Dead Raised! Blind Healed!
Many people don't take our speaking of the miraculous seriously. The miracles are explained away as hyperbole, lying, or self-deception. Jesus said, "...believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.” (Jn 14:11) Then He said that we would do what He did (Jn 14:12). June 1, 2019 started with a man being raised from the dead, as reported by our Siem Reap Church.
On Friday night, May 31, 2019, a man who couldn't move, speak, and was on life support in a Siem Reap hospital for several weeks was released to his family as dead. The hospital disconnected the oxygen and life support equipment and sent him home with his family for a funeral. It was late at night and the dead man's family, though they had never attended the church, had heard of a resurrection of the dead at the FCOP Siem Reap Church. The family began banging on the locked church gate and pleaded for Pastor Som Savang and the elders to pray for the dead man. Pastor Savang, seeing the oxygen tube still in his nose was doubting their claim and said, "I'm not sure he is dead. So, you must agree that you will not sue me and claim he died here if I allow you in." They agreed and Pastor Savang and her team brought the body into the church and began praying. At about midnight, they checked his body and they were sure he was indeed dead. Savang sensed the Lord say, "This death will bring Me glory!" and they kept praying. Their prayers persisted for about an hour and a half. There was a slight movement of his arms and mouth and suddenly the man woke, as from a sleep. The family walked home that early morning of June 1, 2019. All of his family now believe in God.
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A second miracle occurred in the USA on June 2, 2019 in Decatur, IL at Life Church. Just as I was about to speak at a service of about 700 people, the power went out due to a lightning strike. Pastor Mark Cooper leaned over and told me that, "When something like this happens, God is up to something, so have freedom." Church ushers hurriedly began to set up a portable PA system and emergency lighting. As we were waiting for the emergency equipment, I asked Sou to share and she announced that she would pray for anyone in need at the front of the auditorium. Since people had trouble seeing or hearing, I told them, through the emergency equipment, that I was going to teach them that "God is better, the devil is worse, and you are more redeemed than you ever dreamed possible. And, Sou is going to demonstrate it!" The rest is history best explained by the recipient in this video: