go back. I need you to live your life. Please don't do to yourself what I have done!" And with tears in her eyes, I believe Whitney would send Bobbi back.

   
This could very well happen. If we all STAND TOGETHER IN PRAYER, with the power of God making our skin invisible to each other's eyes, looking at each other's hearts with love.

YES. IF WE BELIEVE.

         

  WHITNEY HOUSTON AND MARIAH CAREY: WHEN YOU BELIEVE  CLICK LINK.

                                           

                                 UPDATE ON BOBBI KRISTINA -  2/16/2012
Last night I saw on the internet an article that Bobbi Kristina's organs are shutting down. I refuse to believe this bad report! I believe in the Power of The Living God to restore Bobbi, every molecule and atom of her body and brain, in the Name of Jesus.
I refuse to stop praying! I haven't spent all this time in prayer for nothing! Besides, I HAD ANOTHER DREAM LAST NIGHT. 
I dreamed about a young girl swimming underwater. In the dream, ONCE MORE,  I identified with the young girl, thinking that she was me. (I say "young" girl. But to me twenty one is still a very young age.)
As in the other dream, I know now that I was just empathizing with her. I saw the girl under water, swimming and singing. YES ONLY IN A DREAM OR A COMA CAN ONE SING UNDER WATER AND BREATHE AT THE SAME TIME!
Being in a coma can, in a sense, be like being "under water". In the dream, the young woman was not dead but very much alive! She was trying very hard to convince her brother that she can sing! Now whether that incorporates Nick Gordon, whom we know she loves, into the dream, I am not sure. Or perhaps it is a corporate "brother", meaning potential sponsors of her talent, as in a professional group, or even a people-group "Brother". But I pray that only those led by the Holy Spirit become her mentors and guides from this point on...if she does recover. I KNOW MY AWESOME GOD! HE CAN DO IT!
This dream gives me hope. I will not stop praying! And if she is pronounced "dead" I will keep praying that the Lord brings her back to life! PRAY WITH ME EVERYONE, PLEASE!

 BOBBY KRISTINA ORGANS SHUTTING DOWN!

    Two other articles this weekend say the opposite, but one states that the situation is still GRIM! 

BOBBI KRISTINA'S CONDITION HAS NOT WORSENED THIS WEEK

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN'S CONDITION REMAINS GRIM

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