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A son's healing
- The preacher tells of his second-born son, born on December 2nd: within hours the baby's levels dropped, he was taken to the NICU over low blood sugar and would stop breathing for seconds at a time, and an expected few days in hospital stretched to ten days before the family took him home under precautions.
- At two months the boy was dedicated to the Lord, and the pastor told his father: do you believe in miracles — your boy is going to be healed.
- The parents prayed and fasted every day, learning that the healing would come in God's way and God's time, not theirs.
- Doctors found the boy's airway was the size of a coffee stir, a straw you can hardly suck anything through, and expected surgery; at the nine-month checkup the examining doctor said this was not the same boy he had seen before and could not explain what God had done.
- Today the boy needs no surgery, and when the children laugh and smile it gives their father a joy he had only felt when the Lord put his hand on his own life.
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk
- In John 5, a certain man had an infirmity for 38 years and lay by the pool with no man to put him in the water when it was troubled; not knowing who Jesus was, he called him only 'sir.'
- Jesus did not touch him or help him up; he spoke the word — rise, take up thy bed, and walk — and immediately the man was made whole, on the Sabbath.
- We are bound by the ways of this world until we encounter the Lord; when God walks into the midst, everything pauses, because he is God.
Scriptures: John 5:5-9
Silver and gold have I none
- In Acts 3, Peter and John found the man lame from his mother's womb laid daily at the gate called Beautiful, asking alms; Peter fastened his eyes on him and said, look on us.
- Peter had no silver and gold to give, but such as he had he gave: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk — and he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and his feet and ankle bones received strength, and he entered the temple walking, leaping, and praising God.
- Jesus only spoke to the man in John 5, but here a brother helps a brother up: if someone is sick or feeble or needs strength, we help each other up.
- The man at the gate belonged to the generation that heard the promise of Acts 2:39 — the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off.
- It is time for revival to burn in the soul: do not expect the miracle — receive it. This is the day and the hour, for your family and your loved ones.
Scriptures: Acts 3:1-9; Acts 2:39
Scripture index: John 5:5-9; Acts 3:1-9; Acts 2:39.
Transcript
praise the Lord praise the Lord can we do that right now can we worship His name name that precious name of God in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus oh God give us strength today oh in the name of Jesus I pray let the Holy Ghost move right now in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus oh God we worship you we worship you God I don't take this time lightly it's very humbling to be up here in an honor I appreciate it I appreciate my shepherd I appreciate my shepherd in the name of Jesus y'all could be seated oh Pastor came up here and ran over my sermon everybody look at your neighbor and say it's time it's time December 2nd 2020 at 5:51 p.m. my sweet little second born boy was born he was normal for a few hours and doctors came to check him and levels started dropping so at that time they took him to the ncu as all y'all know the story about this it was the sugar the blood sugar that they checked which was down that's why he was in the NICU and then it came to where he would stop breathing for a few minutes for a few seconds and it caused us an extra five days due to protocols and policy 10 days later we got to take our sweet boy home with precautions there is with things that we need to look at to make sure that he is going to be okay more checkups more doctor's appointments so on and so forth at 3 months excuse me sorry two months February 2nd 2020 on 7548 I go Gap we dedicated that sweet boy to the Lord with that being said pastor looked at me and said Do You Believe In Miracles your boy is going to be healed me thinking that he's going to be healed now so with me being who I am we started praying and fasting every day we started seeking after God and learning that it's his way not ours it's time for his way so at his ninth month checkup he noticed the doctor noticed he has been gaining weight he has been thinking good but prior to that he said he needed surgery to where his Airway was a size of a coffee stir if anybody doesn't know what a coffee stir is just go go to Starbucks go somewhere ask for one that little thin straw you can't even suck anything through it that's the size of my son's Airway but a nine Monon checkup I was still believing in fasting and seeking after God that maybe there would be a miracle in the midst but for me I could not come to the conclusion to what is going to happen as I was at work in the morning my wife will give me details of each step they took in the appointment the doctor would come in evaluate him go back come in evaluate go back I got a phone call during my break and as she was speaking she started crying at that moment I thought the worst I thought they're going to airlift him to the doctor to the hospital to do the surgery right then but as that doctor walked in he said this is not the same boy he seen before he could not explain it he could not understand the concept of what my God can do now side note to that if the doctor comes into you into the office or tells you they don't know what's going to happen or don't they don't know who you believe in but let me tell you something when a god comes into the midst it's time to believe that the anointing and the power the Holy Ghost is in there is to believe that it's time for a miracle it's time for the doctors not to understand you can't tell me the adversary is going to disguise in a doctor because he believes in science but I believe in a God that created science in John 5 chapter 5 John 5: 5-9 a certain man was there which had infirmity for 38 years when Jesus saw him he lie and knew that he had been now a long time in that case he has been a long time in that sin he said unto him well Thou made be whole the opponent man answered him sir now now understand this he said sir not knowing that was God I have no man when the water is troubled to put me into the pool but while I am coming another steth down before me and Jesus said unto him rise take up thy bed and walk we all know this scripture and immediately the man was made whole and took up his bed and walked on the same day of the Sabbath you see you're telling me later in the scripture he says Jesus healed me as he was walking around the streets people said why do you heal him on the Sabbath why do you heal him on the holy day let me tell you something when God walks into the midst all things pauses cuz he is God when he said rise up and walk I don't think he just rose up and just started walking I'm G tell you I'm G little jumping a little bit I'm G be shouting a little bit I'm G be running a little bit because I been in the Sin for 38 years and not knowing when the next time I could be drawn into the water you see the man did not know it just took only but water it took the touch of the Holy Ghost and God now let me tell you something Jesus didn't touch him he physically did not touch him it says in the scripture said get up and walk he said get up and walk he did not say let me touch you for a minute let me help you get up for a minute no no no he said get up and walk you see we are bound by the ways of this world until we encountered with the Lord it is then we are healed you can't tell me my God can't heal you can't tell me it is time for that to be happening you can't tell me my God can't take me out of the sins of frosted tips you can't tell me take me out of a sin of a family with hypatius c and expecting me to have it no no no let me tell you something I've been checked I don't have it because I didn't know I was in that until I was older to understand that God has a plan for me and protected me through that it is time to understand there a miracle in Acts 3: 1-9 sorry for this let me read it though Peter and John went up together into the temple at the house Hour of Prayer being the ninth hour a certain man lay from his mother womb was carried whom they laid daily at the gate they picked him up they moved him to the gate someone had to touch him and it says they as then a man not God they had to pick him up and touch him and move him to the gate which is called Beautiful to ask of arms of them entered into the temple now side of that arms is a money food or any donation given to the poor or needy anything given as Charity in verse three it says seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asking for arms and Peter fastened his eye upon Him John said look on us has anybody told you to look towards them has anybody told you to stop for a minute to what you're doing I don't have anything but just look at me and he gave heed unto them expecting to receive something from them this is my favorite scripture everyone knows it verse six then Peter said Silver and Gold Have I None I don't have anything to offer you I can offer you my shirt I can offer you my shoes but I don't have I don't have anything that you you might need but such as I have I give thee you see you don't think because you can't physically help someone doesn't mean you can be used by God and my favorite part it says in the name of Jesus Christ it says in the name of Jesus Christ uh it says in the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk listen to this and he took him by the right hand you see later earlier in that book of John it says Jesus said rise up and walk he did not touch him but with Man by the word of God using him he said I'm going to take you I'm going help you up CU When a brother and sister our need we're going to help each other up it's time to Revival to revive in your life because they right here he said he was laying by the gate beautiful asking for arms and he said take him up with thy right hand silver and gold I have thee none but what I do have in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk in verse seven he took him by the right hand and lifted him up and immediately his feet and ankles and Bones receive strength now I don't know about you but I have been Ministry and nursing homes I have been to other P people's houses and my grandmother she is she's weak in the ankle she's she's weak she's feeble and at that time I understand like how long's this man been sitting here in the gate beautiful does it tell us an age but it says his ankles grew strength and his feet it doesn't say his arms doesn't say his adamen doesn't say his shoulders his say his feet and ankles and bones received strength I under I understand why the feet and ankles because in book John it says rise up and walk take up thy bed you see to get up you have to have feet to get up you got to use those bones and those ankles those ligaments you got to use it to have strength in verse eight he's leaping up and stood and walked and entered to the gate of Temple walking leaping and praising God and all the people saw him walking and praising God day in and day out the man sitting there for another day for waiting for a handout was so used to the ways of the world he was so used to the the sin that he was in he didn't understand get up and walk let me help you up brother and sister it's time for your brother and sister to help you up we don't need to be sitting on the Wayside expecting something from sin I am tired of the adversary grabbing me and pushing me down saying you're not good for nothing you're not going to do anything in life you're just going to work go home and repeat it's when we help our brothers and sister up in the ministry they're in at the home they're R if they're sick we got to help them if they're feeble we got to help them if they need strength we got to help them if we need to jump up for joy we got to help them if they can't praise I'm going to praise for them there is places in time it's time for a miracle don't expect it receive it Peter was there in the upper room with 3000s were added to the church in the book of Acts you see in back Acts 3 is when he helped this man to the gate beautiful so he said in Acts 2:39 for the promise is unto you and to your children and to those a far off as even as many as the Lord God are shall call in the Book of John verse chap I mean the book of Acts chapter 3 it talks about this man of gate beautiful he's part of that generation those 3,000 that were there somehow he heard about this this new word this New Covenant oh but when the baptizing of the Holy Ghost came in and the fire flew down from heaven let me tell you something my friends I've not been in this long at all I haven't started until I was 18 years old but there's sometimes when God just takes something from you and repositions you it's something different when you've been in this in your whole life and you fall back but it's different when you've been living in the Sin and it picks you up by the right hand saying I got you brother it's time for a miracle it's time for prayer it's time for healing it's time to pick up your cross even though the day and the time that we're in today you need to understand I'm not speaking to you I might be but I I know this sermon is for me because it's maybe too late sometimes when I I mess up or I I don't pray for someone or I feel an urgency but I don't receive it to a way I might need to go don't let the enemy hold you down from the ways of this world better yet don't let the enemy hold you down for the miracle you can have brothers and sisters I love each and every one of you but it is time for a Revival to burn up in your soul so can we come together as one can we we come together in one Unity so when Today is the Day in 2020 we're not waiting for tomorrow but when a miracle happens it's going to happen today the wages of sin is death I want to be out of my sin I want to be out of the things I want to receive my miracle and I want to run it with God with my brothers and sisters now let me tell you something when God came up and he says rise up and take up th bed and walk he did not touch him so when that doctor came into the office when he examined my son I believe at that time when he was examining him the doctor said there was a miracle may be taking place right now I'm not talking about the physical do I'm talking about my holy go doctor because as my wife was with tears in her eyes and speaking to me on the phone I could not believe what was going on I said how can I miss this miracle but I realized it's not my Miracle to see it might be a time for someone else to see a miracle to make them believe it's time guys it's time this is the day this is the hour this is the time for you this is the time for your family your lost loved ones for those that have lost loved ones I Believe In The Name of Jesus it's time as I said the doctor seen a miracle the miracle might not be through you the miracle might be through your children the miracle might be through the children to show hey I'm still worshiping God I might want to go with them today my son does not need surgery today my son is almost weights higher than uh Dawson let me tell you something when those kids jump up in joy and laugh and smile it gives me a joy of happen I've never felt in my life but the only time I mentioned that the only time I felt that is when the Lord put his hand my life and said I'm going to take you out of this sin I'm going to take you out of these situations because you don't belong here no more you went through this temptation you went through that trial you went through the troubles in the name of Jesus I took you out because I want to show you what you can do your testimony is going to bring other people through so as I'm standing here today I am a miracle you're a miracle there is prayer for the grandmothers and the fathers that had prayed for you and prayed you up so don't miss your time in the name of Jesus right now can we clap our hands church can we worship God In The Name of Jesus in the name of Jesus it is time for a miracle praise the Lord church it's not lunch time yet or supper time yet but it's time for a miracle right
Scripture references as spoken: John 5:5-9; Acts 3:1-9; Acts 2:39.