The Name Of Jesus

Joyce: I have a real simple example. Just this week somebody… I had asked somebody to do something and they said to me, “I tried to get that done but they were giving me trouble about it.” and I said, “you tell them that I said to do it.” and the minute that they said, “Joyce said to do it,” it got done because it was involving some things here at the ministry. Well, if my name has that kind of authority in this small realm, and me just being a human being like everybody else, imagine the power that’s in the name of Jesus. But if we don’t put any faith in that… Mike, you’ve got another good example about how the name of Jesus was used in a real practical situation.

Pastor Mike: A friend of ours was walking down the sidewalk. His little child jumped out in the middle of traffic and there was a car coming at a high speed heading right toward his child. There was not enough time to react in any other way except my friend, john, just said, “Jesus.” and as soon as he said “Jesus” that car that was speeding toward his kid — and there was no way in the natural that could stop from being a horrific situation — that car jolted to a stop with the child right on the fender but not even hit. My friend john went around to the driver’s side of the car that almost hit his child, looked in and the driver was crying and weeping. John said, “why are you crying? My child’s okay.” and the driver said, “you don’t understand — my foot never hit the brake. My foot is still on the accelerator right now!”