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Camille — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:44:48 GMT

I came across this link in an old email I needed to forward. I read this blog and was it was complete confirmation. I'm looking forward to renting this movie and watching it with my daughter from the viewpoint of this message.

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Raymond Eneas — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:15:14 GMT

I watched the movie "This Is It" as well and totally had a new found appreciation for MJ. I agree with Brandon that he was a musical genius who mastered the art of perfection and knew how to deal with people in love who was around him.! Brandon your ability to see beyond the negative thoughts that people have about MJ is great! I don't know where MJ will end up, but I am certain he was a great example of how to use your gifts to be a blessing to others. Kingdom Blessings!

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Elaine Eye Bishop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:11:31 GMT

You know parts of my story. I believe wholeheartedly that God can and does heal people today. When Ted, my first husband, became afflicted with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (a very aggressive form of blood cancer) we, Ted and I, believed that God would heal him despite the 10% odds given us by the doctors and hospitals that treated him for the disease. The treatments were fierce and came with horrible side effects. We followed all the rules given us by the doctors and kept believing that God would heal him. All the torture would be worth it. However, over two years Ted's condition continued to deteriorate. A last ditch effort to save him was a bone marrow transplant from a donor that was a five out of six match. It never engrafted and Ted never regained an immune system (they completely killed Ted's immune system and he was to take on the immune system of the marrow donor). Typically, a person cannot live without an immune system, and his organs began to shut down one by one until the day he was to die and I watched his vital signs drop to nothing. He couldn't communicate with me, but if he was still there and not already with the Lord, I figured he could hear me as I read scriptures to him and told him it was okay to go. I told him it was okay to go because I figured he was thinking he had failed me by having to leave me. I didn't want him to struggle with such thoughts as he was drifting into Glory. At such a low point in this experience, I still believed God could heal Ted. Then a respiratory therapist came in and shut down and unplugged the ventilator that was breathing for him. That's when I finally decided God was not going to heal Ted like I thought He would. So, there I was; Ted and I believed, but God didn't do it - or did He? God's healing may have been in the taking of Ted back unto Himself. At first, I asked God, "Why?" a lot, because I was so devastated at my loss. I still ask it from time to time. I became the one who needed healing again (I'd already sufffered very difficult losses). I have not been happy since Ted passed, nor have I experienced very much joy about anything. It changed me in good and in bad ways. As I said, I don't know why God decided not to restore health to Ted's earthly body, but I still believe that God can and does heal and restore earthly bodies today. I believe for my own healing.

Elaine Eye Bishop

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Claresa — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:41:07 GMT

I still haven't seen the movie yet, but that's an amazing way to look at the fact that how we treat the Holy Spirit will determine how God manifests himself in our presence. You really brought it home there.

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Destany — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:12:31 GMT

Im glad you changed your opinion of MJ he really was a good man in many's eyes the movie was awesome how he juss got into his own little world and danced and taught many people. He reached fans and changed lives people died cause he died his life was changed and ours was changed. A good man always displays good character in the end. Thanks for this blog, Have a good day. I told you i was going to read it. Last night at church (Redemption) I wore a Michael t-shirt!

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eL — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:43:48 GMT

My mom and I have this argument whenever it comes up. She is a die-hard believer that if our faith is strong enough then "by His stripes we are healed." I agree with her to an extent, but definitely not fully. I hope and pray for the sake of my walk with God that she never succombes to illness. :-)

I believe that God is ABSOLUTELY willing and able to be our healer. I believe that he does not want us to suffer. I believe that we can ask Him for his healing power and believe that our prayers will be answered. I also believe Him when He said, "My ways are not your ways." I believe that He uses us for a higher purpose than ourselves. Take Job for example. Job had NO idea that he was in the middle of a cosmic battle of good and evil. His sufferings were for a greater purpose, and thought he didn't know what that was he chose to trust that God was still in control. "Though you slay me... I will trust You."

I often wonder if God is baffled by our view of death. Sadly, I think the majority of Christians still view death as defeat. I've printed many "obituary" type articles where it has been said, "Jane has lost her battle with cancer and gone to be with the Lord." Maybe Jane really received the ulitmate HEALING. "...and no one living in Zion will say, I am ill."

Great, thought-provoking article.

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Brandon Berry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:58:42 GMT

Scott...I think you are totally on to something here. I've been studying the book of James this week and it says something really similar..."faith without deeds is dead...you show me your faith without deeds and I will show you my faith with deeds." Jesus' little brother ain't jokin!!

We have to line up belief and action. We have to make sure that everything in our lives is in ALIGNMENT: the words we speak, the money we spend, and the actions we perform. When it comes to health, we've got to get everything possible moving in the same direction...towards a healthy lifestyle! Thanks for the thoughtful comment Scott! ~BB

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Scott Pugh — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:05:32 GMT

Well, personally I believe what Acts 19:28 says, "In HIM we live, & move & have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring." Now I believe this with all my heart Pastor, but I am also aware that at some times in our lives we have poisoned ourselves with the things of the world and we must reap where we have sown. For instance, my grandmother was on over 30 pills for her heart and I told her Dr. that within 3 months she would be off of them. Well within those months she was, but in order to come off of them, she had to spend a short time in a mental hospital because of what the medicine did to her mind. Now she is free from this medication and her mind is being restored. Its a process and alot of the consequences are up to us. Another example, I was on a fast in January and toward the end of the fast, I had a tooth that had bothered me and I went to get it pulled. Well, I refused the pain meds, but took the antibiotics. When I got home, I prayed and told the Lord how much I did not want to poison my body with the anitbiotics and He supernaturally closed up the hole in my mouth within 12 hours. I believe due to the fast and the fact that no toxins had been in my body, God healed me. Healing comes not only when we apply the Word but we do something in the natural to coincide with what we are declaring. I believe that some things that are generational, come from iniquity(not sin) from earlier generations and those things can be broken and healing can come but its as much a process as the two examples I just gave. We know that some processes take longer than others, depending on the person and how much intake of the word and the principles of God they apply. It is amazing to me how some people will declare healing but the second the pain is back they give the healing back and pick up the sickness. I believe that we can walk in divine healing and that we can "live move and have our being in HIM!!!!!!!!" Love ya Pastor, keep up the KINGDOM!!!!

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Pastor Raymond Eneas — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:33:42 GMT

Hey Pastor Brandon,

I really like the section on team work. You have some awesome information on this website. Keep up the great work my brother. Kingdom Blessings!