HEALING WATERS STILL FLOW

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December 14, 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., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

HEALING WATERS STILL FLOW

            One of my first encounters with miracles came from the award winning movie. The Song of Bernadette portraying the story of Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France and her encounter with the Virgin Mary in 1858. The story touched me so deeply that I read Franz Werfel’s novel from which the movie was made. A Jew, Werfel was running from the Nazis and hid in Lourdes. While there, he heard the story that produced the healing grotto.

            Today multitudes continue to wade into the waters that have resulted in many, many healings. The famous philosopher Emile Zola came to Lourdes intent on proving the shrine to be a fraud. While he was there, a woman with a terribly disfigured face from Lupus was cured. Zola left saying it could not be only because it could not be. So much for his skepticism!

            Dr. Alexis Carrel came with the same intent but had a more open mind. On the same train that brought him was serious ill Marie Bailly. Dr. Carrel feared she wouldn’t get to Lourdes alive. Her lupus disease had greatly distended her stomach. Lying on a stretcher, she looked like a woman in late pregnancy. As they came to the reservoir that contained the healing waters, Maria was dipped into the cold bath.

            As her wheelchair rolled out of the pool, Alexi Carrel stood watching her. The woman’s ashen color began to fade and a normal pink returned. The blanket covering her enlarged stomach began to subside.  The bulge lowered until she had the flat appearance of a normal woman. Her composure returned. Along with other doctors, Carrel examined her  at the Lourdes Medical Bureau. They all had the same conclusion. Mariel Bailey was completely healed.

            Dr. Alexis Carrel left the examination room and hurried to the Lourdes Church. Kneeling on the floor, he wept.

            Interesting contrast between two men of science. Emile Zola came a skeptic and left a skeptic. Alexis Carrel came open and left inspired.

            Perhaps, a parable for today. Disbelievers stay disbelievers. Open, honest inquirers return home whole. Jesus Christ said, “blessed is the one who hears and understands” Matthew 13:16 – my personal translation from the Greek). If you’re struggling today, that’s the challenge. Understand that the healing work continues Be open. Receive the promise.

            Remember: miracles never cease.

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WHEN DOUBT FADES

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November 30, 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., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

 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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UNEXPECTED RESULTS

Blog 404

October 13 , 2020

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.

UNEXPECTED RESULTS

Please meet Joseph Bias.

For twenty-five-years, he has been the minister of music at the First Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. In his early years, Joseph discovered that he had an amazing voice with the quality necessary to perform in professional operatic performances. Joseph studied in New York City and performed at the Met as well as with the Robert Shaw Chorale. To put it mildly, Joseph Bias had a voice that was over the top! 

However, such performances did strain the entire body and put great pressure on the vocal cords. As Joseph continued to study voice, his teacher noticed that he was having some difficulty sustaining his breath that was necessary for the full range of sound and for the difficult passages in the music. At the time, Joseph was studying in Rochester, New York, and was referred to the Rochester Medical School for further evaluation. Joseph sometimes felt like he was suffocating. At the school, a decision was made to have exploratory surgery on his lungs. A problem did seem to exist. Consequently, the simple exploratory operation began.

The procedure was not simple.

By accident, one of Joseph’s vocal cords was completely severed. When he awoke, Joseph could neither talk or sing. He had become mute. The only way he could communicate was by writing on a piece of paper. His singing career was scattered. The doctors told him that the damage could never be repaired.

Confusion as well as despair settled over Joseph. His parents were notified and said they would be praying. There was nothing left to do, but for Joseph to go home and attempt to find another career.

While attending church occasionally, Joseph wasn’t heavily involved in his faith. Nevertheless, two women from that church came daily to stand at the end of the bed. Holding up their hands, they began to pray in a language Joseph didn’t understand. They continued without interruption for a considerable period of time. Finally, after several visits they became silent, lowered their hands and left. Only later did Joseph realize they were praying in what the Bible described as “tongues” or a heavenly language different from everyday speech.

At home now, Joseph had always begun the day by vocalizing, making a wide ranging of musical sounds to warm up his voice for the day. Since that was his habit, he brushed his teeth and started out as usual vocalizing. Abruptly, Joseph realized he was making the usual range of sounds. “What?” he said aloud and realized he could talk. Joseph called his parents immediately and told them what had happened. They were all overjoyed that his voice had returned. He called the doctor for an examination. How could this be possible?

The doctor finished looking down his throat and shook his head. “I have no medical explanation for what has happened. Just can’t be. As a matter of fact, such is impossible. Not only are your vocal cords healed and reconnected. There is no scar tissue.

Only then did Joseph fully grasp the meaning of two women praying for him in a heavenly language. Remember, miracles never cease.

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THE HEART STOPPED BUT

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September 21, 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.

THE HEART STOPPED BUT

            You may be surprised to learn that 67% of the American population believe in miracles with only 15% don’t believe. In Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles, he notes that six out of ten physicians confirm that they pray for their patients before a procedure. In a time of severe political division and skepticism, such a significant number of believers is remarkable. And why is the number so high? Part of the reason is that more divine interventions occur than people realize. Often, they are discounted by people who will only accept scientific verification when the miracle cannot be explained.

            Here’s a couple of examples of what’s going on.

            Brad Wilkinson at eight years old, was diagnosed with two holes in his heart. An x-ray confirmed the seepage between the two ventricles. After anguished prayer and trusting Philippians 4:13, Brad’s father told the boy that God could heal him. Brad said he believed and everyone prayed. Surgery was scheduled to take four hours, but in one hour the doctor came out and announced there was nothing wrong with the boy’s heart. He held up the x-rays. The day before anyone could see the two holes. The next day the openings were gone. X-rays don’t lie. There could be no misdiagnosis!

            Here’s an even more amazing happening. Fifty-year-old mechanic Jeff Markin collapsed after a heart attack and was rushed to the emergency room at Palm Beach Gardens hospital in Florida. For forty minutes, the emergency room staff labored, giving him seven electrical shocks. Finally, they called in Yale-educated cardiologist Chauncey Crandall to examine the body. Markin’s  face, toes, and fingers were already turning black from lack of oxygen. The pupils of his eyes were dilated and fixed. At 8:05 p.m. Jeff Markin was declared dead.

            But Dr, Crandall prayed, “Father God, I cry out for the soul of this man. If he does not know you as his Lord and Savior, please raise him from the dead right now in Jesus’ name.”

            The nurse was already removing all tubing and preparing to take the body to the morgue, but Crandall requested one more shock. The nurse didn’t like the idea, but respected the doctor’s request. Markin was shocked again.

            The monitor instantly jumped! After twenty years as a cardiologist, the doctor had never seen anything like it. The blackness in the man’s body disappeared. Even with oxygen deprivation, Jeff Markin never displayed any signs of brain damage. He fully recovered.

That’s why so many people believe.

            And you? Why should you take these accounts so seriously? Because you can never know when you will need to intercede for some you care about. Could your prayers make a difference? Absolutely. By the way, Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Trust that promise and pray.

               Remember miracles never cease!

Remember miracles never cease!

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WHEN EASTER HAPPENED A SECOND TIME

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August 17, 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., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

WHEN EASTER HAPPENED A SECOND TIME

            Easter celebrates the miracle of life. What happened in Jerusalem in 33 A.D. hasn’t stopped. The impact continues today and into eternity. Here’s  an example.

            The Korean church leader Sung Ryong Kwak had been developing a ministry team that might propel their 700-member church to even greater heights. Deaconess Lee was one of the prime leaders working in team ministry. When the call from the hospital came, everyone was shocked. Lee had been found in her room with carbon monoxide poisoning  and rushed to the hospital. The report was that her condition was serious.

            Sung Kwak rushed to the small hospital in their village. A group had already gathered around the emergency room. The report was that the medical team was preparing to administer an electrical jump start to her heart. The defibrillator might restart the natural rhythm of Lee’s heart. Through the glass window, Sung could see the doctor’s working feverishly to shock the deaconess back to life but nothing seemed to be happening. He could see that the procedure wasn’t working.

            The doctors finally emerged shaking their heads. They reported, “The patient is dead.”

            Sung Ryong Kwak retreated to a quiet corner to be alone and pray. He cried out, “Please give life to this lady once more. … Lord, we need a miracle.”

            A passage of scripture flashed through his mind. “Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, He shall live.’” Sung profoundly believed this truth and claimed the promise.

            An intern who heard the prayer was so impressed by the plea that he persuaded the doctors to shock Lee one more time. To their dismay, her heart responded and she was alive. Lee had been resurrected.

            However, the doctor warned she would be severely mentally handicapped by the carbon monoxide poisoning.  Lee was sixty-years old and brain damage was a virtual certainty. Maybe her revival wasn’t so positive after all.

            Three days later, Sung was working in the church when the door opened. Deaconess Lee walked in. She was in perfect health; physically and mentally. Lee, too, had indeed been resurrected. Easter had come again.

            We do well to remember that death has been defeated and life reaches into tomorrow. No circumstance can impede that journey. That’s the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is for today and tomorrow.        

            And remember that miracle never ceases.

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TALKING TO ANGELS

Blog 394

August 3, 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 Church with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

TALKING TO ANGELS

            In the previous session, I wrote about Inanna Draper’s childhood encounter with an angel who promised to guide and protect her. Inanna developed contact with angels and invited them to be her constant friends. She helped me develop my own sense of communication and contact with angels.

            From Inanna’s experience has grown a ministry that also imparts insight and encouragement for us. She learned to use prayer and her thinking processes to hear the angelic voices offer guidance and direction. While this sounds unusual, actually it is a possibility open to Christian believers. Most people simply don’t realize what they are missing.

            Here’s an example of what can happen.

            Alice Smith (name changed for anonymity sake) had been raised in the Roman Catholic Church but withdrew because she felt women should be full participants. She was left with skepticism about organized religion. Later she developed a condition called Tardive Dystonia. The highly painful illness pulled her head to one side, caused a loss of control over her neck muscles, and made her spine bulge. Because no one seemed to have any cure, she was faced with a life long condition.

            When Alice came, Inanna explained that she talked to angels and would do so about this condition. Alice was stretched out on a table and Inanna began praying and running her hands over the woman’s body. When Inanna came to her neck, the woman abruptly began having seizures. Alice felt like she was drifting outside of herself, out of her body. The room filled with energy as Inanna kept praying.  Alice was dazed and had to have help standing up.

            For the first time in a long, long time, Alice’s legs would bend, and she could touch her back. The pain was gone. Her life was restored. The next day she felt even better. As her progress continued, Alice was able get off all pain medications and today all symptoms have disappeared.

            One of the lessons in Alice’s experience is that angelic guidance takes its own path that cannot be predetermined (just enjoyed) and may surprise us.  When we’ve run out of answers, heaven always has another one we might not expect. Because Inanna is a sensitive person and cares about hurting people, her orientation offers a clue. Helping others prepares one to become a conduit for angelic guidance.

            Remember again St. Paul’s experience. “For there stood by me this night, an angel of God to whom I belong and whom I serve, “Saying, ‘Do not be afraid.’” (Acts 27:23-25) The same angel is still around and concerned for your well-being. Don’t hesitate to reach out and learn to listen. He’s there!

            Remember: miracles never cease.

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

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PAIN TURNED INTO PROMISE

Blog 392

July 20, 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 Church with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

PAIN TURNED INTO PROMISE

                        Probably few people have affected life in the 20th century more than C.S. Lewis. With 30 books read worldwide, Lewis became one of the most significant proponents of the Christian faith. A professor at Oxford University in England, his clear-cut but basic explanations of truth touched multitudes seeking answers to the meaning of life. In a symbolic sense, his life was a miracle.

            Over the years, the story of his relationship with Helen Joy Grisham and their marriage surfaced. The Jewish born Christian author from America became the joy of C.S. Lewis’ life (He preferred to be called Jack rather than C.S.). The movie Shadowlands chronicled their deep love for each other and Jack’s struggle with grief. (You can get the video of Shadowlands and will be inspired)

            The movie only features Joy Grisham’s son Douglas. Actually, her other son David was a paranoid violent schizophrenic and was left out of the movie to avoid distraction. However, Douglas story is significant and a witness by itself. Recently, I heard Douglas Grisham reflect on his relationship with Jack and that is a story unto itself.

            Joy Grisham had broken her leg, revealing a terminal cancer eating the femur bone away. The case was hopeless and she was given weeks or months at best. Nine-year-old Douglas was faced with the loss of his mother and life in a foreign land. Everything in his world was about to disappear. He was devastated.

            Douglas walked down to Holy Trinity Church to pour out his grief. As he reached the entry gate something happened. He seemed to have crossed from one reality to another. His prayerful pleas had propelled him into another reality. To this day, he cannot find words to adequately describe what happened, but he knew he had come face to face with another world of angels and the Holy Spirit. Douglas walked into the church and fell on his knees.

            A voice spoke. “Can you live without your mother?” Douglas thought for a moment and answered. “No, I don’t think I can.”  The voice said, “Then it is fixed.” Divine peace settled over Douglas. He got up and walked home with all fear and anxiety gone.

            That very afternoon Joy Grisham Lewis’ cancer went into remission, and she lived on into other years. A miracle indeed.

            Seems that the Holy Spirit responds best to the grief and anguish of a hurting heart. No matter the situation, He promised to always be there …and is!

            Remember: miracles never cease.

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

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ALICE HAS A MIRACLE

Blog 389

June 29, 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 Church with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.

ALICE HAS A MIRACLE

I’d known Alice Collier for a number of years when she asked me to use a pseudonym in sharing her experience.  A bright, attractive middle-aged mother of three children, Alice felt secure in her marriage. Since her husband was a doctor, money had never been an issue. Never a highly emotional person, Alice had always be rational to the point of being highly analytic and easily using numbers.

She discovered her husband had developed some kind of emotional problem that she couldn’t understand. With episodes of being distanced, he had become silent in talking about himself and their marriage. Alice went out for a walk thinking about what was wrong. She felt rejected with no place to turn. The marriage was disintegrating as she was coming back, she spiritually heard words telling her “She was discarded”.

For the first time in her life, Alice realized she had a physical enemy, a specific person who wanted to destroy her. Another woman was after her husband. She seemed to be sinking into the ground and filled with fear. She ran into the house and grabbed her Bible.

Alice always felt God spoke to her through the scripture. As she opened the Bible, Isaiah 41:14 fell before her. “Fear not … I will help you,” says the Lord.” Because God spoke to her through the Bible. Now she knew God had not rejected her.

That night Alice realized that her marriage was over and she again was filled with dread and a profound sense of loss. In the darkness, she went into her closet and closed the door. Kneeling on the floor, Alice again poured out her brokenness and grief. All through the night, she cried and sobbed, pouring out her anxiety before God and claiming His promises to help her. As the earliest rays of the rising sun began to pour through her windows, Alice realized a figure in a robe was physically standing in front of her. She looked into the face of Jesus as he raised his hand and blessed her. Alice was overwhelmed but restored. Not only had God promised to help, but He also literally quenched her fear. The living Lord was with her indeed!

Alice raised her hands and started shouting, “I love you God, more than anything in my life, I love you.”

She had always worried that she didn’t love God as she should, but that was changed.

As He sustains us in our hours of need, our heavenly Father causes us to love Him as we should. When we know He loves us, our lives are filled with joy even in our hour of desperate need.

            In our darkest hour, the Lord Jesus is standing in the shadows whether we see Him with the clarity that Alice did or not. While it may not seem so at that moment, He will be guiding with a miraculous love.

            Remember: miracles never cease.

Watch my latest YouTube video! More miracles await you!

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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!

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

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!

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You’ll find another Robert L. Wise’s latest books to be inspiring, too. One of the most significant Christians of the 20th Century, Dietrich Bonhoeffer attempts to stop Adolph Hitler!

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