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By Jim Towers

I’m not quite sure how to present the called for stories of answered prayer yet I thought I should let my readers know that I received several stories of answered prayer as a result of one of my own stories from my yet un-published manuscript – (and I have many.) So, I didn’t quite know what to expect, but among them was this doozy that affirms that God can do the impossible and I should know since I’ve experienced miracles like this – time and again. Haven’t you?

Hi Jim,

I always read the articles you post to RR website. I am always encouraged by how you relate how God works in your daily life and how you are always aware of His Providence. The following happened to me some years ago when my son was 3 years old and cell phones were those expensive brick phones, i.e. I didn’t have one. Please feel free to edit because I do ramble.

My brother was in the ICU in Eugene, Oregon and at the time we didn’t think he would live (he did). My parents had gone over a couple weeks earlier from our town 3 hours away to help his wife with their kids so she could be at his side. I felt an urgent need to go see him too, so packed up my 3-year-old son in his car seat and headed the 3 hours away. Before I left, I talked with a nephew on the phone, and he gave me vague directions on how to find their home. 

I arrived in Eugene in the usual 3 hours, and it was late afternoon. I drove around trying to follow my hastily written directions and after a couple hours had to admit I was lost. I had NO idea where we were. I found a phone booth at a convenience store in an unsavory sort of neighborhood that left me feeling very uneasy, but it was the only phone I had found in miles of driving. I parked as close as I could to the phone booth and called my brother’s house and got yet another nephew who had no idea where I was when I gave him the cross streets. His directions were as useless as what I already had. My parents weren’t there but were on an errand. It was getting dark, and I needed help. My son was fussy, I was beginning to panic. I got back in my car and started driving with traffic and was praying, praying, praying. Please Lord, keep us safe and direct me to my brother’s house, I asked. 

It was about sunset, and I had no idea what to do and was willing myself to be calm and wait for God’s help. As I was sitting in traffic at a red light, I suddenly noticed a familiar vehicle 2 cars ahead of me in the next lane. Could it be? No way!  I couldn’t believe it. It was my parents!! I was so thankful and praising God as I followed them into a home improvement store parking lot a few blocks away. They were as surprised to see me as I had been to see their car moments earlier. 

They asked why was I way over on this side of town?? I asked them the same thing. My dad was looking for a particular part to repair a cabinet at my brother’s home and they had been to 3 stores already to that point and all stores were out of stock. This store they were at was the last one they were going to go to, and no surprise, they had the part! I tried to wrap my mind around the timing of the entire episode many times through the years. Only God can work the timing of something so perfectly. 

That was years ago but it showed me there is no such thing as coincidence or random happening. The Lord cares about the little things in our lives as much as the big things. It’s all important to Him. He is so good! 

Thanks for reading…

Toni

In these perilous times it is imperative that we know we can count on God to answer prayer, and when he doesn’t, it could be that he expects us to find a solution for ourselves with the brain he gave us for just such occasions. 

How my manuscript came about.

It was only when I lost everything that was dear to my heart that I became what some might call a “street evangelist” while searching for meaning and the direction my life took after I received Christ. Although I was highly successful in the beginning of my profession as an actor and the money was good, but I turned down a very lucrative commercial because it promoted smoking, – something I don’t approve of. The turning down of this huge national commercial was the turning point for me. My wife left me, taking my two beloved boys with her. Today I don’t blame her, but I lost a sense of direction, and I was confused as to why this had happened.

I was blackballed for a while which led to hopelessness. I didn’t care if I lived or died. I began traveling without a sense of direction landing a gig here and there, I worked on a movie in Detroit and a television show- plus a couple of commercials.  (There I was a big fish in a small pond.)

I found myself back in Miami where I got my start in the film industry and by now the film community had forgiven me and welcomed me back with open arms – once again I was on a roll except that I was still conflicted about the other part of my family life, and I missed my boys terribly.  In spite of the setbacks, I experienced many wonderful things, like praying for a demon possessed woman as I held her to my chest while she cried uncontrollably. Starting a Sunday service in a park and consoling the dispossessed. As I threw myself into this endeavor, God saw fit to provide sustenance and work between acting jobs, which became scarcer and scarcer because of my loss of interest. By now I had begun writing screenplays and directing.

Today, I can tell you things that would make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. The stories I tell in my 240-page manuscript are chock full of otherworldly experiences that have increased and become almost commonplace occurrences today.

There comes a point in our lives when things don’t matter as much anymore and we know that accolades, and money are fleeting. The time comes when we finally realize that pleasing God and promoting other people’s wellbeing are what really matters in life.

YBIC

Jim Towers                             Write me with your short story of how your prayers were answered  at  jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com. and my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com.

            By Jim Towers

This is a testimony sent to me by one of my readers. Jody wrote in response to my recent article “Effective Prayer” which got me thinking that articles/stories such as this would be a great way to encourage others that God is on the side of believers in Christ and He does answer prayer in His timing (usually at the very last minute) when we have exhausted all effort and find ourselves in desperate need. 

Hi Jim,

 I had a very similar experience to your food prayer in this article. It was the first answered prayer God ever gave me and I have NEVER forgotten it.

 In my case, God did not provide money but the actual food from the hand of a very standoffish person I worked with.

 One night, I had exactly $1.00 in my bank account and no food in the house. And I have hypoglycemia so need to eat regularly. I was not getting paid until the next day and had no idea how I would cope without food for the next 24 hours. I worked the night shift and left my apt. that evening to head to work. In the hallway of the apt. complex, I said a prayer to God. I said, “Lord, you know I need to eat, and you know I have no money and don’t get paid till tomorrow. Will you please provide something for me to eat tonight?” Then I continued out to my car and headed to work. 

 Once at work (I was a little early), I took my bag upstairs and set it at my station and then headed back downstairs to the cafeteria to relax before my shift. As I was coming down the stairs, a coworker that I had hired in with and attended training with was coming up the stairs. In her hand she had a McDonald’s bag. As we passed, she looked at me and said “Jody, would you like this McDonald’s meal? I only bought it because I had to get the Dances with Wolves video that came with it. This was the early 90s and that movie was relatively new and had just come out. 

 I can tell you that I almost fell down the rest of those stairs I was so shocked. I gladly accepted her offer and then headed to the cafeteria and ate my meal that the Lord had just so graciously provided. I also have to say that this was not the friendliest girl I’ve ever known either. Pretty standoffish and not warm or touchy feely. So God not only provided exactly what I asked for, He also used the most unlikely person to do it. A few years later, I heard that this girl became a Christian.

 From that moment on, my faith was cemented and I knew I could count on God no matter what. Answered prayer doesn’t come as instantaneously as that one did anymore, but He is still just as faithful even when it takes longer. I am currently going on 10 years waiting for the fulfillment of my last prayer of this kind (regarding finances and housing).

 When I read your article, I knew you’d be able to appreciate my comment.

 Thanks for sharing and I enjoy reading your articles at Rapture Ready.

 God bless you,

Jody

LATER, after I asked Jodie for permission to share this story Jodie wrote,

 I can’t say I’ve had many (miracles) like that but I have had a few more and had much bigger ones happen.

That same job terminated me in 1998 due to illness and I asked God if He would like me to fight the termination or walk away. The word came back fight but that the battle would be His and not mine. Two years later, I walked back into that job after beating them in federal court. He always comes thru when I let Him choose the answer and the action. The result did not surprise me but more than a few people were in awe and amazement and I made sure I gave all the glory to Him. I hope a few people came to know Christ thru that answered prayer.

I’ve also had some equal disasters when I have not allowed Him to choose or asked Him what to do.

I don’t mind a bit if you use my story. Just let me know when you do so that I can read it and save it. Thanks!

I love to talk to people who also know God this way and have similar experiences. I don’t know many people that allow God this level of control over their lives.

Best wishes,

Jody

NOTE:

If you would like to share your story about God’s faithfulness, send it to me and let’s, see if and how God can use YOUR testimonial.  Please try to make it two pages or less and try not to ramble too much (as I often do.) 

YBIC

Jim Towers            Write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com  or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com Warriors following Christ or my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com

By Jim Towers

Most of us pray only when we need something or are ailing. That’s the way it was with me for the longest time. Relying on my wits and abilities I plunged into places angels fear to tread (I just thought that last phrase was catchy – forgive me.)

Prayer was one of the last things on my mind. I will say this though, my prayers were always in earnest and believing. And now that I am older, I am more prone to reflect on the deeper things of God and find myself in prayer continually although I can’t remember praying in fear about anything. Mostly, my prayers are for others and my country – which I believe stands in peril because of its moral collapse.

Praying to me is simply talking with God, appreciating Him and His presence in my life. This in spite of our proclivity for sinful behavior. (Thank God for Jesus!)

Is it any wonder David of the Old Testament found favor with God? David, although being all too human was given favored stature before God Almighty. David was always talking with God. (He even wrote songs to God. You can read them in the book of Psalms.)

What I’m trying to say here is that when we call out to God we must do so with honesty and openness if we expect Him to listen.

God hates the hollow repetitious prayers that are mouthed by some. Even a heartfelt “Our Father” can have the stench of piety or hypocrisy to our omniscient God who knows our propensity to fake it – especially in front of others.

Today I went stopped at the grocery store on my way home and after I got out of the car – low and behold I spotted a dollar bill lying on the pavement of the parking lot next to where I parked. Naturally I picked it up and looked to see if anyone had dropped it. There were only a couple of other people, but they were too far away to have dropped it in that spot. That incident reminded me of the time I hadn’t eaten all day and was famished, on top of that my car had broken down and I was on foot.

It was late at night and just like in a movie of a poor hungry soul I was trudging along 123 Street in North Miami just west of Biscayne Blvd near the Old Movie Studio where “Flipper” had been filmed years ago. I was praying for myself for once while my stomach cried out for food. ( I hadn’t yet been paid for my latest gig ) Because of my need for glucose I felt I would soon fall on my face from weakness onto the cement sidewalk. The short desperate prayer had just left my lips when a gust of wind blowing from west to east made what little litter in the gutter flutter and come toward me. Among the candy wrapper and a couple of pieces of paper I instantly spotted what I knew to be paper money. Instantly I ran and picked up the ten-dollar bill God had sent me. I picked it up thanking God profusely and shaking like a leaf I went back to Kenny Rodgers Fried Chicken a block away and ate to my heart’s content.

Incidentally, I wrote about this and the many other incidences of miraculous happenings in my 240-page manuscript – (for which I’m still seeking a publisher.)

There are all kinds of prayers going up to God at any given moment.

Consider the apostle Paul who prayed for healing for a “thorn” he had in the flesh. If the thorn was some physical ailment or something like arthritic pain God might not have said “My grace is sufficient for thee.” On the other hand, if it was one of sinful desire or thought it might have been more apropos to say such a thing since He accepts us with sinful baggage that we find hard or even impossible to overcome. A perfect example is when a man sees a desireful woman and wonders what it would be like to spend some time with her. After all, we are sexual creatures. (I’ll leave that hot potato right there.)

My take on prayer is that we must really say what is in the deep recesses of our hearts and minds, no thees and thous. Fall on your face if you must, confess your sins if you must, this may be the only time you will be able to be frank with God Almighty – take advantage of this opportunity. There are times when we don’t know what else to do but pray, like the loss of a loved one, loss of income, hunger, pain and or utter defeat.

Whenever I get down, it only takes a short prayer for God to send healing and hope. On the other hand, sometimes it seems to take forever as in “Those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”

When things seem to be taking a long time to come together, it could be that the angels that God has ordered to rescue you have been hindered by our adversary? Jesus said to pray without ceasing.

If you can’t see the glory of God while driving along the highway and seeing the ocean pass by with a beautiful sunset in the background to appreciate then you may not be a Christian after all. Maybe a walk in the woods or surrounded by flowers is for you but I find myself being thankful for all these wonders and praising God all day long.

Yes, that’s the KEY to what I’m attempting to say, praise is the key that unlocks the door to God’s heart. Thank Him for your food, for your rest, for your health, for the undeserved relationship that Christ made possible for you, and you will find God’s ear inclined toward you. He loves those who love Him.

In some cases, the best we can hope for is to be at ease in our current circumstances and wait on the Lord to act on our behalf. Don’t forget that the Bible tells us to wait upon the Lord. “Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall run and not faint.”

P.S.

I’m reading a book with the title “Jesus” that was written to explore the intimate details of Jesus early life. It’s a very interesting book and I’ll tell you something about it when I finish. It is written by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola and is referred to as a “Theography” as opposed to biography.

YBIC

By Jim Towers

I don’t know about you but I can honestly say along with David, “…. my cup runneth over….” 

I was in my late teens when I became a welder like my father who was a Navy ship welder in the Seattle Shipyards during the Second World War. 

Doing my own book research on metallurgy and welding I excelled and became a First-Class Welder, then a Certified Welder. From there I went to Pipe Welder Certification, Nuclear Tig Welding and ended as a First-Class Ship Fitter in the Root and Brown shipyards of Louisiana.  

Although I’ve always been an inquisitive achiever, only after receiving Christ have I lived life to the full.

I’ve been on an archaeological dig traveled and explored ancient life in the Western hemisphere and discovered the landing place of Cortez and the conquistadores discovering the first fort they built now overgrown with weeds at the time.  

After receiving Christ, He took my life in another direction, and I became a highly trained professional actor. I’ve been in movies, television shows, T.V. commercials – and sang a spotlight number on stage to close the show (I had portrayed Fagan in the Musical “Oliver” and know many other show tunes word for word.)

I’ve sold artwork for big bucks and once won the four top prizes at the Pensacola State Fair, Blue ribbon, Best of Show, People’s Choice and Judges Choice plus the money prize and it’s just a hobby for me.

Today after having written a blockbuster (with five subsequent sequels) movie pleagerized, I write screenplays and write articles for two wonderful Christian websites from which I receive letters from all over the world. I’ve rubbed shoulders with some of the most interesting people in the world, movie stars, Paul Newman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jim Carrie, Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Dep, and Chuck Norris among many others less notable actors and celebrities. I rode in a white limo to the premiere of the movie “The Truman Show” in which I portrayed a harried bus conductor. I was a tuxedo wearing chaperone for the inaugural ball for the then Governor of Florida George Romney – back in the day.  

I’ve written close to a dozen songs (music and lyrics) and produced and directed the recordings in a professional recording studio. (Tom Jones almost recorded one of them, but already had a song about walking in the rain on the album).

Years ago, I wrote, produced and directed an updated version of “Woman at the well” and today I have a half dozen screenplays on file, hoping to produce and direct one having to do with the Biblical End Times.

Whew! Truly the Lord has been gracious to me, but I know that “To whom much is given, much is required.”

This all goes to show what a person is capable of with God on your side. Admittedly, I haven’t always been the man of God I aspired to be, and it took me a long time to accept my frailties. But I always repent, dust off and keep going.

As you can well imagine, I never have time to party, get drunk or use drugs and have no desire to do so.  I get my high from serving God. The benefits of living such a life are life affirming and beneficial. I would encourage you to do the same,

However, this isn’t to say that living such a life isn’t without its trials and tribulations. There have been times when I nearly despaired – but by leaning on God’s word I was always able to rebound. If there were any residual effects, it was always to my benefit. “Trust in the Lord and lean not to thine own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge Him.” This is followed by “Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” 

All of these happenings are written about in my 240-page manuscript for which I’m seeking a publisher.

What an exciting life to be God’s emissary.

Today, as I pulled into a side street that connects to the main drag to take me to the pier, I saw a young man in the middle of the road picking up a bunch of photographs from off the pavement. His overloaded bike laid in the street with a small suitcase lying nearby. The contents of the bike basket were also lying nearby. I stopped the car about thirty feet away, put the emergency blinkers on got out of the car to help the young man. With the wind blowing slightly the phots were hard for him to pick up. I set the bicycle back up and put the other spilled contents into the basket while he continued to pick up the photos of his son. The suitcase was heavy, and I could see where he had lost his balance with it in hand and fallen over into the middle of the street. “Thanks” he said as he picked up the last of the photos and straightened up. “These are photos of my boy. My wife just divorced me and threw me out of the house. Those packages are for my son’s birthday. I slept behind that store last night.” I asked how I could help and said, “Maybe I can run the suitcase over to that store for you.” I made a U turn and drove into the store parking lot.

It was there that Dwight introduced himself and should me the photos of his eight-year-old son. Then he began to tell me his story and ended by telling me that he had been robbed while sleeping behind the store the night before. Pulling out my wallet I fished out my only cash of eight dollars to give to him for breakfast and asked if he needed prayer, he answered in the affirmative and I prayed for the poor desolate man, “Father in heaven help Dwight in his present difficulties and may he seek your face in all circumstances; In Jesus name I pray, Amen”. Dwight responded with his own “Amen”.

 Yes, what a privilege to be an emissary for God and Christ Jesus. As I go through life and embrace that way of life I continue to grow in faith and confidence and in the knowledge of knowing how to help others without appearing to be holier than thou or condescending. As the old adage says, “There but for the grace of God – go I.”

YBICJim Towers                          You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com or visit my website, www.propheticsignsandwonders@yahoo.com

By Jim Towers

Remember the book “Chariots of the Gods” by Erich von Daniken? It was a book that explored the idea that Elijah was whisked away in a spaceship, never to be seen again. The writer also posited the idea that space beings also built many of the monolithic structures throughout the world including the great pyramids and Machu Pichu on the mountains in Peru. He wrote that lines on the Nazca plain in Cusco were also put there by space aliens, a kind of landing field for their space craft.

Being of an inquisitive nature I have read many accounts of ancient beings coming to earth at different stages of our societal development. However, before you jump the gun in judging me, I much prefer and believe the biblical account of the creation and development of mankind. (I was well into learning scripture at the time the controversial book came out.)

At the time, it all seemed plausible since there are still things we don’t understand about our world. For me, the book wasn’t contradicting the scriptures only re – enforcing them. After all, Elijah was taken away in a fiery chariot.

Even Jesus said, “I saw Satan fall from the sky like lightning…” If an armada of spaceships were cast to earth, they, from a distance would appear to be a falling star or lightning. But I don’t want to open up a can of worms with that statement.

Now some would say that Angels are spiritual and Space aliens are physical. Who am I to argue? If that were so it would only serve to expand the debate over which is which?

Nevertheless, (and this is a contentious subject to explore) with new series of documentaries on that subject made strictly for monetary gain and not to inform the sheeple who will follow anything and everything so long as they don’t have to deal with the God of the bible, even though (it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of God.)

This UFO phenomena will soon be a thing of the past with more serious and pressing problems cropping up in the future. Scary stuff like more violent earthquakes, more virulent diseases, manmade and not. Worldwide famine is another thing we should be looking for in the near future. God said these things would happen and God doesn’t lie. 

These space aliens are unable to destroy us even with their advanced technology, simply because God has stayed their hand like he stayed Satan’s hand when he told Lucifer not to kill Job. He is and has the ultimate power over life and death over all His created beings. Just the mention of Jesus name sends Satan fleeing.

It will be a new revelation to many that these demonic entities exist and able to disguise themselves as angels of light even going so far as to invade our educational and political systems as well as our churches with doctrines of demons.

Nevertheless, there does seem to be something flying around in our atmosphere that we don’t fully understand. They seem to be able to appear and disappear at will in great bursts of speed and some appeared to help the Israelis in time of war. 

But his poses another problem, is this to say that Michael and the “good guy angels” are still at work invading our space as well? Elisha called on God to open the eyes of his terrified companions who feared the hordes of the Syrian army surrounding Israel, “And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”

In my testimonial manuscript I wrote that while living in Davie Florida a close Christian friend called me on my cell and asked me excitedly to come to his house. He said he had something to show me. With nothing better to do I went right over and found him standing on the porch of a close neighbor in the cul de sac. I stopped and went over to him, and he led me into the house introducing me to the young woman who lived there. “Show Jim the video you took of the UFOs.” She led me to the computer and sitting she brought up the video she had just taken just minutes earlier. Her grandmother sat in a rocking chair nearby rocking nervously and near to tears, as her frail hands shook.

As I watched the video the young lady explained that she and her children and grandmother were out on the porch and watching the children play with the neighbors’ kids. It was a clear sunny day with few clouds in the azure blue sky. Just above the tree line that included a couple of palm trees the objects of our attention began to appear. They were wheel shaped objects that paraded one after another in an arc above the houses across the street. They were almost translucent and had the form of chariot wheels about the size of a big car and flew about fifty feet in the air. On occasion one would turn on it’s side and appear to take on a different shape not unlike a boomerang.  It was all astonishing to say the least.

The grandmother sat there still shaken and terrified, “Grandma was the first to see them and she nearly has a heart attack” the young mother said. I turned to face the old woman and felt so sorry for her that I felt compelled to go and hold her hand. “Do you want me to pray for you?” I asked. “Would you please? …I never ever – in all my life, saw anything like that!”  Not knowing what else to say I uttered “The bible says that signs will appear in the heavens in the last days.” At this she shuddered, and I felt I had said the wrong thing. But I recovered and asked if she was saved, and she replied that she had been to church. Then I prayed for her salvation and recovery from the obvious shock she had undergone.  

As time goes on, we will undoubtedly hear more about this phenomenon. But one good thing about being a “born again” Christian is that we need not fear anything. “If we fear God, we have nothing else to fear.” After all, God created everything and is complete control. As for UFO sightings, if they are extra-terrestrial beings, they may be setting the stage for the tribulation period. 

As for me, I’ll stick with what the Bible says every time – since the Word of God has always proved to be true no matter who questions it. 

PS. 

The UFO story is in my unpublished manuscript, and it is just one of many incredible happenings, encounters and miracles in my 240 page Christian testimony of over forty years of being an Evangelical Christian. Those who have read my story find it incredible and compelling. Not wanting to self-publish I nevertheless am still looking for a legitimate publisher. If you are a publisher or have a friend who is one – please help me get published for a finder’s fee upon publication.  

YBIC

Jim Towers                           You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com.

By Jim Towers

I awakened to sweet music playing on my clock radio, as I always do, and I thanked God for the good and complete rest I had just had. Then I opened the blinds to a marvelous morning and asked our Father to direct me to others in need of salvation, prayer or help along life’s way.

With the Covid fiasco fading (and other more serious viral infections being perpetrated in other parts of the world) we here in South Florida are now able to get out and about without the government breathing down the back of our necks and so I took off for my ministry station – the fishing pier. But before I headed there, I bought a can of sardines, crackers, and a coke at a nearby store to have for lunch while at the pier at the little shelter about halfway to the far end.

As I pulled out of the store there was a sorrowful looking older woman standing nearby holding a sign made from a cardboard flap that had one word emblazoned across the front – hungry. I stopped, rolled down the window as she came over to the car. The first thing I asked before I handed her the ten-dollar bill was, “Do you need prayer?” She didn’t hesitate. “Do I ever!” and she proceeded to tell me the story of her present condition. I didn’t try to stop her since I know that people in her situation often need solace and someone to listen to their plight. I made the prayer short and sweet, (no showboating- it was the right thing to do.) I gave her the money and left her with a smile on her face.

And so, I made my way down to my most favorite place in the world, but not without a slight trepidation upon bumping into Bill again. Bill is a collector of knives and always has at least two on his persona, especially on the pier. The extremely sharp one is to fillet fish with, and He is very deft with that razor sharp implement. As a matter of fact, I filmed a short video of him filleting a Mackerel with swift and deliberate strokes only a pro could execute a while back.

In any case, the last time I talked to Bill, I had paid him a visit at his condo to share the good news of the Gospel with him, and my visit ended with him telling me that he wasn’t interested as he was reading a treatise written by an atheist on the foolishness of being a believer in Christ. I figured that would be the last I would speak to him and that the next time he might even attack me with his fillet knife since atheists can be a little violent when provoked. But after thinking it over and since it was such a beautiful day, I decided to go to the pier anyway. So off I went. 

After finishing my lunch, I got up to make my way toward the other end of the pier looking down over the railing at the beautiful blue water as I made my way slowly hoping to spot a fish or two. (I once saw a three-hundred-pound grouper come up and swallow a smaller fish whole. It was the biggest fish I ever saw.)

 All at once I heard a familiar voice call out, “HEY JIM, where have you been?” There was Bill, standing in front of me. “Come sit with me.” He implored. So, I sat with him on one of the many benches that dot the pier.

“Bill, how have you been? “I asked.

“The day after I saw you when you visited me, I was admitted into the hospital. I was there for days…. I thought I was dying. It’s so good to see you!”

I couldn’t help but believe God was trying to get his attention after our little visit.

We shared pleasantries, and said our goodbyes, but just before he left, I asked If he would like me to pray for him and he responded with, “I may be an atheist, but I’ll take a prayer any time.” (Actually, I think he’s an agnostic.) 

That’s what I like about being a one on one evangelist – the challenge and resulting surprises.

Since I love the ministry of reaching out to others, I’ve made a determination that I will also focus on the Millennials after finding that they enjoy listening to me and my encouraging words. (People love talking about themselves about their hopes and dreams and I’m garnering younger people as acquaintances as well.) 

With multitudes dying in their sins, and with the upcoming generations having lost all sense of purpose and direction in life we can only expect that full blown apostacy will prevail in the days ahead.

According to a survey, Millennials are “far more likely” than other generations to:

• Define success in life as happiness, personal freedom, or productivity without oppression.
• Consider an abortion performed to reduce personal economic or emotional discomfort to be morally acceptable.
• Consider premarital sex with someone expected to be their future spouse to be morally acceptable.
• Deem reincarnation a real possibility.
• Be liberal regarding fiscal and social policies.
• Champion liberal theology.
• Be among the “Don’ts”—people who either do not know if God exists, do not believe that He exists, or do not care if He exists.

The nexus to this problem is that with that attitude and mind set – truly the time of God’s wrath and tribulation period are close at hand. Albeit we shouldn’t be surprised since so many so-called believers were worshiping idols of flesh and blood and paid little or no attention to the demonic indoctrination that was happening to our prodigy on all sides. 

Young people cannot think for themselves, their brains aren’t yet fully developed, and they haven’t yet learned from experience the things they will be facing in the future, they need guidance and correction, and we foolishly only gave them encouragement to think for themselves and let them play video games endlessly, while taking no thought for tomorrow.

YBIC

Jim Towers                      You can write me at  jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com. or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com.

By Jim Towers

I knocked on the door of Bill’s first floor condo not knowing what to expect. But since I was infused with the desire to share Christ and had already shared with two others that day I was ready to confront Bill who was always reticent if not resistant to my message of God’s love for him. I suppose that if I had been him, I would have been so inclined myself. He suffered from stomach cancer and had had a portion of his colon removed and wore a bag for elimination.

In spite of his quiet demeanor, I had taken a liking for him, and especially when I learned he had been a writer for a music magazine and had at the same time been a drummer for a rock band in Sn Francisco during the turbulent sixties. (I too had been into the music scene singing on stage in musicals as well as writing songs and was with BMI for a while.)  In fact, Bill admitted being a radical druggie at the time. Although he was raised in quiet Naples neighborhood, he had a wild streak in him and left home to seek his fortune elsewhere which like of so many other young people at the time ended up in San Francisco.

Bill was a good student and had applied to various Universities for medical training but was forced to waiting in a long line of more privileged young people. That made him more resistant to the establishment and it pushed him into the radical drug culture.

Surprisingly, drug abuse didn’t affect his mental acuity and he could hold his own with a more stable person. Although I have never even smoked a joint, I am constantly reminded of mankind’s resiliency in being able to bounce back after years of drug abuse.

In any case, I knocked lightly and finally rang the doorbell, not knowing what reaction to expect. Bill answered the door with a towel wrapped around his huge girth and a loose-fitting shirt draped over the top of it. He was surprised to see me standing there, 

“Jim,….what brings you here?”

 “I haven’t seen you in a while and wondered how you were doing.”

We began making small banter when he finally asked me in not knowing where else to turn. 

My intent was to make the Gospel known to him verbally and in full – not just by my actions. This has always been my modus operandi right from the git -go over forty years ago.  And so, when I stepped inside the tiny apartment, I noticed it was clean except for the empty bottles standing next to one another on the kitchen counter and on the floor in front of it. There must have been sixty or seventy clean clear empty tequila quart bottles row after row, waiting to be thrown out into the trash bin out next to the parking lot in a block cement block cubical.

“Have a seat.” Bill urged as he flicked off the television that was reviewing a soccer match somewhere in the world. (Soccer was his favorite thing to follow.)

“How have you been, I finally inquired.” 

“Oh so, so, please excuse the bottles I haven’t had the strength or will to put them in the trash.” as he sat in the big plush easy chair draped with a big worn beach towel. 

I sat in the only other chair across from him with a small table between us. “Care for a drink?” he asked.

“No thanks.”…….”Tequila!….Margarita’s are all I ever drink and as you can see I drink at least one every night before bedtime.”

We had barely began conversing, when the phone rang, it was his mother calling from the nursing home where she had been residing for the past few years. “Jim, my friend from the fishing pier is here. He’s the first visitor I’ve had in past several years.” They only talked for a couple of minutes and Bill insisted on showing me his knife magazine to show me his latest acquisition for his collection. “Should be here this week.”

After a little more small talk, I finally got down to the business of sharing the Gospel with “my fishing buddy” with whom I never really fished but only talked too.

“I came to let you know that God cares about you and that Christ came to die for your sins and mine.”

At this Bill nearly jumped out of his easy chair, “I’ve heard that B. S. over and over and I don’t buy it!” Bill got up and just when I thought he was going to get violent, he walked to the small bedroom saying, “Let me show you my bible!”

Coming back out of the bedroom he held a glossy covered book indicative of a self-published tome. It was a book written by an atheist / philosopher the title of which I’ve forgotten. 

So now I knew he had only been using me and tolerant of my good behavior toward him because I always gave him a ride home in my car because of my concern for his condition.

His rabid reaction did nothing to quench my concern for him and didn’t surprise me in the least, I knew he was an atheist.

“Let me tell you about my conversion,” I began. Then I told him of my dramatic conversion which led up to my vision and later in life. From there, I went on with may encounter with Satan in which God told me “I have given you over to Satan to sift you like wheat, but you will not die for I am praying for you and when you recover you shall go out and strengthen the brethren.” Bill just sat there with mouth agape and never said another word.

I fished into my shirt pocket and pulled out little red book with bible verses in it pertaining to the Gospel and laid it on the corner of the kitchen counter that was just big and clear enough to receive it. “Let me leave you with this little booklet so that you fully understand what you’re dealing with…. goodbye Bill.

Forrest Gump said, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get”. That is why I enjoy engaging in conversation with strangers especially concerning spiritual things.

YBIC

Jim Towers                         Write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and visit my reconstructed website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com and www.dropzonedelta.com (Warriors following Christ.)

By Jim Towers

As I entered the emergency room of a local hospital a couple of weeks ago, I was confronted by a sign on the front desk that videos were not allowed to be taken of the inside of the facility. This sent up red flags that something hidden was happening there. What were they hiding? Could it be the fact that people weren’t dying all over the place with doctors and nurses running back and forth trying to save their lives? Has Covid struck again? I was there for a checkup and stayed for the better part of a day and couldn’t help but notice how quiet it was. The hallways were empty as well.

I’ve had the common cold accompanied by an occasional cough for three days now, better known as the “sniffles”. This yearly malady got me thinking, whatever happened to this and the other yearly culprits everyone used to come down with? No one complains about these once-a-year happenings anymore. Everything is Covid this – Covid that and having recovered from Covid is a badge of honor for some even though the recovery rates is over ninety percent, while, even the yearly flu is more deadly to the infirmed and elderly – as it has always been. 

I would be remiss to say that the covid pandemic is only a ruse posited by world leaders to keep their people in line, but what are we to think when the former vice president of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals says that covid has been blown all out of proportion and that it can’t transition from one virus to another? In third world countries who had little resources the virus took its toll and helped to polish off the elderly and infirmed.

Yet Dr. Anthony Fauci keeps insisting that we need to keep wearing useless masks and getting shots that have harmed many people and even killed some. While the odds are small, who would want to take a chance in being crippled in some way for the rest of their lives? 

Since the virus began in China and happened at a time that the Chinese government was trying to suppress the riots going on in Wuhan (the very place that houses the bacteriological or biological warfare laboratory with whom Dr. Fauci and Obama were doing business at the time.) The timing couldn’t be better for some sort of sinister plot to unfold since the presidential election was just beginning.) The timing was perfect to subdue the Democrats enemies once and for all. Little did they know that the man-made virus would transmit so readily and cause problems on a worldwide scale. The Covid virus began threatening the whole world. 

This is no doubt but what some hospitals are propheteering from this virus. Pharmaceutical companies are also profiting immensely from the Covid plague.  

Incidentally, the latest offerings of vaccines haven’t proven to be perfected and are faulty causing more harm than good. Many of them in China of all places. Could it be that the Chinese government is so intent on being a dominant force in the world that they would cause harm to others just to be so?  

I’m not much for made up stories or for conspiracy theories. There is enough confusion going around these days without having to make things up or even expanding on conspiracy theories. The reality of life today is one of which a hardened politician recently said, “I’m scared!”. 

The whole world is in a state of flux as pertains to the viruses and vaccines with no one knowing what can be done about this epidemic. That is why I think it could be a “God thing” as opposed to human error or contrivance. Could God be saying, “I’ll finish what you have started?) Doesn’t the God of the bible say, “I will have them in derision”? In other words, just as people are saying “there is no God” God will make a mockery of their arrogant insolence.

Perhaps, just like in the past, God may let things play out to the advantage of the perpetrators until they hang themselves by their own devices and means. That is to say that if this /these new strains of Covid were created by evil men to kill or subdue others, it could be that God is letting the perpetrators achieve some of their goals to see how far they will go before bringing down the hammer. 

At the same time although others may pray in earnest – it is too little – too late. 

Until something of the magnitude of Covid strikes home, then life goes on nonchalantly as before without giving god due thanks or even acknowledgement or respect.

Although many are panicking, we have yet to see people repenting of sin in large numbers and life goes on as usual with killings, riots and ungodly perversion. 

Some are saying that life will never be the same again since Covid 19 swept the earth.

To get vaccinated or not is a hard decision to make, given the horror stories out there of people experiencing neurological disorders and even death for taking the vaccine.

Was the Covid virus man made? Did God engineer this plague in accordance with his prophetic warning or does God use man made means to chastise evil doers? Taken in conjunction with other prophetic scripture it appears that latter day prophecies are being fulfilled before our very eyes.

Wars and rumors of war, signs and wonders prevail in the heavens with UFO sightings and crazy weather patterns everywhere. Speaking of UFO’s I am on the way to the book store to get a copy of the newly released book by retired general professor Haim Eshed of the State of Israel – titled “The Universe beyond the Horizon” just to see what he has to say.

The best we can do is be prepared for any eventuality, and by that I don’t mean just stocking up on food but preparing to meet our creator as well.

Get right with God by doing His will and not always your own. “You shall find God when you seek Him with your whole heart.”

YBIC

Jim Towers                           Write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit www.dropzonedelta.com or mu web page www.propheticsignsandwonders.com.

By Jim Towers

Now, more than ever with rapture approaching Christians must reach out to relatives, friends and neighbors and our community at large with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We have left in our nonchalant wake and compliance with the world a confused and lost generation of atheists, and nones, (that is a group of people who have no religious affiliation.) In reconciling the unsaved with the church, we will have to spoon – feed most of these lost folks with the word of God.

Some may even need convincing of God’s existence by juggling their thought processes and imaginations – rational thought diminishing rapidly in our present world. We may even need to go back to the very basics – like God is….

In trying to describe the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob I had to decide which superlative fit Him best. Words like Majestic, Powerful, Mighty, Profound, Awesome, Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient just didn’t cut it so I chose the one word that best describes Him to me – although we could come up with hundreds of other words such as gracious, kind, caring and Just. 

Aside from all the above mentioned He is also Father, (not Mother) a Jealous God, God is also said to be a flaming fire in the Bible. The description I like best is – God is Love and although our Divine Creator is tolerant and slow to anger, he isn’t to be trivialized nor challenged.

Consider this; that before creating the earth and its inhabitants God had already created various “Heavens” with angelic inhabitants. The God of heaven and earth is not constrained by time since he always was and always will be. This is something that is hard for us earthbound inhabitants to understand since we are constrained by time. But when we consider that He threw (or did He speak) the Sun and planets out into space and name them we can begin to see His enormity. He created trillions of stars and many galaxies and continues to do so in the ever-expanding universe. You can see the awesome images called “Hand of God through the Hubble telescope” on the internet. 

For those who insist that God doesn’t exist here are some interesting proofs that He does indeed exist. God has left clues of His existence everywhere.

He created the Sun to light the day and the reflection of the moon to light the night, the tiniest microbe that can only be seen through a microscope, water, dry land, trees, and vegetation all animals and birds as well as mankind – while most scientists can barely make an omelet – can you say awesome or magnificent or something of the like.

Our ingenious Creator created various species of fruits and veggies and everything else made available on this planet. Could you or anyone else have done better? Trees for oxygen, vegetation to cleanse the planet of dangerous gases that in turn also give us oxygen and His genius goes on and on.

Is it any wonder the Bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart – there is no God.”

Yet our illegitimate president has even forgotten that such a God exists. In a recent speech Joe Biden hesitated in the middle of his speech to articulate this supposed belief of such a one and flubbed the known entities positional name (God) that had been wiped from his ever darkening and corrupt mind. How can God acknowledge a man who is thankful for nothing and has even forgotten that His creator exists? Tragically, like a third of the angels of heaven Joe has lost his way.

It’s not like God didn’t give us a multitude of clues. Some that I like best are “The hand of God in the sky on the internet taken by the Hubble telescope, the Hummingbird tree whose blossoms look like hummingbirds hanging all over the tree, (I have one among the orchard of exotic tropical fruit trees.)

Then there is a book I read “The Gold of Exodus” a few years ago, that told the fantastic story of a man having found the trail of the Jews who left Egypt under Moses command, burned altars blackened mountaintop and all. Speaking of burning: at the place where the Hebrews gathered to cross the Red Sea a huge area of molten sand has been found on the beach where the pillar of fire stood while leading the way to the crossing. Chariot wheels have been discovered in the same area encrusted by crustations! As if that weren’t enough, Satellite images show where the earth was trampled by over a million people during that period of time on the route of the exodus. You can check these things out on the internet for yourself.

Another footprint of God mentioned in the Bible can be found along the shore of the Dead Sea where Sodom and Gomorrah once stood. Although there is nothing there today but mounds of salt. Pockets of brimstone (sulfur) along the shore where these ancient cities once existed one can go there today and dig out balls of sulfur embedded in the remains of those wicked cities that were destroyed by God. The Bible tells us that God destroyed these twin cities as an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter – 2 Peter 2:6. 

Our Creator also has a keen sense of creative ingenuity considering the anomaly of the Duckbill Platypus and the Snowy Owl or the mysterious Machu Pichu, the love between a man and a woman and the list goes on and on – endlessly. 

I’m sure there are many more such examples of the reality of God. The Bible says, “You will find God if you search for Him with your whole heart”.

The one attribute of God that really stands out is His love for mankind “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

YBIC

Jim Towers

Write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com and www.dropzonedelta.com

Don’t mess with God our Father.

By Jim Towers

Dear Younger Person, 

as a young person, atheist or “none” who doesn’t know their Creator, or the things of God; did you ever wonder about why you are here, who or what created all things including mankind, and if there is life after death or even right or wrong? 

Knowing that many younger people today don’t know the basic rudiments of the Bible (Word of God) I will attempt to explain it in a nutshell using simple terms and easy to understand narrative. We who have been steeped in Bible studies for years owe it to our prodigy to reveal what we know of the bestselling and widely read book of all time and it’s “author” God.  The time is coming when society will have forgotten that there is even a God who cares about us individually. 

I write to you younger people specifically, since I have many years’ experience in living the Christian life, one of study, introspection, and probing the more esoteric things of life and of course stumbling every so often along the way, (being a Christian doesn’t make you an angel, just a saved follower of Jesus Christ) but does give you a zeal for the things of God if you are sincere. 

If you are a “seeker”, this then is the answer to life you’ve been seeking – in a nutshell. 

The Bible tells us all we need to know about creation; laws that will help us live a happy and productive life and sense of purpose. The more you study it – the more that it opens itself up to you. Also, in it, is God given revelation and His many promises. So, let us begin.

As the “Good Book” says,

In the beginning God (the ineffable being) created man in His image and in His likeness. He had already created Angelic beings’ eons before. The angelic being Lucifer who rebelled against God left his domain with a third of the angels. He is also referred to in the Bible as Satan, The Devil, The Evil One and The Great Dragon.

Then this powerful Omnipotent Being (God) said, (let there be light) and He separated the darkness from the light – and it was so. And He called them Night and Day. 

After water and dry land – then made vegetation and animals – then came man.

This Mighty Creator Being said, “Let us make man in OUR image and in our likeness”. This other being was later proven to be Christ Jesus in the Holy Bible. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory as of the only begotten Son of God,” – Jesus.

This all sounds pretty fantastic doesn’t it? Yet there is no better explanation than the Bible account of creation. Some men have tried to explain it by saying they found gold plates in their back yard and other outlandish things, but all fall short of the creation story in Holy writ told by forty devout men including Moses who wrote the first five books of the Bible. In fact, today the creation story and Moses’ exodus epic are being proven by archeological excavations and discoveries of that time in world history.

The rise and fall of empires such as the Medes, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans are depicted by “Old Testament Prophets” of the Bible among whom are Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel and Elijah. By the way, Enoch and Elijah are two men who were so close to God that they never physically died but were instead transported to heaven by other means.

To prove the Bible is true God continues to confound and surprise mankind with prophetic signs and wonders, things that He deemed would happen before they happened and the result of such happenings. The Bible is often referred to as the “Word” of God and is taught in most Christian churches – although as time goes on – many other churches have become apostate and unreliable, something that was prophesied to take place in the End Times. The end times being the end of the church age when the tribulation period is about to begin – a time of sorrows.

The time of sorrows encapsulates earthly upheavals such as, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, plagues of locusts, viruses and diseases. Overt governmental and financial collapses will also be taking place at this point in time. Criminality will have gotten out of hand with people afraid to be going out at night and keeping their children under watchful eye. Meanwhile, civil unrest will be taking place everywhere. A lot of these things were prophesied by Christ Jesus Himself in what’s called the New Testament.  

The New Testament was written about as the time when God would send a Savior to redeem mankind from the clutches of the Devil who prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. The book of John begins in much the same way as the Old Testament and testifies that Christ Jesus is the promised savior of mankind in the prophetic scriptures if the Old testament.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. ⁸ He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹ The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. ¹² Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— ¹³ children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) ¹⁶ Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

The ONLY WAY to really know God is to receive Christ and to read the Holy Bible. Our creator wants to be your personal savior and friend – and if that isn’t a profound thought, I don’t know what is. So, do yourself a favor and explore the possibility thoroughly – your eternal life depends on it.

YBIC

Jim Towers      You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or check out my webpage                        www.propheticsignsandwonders.com and visit www.dropzonedelta.com.