Adventures of Faith

Expect a Miracle: My Life and Ministry - Oral Roberts   Do you want to read a story about a faith journey; not a faith walk but a faith journey? Do you want to know what it’s like to go from one level of the call of God to the next level? Do you want to read a triumphant story of a man who overcame adversities and challenges that should have kept him down but who ended up being one of the greatest Giants in the Faith? Expect a Miracle by Oral Roberts is the book that will address all of that as well as take your faith to the next level.   Expect a Miracle is an autobiography about the life and ministry of Oral Roberts. It’s a story about a stuttering little preacher’s kid born to carry out his parents’ faith, expectancy and belief in miracles. Oral Roberts attributes his success in life to his ability to hear God when He speaks and to obey. His commitment and dedication to obeying the voice of God put strains on his relationships both personal and professional. Expe...

Billy Graham: Nearing Home With Grace The crack of the bat, the thrill of rounding bases, the satisfaction of sliding into home on a cloud of dust—Billy Graham loved it all. As a young man, he dreamed that his passion for baseball would lead him to the major leagues: “I often pictured myself hitting a big-league grand slam into the stadium seats and hearing the crowd roar with thunder as I ran the bases,” he writes in Nearing Home: Life, Faith and Finishing Well . But God had a different game plan for the teen-aged Graham. After giving his heart to Jesus Christ, Billy laid down his dreams along with his bat. “As I look back,” he writes, “I see how God’s hand guided me. I sense His Spirit with me today, and most comforting is the knowledge that He will not forsake me during this last stretch as I am nearing home.” In this context, of course, “nearing home” means approaching death— something Graham says he does not fear. Growing old? That's another story.   “All my l...

Don't Give Up Hope   Have you ever been in the middle of a faith stand, when suddenly it seemed like your faith just quit working?   Maybe you were believing God for healing, or financial deliverance, or the salvation of your family. Spiritually, everything was in place. You found the scriptures that promised you what you need. You were firing off confessions of faith like a machine gun.   But as time went by, your spiritual battery began to weaken. The power you had when you first took your stand began to wane, and you developed a gnawing suspicion that nothing would happen. In desperation, you tried to shove those doubts away by confessing louder and longer. You frantically tried to force your faith to work. But to no avail. You wound up still sick, still broke, still surrounded by unsaved relatives...and wondering what went wrong. In the end, you probably just chalked it up as a faith failure. But I'm about to tell you something that will change yo...

Becoming God’s Very-Best   “But some man will say, How are he dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it dies. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body”-(1Corinthians 15:35-38). When a seed is planted, it has to die first before it can grow. Every seed draws life from within itself. The process of dying is essential to creating a new life. Once planted (buried in the soil or ground), God gives the seed its own body which fuels life within the seed. Humans can never fully evaluate the capacity of this life in any seed. We never can tell in exact terms what frontiers it can conquer. While there are natural seeds you can easily recognise because they are readily available in your environment, you will agree with me that there are others you a...

Secrets I Have Learned Written by Oral Roberts   Father of the faith Oral Roberts candidly shares from experience the principles he has learned through the years that have kept his ministry and personal life on track.Solomon, the richest and most successful man ever to live, uses the term "meaningless" no fewer than 31 times as he laments about his life in the book of Ecclesiastes. For him the struggles of youth had brought great obedience and focus. But he allowed the success of maturity only to bring him great distraction and ruin. It is a powerful lesson to us to remain vigilant. As we submit ourselves to the Lord, pursue Him with our whole heart and seek His guidance and wisdom, then we will succeed. But it is precisely at that moment of success that we will need to be the most submitted to the Lord and to our calling. Be careful when you want to buy everything you never had or ever wanted. Beware when you begin to think that you can't fail. Watch when you...

T.L Osborn Soul Winning Out where the sinners are Laymen write the Church’s last chapter Copy right 1996 Osborn foundation Seventh Edition The book Soul winning out where the sinners are, written by Tommy Lee Osborn, containing one hundred and forty pages in fourteen chapters is a classic on evangelism and soul winning. The book focuses on how laymen as being individual members of the body of Christ are to write the church’s last chapter by taking the good news of salvation for the world beyond the four walls of the church building. This book is coming from no other person but a man who along with his wife Daisy Osborn, who has since gone to be with the Lord, have spent over sixty years of their productive life in mass evangelism, preaching to mostly unreached millions in over 80 nations of the world. Having read a few books myself on evangelism, such as Personal Evangelism Course by E.W Kenyon, which is more focused on how best to lead people to Christ and influence t...

Faith’s Foundation Faith is like a house; it must be built on a strong foundation if it is going to stand tests and storms. Faith’s foundation is the Word of God. You cannot build a great faith life without it. The best part about this truth is that the Word of God will never fail. Its success rating stands at 100 percent. Solomon knew the power of God’s promises. He saw the Lord keep His Word to his father, King David, with the completion of the Temple (Israel’s house of faith) in Jerusalem. Solomon declared at its dedication, “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses” (1 Kings 8:56 NIV). God’s own Word—His promises to the children of Israel—became the foundation for the Temple itself. Nothing has changed since that time concerning the promises of God. God wants to be the foundation of your personal house of faith, and He is still fulfilling His promis...

Who Was E.W. Kenyon? Evangelist, pastor, president of a Bible Institute, author, songwriter and poet, best known for the numerous books that he authored that are still in great demand today. Essek William Kenyon (1867 - 1948) was an evangelist, pastor, president of a Bible Institute, author, songwriter and poet. He is best known for the numerous books that he authored that are still in great demand today. Kenyon’s writings dramatically unfold the glorious truths of the revelation given to the apostle Paul in simple, concise language. He wrote for the spirit man, addressing the heart more than the head. Understanding the Father-heart of God, who we are in Christ, and the authority and privileges of the believer were central to Kenyon’s message. In his writings Kenyon calls the believer up and out of the mire of traditional unbelief into the deep, rich treasures of our redemption in Christ. Many lives have been transformed reading his simple, yet profound books. The Early Years ...

Building Character Through Challenges “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” (Romans 8vs 28-30). God knows of everything that happens in our lives. They all follow a routine He has patterned. The elements and events of life are designed to support this pattern. As Christians, every occurrence in our lives unfold according to purpose. God allows them all. Whether they bring pleasure or pain, they are designed to birth purpose. God through these events will make bare His thoughts for us. Through the incidents of life, greatness lurking within us comes forth. Many times, God just watches to see how well we c...

Halloween, is it just Harmless Fun? Each year during Halloween, parents are faced with the dilemma of letting their children participate in what the world calls “harmless fun” and their own concerns about the spiritual significance of this holiday. Even though Halloween can seem harmless, it does have dark pagan roots and as believers we should never celebrate fear and terror. What options do believers have during this time of year? We believe every Christian must be personally led of the Lord in what activities they should participate. Some Christians choose not to participate in any activities during the time when the world celebrates Halloween. They use this as an opportunity to teach their children that sometimes non-Christians will do things in which we simply can’t participate. Churches will often offer harvest celebrations that have nothing to do with Halloween at all. The fall harvest is a beautiful time of year that is great for celebrating God’s provision. Many churc...

The Free Flow of Angelic Activities 2   There are many people who have read the word of God, have remarkable insights into the scriptures through quoting and teaching it well. But when it comes to manifestation of these scriptures within their lives, the representation of those things that they know and understand is not evident in their lives. We find out that the amount of knowledge that they have of what is happening in their lives does not justify the amount of knowledge they have received. And in cases like this, one can conclusively say that the individual is operating either under a closed heaven or the heavens are opened partially. So there is no sufficient opening over the life of that individual to have an unhindered flow of angelic activities. For instance, in the book of Genesis, when Jacob went into Laban’s house; Laban said to him that he has learnt through experience that since he came into his household, all his cattle have multiplied and he has prospered for...