The power of the Name of Jesus

[ddc101]

Hi Friends,
A sister emailed me and told me an awesome thing Jesus did for her that spared her life.I opened this thread so she can share what he did for her.If any of you have a testimony similar or know of one please post it here.
Ladylovesthetruth this thread is for you...lv you...sis.c

[tufluv]

Can't WAIT! :D

[Christian Woman]

Me neither!!

[ladylovestruth]

I'm going to give you a little more background before I tell the miracle that ddc101 is referring to. I was born and raised Jewish which is to say I had very little, if any, spiritual foundation. I left the Jewish faith at age 13 because I felt that the synagogue was filled with hypocrites. I also turned from God because I didn't believe He cared about me. I had a rough life with lots of abuse.

At age 50 I was working in a psychiatric hospital as a therapist and was charting on a group that I had just done. I was alone in my office and I heard, very clearly, "what if Jesus is the Messiah and you missed Him?" I remember looking around, noting that I was alone and beginning to write again when it hit me that I had just heard from God. It was either that or I was "crazy" and at that moment I knew that I wasn't crazy.

I picked up the Bible for the first time. I was one of those people who never read the Bible because it was written by man. Today I am so embarrassed by my ignorance and arrogance. Anyways, I began to read and when I got to Isaiah I knew that Jesus was, indeed, the Messiah. I knew that He was Lord. I attended several churches, charismatic, but beyond reading the Word, I got no further. And then, three years later (exactly 40 years in the wilderness) God sent a backslide Apostolic evangelist to witness to me. He asked me if I knew about the Holy Ghost and I said, as they did in the Word, what Holy Ghost...talk about blind eyes...I had already read the Bible through and never saw Holy Ghost. As he started to tell me about the Holy Ghost, a fire started in my stomach and my real walk began. I began attending a black Pentecostal Church where I learned to praise God...no one praises God like a black brother/sister (of course, that's just my opinion). I remember hearing them say how they were in love with Jesus...I understood loving Him but not being in love with Him...not yet.

He cleaned me up. I had been a user of drugs, alcohol and men, not uncommon with women raised as I had been. Overnight my life and desires changed. But then I actually experienced God's power for myself.

I had been talking with Him about pleasing Him. I had been praying for a particular thing that hadn't been answered (I didn't want to hear that the answer was no!) and thought that perhaps I wasn't pleasing Jesus. On this particular day, I had even asked Him if He loved me. Well, I was driving on a highway, talking with Him about all of this and suddenly I lost control of my car. No one knows what happened...if I blew a tire or hit the side of the road...but it happened at a construction site where they had put a cement wall separating the traffic...I was heading straight for the wall and I knew that I was dead. I put my hands in the air and began to call on Jesus. I remember feeling arms going about me and a voice spoke to me, "Sis, I'm not only going to show you how much I love you, I'm going to show you that I can do anything." I could hear crashing sounds but it was all muted. When the car stopped, I was on the shoulder with the car door open. I just reached over, unhooked my seat belt and swung my legs out, not sure where I was. An older man ran up to me with tears running down his face and asked if I was okay. I asked him if he was real and he said he was. Another young man came running up, white as a sheet, to see if I was okay. He told me that my car had gone up about 10 feet in the air and then flipped over three times. My car was totalled. I had one itty bitty little scratch on one arm and a headful of glass. No broken bones, no gashes, just a headful of glass. I had a brand new car within three days. The best part of the whole event, however, was I met Jesus face to face. I know He loves me without question and I know that I can rest in Him...all the time, in all things. Oh, How I love Jesus...He's my everything. Sis Barbra

[In His Service]

Wonderful testimony!!!!

Thanks for sharing
Bro Timothy

[tufluv]

I agree!

[ddc101]

Sister Barbra,
I could never have told that story like you did.It is such an awesome testimony.I am so glad that Jesus went and spoke to you.He loves you so much.You by the way are a wonderful addition to the Good News Cafe.
How far is Mayflower,Arkansas from the Louisiana Border?
Also Bro.Rutledge has a very sweet mama who lives in Arkansas.lv sis.c

[Renee]

That was absolutely wonderful. And we sometimes have trouble trusting Him...isn't it amazing?!?!?

[YouProllyKnowMe]

Wow! Our God is Awesome!!! How awesome that HE always knows right where we are, and exactly what we need!

Sister, thank you for sharing that with us!

[NanaRenan]

I don't have anything quite so thrilling to share. But do want to tell of a little something He did for me a few months ago.

Last July, I was enroute from Dallas to Bogalusa, La. (my hometown, N.E. of New Orleans). It had been a rough day...my father had just had his second emergency surgery in a week and was in ICU -- very critical. I had recently moved and was scurrying to get everything together and make the 500+ mile drive all alone. It seemed every little thing that could go wrong DID go wrong.

I finally made it to Lafayette, but when I tried to get on I-10, it was shut down. I had to turn around and go back to old Hwy. 190 -- which has been under construction ALL of my natural life! I thanked Him -- realizing He was protecting me from something. (I learned later there'd been a horrific multi-car, multiple fatality accident about 15 minutes ahead of me.)

I was creeping along -- at one point -- doing 8 m.p.h. -- due to the increase of traffic. I was tired, hungry, scared and had never felt so all alone. I even saw something I'd never seen in my life -- a small (maybe 3 foot long) alligator on the shoulder of the road. Grew up in La. but never saw "gator roadkill" before -- probably a result of the storms that had gone thru recently from a small hurricane. Don't know why the little gator bothered me so bad.

I began to cry and said, "Lord, I know You're here with me, but I'm having a real hard time feeling it right now."

Almost instantly my cell phone rang. I picked it up from the seat beside me and saw that it was my 14 y/o daughter, Gennie.

Immediately, I began to fuss in my head. "It's 6:30, she's supposed to be in church -- she better not be calling to tell me she missed it or something." I answered "Hello!! Hello!!!?!"

She didn't respond....I was starting to be angry. Then I was straining to hear if she was speaking -- I became aware there was music. I listened and heard a sister from our church singing

"......just ride out that storm....God's right there with you....."

I had to pull over to the side of the road. When the song ended, Gennie turned off the phone without ever saying a word to me. I don't know how long I sat there crying and worshipping Him. He'd done exactly what I asked Him to...let me know -- without a doubt -- that He was then and ever with me.

I had a big hug for Gennie when I got home. I told her to never quench that urging...that God had used her and would continue to do so as long as she would let Him. And I had a hug for the sister who sang THAT song at THAT time on THAT night -- it had blessed me hundreds of miles away.

Now -- lets hear some other testimonies!

[itsajagain]

MIGHTY GOD!!!

Keep posting, you just never know how your words may touch someone.

be blessed

AJ

[sister BB]

Our God is Great!! I am so thankful he never leaves us alone. He's always there!
This board has touched my heart today.

[Deonna]

Sis Barbra and NanaRenan,
THANK YOU for sharing those testimonies! Wow!!! I felt the Holy Ghost and tears filled my eyes as I read both of your stories. What an encouraging reminder of how far Jesus will go to reach us because of His great love toward us.

:banana:

[survivor4christ]

What powerful testimonies! Makes me wanna sing...

"Our God is an Awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power and love
Our God is Awesome God!

Great is thy mercy towards me
Your lovingkindness towards me
Your tender mercies I see
Day after day

Forever faithful towards me
Your lovingkindness towards me
Your tender mercies I see
Day after day..."

Love,
Sis. Wenona

[NanaRenan]

On my second trip to and from Louisiana while Daddy was in the hospital I started to notice butterflies.

They seemed to just lazily drift across my hood as I swished thru the countryside at something averaging about 80 mph. (No, **she admits ashamedly** I'm NOT exaggerating.)

I began to marvel at them....

A. I wasn't smashing into them killing them.
B. They seemed to be in slow motion.
C. There were many varieties so it couldn't be a migration path I was driving thru.
D. Besides, it went on for hundreds of miles.

I didn't remember ever having seen SO MANY butterflies on any one given day in my life. Then again -- I'd never spent THAT MUCH TIME alone in a car with nothing else to do!

So, like the phone call telling me "God's right there with you"....I decided that He was sending the butterflies as a constant reminder that He was... STILL....AS ALWAYS....with me.

I began to say, "Thank you, Jesus!" as sincerely and emphatically as I could at each one I saw and two AMAZING things happened.

(1) The more I said it, the more I saw them.
(2) I learned thru experience something I'd heard all my life....He truly DOES "inhabit the praise of His people."

The butterflies would come, I would offer up thanksgivings, MORE butterflies would follow, MORE thanksgiving and His presence would well up in the car!

Sometimes I would be saying "Thank you, Jesus!" so rapidly I'd have stammering lips and tears of joy pouring down my face.

This "phenomenon" of butterflies stretched from Amarillo to Gulfport over a period of several months and for nearly 15,000 miles I logged on my old Buick! I even have WITNESSES!

A friend called me on my cell phone. I was in a very barren stretch of land and warned her we'd probably lose our connection, but we would chat until then. In trying to catch her up in what all was going on I kept punctuating the story with "Thank you, Jesus!" "Thank you, Jesus!" "Thank you, Jesus!" Curiosity finally got the best of her and she said, "WHAT are you doing?" I told her the tale. Weeks later, she took time off from her busy life to accompany me to clean out my daddy's house.....she got to see the butterflies He sent me for herself....she will tell you she'd never seen anything like it.

Another sister and I went to the Texico District Women's Conference in Amarillo. On the way I told her the tale early on, because I was sort of muttering "Thank you, Jesus!" out the side of my mouth every so often -- while she was speaking -- and didn't want her to think me rude or daft. I began to point them out to her and she marvelled in it, too!

One night -- while I was here in Dallas -- I shared the story with the women who meet on Monday nights to pray as the Daughters of Zion. Each service for several weeks different ones would seek me out to tell me how they suddenly started noticing butterflies!!

Now -- MAYBE 2003 was a very good year for butterflies. :shrug: Or MAYBE they're like that every year and I've just always been in too big of a hurry to notice them....:shrug: or MAYBE God just knew I needed to have my faith strengthened to prepare me for the road ahead.....:shrug:

Maybe it's a combination of all three.

But I'll never be the same -- and a family tradition was born....my granddaughter helps me look for them and because she isn't constrained having to watch the road and drive can find them quicker than I.....and we say "Thank you, Jesus!" together.

Pam<----sorry....I didn't mean to LIE when I said it would be a quick story.

[Naomi]

PLEASE, MORE!!! I have been out of Church about 2 years. My husband is a backslidden Minister. After he backslid I was still hanging on to God; Until one day he made this statement: No one can live for God, it's impossible. The second he said it something inside me died. I can't explain it. I've always had such a fervor for God. Now, I don't feel like I can get it back. Some of these posts brought tears to my eyes. I'm looking for anything that will help give me back the desire I need. I'm even considering going to see The Passion. I've heard there are backsliders being touched and praying back through because of it. Please, more of these testimonies!!!

[ddc101]

PLEASE, MORE!!! I have been out of Church about 2 years. My husband is a backslidden Minister. After he backslid I was still hanging on to God; Until one day he made this statement: No one can live for God, it's impossible. The second he said it something inside me died. I can't explain it. I've always had such a fervor for God. Now, I don't feel like I can get it back. Some of these posts brought tears to my eyes. I'm looking for anything that will help give me back the desire I need. I'm even considering going to see The Passion. I've heard there are backsliders being touched and praying back through because of it. Please, more of these testimonies!!!


Sister Naomi,
I have been in your shoes.Plant yourself in the church and don't come out.
I have lived for God nineteen years.It is possible even when your husband says disparaging things.Those spirits of deception that have him bound are trying to tie you up as well.Refuse to die.In fact plant yourself daily in prayer and the word.Pray even harder for that husband.Find a friend in church and fast together.I saw Jesus take my husband out of that place and not only restore him but remake him.Now he really has a ministry and is an awesome pastor.lv sis.c

[Prayerful Mom]

I had to turn around and go back to old Hwy. 190 -- which has been under construction ALL of my natural life!
Yes contruction ALL of my natural life too!!!!!!

Now -- MAYBE 2003 was a very good year for butterflies. :shrug: Or MAYBE they're like that every year and I've just always been in too big of a hurry to notice them....:shrug: or MAYBE God just knew I needed to have my faith strengthened to prepare me for the road ahead.....:shrug:
Nope been here all my life and never seen butterflies so it was your blessing Sister :)

Thank you for the testimonies Ladies :)

[lellingsworth]

PLEASE, MORE!!! I have been out of Church about 2 years. My husband is a backslidden Minister. After he backslid I was still hanging on to God; Until one day he made this statement: No one can live for God, it's impossible. The second he said it something inside me died. I can't explain it. I've always had such a fervor for God. Now, I don't feel like I can get it back. Some of these posts brought tears to my eyes. I'm looking for anything that will help give me back the desire I need. I'm even considering going to see The Passion. I've heard there are backsliders being touched and praying back through because of it. Please, more of these testimonies!!!

Preachers can have dry spells too. For ALL of us, it is the committment of following through whether we feel like it or not, right? And no, no one can live for God, unless they WANT to.

[ddc101]

Sister Naomi did you see the Passion? lv sis.c

[tufluv]

Wow SisNanaRenan's marvelous tale of butterflies is just too awesome! Its ewciting, and I truly believe the LORD sent them for her..and for anyone who so wants and believes. I've also run into swarms of them before on highways out that way., its been so long I'd forgotten about that.

I just got to read on this thread again tonight..catching up with it., and funny that just this Sunday (Mothers day) I went over to see my mom, and had given her a precious little book I received at church service..{since I did not have much to give her} except a neat candle as well..and we looked in it together, it was beautifully illustrated with gorgeous colorful flowers of every kind, with scriptures on each page...and LOTS of colorful butterflies everywhere! lol All types!
Birds too!

And I noticed them {butterflies} embroidered with beads, on the shirt I was wearing as well, having never realized thats what they were! (duh) I was pointing them out to my precious little niece [whose pic I've inserted on another long ago thread]...so-o, these posts brought that day to mind. It ended up nicely after all.

[NanaRenan]

I went looking for this thread because I knew I had typed my stories out once before and wanted to use them in my blogs. I decided the whole thing needed to be ...

**BUMPED**

....and maybe some new testimonies added to it.

[NanaRenan]

Wow SisNanaRenan's marvelous tale of butterflies is just too awesome! Its ewciting, and I truly believe the LORD sent them for her..and for anyone who so wants and believes. I've also run into swarms of them before on highways out that way., its been so long I'd forgotten about that.

I just got to read on this thread again tonight..catching up with it., and funny that just this Sunday (Mothers day) I went over to see my mom, and had given her a precious little book I received at church service..{since I did not have much to give her} except a neat candle as well..and we looked in it together, it was beautifully illustrated with gorgeous colorful flowers of every kind, with scriptures on each page...and LOTS of colorful butterflies everywhere! lol All types!
Birds too!

And I noticed them {butterflies} embroidered with beads, on the shirt I was wearing as well, having never realized thats what they were! (duh) I was pointing them out to my precious little niece [whose pic I've inserted on another long ago thread]...so-o, these posts brought that day to mind. It ended up nicely after all.

Sister Tuffie -- I wanted to tell you something that happened a year after this thread ran. We'd had family portraits done at our church. When I went to pick them up, I ended up getting in a lengthy conversation with the gentleman and found out he was the father-in-law of the photographer, just along for the trip helping him out.

We got to talking and he was picking up on some things I was saying, spiritually, and began asking questions. For whatever reason, I just kept jabbering on and on -- even ignoring phone calls on my cell phone, because I just felt lead to share with this gentleman. Eventualy, both of my stories in this thread came out -- the phone call and the butterflies.

Just when I was completing the story about the butterflies, both of us just praising the Lord together for how marvelous He is and how He loves us so...one of the sisters in the church completed her transaction with the other representative and wanted to walk over to see my family's photos.

As she came and stood behind me, the man got this odd look on his face and said, "Turn around and look at her dress. God has confirmed for me that everything you've said is true!" I turned and her simple denim dress was embroidered from the left shoulder to the right hem with BUTTERFLIES -- of all different colors and all different types.

That's when I knew why I'd been loitering there, even though I had other errands to run, etc. God knew exactly when that Sister was gonna be there and what she was going to be wearing that day -- and He timed it just so that I would get to THAT story at THAT precise moment.

Isn't He just marvelous???

Okay. I'll hush now.

[ddc101]

Amen I hadn't seen this in awhile.One of the last posts I put in it were in 2003.Thanks Nana.