In 1981 Roberts founded the City of Faith Medical and Research Center, the largest health facility of its kind in the world, in order to merge the healing streams of prayer and medicine as God had revealed it to him. The City of Faith was in operation for eight years and closed in late 1989, having revolutionized the medical world’s concept of primary patient care and the importance of treating the whole person—spirit, mind, and body.
Sometimes we don't obey God as it's inconvenient or because our flesh doesn't like what he's's asking us to do. But I Samuel 15:22 announces, To obey is far better than sacrifice. When God asks us to do something, he is's trying to get a wonderful blessing to us. Yet sometimes we let the dumbest things stand between us and our obedience.
I'll give you an example. When I came to Oral Roberts University as a student, I knew God had called me here, but I did not know there was a dress code. I came from a beach town in Florida where we wore sandals all the time. I mean, dressing up meant changing from old flip-flops to new ones.
I didn't even own a dress, and I found out I was anticipated to wear one each day! As quickly as I heard that stories, I called my ma in Florida and said, mom, I am coming home! She said, Why? And I answered indignantly, Because they say I have to wear a dress each day.
I'm not using my hard-earned cash to purchase a dress!
My mother, sensible lady that she is, answered quietly, Lindsay, do you mean to tell me that you are going to let a piece of fabric come between you and the call of God on your life?
Well, when she put it that way, what could I say? She mailed me some skirts and told me, you simply stay there and let God talk to you.
So i did. And it wasn't long before I met and married Richard, which was God's plan for me. Think how downcast it would be if I'd let dresses keep me from that plan. Do not let anything stand between you and obeying God. Obedience can bring God's fabulous blessings into your life.
About Richard Roberts
">Richard is the head honcho and boss man of Oral Roberts Evangelistic association and also co-chairman of world charming Bible Ministries. He and his other half, Lindsay, host a nationally syndicated TV program, the place for Miracles : Your Hour of Healinga one-hour, interactive daily broadcast that reaches out to millions. On this unique healing program, Richard ministers in the power of the Holy Spirit, praying for people that are sick or wounding in some area of their lives, and frequently giving specific words of information about how God is touching folk with His healing power. The location for Miracles has received more than 117,000 phone calls to date from viewers who have reported miracles and answers to prayer.
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