Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
BREAKING THROUGH WITH THE WORD. - Oral Roberts
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So many people in that hangar were doubting God’s Word on healing that it was like a “force field of doubt” between Oral and the people. It would take a miracle of the Holy Spirit to break through and reach anyone for Christ. The Holy Spirit reminded Oral that the Word of God alone could break down that force of doubt and fear. Instinctively, Oral knew that the Word would have to be presented in a way that would cause the doubters to realize how real God still was. The faith of the people in that cavernous room could be set on fire by the Word of God!
Oral faced a crucial decision. Would he stand on the Word and the anointing of God to believe for saved souls and healed bodies? Or, would the hostile attitude of the people make Goldsboro a city lost to God’s touch? Oral knew that the Word of God was true and wouldn’t return to Him without accomplishing its purposes. (See Isaiah 55:11.) So, he boldly preached the full Word of God and believed that there would be a breakthrough with miraculous signs and wonders following.
“I Want to Run!”
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It wasn’t until the fifth night of the crusade that Oral saw the Holy Spirit break through the people’s hostility. A mother and her twelve-year-old son, who wore an extended leg brace on his right leg and used crutches, came through the healing line. As they approached, the Holy Spirit stirred inside of Oral. The excitement of God grew, and, in his heart, he knew “a mighty healing was about to happen!”.
The young boy’s name was Douglass Sutton. He and his mother approached Oral with a faith that shone on their faces. They had not been intimidated by the lack of belief in that room. They had heard the Word of God, and they believed that He could do what His Word said.
As Oral touched the boy with his right hand, he spoke two words: “Jesus, heal!” Immediately, the presence of God moved down Oral’s arm and through his right hand into that boy’s hip bone. God was at work to heal that night! Oral asked the mother and then the son, “Do you believe God has healed this hip?” They both responded with a resounding, “Yes!”
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Oral would always ask questions so that those being healed could proclaim their faith in God’s miraculous power at work. He asked that young mother what she wanted her son to do, and she responded by taking off his leg brace. When Oral asked Douglass what he wanted to do, Douglass replied,
“I want to run!”
His mother nodded with a smile, and that young boy began running down the long hangar aisle!
In an instant, the current in the room changed completely. Men and women began singing the praises of God while tears ran down their faces. Oral himself cried as the power of God moved among the people of Goldsboro. When Douglass ran back to hug his mother, she touched his hip and could feel the complete restoration God had done to that bone. That set off another round of glory shouting at the goodness and mercy of God to heal.
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For over fifteen minutes, the people cried out in thanks to the Lord, and there was no stopping them! How everything in that place had changed! God had been faithful to His Word.
Night after night, until the crusade ended, people came forward to receive salvation for their souls and healing for their physical bodies.
Local newspapers and radio stations covered the remaining days of the crusade with reports of God’s power moving in eastern North Carolina. During the final service, over twenty-five thousand people gathered inside and outside of that hangar waiting on the glory of God. With the strength of the Holy Spirit, Oral personally laid hands on ten thousand sick people that afternoon, praying with the faith to believe God for the miraculous.
- God’s Generals ( The Revivalists )
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