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General Marriage & Family Inspirational/Born Again Miracles & Healings Life Experiences Prayer Requests	\| A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z F Testimonials By Name James R. Firestone James R. Firestone Tulsa, Oklahoma EMail: jamfir@concentric.net This is a testimony of a "prodigal son" and the truth of God's everlasting mercy. Having been born again but forsaking the way of righteousness, God's hand was stretched out still. In October, 1992, when my wife was staying with our granddaughter in Edmond, OK, while our daughter and her husband were out of town, I decided to visit a small worship fellowship which was meeting in a hotel near our home. The woman, ministering with her husband at the meeting (approximately 40-50 in attendance), singled me out at or near the close of the service saying before the assembly that: "I had been on the periphery of the kingdom and, although there had been disappoinments, that God wanted me to know Him, not in self judgement, but rather to come up higher and not look at anything in the past." This brought to my attention the scripture I had "claimed", but since forgotten, soon after Jesus had baptised me in the Holy Spirit, i.e."That I might know Him, and the power of His resurrection ... "(Philippians3:10 15). At the time of hearing her word, I understood it to mean that God was still working in my life, which gave me hope. That was the beginning of the most memorable nine months (October,1994-July,1995) of my life. I retraced my steps, studying again the teachings by Cecil duCille (The Pattern), Watchman Nee (Sit, Walk & Stand; The Spiritual Man) and by Merlin Caruthers (More Power to You). Remembering that God had returned to Job double everything He had lost, I asked Jesus to return double the joy of my salvation. What followed was a joy that seemed to be at least five times as great as anything I had ever known. In Jesus final words to the Samaritan woman He met at the well, He ended the idea of a "place of worship", ( a physical place of God's inhabitance and meeting place) when He said "But the hour cometh, and now is, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth". (John 4:23-24). As my wife's Granddad used to take a hot iron and permanently mark the cattle of his herd, so are these things indelibly marked on our souls so that we can say as the apostle Paul said, "for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus" (Galations 6:17). God bless in Christ. back to top
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