BLESSED IN MIRACLES

My Dear Precious Child,
    As the church began to multiply more and more in Jewish and Gentile believers Herod became more and more paranoid about that sect becoming too powerful.  He instructed his armies to increase their oppression and tormenting of the believers in Jesus Christ.  When he observed that it pleased the unbelieving Jews he increased even more and even arrested Peter and he killed James, the brother of John, with a sword.  His arrest of Peter was a monumental arrest because of Peter's notoriety of having been one of the closest disciples to Jesus.  In order to make sure that Peter stayed in prison Herod put four squads of soldiers, each squad being four men, to guard Peter, planning to try him before the people after Passover.  Peter was kept in prison but the church increased in fervent prayers persistently for him.(Acts 12:4-6)  
    The very night that Herod's plan was to come to fruition Peter was sleeping in his prison cell between two soldiers fastened with two chains to them and with sentries at the door to his cell and guarding the entire prison. Suddenly one of My angels stood before Peter wakening him and whispering to him to get up quickly.  The chains fell off of Peter's hands.  The angel told Peter to put on his belt and sandals and to wrap his outer garment around him and to go with the angel.  Peter obeyed and followed along even though he was not sure if he was having a dream or a vision.(Acts 12:6-7)
    The angel and Peter safely passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate to the city.  On its own power the gate swung open and Peter and the angel passed through it onto a city street.  Then the angel left him because his assignment was finished.  Peter suddenly realized that I had sent the angel and delivered him out of the hands of Herod and all of the Jewish religious and political people who were seeking to kill him.  With the revelation that what was happening was real, Peter went to the house of Mary, the mother or John Mark, where a large crowd of believers were assembled praying for Peter.  (Acts 12:10-12)   Peter knocked at the gate and Rhoda came to answer, but when she saw that it was Peter she left him at the gate and ran and told the believers that Peter was standing at the gate.  The people told Rhoda that she was crazy, that it must have been his angel.  Peter continued knocking and when the gate was opened they saw him and were amazed at how he could get away from four soldiers in four brigades who were guarding him.  It was certainly a miracle.  
     Peter, of course, told them the entire testimony of his imprisonment and his supernatural release, even the chains binding him to the guards falling off of his hands and the gate to the prison opening without human assistance.  He told the believers to tell the testimony to James and the believers with him when they saw James.  Then Peter left that place and went to another town.  (Acts 12:13-17)
    At the prison site, when it became day there was a huge uproar among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter.  Herod himself looked for him and could not find him, so he placed the guards on trial and commanded their execution.  Then Harod went to Caesarea and stayed there with even more bitterness and animosity toward the church of Jesus Christ.  The officials of two provinces came to Herod and begged for peace between him and them because their countries were nourished by the affairs of the king. (Acts 12:18-21)
    On a special day Harod put on his most regal ceremonial clothes and spoke to the people who were loyal to him.  The crowd regarded his speech as that of a god, not a man.  He was cut down by an angel because he did not give glory to Me as the supreme ruler, instead giving glory to himself.  Because of his bitterness Herod became eaten up by worms and died.
    After the death of King Herod, Barnabas and Paul came back from Jerusalem where they had completed their mission that was ordained by Me and the Word continued to spread about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  (Acts 12:23-25)
    When My children dedicate themselves to praying intercessory prayers in the Holy Spirit, supernatural and unexplainable miracles happen because My angels become part of the solution to the problem as ordained and commissioned by the wisdom and power of My Holy Spirit.  Miracles only happen when My Holy Spirit's commands that come from My mind are the Words prayed in My Heavenly Language out of your mouth.  It's called other tongues, meaning languages not of the earth but praying in the language of My heaven, as happened on the day of Pentecost.  (Acts 2:1-4)
    Your Miracle Producing Father