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WHEN THE AVALANCHE FALLS

MIRACLE BLOG 426

March 29, 2026

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

WHEN THE AVALANCHE FALLS

The Bible says that we have angels to guard us, even to keep us from striking our feet against a stone. In other words, angels hover around us providing protection. Is this true? Ask Chantal Lakey.

Chantal and her boyfriend Dale were climbing on the sheer cliffs hundreds of feet above the ocean, winding their way through the loose shale that felt like black ice. A thin drizzle settled around them. As they carefully chose their way, they could hear waves beating on the beach fall down below. Without realizing where they were going, they stepped into a steep cliff with slippery footing.

Dale had started to climb back from the cliff when his footing slipped. Without a sound, he crashed into the rocks fall below. Dale died instantly.

Chantal was terrified and clung desperately to anything she could get her hands on. She cried out as loud as she could. “Oh, God! Help me! Please don‘t let me die!” Panic stricken, she clung to a boulder… that could also slip.

She suddenly felt as if the gateway between heaven and earth opened. Some undefined “something” was happening. Chantal saw angels fluttering about her, forming a wall of protection. They were buoying her up, holding her, closing in on her to keep her from falling. Chantal knew she was not alone.

Still, she had to scale up a 400-foot cliff. Looking up, Chantal realized that not even a skilled climber could scale the sheer drop. She could only cling to the huge rock. The next thing the woman remembers is looking up and seeing the high cliff far above her. Chantal was only seventy-five feet from the beach. Somehow, she had climbed down more than three hundred feet of slippery, wet shale. Only angels could have cushioned her safe descent.

Suddenly, Chantal begam to slide again toward the edge of the remainder of the cliff. Once more she cried out for help. She was going to drop into the boulders below.

Chantal felt a heavenly hand behind her. Her fall suddenly stopped. Slowly, she finished winding her way down, knowing that the angels were guiding her safely to the beach. As she wound her way back to the highway seeking help, Chandal could feel the presence of angels leading her forward. Their presence stayed with her through the remainer of the day and into the night.

When the sheriff’s crew arrived, they looked up the cliff Chantal had come down and concluded that even with ropes and equipment, it was impossible for anyone to climb down the cliff.

But she did.

A loving, caring God had saved her.

And your conclusion? Let me assure you that you have a guardian angel. Don’t hesitate to call to and seek this heavenly friend. No circumstance or situation is beyond angelic control. Jesus said, “Ask and you shall receive.”

Remember miracles never cease.

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Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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March 29, 2026 by revwise Categories: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, MiraclesTags: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracles Leave a comment

WHEN EVIL ATTACKS

MIRACLE BLOG 425

March 22, 2026

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WHEN EVIL ATTACKS

We are living in a trying time. People don’t want to talk about the Iranian war and opinion is sliding to the negative side. Many people feel hopeless and unable to make a difference in a stressed-out world. Under such circumstances many people often turn to drugs or other substances to relieve the tension. They need an eternal answer that restores hope.

When Maria (name changed for anonymity sake) came in, she had just taken 10 Valium and was completely strung out. Despondent, Maria manifested suicidal signs. She needed serious help and was open to entering a medical health facility. From somewhere, she had swiped a portion of the Eucharist, the Holy Communion, that she was keeping in her pocket. The truth was that she had signed a blood contract with Satan and stolen the Communion wafer in order to desecrate it. In her struggling condition, she still wanted to cancel or break this contract.

The therapist asked her to empty her pocket. Maria reached in and pulled out a deck of Tarot cards, the Communion wafer and the contract. However, when Maria laid the wafer on the table, she began to shake. Her words became jumbled, almost inaudible. The therapist put the wafer in an envelope.

Leaning forward, the counselor said, “Maria, I’d like to pray for you. I’d like to pray a binding prayer to change the hold Evil has on you. You need to be set free from that force.”

When the counselor started to pray, Maria’s face became distorted. Her eyes started to roll. As the therapist prayed, Maria reached over and grabbed the envelope. When the counselor tried to take the envelope out of her hands, Maria held on with superhuman strength.She began making inhuman groans. A strange voice came out of her mouth, proclaiming she was marked as a pig for the devil. Maria smashed the envelope in her hands, crumbling the wafer and throwing it on the floor.

The therapist didn’t flinch but kept praying a binding prayer, calling on the Holy Spirit for strength and the ability to repel Lucifer. After several minutes, Maria reached for the contract. In anguish and shaking, she began to tear up the blood contract. The counselor reached over to anoint her hand to gain complete freedom from Evil. Suddenly an external force ripped her hand away from him and slung it against the wall. Nevertheless, the counselor helped her to confess her faith in Jesus Christ, even though she did so with difficulty.

That night when the counselor brought the broken wafer home with the contract, he threw both in the fireplace to burn as a respectful act of cleansing. The odor was not that of burning paper but burning hair.

Sound wild? Sure, but people everywhere are caught in a grip of evil that must be broken by a divine intervention. Scripture recognizes that this world is filled with turmoil, but the Holy Spirit imparts the joy of the Lord. Don’t look for an external crutch; reach for an internal assist than comes from the Holy Spirit.

Remember: miracles never cease.

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Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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March 22, 2026 by revwise Categories: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, MiraclesTags: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, God, Grace, healing prayer, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracles, prayer Leave a comment

BREAKING THE BONDS THAT BIND

MIRACLE BLOG 418

February 1, 2026

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE

BREAKING THE BONDS THAT BIND

Rachel Bennett had been a clinical psychologist for a number of years when she and her husband Johnnie adopted Mary Ann. The beautiful child had grown into a talented young woman. At age 16, Mary Ann went off to a fine arts summer camp. However, when she returned, Rachel immediately knew something had happened. Mary Ann’s personality had shifted into a defiant and hostile mode. Her attitude had become indifferent and even hostile.

Contrary to the past, she became belligerent. As Rachel was driving down the street, Mary Ann blurted out that she had never had a relationship with her mother in the first place. She leaned over and grabbed the steering wheel, sending the car varying across the road that could have killed both of them. Rachel was terrified. Was this child a monster?

Through an unusual source, the Bennett’s had access to the child’s earliest files before the adoption. The record indicated that the biological mother had been involved with a cult and placed the baby for adoption because she feared the girl would be abused by the occult. Rachel set out to understand what the child’s background might mean now. To her shock, she discovered that a generational curse had been placed to affect Mary Ann when she turned sixteen! Coming from a highly educated background, Rachel was stunned. Family Systems Therapy suggested family history influences behavior but this different. Way different.

Strangely enough, Rachel began developing her own serious medical problems. These problems worsened as MaryAnn struggled with her issues. Could some sort of witchcraft be behind both Rachel’s problems and Mary Ann’s struggle? Sounded like a Halloween movie but the symptoms were all there. The physical problems appeared to be based in their spiritual vulnerability.

One night Rachel heard strange noises and knew no one could be in the house. Her dog began barking at a corner of her room. Rachel knew animals often have a keen sense of entities that humans can’t see. The dog kept barking as if “something” was coming out of the corner of the bedroom. Rachael began asking the Holy Spirit to descend and cover her with protection. As she kept begging in prayer, afterwhile the dog stopped howling. A divine sense of empowerment settled over Rachael. Both the physical and spiritual problems begun to slide away. Rachael’s painful issues disappeared. Mary Ann no longer had her enigmatic behavior .

The point? Don’t want to spook you, but often we do not consider what is happening in our physical world to be connected to a spiritual cause. The need is to seek the Holy Spirit’s empowerment and ask the hand of God to reach into the past to bring wholeness to the present. Anyone can receive the answer.

Remember: Miracles never cease.

New Podcast: Here’s Life! Do you believe in angels?

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82 Days on Okinawa: One American’s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War’s Greatest Battle

Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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February 1, 2026 by revwise Categories: Divine Intervention, Evil, faith, MiraclesTags: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, Grace, healing prayer, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracles, prayer Leave a comment

A VOICE IN THE DARK

Blog 414

January 4, 2026

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

A VOICE IN THE DARK

The confetti has been swept away. The final band marched in the New Year’s Day parade and the holidays are behind us. Our faces are turned toward another year that’s about to come barreling in. How shall we prepare ourselves?

I’m reminded of a great man who knew how to encounter the future. When I was in seminary, I met Dr. E. Stanley Jones and even had him pray with me. While that is many decades ago, the memory stuck because of who he was. A medical missionary, Dr. Jones had gone to India in a distant age when that country was struggling. His spiritual sensitivity touched multitudes who he taught to listen and hear God speak. E. Stanley Jones believed people could learn to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and that would change their lives.

Hear God? Really? Here’s how the fact served him.

E. Stanley was in China when World War II broke out. He knew that if he didn’t get out of there immediately, he might be stuck in that far off country for the rest of the war. Catching the last tramp freighter that left China, he began sailing long and slowly from port to port winding his way back to India.

When the freighter pulled into an obscure dock in Thailand, Dr. Jones remained anxious to get out of that country as well. The war was exploding and he didn’t have time to waste. Standing on the bow of the ship, E. Stanley heard a voice say, “Get off this boat.”

“What?” he chocked.

“Get off the boat,” the inner voice repeated.

He was shocked. The rusty old tanker was his only hope and now the Lord was telling him to get off? Couldn’t believe it. However, he knew to be obedient. The medical doctor had all his goods hauled off the freighter and left on the pier. Dr. Jones watched the ship sail away thinking he was stranded for heaven knows how long..

The ship sailed a half mile into the ocean, was hit by a Japanese torpedo, sank to the bottom of the sea, taking every person on board with them.

When I heard Dr. Jones tell this story, a man held up his hand and asked. “Do you mean you were the only person on that boat that God wanted to save?

“No, sir,” Stanley Jones replied. “I was the only person listening.”

As this new year unfolds, I want to make sure that I am hearing. Placing your ear next to the heart of God will make all the difference in the days head. Our heavenly Father, speaks through many ways. Scripture is possibly the most immediate. Prayer and mediation open the doors. Whatever works best for you, why not make a decision right now to start every day listening.

Remember: Miracles Never Cease!

New Podcast: Here’s Life! Do you believe in angels?

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Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

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January 4, 2026 by revwise Categories: Divine Intervention, faith, MiraclesTags: Divine Intervention, faith, God, Grace, Miracles, prayer Leave a comment

MAGIC OR MIRACLE?

Blog 412

December 21, 2025

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

MAGIC OR MIRACLE?

Hey! Christmas is just around the corner. And what are we celebrating?

From what I’ve seen on television since the big Thanksgiving Day parade are about Santa Claus, Mrs. Santa Claus, elves, and flying reindeer. All the commercials proclaim the “magic” of Christmas. The opportunities are everywhere for everything from exotic perfume to unpronounceable names for antibodies that 90% of the population will never need. But! Magic is here at Christmas time. That’s the word. Magic!

“I’m a little confused because I visited the tomb of St. Nicolas (the original Santa Claus) when I was in Bari, Italy a number of years ago. Nicolas was a 4^th-century bishop known for his generosity and miracles. His relics were brought to the Basilica di San Nicol that became a magnificent church. The key word? Miracles.

Here’s an example that demonstrates the difference.

Jack Traynor was injured in the war when sprayed with shrapnel. The assault left his right arm completely paralyzed with the muscles atrophying. In addition, his legs were partially paralyzed. The war left him incapacitated. Moreover, the operation to remove the shrapnel from his head left an inch-wide hole in his skull. His injuries were so serious that the British War Pension Ministry gave him a 100% pension for the rest of his life.

Struggling with these serious problems, Jack Traynor saw no hope except for a trip to Lourdes, France to the shrine where Bernadette encountered the Virgin Mary that resulted in the grotto where people came to wade in the water and receive healing. The stories of marvelous recovery were repeated everywhere. Jack decided to exercise his faith and be released into the pool where so much had happened. Was another miracle still possible? You know the result. Complete restoration followed and Jack Traynor left a whole person.

Not only were his conditions mended, Jack went into the coal and hauling business that required moving 200-pound sacks of coal. Magic? No. A miracle.

In the final days of this joyous season, let us focus on Bethlehem and remember that the Christ child is still making people whole. With the singing of church choirs and the glow of candles, we can still live in the promise.

Just remember: miracles never cease.

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Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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December 21, 2025 by revwise Categories: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, MiraclesTags: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, God, Grace, healing prayer, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracles, prayer Leave a comment

A HOT-WATER BOTTLE AND HOPE

Blog 410

December 7, 2024

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

A HOT-WATER BOTTLE AND HOPE

I first met Dr. Helen Roseveare at a Inter-Varsity Conference in the dead of winter. It was cold outside, but she made you feel warm inside. Dr. Roseveare had been one of those marvelous dedicated missionaries from early in the last century who gave up the comforts surrounding them to reach out to countries like Uganda. During the day she was a medical doctor, but at night she worked in a brick factory to be personal and close to the natives. Tender hands needed for surgery were tested by the rough, abrasive surface of bricks. That’s a story unto itself.

Out in the jungle, a native woman died during childbirth leaving behind a premature baby and a grieving two-year old daughter. Without electricity and no incubator as well as few supplies, the baby’s life was in grave danger. The only hot water bottle in the makeshift hospital had burst when filled with hot water to use to warm the baby. They also needed food. Dr. Roseveare asked everyone to pray. The situation was desperate. One faith-filled little girl named Ruth prayed aloud for a hot water bottle.

“Please God send us a hot water bottle,” Ruth prayed in her childish way. “It will be not be any good by tomorrow. The baby will be dead so please send it by this afternoon.”

The prayer did seem presumptuous to Rosevearae and she feared the girl had pushed her petitions too far, but the situation was desperate so she let it go. Dr. Roseveare knew God could do anything up to a point, but wasn’t the girl’s prayer beyond the limits? The prayer made her nervous.

Doing the best they could, the small native staff went back to work. A couple of hours later a car dropped off a twenty-two-pound parcel sent from the doctor’s homeland. She had never received one such package in the four years she lived in Africa. Everyone gathered around this unexpected gift from Ireland. The orphans began opening the box and sorting through the large bundle. Bandages were found for the lepers and even some badly needed food.

Food for them! Little Ruth dug to the bottom of the box and found it! A new hot-water bottle to keep the baby warm! And more! A beautifully dressed doll was waiting for her.

Dr. Roseveare said. “I cried. I had not asked God to send the bottle. I had not believed that He could.” The child did.

But there’s more.

The parcel had been packed five months earlier by Roseveare’s former Sunday School class. The leader had felt prompted to include a hot water bottle (for hot Africa?) and a girl contributed the doll. This package was the only one ever to arrive and it was prayed for by the faith of a child.

God’s miracles are never too late and always on time. What’s needed to experience miracles today? Could it be the simple faith of a child? Trust.

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Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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December 7, 2025 by revwise Categories: Divine Intervention, faith, MiraclesTags: bible, Divine Intervention, faith, Grace, Jesus, love, Miracles, prayer Leave a comment

WHEN DOUBT FADES

Blog 409

November 30, 2025

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

WHEN DOUBT FADES

Doubt is still around. I often run into people who think of faith as a form of neurosis and a way to avoid reality. The pressure of a disintegrating society with threats of war on the horizon send many people into a tailspin. Others just turn the television and don’t listen to the news anymore. Al Watkins (names changed for anonymity sake) can respond to those doubts.

Al’s eight-year-old son Jack was diagnosed with two holes in his heart. This condition also brought pressure on little Jack’s lungs. Surgery had to be done immediately. As the day for the surgery approached, Jack began giving his toys and keepsakes away. He did not believe he would survive. Finally, Jack asked his father, “Am I going to die?”

Taken back, his father assured him that people survive open heart surgery but some don’t.

Jack asked, “Can Jesus heal me?”

“A few days later after anguished prayer and reading Philippians 4:13 (I can do all things through him who strengthens me). Al told his son that whether he recovered or not, he would have the gift of eternal life. A visiting pastor came into the room and asked Jack if he believed Jesus could heal him. Jack said that he did. They prayed together.

The next morning Jack was wheeled into the operating room for a four-hour surgery. However, after the first hour, the doctor came out. He showed Al two sets of x-rays. The first film clearly showed the two-holes. Then, he held up the second picture. No holes.

The doctor shook his head in amazement. “You can count on this as a miracle,” he concluded.

The hospital’s risk manager reviewed the situation. “You can see from the films this was not a misdiagnosis. Somebody somewhere must have been praying.” When their insurance agent called after reviewing the submitted claim, he asked, “What is a spontaneous closure.”

Al replied, “a miracle.”

In a time when doubt is certainly out there, you have an alternative. The answers don’t often come as dramatically as they did for Jack, but they come. Your prayers and trust in divine Providence are the best hope anyone anywhere could have. Hang on. There’s always more to come.

Remember miracles never cease!

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Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

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November 30, 2025 by revwise Categories: Divine Intervention, faith, MiraclesTags: angels, Divine Intervention, faith, God, Grace, healing prayer, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracles, prayer Leave a comment

FROM OUT OF THE DISTANT PAST

Blog 406

November 9, 2025

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D. and the author of 36 books, Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

FROM OUT OF THE DISTANT PAST

We sometimes forget that the stories of the miraculous started well over 2,000 years ago. The accounts of God working with Abraham and Sarah are in the far off world of the Middle East. Moses saw the ever-burning bush there at least 1,500 years past. Well, it’s time to update. Those surprises are still happening!

Take the story of Khalida for instance.

The Moslem woman had wandered the streets of Bethlehem as a child, but was orphaned when a missile hit her home. She was sold into slavery and lived in the Arab world with a Bedouin tribe. When Khalida was forced into an arranged marriage, the husband often beat her unconscious. She ran away and ended up in a second marriage with two children. Once more she was treated severely.

Homeless and penniless, a friend recognized her plight and offered Khalida a job. The woman shared the story of the love of God that can be found in Jesus of Nazareth. Khalida was fascinated and wanted to know the truth. She prayed and asked Jesus if he really was who her friend had promised.

Khalida suddenly had a vision and believed she was looking into heaven. A bearded man in a white robe stood before her and said, “Leave the darkness for the light.” In her Arabic language, the figure said, “I am the Truth, the Life, and the Way and no one comes to the Father except by me.” His voice was like rushing waters, powerful and soothing at the same time. Even though Khalida had not read the Bible, she knew those words were in there. Consumed by His presence, she dropped to her knees. Khalida cried out. “Lord! You are Lord!”

“Yes, I am Jesus, the One you denied. … I can save you and make you a happy person. You don’t have to do anything, just know that I love you.”

Khalida remembers, “His voice became a light, a huge light, an overwhelming light … I saw heaven right before my eyes.”

Like Moses before the burning bush, the light of God had shined on this little woman.

That light is still shining in this world today. Take a second look. The illumination might be coming to your house if you asked. Don’t hesitate to reach out!

Remember miracles never cease!

New Podcast: Here’s Life! Do you believe in angels?

WATCH THIS, TOO!

82 Days on Okinawa: One American’s Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War’s Greatest Battle

Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.

Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!

Readers of my MIRACLES NEVER CEASE blog will be fascinated by my latest book:

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!