From God to His servant, Brother Dewey Briscoe
“Things That Came from God”
For many years I knew God wanted me to preach the gospel. I was very stubborn and self-satisfied, seeking for worldly pleasures and world fame. I was a good Christian, I thought, but; yet, I wasn’t doing what I knew God wanted me to do. I knew God was calling me to preach but it’s so hard to surrender to the call to preach. Why? I don’t know. I guess one reason is that we must completely deny self and completely rely on the Lord for everything. After I surrendered to the call to preach things were different now. Yes, I began to have visions from the Lord. I shall share these experiences with you.
Vision no.1 In this vision the Lord showed me, while I was asleep, about something that I should go and do. He showed me another preacher (a Church of Christ preacher) that he revealed to me he was lost. God wanted me to go and talk to him, and try to show him the way to receive Christ into his life. I wouldn’t go because I had only been preaching for 6 months. I just couldn’t go. So three nights later he died drunk. My, how this has hurt me. I promised the Lord that I would never fail him again.
By Brother Dewey
Vision no.2 In this vision the Lord showed me a man that He wanted me to go to and tell him the wonderful story of Jesus. So I called Brother Lindal Gable, a very good preacher friend of mine, to go with me. He was delighted that I invited him; so, we went to see this man, Mr. Buck Caudle. When we came to Mr. Caudle’s home he invited us in. I have always been a man of few words; so, at once I told Mr. Caudle the purpose of our visit. I told him the Lord came to me in a vision and wanted me to talk to him about his soul. I asked Mr. Caudle if he would go with us to see his pastor. Mr. Caudle had just got home from sawing wood in the woods all day. I told him that he didn’t have to change clothes. I said, “You are OK as you are”. He sat there a few minutes and then he called his wife and asked her to bring him a clean shirt. So he put on a clean shirt and we were off to Brother Drake’s home. When we arrived and I introduced Mr. Caudle to Brother Drake, we began to tell Mr. Caudle about the Lord. We must have stayed at Brother Drake’s for an hour or more; but, Mr. Caudle was gloriously saved, and two weeks later his wife was saved. Shortly after, two of their children were saved. God has called him to preach now.
Vision no.3 In this vision God showed me something I only shared with my father. I can’t share this with anyone else. (Sorry) God has called him to preach now
I was visiting the Cullman hospital one day. As I enter this certain room, there was a nice young man about 19 years old. He had cancer of the throat. He wanted me to pray and ask God to heal him. So I asked him did he believe that God could and would? He said yes. I asked him to take me by the hand as I prayed. After prayer, I left. Before long I heard that he had completely recovered. He told his mother while I was praying with him and holding his hand that something went through his body like a bolt of lightning. Surely this was the power of God upon us. Thank God for his healing power.
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I received word that a certain man had a bad back condition and the doctors in Cullman told him that he had to have an operation. This man agreed to the operation. The night before going to Birmingham for the operation I had a feeling I should visit him. Me and my wife went to his house. I asked him if he believed if God could heal him. He said yes. I asked him if he wanted me to pray for him. He said sure. So I read to him from the fifth chapter of James. I asked him if he believed this. He said yes; so, we got down on our knees and prayed to God and asked God to heal him. So the next day he went to Birmingham. The doctors gave him the last check before operating. They said that it wasn’t anything wrong with him. That he didn’t need an operation. They sent him home. Thank God for healing.
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On another occasion there was a man that had problems and the doctors advised him that he had to have an operation to get better. I visited this man. I asked him if he wanted to be healed of his problems. He said he did. I asked him if he would come to the church on Sunday and let the church pray for him. He said he would. So the next day, which was Sunday, he was at church. I told the church that this man had come for you to pray and ask God to heal him. I saw about a hundred or more people on their knees that day. After church as that man and I were standing outside the church, he said to me, “Preacher, something happened in there today”. Praise God again for His healing power. This man hasn’t had an operation yet. It has been several months. Thank God for his healing power.
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I know a lady who at one time had gone to many doctors for help. The doctors told her that they couldn’t help her; and, said there wasn’t anything wrong with her. I had talked with her. I had prayed with her. She had prayed and prayed and re-dedicated her life to God time and time again. This wasn’t the answer; so, one day by and by she found herself in an old time alter prayer. She stayed on her knees for three hours praying to God, that he will heal her. So after three hours of on her knees God came into her body with such power of the Holy Spirit, that she was completely healed. Thank God for His healing power.
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I was to begin a Revival in West Cullman one summer. I found myself sick as could be on Saturday night before. It came to me to call a certain Christian woman. So I asked my wife if she would get the lady on the phone for me. So she did. When I took the phone from my wife, the woman on the other end of the line ask me, “What’s wrong”? I told her that I wanted her to pray for me and ask God to heal me, if He wanted me to hold that Revival. So this wonderful Christian woman began to pray on the phone. In three minutes I was healed. In ten minutes I was sitting in my living room and reading my Bible and understanding what I was reading. I held this Revival and a man 27 years old was saved and many other wonderful things happened. Thank God for healing.
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Many times in my ministry I have prayed with people who were sin sick and God came into their lives and saved their souls. God’s power is so sweet and powerful, that when it explodes in your life, you become a new person. Old things are passed away and behold all things become new because you are a child of God, a born again person, born from above, born of the Spirit of God. Thank God for His healing power.
Brother Dewey
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In my own life, I mean my physical life, God healed me of a real bad health problem. I know the power of God. I mean I know what the Lord has done for me. Thank God for his healing power.
Brother Dewey
My son married a girl from California. Our son was in the Navy; his wife was staying with her parents. On a certain Sunday evening I was riding from home to my church. The Lord spoke to me and it was revealed to me if the Lord should return for His church our daughter-in-law would be lost. So when I got home that night after church I called California to talk to my son’s wife. I told her all about Jesus, and how to be saved. Before long she came to visit us; and, my wife and I sat up on Saturday night until 12:30 witnessing to our daughter-in-law and telling her about the Lord. So the next day in church, after I had done the best I could in preaching, I gave the invitation. People began to walk the isles for the Lord. Then, I saw my daughter-in-law coming down the isles to receive Jesus into her heart. My, what a wonderful experience. Thank God for saving power.
A certain lady, a member of the church where I pastored, had a real serious car accident. The doctors said it wasn’t anything they could do for her but give something for pain. It was all up to the Lord. Everybody thought she would probably die. But I just couldn’t quit praying and trusting in God that He would let her live and come back to church again. About six weeks ago she walked through the front doors of our church on crutches. Thank God for hearing prayers from heaven and answering them. God give us more faith.
August 13, 1973
In the home of a certain family.
I was called to come to their home one evening about two o’clock, not knowing what was wrong. We arrived and (the lady there) began to explain what was wrong. She told us she was baptized into the Baptist Church at the age of about 10. She also said, “I have never been satisfied. I know I’m lost”. So I began to read from the Bible what God said about salvation. We prayed with her and of no avail. We had called (two Christian ladies) to come and pray with us. So (one of these ladies) told (the lady who had called us) how she received Christ into her life. And all that were present prayed for (this lady). My wife Inas and (two additional Christian ladies) were there and (the husband of the lady who called us). So we prayed for one hour and forty-five minutes until God came into her body with such power that God saved her soul and healed her body at the same time. (The lady who had called us) said that God healed her. She said I will never have to take another nerve pill. Thank God for His power to save and heal.
Through the prayers of many praying Christian people, God has healed one of our church members of cancer. The doctors told her she was healed. Thanks to God for his healing power. God is rich in His grace and love to His children.
Christmas Eve, 1974
Yesterday, as I went to the mailbox, I returned to open a letter with a beautiful Christmas car. At my deep surprise I found in this letter a check for one hundred dollars. It was from (a Christian lady) of Arlington, Texas. She sure brought a bright spot to our Christmas. She will never know how I felt as I saw the check. I am now in my office praying and thanking God for her and the check.
Brother Dewey
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At 9:30 Christmas Eve, 1974, my wife went to the mailbox. When she returned back in the house she had several letters in her hand. I was busy watching TV. All at once she screamed and said,
“Guess what was in this letter”. I said, “I don’t know”. She held it up, and, from where I was; I couldn’t see the numbers on the bill. She said, “It’s a one hundred dollar bill”; and, it was. I stood stunned for a moment. The letter had no name on it. It said it was to be used in God’s work. That we will do. I just couldn’t believe it. Again God has answered prayers. My prayer to God is, “Bless whoever sent that money”. It sure will help out. To God be the glory. Great things He has done.
Brother Dewey Briscoe
In 1974, early in the year, I received a phone call at 10:00 p.m. one night. On the other end of the line, a shaky depressed voice spoke. He said, “Brother Dewey, we need you”. I said, “I’ll be right over”. My wife and I went over in a few minutes. When we arrived, the husband and wife were crying. The lady told us that the doctor had confirmed she had cancer. We fellowshipped for a while’ the, I got my Bible and read from James, fifth chapter. I asked them if they believed in Devine healing. They replied, “We sure do”. So we all got down on our knees and poured our hearts out to God. The next day she went into the hospital; and, the next day they operated on her for cancer. To the doctor’s surprise there was no trace of cancer. The lady told us before she was operated on that God had healed her. She felt it leave her body while we were praying. To God be the glory. Great things He hath done and great things He is doing and great things He will do if people will only believe.
Brother Dewey
It was in the summer of 1977, that in a morning service, (a certain man) came forth in a beautiful service and told the church that God had saved him and he wanted to join the church and be baptized. The following Saturday night, as I was sleeping, I saw me and two men going down into the water to be baptized. I shared this with the church the following Sunday. So on the following Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. a young man came to my home and then we went to the church and he was gloriously saved. So I did baptize two men. Praise to God.
1976, December
His vision when his heart stopped beating for four minutes: He saw the glory of heaven and all its beauty. It was fantastic.
1976 July
She was ten years old and had been sick for a long time. The doctors were treating her with no response. She had fever about every day. We, the Church of Center Hill Baptist Church, went to her home and prayed with her that God would heal her. So He did. She had no more problem. Thanks to the Devine God of heaven and His power to heal.
I was having pains in my left eye for a few weeks. Sometimes the pain was sharp. One Sunday a.m., before I was to preach, I asked my church to pray for me, that God will heal my eye. They prayed and I prayed, and asked God to heal my eye. So I have not had a pain since, which it has been 6 months now. I went to my eye doctor about two weeks ago and she said my left eye was real clear. O praise the Lord.
Brother Dewey
December, 1977
Friendship Baptist Church called me to see if I would consider being their pastor. They asked if I would consider leaving Alabama. Brother A.C. Holly called. I told him I would if God wanted me to.
1978 So as time moved on, the following spring, they contacted me again. They asked if I could come up to their church and preach. I said, “Yes”.
So me and my wife went. We had a real nice time; enjoyed the people very much. So, after I came home the following Wednesday night, I called and told them I had a lot of loose ends it looked like I needed to get together. So I told them under these conditions I would have to say no.
Two Weeks Later
I prayed on Saturday night and asked God to let me know what I should do. I pleaded with Him; so while I was asleep, I had a vision and I saw me telling the church at Friendship in Michigan I would come. So as I awoke from sleep I had to the most beautiful and peaceful feeling. So I called the church in Michigan and told them that I would come if they still wanted me. So they did; and so I went and I know the Lord put me where He wanted me to be. I’m thankful.
October 29, 1978 While Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, at a little town called Lincoln Park.
I had a deep need financially, and I humbly prayed to God about this need on Sunday, Oct. 29th and trusting in God to supply that need. On Monday following, I could hardly wait until the mail ran. I even called my secretary and told her if I got a personal letter to call. She said she would. So I waited until the mail ran at our home. Finally the mailman came. My wife went to the mailbox and she handed me a letter as I was standing by her when she got the mail. The letter she gave me had a check for two hundred dollars. All I could say was, “Thank You God. I’m so thankful to You, my Heavenly Father. You are so mindful of our needs as your children. I love You Lord for being so thoughtful to me and my family. I praise You”
Brother Dewey
2-8-1991
There are a lot of ups and downs along the gospel road of life.
There have been times when I was so tired and worn out that I just wanted to quit pastoring and rest and put the pieces back together; but, something inside of me said, “Just keep on trusting and working for the Lord and all will be OK.”
The Lord’s work is hard work but it has its rewards
The Lord’s work is confining. There have been many times when we would plan our vacation and some of our church family would get sick or be in an automobile wreck and we would cancel our vacation. It’s hard to plan for very much when you are dedicated to the Calling. Why? Because God comes first.
In the ministry there are times when people aren’t very nice and there are times when they are too nice.
In the ministry there is always constant study and prayer time. If we are to preach then we must study so that God can speak to us through His word.
In the ministry very few people ever get rich. For most of us, we just live and pay our debts and trust God for our needs. He always comes through. It’s faith that produces gain.
In the ministry a pastor gets very little rest, what I call real rest. But for some reason I know we don’t need it.
In the ministry there are people we meet with little respect for God and His church; and, I have met those who say that there is no God. It’s all kind of people out there. We must try to witness to as many as we can. Jesus didn’t win them all. You and I can’t win them all. Jesus said, “Go”. He will give the increase.
In the ministry if a pastor does what he is supposed to, he won’t have time for much earthly gain. Jesus said, “Set your desires deeply on things above, not on things on earth”. So do we? Some do, most don’t. God wants first place in every Christina’s life.
In the ministry some pastors have it very rough because they have wives who are unfaithful in their marriage.
Wives who have never been saved, who don’t love them; yet, they feel so dedicated to God, they are willing to go on and suffer for the Cause of Christ, knowing that payday is coming for those wives who are unfaithful in the marriage. God will take care of His Pastors; yet, it could be so sweet if all pastor’s wives were faithful in their marriage. The Bible says, “Be sure your sins will find you out.” God is saying you can’t do wrong and get by. It will come to the front when you least expect it; but, be sure payday is coming for all those unfaithful!
In the ministry God has called; man has answered the call and God will direct their paths if they so desire. Pastors must obey God and not man. Preach the gospel and do not back up. Be strong. Be brave. Be a good worker for the Lord.
Brother Dewey
I was in a car-truck wreck on December 26th, 1991 in Hanceville, Alabama.
I had to stay off work for two months. I went back to work for one week and had to stay off one more week. I have now worked for two weeks. I’m doing well.
Three weeks ago on Saturday evening at 3:00 p.m. I was laying on my bed. I had been hurting every day and every night in my chest because of the wreck. I was getting depressed. The thought came to me to ask God to heal me of my pain in my chest. So I cried out to God and asked Him to heal my chest. That’s been three weeks ago, and I haven’t hurt any. Parise God. I also promised God if He would heal me; that I would go to TV station 60 in Gadsden and tell the world what Jesus did for me. I also told Him I would get on the Cullman radio station and tell all who hear what God did for me. Also, I told Him I would put it in the Cullman Times. So I have a work to do.
Praise the Lord, Dewey Briscoe
A few months ago I was having sharp pains in my left eye. I had these pains for about three weeks. So on one Sunday morning I asked my church to pray that God would heal me. He did it then. I haven’t had another pain. I went for new glasses a few days ago. The doctors said my eyes were good. Praise the Lord
Brother Dewey
A Blessing from God
Most people think pastors and preachers have a lot of money. One thing they don’t know is how much we give away, helping those in need, trying to follow Jesus; and that’s what He did.
We do get to the place where we can use some extra money. One day I found myself praying to God to help me and my wife. So within two weeks I got 12 checks in the mail. I couldn’t believe it. So I took the checks to my banker just to see if they were real. She said, “Cash them they are good”. She, the banker, didn’t know where they came from; neither did I. It came to two hundred and ninety dollars. I just praise the Lord because a gift of this size is a big gift for a pastor.
Brother Dewey
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We baptized a young man and his brother and their mother. Not long after the baptism (one of the young men) went into the Army.
During (the young man’s) training his foot became so painful it was hard to continue his training even with the pain. His mother called me and asked me to pray for him over the phone. So I did. This was on Saturday. The next day the pain left his foot. God is still in the healing and saving business.
To God be the Glory
O Praise the Lord
Brother Dewey
While pastoring in Michigan we got to the place where we needed some extra money. So I asked God to help me. In two weeks I received a two hundred dollar check from a dear friend in Texas.Thank God. Brother Dewey. The main thing in life is Trust God.
Brother Dewey
God sent His angel to my house. I heard what it said; and I saw its face.
I had been concerned about my church family not attending the Revival as they should have been. So I poured out my heart to God and had been praying for my church family; and, I asked God what He wanted me to do. This I did for a couple of days. So on Tuesday night at 11:00 p.m., I heard the voice as I lay in the bed. It said, “If they won’t come to you, go out and bring them in”. That’s the words the angel said. I turned my head to the left and the angel was about 10 or 12 inches from my face. The angel had such a clear and soft and nice voice. I got out of bed very quickly and turned on the light and wrote down the exact words as I have already quoted. I just want to say this is one of the greatest things that’s ever happened to me in my life. I feel unworthy but I’m overwhelmed.
I just Praise the Lord
Dewey Briscoe
By Request
During a revival we were asked to visit a man at Gadsden who was very sick. Upon arriving at his home we found him to be very, very sick. He was using oxygen; he could not live without it. He was a lost man and we failed to lead him to Jesus. He was very close to death and knew it but he didn’t want Jesus. It’s so sad. There are many in the world just like this man and they need our prayers.
As Pastor of Center Hill Baptist Church on March 5, 1974 we met for Deacon’s meeting. Prior to the meeting I was in my office hanging a calendar and when I finished I went into the worship hall of the church where we were to meet. I had my hammer in my hand. I told the Deacons I expected a rough meeting. We all laughed. That night they gave me fifteen dollars a week raise. (The power of a hammer. Haha)
I have been pastoring the church where I am at present for 5 full years. I have seen good things happen. I have seen people healed. I have seen people receiving the Lord as their personal Savior; but, I have also seen men slacking off in the Sunday night services and Wednesday night services. This began to bother me. From time to time I would encourage the men to be more alert of their responsibilities of God in these services, to no avail.
As I was deeply burdened about the men of our church, I began to seek God’s help. I prayed for these men and I preached to them. I sure was concerned about their time spent in the worship services. So on April 10, 2001, as I had been reading God’s word and still thinking about these men being unfaithful in worship, I began praying as I was alone in my room. In fact, I was lying in bed as I was really getting down to business with God about my church. I said in my prayer, “Lord please show me what You want me to do”. I kept on seeking God’s will for my life. In a few moments I was lying quietly in my bed; I heard a voice. It said, “If they won’t come to you, then you go out and bring them in”. That’s the message that I heard. I turned my head to the left and there was the beautiful face of an angel. I jumped out of bed and turned the light on and looked around to see if I could see the angel but the angel was gone.
This message from God has really done something to me, and for me. I really enjoy preaching more than I ever have. It seems that God’s Word is much more precious to me. The Scriptures jump out at me sometimes, and bring tears of joy to my heart. I have shared this with my church. I really don’t know how they have taken it. The morning I told this from the pulpit to my congregation, I didn’t have one comment from anyone. It seemed to me that they didn’t believe me but maybe they were stunned. It caught them off guard. It’s one thing for sure I know, it really happened. I have seen many beautiful things happen since then. Me and my wife went and bought one hundred and twenty cans of peaches and fixed up a bulletin telling about the visit of an angel and telling them the message. We wrapped the bulletin around the cans of peaches and put a rubber band around it to hold it. We went into one hundred homes one Sunday evening and gave out one hundred cans of peaches and the message from God. We had four people to help us. This cost me ninety-five dollars. I did not get one comment from anyone.
Later we made up 75 more bulletins in continuing to tell the story. We gave these 75 bulletins out from house to house without one comment.
God said for us to sow the seed and He would give the increase.
Two and one-half months ago, I visited a home where a man that lived there was 87 years old and had never been saved.
I led him to receive Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He was on oxygen and in a wheelchair. Two weeks later he sent his son and asked if I would baptize him. I said I sure will. We set the date for one week later. He came and asked to join our church family by baptism. So the church received him and as he was in a wheelchair it took four of us men to baptize him.
So two weeks passed, he came to church and he walked in and had no oxygen. Oh, what a miracle. This man is so happy in the Lord.
There have been many more good things happen since the visit from God by one of His angels.
I just say to God be the glory, great things He hath done. So loved He the world that He gave us His Son.
I hope this true story will help someone that’s sick to look to Jesus for comfort and healing. Someone home-bound may receive a deeper love for God. God bless all who read this. Please just praise God, not me.
Remember, we sow the seeds, God gives the increase. I’m so happy to share this good news. I have been on the radio two times and shared this, no comments. Some people didn’t even believe in Jesus when the saw Him perform miracles before their very eyes. God bless is my prayer.
Pasror Dewey L. Brisoe
12627 County Road 747
Hanceville, Alabama 35077
