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Dear Friends,
I never tire of telling my story – as someone may need to hear it and lest I forget. Here are some highlights:
On April 25th I will be 72 years old, yet still 25 inside, for I have eternity in my heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
And if they found a fountain of youth
I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth
Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet
("The Older I Get" by Alan Jackson)
So far, I have survived a brain tumor at age 7, when it disappeared on the last x-ray before surgery, and a blood clot in the artery of my heart, with a 50/50 chance of living when I was age 54. 3 days later, my heart stopped on the table during a heart catheterization, and they jumped it back to beat again. And recently, a heart murmur became a false report. The doctors tell me I'm a lucky man. I love doctors, but I've learned to never allow them to number my days. Our times are in God's hands. (Photo via Unsplash)
I will never forget what God spoke to me when my life was hanging in the balance: "Son, if the enemy can attack you, I can outdo him." I know now that I'm being "attacked" by God through His healing and that healing now runs in my family because of those stripes across His back. Never fear sickness or disease that runs/ran in your parents' and grandparents' lives. As a Believer, royal Blood rushes through your veins and has taken care of that.
Healing Started on My Mother's Side
I believe that when Mom was contending for her healings and miracles, she was fighting to pass them on to us children. She found the key to a long life. Twice cancer couldn't kill her. The first time cancer spread through her body, the doctors gave her 5 years to live. That was 45 years ago. At 87 the second cancer died through surgery. They got it all with no chemo needed. Years ago doctors witnessed a tumor disappear on her thyroid before taking a biopsy.
10 years ago, doctors wanted to amputate her foot. She told them, "Whenever I go to Heaven, I'm taking my foot with me!" Later they changed their minds. She kept her foot and walked fine. Most doctors who told her she wouldn't live long are gone. She kept outliving them. Her famous prayer when she got attacked was this: "Lord, if I get weak and sick, how am I going to help anybody and reach the lost?" That's it! Then healing would come upon her.
Be Careful Who You Hang Out With
After receiving a 5-year death sentence with cancer, mom felt led to visit a different church in town. She went with my Aunt Sophie. Aunt Sophie has been healed so many times, people thought she was crazy (be careful who you hang out with). They arrived early and sat near the front of the church before others arrived. As soon as Mom sat down, she felt a hand touch her shoulder, shooting a bolt of electricity down through her body that burnt the hairs off of her arms. "I just knew God healed me of that cancer!" she said. They found out later that this church didn't believe in healing. I think that's why God healed her before the service started. (Photo via Pxhere)
Mom lived to be 90 years old and loved to tell people about her healings and miracles. Then she would stop and say, "But you gotta repent!" as conviction fell on them.
Where the devil tries to take you out is where the Lord will often send you back with bragging rights saying, "I'm back!"
Whispers from my darkest nights:
• All my past scars are releasing a sweet anointing.
• When I am afraid, I have learned to say, "I'm excited!"
• [God said]: "Son, when your heart stopped on that hospital table, I put some stuff in you, because you were out of the way."
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Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministry
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com
Website: www.billyount.com
Bill Yount has been a member of Bridge of Life Church in Hagerstown, Maryland for the past 40 years where he is in leadership. He faithfully served in Prison Ministry at Mount Hope Inc. for 23 years and now travels full-time, ministering in churches and Aglow circles. Bill's calling is to encourage the Body of Christ to move forward into God's destiny as they are sent into the harvest field. "Humility and Humor" characterize his ministry as he brings forth a fresh word that is "in season" proclaiming the Word of the Lord! The shofar or (ram's horn) is at times used in his meetings, breaking the powers of darkness over regions, churches and households. Many of God's messages which Bill ministers prophetically, come out of every day life with his family and friends.
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