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Lifting up a few times ...

A friend's estranged daughter had killed her husband in self defence (disputed).
Mum had interceded confidently for her daughter over the months leading up to the trial (as had others).
The daughter had moved into some relationship with Jesus while in jail.
She obtained bail and even was allowed to go interstate.
I spoke to her mum before she was to go to the trial.
She was confident the case was on track.

Her husband sms'd yesterday :
"Hey guys ...... jury unable to decide on a verdict today and will reconvene tomorrow !
"Tension running pretty high at the moment so please pray for God's peace, wisdom and favor over all!!  Thanks everyone for your support, Luv, ... & ...

I sent these words:
"Be merciful jury and judge.
"Peace to the families involved.
"Shalom from the only wise Jesus over the court.
"Yes & so be it ..."

Today he sent this through :
"NOT GUILTY !!!!!!!! Our God triumphs again :-)"

Trust Jesus .. yeh yeh ... He Loves you and wants only the best for you.
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A friend texted me to say a mutual friend had been admitted to hospital with a heart condition. Could we pray? ... OK on it ... so i sms'd the hospitalised friend :
"Be peaceful your beating heart, P, in the bliss that Jesus attained for you. Cheers, B"

Later, i asked his brother if his heart rate had settled? ... No ...
then has he someone there who understands Healing who he trusts? ... Yes ...

A day later P sms'd : "Hey B, thanks for all your faithful words and prayers, home now resting in His victory... thanks mate".
Now that's such a great statement of trust ... yep.
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A friend rang to say the doctor could not find the cancerous tumour in her shoulder.
She and her married daughter did a little skip down the corridor.
She is a survivor from breast cancer but this tumour emerged ominously years later to affect her lymph and her life.

"W" has always used the Jesus' supernatural and medical healing models.
I remember praying with her against this evil condition when we used to attend the same fellowship then again later in a church that operates in the prophetic, I was spoken to as friend of a person with a tumour that God wanted to heal.
She has prayed with many people who have a true understanding that Jesus has already achieved this healing for her.
She did the chemotherapy, radiotherapy, had the side effects (reduced due to prayer), then when it was finished she went south on a holiday.
She returned to the doctor who said the tumour had not reduced and there was nothing more the medical model could do for her. On this news, I remember doing a healing hug and a jump for the Joy of Jesus with her.
Trusting Jesus has blessed her.
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I  sms ' d a friend.

me : goin 2 b @ coffee shop in 15 ; might c u there.

him : I had a small stroke last night and i have been in the loop with Drs since 9 this morn, all seems ok with no damage. I had bloods, ecg, CT scan, injections to thin blood etc etc. I am heading home soon, they wouldn't even let me drive. They are giving me something to thin my blood .... to address clots caused by atrial fib. So I'm ok. But need to be healed .... I do need a healing. Bro (name of person)

me : Sure bro, laying on of hands should happen, let of know, cheers

him : Ta was a bit scary

me (days later) : How is it going

him : All good no fibrilation in 5 days, first time in 12 months, stopped meds I've been on for 3 yrs on Wed. So I'm giving thanks and moving on rejoicing. I feel wonderful after such a shock on monday. Drs can't explain the fib stopping.

me : He is Good and His Love is constant.
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I dreamt of a person i used to fellowship with in my old religious organisation.
In the dream he walked past me even though i had said hello.
I looked to see where he was going.
He was heading for a dark entrance that i assumed must be an underground transit station.
end of that part of dream.

I never have dreamt of this person before and probably last thought of him a year ago when a friend had told me his negative reaction to new understandings of the Gospel.

Now the very next day after this dream, i saw him walking near a roundabout in the hospital grounds. I yelled G'day from my motorbike and he yelled G'day back. I went to park within a few metres of where he was, but when i got it done he was gone.
ah well ... then i went to give blood ...
There he was with his wife who was donating blood (she went off with a staff member to fill out forms).
After the usual small talk (how good things are etc), I said i had dreamed of him the previous night and what did he think that could be about.
He seemed underwhelmed (obviously more depressed then i remember him to be).
He didn't want to engage and i didn't say the whole dream because i had no uplifting interpretation for him. I asked him if he was doing anything Spiritual.
Then i was called to give blood.
I thought i would have uplifting words for him later.
His wife must have found the donation forms too difficult because they were gone when i was finished.
Something more in store i'm sure.

Flood Monday

 

Hard Rain Toowoomba Monday 10 Jan 2010.

Rain Sunday and Monday peaking with lightning & downpours at around 2pm Monday, as i dropped 2 people at the bus station. The creek was rising quickly. 2 other friends were on this bus to Brisbane airport. It left but was stopped by landslides on the range. We picked the 4 up some hours later. They would be delayed another 3 nights.

Shin height fast flowing water had come from somewhere uphill from us and had taken out the landscaping in my yard. A film of water came into the bathroom via the back door but the roof didn’t leak.

We needed to find a very long way back from the bus station so we didn’t experience the flood through our yard first hand; we saw amazing flood sights on that trip home. Our neighbour showed us his photos of the water coming through our yard, a small torrent !

Back at home I listened to a phone message left at about 3pm from a friend down Murphy Creek. It was unclear but S’s voice had noticeable distress speaking about a flood through her parents home. I returned her call and was told her parents were missing and probably taken by flood waters which collided into their home. S and I had a prayer for peace over the phone.

S’s brother S had saved his sister V by getting her into the roof through a manhole but he was unable to locate his mum and dad.

Late in the afternoon their parents were found deceased, 1 to 2 kilometres down the creek.

No happy ending here, in this life, it seems, except that they went to the next life together. All agree, it would have been too sad for one to have survived and lived on without the other.

I noticed later my email “scripture for the day” was … Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram…

Early Tuesday morning heavy rain and thunder woke me.
There seemed to be a foreboding.
I moved into worship, then commanded no flooding rain. There was wonderful assurance i received in my Spirit.
The heavy rain stopped; but everywhere i went that morning people were prophesying big rain.
"There is going to be at least 100mm today". "No way" i countered each time, "i'm not goin with that".
This happened several times with the only difference being an increasing rainfall total !
The BOM radar had heavy rain clouds pushin towards the city.

Later i wrote these entries on Facebook :

... "The dismal prediction of 200mm of rain for Toowoomba yesterday did not even near eventuate ... intercessors rejoice ..."

... "Actually : 27mm @ airport ; rainfall for the 24 Hours to 9am Wednesday, 12 January 2011 (there had been ~350mm recorded for the previous few days)"

... a christian friend posted : "come on gundy levee hold strong"

my response : "good intercession J, levee held with 15 cm to spare ... yeh yeh"

..."Brisbane River did not reach 1974 flood levels and is now receding ... yeh ya ... lots of silt left on the highway tho"

... "please ignore the controlling/religious souls who say this flood is the judgment of god - it might be the result of a whole range of poor decisions - but overwhelmingly the judgment of Jesus is : I Love you, I think you are beautiful ....."

... "Creation did not volunteer to fall prey to the effect of the fall. Yet within this stark setting, hope prevails. All creation knows that the glorious liberty of the sons of God sets the stage for their own release from decay. Ro.8:21"

So that was my introduction to the Queensland Floods part 2.

Many stories of disaster, rescue and escape occurred.

Here are two I rejoice in.

Reported on secular news : “a man listened to a voice that told him to take his young son and climb up on the roof before a wall of water came down.”

Reported at a church meeting we went to the following Sunday. “The Holy Ghost gave me feet as sure as a mountain goat’s as I waded through flowing waist deep water & silt to save my pregnant wife and my daughter.”

I anticipate more such stories.

The things people say !

We were having a discussion on whether the devil has influence in this world and and i suppose (as a side effect) on christians.
My position is that he is totally defeated to those that are resting in Jesus and Jesus Word.
Now tragedies still happen in this world (yes?).
I have heard these responses from independent people since the Queensland flood :
"oh well that's life".
"you can be unlucky eh".
"that was such an unusual weather pattern, makes you realise how puny man is compared to the weather, doesn't it?"
"mother nature you are full now please stop raining".
"mother nature has not been kind to us".
"mother nature is really pissed off !"
"if we had done right engineering of new development this would not have happened".
'if we had better warning systems this would not have happened".
"this is a wake up call for those that have left (specific religious organisation)".
"this is the bible belt of australia, god is telling them something".
"of course this is from god; he controls everything doesn't he".
" the people who prayed for rain better pray for it to stop".
me (when i can) : "it might not be god but fallen creation waiting for the sons of God to enforce the victory while the devil is trying to deliver more confusion to believers and unbelievers alike".

So, is it : just the way things are, mother nature being thirsty, bad luck, wild evolving Earth, bad planning, god's judgement, evil angels or fallen creation?

Bureau Weather Prediction for LoveFeast 1.

 So Blissed - even in the local weather - He is Kind to me.

Thursday 6 Jan. : Heavy rain and flooding;
Commanding weather prayer time;
drizzled until late arvo then sunset seen;
Friday rain until lunch time.
Saturday fine until 3pm then a shower.
Garden party starts at 4pm,
Joy Time Wedding Party.
Moon and stars seen.
No showers until after 12 midnight
Sunday flooding rain.

Below is the Saturday morning issued forecast for Saturday.

Issued at 4:40 am EST on Saturday 8 January 2011
IDQ10230 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Queensland
Rain with possible thunder developing. Moderate to fresh and gusty E'ly winds.
Rain, local thunder developing Max 21 UV 15

Actual : 
Fine Day; 
I explained to the neighbour that a party would be happening in the garden this evening. He is a well informed man so he said it will be raining by this afternoon. I replied that is a pretty safe prediction but it is going to be ok for the party. Mid afternoon, one of the helpers (presently unbelieving) was walking around solemnly looking at his BOM rain radar. I thought he had work problems showing up on his phone. 
Then: Rain at 3pm showed potential to be the spoiler for the 4pm start of garden party. 
The spoiler was sung at, laughed at, and commanded to leave. 
The rain stopped after about 40mins.
My son's Love Feast Love Bus Tour Garden Party Wedding was lots of Joy,  feasting and dancing.

This garden and home has history for him.
Born here, brought back from death twice here (i will write that up in this blog soon),
brought up here, born of The Spirit here, and now celebrating his marriage here.
Jesus has been good, gracious and merciful to me and my family.
So blessed that Daddy God has put the spoiler behind us and we are feasting and dancing with Him

The clouds broke up, the moon came out.
No usual chilly evening wind. 
Perfecto.
Just after 12 midnight a shower returned to bless diehards (the last of the 120 who celebrated with us) and sent them on their way.
People said they drove through big downpours to get to the party and drove home in big downpours.
Jesus is so Good. All Glory to Him ... yeh yeh ...

Now this is the forecast for Sunday; it floodrained from 11am !!!
Issued at 4:40 am EST on Sunday 9 January 2011
Rain periods developing with possible thunder. Fresh E'ly winds, becoming gusty at times during the day.
Rain periods, possible thunder, Max 21 UV 15

I write this because so many people say the fine weather was due to their god of luck ... hahahe.

On Monday 10 Jan. devastating floods hit Toowoomba. I will post that story soon. 
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Blessing from Jesus in the last week.

P's painful cracked heel .... Jesus took the pain away after I cupped my hand over it and prayed.
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Cold sore formed and was about to bubble from my lip, Jesus healed it when I pinched it and told it to disappear .... next time I thought about it some time later, it was gone.
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It was showering on the morning of my son's wedding. People were wanting to change it from the outdoor venue. With childlike confidence in Daddy God I said "we are going for gold, let's leave it there". P and I went to the lookout to set it up, an hour before the wedding. We drove through misty showers to get there. After cleaning seats and arranging decorations it started to shower a little more. The marriage celebrant was a little pessimistic about continuing (some rugs had been taken back to the very minimal shelter). P came to  me and said that the weather was spooking the celebrant and his wife. P and I prayed in the Holy Ghost and declared that the showers would leave. The celebrant said a little later that there probably won't have a wedding without getting wet. P said that we had just had prayer and declared no showers on the wedding, he looked a little condescending. To start proceedings the celebrant declared " we better get this done there is 2 inches of rain coming our way!" ....  A joyous wedding (with no showers) was enjoyed by all; nice light ! The verandah wedding feast had stars shining down on it, later. (blissed)
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I spoke to R (the caretaker of the historical site where the wedding feast was held) about the real love Jesus had for him. I had met R the previous night but here he was just presented to me on the other side of the street from where I was staying. R is a big man with a bald head (like a middle aged bouncer). He said he's done religion, prayed to Mary etc ..... done that stuff ... too hard. I encouraged him to get away from Bibles written in old english and find a new fresh edition so that he can see how much Jesus is FOR him. I saw him look up the street to his old camper van that he was selling then to the sky and I heard him say "bring it on Jesus'. I am thinking now that selling that van selling would be an answer to his "bring it on Jesus" prayer.
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P injured her back lifting a box of books. It was painful. We prayed for healing. I pressed firmly on the area and asked Holy Spirit virtue to flow and heal. The pain dissolved.
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Jason Westerfield's miracle raising of his drowned toddler son (Nov'10) took me back to the time The Holy Spirit raised up my 10 month old son ~27 years ago. I will detail it in this blog soon - it happened when my understanding of Jesus' Finished Work of the Cross was very poorly developed but Jesus was so gracious - it is a good true story that affected my unsaved family and others.
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P had cold sores blistering on her eyelid (sounds very painful) the other day. We prayed, I laid my thumb on her eyelid and told the virus to clear. P tells me today the pain went. I see only red marks now, the blisters have gone.
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We drove back from the wedding to Queensland via the tablelands. It showered then rained all the way. A day later, the roads on that route were cut at a couple of towns.
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We are so overjoyed to have Jesus Christ as our friend and leader.