Hello friends and fellow believers,

There are people in this world that in essance doubt the power of God, just when they deny His work of miracles. There are two differant kinds of belief. There is the simple belief that somewhere there is a God, perhaps many galaxys far from us. And there is the kind of belief we hold. It is similar, yet so dynamic that it extends into our daily lives.

We believe that God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and active. What is omnipotent? It means that God IS all power. What about omnipresent? God IS everywhere. What do you mean by active? God plays an important role in ALL things, whether it's when we're brushing our teeth or praying for healing! God is JUST and ABLE in all situations. He fights our cavities as well as He brings life to the dead.

So what exactly do I mean when I titled this message "building up a miracle"? I was just getting to that! But first I want to thank everyone for praying for my grandfather. When we have communion and communication with the Lord, it really does make a MASSIVE IMPACT on the lives of those around us. Did you know that a simple prayer by just a small child can SHAKE THE NATIONS? It's true! God says that He inhabits the praises of His people. Wherever God dwells and manifests His presence, in that place is the same awesome power that created it all!

So how is God "building up for a miracle"? We already know that satan is attacking our Body. We are confident in the direction we are taking, we have been fufilling the vision of our church! And satan is furious, he hates us all. He was searching for his little opening into our lives, he has found a small crack in the doorway to our extended families. Our fathers, mothers, and grandparents are being attacked by the enemy. But the vision will continue to be fufilled!!!!

I want you to, without delay, declare the devil's plan found out! I want you to cover your extended families with the blood of Jesus. I want to pray with you, please stand in agreement with me now:

Lord, I declare that we have discovered the plan of the enemy. And satan, we want you to know that we have found you out. We cover our families with the blood of Jesus. We intercede for them and claim their souls in the authority of the name of Jesus. For God's word states that "ask anything in his will, and he will fufill the desires of our hearts." We desire the revelation knowledge of salvation in the lives of our loved ones. And if they are saved, we desire for them to walk in the victory of salvation. We want them to filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, and stand in a boldness of spirit to use that power! So satan we revoke your legal ground in their lives. We declare you defeated, because God has revealed to us in the book of Revelation that He has victory! Lord we cooperate with you. Holy Spirit, fill the void of the sickness that left our families. As the spirit of death departed, Spirit bring new wine and new life! We claim this under the authority and in the power of the name which is above every other name. In the name of Jesus, LORD, KING, and MASTER! Amen.

When the enemy brings forth a counterfeit, God uses the circumstances for His glory! Proverbs 16:4 states this best saying, "The Lord works out everything for his own ends-- even the wicked for a day of disaster." God is sovereign, He is in control! So when the enemy brings forth his golden calf, or when he tries to make the weather turn sour, God makes motive for righteousness! Hallelujah!

Doctors feared that my grandfather was on his deathbed. They gave him such poor odds. How many know that doctors aren't the ones that heal anything? The only healing comes from the Hand of God in any surgery or any medicine. And even if the hand of God moves in such a way that takes my grandfather to heaven, His hand will also move in a direction that opens the hearts of others for effective ministry!

Why do friends go to a funeral? They always go to bring comfort to the family. As Christians, God opens a door for ministry. The biggest spearheader for salvation is a realization of death and an urgency of existance. When people realize that someday they are going to die a physical death, when they realize just how short 80 or 90 years really is, their ears are miraculously opened to the GOOD NEWS of the gospel!

I am praying for a miracle. I want my grandfather to rise up out of bed and walk around and go to the hospital cafeteria for a snack. I want the family that God has assembled outside his hospital door to stand in awe of the awesome power of a manifested presence of an ALMIGHTY GOD! Here at my house we believe in miracles, and I'm definite that one will take place. I'd prefer a miracle of healing. If the Lord wills otherwise, I believe that an urgency and a realization of death will bring forth salvation and open the doors for anointed ministry in the lives of my family! If he dies, the miracle power is still able and just! Jesus raised people from the dead! He can do it for me.

I asked the Lord one time, "Lord, why haven't I been able to raise people from the dead?" His reply was so simple, "Jeff, because no one has died in your presence yet." God didn't tell me that my faith was small, He didn't tell me that I didn't have the power. I have the power of God running through me, it crushes sin and it brings forth life. THROUGH me not OF me, remember that. You have that power moving through you, take God by his word. Believe like a child, God is building up a miracle.