November Notes from our Friends

• From C. Reynolds in AL: "If you are going through hard times, or know someone is facing issues. This is a GREAT product to have. It is good to the scriptures of the Holy Bible about God's promises for his children. This is great spirit lifter." [Review at Healing Scriptures and Prayers CD/MP3 Vol. 4: The Healing Ministry of Jesus.
• From Pastor Glen in Australia: "I just wanted to e-mail you to thank you for your two-part article on the Shadow of Glory. I started to prepare a message on something that Bill Johnson said when he was recently in our church — 'we release in our shadow what overshadows us'. I was doing some preparation and research into the word episkiazo when I came across your article on your website. I hope you don’t mind but I have used a lot of what you wrote in a message that I am preaching tomorrow. Thank you again, I love how you write." [We are delighted for you to use our article in your sermon, Pastor.]
• From Pat: "Halleluia, Suzanne and Jeff. 'In God's Presence we are always young' ... Ps. 103:5 The Message translation and 'somebody' became 86 yr. on Sunday and again, Halleluia. The enemy tries to steal my joy, but I listen and listen to the Healing Scriptures CDs I purchased from you and I also read the accompanying book, opened just anywhere and the enemy flees. You are doing everything right ...'Go and tell', He says, right? We do enjoy our Lord. Thank you for being so true to Him, folks, as He ministers totally, continually through you." [Thanks, Pat. It is always good to hear from you, and how you are standing firm in faith.]
• From Nicolaus: "I found the email online about How to Encourage Yourself in the Lord and I really enjoyed it. I would like to share with some other believers who will find strength in this email. Will it be okay for me to email this share this email with some people of God?" [Yes, Nicolaus, please do.]
• From Elder Becky: "I would love to share with the ladies in the support group the article on: The Year of Favor, Breakthrough and Enlargement if I may. I truly believe it would be a blessing to them as it bless me. By the way your book, The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, is an awesome book." [Thanks, Becky]

The Ark of Your Testimony

And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you. (Exodus 25:16)

The Ark of the Covenant is also known as the Ark of the Testimony. The Hebrew word for “testimony” is ehud, which means “witness” or “record.” It comes from the primitive root ud, which means to duplicate or repeat. Literally, it refers to something that is spoken again and again. Its purpose is to remind, to bring up again in your mind, and bring to prominence in your thinking.

Faith Log Highlights for November

Here are recent entries from our blog The Faith Log — Exploring the Dynamics of Biblical Faith. Defibrillations to set your heart beating with the rhythms of God.

• A Prayer for the Leaders of Nations
• The Algebra of Our Inheritance
• Divine Portrait of Prosperity: Psalm 112
• Divine Portrait of Prosperity: Psalm 144
• The Gospel Jesus Preached
• The Gospel of the Nations

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Highlights from our other blogs: 

Miracles and Manifestations of the Holy Spirit
God has always done miracles in His Church — and still does!

• New Book from John Eckhardt >> God Still Speaks
• Shifting Shadows of Supernatural Power
• Medical Study on Speaking in Tongues
• Healed of Malaria, Strokes and Vascular Dimentia
• Holy Spirit Breakout

Further Adventures of Jeff Doles

• The Inklings of Oxford - Tolkien, Lewis and Friends
• The Oxyrhynchus Hymn

God Still Speaks >> New Book from John Eckhardt

God Still Speaks: How to Hear and Receive Revelation from God for Your Family, Church, and Community by John Eckhardt

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Equip believers with the insight needed to maximize their visionary gifts! Combining instructive narrative teaching with succinct, dynamic truths, well-known pastor and best-selling author John Eckhardt reveals the role, power, and impact of prophecy today. He builds on biblical concepts and incorporates his own experiences to encourage you to develop a strong flow of prophecy in your own church.

You can find this and other helpful spiritual resources at The WBM Bookshop.

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Christmas CD: He Come from the Glory

We are moving along pretty quickly on our Christmas CD project and planning on having it out in MP3 as well as CD by Thanksgiving (we'll keep you posted). These are my own arrangements that I have put together the last few years. The working title for this project is He Come from the Glory and features these songs:

• He Come from the Glory
• God Rest You Merry, Gentleman
• Patapan
• The Holly and the Ivy
• Mary Walks Amid the Thorn
• The Seven Joys of Mary
• There’s a Song in the Air
• Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
• We Three Kings
• Brightest and Best
• What Child is This?
• In the Bleak Midwinter
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• Go Tell It on the Mountain
• Joy to the World

October Update

Dear Barefoot Friends

Been doing a little remodeling on our blogsites recently. Knocked out a wall and added, enlarged the area and added a column on the left side. Insert logo banners and added navigation along the top to integrate them more with our home page. You can see what I mean at The Faith Log, Miracles and Manifestations, and at the top of this page.

We've also introduced a couple of new features at The Faith Log to make it more servicable for you:

• Blog Translator. First, we have added a language translator, using the Google Translation function. The image contains a number of flags, and when you go to the blog and click on one of those, Google translates that blog page into the language that corresponds to the flag you click. Languages indicated by the flags include Arabic, Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. But once you click on any of them, the Google bar that appears gives you many other language options. I do not know how well they all work, but my brother-in-law says that the conversion into Spanish is pretty good. If you know any of those languages, test it out and let us know how it does. It's a lot of fun.

• ShareThis. Another new feature is the ShareThis button. If you like a particular article and would like to share it with any of your social networks, you can just click on this link, which can be easily found at the end of each post, and a little window will pop up with icons for many popular networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. This feature is also available at our Miracles and Manifestations blog.

• Smashwords. This month we have also been working to make our books available in more digital formats (in addition to paperback), readable on a variety of devices. We already have them out in PDF and Kindle and Mobi format. Now we are adding Epub, LRF (Sony Reader) and PDB (Palm Doc) versions. These new ones are available at our Smashwords page.

October Notes from our Friends

• From C. Reynolds in Alabama: "If you are going through hard times, or know someone is facing issues. This is a GREAT product to have. It is good to the scriptures of the Holy Bible about God's promises for his children. This is great spirit lifter." [Review of Healing Scriptures and Prayers Vol. 4: The Healing Ministry of Jesus.]
• From Nile on Facebook: "Hey Jeff! Reading your Miracles and Manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the History of the Church as a result of Frank's recommendation and really enjoying it! Recommended it to my Church History prof at Regent, too!"
• From Meghan: "This really spoke to me today, tthank you. Keep it up, I'll be checking in now, lol. :)" [Comment on our Faith Log article, Laying Up Treasure—Only One Master.]
• From Laura: "Thanks for your insight on this verse!" [Comment on our Faith Log article, God Gives Good Things (and So Should We).]
• From Pat: "My copies of Healing Scriptures from you continue to HEAL! That's HIM ... same yesterday, today and forever and we truly praise and thank YOU, LORD!! At 85 yrs. I just learned in The Message translation of Psalm 103:5 'in God's Presence we are always young'! Thank you, folks. In Him, Pat."
• From Gail: "Just want to let you know how much I have enjoyed your Healing New Testament CD. I listen to it most days and have grown considerable in my faith as a result. Reading the bible is of course important but somehow 'hearing' the Word through your CD has helped to increase my faith meaningfully and I can't thank you enough. I especially like the way you further explain the scripture by including prayers, making it more understandable and real to life ... I've ordered many CD's searching for the right one and your style is unique and effective!" [Our Healing Scriptures and Prayers recordings are available in both CD and MP3 formats.
• From Ovie: "We are each in a unique position of spiritual growth and maturity...we have been introduced and proferred a personal relationship with the Creator YHWH through the washing of the water of His Word. May He graciously and mercifully continue to grow each of us according to His infinite wisdom and insight and 'Will'. It continues to be for 'whosoever will.'" [Comment on our Faith Log article, Deep Calls Unto Deep.]
• From Lori on Facebook: "I've been receiving your Faith Log and enjoying the spiritual food very much. God Bless You!" [You can receive the Faith Log in your inbox, too. Sign up here. Also, come find us on Facebook.

How to Have a Blessed Economy

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

(Psalm 112:1)

Blessed speaks of great happiness and bliss. What is the cause of such an exceedingly happy condition? The fear of the Lord, and delighting in His commandments.

The fear of the Lord speaks of living in supreme awe of Him. It is loving what He loves and hating what He hates. It is recognizing that His displeasure is greatly to be avoided but His favor is greatly to be desired. To delight in something is to have a desire for it, to take pleasure in it. Here, it is modified by the word “greatly,” which speaks of exceeding abundance, completeness, and diligence. This delight, desire and pleasure is wholehearted and intense. When we start to understand how awesome God is, how great His love and how marvelous His favor, we begin to take intense pleasure in His ways — and that leads to bliss, as this psalm describes.

What does the fear of the Lord look like in the everyday life of a person who has it? (continued here)

Faith Log Highlights for October

Here are recent entries from our blog The Faith Log — Exploring the Dynamics of Biblical Faith. Defibrillations to set your heart beating with the rhythms of God.

• The Gospel of the Resurrection
• The Gospel of New Creation
• The Gospel of Abraham
• The Upright in Heart

Now you can receive The Faith Log in your email box. Every day we publish it, you will receive it that evening in your mailbox, at no cost. Sign up here for your FREE subscription.

Highlights from our other blogs:

• Vermont Capitol Healing Revival
• More Healing Testimonies in Vermont
• Supernatural Healings in Denver

You Were Born for This

We recommend this spiritual growth resource to help you take the next step of faith in your walk with the Lord, and experience the power of God in your life, ministry and work:

You Were Born for This:
Seven Keys to a Life of Predictable Miracles
by Bruce Wilkinson
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His New York Times phenomenon The Prayer of Jabez changed how millions pray. Now Bruce Wilkinson wants to change what they do next.

Anyone can do a good deed, but some good works can only happen by an act of God. Around the world these acts are called miracles–not that even religious people expect to see one any time soon. But what would happen if millions of ordinary people walked out each morning expecting God to deliver a miracle through them to a person in need? You Were Born for This starts with the dramatic premise that everyone at all times is in need of a miracle, and that God is ready to meet those needs supernaturally through ordinary people who are willing to learn the "protocol of heaven."

In the straightforward, story-driven, highly motivating style for which he is known, Wilkinson describes how anyone can be a "Delivery Guy" from heaven in such universally significant arenas of life as finances, practical help, relationships, purpose and spiritual growth.

You Were Born for This will change how you see your world and show you what you can expect God to do through you to meet real needs. You will master seven simple tools of service, and come to say with confidence, "I want to deliver a supernatural gift from God to someone in need today–and I expect to!"

You can find this and other helpful spiritual resources at The WBM Bookshop.

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September Update

Dear Barefoot Friends,

Last week, early Monday morning, my grandmother, Frances M. Bostick, went to be with Jesus. She was 99. My brothers and I traveled to Spartanburg, SC and arranged the funeral. It was a good service, conducted by her Baptist pastor, John Lancaster, and assisted by a Pentecostal preacher who had known Granny for years. It almost broke out into a campmeeting.

For years, Granny and her husband, Garrette H. Bostick, had ministered together, first in the hills of western North Carolina with the Blue Ridge Mountain Bible Mission in the 1940s, then in itinerant and church ministry in the 1950s as Garrette served as pastor of Ansel Street Chapel in Spartanburg. That is where Joe Mosley, the preacher who assisted at Granny’s funeral, first met them and came to know the Lord under Garrette’s ministry.

After Garrette went to be with the Lord in 1965, Granny continued on in ministry in a variety of forms: distributing gospel tracts, teaching “Good News” clubs for children (she really knew how to work a flannelgraph), Jewish evangelism, working with girl’s homes and women in jail and prison ministries, playing piano and singing here and there for churches and other gatherings. She was always looking for an opportunity to encourage others with the word of the gospel. Even in her nineties, if you spoke with her on the phone, you were liable to have her sing you a song.

Up until last year, she was still living on her own in a little apartment she had occupied for 25 years. She had many friends who would help her out with various chores and errands. But the time came when she realized she needed to move into Valley Falls Terrace, an area nursing home where her increasing medicals needs could be met. Though her body was failing her mind was still sharp — something the attendants at the home appreciated — and her evangelistic spirit still strong.

My brothers and I are all in Florida, and it was difficult for us to arrange care for her in South Carolina, so we are grateful for all her friends in Spartanburg who assisted her over the years. Through their care and again at the funeral, we have seen that Granny was well-loved and respected.

On Thursday, we committed Granny’s body to the ground from which it came, where it will await a future day, for we live in sure and certain hope of the resurrection. In the meantime, she is rejoicing in the presence of the Lord with Garrette and my mother. So we are rejoicing, too.

All is well.

Faith-Builder: What Will You Call It?

Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. (Genesis 2:19)

HERE'S AN AMAZING THING: God created man in His own image — to be like Him — and gave him dominion over all the earth (Genesis 1:26-28). He formed Adam from the dust, then puffed the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a “living being” (Genesis 2:7). The Hebrew is nephesh chayah. The Targum Onkelos, an ancient Jewish commentary, says that man became a “speaking spirit.” Just as God had the ability to speak — and by it called the heavens and earth into existence — man, created in the likeness of God, had the same ability to use words. (more ...)