Introduction

Does God still invade
people’s lives with the
supernatural today?
What happens when God gets
hold of a person? How is a person’s
life changed by a God
encounter? Certainly, as Scripture
shows, nothing is ever the
same again!

Jacob’s encounter with the living
God—in a dream in the
wilderness at Bethel—changed
him from a deceiving schemer
and trickster into Israel, “prince
of God,” and father of a nation of
the people of God.

Moses’ encounter with the living
God—in a burning bush—
changed him from a stuttering
backcountry shepherd into a bold
leader and deliverer of a nation
who could confront the Pharaoh
of Egypt, the world’s most powerful
ruler.

Deborah’s encounter with the
fierceness of God changed a
respectable judge into the deliverer
of a nation who rendered
courageous counsel to those in
authority and vanquished the
enemy’s army.