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EVIL HASN’T TAKEN A VACATION

Blog EVIL 4

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

EVIL HASN’T TAKEN A VACATION

            By the way, if you haven’t noticed, Evil has NOT taken a vacation. You can’t turn on your TV without getting a dose of deception, lying, false communication, and manipulation at all levels. You might have written it all off as biased thinking, egotism, or self-promotion. No problem there except that isn’t all there is to the quandary.

            Evil is plowing ahead.

            The first step forward is to seek a spiritual answer to a spiritual problem. Call the problem what it is. Second, dig deeper. Don’t take a surface answer, look at what is working beneath. Third, when truth is being distorted, say so. Here’s an example of combatting Evil.

            Mary (used for anonymity sake) began acting strangely, shouting lies and was brought to the church for help. Her husband, father, and mother took Mary to the pastor’s office where she began throwing a tantrum and tearing at her clothing, ripping them apart. The pastor found himself in the midst of utter chaos.

            The mother pulled him out of the room and explained their daughter had taken on strange sexual behavior. They weren’t sure what to do when Mary became explicit about her behavior. Her history revealed a growing infatuation with Mary’s brother-in-law. Letters had been exchanged between the two that carried sexual overtones. As she sat in the pastor’s office, Mary still had one such letter in her purse.

            Returning to his office, the pastor confronted Mary about the letters. After ten minutes of arguing, she took out the letter and the pastor tore it apart and dropped the paper in the wastepaper basket. The pastor asked everyone in the room to start praying for Alice and he laid his hands on her shoulders and prayed to cast out evil. While they prayed, Mary became increasingly limp and finally collapsed.

            As Mary started recovering, she became fully aware of her previous behavior and where she was. Mary began thanking God that he had set her free. The erratic behavior was gone and her personality was fully restored. She was one example of release from evil. Her family believed a miracle had occurred.

            In today’s world, we need a healing of our eyes to see the truth waiting behind the deceptions. Ask yourself if Evil is at work! Then seek God’s release from the impact.

            Some may call this approach superstition, naïve, reactionary, but without any answer of their own for confronting and defeating Evil. The sophistication of our time has not replaced the insight from 2,000 years ago. Deal with Evil as Evil and allow the hand of God to work. Miraculous results will follow.

            Remember: miracles never cease!

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MIRACLE AT THE END OF A COUCH

Blog 375

February 2, 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.

MIRACLE AT THE END OF A COUCH

With her bright red-hair and rambunctious style, elderly Ruth Eaton was one of the most delightful persons I’ve ever known. Ruth had been a member in two churches that I pastored and was always on the go. Visiting a friend in a nursing home, 86 year-old Ruth discovered that many of these “old” people had no one left who cared for them. She simply couldn’t let this be!

            Ruth Eaton made it her job to find a gift for every lonely person in a nursing home in Oklahoma City. She watched for specials in the newspaper and came up with everything from women’s socks to men’s underwear. Her living room was piled high with boxes and wrapping paper for her “best buys” being prepared for delivery on Christmas Eve.

 The work she began on their behalf never stopped until Ruth died at age 93. But her encounter with the miraculous sustained her through all those years.

            Ruth’s only daughter had died at age 44. I had the service for her and knew that the death had nearly killed Ruth. At that time, I couldn’t fully comprehend how the affect lingered for years. Only after the death of my oldest son did I realize how difficult it is to deal with the death of a child. Ruth didn’t speak of her experience often, but it was always there.

            On this particular Friday, I told my secretary not to let anyone in or any phone calls get through until I had my sermon completed. Thirty minutes later, I could hear Ruth raising a ruckus. “I don’t care what he said!” she yelled at the secretary. “I demand to speak with him NOW!” And in came Ruth.

            She had been sitting on her couch wrapping presents when she began to think about her beloved daughter and wondered where she was today. At the same time, Ruth thought about her mother who had died many decades earlier.

            Ruth abruptly had the strangest feeling. She looked down at the end of the couch and there stood her mother and daughter. Though they had been many years apart in age, they both looked exactly the same age at about 25. Ruth stared in amazement. Mother and daughter smiled back at her, reflecting their joy at what she was doing. The three of them seemed to communicate telepathically, sharing their love and devotion.

            Ruth looked away, trying to comprehend. When she turned back, they were gone. For a long time, Ruth sat there in astonishment, trying to grasp what she had experienced. Whatever else Ruth might have been uncertain about, there was no question in her mind, but that she had been visited by her deceased mother and her own daughter.

            Ruth’s view of eternity had been assured. Scripture offers us the same assurance even without her experience. “This is the record that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (I John 5:11) That’s your opportunity!

            Remember. Miracles never cease.

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READY TO DIE? GUESS WHAT?

Blog 374

January 26, 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.

READY TO DIE? GUESS WHAT?

          The most miraculous conversations always come from people who have had near-death experiences. Over the years, I have talked with many people who had such an encounter. For example, in 1987, Dawn Gillott underwent emergency surgery in an intensive care unit. She suddenly felt herself floating above her body and going down a tunnel into an open field. Sitting on a park bench, she found her grandfather who had died seven years earlier and he inquired about her family. The peace Dawn felt made her want to stay forever, but he insisted she must return for her children’s sake. Before she could complete the conversation, Dawn was back in the I.C.U. in recovery, living in this world.

            How do we understand these reports? Dr. Peter Fenwick, a British neuro-psychiatrist and graduate from the University of Cambridge, spent a life time studying these experiences. He confronted his colleagues who considered near-death events to be symptoms of anoxia, a lack of oxygen to the brain. Dr. Fenwick also challenged academics who considered these encounters as nothing more than hallucinations.

            Dr. Fenwick believed consciousness exists beyond death and studied the matter scientifically. He found 50 percent of those he studied reported traveling down a tunnel while 72 percent saw a brilliant light. In the experiences he investigated, Dr. Fenwick found 40 percent met someone they had previously known. A striking 72 percent reported making a decision to return to life and came back. These similarities cannot be accidental.

            In his book detailing his research, The Truth in the Light, he shares the conclusions he found from over 2,000 letters people sent him.

            Dr. Fenwick concluded, “Once you’ve had this experience, you are changed, whether you like it or not.” His conclusion was that the body dies, but not the individual person. When asked about his own death, the psychiatrist said, “Actually, I’m looking forward to it.”

            The miraculous may be nearer than you think! While much about the near-death experiences remains unknown, we have been given certainty about where eternal life is found. Jesus taught, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The apostle John wrote, “this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his son. (I John 10:11)  That’s a sure promise!

            Remember. Miracles never cease.

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HOW TO KILL A MIRACLE

Blog 372

January 12, 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.

HOW TO KILL A MIRACLE

            In the previous blog, the account of Delores Winder’s amazing healing of her crumbling bones and near death condition conveyed how the hand of God can move even when it is unexpected. Here’s more of what followed.

            Delores’ recovery also conveyed a gift of ministry. As her body was restored, ability to pray for others developed. Insights into how people could position themselves to receive the Lord’s fullest blessing followed. To use a metaphor, Delores recognized that everyone has ‘valleys’ in our emotions where we hide bitterness and resentment from the past. We may block the negative out of our mind, but yesterday’s pain can still affect todays physical systems. For example–.

            In her 70’s, a woman with crippling arthritis came for prayer. As Delores began to pray, inwardly she heard the word forgiveness. She pressed the woman if there was anyone who she needed to forgive and release. The woman insisted there wasn’t, but Delores kept hearing forgiveness. Then the Holy Spirit brought another word. Brother.

            When Delores probed, the woman insisted it couldn’t be the case because she had “x’d” him out of her life. Pushed further, the woman insisted it couldn’t be him because she had literally pushed him out of her mind. Delores insisted that if she wanted healing of her severe arthritis, she must forgive the brother and ask for his forgiveness. There could be no divine healing of her condition until she had done so. The woman still resisted.

            Delores asked how long she had arthritis? The woman said about 12 years. Delores came again. How long had she had a problem with her brother? Again, the answer was ‘about 12 years.’ Her response hit the woman like a bomb exploding. Suddenly, she could see and understanding the link between her hidden and inner bitterness and her condition. Forgiveness brought recovery.

            In this woman’s case, even though she was wealthy, she felt her brother had cheated her out of a small amount of money. The result proved to be crippling.  Forgiveness opened the door sealed shut.

            Sometimes the answer for our problems is hidden within us. Jesus taught us that if we are to be forgiven, we must forgive in kind.  A miraculous recovery can be delayed or negated because the door to our heart remains closed.

            The heavenly Father is a forgiving God whose love is sent in compassion. Our bitterness or anger can actually stop the entry of that healing work. Sure, often that response of reconciliation may feel humiliating, but Jesus taught that the “poor in spirit” receive the Kingdom of God. Sure better to live in that place than to perpetuate our problem.

 Remember miracles never cease.

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DELORES FEARED FOR HER LIFE WHEN

Blog 371

January 5, 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.

DELORES WAS ABOUT TO DIE WHEN

            How about starting the New Year with  an encouraging and amazing story. A number of years ago, Delores Winder and her husband Bill came to the church I pastored to share their story and pray with people. And did Delores ever have a story to tell!

            For 19 ½ years Delores had suffered with an incurable illness. Pseudoarthrosis prevented her bones from absorbing the necessary ingredients to keep them from becoming dry and brittle.  Delore’s bones were crumbling. She had to wear a body cast to support her deteriorating spine.

            This condition left Delores in constant pain. Even the performance of the simplest household tasks required medication.  Living on tranquillizers, she would eventually lose all sensation in her body. As the problem progressed, Delores’s kidneys began to fail. Her cardiopulmonary system was starting to collapse. The family gathered to plan her funeral.

            However, Bill recognized a possible opportunity and took Delores to a Methodist Conference on the Holy Spirit held in Dallas, Texas. A lady named Kathryn Kuhlman was speaking and ministering. Ms. Kuhlman had an unusual capacity to convey the working of the Holy Spirit. That’s when “it” happened.

            Kathryn Kuhlman began to pray and called Delores to the stage. She directed Delores to walk to the back of the stage. (Delores knew she couldn’t) Suddenly the sensation of feeling began to return.  Delores shouted, “I can feel! I can feel!” She was told to bend over which she couldn’t do— but she did. The work of the Holy Spirit continued to surge through her body. Delores knew the hand of God was upon her. Change was occurring.

            Later Delores said, “I could never have imagined myself, a dying cripple who knew nothing of healing, leaving home at six o’clock in the evening and returning home completely healed by two o’clock the next morning. But let me tell you that’s how God works.”

            Her crumbling bones were restored and her body healed. The Pseudoarthrosis condition vanished.

            During her time in our congregation, I watched Delores teach and minister the Holy Spirit. People were moved and healed just as she had been. The message? The point? Our heavenly Father has never stopped raising up deteriorating people and broken lives. The reordering and healing of need has never stopped. God can work even when we don’t know how to ask. Should you have a need, don’t be hesitant to reach out. God’s arm is not shortened.

            Remember miracles never cease.

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THE GREATEST MIRACLE

Blog 370

December 29, 2024

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.

THE GREATEST MIRACLE

As I look toward the New Year, I ask myself a question. Out of the multitude of miracles I’ve encountered and discovered, what is the greatest miracle? If you’d go back and review my stories that span more than four years, you’ll discover amazing results as the hand of God moved. But what was the greatest one of all?

            The stars in the sky and the systematic rotation of the seasons year after year through countless centuries offer their response. Even with the painful political nonsense we have had to endure, the world still continues on its way intact. Nations come; nations go. But we exist in a world governed by an unseen power that maintains order even when we degenerate into corruption, strife and combat.

            Why?

            Because we have a Heavenly Father who loves us regardless of our sacrilege, inadequacies, and inconsistencies. Even if we do not turn to Him, his love endures. The love of God continues unabated to the end of time. That, my friend, is the greatest gift of all.

            Oh, and remember miracles never cease.

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EVIL CONTROLLED UNTIL

Blog EVIL #2

December 15, 2024

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.

EVIL CONTROLLED UNTIL

In the last blog, we considered combatting evil and the diabolical impact Evil has on people. I suggested that I had run into this problem far more times than other areas I have previously explored. Evil and the expressions of destruction are always at work undermining even good people. Have you ever experienced an almost overwhelming desire for something or someone that you knew was wrong? You couldn’t figure out why you were so bothered? The truth is that you had plenty of help from the dark side.

Let me give you a couple of examples that happened to people who you would never have suspected being defeated.

 A clergyman showed up on the doorstep running from his parish. The problems of managing a congregation full of fighting members while the church’s attendance and finances dwindled became too much. From seemingly out of nowhere, the good man was swallowed by despair. He knew spiritual intervention was necessary.

A second clergyman came with his young wife. She had always been forgiving, but had finally reached her limit. The husband had developed a strange but intimate relationship with much older women in the church. When he finally told her of these relationships during their own romantic time together, she exploded. In turn, the husband became violently furious.

As counselling continued, in both instances the clergymen couldn’t understand why they had been nearly destroyed when they actually were trying to guide and help people in their churches. They both felt “something” had somehow entered their minds and devastatingly infected them. Overwhelming doubt had swamped the men. Neither clergyman had been a bad person, just defeated. They didn’t know how the problem had occurred, but a force seemingly had slipped into the back of their minds.

Evil works like that. The Living Bible warns about “the craze for sex, the ambition to buy everything that appeals, and the pride that comes from wealth and importance.” (I John 2:16) These are some of the backdoors that allow Evil to enter undetected. Each of us have our own backdoors.

Their problem could be called Satanic oppression. How did the men get free? The two clergymen needed to be prayed for by someone who knew how to break the bondage of Evil. It wasn’t that they had slipped, it was that they had been tripped. Out of the shadows, Evil had infected them.

Your answer? Find a pastor, a priest, a clergyperson who understands evil and how to pray to defeat the nefarious. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to such a person regardless of whatever group they belong to. Surrender your problem into the hands of Jesus and you can be set free.

            Struggling? Remember miracles never cease.

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THEIR BEHAVIOR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL

Blog EVIL #1

December 8, 2024

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.

THEIR BEHAVIOR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE UNTIL

One of the realms we have not considered is combatting evil.  We have not explored the impact that the diabolical has on people. I have run into this problem far more times than most of the other areas I have previously explored. Regardless of whether or not people attribute talk of Evil to superstition or a Halloween movie, the fact of demonic influence is frighteningly real and always present, especially today. As you read this blog, you may recognize a habit, a behavior, or an experience that seems imposed or forced on you. Could that be the influence of Evil? Absolutely.

            Here’s an example.

            Anglican clergyman Christopher Neil-Smith received a call to come to a prison where two Hell’s Angels had realized they knew something was deeply wrong in their lives that they couldn’t control.  Their behavior had been affected by a force they could no longer resist and wanted someone to pray for their release. One man had been sentenced for stabbing a man and the other for holding a gun on his victim. The prisoners desired help because they feared that when they left prison, they might not be able to control themselves and kill someone. Of course, a death sentence could follow. The men explained to Neil-Smith that they had participated in black magic and dedicated themselves to the devil. As they approached the priest asking him to pray for them, they were afraid to enter the chapel because of their involvement with the occult.

            As Neil-Smith began praying, the first man succumbed and became unconscious. Only as he was sprinkled with water, did the prisoner revive.  The second man struggled but stayed on his feet. The clergyman prayed fervently and slowly his sense of being possessed by Evil faded. No longer did the two men want to kill or injury anyone.  Obviously, prayers penetrated their problems.

 Their dread of entering the chapel disappeared and the men wanted a Bible. A Franciscan brother who worked with prisoners produced the scripture. Together they studied Mark 5:1-20, the account of a man released from the control of evil. The two convicts immediately identified with the demoniac. From Mark’s story, the two men recognized they had experienced an identical release from evil. Relieved of feeling captive by Evil, the two prisoners were spiritually free. The power of evil had been broken.

               Should their account ring a bell with you, remember that Evil is strong, but prayer is stronger. Surrendering to the control of the Holy Spirit is your answer. We are not simply the captains of our own destiny. Our life’s journey involves navigating through stormy passages we cannot control. When we ask the Holy Spirit to guide us through troubled waters, the outside force of Evil cannot shipwreck us.

            Struggling? Remember miracles never cease.

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