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The church on trial. Faith needed to perform a miracle for Terri.
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Posted by: Paul from Australia
Hello from Australia.
Terri's life is in the balance.
Will the church be 'Jesus' and do something about the problem? Or will the church be laughed at internationally?
The Bible is very clear on the matter regarding Terri.
James 1.27 reads
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world."
Terri in a sense is a widow as her husband is now living with his girlfriend and is her husband in name only. It is up to the church to visit (care for) Terri.
I am reminded of the scripture in Acts 3:
1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at us."
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God.
And later on after Peter had preached Acts 4
1 Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
2 being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Peter was anointed to pray for this man. The man did not expect a miracle but asked for financial help. But God sovereignly performed a miracle and five thousand people came to Christ. Peter and John were put in custody until the next day, because of their boldness. Peter and John risked their lives for the gospel.
The man in Acts, was a prisoner of his body. All he could do was seek the help of others to ask for money. He was 100% reliant on the support of others for his very existence, just like Terri. She needs a miracle from God, now!
We were fortunate enough to go to John Wimber’s first conference in Australia, when he spoke at the old olympic pool. Paul Cain spoke. He shared how once when he was preaching, there was a person in a wheelchair in the audience who was profoundly brain injured from an injury he had received. Paul was anointed and prayed for him and told him that he was receiving a new brain and could rise up and walk. The young man rose from the wheelchair, walked up to the piano and started playing! Before the injury, he was a pianist.
The Body of Christ has an opportunity to send an anointed messenger of the Lord, to say to Terri, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."
Terri’s plight is known throughout America, and just about every adult in America has heard about Terri.
The Christian church in America and even perhaps worldwide is now on trial!
If Terri was killed by starvation, many Christians would say that she is now no longer suffering and is in heaven, with a new body. That would be perfectly true. One question that would immediately have to be asked is why the Lord didn’t take Terri 10 years ago, instead of allowing her to suffer, uncared for by her husband for all these years.
But there is another aspect, which is very disturbing.
If Terri was killed by starvation, probably millions of people in America and worldwide would laugh at the Christian church. After all, millions of Christians worldwide are praying for Terri, wanting her to be reunited with her caring parents, brother and sister. Also, the powers of darkness would have a resounding victory and dare I say it, Satan would get many more followers!
However, if God performed a miracle and healed Terri, because Terri’s situation is known throughout America as well as internationally, probably hundreds of thousands of people would turn to Christ.
There is an enormous spiritual battle going on for Terri, and it would seem that the powers of darkness have been winning for the last 10 years.
Faith to move a mountain needed!
The time has come brothers and sisters. Jesus is calling someone to go and set the captive free.
Jerry, I am donating $20.00 to your account for someone who reads this to reach out and save Terri and return her to her loving parents, brother and sister.
As my Christian namesake Kenneth Copeland would say 'Jesus is Lord'.
Paul Copeland
paulcopeland*internode.on.net
PS. We know all about disability. We have a profoundly brain injured foster child who is in a wheelchair and is fed through a gastronomy tube, just like Terri.
Posted by: cgirl
Dear Lord, bring about this healing miracle to Terri soon. With you all things are possible in Jesus name, amen.