SQLite format 3@  O{tableTopicsTopicsCREATE TABLE 'Topics' (Title NVARCHAR(100), Notes TEXT)5y02 - Miracles Normal{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green80\blue0;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\ul\f0\fs24 Mar_16:17\cf2\ulnone , "And these signs shallD7c01 - Man and Miracles{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\_+%00 - Title Page{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\lang1033\b\f0\fs72 Do You Believe In Miracles?\par \par by\par \par E. W. Kenyon\par \pard\par \b0\f1\fs24 Essek William Kenyon (1867 - 1948) was an evangelist, pastor, president of a Bible Institute, author, songwriter and poet.\b\f0 viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs24 Jesus -- the very Name has within it miracle working Power, even to this day, though nearly two thousand years have rolled away since He walked with men.\par \par Jesus, the Galilean, was a miracle worker.\par Jesus' Life was a miracle.\par His wisdom and teachings were miraculous.\par He made miracles common.\par His death was a miracle.\par His Resurrection was a miracle.\par His appearances were miraculous.\par His ascension was a staggering miracle. \par \par But perhaps the most outstanding miracle of all those wonder days was the event of Pentecost. \par \par From the upper room, went forth men and women boldly to testify of Jesus' Name, who fifty days before shrank in fear from the very names of the High Priest and his associates. \par \par Peter, the trembling, fearful Peter, is now clothed with a Power and fearlessness that is inexplicable; he goes out and faces the Sanhedrin, senate, and High Priesthood with a courage that amazes us. \par \par A stream of miracles flowed from the hands of the apostles that upset Judaism and shook the Roman government to its foundation. They made a discovery -- the Name of the Man Whom they had loved,Whom they had nailed to that cross in nakedness, now has Power equal to the Power that He, Himself exercised when He was among them. \par \par The sick were healed, the dead were raised, demons were cast out by simply breathing that Name over the afflicted ones. What a stream of miraculous love, life, hope, and joy showered from the ministry of those humble Galileans. \par \par Those first thirty-three years of early history as seen in Acts, were sample years of the acts of the Church until the return of Her Lord and Master.\par \par Man is the offspring of the Miracle Worker.\par \par The miracle working desire is embedded deep in the consciousness of man.\par \par Christianity is based on a series of miracles culminating in Pentecost. \b\f1\fs72\par } follow them that believe."\par \par Christianity began in miracles; it is propagated by miracles.\par \par Every New Birth is a miracle; every answer to prayer is a miracle; every victory over temptation is a miracle.\par \par When Reason takes the place of the miraculous, Christianity loses its virility, fascination, and fruitfulness.\par \par Christianity is not a religion.\par \par Christianity is the Life of God in man.\par \par Christianity was the unveiling of the heart and nature of the Great Father-God in the Man Jesus.\par \par There could not be a religion that would appeal to humanity that was not founded upon miracles and propagated by miracles.\par \par Man craves a miracle working God today.\par \par Whenever there arises a man or woman whose prayers are heard and answered, the multitudes flock to them.\par \par Man wants a Living God.\par \par Man craves a miracle.\par \par The deep seated hunger in the human heart for God is the reason for all religions. \par } really man's realm. \par \par Sin has blinded us and has kept us from finding the secret door that will lead us back to our lost estate.\par \par But the hunger is there, and the miracle is the way to bring man to God.\par \par Is there a miracle element in Christianity today?\par \par Did miracles end with the death of the disciples?\par \par Are the so-called miracles that men claim to perform today fraudulent or purely psychic?\par \par These are questions that we cannot ignore\par \par There has come a falling away on the part of the churches.\par \par Modernism dominates the great religious forces of Christendom; its denial of the Supernatural element in Christianity makes it simply an ethical religion. \par \par On the other hand, we have those who are contending for an original, miraculous, element in Christianity, but declaring that miracles ceased with the death of the apostles; that Christianity does not need the miraculous today to convince men of the Deity of Jesus.\par } 2K25y02 - Miracles Normal{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green80\blue0;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\ul\f0\fs24 Mar_16:17\cf2\ulnone , "And these signs shallD7c01 - Man and Miracles{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\_+%00 - Title Page{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\lang1033\b\f0\fs72 Do You Believe In Miracles?\par \par by\par \par E. W. Kenyon\par \pard\par \b0\f1\fs24 Essek William Kenyon (1867 - 1948) was an evangelist, pastor, president of a Bible Institute, author, songwriter and poet.\b\f0\fs72\par } ^p/C04 - What We Need{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ; Iw03 - The Soul Cry for Miracles{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs24 The curiosity for the miraculous is deep seated in man.\par \par Man was brought into being by a miracle working God, and man will ever yearn for miracles.\par \par The Supernatural realm is  \red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs24 We have lost the Supernatural element out of Christianity and we are clinging with trembling hands to a historical Christ that has no power to heal the sick and no ability to meet your daily needs.\par \par The spirit of real evangelism is almost a thing of the past.\par \par We have driven the miracle working Christ out of the Church; now we are driving the believers in miracles out of the Church.\par \par We cannot blame the missions and non-conformist cults that are rising everywhere.\par \par It is a protest of the people against the modern theological thought that dominates the Church.\par \par Christian Science could not have grown to the place where it is dominating many of our large cities unless there had been a demand in the heart of the people for a Supernatural religion.\par \par The Pentecostal movement could not have risen with the Power that it has, had not the heart of the people been craving a new, fresh vision of Christ. \par \par A dead orthodoxy has no Resurrection Power within it -- no Miracle Working Force back of it. \par \par The people are putting up with extravagances and fanaticism in order that they may get a little touch of the Supernatural God.\par \par Cultured men and women will listen to uneducated preachers because the uneducated preacher in the dingy mission has faith in a Living God.\par \par When men tell us that we do not need miracles today -- that education will take their place -- they have not thought through on this subject. \par \par No man can actually live and walk with the Man of Galilee without living in the realm of the miraculous.\par \par Jesus is as much a miracle now as ever.\par \par Man needs His Miraculous Touch now, more than ever. Nothing but a return to this God of Miracles will save our land and nation. \par } U1 05 - Is This True?{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green80\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\f0\fs24 If a preacher has the reputation of acting on \cf2\ul Jam_5:14\cf1\ulnone or \cf2\ul Mar_16:18\cf1\ulnone he is disqualified for most of the denominational pulpits. \par \par The Church is no longer in the grip of God, but under the sway of scholastic intolerance.\par \par Our slogan should be -- "Back to the Living, Miracle Working Christ." \par \par People want Him, so they crowd the building where He is allowed to act.\par \par Jesus attracted the multitude by miracles.\par \par Jesus will attract them today.\par \par "He is the same yesterday, today and forever" (\cf2\ul Heb_13:8\cf1\ulnone ). \par } so if He says I am complete in Him, then I must be complete in Him.\par \par It is barely possible that I do not understand His standards of perfection. But I rest in what He says.\par \par What He says is what He sees in us by Grace, and what He sees in us is what we really are.\par \par It is not what we believe, or what the church has taught us, but when He says, "We are the fullness of Him that filleth all things," (\cf1\ul Eph_1:23\cf2\ulnone ) we are.\par \par When He says that "He has blessed us with every Spiritual blessing in the heavenlies," (\cf1\ul Eph_1:3\cf2\ulnone ) then we are blessed. Whether we have enjoyed it or not, that is not the issue.\par \par He has blessed us.\par \par When He declares that, "we are seated together with Him in the heavenlies," (\cf1\ul Eph_2:6\cf2\ulnone ) we are.\par \par Now, you go about your work, today, and every idle moment that you have, repeat some of these great Facts over and over again.\par \par After a while they will become a part of you as the multiplication table is a part of you.\par \par Just so will the Divine-consciousness of Jesus-consciousness become a part of you.\par \par You cannot think God's Thoughts after Him without God following His Thoughts into your life; and changing your thoughts into Reality.\par \par You think weakness and you are weak. You think strength and you are strong.\par \par You think about God indwelling you, and God will rise up and fill your body, His temple, with His Glory.\par \par Just as He over-shadowed Solomon's Temple with the Cloud of His Glory, so will He over-shadow you. \par \par Just as He filled the Temple with His Glory so that the priests could not stay to minister, because of the wonder of His Presence, so will He fill you today, so that the world thoughts will be unable to minister in you because of the ineffable Glory of His Presence. (\cf1\ul 2Ch_5:13\cf2\ulnone )\par \par Let Faith speak through your lips today. Don't talk doubts any more. Just talk faith! \par } 5g06 - How Faith Talks{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green80\blue0;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\ul\f0\fs24 Isa_55:8-9\cf2\ulnone , "For My Thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My Ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My Ways higher than your ways, and My Thoughts than your thoughts."\par \par Faith talks in the language of God. Doubt talks in the language of man.\par \par When I dare to say that I am what He says I am, then I am what He says I am.\par \par The Word says that, "I am complete in Him."\par \par Well, God is the Author of the Word.\par \par He is the Author of my Redemption,