Working the Miraculous

Eliezer's Prayer 

Abraham's servant was charged with finding a wife for Isaac, and he worried what the consequences would be if he could not find her. He asked God to prosper his mission, even specifying the terms. Amazingly, God did exactly as he asked. At the well, the perfect girl was waiting. 

Genesis 24:42-44 - "I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: ...let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son." 

Eliezer

Abraham sent his eldest servant (presumably his steward, Eliezer) to find a wife for Isaac in the homeland of his grandfather Nahor in Mesopotamia. At one time, Eliezer had been the heir to Abraham's wealth, but after Isaac was born, that changed. Nevertheless, Eliezer was privileged to see God working miraculously for his master. I am thinking of the Prodigal Son who said, "How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare." Any place in God's service is good. 

Genesis 15:2 - "...the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus." 

Two Nations - t!

A major prophecy seemed in jeopardy of failing. Isaac's wife, Rebekah, was barren! But suddenly, God provided - TWINS! Even before they were born, God foretold their future. The elder would serve the younger. Hundreds of years later, under King David, Esau's Edomites were conquered by Jacob's Israel (2 Samuel 8:14). 

Genesis 25:23 - "...the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger." 

Sell Me Thy Birthright

Maybe this doesn't look like a prophecy, but think about it. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of beans. Obviously, Esau did not comprehend the true value of his birthright. We are talking about divine posterity - something only Almighty God can assure. Let Esau's descendants rage! Jacob owns the blessing outright. A deal is a deal. Isaac laid his hand on Jacob and transferred it to him irrevocably. 

Genesis 25:33 - "And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob." 

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Possessing the Enemies' Gates 

One promise God gave Abraham was that his descendants would possess their enemies' gates. That pretty much solves the problems of enemies. He said He would curse those who cursed His people. It is best not to fight against God's people because that is a sure guarantee you will be conquered. 

Genesis 22:17 - "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies." 

Ephron The Hittite - Offered To Donate Sarah's Grave 

Sarah died at the age of 127. Isaac was about 36 when his mother died. It was a traumatic event for Abraham. He owned no land to bury Sarah in. "Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her." He told the local sons of Heth that he was a stranger among them and begged a place to bury his wife in the Cave of Machpelah. 

Genesis 23:10-11 - "Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, ...the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; ...bury thy dead." 

Cave of Machpelah 

Sarah died in Hebron about 3700 years ago. There Abraham bought the field and the Cave of Machpelah from the sons of Heth to bury her. Today, the cave sits under a 2,000-year-old building. Around 700 years ago, Muslims turned the place into a Mosque. Israel retook the property in 1967, but Muslims still manage it. It also contains the graves of Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Leah. 

Genesis 23:19-20 - "Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan." 

A Bride for Isaac 

Abraham sent his servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac. Eliezer wondered what he would do if he could not find one, but Abraham prophesied his success. God's angel delivered. Rebekah came eagerly. 

Genesis 24:7 - "The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence." 

We have three immune systems emotional (soul), physical, spiritual. A person with a strong physical immune system does not usually get sick but they can. You can have a strong physical immune system but a weak emotional (soul) system and over a period of time the emotional (soul) immune system will bring the physical immune system 
down. We could be under a lot of stress but strong in the physical Immune system and the Emotional Immune system could be bringing the physical emotions immune system down within a period of time because the emotional immune systems out ranks others being higher in the body.  Now if you have a strong spiritual immune system and Physical system but still get sick easily try this speaking in Tongues. 

Dr. Peterson over at ORU research found by testing people that pray in tongue’s for 30 minutes they could raise their immune system by 30% to 40%.   What would happen if we prayed 100 minutes to raise our immune system to 100%. More