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The Lord continues to be ruthless with my unbelief that racks me...and I can tell that He is uprooting it piece by piece as I yield to Him and actually come to grips with the reality and bare-bones of the truth, particularly in the life of Jesus. Either what He said and did was true, or it wasn't. We must come to grips with the multitudes of people Jesus healed.

Reading through Mt. 8-9 today, I want to make some observations about the goodness of God through Jesus. Since Jesus is the exact representation of the nature of God, everything that He did demonstrates the Father's heart. There is not ONE person who ever came to Jesus for healing or to be raised from the dead who wasn't healed or raised. NOT ONE. This is a list of the people who were healed/raised by Jesus just in these 2 chapters, which actually set the stage for the disciples to be then sent out after having witnessed these miracles and teachings of Jesus. List: 1. Leper (Mt. 8:1-4). Observations: The leper demonstrated faith in Jesus and worship (he bowed down before Him). IF You are willing, you can make me clean. Jesus touched him and he was healed. 2. Centurion's paralyzed servant (Mt. 8:5-13). Observations: The centurion came to Jesus on behalf of his servant who was paralyzed. He understood authority and his own undeserved-ness in having Jesus actually come to his house. Jesus was astonished at this man's faith because he told Him to simply speak the word, and he would be healed. Jesus said something strikingly convicting (8:13), " 'Go; it shall be done for you AS you have believed.' " The word "AS" is an equal sign. AS the centurion believed, so it occurred. What we believe WILL affect the outcome. If we believe that God is NOT good, and that He does NOT want to heal, we will be bound by the lie. This centurion DID believe Jesus' word and nature, and it was done for him accordingly. 3. Peter's mother in law with a fever (Mt. 8:14-15). Observations: In this situation, the person wasn't brought to Jesus...He just saw her when he went into Peter's house, and simply laid His hand on her, and the fever was healed. This validates the fact that it doesn't matter how big or small the sickness appears to be...the Lord's will is to heal. Also, it says that the "fever left her." I wonder if this was an evil spirit that caused it. It doesn't say. 4. Many demon-possessed and sick people (Mt. 8:16-17). Observations: These people WERE brought to Jesus. It doesn't even say He prayed...He simply exercised His authority that His Father gave Him under the anointing of the Holy Spirit to send away the demons and pronounce healing to them. It says that Jesus "healed ALL who were ill." It doesn't get any clearer than that. If we've seen Jesus, then we've seen the Father. The Father doesn't change, and neither does Jesus. It is God's will to heal all. Matthew quotes here from Isaiah 53:4-5 validating that Jesus carried all our infirmities and diseases. 5. The 2 demon-possessed men from the Gadarenes (Mt. 8:28-34). Observations: Jesus specifically and intentionally crossed the lake to go over to this region where these two men were...they were evidently well-known. NOBODY went through there because they were so violent. Immediately in seeing Jesus, the demons in the men asked "What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?" There is no record of Jesus even answering their question. The demons begged Him to send them into the pigs. The only thing Jesus said was "Go!" The people of the city were so afraid that they begged Jesus to leave, which He did. They did NOT respond in worship and believing in Him. The whole CITY implored Him to leave. What a tragedy when Jesus comes and people reject Him like that. This makes me so sad. I love You all the more Jesus for every time You do show up. Blessed are those who do not take offense at You. Uproot my offense when You do things that challenge my comfort and preconceived notions of Who You Are. 6. Paralytic (Mt. 9:2-8). This paralyzed man was literally brought to Jesus on a bed. There's no evidence in the Mt. account that the man himself believed Jesus would heal him. Instead it says, "Seeing THEIR faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, 'Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.' " I'm perplexed why Jesus first pronounced forgiveness of the man's sins before He healed him. But I'm also amazed at how Jesus responded to the faith of THOSE (plural) who brought the man. He forgave their sins responding to THEIR faith. Of course the scribes thought that was blasphemy. The question of which is easier...to say that your sins are forgive or to say get up and walk...I'd say it's easier to pronounce forgiveness. But so clearly Jesus then made it clear that in order to validate His authority on earth to forgive sins, he told the paralytic to get up and go home. And so he did. The man went away both forgiven AND healed. The two go hand in hand. The scribes were offended at Jesus. I'm often offended at Jesus. His way of things is so radical that, as Graham Cooke says, "It'll blow away all your paradigms of what you think love is." Just to think about that for a minute...God is real. Jesus is real! There's no apology for Jesus being who He is. The constancy of His unchangingness flies in the face of the mocker and the gawker who refuses to believe. Lord uproot my refusal to believe in You at whatever point that exists in my mind. It's important to know that the Holy Spirit resides in us...the SAME One who raised Jesus from the dead. So in the case of this paralytic, it looks to me like a show-and-tell lesson of the authority of the Son of Man on earth. Forgiveness is not a loose thing thrown around. Israel had sought it year after year on the Day of Atonement for centuries. Here the Son of God speaks forgiveness in a sentence...because HE KNOWS at what extent He is about to suffer and offer His life to pay for the sins of that man whom He just forgave. The authority is realized in plain view when the man gets up and walks. The last part of this account (9:8) says this: "But when the crowds saw this, they were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men." Jesus healed this paralytic as a MAN walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. MORE OF THIS TO COME...

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As Troy, Maria, and I get ready to go to Africa soon, we are desperate before God to pour out His Spirit in our midst as we will openly be proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus and inviting the sick to be healed and set free. We need a shield of people to hound heaven on our behalf, and on behalf of the people we will minister to. This is a concise list of prayer needs:

**The Kingdom of God coming (Mt. 6:10). **The anointing of the Holy Spirit upon us and the power of God to be manifest (see Is. 61:1-3; Is. 64:1; Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:17-18). **Protection of God around us at all times (see Ps. 91; Eph. 6:12-18; Is. 54:17, etc). **Lasting fruit to be born, which pleases our Father (Jn. 15). **Abundance of financial provision (Mal. 3:9-11; Lk. 6:37-39; Phil. 4:19). **Wisdom from God on how to empower and equip believers to be able to also pray for the sick and share Jesus with others (2 Tim. 2:1-2). **Favor with Visa and border crossings through Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Niger. **Supernatural utterance of the word of God to people. KNOW AS YOU PRAY THAT GOD HEARS AND RESPONDS. See the following passages to see how God answers prayer: **Lk. 11:5-13; Lk. 18:1-8; 1 Jn. 5:14-15; James 5:13-18; Mt. 17:19-21; Mt. 7:7-11; 2 Chr. 7:14; Jer. 33:1-3; Eph. 6:18; 1 Thess. 5:16-18, etc.

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Friends and family: As I sit down to bring some really important and big news to you tonight, I’m looking back over my first couple months here in France so far, and it feels like I’ve been here much longer. The Lord has already been working so much in numerous people’s lives, and it’s been exciting to be a part of sharing Jesus directly with both Africans and Europeans.

My heart has expanded in believing God for big things, but yet challenged daily as I spend hour after hour with broken, suffering people—whether it be because of misery and homelessness, or tragic loss of family members. The thing that continues to burn in my heart is Isaiah 61:1-3: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners; to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, to grant those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” This is the best description of salvation I can find in the Bible. This is what Jesus paid for on the cross. Me and my teammates Frédéric and Christine just have a hunger in our heart to see the Lord raise up more people for the harvest in Marseille. Will you take a minute to ask the Lord how He may be leading you in joining Him in what he’s doing in the world? (Give, go, pray). We’ve seen the Lord at work here, but we believe that this is only a glimpse of what God will do. We yearn to see the Holy Spirit poured out here in Marseille, and beyond into the French speaking African nations, which is the MAIN reason I’m writing to you! You may remember during the past several months, I have spoken about the increasing burden on my heart to see Marseille as not only a place where a house church movement happens, but also as a place where bridges are made between Marseille and the French speaking African countries. A big part of what Jesus has put on my heart is French speaking Africa, and seeing the Kingdom of God come there. The Lord has opened WIDE a door for me and two good friends of mine, Maria Little and Troy Krombholz, to travel into West Africa to proclaim the gospel. Maria will come to Marseille first from South Africa, and Troy will also come to Marseille from Tennessee, USA. We will be traveling first into Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) for two weeks, where we will unite with a network of 40+ churches to hold mass evangelistic and healing crusades! We’ll have the privilege of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ before thousands of people, and inviting the sick and oppressed to come and be free in Jesus’ name. This is the biggest step of faith any of us have ever taken in God, but never before have I had so much confidence before God in following Him. He has overwhelmingly made it clear that this is what is on His heart. So, practically speaking, during our time in Côte d’Ivoire, we will have several large gatherings of people (likely numbering into the thousands), and we will openly preach the gospel of Jesus, then believe God to bring healing to those who are sick and oppressed. We believe the Kingdom of God will come there. In addition, we will be doing home visits and feeding people, and spending a chunk of time interceding for the peace of Côte d’Ivoire, which has been in a civil war for a few years. After Côte d’Ivoire, Maria, Troy, and I will then spend two weeks in Ghana to pray, recharge, and prepare for our second main part of the trip in the nation of Niger, the poorest county on earth. Niger is also French speaking. There, we will be teaming up with a new friend of mine from Switzerland named Johan, and we will visit church planters who are working with the Fulani tribe in the Sahara Desert of Niger. The Lord has recently opened wide this nominally Muslim tribe to Him, and I understand that there are 50 villages begging for people to come tell them about Jesus! We will be in Niger/Nigeria for two weeks as well. We will have the opportunity to pray for the sick there as well, and see a church planting training center where locals are being equipped to reach the people of this region. I am so excited about this trip, because we are responding to what Jesus has led us to, AND because we get to go to places in the world that are in turmoil and distress—which has produced fertile ground for Jesus to be known and worshipped! There are many risks, namely violence, disease, etc. But we are not afraid, because the peace of God isn’t dependent on circumstances. PLEASE READ WHAT I AM ABOUT TO WRITE VERY CAREFULLY. If there has EVER been a time that I/we needed prayer, it is NOW. I ask you to please commit to pray for Maria, Troy, Johann, myself, as well as Pastor Abel and Ablam in Côte d’Ivoire. When the people of God pray, God responds. The people of Côte d’Ivoire and Niger need your prayer. We also have a significant financial need in addition to my regular monthly support for France. Airfare is 90% of it, because flying to Africa is not cheap. We have an estimated need for $10,000 (that is all three of us included). Please ask the Lord to show you how you can invest in this. The gospel of Jesus WILL be preached in these nations. Please know that I am so thankful for your support already, and I have been so humbled at your generosity. But please also know that this is way beyond giving money to missionaries…this is making it possible for literally thousands of people to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you would like to commit to give specifically for this Africa trip, it would be preferable if you did so online at www.shortadam.com. You just have to click onto “Support Adam Online.” If you would like to commit to pray for us during this trip, please email me at shortadam@mac.com. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, love, and friendship. If you want more details on the trip, don’t hesitate to let me know--by email or by phone (USA # 704-257-4359). Love, Adam

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As you may have heard, myself and two good friends of mine, Troy Krombholz and Maria Little will be coming to Marseille on Sept. 12th, and we will then travel to West Africa together!

See the Newletter post "September 17-October 29, 2006 West Africa Trip" for more details. Troy and Maria will have 5 days here in Marseille with me, and we will be spending a lot of time in prayer together before God before leaving as a team. I am also looking forward to introducing them to some of the people I've been sharing Jesus with, as well as Frédéric and Christine Passeron, my teammates here in Marseille!

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Yesterday I was reading Acts 10, the account of when the Lord poured out His Spirit on the Gentiles (Cornelius) by using Peter.

Aside from the fact that the Lord Himself spoke both to Peter AND Cornelius practically simultaneously...the Lord sent an angel to Cornelius. I find this interesting for the following reason: God did not send an angel to Cornelius to share the gospel with him directly! It strikes me that God actually sent the angel to him to instruct him to send his men to get Peter in Joppa to bring HIM there so Peter could share with Cornelius a certain message! Then of course the Lord spoke to Peter in a vision and the Holy Spirit specifically told him to go back with those men to Caesarea where Cornelius lived. Imagine the Lord taking this kind of risk. He could have good and well sent that angel to Cornelius directly to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to him. But no, he sent an angel instead to instruct Cornelius to get Peter to come back and share this message. God never commissioned the angels to preach the gospel...He commissioned US! Human beings who have the capacity to either obey or disobey. Human beings who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Angels are ministering spirits sent to those who will inherit salvation! Hebrews 1:14 (NAS), "Are they (angels) not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?" It just occurred to me that this is a prime example of that very thing. The Lord had appointed Cornelius to be the first Gentile (that we know of) to come to Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit. He was set aside by God to inherit salvation, and the Lord sent an angel to him ahead of time to prepare the way for the messenger Peter to come and proclaim the gospel. I love this. I've heard of this happening in certain parts of the world like India where a certain missionary arrives in a city in India, and he begins meeting people there. At one point, I remember a specific story where this missionary met a certain lady, and the lady told him that she had seen him before! The missionary (if I remember right) was kind of perplexed, as you can imagine. Come to find out, the lady had been given a dream or vision with this missionary in it...and the Lord had spoken to her saying that this person would eventually come with an important message for her! This is exactly the same scenario (well not exactly the same, but similar at any rate).

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Today I'm reading through the Creation Account, and here are some things the Lord has been showing me from it. In the Message, it says (ch. 1), "God spoke: 'Let Us make human beings in Our image, make them reflecting Our nature so they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, and, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of the Earth.'

God created human beings; He created them godlike, reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: 'Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of the Earth.' " As Bill Johnson so clearly teaches, I see here in this passage that God created us and entrusted to us DOMINION and AUTHORITY. There was, from the beginning, a commission from the Most High God to stewards His creation. We were given RESPONSIBILITY to be God's REPRESENTATIVES HERE. There was an authority given to man. God literally GAVE to us not only the authority to rule over the animals and the whole earth, but He also gave us the actual creation itself. It's in our hands so to speak. Of course God is the Most High Sovereign God Who Was, Who Is, and Who Will Be, but He has delegated to us the responsibility in stewarding this earth. (So much of this corresponds with the principles of us being stewarding Kingdom Treasures such as healing). I just got more revelation from the Lord on this. When God told the man that he can eat from ANY tree in the garden, except from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, God limited man's authority. We were created LIKE God, but NOT God. We were given AUTHORITY, but it is not infinite. The authority that we were given as humans on earth extended to EVERY corner of creation EXCEPT that specific tree. The reason that God gave is that IF man eats from that tree, he will die. Now, this is a question of stewardship. When Adam and Eve ate of that very tree that God told them they could NOT eat from, they mishandled God's authority that He gave to them. What is authority? It is the right to exercise dominion over something or in a given situation because of a superior entity who already possesses the rights to do so. Therefore, when authority is passed on or transmitted to somebody else from THE Authority, the one who receives that authority thereby exercises that authority in the stead of THE Authority. So, when Adam and Eve heeded the deception of the serpent by eating of that tree, they crossed the line outside of the area that God gave them authority over. That, precisely, is where sin was born, and death was conceived. The enemy was already relegated to the domain of lies. He already had been thrust from heaven, the domain where no lie can dwell. So the ONLY, ONLY, ONLY way he could gain an upper hand in this situation was to formulate a lie that was not based on the truth of what God Himself had said. The very calling into question of what God has said is the domain that is OUTSIDE the realm of truth. THAT alone is where the enemy can do damage. Nowhere else. So this is a question of stewardship. BECAUSE man was given the authority and commission to rule over all the earth, and benefit from all the produce of the ground, the moment he moved out of that realm and stepped into the area of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, man became his own judge. But the fact of the matter is that man was NEVER meant to be his own judge. It wasn't until Adam and Eve ate of that tree that they realized they were naked and they felt shame, because their eyes were opened. The domino effect of mishandling the authority that God gave man was astronomical. But specifically, here's the principle: the curse came because of this mishandling of authority. God first cursed the serpent. It doesn't say that man and women were cursed, but it DOES say that the ground was cursed "because of you." It was a self-induced curse brought upon the earth...the very domain that God had entrusted to man to rule over. The principle that I just saw in this is the following: When God entrusts us with authority over a certain thing or area or Kingdom Treasure, the moment we mis-steward this authority, as did Adam and Eve, THAT WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED IS THE SUBJECT OF A SORT OF CURSE. Though it's different now because Jesus lifted the curse for those who are in Christ, the principle is timeless. For example, if a pastor who has been entrusted with 500 Jesus-followers in His congregation, and he commits a prominent sin like adultery, etc., those under his watch and care will be inflicted by this fall. This principle is found in Ezekiel 33 with the God-appointed watchmen on the wall. Ezekiel 33:1-9 (NAS), "And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, "If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people, then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand." Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me. When I say to the wicked, "O wicked man, you will surely die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that will wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand. But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.' " This is such a convicting passage to me, because to be honest, I'm not really warning people about hell. I'm telling them about Jesus' love and eternal life, forgiveness of sins, the death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, but I'm not saying much about God's judgement in hell that awaits those who don't believe in the Son of God. I feel like I'm watering down the gospel. God has indeed called me as a watchman, in intercession of course, but also in giving people the WHOLE message of God. Lord I ask You to be ruthless in uprooting ALL fear of man out of my life that would hinder me in sharing the WHOLE truth, including the warnings of Your impending judgement in the lake of fire. Lord I do not want, at the end of my life, find out that I preach a half gospel...Paul has strong words that really shake me about those who preach ANOTHER gospel...except the truth of the matter is that thl to God until salvation for all people....for the Jews AND the non-Jews.

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Last night I had a dream that I remember partially...I believe it's from the Lord. I think what initiated this dream has been the pull of both sides of sharing the gospel with people.

I had supper with Azam from Algeria last night...getting to know him some and perceiving that he is searching and open to the Lord some. He's Muslim culturally, but by his own admission, he's not a practicing Muslim, probably a lot like Zeyad. He and I talked some about Jesus, but I feel both the pull to be culturally sensitive, but completely truth-telling.

That being said, I'm hungry for the demonstration of the Spirit's power, not just me speaking words to people. Before being with Azam, I was with Fatima again, and it's like a brick wall trying to talk to her about Jesus. She always either tries to change the subject or, as was the case yesterday, she told me in a straightforward way that Jesus has never done anything for her and something about how Jesus and George Bush are cohorts together. That is the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard. Since when did Jesus Christ, an Israelite from a country nowhere NEAR America, ever become all of a sudden the American icon who is the spiritual accomplice of George Bush who's trying to take over the world? That, combined with the brainwashed mentality that Israel is nothing more than America's puppet state in the Middle East makes for frustrating conversations with people like Fatima.

All that to say...I don't know if it's even worth my time to continue trying to share Jesus with her. I mean I look at the apostles...if people rejected Jesus when they preached Him, they shook the dust off their feet (in the Message version it says they shrugged their shoulders), and moved on to the next village or city. I don't know how many times I've shared Jesus VERY openly and clearly with Fatima. She refuses to hear it. I'm ready to go to Africa where they actually WANT to hear the Gospel. I'm just being honest. I just want the power of God to come and break in. It just feels like a waste of time to consistently share Jesus and feel like you're spinning your wheels.

This sets the stage for this dream I had. It has to do with human reasoning, and the futility of it. So here's the parts I can remember. I was in this courtyard of sorts, surrounded by a continuous building that encircled me, and I was in the center, looking around observing. I remember feeling dank and restricted intellectually. This courtyard was in fact a university of higher learning...supposedly a very top-notch university. Oddly enough, as I looked around, I saw nothing but dank, deserted rooms that looked as if nobody had been teaching in them for ages. It was the kind of place that felt dead, lifeless, and deception. I remember even saying to myself as I looked around that this place was a place of deception. I could feel the power of intellectual propaganda that was inspired by the devil himself. Schools of thought that were specifically designed by the enemy to brainwash people into deception.

There were a few guys who were also in the courtyard hanging out. At one point, one of the guys made a comment to me to the effect of, "What are you doing?" (Something like that). I told him that I was reflecting (the conversation was in French, and I told him literally, "Je suis en train de réfléchir."--I'm in the middle of meditating.) He mockingly said back to me, "Ton visage ne brille pas avec la joie" (Your face doesn't even radiate with joy) and he also sarcastically poked fun at me. I realized when he said that my face wasn't radiating that it was true. Thinking about this place of deception (the university) had so affected me that my face showed it...and even these students had more joy than I did. THEY even noticed that my face wasn't radiating, but rather looked downcast and lifeless too.

All that to say, I feel strongly that the Lord is telling me first of all that so many of these people that He's sent me to here in Marseille have been so deceived that there is no amount of reasoning or "un-anointed" words that will change them. None. Not even speaking the entire truth of the gospel will do it without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It's the very thing Paul talked about when he said that we preach not just in words, but in demonstration of the Spirit's power. 1 Corinthians 4:20 comes to mind: "For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power."

I feel like I've been talking so much to people without power. I'm tired of it. I want the power of God to come. It occurred to me this morning as I felt weak before God that it is in this weakness that I am made strong. The power of the Lord is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). Most gladly therefore, says Paul, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. I have nothing at all to boast in except the cross of Jesus Christ (Gal. 6:14).

So in this dream, it was so representative of the fortresses of thought that raise themselves up against the knowledge of God (2 Cor. 10:3-5), and coming at these fortresses with mere intellectual arguments is futile. I don't feel like I've really done that, but I DO feel like I've shared about Jesus here numerous times WITHOUT the demonstration of the Spirit's power...and the result is the SAME as if I would attempt to "argue" somebody into the Kingdom of God. Ain't going to happen. There's one way, and that is by the Spirit's revelation and drawing of the person to Jesus. Faith comes by hearing, and that is by hearing of the word of God.

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Today (9/1) I met up with Aurore (the blind lady) again after she called me the other day wanting to meet up again. She came over to the apartment, and she began to share with me what happened to her after I prayed for her a few weeks ago...for healing of her eyes.

Come to find out, she too (like Hedi and others) experienced in her words, "serenity" and "peace" which began to fill her being after she left from us praying. I shared with her the story of John 9 where Jesus healed the man who was born blind...in order to bring an increase of faith in both her heart and mine. And, I wanted her to be able to identify with another person who Jesus personally touched and healed. This account resembles Aurore's situation because the Pharisees who openly disbelieved that Jesus was the Son of God AND that He healed the man, were physically able to see. But they were spiritually blind. It's ironic that the blind man saw clearly with the eyes of his heart, but not with his physical eyes. Jesus made such a powerful point about spiritual and natural vision, and how those who see naturally who don't recognize Jesus still have guilt that remains. But those who don't see naturally, but see that Jesus is the Son of God from the eyes of their hearts, are not guilty. Aurore sees with the eyes of her heart that Jesus is the Son of God. BUT, I and her both want to see these eyes healed by the power of God. Aurore shared me for some time about how one year ago, another man came up to her in the Métro, just like I did, to tell her that he felt the love of God towards her, and he prayed for the Lord to heal her eyes. The man told Aurore that she would be healed in the Lord's time. Then I came along recently and told her the same thing. Aurore told me that she knew that it wasn't by accident that 2 people came to her with the same message. I told her that it is the Lord Himself who sent both me and the other man to her to deliver this message to her, and to pray for the Lord's healing. I get the sense that she believes in her heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I laid hands and prayed over Aurore, commanding the spirit of blindness and deafness to leave (because she told me that she was having ear trouble too). I prayed for a while...also for a brain condition that the doctors don't know how to either identify nor treat...that she has. Man she is just plagued with maladies. Lord I just want You to do bring healing to her, and to the many more people who have these debilitating problems and malfunctions in their bodies. Lord, as I explained to Aurore, the goal is not healing eventually, but that people know and worship the ONE God of heaven and earth. She wasn't healed this time either, and I'm not sure why. Lord is it because of any unbelief in my soul or mind? If so, be ruthless in uprooting it all. I want NOTHING to do with both unbelief and fear of man. Lord Troy, Maria, and I need a greater anointing than we've ever seen as we go to Africa. There will be thousands gathering to hear the gospel, and to be healed...we need Your anointing to break bondages and to bind up the brokenhearted, and to set the captive free, and to proclaim the year of the favor of our God to these people. I'm asking for this anointing Lord in Jesus' name.

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