Deliverance
A serpent problem solved.
Life often becomes like a gymnasium or a battlefield (II Tim. 2:1-5), where we must exercise our faith and develop strong spiritual muscles for running the race of life. This truth is well illustrated in this chapter where God’s care and discipline of His people is so evident. Th …
IllustrationLove motivated a teen to free a friend under a tractor
Some time ago, a teenager, Arthur Hinkley, lifted a 3,000-pound tractor with his bare hands. He wasn’t a weight lifter, but his friend, Lloyd Bachelder, 18, was pinned under a tractor on a farm near Rome, Maine. Hearing Lloyd scream, Arthur somehow lifted the tractor enough for L …
IllustrationHow Far Can You Fall Without a Parachute?
How long a fall has anyone survived without a parachute? Believe it or not, 6,705 meters (22,000 feet)! The survivor was a Russian, Lieutenant Chisov, and he fell from his badly damaged plane in January 1942. He had the luck to fall on the edge of a ravine blanketed with snow and, because …
IllustrationMissionary John Paton Protected From Hostile Natives
John Patton, a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands was surrounded one night by hostile natives who were intent on burning out the Patton’s and killing them. Patton and his wife prayed during …
IllustrationThe Satan Syndrome
To use authoritative words undiscerningly runs the risk of treating the power of God as if it were something to be conjured up at will. To use such language as a matter of routine rather than one of discernment borders on the magic mentality. For instance, occasionally it is poss …
IllustrationPaton – Tribal Chief Sees Hundreds Protecting Him
John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed to see their att …
IllustrationChambers – Faith is Whether I am Delivered or Not
Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are some things only learned in a fiery furnace. (Oswald Chambers in Run Today’s Race). …
IllustrationHolocaust Deliverance Desired
The Holocaust is one of the terribly traumatic episodes of modern history, yet it has also yielded some astounding stories of bravery and faith. In France a Jewish family were hidden by some concerned French nationals in the basement of their house. The Jewish family waited and w …
IllustrationGod is In Control
Occasionally it is possible to hear someone asking the devil to be bound in their prayer so that the meeting will go well. This is not because there has been a moment of discernment but because it is presumed that the devil must be at work unless we bind him. Authority is being u …
IllustrationLord’s Prayer – 25% is Deliver me From Evil
Do you remember the Lord’s Prayer? Twenty-five percent of Christ’s fifty words have to do with deliverance from evil. What did he say? Matthew 6:13, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” I challenge you to make that petition before God. I challenge yo …