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Get Equipped #5: Everyday Angels
Charity Virkler Kayembe and Pastor Joe Brock partner to bring you an amazing opportunity to learn about angels. In their book, Everyday Angels, they share what the Bible teaches about angels, personal testimonies, and instructions on how to partner with angels in your day-to-day life. I love what Joe says here: We followed no magic formula. Instead, we simply identified the lies we believed and replaced them with God’s truth. There was a definite progression. God introduced new things, and as we became seasoned to one aspect of the supernatural, He would move us into a new arena to learn. I am happy to say this has not stopped. The…
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Get Equipped #4: Hearing God Through Your Dreams
I have read several books on dreams and dream interpretation. Hands down, Hearing God Through Your Dreams is the best book on this subject. Charity Virkler Kayembe believes in that old proverb: If you give a person a fish, you feed them for one day. If you teach a person to fish, you feed them for a lifetime. Charity is committed to equipping people so that they can hear and understand the voice of God in their dreams for themselves. In her book, Charity explains how dreams and dream interpretations are uniquely tailored to the dreamer. What an image in a dream means to me, may not mean the same…
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Get Equipped #1: Hearing God’s Voice
When a friend first told me about Hearing God’s Voice and Mark Virkler’s ministry I was definitely NOT interested. I received the technique information without the safety guidelines. At that time, I was suffering from light sensitivity and was unable to look at any tablet/computer monitors. So it was difficult to do research. With the partial information I had it sounded a lot like a new age practice called automatic writing, and I didn’t want any part of it. After all, not all supernatural experiences are from God. Much to my surprise, a year or so later, I had a quick vision, indicating that God wanted me to read Mark’s…
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Everyday Miracles #10: Christmas Lights
Photo by TriggerPhoto from Getty Images Signature Tue 2 Jan 2024 I love Christmas lights. When my children were little we would drive through festive neighborhoods to look at the Christmas lights and decorations. Those were well invested evenings that created a lifetime of happy memories. I had to live on those memories for over a decade after I developed light sensitivity in 2012. This condition prevented me from being able to look at Christmas lights, TV, computer monitors, and cell phone screens. I had to keep all the lights in my house at half power, and wear a large brimmed hat and dark sunglasses anytime I left my home.…
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Revelatory Gifts #5: The Cloak of Zeal
Photo by Baloncici from Getty Images Sun 1 January 2023 After a regular Sunday service at my home church, I was standing in the airlock of the front lobby waiting for my ride. A woman I don’t know approached me, pointed to my coat, and said, “I just wanted to tell you that the coat is an important part of the armor of God.” I was wearing a stunning lemon green oversized maxi coat that I particularly love. I frequently get compliments on. “This coat was a special gift from my children,” I responded. “I just wanted to tell you that the coat is an important part of the armor…
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Vision #1: A Christmas Eve Surprise
Photo by sampsyseeds from Getty Images Signature Tue 24 December 2019 Christmas is always a big celebration in my home. On Christmas Eve 2019, I was feeling a little sad because my son and his wife couldn’t come to my party. It was my daughter-in-law’s family’s turn to have them, which was a mutually agreed-upon schedule. Even though I completely understood why they couldn’t be there, and it was inconceivable to me that there was any way they’d show up, I missed them not being there. As I sat in my living room with the rest of my family gathered around, Twenty minutes later, my son and his wife walked…
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Everyday Miracles # 3: Choosing Where to Live
Photo by Jeff Denlea from Pexels (This is a stock photo.) Sat 20 May 2017 In 2017 I was sizing down from a house to an apartment. I had narrowed my options to two apartment complexes located in different towns. One complex was near two of my sons, and the other was near one of my daughters. I was having trouble making a final decision. After all, where you live is a significant decision. And I hate moving, so I didn’t want to do it again for a long time. I decided to prayerfully go through the grounds of each place, carefully monitoring my inner peace as I envisioned myself living…
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Revelatory Gifts #4: My Son’s Future Bride
Photo by oksana_nazarchuk from Getty Images (This is a stock photo.) September 2011 One day in the fall of 2011, I met a beautiful young woman. I’d never seen her before, and I knew nothing about her except that she had come to my home to attend a youth meeting at my house hosted by my son and his friend. The moment I laid eyes on her, I instantly KNEW that my youngest son was going to marry her someday. I immediately shared this Word with my youngest daughter so that she would be a witness for me when the time was right. But I didn’t say anything to my…
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Supernatural Manifestations #2: Peace That Surpasses Understanding
Photo by francescoridolfi.com from Rido (This is a stock photo.) 2011 In May of 2010 I was driving home from a ministry meeting and was stopped at a red light. A young driver was not paying attention because she was preoccupied, fighting with her sister in the passenger seat. She rammed into the back of my Ford Ranger. At first, I thought I was alright, but over the next few weeks and months, I developed more and more pain in my lower back and feet. During four months of physical therapy, I continued to grow worse. Plus, thorough exams of my feet by a Podiatrist, along with x-rays, could not…
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Revelatory Gifts #3: Winning the Prize
Photo by alexlmx Sat 31 October 2009 My son’s youth group hosted Halloween parties at the houses of various church members. I was asked to operate a game booth at one of these houses. Several games were set up in the garage and driveway for the children, including a lollipop game with two grand prizes of training wheeled bicycles. I operated a game in the garage. A couple with a little girl about four years old entered the garage. The INSTANT I laid eyes on them, I KNEW the little girl would win one of the bicycles. She was the perfect size to fit the bicycle too. Since I had…