i am continuing my research into the possible mechanisms for dual interaction between the immaterial mind, including the mind of god, and the material components of the god-created neural synaptic networks. My focus is on wave forms. posts will not be frequent since compelling findings from neuroscience addressing this interaction are few, but i continue searching.

i conclude this section dealing with medical miracles with two excerpts from dr. seigel’s book, which again i highly recommend. i cite dr. seigel:

“my decades of being a physician have taught me that we each have one life and we have to treasure it. god decides how long we have; doctors should not try to usurp that role. god may see a purpose for our remaining in the world that we aren’t even aware of. . . . medical technology is my tool as a physician, complemented by prayer and a patient’s courage and hope. miracles come when the physician’s hands of god are combined with prayer and these prayers are answered.”

in the near future I shall post a few blogs based on the book entitled the miracles among us: how god’s grace plays a role in heaLING. IT IS AUTHORED BY DR. MARC SIEGEL WITH A FORWARD BY SHANNON BREAM. i WILL BE POSTING SHORT SUMMARIES OF POINTS MADE BY DR. SIEGEL. i STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOUR READING OF THIS BOOK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN SOME CAPACITY.

my next series of blog posts will deal with miracles, in particular miracles experienced and observed by medical professionals. I will soon identify the book from which excerpts will be taken. this is another topic sadly neglected in many christian churches, believing that miracles are a happening of the past.

I close this session of excerpts from dr. graham’s book on angels with the following:

“as i look back over my life i remember the moment i caME TO JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LORD. THE ANGELS REJOICED! SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN IN THOUSANDS OF BATTLES WITH SATAN AND HIS DEMONS. AS I YIELDED MY WILL AND COMMITTED MYSELF TOTALLY TO CHRIST - AS I PRAYED AND BELIEVED - I AM CONVINCED THAT GOD ‘PUT A HEDGE ABOUT ME,’ A HEDGE OF ANGELS TO PROTECT ME.

“THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THERE IS A TIME TO BE BORN AND A TIME TO DIE. AND WHEN MY TIME TO DIE COMES AN ANGEL WILL BE THERE TO COMFORT ME. HE WILL GIVE ME PEACE AND JOY EVEN AT THAT MOST CRITICAL HOUR, AND USHER ME INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AND I WILL DWELL WITH THE LORD FOREVER. THAnk god for the ministry of his blessed angels!”

“the christian should never consider death a tragedy. rather he should see it as angels do: they realize that joy should mark the journey from time to eternity. the way to life is by the valley of death, but the road is marked with victory all the way. angels revel in the power of the resurrection of jesus, which assures us of our resurrection and guarantees us a safe passage to heaven. hundreds of accounts record the heavenly escort of angels at death.”

thanks to dr. graham.

“only one thin veil separates our natural world from the spiritual world. that thin veil we call death.

“we who have made our peace with god should be like the evangelist d. l. moody. when he was aware that death was at hand, he said, ‘earth recedes, heaven opens before me.’ it appeared as though he was dreaming. then he said, ‘no, this is no dream . . . it is beautiful, it is like a trance. if this is death, it is sweet. there is no valley here. god is calling me, and i must go.”

dr. graham identifies the greatest message the world has ever heard: “he is not here, but is risen (luke 24:6).” when mary visited the tomb of jesus she observed two angels, one of whom made this statement to her. “those few words changed the history of the universe. darkness and despair died; hope and anticipation were born in the hearts of men.”

dr. graham continues identifying the spirit of rebellion in satan. . . . “satan’s desire to replace god as ruler of the universe may have been rooted in a basic sin that leads to the sin of pride . . . . underneath satan’s pride lurked the deadliest of all sins, the sin of covetousness - the lust for what belonged to god alone”. . . .[satan’s] “spirit has worked through his consuming hatred of god to write his tragic story in the annals of human history. in his warfare against god, satan uses the human race, which god created and loved.”

“the apostle paul understood and spoke of the war of rebellion in the heavens when he referred to the former lucifer, now satan, as ‘the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of the disobedience’ (ephesians2:2). he also says that in fighting the organized kingdom of satanic darkness, we struggle against ‘the world forces of this darkness . . . the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places” (ephesians 6: 6:12). we can describe all unrighteousness and transgression against god as ‘self-will’ against the will of god. this definition applies to human beings today as well as to angels.”