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The Holy Black Madonna Icon in Poland who survived an attempt of destruction bearing scars  and was painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist; doctor and author of The Gospel of Luke and The Book of Acts.
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One of my greatest encounters in the "Miracle of CommunionFire"

It was 2014 during a CommunionFire encounter with Jesus while having Communion with my wife Camille in our home. Dining with the Lord upon the bread He calls His flesh, therefore so do I, I saw Jesus in a n octagonal library room that for some reason made me think is this what the rooms in the Library of Congress look like? It was austere and made of 8 walls and a doorway, probably a study room for privacy from the public. Perhaps 10-12 feet high and at 10oclock from where I saw the Lord, the door was open inviting sunlight from another entry/exit door to the outdoors. The light cascaded down the steps probably because the sun was just where it needed to be.

As I took drink of the wine that had become His precious blood, again through the miracle He invites us all to participate in, I felt the fire of His passion transfusing into my bloodstream to quicken me to become the righteousness of God in Christ.  He had become sin for me that I might become a partaker of His divine nature. 

As I waited for a moment I saw coming from the staircase a scroll surfing on the rays of light from the sunbeam. As it entered the room above our heads it unfurled and out fell the person of a young woman. She stood next to her Son Jesus and Jesus introduced me to His Mother, the Holy Virgin Mary! 

About 5 Months later the same vision repeated itself as Camille and I share the Table of the Lord together.  It was early morning and this time from the scroll came Saint Peter, Saint Ephraim of Syria, Holy Mother Mary and Saint Joseph. As they stood with Jesus across from me, Mary spoke to me directly for the very first time. She looked at me and with a gentle smile in a soft and caring voice said, "Bob, be bold." That was it and I felt almost translated into a new dimension of faith. About 8 months later I began to go on an evening prayer walk to pray the Rosary. That was almost 3 years ago now on June 20th 2015 and I still take my evening prayer walks praying the Rosary every night. I have to say of a truth, I now know my Savior more personally and intimately because I have met His Mother who now has become my Mother in Christ and my Queen of heaven who is preparing the Bride for her Son. 

Rooted & Grounded in Love Open Heart Surgery

2/29/2016

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​Open Heart 
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I had open heart surgery with 5 by-passes on New Year's Day, 2016! When my heart broke and needed to be put back together my life depended on the care of the surgeon and the will of God.

Under the influence of very powerful anesthesia there was little sleep and no hunger for food. As a result I as a bit delirious and staring at the ceiling of my room I couldn't figure out if I was in South Carolina, London or Baltimore.

Without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I couldn't imagine what others must go through facing such a life and death moment. I can't speak for others but clinging to life was a maze of emotions that went from 'where are the angels to moments of paranoia!

I wondered if I was going to live or was in the process of dieing. What caused me to vacillate was dealing with reality. I became suspicious of the doctors and nurses. I couldn't sleep.

I was trying to think about Communion with Jesus... but there was intense focus of the enemy to distract me or destroy me at the same time made me very very aware of something.

In the hospital bed I felt alone to battle with the intense misconceptions, and distractions of the enemy trying to destroy my faith.

But Jesus! never, ever, ever leaves us or forsakes us. Facing my frailty and helplessness without awareness of Jesus let me know my inability to fight alone. For two days I battled with conflict.. I told my wife and Communion partner for 3 years, "We need to stop having Communion!"

​What?

​The enemy worked me over all night long. She didn't know it but I somehow got convinced that only the Roman Catholic worship model of the Communion-Centric Eucharist was correct and everything else was suspicious, including our three year daily communion journey with Jesus in our home!
Camille lovingly, graciously rebuked my fears and doubts and said, 'Remember!'

I was so weary I couldn't even respond. I was feeling pretty hopeless. At that moment I was pretty convinced we needed to give up CommunionFire Ministries and just join the Roman Catholic or Antiochian Orthodox Church. Western or Eastern, but Catholic was the only solution or was it?

Within 24 hours (still little to no sleep or food) I was amazed at how devastating and debilitating the enemy attack had been. When the battle subsided a little bit, the memory of our encounters and experiences in Communion every day for the past three years came to mind. This was real!.

So, another sobering reality hit me square between the damaged heart repairs.

How then do we reach 650 million non-communion-centric Protestants, Evangelicals and Charismatics? 

Not my problem!  Jesus makes it clear He is building His Church and the gates of hell will not prevent Him. Jesus also told Peter, "Upon this rock (of revelation) I will build My Church! That construction involves the power of the Holy Spirit in us to make us His living stones to build with. 

Our focus, like the rest of our "christian clans', is Jesus!

Had platform-centric worship and preacher-centric gatherings replaced the quiet power of having Communion with Jesus?.

We have seen self-serve Communion offered: in the lobby of the sanctuary to take whenever convenient, behind curtains at various stations throughout the sanctuary and shared from the front by the preacher, pastor or worship leaders once per month or once per quarter or year. In some denominations there is no communion at all!.

We want Communion with each other but what about the primary relationship we have with the Lord? Sometimes having Communion with each other reinforces 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th hand witnesses from others about the Lord's presence. Is this an indirect influence in our life? Are we leaving our relationship with Jesus up to others at the expense of knowing Him personally, intimately and one-on-one through Communion?  Before trying to have communion with each other, don't we need to first cultivate our relationship with Jesus? 

What others say; what clergy promotes or what 'our church' shares all becomes the turning point of our faith instead of a 1st hand personal relationship with Jesus! What kind of surgery was Jesus doing while I was having physical surgery? 
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Kristin Potler link
2/29/2016 01:28:29 pm

Dad, this is so good. Really good.

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bb link
3/12/2016 08:23:37 pm

you are so kind - thank you for being there.... <3 U

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