Do miracles still happen...

[cag7800]

well some may not get this but i will describe it as best i can

this was a recent miracle to me...and i felt God in it and i felt His Spirit...to me this was a miracle and i was privy to it

this is what happened ...i knew a person named michael...but i never knew him as micheal ...i always knew her as Tangela

i met Tangela thru a friend many years ago ...yes Tangela was 'gay' ....must have had gender identity issues because she/he always dressed as a girl...

Tangela was a drag queen prostitute...Tangela drank alcohol... a lot...Tangela may have done drugs i dont know but i heard that it was so...

Tangela was always alone... even her/his friends in that lifestyle seemed to make fun and shun her/him....but Tangela was always my friend...Tangela was always good to me and had a good heart...but Tangela had a rough life and had been shot cut and nearly died several times...

my heart went out to Tangela ...i was concerned about the dangers of her/his prostitution and i tried to instill a since of worth although i never judge her/him

well suddenly after many years of the same thing he/she became sick...was in the hospital for about 3 weeks in icu...we all knew he was dying yet even though he had a christian mother i heard no one had come to pray with him...

i remembered a conversation years before when i told Tangela/michael that Jesus loved him....he replied i do believe but i made some choices in my life a long time ago and i dont even know if God cares about me anymore... i have so many issues...i reassured him that nothing could separate us from His love...and i always told Tangela i loved her/him

so the first time i went to visit in the hospital...me and my friends and his friends cried all the way home and all said their silent prayers...i didnt know what to do or how to do it ...so i just prayed..."God your know his heart better than us ...you were there with him all those lonely nights thru all the hell that was his life...you were there in all his confusion and pain...

God you know to this world he is the 'least of these'...please show up and do what you do best...save my friend.

so after 3 weeks ...he could not sleep at all day or night...my friends would pick at him trying to cheer him up about having a drink or going to the club ...but he just shook his head no in disinterest...

my friend and i discussed him( Tangela) and how he was afraid to close his eyes and sleep...we knew he was afraid to die...i asked had anyone prayed for him with him and the answer was always no.....i asked where were the church people that his mother belonged to...had no one came by?

the answer was no and i knew time was running out for michael to find peace....so i suggested me and my friend two of michael( tangela's) only friends that we pray with him....after all i knew we had a lot to be desired but we were believers and we were all he had apparently....

so i became uspset the next morning and it was on my heart to do 'something'....i felt it was an emergency spiritually...where were the saints...the church people ...the people who lived and breathed salvation every day....why was there no one to help my friend...

so i purposed in my heart "LORD if you will guide me on what to say and do i will be willing to do it."...but i have to admit i was nervous and unsure ...i really have never prayed the Lords prayer with anyone...i know i still have issues in my life...some of them of which i knew Tangela was aware...although i hoped he would welcome it but i was afraid of messing things up..

of failing at this critical time....what i didnt realize is that it wasnt up to me....it wasnt my battle ...it was God's

so that day before i went to the hospital....i called my other friend ...and this is what i was told....he said that our friend was on his mind all morning and he convinced all the other friends to go pay a visit...so they did...and as they were entering the elevator the doors were almost closing...but one of the other friends saw a chaplain that they knew...he yelled out 'meet us on the 5th floor'....

so as they got off the elevator they were surprised to see the chaplain already there to meet them....they all went to see Tangela/michael....

he smiled to see all his aquaintances come to see him and then the chaplain said to him...im going to pray for you before i leave....and after he had prayed for him ...he asked Tangela /Michael ...."now are you saved?" ....michael shook his head and answered "no" thru gasping breaths....

the chaplain then asked Michael "do you want to be saved?" micheal said 'YES" ...so he said the sinners prayer confessed his faith in Christ dying on the cross and rising again. then the chaplain said "now Michael take a good look at all your friends standing around you right now...and tell them you are saved....it doesnt matter now what happens Michael because if you get well and walk out of this hospital or if you dont then you will go to heaven..

Michael then looked at all his friend one by one in the eye and said to each of them "I'm saved...I"m saved....I"m saved....

my friend was there and said it was like from the moment Micheal said "yes" God just showed up in that room...and everyone there broke down crying and praising God...

when i heard of it I myself felt God all over me...i couldnt stop crying ...and i was amazed at His grace...and the power of his blood....i ran to my other friend who i had been talking to about praying for Tangela ....i said Tangela got saved...i never got to know him as Michael...

my friend told me on the phone that Michael said im going to get some rest now...and he closed his eyes to get some sleep

that evening on my way home from work....i saw the most amazing sunset i have ever seen in my whole life...it was the most amazing color and unnatural color of pink .coral ...i cant even describe its beauty...there was no visible sun yet the sky looked on fire as if God Himself had just passed thru the earth and the rest of the sky looked like a painting...

it was so beautiful that it was shown and talked about on the evening news from 5:00p,m to 6:00pm three times...

i didnt know why or how but i knew it was for Tangela...i knew the angels were rejoicing....

i knew that Tangela/Micheal was going to see the beauty of Christ before any of us....

when i got home i got the phone call that Tangela had passed on between the hours of 5:00pm and 6:00 pm....

it was like God Himself came to take him home

and God reminded me....i will save to the uttermost....whosoever will let him come.....

on this earth Tangela was a beggar....Tangela was the least of these...but God made him great in His kingdom ....and this i know and He confirmed it with the most beautiful sunset..

God is faithful to us...He keeps His word to us....

Tangela/Michael was like the theif on the cross and yet Christ took him to paradise nov 1 2005

the greatest miracle to me that day and every day is His blood...and His power to save to the uttermost them that believe and call upon His name....

Christ did for my friend what no man could do...what he couldnt do for himself....

watching God move the way He did and with such perfect timing was truly a miracle to me...

PRAISE HIS HOLY AND WONDERFUL NAME...

AMEM

your story made my spirit soar! at 5.30 in the morning, i can face another day knowing he still loves us.thank you for sharing, bless you.

[HisWordIsSufficient]

Melissa,

What a wondeful display of God's grace and Miracles!! Thankyou, my spirit also soared!

Sport,

Certainly many many miracles still happen.

Sometimes miracles are right in front of us but we dont even realise it. Your prayers wont always be answered the way you think, then you only realise it came to pass, some time after it occured!

But yes, God is the same yesterday, today and forever.

[Micah68]

Of course, miracles still happen. My daughter was healed of a heart defect and I know of many others who were healed. God has not lost His ancient touch. However, don't base your salvation on miracles. Jesus did a lot of miracles in Israel and where were all those people at the end of his life? It says that there were only 120 disciples who still stuck with him through until the end.

In Jesus' day, the Pharisees were looking for signs (or miracles) from him to prove that he was God. He himself said: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. So even though he did the miracles, he saw that it wasn't saving people. It was supposed to get people's attention so that they would want more, want the truth. They just wanted the sign and then forgot about the truth.

Read also John chapter six. Jesus even created food for them. They ate the food and wanted more, but then when it came to the truth, they weren't all that interested. In verse 27 Jesus said, Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. The meat which endures to everlasting life is the truth, the Word of God. Read it, digest it and live it and then you'll see miracles in your life, spiritual miracles that cannot be taken away.

[Fiosh]

Quote from Sport123:

" I say this because I've been praying for many years about things and still no answer. And it makes you question your faith and if you are saved. And if you have enough faith or have faith to be saved. It's been a real battle. God bless!"

Hi Sport123,

I recently heard this statement, "God is more concerned with our eternal good, than with our immediate gratification".

Please don't despair if your prayers seem to go unheard. God hears. He loves you with a deep and abiding love. He knows what is best for you, and will "work all things for the good of those who love Him".

Maybe your prayer is not being answered with a "Yes" because God, who sees the future, knows it would not be in your best interest.

Hang in there, sport123. It ain't called "spiritual warfare" for nuthin'.

Peace,

Fiosh

[darkest_red]

well some may not get this but i will describe it as best i can

this was a recent miracle to me...and i felt God in it and i felt His Spirit...to me this was a miracle and i was privy to it

this is what happened ...i knew a person named michael...but i never knew him as micheal ...i always knew her as Tangela

i met Tangela thru a friend many years ago ...yes Tangela was 'gay' ....must have had gender identity issues because she/he always dressed as a girl...

Tangela was a drag queen prostitute...Tangela drank alcohol... a lot...Tangela may have done drugs i dont know but i heard that it was so...

Tangela was always alone... even her/his friends in that lifestyle seemed to make fun and shun her/him....but Tangela was always my friend...Tangela was always good to me and had a good heart...but Tangela had a rough life and had been shot cut and nearly died several times...

my heart went out to Tangela ...i was concerned about the dangers of her/his prostitution and i tried to instill a since of worth although i never judge her/him

well suddenly after many years of the same thing he/she became sick...was in the hospital for about 3 weeks in icu...we all knew he was dying yet even though he had a christian mother i heard no one had come to pray with him...

i remembered a conversation years before when i told Tangela/michael that Jesus loved him....he replied i do believe but i made some choices in my life a long time ago and i dont even know if God cares about me anymore... i have so many issues...i reassured him that nothing could separate us from His love...and i always told Tangela i loved her/him

so the first time i went to visit in the hospital...me and my friends and his friends cried all the way home and all said their silent prayers...i didnt know what to do or how to do it ...so i just prayed..."God your know his heart better than us ...you were there with him all those lonely nights thru all the hell that was his life...you were there in all his confusion and pain...

God you know to this world he is the 'least of these'...please show up and do what you do best...save my friend.

so after 3 weeks ...he could not sleep at all day or night...my friends would pick at him trying to cheer him up about having a drink or going to the club ...but he just shook his head no in disinterest...

my friend and i discussed him( Tangela) and how he was afraid to close his eyes and sleep...we knew he was afraid to die...i asked had anyone prayed for him with him and the answer was always no.....i asked where were the church people that his mother belonged to...had no one came by?

the answer was no and i knew time was running out for michael to find peace....so i suggested me and my friend two of michael( tangela's) only friends that we pray with him....after all i knew we had a lot to be desired but we were believers and we were all he had apparently....

so i became uspset the next morning and it was on my heart to do 'something'....i felt it was an emergency spiritually...where were the saints...the church people ...the people who lived and breathed salvation every day....why was there no one to help my friend...

so i purposed in my heart "LORD if you will guide me on what to say and do i will be willing to do it."...but i have to admit i was nervous and unsure ...i really have never prayed the Lords prayer with anyone...i know i still have issues in my life...some of them of which i knew Tangela was aware...although i hoped he would welcome it but i was afraid of messing things up..

of failing at this critical time....what i didnt realize is that it wasnt up to me....it wasnt my battle ...it was God's

so that day before i went to the hospital....i called my other friend ...and this is what i was told....he said that our friend was on his mind all morning and he convinced all the other friends to go pay a visit...so they did...and as they were entering the elevator the doors were almost closing...but one of the other friends saw a chaplain that they knew...he yelled out 'meet us on the 5th floor'....

so as they got off the elevator they were surprised to see the chaplain already there to meet them....they all went to see Tangela/michael....

he smiled to see all his aquaintances come to see him and then the chaplain said to him...im going to pray for you before i leave....and after he had prayed for him ...he asked Tangela /Michael ...."now are you saved?" ....michael shook his head and answered "no" thru gasping breaths....

the chaplain then asked Michael "do you want to be saved?" micheal said 'YES" ...so he said the sinners prayer confessed his faith in Christ dying on the cross and rising again. then the chaplain said "now Michael take a good look at all your friends standing around you right now...and tell them you are saved....it doesnt matter now what happens Michael because if you get well and walk out of this hospital or if you dont then you will go to heaven..

Michael then looked at all his friend one by one in the eye and said to each of them "I'm saved...I"m saved....I"m saved....

my friend was there and said it was like from the moment Micheal said "yes" God just showed up in that room...and everyone there broke down crying and praising God...

when i heard of it I myself felt God all over me...i couldnt stop crying ...and i was amazed at His grace...and the power of his blood....i ran to my other friend who i had been talking to about praying for Tangela ....i said Tangela got saved...i never got to know him as Michael...

my friend told me on the phone that Michael said im going to get some rest now...and he closed his eyes to get some sleep

that evening on my way home from work....i saw the most amazing sunset i have ever seen in my whole life...it was the most amazing color and unnatural color of pink .coral ...i cant even describe its beauty...there was no visible sun yet the sky looked on fire as if God Himself had just passed thru the earth and the rest of the sky looked like a painting...

it was so beautiful that it was shown and talked about on the evening news from 5:00p,m to 6:00pm three times...

i didnt know why or how but i knew it was for Tangela...i knew the angels were rejoicing....

i knew that Tangela/Micheal was going to see the beauty of Christ before any of us....

when i got home i got the phone call that Tangela had passed on between the hours of 5:00pm and 6:00 pm....

it was like God Himself came to take him home

and God reminded me....i will save to the uttermost....whosoever will let him come.....

on this earth Tangela was a beggar....Tangela was the least of these...but God made him great in His kingdom ....and this i know and He confirmed it with the most beautiful sunset..

God is faithful to us...He keeps His word to us....

Tangela/Michael was like the theif on the cross and yet Christ took him to paradise nov 1 2005

the greatest miracle to me that day and every day is His blood...and His power to save to the uttermost them that believe and call upon His name....

Christ did for my friend what no man could do...what he couldnt do for himself....

watching God move the way He did and with such perfect timing was truly a miracle to me...

PRAISE HIS HOLY AND WONDERFUL NAME...

AMEM

Wow! I sat here reading that with tears in my eyes. Wow.

A few years ago, my grandma was in hospital very ill. The doctors didn't think she'd survive and her only chance were antibiotics. I don't think anyone really believed she would survive the night. The next day, the doctors went to see her and she was fine (I think she might have been sitting up in bed, too!). The doctors were amazed...she hadn't been given the antibiotics (can't remember why but they were going to administer them that day, I think) yet she was better than she had been for a long time. There was no reason for that...except that a lot of people had prayed for her. I'm very thankful that by God's grace, we got that extra bit of time with her.

Miracles happen all over the world...just because you don't here about something, doesn't mean it doesn't happen! The world has gone overly "policitcally correct"...you can't mention God because you might offend someone who doesn't believe in Him etc etc. It's stupid but it's everywhere.