April 11, 2021
I greet and bless every one of you in the Mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of John 14:12, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in Me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these.”
The miracles of Christ were supernatural signs to prove His claims to be the Messiah of Israel, but the WORK that Christ referred to was very different from walking on water, feeding 5000 men with bread and fish, raising people from the dead or casting out demons. Jesus did not say that we would do greater miracles but greater WORKS and He told us, that the work of God is that you believe in Him Whom the Father has sent – and for all who have believed in Him God has prepared many works for us to carry out, in His strength. All who believed would be empowered to do good works. The work to which Christ was referring was not walking on water or stilling the sea. it was not feeding the masses with tasty food or raising dead people back to life but feeding the soul with every word that proceeds from the mouth of God and helping to raise spiritually dead souls into newness of life by the grace, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The work that was carried out by the apostles was to save the dying souls of the lost sinners who are dead in their trespasses and sins, and thereby separated from God and His fellowship. Such people should hear the good news of the gospel of grace, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, become a new creation in Him – and receive forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. When Peter preached, his first sermon, on the Day of Pentecost, 3000 souls were saved. This was considered as a greater work. As Christ had earlier said , “Verily Verily I tell you, whoever believes in Me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these.”
While Jesus lived on the face of this earth, Jesus had performed number of miracles, Yet many people would ask this question in their mind. Can such miracle happen today? Can a man of God perform such a miracle in the present time? If you just believe you shall see the Glory of God. To relate this I wish to present before you an incident that took place in the life of Sister Shirly’s son. Her only son Samson, met with an accident while crossing the road from his school bus. He was hit down by an Omni bus and his skull broke and was hospitalised. After 15 days, he was announced dead. I was broken in my spirit when I heard the news about her son. He was her only son. And immediately I asked her to keep her phone in the ears of her dead son and I cried out to the Lord. saying, “ O Death where is your victory ? O Death where is your sting? Lord You heard the prayer of Elijah and brought back life into the dead body of the widow’s son. For the Bible says, “Then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah and the soul of the child came back to him and he revived.”I asked the Lord can only Elijah the prophet bring back life to the dead boy. Will You not revive the spirit of Samson again into his body and wipe away the tears of his mother? Lord You brought back life into the body of the widow’s son of the city of Nain, and wiped away her tears. In the same way Lord take pity on this boy Samson and revive his dead body to life. I cried to the Lord earnestly, for I believed that the prayer of the righteous avails much”. Suddenly the mother burst with a shout of joy saying, “Brother, Samson opened his eyes and his feet is moving”. They rushed the boy to the hospital. Doctors were amazed and after 20 days, in the ICU, he was discharged. The Lord heard my prayer and brought life into the body of Samson. Jesus is alive even today.
The Prayer warriors in the prayer tower were praying and were constantly in touch with Sister Shirley. Once while I was fasting and praying, I called up to Sister Shirley, she said that all was well with Samson except that he will never be able to speak for the rest of his life. She further said that she was glad to see her son alive. I was very disturbed in my heart. So I asked her to keep the phone again in his ears and prayed to the Lord. I reminded God about the incident of the deaf man who had an impediment in his speech and how the Lord Jesus 2000 years ago looked up to heaven and said “Ephphatha” and immediately his ears were opened. And the impediment of his tongue was loosened, and immediately he spoke plainly. I too pronounced the word “Ephphatha’’ which means “Be Opened” with a loud voice and called upon the Holy Name of the Lord God of Israel, the Maker of the Universe to perform a miracle for Samson. I said, “Lord release his vocal cord that had been damaged in the accident and let Gods mighty power be revealed through Samson. Let every dead cells be revived in the name of Jesus. Lord, please undo the knot that has tied up his tongue from speaking. Loosen the bonds of his speech. Just then, the Lord heard my Prayer. God loosened his tongue and Samson said, “Amma “, the mother was surprised to hear the voice of her son and so rushed him again to the Doctor. There was joy in her voice when she called up to thank me. The doctors were surprised as to how Samson could speak. It was a miracle that happened through fasting, and by fervent prayer with faith. Samson who called out to his mother on that day continues to speak for ever. God is alive. He performs miracles even today. Praise the Lord. Believe in His name and you shall see the miracle of God. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our Loving Heavenly Father, we thank you for this blessed day. Thank You for hearing our prayer, even during hard times. Thank you for giving us the heart to trust in You at all times. Teach us and our children to completely depend upon You. May People realize that Jesus is still alive and is able to perform miracles even today for those who cry out to Him. Help us to carry out the work that You have designed for us to do. May we win souls for the kingdom of God.
In Jesus Name we pray.
Amen.
