TIM & I, HUNTING
My son Tim & I went deer hunting, I said, "Tim, let's jog down this dirt road for awhile," which we did. In a little while I said, "Tim we are going the wrong way. Let's go back around this hill and to the creek." Which we did, I said, "When we get there, let me shoot first because I have the rifle and you have the shotgun." As we rounded the hill and started towards the creek, I said, "Tim, get ready!" And then all of a sudden we saw this huge buck deer! I got so exited (I had gotten buck fever.) I couldn't find my safety so this deer took off like a shot over the creek. Tim said, "How come you didn't shoot, I was waiting?" (Tim tells this story on me. So I tell this next one on him;)
We were hunting again(at a different place), I said, "Tim, you take this old stand, I feel like going down this way and circling back." So I did. I walked about a block and heard a couple of deer stomping around like horses in some heavy trees and bushes, but I couldn't see them, then I heard them run toward where Tim was, but I didn't hear any shots. So I ran back to see what happened. When I got there I asked Tim did he see anything. He said, " Yeah! two big ones." I said, "Why didn't you shoot?" He said "I noticed the gun was a little loose and I took it apart to check it , and it was all apart when the deer ran under the stand!
Bro. Winters, Homer La.
HE SAID, "HE'S GOING TO FIND A BOMB"!
I was working in the yard when my brother-in-law, David, was walking by, pulling his little boy in a wagon. He yelled and said, "Vernon, ask your Dad if you can walk with me." (My son Vernon was about 6 years old at the time). I heard it and before Vernon could run up and ask me. I reached down to turn the water hose on and someone (like a thought) said; "He's going to find a bomb." So, when Vernon asked to go, I said, "No, you better not." I didn't have time to imagine this thought, and didn't think much about it at the time. About an hour later my wife said, "Did you know David found a bomb!" This was out in the country and used to be an old bombing range! David had been pulling on the bomb to get it out of the ground.
The Air Force men came out to get it (from McDill Air Base), and said, "It could have blown up, and don't touch anymore if you find them; call us at the Air Base." It was on television news later that evening and my parents called to see if we were all right. I told them, "Yes, and that the Lord had shown us or warned us about it ahead of time." (They told my older brother, "Can't you talk to Dolph and help him, so he won't be such a religious fanatic?", He said, "It won't do no good.") Like Brother Branham said, "They think we're nuts.", I like where he said too, "If it wasn't for the nuts and bolts, it would be a bunch of junk!".
AN ANGEL SAID,
"THESE TWO ARE TO BE SAVED."
My dad and I, were working on a job together, This one day my dad said, "Dolph, come to the car with me to get my lunch, I need to talk with you." As we got to the car my dad told me that he and my sister Judy had TB(Tuberculosis: a lung disease.) He started crying.(I had never seen my dad cry before. I only heard him cry when my older brother was killed during the war over in Germany.) He said they went and had tests done after Judy had thrown up blood. And the tests had come out positive. They had the disease! Now, he said (crying) "I've always been afraid of doctors, and I don't think I'd come out of a hospital alive." This shocked me and scared me, too. I started crying and said, "God can heal you! The Bible says, "That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." (MATTHEW 18:19) Then I said, (to my shame) "If God doesn't do it, I won't serve Him."(Later I repented I'm so ashamed. He is so merciful and forgiving!) Remember, He's an ever present help in the time of need! Instantly, an angel stepped beside me (At the time that's what it was like) and said, "These two people in this scripture are to be saved!" (MATTHEW 18:19) ( I thought, I believe I am saved. So I will give my dad the plan of salvation), I said to my dad, "You've got to be saved." My dad said, "I believe in God." The angel said, "The devil believes, but he's not going to make it." (Pretty plain isn't it?) I said, "You need to repent of your sins and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as you savior!" Crying, he shook his head yes, and accepted the Lord. I said, "Now we can pray! Lord Jesus, I ask healing for my dad of this disease." In a few minutes my dad was testifying to me , (See, before this I couldn't even mention anything about God to him with out him getting mad at me.) Now here he was testifying to me about his life when he was a young boy! His dad was an alcoholic, and they didn't have very much to eat. He would take his wagon down to the box cars (train) where the bananas came in, and get some that fell off the cars. He said, "Mamma (She was a German Lutheran.) would get all of us kids around the bed every night and pray. You know Dolph, we hardly ever was sick!" (I was so happy, my dad was talking to me about God!) Now he had to check himself back into the hospital. It was the law. He told me later, they ran test after test, 13 tests, all came out negative. Nothing! The doctors didn't understand the record from before, (there had been two tests, sputum and x-ray that showed positive.) He asked the doctors, "Can I go home now?" They said, "Yes, you can."
The Lord is so good!
Bro. Winters, Homer La.
A Banner Across the Ceiling
This was the first message church I attended after coming out of the pseudo (False) Pentecostal churches. I was asked to pray for the prayer requests. When I got through, I looked up and saw this banner like the ones the airplanes pull. 
THERE IS DEATH AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
I read it and was shocked! Then it faded away. I didn't say anything to anyone except my wife. I didn't know what was going on. Then, later, 3 sisters died with cancer, and now the pastor had it. This is the same church where the Lord said to me, (Later, after the banner, but before the deaths.) "There are those who will follow the bloody word like Able, Then there are those who will flower it like Cain!" To me, there is some connection. My revelation is; To say only what He says on the tapes!
Bro. Winters
He said;
"There are those who will follow the bloody word like Abel
I was a young Christian in the message of the hour. At this time, this was the first message church I attended. I had been going for a half a year when I started noticing something wasn't right. As I listened to the Message Tapes and read the books, I became aware that it was very important to stay with and say what the revealed word said, and that only! So I believe that the 6th sense-faith was showing me things that were not right, And finally I quit going to church. I prayed to find out what was wrong. One day the song leader came to my house to see what was wrong. I told him, "I see something wrong, but I don't know what to do." He said, "The Prophet said, "The laity is duty bound if they see anything wrong, to go to the minister and tell him." So before I could do this, Bro. Borders came down to get an artist to finish the artwork on the book, Foot Prints on the sands of Time. He also preached at this church, and I attended. I recall a statement he made; "I had planned a message but the Holy Ghost changed it." His sermon was mainly on staying with the Message closely, and not listening to what others were saying. After this message, I thought it would help the minister. So the next service I attended, I had high hopes that it would change things for the better. But after the service, I realized he had swung back into the same ways. I had to drive 60 miles home. So on the way, I was really wrestling with this problem, I felt like a machine that had a wrench thrown into it and was about to explode! I said, "Lord, forgive me, this is none of my business any way." I felt better. Then all of a sudden, His presence settled in my car, and He said. "There are those who will follow the bloody word like Able, Then there are those who will flower it like Cain!" I thought, wow! this is what's been wrong! So after this, I remembered the song leader told me, To talk to the minister about this. So I did. I told him what the Lord had showed me, and I believe it was Thus Saith the Lord! The Prophet said, "The bride would keep still, unless She has, Thus Saith the Lord!". After I told the minister, he said, "Winters, if you don't stop listening to these Voices you are going to wind up in Chattahootchee". ( A mental institution.) I was shocked, but not upset. I felt compassion for him and said, "Brother, what if this might be the Holy Ghost?, Aren't you afraid you might blaspheme?" He said, "No, anyone can say they have Thus Saith the Lord".
The Quickening Power
My son-in-law and I were doing a roofing job in Bossier, La. We didn't have the money to rent a hot tar buggy, so we used a fifty gallon drum and built a fire under it. The fire was going good under the drum when I noticed a metal utility building near by with an old gas pump by it. What made me nervous was the smoke and flames, from the fire under the drum, were going right up over the top of the exhaust pipe from the gas pump. I went over and smelled the pump. It had old gas fumes around it. And I'd heard an empty one was more dangerous than a full one. There was also an old closed down mill nearby, but I'd heard of them blowing up too from the dust inside igniting. So, I knew we might be in trouble. As you might remember the first whirlwind where the Lord showed me how to have faith, later, now as I write this down I realize that I did what he said to do, and it worked. Also, He talked in the first whirlwind; this time he said nothing . To continue, My son-in-law had gone up on the roof. I was near the fire thinking if the wind could blow parallel to this gas exhaust it would be safe. So I said, "Lord you're the same one I was serving twenty years ago, when you showed me what to do with that fire back then." I spoke out loud and said, "Let the wind come from that R.R. Trestle about a block away on traffic street and go parallel to the exhaust." And I pointed over the roof. I spoke this three times in faith. (I thought this seemed right). And as I stood there a few minutes, my son-in -law came down from the roof on this big aluminum extension ladder. He said, "I brought a watermelon if you're ready to eat it." I said, "Fine." We went over behind the utility building and sat down on a big log and ate it. As we sat there, we heard something crash near the fire and drum but couldn't see anything because we were behind the utility building. We ran around to see what it was. There stood, whirling, an 8' tall whirlwind. It had knocked over the ladder, which was heavy and was now kicking out logs from under the fire & drum. It was quite a sight! I went over and set the ladder back up. I went a little to close to the whirlwind and it almost grabbed me and pushed me around. Fear came over me. I said, "I'm sorry Lord." Then , I realized what I had just prayed and spoken a few minutes ago. The whirlwind lifted up and went over the roof right where I had pointed. It continued on blowing that way the rest of the day. Now the next morning as I started to light the fire up. Something said. "You don't expect the wind to blow that way again do you?" (It had a lot of doubt and unbelief behind it) I thought, "I believe it will". (You've got to cut through this doubt with your sword of faith.) The wind blew the same way for a week and a half, which was until we finished the job. Thank you Lord Jesus.
Brother Winters
You speak it and He will back it . (Church age book page 64, bottom)
He Said "Now you Rejoice in
your Tribulations"
At this time, I was living in Florida. And every year we got the flu. This year, I had it for a week and I was getting so tired of it. I had just went outside to get some air. On the way to my bedroom as I stepped into the hall. I saw a hand hanging in the air and pointing at me. And a small voice said, "You've been telling people at work to rejoice in their tribulation. Now you do it." (He knows everything.) I was shocked to see that, and it was rough to hear it. As I stepped into the bedroom, I saw a picture of this demon on my back holding me. It looked like a fierce monkey with teeth and claws. As I thought about rejoicing in this tribulation, another thought came. This demon hates me and the Lord. So I thought, "As I rejoice it will make him miserable, and make me feel good." So, I worshipped the Lord and rejoiced. The demon got off my back and flew off. Oh, I felt so much better that I danced and worshipped the Lord more, until it woke up my children. And one asked, "What is daddy doing?" My wife answered and said, "He is praising the Lord." What a precious Lord we have.
Bro. Winters
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A Warning of Near Death, Twice.
I was awakened in the night by the presence of a death angel (?), great fear was over me. I felt like I was going to die any minute and go into eternity. As a Christian, I made myself ready, praying, asking the Lord of anything that might be wrong, asking forgiveness, just getting ready to go into eternity. As I waited, that presence left. I was able to calm down and go to sleep. After a while I was awakened again by the same thing. Everything was repeated. (These following happenings have some connection.)
Some days later, I was near the highway hunting deer. As was moving my deer stand I could see cars moving by, Then, I realized that they could see me, too. So I sat my stand down and waited for them to pass. I was thinking they might try to steal my stand. I was in a thick bushy path and as I stood there waiting, I looked down. Only one more step away was an opened well that dropped down about twenty feet to water. I believe that I had stopped for one reason. The Lord had stopped me for this. He is an ever present help in time of need. Be sure that you belong to him.
Some days later I had been driving a small tractor and disking up land for a garden. I had fun pushing small trees over with it. So when my son George, eight year old, asked to ride, at first, I said no. Then, he said, " I can sit here on the floor and hold on. "I thought, " I guess it will be all right (he would have fun, too.)" But something was dealing with me("I shouldn?t do that!") I shrugged it off. I guess I thought it was my imagination. So we went down and I continued pushing the small trees down, or clearing, to prepare for plowing. After two or three trees I ran into one that had another one behind it that backed it up. The tractor went straight up into the air. We were heading for the sky. For a split second I thought that I could jump clear, but I knew I couldn?t leave George. I said, "Lord Jesus, help us." As it fell backwards over us, I imagined gears and things going through us as it crashed to the ground. After everything had got quiet I asked, "George are you all right?" No answer, I looked and all I could see was his head. I reached down under the tractor and pulled him out. And asked if he was all right, again. He said," Yes, I?m fine." I looked him over and there was not a touch. The same was for myself, Not a touch! As I looked around I was amazed to see, the tractor had fell at an angle to miss the discs (or plowing discs!)Thank God- but what a foolish act I had done. Thank God who is rich in mercy, and for being an ever present help in time of need.
After we moved the new owners had our house moved out, and built a new one. As he was digging a trash hole with his tractor, it fell into the hole and crushed him to death. What manner of people ought we to be!
Brother Winters
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