Yes, she can and so can anyone else with the right kind of faith.
Matthew 14:29-33 (KJV)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
[SUP]31 [/SUP] And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
[SUP]32 [/SUP] And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
[SUP]33 [/SUP] Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
A point to be made from that is Peter walked on the water in the middle of the storm. He was overcoming that storm, then doubted he could, having begun in the natural mind, entered the spiritual, then fell back into the natural. Well, Jesus didn't doubt, who was fully a man like Peter, teaching the apostles faith to do the things he did. The same Father that taught Jesus would soon teach them.
That was a very good use of a storm that wasn't hurting them, which Jesus ended by the faith of Jesus.
There's another incident that demonstrates a potential power over the earth in the hands of the apostles, but desired to be exercised for the wrong reason, in the flesh and not in the Spirit.
Luke 9:54-56 (KJV)
[SUP]54 [/SUP] And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
[SUP]55 [/SUP] But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
[SUP]56 [/SUP] For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Notice the Lord didn't say they couldn't command such things to happen like Elijah did in 2 Kings 1:10-14, but taught them that would be wrong, manipulating natural forces to punish people rejecting Christ. That was close to sorcery or witchcraft. But obviously possible to do. What's speaking to a storm to stop compared to calling down fire? The main issue is motive, not ability.
I've shared this before here, one of us remembering the storm. A tornado came against Malvern, AR. While I frantically (and hopelessly) removed firewood sitting on the storm cellar door, my wife went to the back door, saw a huge emerald green ball of cloud with lightening coming off it at the bottom of a very sharply defined tornado, moving directly toward our house. We had been to a Copeland meeting weeks before where we learned about faith, then being So. Baptists never taught much about faith in our church. She chose to go onto the back porch, then speak to that storm "in the name of Jesus", commanding it to not damage us. I ran back to her, joining her in that prayer. We pointed at it and commanded it to "go up". It did. It raised up and over us, skipped our house, then immediately lowered to destroy the mighty oak trees lining our street, tore roofs off homes across the street, and did much damage to that town. We only could comprehend the immediate danger to ourselves. We received exactly what we said. To this day we talk about "what if" we had prayed for the whole town.
We did not halt in faith. It might have appeared foolish not to get in that shelter, but living by faith also might seem foolish.
Gloria Copeland has grown in faith and boldness ever since those days, and so have we. I won't let the Bible skeptics influence me, even though many of those are Christian church pastors. They ought not short-change their congregations by criticizing anyone acting just like Jesus even for just a few minutes.
Step out of the natural realm into the spiritual at least when needed. We ought to fill every day exercising faith through the path of whatever the Lord lets into our lives. He will deliver us through if we let him. Most people tend to falter in fear, hide, beg, sink, while God will only reply with "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" When a town doubts, nothing can save it if they have left Jesus out. I think God did help us all put everything back somewhat, like Peter getting back in the boat, seeing an end to the storm, then continuing on serving the Lord. How much better might it have been for others who could have benefited from some faith against that storm over us.
Such authority didn't end with the last apostle. Tradition says that because a life of faith is such a strange thing to a carnal life, the life we are all familiar with, full of troubles, fears and a few blessings along the way.
Have dominion over the earth by the faith of Jesus. We have the keys Start with speaking the word of God over your immediate surroundings, yourself, family, place of employment, city, and beyond as that holy faith grows more in you. It's contagious. Spread the good news. To the Church he said in Matthew 16:19 (KJV)
[SUP]19 [/SUP] And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
