RR: Melva, do you have one you want to share, you and Larry? nephew was healed from broken ribs. A three-wheel motorcycle fell on him, broke his ribs and collapsed his lungs. And Lindsay gave a word of knowledge and he received his healing and was released from the hospital after being there one day. He’s up running around and free Praise God. (Applause)
RR: A call from Wichita, Kansas. “My right ear had been giving me trouble for the past eight months. I could hardly hear out of it, plus, there was constant itching and pain. But yesterday, Richard, you said someone was being healed in their right ear. Before I realized it fully, I had received healing in my ear. I can hear perfectly and all of the itching and pain is gone.” (Applause) And here’s a call from Grant Pass, Oregon. Oh, listen to this. “I’d misplaced an important check.” You know, you need prayer when you misplace an important check, especially if it’s your paycheck. “I called the Abundant Life Prayer Group”–Now, you know, somebody might say, “Well now, God’s not interested in helping you find a check.”
LR: Oh, yes, He is.
RR: Brother, He’s interested, sister, He’s interested in prospering you in every way and that means finding checks. “I called the Abundant Life Prayer Group and the prayer partner prayed with me that I would find a check and that God would lead me to it. It wasn’t but five minutes and I found it.” (Applause) It’s a good testimony.
LR: That reminds me of something that just happened. I was in the grocery store the other day with a little fourteen-year-old girl who it in the grocery store. And tore the place apart, went through all I know it’s gone.” I said, “Honey, do you believe God gave that to you?” And she said, “Yes.” I said, “Do you believe God would be happy if the devil stole it away from you?” She said, “No.” I said, “Then you and I are going to agree right now that God knows where it is and He’s going to reveal to you where it is.” Do you know, a man was walking out of the store and had it hooked on the bottom of his heel on his shoe walking out and as she got behind him, the bracelet feel off. She bent down and picked it up and got it back. See, God knows what means something to us. (Applause) And He’s concerned about little things and big things.
RR: Miracles. Praise God for it. And I’ve got good news, if you’re in the Dallas area, you who are in the Dallas area, pay attention to what I’m going to say because I have been invited by Larry and Melva This coming Friday night–well, let’s see, Lindsay’s going to be speaking at a womens banquet on Saturday.
ML: Saturday morning at 9:30.
RR: Saturday morning.
ML: Yes, ladies conference.
RR: And then on Sunday I’m going to be preaching in one of your Sunday morning services.
LL: 10 a.m.
LL: 5:30 in the afternoon.
RR: Church on the Rock, get ready for a traffic jam. (Amen) In Rockwall, Texas.
LL: And signs and wonders. to go, there are miracles. Not because of me but because of Jesus. Lindsay, share a testimony.
LR: I have two good testimonies. This is from a lady in El Paso, said, “About three weeks ago you had a word of knowledge that someone was being healed of a growth on their back.” And they said, “You described where it was and you made me turn around and show the location where the growth was.” She said, “Yesterday her sister They believed for three weeks and it was manifested. Thank God she didn’t give up during those three weeks because it wasn’t instant.
RR: Praise the Lord.
LR: You know, that’s something. If you don’t see the manifestation of your healing right on the spot, for heaven’s sake don’t give up. important thing. period of time.
LR: That’s right. They’re a process sometimes. This lady called, and this is really precious because do you remember the other day we
RR: Yes, that was from the Word Explosion.
LR: That’s right. She said she had been taken away from her parents as a child, apparently kidnapped, and she has been in bondage that that same kidnapping might happen to her children. And she said we talked about the fear on that clip. And she said at that moment she gave that fear to God and said she wanted to be set free. She said, “I have the peace of God today and I am not going to worry about my children. I’ve given them to God.” (Applause) Praise God.
RR: Well, give the Lord Jesus a good handclap. (Applause) Hello, everybody. Welcome to Richard Roberts Live. I understand we have a big tour group, Elsie’s tour group from, is it Seguin, Texas, is that right? Stand up and let us give you a good handclap. Give them a and the Healing Outreach Center. And if you just tuned in, you’re tuned in to a miracle program, not because of us, but because of the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Son of the living God. I believe in the healing power of God. I believe in miracles. and strategies of the devil? Well, let me give you the answer from the Apostle Paul in Ephesians, chapter 6, when he says, “Finally, my (or the tricks or strategies) of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day. And having done all to stand, stand therefore, having your loins gird about with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness and your feet can walk over the devil’s roughest territory. “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword and supplication in the Spirit.” That means praying in the Spirit, praying in tongues, then praying in your own language, in English. the whole armor of God and we can withstand all of the fiery darts of the evil one.” What does that mean to you and me? It means we win. whole armor of God, we win. When we stand fast in the name of Jesus, it means we can be victorious over the devil’s roar, whether it, whether it’s the devil’s roar of sickness or disease or the devil’s roar coming against your finances or coming against your family or your home or coming against your marriage or coming against your business or your job or coming against you with some relationship, it means we can stand in the name of Jesus and put on the whole armor of God and we can win over the situation. (Applause) Now that’s good going to happen. I’ll tell you what’s going to happen. We’re going to give you good news, good news that you can win. You don’t have to writings in Ephesians on putting on the whole armor of God. So here Stay tuned for a message coming just for you. “HE’LL DO IT AGAIN” offer
TO: God bless you.
RR: I appreciate that. And before we close, Lindsay, I want to say a word, all this past week and the week before I’ve been raising a special Seed-Faith project. You know, to come into Mabee Center to watch the ORU teams play, you’ve got to cross over Fred Creek. There’s a creek out here that’s called Fred Creek. We don’t know how it got named Fred, but it was named Fred Creek. And there are four bridges that go across that creek, two car bridges and two pedestrian bridges. The students have to walk across the bridges and the cars have to drive across the bridges. And on the 20th of August all the students will be returning and classes begin a few days later. And we are remodeling and rebuilding those bridges and we are remodeling and reshaping the creek channel. There you’ve got a live picture outside right now of the men working. And I’ve been raising a special Seed-Faith project, the bridge over Fred River. We’ve got to do some repair work. We’re in the midst of doing it now. And people have been sowing special seeds of faith to help me with this project. And as we close this program I want to remind you we still need help. Will you sow a seed today? Perhaps God will move on your heart to sow a seed of $100. Or maybe He’ll lay on your heart to sow a seed of $50, or maybe $1,000. It’s going to cost about $250,000 to repair the bridges and to repair the actual channel of the creek. You see, all of the sub-divisions have been built around ORU and we get all their flood waters. And sometimes it comes down there like a raging river. And it has widened the creek channel and widened it. We even have a cooling tower out there. Well, you can see some of the damage there. We have a cooling tower that’s very near the creek. And if we go much longer, that cooling tower will slip right into the creek and be demolished. So we must do it. It’s very, very important and I need your help. As you know, tomorrow I’m going to be getting ready to go to Australia and Lindsay and Billy Joe and Sharon are going to continue this project. Those construction men that you saw out there are working by faith. They’re believing that the partners of our ministry are going to join with us and sow a seed. Just as I came in the studio a woman handed me a check for $50. Lindsay, it’s right here. Here it is, somewhere. Here’s a check from a woman who said, “Yes, I’ll help you for the repairing of the bridge.” And I thank every partner who helps me with this Seed-Faith project. We’ve had lots of Seed-Faith projects this summer on this campus. We’ve remodeled all the dormitories. THe dormitories look better than they’ve looked in 16 years. And I’m so thrilled. The students are going to be so excited when they get back and see those dormitories. But will you help me on the rechanneling of Fred Creek and the rebuilding of these four bridges. It’s very, very important. We must get it done by the 20th of August. That is my deadline. Please send a Seed-Faith gift. And remember, when you do, God will open you the windows of heaven. He will pour you out a blessing where there shall not be room enough to receive it. And He will rebuke the devourer for your sake. That means God will turn the situation around and bring you the financial blessing that you need. Thank you for sowing your seed. No matter what it is, large or small, I praise God for it. W–Wayman, God bless you and thank you. Ted, bless you for being with us. Till we see you tomorrow, take these words with you all day long, no matter what it looks like, God can turn it around for you.
BN: Richard invites you to get involved in this ministry with both your prayers and financial support. Your Seed-Faith gift for the Fred Creek repair project will enable us to make repairs to campus bridges and walkways and maintain safety standards here on the Oral Roberts University campus. Just write, Richard Roberts, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Or call 1-918-495-7777. I’m Bill Nordstrom, inviting you to join us again tomorrow along with special guest Terry and Jackie Mize. And remember, God can turn it around in your life.
ORUS: Singing “Turn It Around” APPLAUSE
RR: God, I thank You for Wayman, for his witness and for the athletic ability You’ve placed in his heart. Lord, I thank You for Ted Owens as our athletic director. I pray a double portion anointing to be upon him as he leads our entire athletic program. Lord, we are in athletics for a reason, and that is to be a witness for Jesus Christ, that the young men and the young women who represent this university, Oral Roberts University, would always be a witness, a bold witness. For the Bible says to go into every man’s world, preach the gospel. Lord, there are lots of people that are in the athletic world and they’ve not been reached for Jesus Christ. May we be an extension of Your hand to reach them for Jesus Christ and to make a_ difference, but not just a difference, to make the___ difference in their lives. I thank You, Father, for the Spirit of God that I feel upon me right now. And I want to say a special word to those of you that are young persons and perhaps those of you that are older persons who have either been experimenting with drugs or you’ve been offered drugs and you don’t know what to do. Perhaps there’s been all kinds of peer pressure on you that you must take them or that you won’t be one of the crowd. I want to say something to you. In my lifetime I’ve been offered many things. When I was a high school student, when I was a college student I was offered drugs. Yes, even back in the sixties there were a lot of drugs that were going around. They didn’t make the national headlines like they did in the seventies and the eighties, but they were going on. They were available to me any time I wanted them. And even though I was not serving Christ at the time, something inside me told me not to do it. Now I know now that was not a something, that was a Someone. That was the Holy Spirit. The Spirit moved on me to stay away from that. And then there came a day when I received Christ as my personal Savior. I was deeply involved in athletics. I played basketball in high school. I played golf in high school on teams. I love athletics. I’ve always loved athletics and played sports. But I avoided drugs. And I want to say this word and it’s a strong word and it’s a good word for you, pay no attention to the young person who comes up to you and says, “You’re not going to make it, you’re not going to be in the group, in the click, unless you take drugs.” Pay no attention to that. That’s a lie of the devil. Disassociate yourself with that person. Now that’s what Wayman said. He said, “I didn’t do it to try to be better than anybody else.” He just said, “I knew that wasn’t for me.” Put that thing aside. And also, for the person who would come up to you and say, “You will be a better athlete, you’ll perform better if you’re high while you’re playing sports.” That’s also a lie of the devil. Don’t swallow that. Forget it. Put it aside. God has given you all of the ability that you need. And the way to get more of that ability out is to take the coaches that you work with and allow them to work with you. Here is a young man who is a star in the NBA, but here this summer he’s been here and he’s been some right here on our campus talking and working always trying to improve himself, but not through drugs and alcohol and things of that nature. You can live without it. That’s a good will set you free.” (Applause) Praise God. Wayman, God bless you for your strong witness. Ted, God bless you for your strong witness.