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Jerry Coley Happening Wednesday, May 9, 2012

5/31/2017

I received a call from Jerry Coley this afternoon. He said that he wanted to call
me first to tell the news; he has surrendered to the Lord to go into the ministry.
He is joining the FICM, Freedom in Christ Ministry. FICM is based in Knoxville,
Tenn. where Neil Anderson is the CEO. Jerry was excited about the possibilities
of the service to the Lord. The reason he wanted to call me first is because of
my involvement in his life to bring him into a new place in God. Bro. Gerald and
I prayed for him. I am proud of Jerry

It Happened on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

5/30/2017

This morning after talking to you I was at the Credit Union. As I was leaving the
Credit Union there was a man and his daughter following me out. I noticed that
he was moving slowly and wearing a back brace- I believed that the Lord wanted
me to engage him in o conversation. Dr. Nanda who had done his back surgery
had also done mine but he had almost died in the operation room. Dr. Nanda was
afraid to operate on him again. He asked me what my name was and he said he
remember you from the mill. His name was Stanley and had worked in the Power
House as a shift engineer. I asked Stanley {he minded if I prayed for him and he
welcomed me. I had him sit in the truck; his daughter was driving and had a
grandson in the back seat. I was led the Holy Spirit to pray for him. I reached
my left hand and laid it on his right shoulder and began to pray. I began to
confess Jesus Christ as Lord, his blood and healing power. I sensed the presence
of the Holy Spirit come over me and as I prayed l felt a tingling go down my arm.
When I had finished he thanked me and said he felt a tingling go down his back.
Then he said, “You had a good reputation at the mill.”

May 2012 Note to My Pastor

5/29/2017

The Holy Spirit as Teacher

John one of the things that I like to do is go to conferences and seminars to learn
things that I can’t receive in my area. There are truths that can be learned if we
hunger for truth. Most of us suffer from with what I call pride of mind. We can be
dumb as dirt, poor as a church mouse, accomplish nothing and still take pride in
our mind. In going to these conferences and seminars I would come home with a
“Spiritual High.”

On the way to work on Monday morning inside I would say to God, “God today is
your lucky day I am going to do wonderful things for you today.” Doesn’t this sound
like Paul in Romans Chapter 7? I get to work at 7 AM and by 8 AM so many
problems have hit me in the face I am ready to curse. How prideful I can be, to tell
the Creator who hung the stars in place and gave them their name along with His
mighty works that he is lucky to have me.

Then one day the spirit of praise would be on me and I would worship the Lord all
the way to work, lifting my hand in praise and worship. When I got to work one
morning someone asked me who was I waving at all the way to work? That
morning it was as if everything went well, even the employees did their job without
being threatened. That is what was so amazing. It was a pleasure to be at work
on that day and good things happened.

It was on one of these days of worship and singing to the Lord that Algie came into
my office on a Friday morning and asked if he could talk to him about a matter. His
wife had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was to have a mastectomy on
Monday morning. Could you pray for her? I prayed for her and he left and later
came and told me this story. On Monday morning, they were to do another biopsy
on the cancerous mass. They could find no mass or cancer and released her.

It was then that I coined the phrase, “When we work God watches but when we
worship God works.” In the end, it is not what we do for God that makes a difference
in our lives, it is what God does for us that makes a difference. Abraham is a story
not of what Abraham did for God but what God did for Abraham.

It Happened on Tuesday, April 24, 2012

5/28/2017

I visit with Joe Casiday and he relayed this story. Vicki and I got home from
church Sunday night when Amanda called from San Antonia and said, "Noah
wants to talk to you. Noah is Amanda;s 12-year-old son. He received Jesus
Christ and was baptized Sunday. She said that he lit up and just glows and it
has been an amazing change in his life. Noah was fired up and wants to talk
about it. Joe also has a niece in Dallas who in the last 8 months that has been
calling and talking to him who also. She has a 12-year-old son that has just
received Jesus as Lord. Joe said that he has been going to the same Church
of Christ for the last 30 years and hasn’t heard the Holy Spirit talked about like
he has in last six months. The Lord is also opening people in the church to him
that he has attended with for years. He is wondering what is going on?

It Happened on Thursday, May 27, 2017

5/27/2017

Thursday, May 25, 2017: This afternoon Tim Smith, James Morris and James
Shaddox went to Albert's home to pray against demonic oppression. They
visited for a while; and started praying for Albert for about 20 to 30 minutes.
Thepresence of God came in, as they were praying over his home. They anointed
him again with oil, James took the bottle of oil and poured it on his head. He
was very encouraged and prayed through in the spirit. They were encouraged
by God’s presence this evening.

In Jesus Service

James Morris

It Happened on Tuesday, May 23, 2017

5/26/2017

Wednesday, May 24, 2017: I visit one of my hospice patients yesterday. Let me
just say the patient is a character.

She commented she couldn't see when I offered to pray with her. I asked her
if we could pray that God change that and if I could lay hands on her forehead.
I anointed my hands with olive oil and began to pray. I was going for it. At one
point, I felt HIS presence come over me so strong that I shook and my voice
shook. When I was done, she said - "Why is your hand so hot" - like she was
serious - then she said, "they are hot as hell" I kid you not!!! elderly lady. I’m
sorry but I began laughing out loud.

Then a few moments later I pulled my phone out again to show another picture
and she said, "I can’t see" - but she had not tried. I said. “Well just try since we
just prayed for you.” She tried and said, "Wait, I can see out of the corner of my
eye." I asked the sitter who sits with her if she has ever stated that she could
see out of the corner of her eye and the sitter said no...

We prayed again, thanking God for touching her eyesight and asked for more
healing.

In Jesus Service

Pastor: Whit Bass

It Happened on Saturday, April 21, 2012

5/25/2017

There was a family reunion in Winnsboro; Neil’s Powers' cousin related this story
to the family. The cousins name is Raymond who was a Baptist much older than
Neil. Raymond leads singing at different churches. He woke up one morning and
could not hear out of his right ear so he made and appointment with a doctor and
the doctor told him that his hearing was dead. At first, he thought that he would
need a hearing aid and became unhappy about that. Then the doctor said you
don’t understand, a hearing aid will not help, your hearing is dead. He had a
condition where the hearing never comes back and if it does it is very little.
When he got back home he called everyone that he knew that could touch God
to pray.
Then he got invited to go to a singing at an Assembly of God Church. There he
sang a song about Jesus being a miracle worker. After he had sung the song the
pastor called him back up for prayer because he knew that he had developed this
problem. He went back to his seat and as the pastor was preaching he thought
he was able to hear out of the ear, but he was unsure. It may have been the
speaker system had been turned up. When they began to play the piano softly at
the end of the service he knew that he was starting to hear out of that ear. He
went back to the doctor to have it checked out and he had 40% hearing in that ear.
Two or three weeks later he went back to the doctor and his hearing had increased
and it was up to 70%. Later he went back and it was up to 80% and is praying that
it will go to 100%. This was a blessing to the whole family and was a conformation
for Neil and Mei in talking about miracles.

It Happened on Monday, April 23, 2012

5/24/2017

I had a good visit with Neil Powers at the Waffle House today at noon.
Neil related this story to me. He and his wife Mei just returned from
Brazil. They had just returned, being on a crusade with Randy Clark.
On the mission trip, they witnessed many miracles. As they prayed for
people, eyes were opened and tunas left as they prayed. They related
these stories to their Baptist friends and parents which challenged their
faith.

It Happened on Sunday, April 22, 2012

5/23/2017

I have been thinking about Romans 8 about the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.
Asking myself, “How do I know for certain that I am in the Spirit and not in
the flesh? As I pondered this question I know that when you confess Jesus
Christ as Lord from the heart, this is from the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 12:3) and
when you are praying in the Spirit that the Holy Spirit is praying mysteries to
God.
This is the story that followed as I began to pray in the Spirit. Sharon Rice
had wanted me to bring the Tribute to Bob Brulty that I had compiled for his
wife, she has wanted to read it for months, I had been forgetting it. This is the
day I remembered it.
Ginger and I got there early and we found our place. Normally the Bodan's
sit behind us; Wayne and Kathy Williamson sit in front of us. This is almost
every Sunday without exception. As the worship started I remained seated
and praying in the Spirit. The Williamson’s came in late and the Bodan’s
were a no show. A couple came in and sit in the Bodan's place, his name
was Danny Compton. Danny and his wife normally go to the nine thirty service.
I had laid the three-ring binder beside me face up and Danny’s wife began
to look at the cover page during a greeting time. I noticed her looking at it
and she pointed it out to her husband. It had Bob Brulty’s name on the front.
Danny ask me how I knew Bob and I told him that Bob had called me three
years ago needing help because he was drinking three gallons of whiskey a
week. I had also preached Bob's Funeral. Danny wanted to look at the book
and wanted to read it. I mentioned that I was bringing it to Sharon Rice. He
said that he was Bob’s cousin. I gave him the Tribute to Bob. He said that he
would read it and pass it on to the other cousins. All of this is not a coincident
but the arrangement of the Holy Spirit.

Testimony by James Morris

5/22/2017

Josh Camp is out of the hospital and James Morris and Albert picked
him up; he took them out for lunch. After dropping Albert off James
and Josh worshiped the Lord together, praying in the Spirit for over
½ hour. Josh is in Florida in a recovery center and has started a
bible study. James disciples Josh over the phone and he will be back
in our area in 45 days.