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1 A life OF 1/25/2008 10:52 AM Page 1/25/2008 10:52 AM Page 2A life OF MIRACLESA 365-Day Guide to Prayer and MiraclesBill 1/25/2008 10:52 AM Page 3 Copyright 2008 Bill JohnsonAll rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book may not becopied or reprinted for commercial gain or profit. The use of short quotations or occasional page copying for personal orgroup study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will be granted upon request. Unless otherwise identified, Scripturequotations are from the New International Version of the Bible.

2 Please note that Destiny Image s publishing style capital-izes certain pronouns in Scripture that refer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may differ from some Bible publish-ers styles. Take note that the name satan and related names are not capitalized. We choose not to acknowledge him, evento the point of violating grammatical by Jan e a s u r e Ho u s eAn imprint ofDestiny Image Publishers, Box 310 Shippensburg, PA 17257-0310 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Matthew 6:21).ISBN 10: 0-7684-2612-XISBN 13: 978-0-7684-2612-0 For Worldwide DistributionPrinted in the book and all other Destiny Image, Revival Press, MercyPlace, Fresh Bread, Destiny Image Fiction,and Treasure House books are available at Christian bookstores and distributors 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / 12 11 10 09 08 For a bookstore nearest you, call more information on foreign distributors, call us on the Internet: 1/25/2008 10:52 AM Page 4 DAY 1 THENORMALCHRISTIANLIFEI saiah 58.

3 10 And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needsof the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become likethe QUOTE: When Heaven Invades Earth[Chapter 1]ONa cold and rainy Saturday, church buses were sent to theneediest parts of our city, Redding, to find the homeless andthe poor. The bride and groom eagerly anticipated their returnand prepared a meal in their honor. The needy were to be the dis-tinguished guests of their and Colleen met while working in our ministry to thepoor.

4 They shared a passion for God and a love for the it is common for the bride and groom to register forgifts at fine department stores, Ralph and Colleen did so at Target;and all they put on their wish listwere coats, hats, gloves, andsleeping be given to their guests. This was not going tobe a typical our pre-wedding meeting the bride and groom encouragedme to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in case He wanted to healpeople during the wedding. They had created far too great a mir-acle opportunityfor God not to do something the ceremony, the newly married couple wentdirectly to the reception hall, got behind the serving table, anddished the food for their guests.

5 The hungry became was before the wedding ever started two or three people cameto me with excitement in their voice. There is somebody herewho only has two and a half to three years to live! We had crosseda milestone. MIRACLES of healing had become more point that a life -threatening disease seemed more like a poten-tial miracle than it did something to fear. That in itself is a dreamcome true for me people in North America expectingsomethingsupernatural from God!They had created far too great a miracle opportunityfor God not to do something extraordinary.

6 1/25/2008 10:53 AM Page 5 DAY 2 THEMIRACLECONTINUESMark 2:17 On hearing this, jesus said to them, It is not the healthy who need a doc-tor, but the sick. I have not come to call on the righteous, but sinners. BOOK QUOTE: When Heaven Invades Earth[Chapter 1]HISname was Luke. Luke walked with difficulty, needing thehelp of a cane. He wore braces on each arm, and a largebrace around his brother Bob and I brought him into the church kitchen,asking him about the braces on each arm. He told us his problemwas carpal tunnel syndrome.

7 We laid our hands on his wrists,commanding the tunnelto open and all numbness and pain to begone. He then moved his hands freely, experiencing the healing hehad just we asked him about his cane and the obvious problemwith his leg, he described how he had suffered a horrible a result he had an artificial shin and hip and had even lost halfa lung. When the surgeons put him back together, his leg was aninch too short. We commanded the leg to grow. It did. God was atwork. He replaced one inch of missing bone and removed all thepain caused by Luke s we asked about Luke s neck.

8 He told me he had cancerand was given a couple of years to live. He went on to explain thatthe brace was necessary because of the loss of the muscles in hisneck. As we began to pray, I heard a doctor from our congregationcommand new muscles to grow. When we were finished, Luketurned his head from side to side. All was restored. He then placedhis hand on the side of his neck and exclaimed, The lumps aregone! His doctor gave him a clean bill of health, and the miraclescontinued long past the physical healing.

9 Within weeks Luke gota job, the first time he had worked in 17 years. jesus heals thewhole heals the whole person. 1/25/2008 10:53 AM Page 6 DAY 3 JUSTANOTHERDAYR omans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for thesalvation of everyone who QUOTE: When Heaven Invades Earth[Chapter 1][TAKE time to read the first two entries. The healing that isshared in the last entry took place during the wedding inthe first entry.] Although this kind of wedding remains unusual, our church sdeliberate pursuit of the poor and the MIRACLES are common.

10 Thisstory is true, and it is closer to the normal Christian life than whatthe Church normallyexperiences. The lack of MIRACLES isn tbecause it is not in God s will for us. The problem exists betweenour ears. As a result, a transformation a renewing of the mind is needed, and it s only possible through a work of the Holy Spiritthat typically comes upon desperate aforementioned bride and groom, although noble, areordinary people who serve an extravagant Father. There wasn t agreat person involved, except for jesus . All the rest of us simplymade room for God, believing Him to be good 100 percent of thetime.