27. Mai 2002
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Dearly beloved,

MAY GOD GIVE YOU PEACE AND REST IN YOUR HEART.

* I believe in miracles! There is a mother in our Times Square Church choir who has been praying for her son for years. He had fallen into deep sin as a teenager. She prayed, "God, whatever it takes, save him." Instead of turning to Christ, he became a Muslim. For the next seven years, he buried himself in that devilish doctrine. But his mother kept praying. Islam brought him into a deep depression. In his awful despair, he jumped from a six-floor building, hoping to kill himself. Instead, he landed on his feet, crushing a number of bones. But he survived! Last Sunday, he limped onto our stage and told how Jesus Christ miraculously saved him. His mother sat in the choir, praising God and remembering the many tears and hours in prayer. God heard her cry.

* Thank God for miracles today. A teenage boy came to the pulpit and told about praying that God would use him in his high school, which is located near Ground Zero and the demolished Twin Towers. He and a friend began to stand outside the school every day praying out loud. Some mocked them, but others began to join them. It led to the school permitting them to conduct Bible classes in the school. He is so overjoyed, because some teachers are now attending. He said, "Can you imagine God using a scared, little nobody like me? God still does miracles."

* Thank God - He is still the miracle worker. A boy wrote us a letter from prison that moved me deeply. Talk about miracles! This is what he wrote, word for word:

"David, I receive your sermons through the mail. I am one of the school shooters. I'm the one they blame for starting it all off. On October 1, 1997, I went into Pearl High School and killed two students and wounded seven. I also killed my mother before this. After I came to jail I got saved. If there is any way that I can help your ministry, I would love to. Maybe I could give you my testimony. I'll do anything to help. I look forward to your sermons each month..."

* Thank God for modern miracles. We see mighty miracles here in New York City - as God delivers drug addicts and alcoholics, and transforms homeless people into born-again jewels. They get healed: they get jobs: they get married: and they are sitting now throughout Times Square Church with godly mates and wonderful children. One young man, whom we found sleeping in a big double cardboard box on a Manhattan street, became a great man of God. He now holds a master's degree in social science. He's happily married and is an usher at Times Square Church. He is one of a multitude of miracles happening here in this ministry.

* One of the great miracles I see is the way God supplies our many needs through daily intercession. It is a miracle of supply. We do not panic or beg or send out letters of desperation. We simply go to our knees. And I can boast on my Lord, that in the past many years, he has never once failed to meet our needs. God made me a promise that if I would pray and simply trust him, I would never lack what it needed to support all our outreaches to the poor and homeless. God be praised for his miraculous answers to all our prayers. God has been utterly faithful! Not one promise has ever failed.

Thank you, all who pray for us and who are prompted by the Holy Spirit to help us carry on. Love in Christ.

His bondservant,

DAVID WILKERSON.

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