Being a Woman of God

By Norvel Hayes

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Being a Woman of God Godly Women

Some of the most impressi,e people I ha,e e,er met in m* life ha,e been ladies. /ne was m* mother, who was a pra*ing woman. 2he other was an elderl* woman whom I met when I was nine *ears old. At that time we mo,ed to a certain place in 2ennessee where m* mother was raised. 2here was an elderl* woman who li,ed up in the mountains and had se,eral children. 5,er*bod* called her Grandma Shields. We li,ed a mile from a little Baptist church, and Grandma Shields li,ed about a mile from us. She would walk down those dust* roads, two miles one wa*, to come to church. And this elderl* woman would shout in church all the time. She would 6ust praise God and walk the floor in church, and the #

Spirit of God would come on her. When she was out in the corn fields working, she would be pulling corn, when suddenl* she would get on her knees and start pra*ing. 2he Spirit of God would come upon her and she would shout in the corn fields. And it was like that all the time with her. I would walk behind her as a little kid, and she would 6ust stop and praise the 3ord. 2his woman knew God better than an*bod* in that communit*. 7ou could hear her pra*ing up in the mountains. When she would come down from there, the glor* of God would be all o,er her. Another godl* woman I knew was someone I met after I ga,e m* life to the 3ord and started working with )harismatic and .entecostal people. She was a .entecostal woman. She li,ed close to the church in small white house. And I belie,e she knew God in an intimate wa*. I would hear testimonies about this woman in the midst of c*clones and storms. I 8

heard about her faith, how she would 6ust kneel b* a window, throw her hands up, and sa*, 9)*clone, I:m talking to *ou, *ou can:t touch m* house, in ;esus: name<9 And those c*clones would go b*, trees blowing the air, lifting houses up and carr*ing them off=but not one of them e,er touched her house.
I would think, Bo*, it would be good to know God like that and ha,e that kind of faith in God.

2his woman wanted me to ,isit with her because she knew I tra,eled all o,er the countr*. Sometimes I would also take m* friends who were preachers and e,angelists. I wouldn:t tell them where we were going, because I didn:t think the* would want to go to some little old lad*:s house. When we arri,ed at her house, the* would ask, 9 or,el, where are *ou taking us>9 I would sa*, 9Be quiet, don:t ask an* questions? 6ust follow me.9

The Ministry of a 'Little Old Lady'

/ne time when I took an e,angelist to $

,isit this woman, I asked her how the -ol* Ghost operated on her. She said, 9/hhhhh, the -ol* Ghost< I had this growth the si@e of a lemon that grew on m* 6aw. I didn:t worr* about it? I 6ust thanked the 3ord. I 6ust told the 3ord to take it awa*. /ne da* I was in the bathroom, and the -ol* Ghost came on me and said, :Go into the li,ing room and sit down in the green chair, because this morning I:m going to operate on *ou. 2ake a towel with *ou.:9 She continued, 9I took a towel with me and walked out of the room. -e e,en told me what color of chair to sit in? -e told me to sit in m* green chair. I sat in the green chair, and I put the towel across m* lap, turned m* face sidewa*s=and the knot fell off< I didn:t e,en feel an*thing. And now m* face is as smooth as silk<9 She said, 9I wanted to sa,e it and put it in alcohol or camphor, but the 3ord said, : o, don:t sa,e it? it:s the de,il:s handiwork<:9 B* the time the little .entecostal lad* had (

finished, I looked at this gu* who had preached around the world, and his lips were qui,ering. B* the time she finished, the glor* of the 3ord was in her li,ing room. I said, 9Sister White, I want *ou to do me a fa,or. 2his is m* good friend, and I want *ou to la* *our hands on him.9 As soon as she put her hands on him, he 6ust came unglued< -e cried and kept on cr*ing. God wrung him out like a rag< As we were lea,ing, I asked him, 9Aid *ou e,er meet an*bod* who knows God like she does> When she starts talking, God comes in her house<9

My First Casting-Out Experien e

Another one of m* most memorable e0periences in the 3ord in,ol,ed a woman= but this woman had a de,il, and for the first time in m* life, it was m* responsibilit* to cast that de,il out. 3ester Sumrall once asked me to speak a %

few minutes at a meeting in San Bernardino, )alifornia. -e said, 92hat:s where the -ell:s Angels are from. Wh* don:t *ou go with me while *ou are in that area> It would be good for the congregation to hear from a businessman who lo,es God. Before I speak, take about fifteen minutes to gi,e a testimon* from a businessman:s ,iewpoint.9 I agreed to go with him. 2he first night I ga,e about a fifteen"minute testimon* of what ;esus means to a businessman. I got through gi,ing the testimon*, but as I walked off the stage, the Spirit of the 3ord came on me and I began to weep. 2he -ol* Ghost said to me, 9Aon:t lea,e this meeting.9 So after the ser,ice I told Brother 3ester, 92he -ol* Spirit reall* blessed me because I ga,e that testimon*. -e told me not to lea,e this meeting.9 ow, the 3ord told me not to lea,e because -e had a reason wh* -e wanted me to sta* at that meeting. It:s so important for *ou to obe* God. !'

When God tells *ou to do something, -e usuall* won:t e,er tell *ou the reason wh* -e:s telling *ou to do it. 7ou first ha,e to obe* -im, and then -e will show *ou. So I decided to sta* around until I got a release from God. 3ester said, 97ou can help me pra* at the altar. I pra* for a lot of people.9 I said, 9All right, 6ust an*thing *ou want me to do. If I:m going to be here, I might as well be doing something.9 So the ne0t morning and night came, and nothing had happened. At the ne0t morning meeting, I was sitting on the front row the wa* I usuall* did when 3ester ga,e an in,itation. 2his one woman got up and walked down to the front. She looked as if she were normal, 6ust standing there. So I got up out of m* seat, because I had been assisting 3ester in his pra*er ministr*. I stood at the front waiting for 3ester to 6oin us. But this woman didn:t wait for 3ester !!

to come down off the stage? she walked up to me. She said, 9Would *ou please pra* for me> 5,er* time I go downtown to shop, I park m* car at a parking meter. I walk up the street a few steps, and something 6umps on top of me and makes me ha,e back pain so badl* I can:t stand it. I can:t e,en shop< I ha,e to go back home, and the pain lasts for three or four hours. I 6ust pra* until I finall* get a release, and then I:m all right. .lease pra* for me.9 Well, I had ne,er pra*ed for an*bod* before that had something 6ump on their back all the time. I was 6ust a nice Baptist fellow< So ! said, 92hat:s oka*, I:ll pra* for *ou. Gi,e me *our hands. I:ll 6ust hold *our hands and ask the 3ord to bless *ou.9 So she ga,e me her hands. 2he moment m* hands touched her hands, she 6umped back and looked at me and began to growl< I was from the Birst Baptist )hurch, I had ne,er seen an*thing like that<

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2he congregation looked like the* had ne,er seen an*thing like that either. I looked up at 3ester Sumrall, and he was standing against the pulpit 6ust as calm as he could be. And I was a ner,ous wreck< 2his woman was growling at me<
I thought to m*self, 2his cra@* woman looks like she wants to fight< She looks like she:s going to attack me< But, of course, I know she won:t, because we:re in church<

But she 6ust kept staring at me, growling< I thought, 9Grrr, *ourself, I don:t e,en know what *ou:re doing<9 She growled some more, and then she tore into me< Well, I had alread* made up m* mind I wasn:t going to let this cra@* woman beat me up in church< I thought to m*self, If she starts
hitting me, I'm going to throw her on the floor!

So when she tore into me, I grabbed her b* one of her arms and I held her off from me. DIt:s ne,er nice to whip a woman in church<E I had a real grip on her, and she groaned and growled more and more. Binall* she 6ust fell !1

on the floor. I thought this was the strangest church ser,ice I had e,er been in< I was new in the )harismatic Fo,ement, and I was tr*ing to be a nice Bull Gospel Businessman who 6ust pra*ed nice pra*ers for people. All of a sudden I heard a ,oice sa*, 9)ast that thing out of her<9 I 6umped< It was 3ester who said it. I asked, 9Fe>9 -e said, 97eah.9 Immediatel* I began to get hot flashes. I was embarrassed because I didn:t know what to do. I thought to m*self, What thing? What
thing am I suppose to !ast out of her? "oes she have a #HIN$ in her? Feanwhile, this woman is still

l*ing on the floor groaning and moaning. 2hen 3ester said, 9And don:t let her talk either<9
So I thought to m*self, /ka*, cast that thing out of her and don:t let her talk. What am I supposed to do, 6ust raise her up, slap

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her in the face, and sa*, :Be gone:> It:s not nice to slap a woman, period=especiall* in church< Well, 3ester:s brother"in"law, Ge,erend Furph*, was there. I thank God for Ge,erend Furph*< -e was sitting on the front row on the other side of me. -e scooted out of his seat and got on his knees beside this woman and said, 9)ome out of her, in ;esus: name<9 Well, I learned a long time ago if *ou act like *ou know what *ou are doing, nobod* will know that *ou:re ignorant. So I said, 97eah< )ome out of her<9 2hat:s the first time I e,er said that. ! had no earthl* idea what I was talking to. I was 6ust cop*ing Ge,erend Furph*, because he acted as if he knew what he was doing. But I surel* didn:t know what I was doing< 2hen Ge,erend Furph* said, 9I said, :/be* me and come out of her<:9 -e said it strong< !#

So I said, 97eah, and I said it too< )ome out of her< Whate,er *ou are, come out of her<9 5,er* time he said it, I would also sa* it. While he was holding her head up, she suddenl* became limp. I thought to m*self, %h my $o , we've &ille her! I had been going to see Gene Autr*, Go* Gogers, and -op"A" 3ong )assid* mo,ies e,er since I was a little kid, and that:s the wa* the* all died in Westerns< 2wo or three minutes passed, then suddenl* Ge,erend Furph* reached down, took her b* the hand, and raised her up. I looked at her and she was cr*ing. She seemed to ha,e changed into another human being< She looked like an angel. 2hen she began sa*ing, 9/h, thank 7ou, ;esus.9
I thought to m*self, F*, m*, m*, she looks like an angel. She turned from a horrible creature that wanted to fight into somebod* who looks like an angel. Bo*, this is something else<

While I was standing there, the 3ord said, !8

97ou can go now. 7ou can lea,e.9 So I was released from the 3ord to lea,e that meeting. I informed 3ester and then left. But, *ou see, the 3ord wanted me to see all of that. I thought that Ge,erend Sumrall:s ministr* was real nice, but I didn:t identif* m*self with it. 2hat was Ge,erend Sumrall and Ge,erend Furph*? the* both had good ministries. But I ne,er thought that God would want me to get in,ol,ed with an*thing like that=I was Birst Baptist<

Three !e"elations From Mar# $%

About four or fi,e da*s later, I was in )hattanooga, 2ennessee, dri,ing around conducting business. All of a sudden the Spirit of the 3ord mo,ed upon me in m* car and said, 9Go stud* the si0teenth chapter of the Book of Fark, right now<9 An urgenc* came upon me so that I couldn:t wait until I got to m* house< I 6umped out of the car and ran into the house. I opened up the Bible to the si0teenth !$

chapter of the Book of Fark. 2hat da* I got three re,elation manifestations from God in that one chapter. I want to share with *ou what God showed me. 3et:s read beginning with ,erse !. &nd 'hen the sa((ath 'as past) Mary Magdalene) and Mary the mother of *ames) and +alome) had (ought s'eet spi es) that they might ome and anoint him, &nd "ery early in the morning the first day of the 'ee#) they ame unto the sepul hre at the rising of the sun, &nd they said among themsel"es) Who shall roll us a'ay the stone from the door of the sepul hre&nd 'hen they loo#ed) they sa' that the stone 'as rolled a'ay. for it 'as "ery great, &nd entering into the sepul hre) they sa' a young man sitting on the !(

right side) lothed in a long 'hite garment/ and they 'ere affrighted, &nd he saith unto them) Be not affrighted. 0e see# *esus of 1a2areth) 'hi h 'as ru ified) he is risen/ he is not here. (ehold the pla e 'here they laid him, But go your 'ay) tell his dis iples and 3eter that he goeth (efore you into Galilee. there shall ye see him) as he said unto you, &nd they 'ent out 4ui #ly) and fled from the sepul hre/ for they trem(led and 'ere ama2ed. neither said they any thing to any man/ for they 'ere afraid, Mar# $%.$-5 At the moment I read that eighth ,erse where it said, 9the* were afraid,9 the -ol* Ghost came upon me and I began to weep and weep. 2he lo,e of God o,ershadowed me, and I was caught up in the glor* of the 3ord. -e 6ust lo,ed me and lo,ed me, and I wept !%

tears of 6o* and peace. I felt the lo,e of God so strong, I couldn:t hardl* stand it. When the glor* of the 3ord finall* let up, I looked back at the Bible to read the ninth ,erse. 1o' 'hen *esus 'as risen early the first day of the 'ee#) he appeared first to Mary Magdalene) out of 'hom he had ast se"en de"ils, Mar# $%.6 /n this earth we ha,e some great preachers, Bible scholars, churches, and crusades. But the strongest tool in all the world is the pure lo,e of God.

Why *esus &ppeared to Mary Magdalene First

I belie,e the reason that ;esus appeared to Far* Fagdalene first was that she lo,ed -im most. ow I don:t ha,e an* scripture to back me up, but I belie,e that if *ou will ask God, C'

*ou will find out that is true. 7ou see, Far* Fagdalene was looking for -im. She wasn:t sitting at her house with hardness of heart and unbelief. She belie,ed what -e said, and she was looking for -im. What the 3ord was doing that da* in m* house, as I studied Fark chapter !8, was establishing in me a ministr* that would last all m* life. When I read that ninth ,erse, 7Out of 'hom he had ast se"en de"ils)7 immediatel* m* mind went back to San Bernardino, )alifornia. I remembered what Ge,erend Furph* had said to that woman, 9)ome out of her< I cast *ou out of her<9 When that woman re,i,ed again after falling to the floor, she looked like she had recei,ed the same thing I was recei,ing right then=the lo,e of God. 2hen I reali@ed that she recei,ed that lo,e because a de,il was cast out of her< So what I saw at that moment was that if someone was being buffeted or possessed or oppressed with a de,il, and *ou break its C!

power and make it lea,e the person, that person will lo,e *ou, and the* will lo,e God. 3et:s continue reading from the Book of Fark. ,,,appeared first to Mary Magdalene) out of 'hom he had ast se"en de"ils, &nd she 'ent and told them that had (een 'ith him) as they mourned and 'ept, Mar# $%.6)$8 It had been three da*s, and people were still mourning and weeping, because the* lo,ed ;esus so much. &nd she 'ent and told them that had (een 'ith him) as they mourned and 'ept, &nd they) 'hen they had heard that he 'as ali"e) and had (een seen of her) (elie"ed not,
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2he* didn:t belie,e Far* Fagdalene,

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because the* had been with ;esus for about eight or nine hours at the )ross until -e died and probabl* helped bur* -im. But she told them, 9-e:s ali,e< -e appeared to me and talked to me<9 otice the ne0t ,ersesH &fter that he appeared in another form unto t'o of them) as they 'al#ed) and 'ent into the ountry, &nd they 'ent and told it unto the residue. neither (elie"ed they them, &fter'ard he appeared unto the ele"en as they sat at meat) and up(raided them 'ith their un(elief and hardness of heart) (e ause they (elie"ed not them 'hi h had seen them after he 'as risen, Mar# $%.$9-$: All the disciples were sitting there, and the* didn:t belie,e it either. 2he* had C1

hardness of heart and unbelief. 2he* didn:t belie,e ;esus had risen from the dead. But when ;esus walked through the wall and appeared to them and talked to them, then, of course, the* finall* belie,ed.

The Most ;mportant Words *esus E"er +po#e

When I read that particular ,erse about the danger of people ha,ing hardness of heart and unbelief and not recei,ing an*thing from God, these words began to boil up out of me? it was a word from the 3ordH 9 ow these are the most important words that e,er came out of F* mouth.9 &nd he said unto them) Go ye into all the 'orld) and preach the
gospel to every creature. Mar# $%.$<

Well of course, those are the most important words that e,er came out of ;esus: mouth, 7Go prea h the gospel to e"ery

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reature,7 Ao *ou preach to an*bod*> Ao *ou e,er run up on an* creatures and preach> Someone might sa*, 9Brother or,el, I:m not called to preach. 2hat:s not m* calling.9 F* answer is, 9/h *eah, it is.9 ow *ou ma* be thinking about preaching in a church or a crusade or up on stage. But that:s not what that means. 5,er*bod* in the world who is born again can preach the greatest sermon in the world b* opening up his mouth and telling what ;esus has done for him. 2here isn:t a person that can:t do that. 2hat ,erse doesn:t specificall* mean *ou ha,e to be called to a public ministr*=6ust open up *our mouth. .aul said, 9If *ou:ll open *our mouth, the -ol* Ghost will put words in *our mouth.9 7ou know what the 3ord has done for *ou? 6ust gi,e *our testimon*. 2ell about what *ou used to be, and what *ou are now that the 3ord sa,ed *ou. 7ou don:t ha,e to go into all the gor* C#

details=6ust tell them that *ou were a scu@ball< And since the 3ord sa,ed *ou and touched *ou, now *ou are sweet and precious.

Cast Out =e"ils>

ow let:s continue reading from Fark chapter !8. ,,,Go ye into all the 'orld) and prea h the gospel to e"ery reature, ?e that (elie"eth and is (apti2ed shall (e sa"ed/ (ut he that (elie"eth not shall (e damned, Mar# $%.$<)$% As I continued stud*ing Fark chapter !8, the word of the 3ord came unto me again sa*ing, 9Son, hardl* an*bod* on earth belie,es this ,erse, and ,er* few people e,er obe* it,9 -e was referring to the ne0t scripture. I didn:t e,en know what it said. 2he word of God came to me like lightning and told me that.

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2hen I looked down at the se,enteenth ,erse and readH &nd these signs shall follo' them that (elie"e/ in my name shall
they cast out devils...

Mar# $%.$@ Well, I thought to m*self, I:,e been belie,ing the 3ord e,er since I was a little Baptist kid, but I don:t cast out de,ils. -owe,er, in these ,erses ;esus is sa*ing, 9I ha,e an order for *ouH If *ou:re sa,ed, I want *ou to use F* name and cast out de,ils.9 2hen I thought about what had happened in )alifornia with that woman. I said, 93ord, I think 7ou:re tr*ing to show me something.9

O(eying and =oing the Word

/nce when I was in )olumbus, /hio, I began to obe* the 3ord. -e mo,ed on me and said, 9Son, I:,e gi,en *ou the ministr* of casting out de,ils.9 And I found out that C$

de,ils would lea,e people 6ust because I spoke with authorit* and sa*, 9In ;esus: ame, )ome out of her< Go from him<9 When *ou do that, *ou can break demons: power, and the* lea,e. 2he people are set free and start cr*ing, and the glor* of God comes upon them.

What ;t Ta#es to Be a Woman of God

Ao *ou want to be a woman of God> If *ou do, *ou ha,e to learn to resist the de,il. If *our teenagers won:t ser,e the 3ord, the de,il has come to *our house to steal *our children. Aon:t let him ha,e them< Bind him up and throw him out of the house< Sa*, 9In ;esus: ame, turn m* son loose. I bind *ou< In ;esus: ame, I resist *ou. $o from my !hil ren! 9And I confess, in ;esus: name, that the -ol* Spirit will create a desire in m* children to go to church. And that the* will lo,e me and their father and show respect. I bind *ou, *ou unrespecting de,il<9

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If *our teenage son sasses *ou and wants to do his own thing when he lea,es the house, 6ust stand in the middle of the floor and sa*, 'I (in you, you re(el evil, in ;esus: ame< 7ou turn m* son loose< 2hank 7ou, 3ord, for the desire coming into m* children to go to church and ser,e the 3ord<9 And 6ust keep on resisting. If *ou resist the de,il, *ou can break the power of the de,il =o,er an*thing< When I see something wrong with *ou, I don:t care what it is=I see the de,il at work. Ao *ou know wh* I see the de,il at work> Because it is the truth. I ha,e been in the presence of God too much now not to know it. Briend, alwa*s know that *ou can trust the Bible all the time. When ;esus said, 9In m* name *ou shall cast out de,ils,9 6ust belie,e that *ou can sa*, 9In ;esus: ame, come out< I cast *ou out<9 and the demons will go. 7ou ma* sa*, 9But, Brother or,el, I:m 6ust a little sweet lad*. I want to be a lad*.9 Well, be a sweet lad* in public. In *our C%

pri,ate life, when people need help, be a tiger and cast out de,ils< 7ou ha,e a ,oice. ;ust because *ou are a little sweet lad*, *ou can still get mad at the de,il when he is doing e,il to people. Sa*, 9In ;esus: ame, I break *our power< 3ea,e this person alone< $o from this person!'
ow think about what ;esus said, 9If *ou belie,e in Fe, I want *ou to cast out de,ils.9 2his was the first commission from the 3ord ;esus )hrist, the -ead of the )hurch. Someone might sa*, 9Well, I belie,e in ;esus.9 2hen ;esus sa*s, 9/h, *ou do> Well, if *ou belie,e in Fe, I want *ou to use F* name. I:m going to gi,e it to *ou for free. And I want *ou to cast out de,ils. I want *ou to resist de,ils.9 Briend, *ou better start resisting de,ils, because de,ils are what get *ou into trouble.

=on't Let the =e"il Torment 0ou

ow the lad* in )alifornia, well, she was a sweet lad*. But there was this thing 6umping on

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her back so that she couldn:t e,en go shopping. Well, it was the de,il< A tormenting de,il<

Well, don:t let de,ils torment *ou. An* kind of torment that *ou:re going through with *our mind, famil*, an*thing else=don:t accept it< Bind that thing in ;esus: ame, and resist it< 2he words 9resist, bind, rebuke9 are some of the best words in the Bible. It keeps *our enem* awa* from *ou. It makes *our enem* flee< /f course, the best thing in the Bible is what ;ames &H$ sa*sH +u(mit yoursel"es therefore to God,,, *ames :.@ 2hat means to worship God, to submit *ourself to God. Show -im that *ou will praise -im and worship -im. ;ust because *ou are a real sweet lad* and *ou are a )hristian, don:t 6ust sit around and let the de,il do an*thing he wants to do to 1!

*ou. 3et the )or do an*thing -e wants to do to *ou=but don:t let the de,il do anything to *ou< Gesist the de,il in ;esus: name<

Mary Magdalene +old Out to *esus

Briend, when ;esus cast se,en de,ils out of Far* Fagdalene, she sol out to -im=
totall*< She was looking for ;esus because she belie,ed it when -e said, ,,,and on the third day he shall rise again DFatthew C'H!%E. She wasn:t afraid? she belie,ed. And the 3ord appeared to her first and talked to her. Wh*>

Well, ;esus is 6ust like *ou and me? we alwa*s want to hang around people who lo,e us a lot. 2he* don:t want an*thing in return? the* 6ust lo,e us a lot. ;esus lo,ed Far* Fagdalene a lot=e,en though she had de,ils. -e cast them out. She sold out to -im, and she lo,ed -im a lot, and -e trusted her lo,e. Show God -e can trust *our lo,e. 3et:s read from ,erse !$H &nd these signs shall follo' them that (elie"e/ ;n my name shall 1C

they ast out de"ils,,,, They shall ta#e up serpents/ and if they drin# any deadly thing) it shall not hurt them,,, Mar# $%.$@)$5 2he word 9serpent9 is a name for a de,il. 9Satan9 is a name for a de,il. 9Ae,il9 is a name for a de,il. 92he prince of darkness9 is a name for a de,il. -e has a lot of names. 2he Bible sa*s to take up serpents and throw them out< Aon:t wait for them to lea,e? the* will hang around=the* are like leeches< As I continued stud*ing from Fark !8, I was utterl* ama@ed when I saw the ne0t ,erse. 2hen the Spirit of the 3ord reminded me, -e said, :9 otice, Son, the last ele,en words that came out of F* mouth.9 ,,,they shall lay hands on the si #) and they shall re o"er, +o then after the Lord had spo#en unto them) he 'as re ei"ed up into hea"en) and sat on the right 11

hand of God, &nd they 'ent forth) and prea hed EAE!0 W?E!E) the Lord 'or#ing 'ith them,,, Mar# $%.$5-98

?e Will Confirm 0our Words

ow remember, e,er* time *ou open *our mouth to sing a song in an old folks: homes? e,er* time *ou open up *our mouth to tell somebod* about ;esus? e,er* time *ou open up *our mouth and tell them that ;esus will help them=-e will confirm *our words with signs following. -e will confirm *our words with signs following, 6ust as much as -e will an* big" time preacher. -e wants *ou to be a witness unto -im. /ne of the main ministries in the world is for *ou and me to be a witness for ;esus to somebod* who needs help. And 6ust keep it that wa* for the rest of *our life. Aon:t e,er tr* to get popular? don:t e,er get fanc*. ;ust 1&

sta* normal. God lo,es normal people, full of the -ol* Ghost< And, women, remember what it takes to be a woman of GodH 3earn to resist the de,il in the name of ;esus where,er he rears his head, and be a woman who lo,es the 3ord ,er* mu!h!

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or,el -a*es shares God:s Word boldl* and simpl*, with an enthusiasm that captures that heart of the hearer. -e has learned through personal e0perience that God:s word can be effecti,e in e,er* area of life and that it will work for an*one who will belie,e it and appl* it. or,el owns se,eral businesses which function successfull* despite the fact that he spends more than half his time awa* from the office, ministering the Gospel throughout the countr*. -is obedience to God and his willingness to share his faith ha,e taken him to a ,ariet* of places. -e ministers in churches, seminars, con,entions, colleges, prisons=an*where the Spirit of God leads.

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