This is a message from leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef. We pray that it will encourage you in your walk of faith.

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Back in the 70s, there was a discussion or a debate, really, among evangelical leaders.

The subject was, has the supernatural, other miracles have ceased after the disciples, after the early church.

Or does God still continue to perform miracles today?

But then my mentor and a very dear friend, the late John Stott of England,

they said, you know, let me show you historically how in Bible history that there were certain

times in which the supernatural activities has been intensified.

And he began to walk through the history of the Bible.

He said there was an intensity or intensifying of the work of the supernatural back in the days of the Exodus as people of God coming out of Egypt.

That was so clear.

And then he went on to talk about why it was during the time of the prophets Elijah and Elasha, there was an intensifying

of the work of the supernatural, become visible to the world. And then the exile time with

Daniel Shadrach, Mishak, and Abednego. And then he made a statement those many years ago that

I consider to be prophetic. He said, the time may come when we in Christendom,

referring to the West, we face a spiritual darkness in which we can anticipate again

the work of the supernatural to be apparent.

How prophetic that was, because we are coming into the dark ages.

We're coming into the spiritual darkness.

And therefore, what I want to do is to encourage the people of God,

whether you're listening to me here or watching around the world.

I want to encourage the people of God to begin to think and walk and living in the supernatural, not in the natural. And that is why

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