I know that I had mentioned in a status that we had a “raising of the dead” on our missions trip in Kimilili, Kenya. What I witnessed was in the spiritual not in the natural. Many people were risen from the dead in their spiritual man, and it was an awesome thing to see. There were many people deliverance from very evil spirits of witchcraft, and so much more happened at that women’s conference. But we had a situation in my previous note, “A picture is worth a 1000 words” where I had asked the pastors, “Why don’t we go over there and raise that baby from the dead?”
They told me, “WeWe (pronounced way way, meaning you you), Becky are you trying to test OUR faith?” I said, “No I just know that God CAN and WOULD do it IF it was in His will. I am so heartbroken over your sister in law and I don’t want the story to end here.” I proceeded to tell them about the famous raising of the dead where a wife brought her dead husband of three days to a Richard Boenke revival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SroD02bP120 She had the faith that God would bring her husband back and she was going to hold God accountable to His word.
They told me they would pray about overnight, and if God said yes they would obey. But they must have heard not to pursue my request anymore, because the next morning we did not go over there. Then they began to tell me their own experiences of people being literally raised from the dead. I was amazed as these stories aren’t being told. This is because of many reasons; they happen in remote areas where there are few people, TIA (This Is Africa) and many just don’t have access to the means of broadcasting to the world, three true servants of God don’t brag about the things that happen to be uplifted by man. They only tell the stories to uplift God and tell of HIS Glory. They KNOW God will uplift them when the time is right.
Pastor Fridah, My Bishop’s wife began to tell a story of when she was first in the ministry. She was a hair dresser by profession, and she was working on a woman’s hair in the salon by herself. She began to poor cool water on her hair, and unknown to her the woman was epileptic and she went into a seizure and died right there in her chair. She was kind of freaked out, and she really didn’t know what to do because she was all alone in the salon. So Fridah just looked up and told God, “NOW would be a really GOOD time for YOU to show up, GOD”. The woman came back to life. Bwena Asifewe (Praise the Lord)!
Missionary Ann spoke of a story where she was in a crusade speaking. A woman came running into the church running up the aisle with her four old boy in her arms. She told her, “My son is dead, will God bring him back to life?” So Ann began to pray, and God told her to pray for his legs. Confused but obedient Ann did just that she prayed for his legs which confused the people at the crusade. The boy came to life and stood up. She then got a word from God that the woman was a devil worshipper, and asked the woman if she wanted to accept Jesus. She did exactly that, so God chose an unusual way to bring this woman into the kingdom. Bwena Asifewe!
So the two women of God and the Bishop of the church in Kimilili began to tell me other stories of people being raised from the dead that they had witnessed. One was at a funeral and the Pastor asked to open the casket at the burial site. They prayed and the man sat up right in his own coffin. Many came to the Lord at that funeral. Bwene Asifewe!
One Evangelist was in a meeting in a stadium and he was preaching the word of God when some people brought in another man limp and lifeless up to the pulpit. He was asked to pray to God to bring the man back to life. So the preacher began to pray. He prayed many prayers and asked the people to continue to pray. He then asked all the people to continue to pray and asked them to keep their eyes closed. He continued praying and would open one eye only see the man was still dead. Then the preacher handed the microphone to another pastor. He told the people they must really pray hard and keep their eyes closed. The preacher began to walk away from the meeting, running down the aisle away from the stage as if he was running away. Then people began to clap and shout, the dead man was raised from the dead. God chose that moment even when the servant doubted God’s power to show His glory. Bwena Asifewe!
Missionary Ann began to tell me another story. Her family was in the hospital and they were praying over her father as he was in his last days and hours. They prayed for him to live, then God revealed that they must start praying for him to live spiritually. She prayed that he may repent, accept the Lord and live in eternity. Her father could not speak or open his eyes. She then was told that the family must release her father as he was NOW going to have everlasting life. So they did pray to release him, and her father died. So that was a situation that God said no, but He still wanted to bring a man back to life in the spiritual.
We all know of people that are spiritually dead. They walk around in a spiritual high for a while then it seems to get quenched by the struggles of life or even worse they walk away from the faith completely. We as the flock MUST breathe life back into the dead bones of these people as what happened in Ezekiel 37. We must bring those who have strayed back into the kingdom, we are held accountable to them as friends and family members. Their blood will be on our hands if we choose to ignore what the words says, as we are all called to be ministers of the word of God. And you will be called priests of the LORD, you will be named ministers of our God~ Isaiah 61:6 . I hope you were blessed by some of these stories, and I know by the time I leave here or wherever is next I will actually see someone physically being raised from the dead by the Glory of GOD! Bwena Asifewe!
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