In his troubles, Cross received a vision: "The Lord told me to start doing these things with barbershop trailers".
ON THE last Friday night of August, in the midst of a lightning storm, King Mswati III of Swaziland received a vision from God.
According to myth, Lalibela received a vision from angels commanding him to chisel 11 churches out of the soft limestone hills on which the Zagwe capital was built.
A former specialty-foods vendor, Mr. Bright gave up his business in 1951, saying he had received a vision from God to evangelize others.
A History of Cao Dai In 1919, Ngo Van Chieu, a lowly Vietnamese civil servant working for the French colonial administration, received a vision of God and, following the heavenly message, began preaching a credo based on the unity of world religions.
When the crack addictions, robberies and begging started to get out of hand among the swamp dwellers of Recife, Josemir Pedro da Silva says he received a vision from God to build a football pitch.
White has no formal religious training, but instead said she received a vision from God when she was 18 years old, studied the Bible for two years, and opened a storefront church in Tampa, Florida.
It was during this period (on October 2 , 1928 that Escrivá is said to have received a vision from God, which provided the inspiration for the foundation of his Opus Dei.
Not only the places in New York state where its prophet, Joseph Smith, said he received a vision of God (in 1820) and then a new set of scriptures, or the faith's spectacular headquarters in Utah, the state where Mormon pioneers found refuge.
Bean not only succeeded in changing the perception of the locals and establishing a Mormon congregation in Palmyra, but he also oversaw the acquisition of many of the faith's significant landmarks, including the farm where Joseph Smith lived, the Sacred Grove, where Smith received a vision of God and Christ, and the Hill Cumorah, where the Angel Moroni appeared to Smith.
