Oral Roberts Ministries • Vol. 9 No. 1 • 2016
ANNOUNCING THE
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“HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO HE WILL DO ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE HE WILL DO, BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER.” JOHN 14:12
ORAL ROBERTS Tent Crusade Favorites 12 powerful sermons, prayers, and faith-increasing testimonies from Oral Roberts’ tent crusade days during the HEALING WAVE that hit the USA. This amazing period in Christian history is still CHANGING LIVES…because the same anointing of God that moved through Oral’s ministry is still moving in the earth today. God’s Word never changes…and it can produce results when we receive His Word in faith. SERMONS INCLUDE:
You can feel the anointing as you watch these services because the Word is alive! Let your FAITH rise up!
• Right Believing—Master Key to Healing;
• You Can’t Go Under for Going Over;
• You Must Expect a Miracle if You Want It to Happen;
• God Is a Good God;
• Faith that Heals; • Greatest Miracle in the World;
• How You Can Know It’s God’s Will to Heal You;
• Angels that Help Us;
• Faith Marchers; and
• Holding the Rope;
• Don’t Park Here;
• The Rapture and the Revelation.
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Inside this Issue
Watch Richard and Lindsay on The Place for Miracles and turn your faith loose! God still heals, delivers, restores, and sets His people free! Since the program first went on the air, more than 150,000 people have called in to report a testimony of how God has changed their lives. Check your local television listings for show times, or watch online at oralroberts.com/videos. You can also view the program on our Roku channel, Miracles Television, or our Miracles Phone app.
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Connections
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Doing the Greater Works Today! by Oral Roberts
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Join Us in the Greater Works Campaign! by Richard Roberts
The Greater Works in the Everydayness of Life by Lindsay Roberts
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Clinton from North Carolina shares his miracle story.
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Doing the Greater Works in Niger
I Got My Miracle!
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Richard Roberts
School of
Jesus really understands your life... He knows what we’re going through, understands the heartbreaks we face, and was tested like we are. The Book of Luke is the newest course now available from the School of Miracles. It is filled with so many examples of Jesus in the midst of the real, everyday nitty-gritty of life people face. Jesus depended on the Word of God, walked in faith, and was led by the Holy Spirit. He is THE example for an overcoming, fruitful life. And as we follow Him, we can be overcomers in life too.
The Book of Luke DVDs and workbook now availlable
You can enroll in this life-changing course today and check out all the OTHER powerful and encouraging courses from the School of Miracles. Right now, these courses are available online and FREE of charge! Go to som.oralrobert.com!
This Class Changed My Life I had been aggressively seeking the Lord for His will in my life, and He led me to the Richard Roberts School of Miracles. I enrolled in the online classes right away and started “The Healing Ministry of Jesus.” God has done miracle after miracle in my life since that day. The Lord instructed me to start a little Bible study in my own backyard and invite some family members whom I had been praying for and believing God for their salvation. It was such a joy to put together the lessons—mostly coming from Richard’s “Holy Spirit” class. Well, through that little Bible study, I had four beloved family members give their hearts to Jesus. Praise God! –Sonja from Virginia
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connections letters and comments from friends and partners
Healing experienced after the Miracle Tour
Migraine healed during Richard’s Live Call
I attended Richard’s Miracle Healing Tour meetings in Florida in faith, believing for my miracle. Now, there’s no more pain in my feet and I have no more trouble breathing. God has touched me. —John from Florida Click here to go to our facebook page.
Hi, Richard. I was on your Saturday, February 27 Live Phone Call, and you were praying for eyes and ears, and then for migraines. I held my hands in the air, called out to God, and felt His healing power! I cried uncontrollably as I thanked God for my healing. The week earlier, I’d been in urgent care for the migraines. God healed me! I am so thankful for your ministry. —Sheryl from North Carolina Every Saturday night you can join Richard’s live conference calls. (11pm Eastern, 10 pm Central, 8 pm Pacific) Dial 1-302-202-1106 and use the conference code: 863036. Note: long distance rates may apply.
Pain leaves while watching The Place for Miracles!
Powerful prayer coming out of the Abundant LIfe Prayer Group!
I was in a lot of pain and very sore from lifting weights and shoveling snow. Then I tuned in to The Place for Miracles. That day, while Richard was praying for people’s healing, I put my hands on the TV as a point of contact. Immediately, I felt warmth flow into my hand, arm, shoulder, and down to my hips. All the pain and soreness left me, and I felt ten years younger. I also hadn’t been able to see clearly
My grandmother went to the doctor today. There’s not a trace of the cancer in her ovaries, and her numbers are where they are supposed to be. Thank you, Abundant Life Prayer Group, for praying in agreement with me, and thank You, Jesus!
with my reading glasses, and now I can. —Wayne from Colorado Watch the Place for Miracles online anytime at: www.oralroberts.com/videos, on our Roku channel or Miracles Phone app.
—Shavella from Florida For prayer any time, day or night, call the Abundant Life Prayer Group at 918-495-7777 or contact them online here.
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C A M PA I G N BY RICHARD ROBER TS
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A global plan to reach people, equip leaders, and demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit. 6
3 billion
Of the 7.2 bilion people alive today, an estimated have little or no access to the Gospel. We have a plan to begin to reach them.
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don’t remember a time when I was more excited than I am right now! The Lord has been speaking to me about John 14:12, which says, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and GREATER WORKS than these he will do, because I go to My Father. Our World Needs the Greater Works
There is so much more to do to expand God’s kingdom before the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. And there’s a burning passion in my heart to see people receive Christ and to bring the saving, healing, delivering power of God to people all over this world. That’s why I’m announcing the Greater Works Campaign…a plan God has given me to reach the hardest places on earth to share the Gospel…and also to help you share the Gospel with those you love. When Jesus walked this earth, He was anointed with the power of the Holy Spirit to bring salvation, healing and deliverance to the people. He transferred that anointing and power first to His 12 disciples, then to 70 believers, then to 120 in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out ( John 17; Acts 2). And since then, the Gospel and its power have been transferred to countless millions of Christian believers all over the world. We Need to Reach the Hard Places As believers in Jesus Christ, we have access to the same Holy Spirit that came upon the 120 in Acts chapter 2. As Christians, we are called to go into all the world and make
disciples. To do that, we must go into every person’s world. We must go where people need to hear the Gospel. We want to bring God’s Word to hard to reach places, like China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and parts of Africa and Asia. In many parts of the world, pastors may be free to share the Gospel, but they may have had no formal training to help them meet the needs of their people.
We want to bring God’s Word to hard to reach places, like China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and parts of Africa and Asia.
And in many places in the world they have no access to the Internet. These men and women desperately need support from the Body of Christ.
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We can help reach the world for Christ by
equipping pastors & leaders
who have limited resources
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Christian pastors and leaders worldwide have a tremendous zeal to serve the Lord, but many are not trained and equipped. According to sources like Global Action, an estimated 62–85% of pastors and ministry leaders worldwide have never had formal Bible or ministry training.
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There are many people in the body of Christ who love God and desire His best for their lives, but have never been taught the full Gospel of salvation, healing, deliverance and the Holy Spirit’s work in the daily life of the believer.
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Many pastors, teachers, and leaders in third world nations do not have access to high speed Internet and do not have the computer equipment needed to access online training.
• The Internet is being restricted and monitored in some countries, making it impossible for Christians there to learn Gospel truths online. • We are rapidly approaching the end times as recorded in the Bible. Now more than ever, we need to get the Gospel message out to the neediest populations. This ministry tool can increase the effectiveness of those who have dedicated their lives to God.
The Vision
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To make powerful Bible-based resources including the School of Miracles and over 70 years of the Oral Roberts Ministries materials available to pastors and church leaders worldwide in their own language.
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To use and distribute the latest in portable, standalone, easy-touse, fully-programmed, FREE DIGITAL TABLETS that contain these training resources from the Oral Roberts Ministries. (Computer and Internet not needed, only electrical outlet for recharging.)
62-85% of pastors and ministry
leaders worldwide have never had formal Bible or ministry training. A Tool to Help Believers Worldwide The Greater Works Campaign is part of the solution to this challenge, and I’m so excited about it! Right now, the Oral Roberts Ministries is developing a nine-inch Greater Works tablet that doesn’t require Internet access. It will have multiple microchips loaded with the vast resources this ministry has produced….close to 70 years of Bible-based books, videos, CDs, DVDs, sermon notes, and other teaching materials that can bless Christians in underdeveloped countries, rural areas that are hard to reach, and hotspots where the Gospel is not easily shared. We’re also translating these ministry materials from English into the other top 10 languages in the world… Mandarin, Spanish, Hindu/Urdu, Arabic, French, Indonesian/Malay, Portuguese, Bengali, Russian and Japanese. This has the potential to reach nearly 5.3 billion people—nearly 75% of the world’s population. That’s just the first part of the Greater Works Campaign. The other part is all about you, because you also have a part to play in expanding God’s kingdom and helping bring others to the feet of Jesus...
Join the Greater Works Campaign today by making a pledge of $30, $50, or $100 a month to help us get these tablets, full of powerful Bible teaching, into the hands of ministry leaders where people are desperate to hear the lifechanging Gospel.
Donate to the Greater Works Campaign and join us in reaching the lost! Call 1-844-828-1412 or go to oralroberts.com 9
Now...what about you? You Can Do the Greater Works in Your Personal World… Perhaps you’re thinking, “How can I do that? I’m not a minister. I’ve never prayed for anyone and seen them healed. I don’t know how to witness or pray for others.” If that describes you, you’re not alone. Many believers don’t know how to pray for the sick and expect God to heal them. Many are intimidated or afraid to do it. But God has not given you a spirit of fear. He desires for you to live with power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Every Christian can be part of fulfilling the Great Commission as they obey God in doing whatever He desires them to do. That may be simply sharing Jesus with others, praying for people, or being a light in their communiity as God leads. I want to help teach you how you can do that! As part of the Greater Works Campaign, we’re building an exclusive donor website called GreaterWorks.Online with the same resources that we’ll be giving to church leaders in underdeveloped nations. Through this online resource, you can learn God’s promises to you. You can discover the authority God gave you to pray and expect answers. You can grow in practical knowledge of how to be led by God to witness to people and help them receive salvation, healing and deliverance.
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I believe this is one of the greatest outreaches the Oral Roberts Ministries has ever done.
You can make the difference that affects people for eternity
I believe Jesus is coming soon, and we have to share His Word with as many people as we can. There’s an end time harvest of souls and there’s no limit to where God’s saving, healing, delivering power can go…who it can reach…and what it can do! All things are possible with God!
And this gospel of
The Greater Works Campaign is about making a godly difference in our world through the power we have been given in Jesus Christ. Now, to make the Greater Works Campaign successful, we need your help.
as a testimony to
I believe this is one of the greatest outreaches the Oral Roberts Ministries has ever done…and this is good ground to sow your seed! The Bible says when you give, you have a Bible right to expect God to use it for His glory and then multiply it back to you—good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over (Luke 6:38).
the kingdom will be preached in the whole world all nations, and then the end will come. –Matthew 24:14
Through your faithful giving, prayers, and support, I believe something good is going to happen to you. I encourage you to join in the Greater Works Campaign today!
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POWERFUL Oral Roberts Ministries Training Resourc
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Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Your COVENANT Relationship with God
God’s Miracle POWER in Us
Keys to ABUNDANT LIFE
God’s HEALING Power
The Ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT The Principles of
Seed-Faith We can mentor and train pastors and church leaders worldwide with: • Hundreds of digital books and booklets, as well as audio and video teachings • A video archive of Oral Roberts’ tent crusade meetings and other classic ministry events • The Roberts family Commentary Bibles and devotionals • Sermon notes from Oral, Evelyn, Richard and Lindsay Roberts • Almost 70 years of teaching articles written to address important issues in life and ministry • Multiple topics to help empower and equip the body of Christ to live in victory
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ALMOST Using a Point-ofContact The SCHOOL OF MIRACLES Holy Spirit inspired courses composed of the hallmark teachings of the Roberts family.
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Evangelism & Discipleship
FAITH
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Hearing GOD’S VOICE
Bible Study Materials
The Power of PRAYER
EVERY RESOURCE ON THE
Greater Works Tablet WILL BE ON THE GREATER WORKS WEBSITE FOR YOU!
Bible Prophecy
The same ministry resoures that are on the tablet... packed with powerful insights and scriptural truths, will be made available through an exclusive donor only website.
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We know what to do. We need your help to go forward.
This campaign has the potential to reach nearly 5.3 billion people—over 75% of the world’s population—with the Word of God by translating these materials into the world’s top 11 languages: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 14
Mandarin 1.3 billion English 1.2 billion Spanish 550 million Hindi/Urdu 450 million Arabic 390 million French 274 million Indonesian and Malay 270 million Portuguese 255 million Bengali (India & Bangladesh) 250 million Russian 235 million Japanese 123 million
new technology outreach
To launch this to pastors and church leaders around the world, we must build and load 100,000 tablets and set up distribution plans to get the tablets into the hands of those who need them the most.
100,000 Tablets
$16,500,000* (*tablets, soft cover, cables, headphones, shipping, import duties and fees)
Translators: 10 Languages $700,000
Translation Equipment & Software $300,000
A/V Data & Archive Systems $150,000
Tape Conversion Systems $80,000
Document Conversion & Archive Systems $70,000
System Programming, Staff & Training $500,000
Production Equipment $280,000
Production Staffing $450,000
For just over $190, we can place one fully-loaded, ready-to-go tablet into the hands of a pastor.
Join the Greater Works Campaign by making a pledge of $30, $50, or $100 a month to help us get these tablets, full of powerful Bible teaching, into the hands of ministry leaders where people are desperate to hear the lifechanging Gospel.
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Summer reading Available now in ebook format! See the links below to shop at your favorite ebook provider!
Strengthen yourself in the Lord...
Read & Pray & then Obey by Lindsay Roberts
He’s a Healing Jesus by Richard Roberts
In this devotional, Lindsay shares 31 days of encouraging Biblical inspiration that you can use in your personal study time, prayer time, and other areas of your life. You can use this devotional anytime you want to give your day a power boost from God’s Word!
In He’s a Healing Jesus, Richard reveals the Biblical evidence through scriptures that God is a Healer, and He is the same yesterday, today and forever. The book addresses many common healing questions to help strengthen your faith as you believe God for your miracle.
$10 print, $7.99 ebook
$15 print, $9.99 ebook
If You Need Healing Do These Things by Oral Roberts
The Unlimited Power Within You by Richard Roberts
One of the first books ever written by Oral Roberts, this timely message can still be read as a powerful tool to help you learn how to release your faith for healing.
Richard’s book is power-packed with Bible teachings about how you can tap into the mighty, unlimited, supernatural power of God and allow Him to strengthen your life!
$7 print, $5.99 ebook
$7 print, $5.99 ebook
These books are available in print through our online bookstore here, as well as in ebook format through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, iTunes, Google, and eBookIt.
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God’s Way to Increase by RIchard Roberts
Limitless
God wants you to prosper, have enough to meet your needs, and increase in your life— spirit, soul, and body. In this message, Richard Roberts shares Bible truths about finances; common misconceptions that keep God’s people from experiencing increase; Bible examples of how God provided for the everyday needs of His people; scriptural confessions; and a prayer for you to experience the fullness of God’s plan for you. $7
Also available on iTunes!
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with the Oral Roberts Ministries Singers Our God is limitless! With this CD of inspiring praise and worship by Jordan Roberts and ORM Singers, you’ll be reminded of God’s great love for you and His ability to do the impossible. Song titles include: Revelation Song, Going Through, You Alone, Salvation Is Here, Testify, Amazed, Worthy Is the Lamb, Grace, Hear Us From Heaven, No Sweeter Name, Searchin’, The Healer, There Is a Fountain, and You Are God. $15
The Healing Power of God by RIchard Roberts In this powerful CD, Richard shares a heart-warming, faith-increasing message on God the Healer. He explains the reasons that God is still “the God who heals us” today, teaches Bible ways to receive your healing, shares scriptures on God’s healing power, and then prays for you and leads you in a faith confession for your healing. $7
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“Faith comes by hearing the Word of God”
Encouraging Words of Hope & Life by RIchard and Lindsay Roberts Romans 10:17 tells us that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. That’s why Richard and Lindsay Roberts have put together this faith-building CD of scriptures focused on encouragement and hope. As you listen to God’s own words about how much He loves you and who He says you are in Him, you can keep your spirit built up and your faith strong. $7 CLICK HERE TO ORDER
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The GREATER WORKS in the
Everydayness of
Life
B Y L I ND S AY ROBE R T S
I believe the Lord would have believers take the Gospel into the everydayness of their life.
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y mother-in-law, Evelyn Roberts, had a saying I will always remember. She said God talked to her in the everydayness of life. She came to this revelation after talking with the Lord about how her husband, Oral, got to go all over the world in ministry while she stayed home.You see, she always wanted to be a missionary, yet Oral was the one who got to travel.
family member or a neighbor. We can take the Gospel into the local hospital, our apartment building or street, or wherever God tells us to go.
The Lord said to her, “No, Evelyn, you don’t go like Oral goes, but I will speak to you in the everydayness of life. And you will take what I say into your day-to-day activities.”
The Oral Roberts Ministries started in 1947, and over the years, Oral created an amazing volume of books, Bible commentaries, sermons, teaching notes, and so much more. And before he went home to be with the Lord, he told Richard and me to get as much of these resources as possible into the hands of people, to get the Gospel around the world.
That word set Evelyn free! She would take the Gospel and her faith to the grocery store. She would take it to the front door, the telephone, and the post office. She became a little missionary in her community and never stopped taking the Gospel everywhere she went. I believe we all have a place to be sent. It may be to a
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Part of our Greater Works Campaign includes helping believers to take the Gospel into their communities. We want to share the same materials with you that we are sharing with ministers in undeveloped nations through our Greater Works tablet.
As I began to look at everything Oral, Evelyn, Richard and I created over the years, I realized we couldn’t keep it just to ourselves. These resources are so powerful in
the Word! They contain biblical teachings that can continue to set people free until the Lord comes. Sometimes I’m on television, sometimes I’m at home, sometimes I’m at the grocery store, and sometimes I’m in another country. So why would I want to talk about the Greater Works in your everyday life? Because I feel that it is not about where we go or what we do. I believe it’s about obedience. It all comes down to obeying God in the big things, the small things, and the everydayness of life. I see people who are in need of miracles and believe that God wants believers in some way to be His hand and His heart extended to reach others in need in the everydayness of their life. And just as I feel so passionate about this, I want you to read what happened when an Oral Roberts Ministries Partner named Virginia, in the everydayness of her life, took these biblical teachings and how God led her to minister in the everydayness of her life.
Take your seat!
I believe God is no respecter of persons and what happened to Virginia can happen to anyone who is willing to be led by God.
Sharing Jesus in our everyday lives isn't something reserved just for ministers! Every Christian is called and empowered through the Holy Spirit to reach others with the Good News that Jesus saves, heals, delivers, and restores! Here’s a real life story from a partner who stepped out in faith right where she lives...and did the Greater Works!
Compelled by the Holy Spirit I heard a radio commercial advertising “The Healing Ministry of Jesus,” a class at the Richard Roberts School of Miracles. I’m so thankful I attended the class. As I studied, I was compelled by the Holy Spirit to minister to people in various ways that I had not done previously.
The Bible tells us that we are seated with Christ in heavenly places. And that means you can have God’s power available to you every day, in any situation you may face.
An elderly lady named Nellie lived in our building, and she was not a Christian. I had the opportunity to lead her to Christ, and she prayed the sinner’s prayer with me. When Nellie became very ill, I felt the Lord leading me to pray with her, which I did. She passed away in the night, and I am positive that she is in heaven now!
–Virginia Covington, Oklahoma Lindsay Roberts brings encouragement to discover the biblical authority that God’s Word says we have. We can stand in faith against sickness, lack, fear, and anything else the devil may throw our way. Request this CD today!
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Doing the GREATER WORKS Today! A CL ASSIC MESSAGE BY ORAL ROBERTS
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n John chapter 14, we see Jesus Christ in the upper room at the Last Supper, the night before He is crucified. He tells His disciples that He must go to the Cross and that He will be taken from them. No longer will He dwell with them in His physical body. He would ascend into heaven, and they would no longer see Him in the flesh.
The disciples were stunned. You see, they had built their lives around Him. These men left their jobs and their businesses and gave up everything to follow Jesus. As they walked with Him and listened to Him, they came to love Him. They came to trust in Him implicitly so that when He said, “I want you to heal the sick,” they had all the confidence in the world that they could do it. They could do it because He said to do it. And because He was there, they knew that they could fall back on Him and that He would come and do it. So the physical presence of Jesus was the center of all their belief and activity. But at the Last Supper, Jesus suddenly announced, “I must go away.” Can you imagine how the disciples must have felt? They must have been afraid that everything would fall apart. How could they do the great things He was doing? Jesus anticipated their fears and He said, “Those who believe in Me shall do
the works that I do. And GREATER WORKS than these shall you do because I go to My Father (John 14:12).” There is to be no interruption of the mighty works of God. Here, Jesus was saying that the miracles He did—those mighty works—would not stop when He went to be with the Father. Miracles would not cease or stop or perish from the earth. “They will continue,” Jesus told His disciples, “because YOU shall do them, and you’ll even do greater works.” How could this be? It’s because when Jesus went to be with the Father, He sent to us “another Comforter”—the Holy Spirit (John 14:16). “Another” means exactly alike—no difference. Jesus told His disciples, “I have to go away, but I’m sending you the Holy Spirit. He’s just like me. And He will abide with you forever, so you’re better off. You know Him and the Holy Spirit dwells with you now, but He shall be in you.” Do you realize that when Christ was in the flesh, He could only be at one place at one time? But once Jesus was ready to go to the Cross, He said, “It is better for you now that I’m sending you the Holy Spirit, because He will be in you and He’s exactly like I am. I won’t be there in this body, so I won’t have to confine myself to one activity or to one place on earth at a time. When I go to Heaven, the Holy Spirit can be right in your hearts. The Holy Spirit can be 21
“And GREATER WORKS than these shall you do because I go to My Father ” (John 14:12). There is to be no interruption of the mighty works of God. there with all of the power that I am to you now. “And it will be just like it was when I was with you in the flesh, with one exception. You’ll do greater works. You’ll have more, do more, and be able to accomplish greater things because the Holy Spirit in you will reproduce My life, My power and ability. I will be right there by your side as you do it in My power and ability.” In 1947 I came into this knowledge about the Holy Spirit. I wanted to bring salvation, healing, and deliverance to my generation, but I knew I could not do it within myself. I said to the Lord, “If I lived in Your day, I could do that. Or if You came back in the flesh and walked with me, I could do it.” He said to me, “Do you have the Holy Spirit? Have you been baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “You have everything with you now that you’re asking for. Everything I was to My disciples 2,000 years ago, I am to you now by My victory through the cross.”
When I realized the Holy Spirit in my life was bringing me the same power as the physical presence of Christ, I said, “Lord, I now believe I can do it.” Oh, how precious the Holy Spirit is. It’s through His power that I have ministered and brought God’s saving, healing, delivering power to the people. It was the same for Jesus’ disciples. You see, the first thing they did after receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit was to witness and win 3,000 souls to Christ in one day. Christ had never done that. He left not more than 500 disciples after three years of hard work. The disciples won 3,000 souls in one day. Jesus said, “Greater things shall ye do,” and the disciples did greater things. When Jesus was with these men in the flesh, they were able to do mighty works. Now after the day of Pentecost, they were able to do these very same works, except do them a great deal better. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, the miracleworking power of Christ was in these first disciples. The Holy Spirit brought Jesus to them in a new way, and it was much better. They could do more. And so can we, because God is not a respecter of persons. What He did through the disciples, He can do through you and me. Yes, we’re doing greater things today, because some of the things done today were not done in Jesus’ day. We can reach millions through television and other means and bring them to Jesus in a way that Jesus could not, because He was limited by being in one place at one time. The miracles that have happened through the Oral Roberts Ministries have happened because the Holy Spirit does them. He saves these souls and heals these bodies even today!
Donate to the Greater Works Campaign today and join us in reaching the lost! Call 1-844-828-1412 or go to oralroberts.com
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Busy? On the go? Richard and Lindsay have a weekly podcast for you—
The Place for Miracles podcast! Tune in for encouraging messages like Principles of Healing, His Name Is Powerful, Taking Your Seat of Authority and so many more! Listen on your computer, your laptop, your smartphone or tablet… whenever and wherever it fits your schedule.
It’s simple to subscribe! Just search for The Place for Miracles in iTunes or SoundCloud to get started or click here to download:
Give Your Faith a Boost! Follow Lindsay on her Facebook page as she shares her Make Your Day Count Minis -- lively and thoughtprovoking, weekly short videos full of inspirational insights from God’s Word delivered in Lindsay’s unique, distinctive teaching style. Click here to go to Lindsay’s Facebook page! 23
What can you do when all hell seems to be breaking out in your life? How do you survive... and even thrive...in the midst of troubling circumstances? That’s the question Richard Roberts addresses in When All Hell Breaks Loose. Using real-life experiences, the wisdom he’s gained from years of ministry, and Biblical examples of people who have faced their fiery trials with FAITH, Richard provides an encouraging word to remind readers God’s Word says He has a way for His children to overcome the challenges that come their way! CLICK HERE TO ORDER This book is also available in ebook format through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, iTunes, Google, and eBookIt.
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“We all face difficulties and unexpected challenges. My friend Richard Roberts has written a great book called When All Hell Breaks Loose. He’ll show you how to get through the tough times with faith, by believing, persevering, and not only come out but come out better off than you were before. I hope you’ll pick up a copy for yourself and your friends. You’ll be inspired. You’ll be challenged. I know this book will really help you.” —Joel Osteen,
Senior Pastor, Lakewood Church
“Have you ever felt like all hell had broken loose in your life? I tell you, this book by Richard Roberts—When All Hell Breaks Loose—can not only help you to stand, but get the victory and the miracles that Jesus has for you. Now, I have known Richard and Lindsay very well for a long time, and I have seen them be victorious. This is a book you need! And don’t just get one. Get another one for a friend, and give it as a gift.” —Marilyn Hickey, Marilyn Hickey Ministries
“...the Bible never says that once we’ve become a Christian, life is going to be perfect. And Richard has taken the instruction manual—[that God has given us]...on how to process this, and he’s boiled it down into the easiest way to understand what we’re going through and how to find hope and healing in this very lost and hurting world. So I recommend it highly...I want to say congratulations, Dr. Richard Roberts, on a job well done.” —Paul Crouch Jr.
“We salute and congratulate our good friend, Dr. Richard Roberts, on the release of his book, When All Hell Breaks Loose. This book is filled with strategies to counterattack the various challenges and pitfalls that occur in life. In a day where spiritual assaults are escalating, we need divine wisdom and the Word of God in order to stand firm on the promises of God. This book encourages you to stand firm in faith and expect a miraculous turnaround.” —Drs. Curt & Linda Stennis, Salvation & Deliverance Ministries International
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Because of Partners like you, the people pictured here, and thousands more, were saved, healed and delivered by the power of the living Word of God!
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“There’s
just nothing that’s impossible with God.”
Clinton and his daughter, Cindy, from North Carolina, share how God’s power, their faith, and the prayers of the Oral Roberts Ministries came together to bring healing...
Cindy: My dad was diagnosed with thyroid and
cancer. And I know without a shadow of a doubt God healed me just like the little widow woman neck cancer stage 3 back in 2008. that reached out and touched the hem of His Clinton: I was shaving and I saw a little spot on my garment. So if you have cancer today, no matter collarbone. It was about the size of my fingernail. I where it is, call the Abundant Life Prayer Group said, “Doc, I want you to look at this spot right here.” and have them pray for you. And he looked at it, and he pressed it. It was just a Cindy: We believe in this ministry because you little spot and puffy. He said, “I’m going to send have partnered with us throughout our lifetime you to have a biopsy.” It came back as thyroid and to help my dad get through this illness and neck cancer. And then I went from there to have sickness. And in every aspect of our life, we just my operation. It was an eight hour operation. I came through, thank God. I was taking treatments and my take confidence that we can call their number and know that there’s someone there on the other neck was so raw and hurt so much that I requested end of the phone to partner in prayer, even if it’s some anointing oil from the Oral Roberts 3 o’clock in the morning. And my dad has sown Evangelistic Association. [ Editor’s Note: Anointing seed into the ministry throughout his lifetime. oil is a Bible-based point of contact to release our faith to God for healing (James 5:14).] And they sent Clinton: I’ve been sowing seed into the ministry it to me and I rubbed it on my neck and I began to of Oral Roberts for the last 50 years. One of feel the difference of God’s healing power. Each day my favorite chapters of the Bible throughout my that went by, I could tell there was a difference. sickness was Psalm 103. Bless the Lord O my soul
Cindy: His doctors would tell that most 40 year olds could not get through as many radiation treatments as my dad was able to get through. He just kept holding on to his prayer and his faith in God to get him through those difficult times. It was a very long, scary ordeal. And today he is miraculously healed of the cancer, which is nothing more than a miracle from God.
Clinton: I came through, thank God. And I still praise Him today that I’m cancer-free from thyroid
and all that is within me, bless His holy name, who forgiveth thee of all thy iniquities and who healeth thee of all thy diseases.
Cindy: There’s just nothing that’s impossible with God.
Clinton: Amen. To call the Abundant Life Prayer Group anytime day or night, dial 918-495-7777 or go online at oralroberts.com/prayer.
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God’s calling on Oral Roberts Ministries
The Greater Works Campaign reaches around the world! And through it, the Oral Roberts Ministries can touch many people with the same message of salvation, healing, deliverance and restoration through Jesus Christ that Richard preaches wherever he goes. The goal: to train up ministers who can take the anointing and power of God to their world, just as Richard Roberts and the Oral Roberts Ministries is doing!
1947 Nearly 70 years ago, God spoke to a young man dying of tuberculosis… a man named Oral Roberts. When God healed that young man, He charged him to take God’s healing power to his generation, and to go share the Gospel in places where His voice is small and His power is not yet known. Viewers called in to report healings wihile watching Richard on Sid Roth’s “That’s Supernatural” program. Vashti from Jacksonville, Florida said the pain in her right arm was healed. Ruth from Belfast, Ireland said she was believing for healing from migraines and has not had one since the show! Richard also appeared as a guest on TBN hosted by Sid Roth.
2016 Richard Roberts began working with his father at the age of 19. He has continued the mission of Oral Roberts Ministries to reach the world with God’s saving, healing, and delivering power. By expanding the ministry’s global outreach through digital tools and technology, Richard believes we can reach even more people for Jesus Christ by training and mentoring pastors and church leaders with Bible-based training resources from the Oral Roberts Ministries.
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Marcus and Joni Lamb at Daystar with Richard.
Dr. David Yonggi Cho with RIchard and Jordan during the Church Growth International Conference.
Jordan, as part of next generation leadership, was asked to pray for Dr. Cho at the Church Growth International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea. Click here to view Jordan’s prayer.
There’s healing in the house when Richard is at World Changers International Church with Creflo Dollar.
Richard with Rod Parsley before speaking at World Harvest Church.
Viewers reportied receiving healings when Richard was a guest on Believers Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland.
Richard and Lindsay with good friends, Caroline and Jerry Savelle.
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POWER FOR
LIVING
God’s power can flow in and through us for miracles, signs, wonders, guidance, wisdom, and so much more! How can we access that miracle-working power as God’s Word promises us in John 10:10? One way we can do it is with the help of the Holy Spirit!
In this powerful message, Richard and Lindsay Roberts share: • The Holy Spirit’s work in our lives • The gifts of the Holy Spirit that can help us live a miracle-filled life • What it means to pray in tongues
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Pastors from Niger who have received help to rebuild their churches.
Doing the Greater Works in Niger
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ou may have heard about the churches and the pastors’ homes that were destroyed by rioters in Niger in 2015. Some of these pastors were involved with the Healing Outreach that Oral Roberts Ministries conducted in Niger in 2007. We are praising God that even in the midst of violence and danger, God has been protecting His people and making ways for the Christians of Niger to continue to proclaim the Gospel with boldness and joy. The Oral Roberts Ministries sent support to help with the rebuilding of the churches and to aid the pastors and their families as they rebuild their homes. Our contact, missionary Neal Childs, said, “Please thank Richard for such a quick support to the pastors. They are incredibly blessed and thankful.”
sure that these Niger pastors will be some of the first to receive our new Greater Works Tablets. I want to thank you for your prayers and financial support of this ministry and of the work we do in countries around the world, especially the Greater Works Campaign. It’s because of faithful people like you that we can be there for people in need. Please continue to pray for safety, protection, and peace for those doing the Greater Works in Niger! To make a donation to our Greater Works campaign around the globe, go to oralroberts.com. Every gift you make can touch people’s lives, in Jesus’ mighty name! To make a donation to our Greater Works campaign around the globe, go to www.oralroberts.com.
To help equip these faithful men and women of God even more, we are working on making
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Do you have an estate plan for your family’s financial future that can also spread the Greater Works?
Gift Annuity • Will Bequest • Revocable Living • Trust • Life Insurance Gift • Appreciated Property • Gifts of Stock • Life Income Plans
Our Home Ministries Department would be happy to talk with you and make recommendations, including ways to provide for your retirement while supporting the outreaches of Oral Roberts Ministries.
Jeff Ogle, Director of Home Ministries 918-591-2020 • jeff.ogle@oralroberts.com
Vol. 9, No. 1, 2016. Copyright © by Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. No part may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. Your copy of MIRACLES© is made possible by seed-faith offerings to Oral Roberts Ministries. No subscription price. MIRACLES© is electronically published by Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, P.O. Box 2187, Tulsa, OK 74102-2187. For more information, call (918) 495-7777, or contact us on the Internet at www.oralroberts.com.