Going to the Next Level...

We had some cool stuff go on these last two weekends.

The first thing was a major confrontation with a God-Hater. This guy was violently opposed to the Gospel, his anger barely concealed under the surface. It was all he could do to not fly in our face and get physical. We persisted, patiently explaining and preaching the Gospel to him and his friends. They mocked us, ridiculed us and told us how stupid we were, but we persisted. We all received some words of knowledge and when we spoke them to him, his demeanor changed, a strange look came over his face and he hardened. There are times when you know that what the Lord is giving you is right, even though you get no confirmation from the person you are talking to and this was one of those times. It’s not a safe practice to assume you are right even when the person you are talking to you is saying you are wrong, but this was the exception. The Lord gave us some extremely detailed information about this guys’ past, we spoke it to him and he denied it. But it was clear that it hit home.

Finally, after contending with them quite a bit and standing our ground, we got an opportunity to prove that what we were saying was true. We always ask them for an opportunity to prove it by healing the sick or casting out demons. We found out that this God-Hater’s girlfriend has a skin disease and growths on her ovaries that cause her a bunch of pain. We made a challenge; If she doesn’t get healed, then what we are saying isn’t true, they can disregard it all. But if God heals her, then what we are saying was true and all of them (about 5 of them) would have to give their lives to Jesus. The readily agreed. We prayed right then and then fasted the next weekend and now we are waiting for the results from her Doctors appointment happening in a week or two. We believe that they are going to go in there and see that the growths are gone and that this skin disease is cleared up. That will be a good one.

Also, we ran across a group of kids, told them that Jesus was King and His Kingdom was on the earth and then started prophesying to them. One of the guys on the team got a word of knowledge that one of the kids in the group (about 5 of them) had been watching a loved one get physically abused by their family. As soon as he said that, a girl in the group started weeping. Apparently, one of her close relatives was being physically abused by their family. This set off a chain reaction as the Holy Spirit began moving on the whole group. Some folks on our team start crying with compassion and the rest of the kids were undone that the Lord would be that specific for the young girl. In about ten minutes, all five of them got born again and gave their lives to Jesus!

Which leads me to my next point.

We have been plugging away at the same group of kids for about six months now. We go out just about every Friday and Saturday night, weather permitting. During this time, we have seen a bunch of people give their lives to Jesus, a few awesome miracles, some healings, and a lot of heated confrontations. The Lord has made clear to us that we are to take this thing to the next level. What do I mean by that?

Church planting.

The Lord is giving us a strategy to not only make converts, but disciples. We want to build the Kingdom of God, one solid believer at a time. At the places we go, we are known; whether that’s a good thing or not depends on the person you are talking to. Almost every week now we are running into people that have been affected, changed, healed or born again through our witness and preaching. We are getting to know them, talk with them, answer questions and move them closer and closer to Jesus. The next step is to begin their training to be a soldier for Jesus Christ.

We’ve invited them to our church, but none of them have come. Many of them have been going to their home churches, the same ones they left years ago, but that’s not going to last very long. It didn’t work out the first time and there is little chance it will work out this time. Most churches preach abstinence from sin and the things of the world, almost completely neglecting the gifts and calling that God has given to every believer. We know that to serve Jesus, the best defense is a good offense. The Gospel is offensive. It’s not about what you can’t do but rather what you can do. These new believers can preach the gospel, winning their friends and family to the Lord, they can heal the sick, they can cast out demons and they can raise the dead. It’s only as they get rolling in what they can do that they will discover all that they possess in Jesus.

So, we are praying and believing God to get these guys in a home fellowship, where they can be taught the Word and experience the presence of God with other believers. It will start as having dinner together at Steak and Shake, but will become a church of radical new believers that will carry Gospel fire back to their friends and families. As of this writing we have two of these groups in action, but our goal is to have at least ten by years end. Yeah, it’s a lot of work, a lot of time and extremely exhausting, but it’s worth it.

The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

A Little Bit of Persecution...

But not from whom you would expect…

Things have been heating up out there. We have had several confrontations recently that almost got physical. Not on our end mind you, but some of the people we are talking to have grown hostile to the Gospel. It’s not the “sinners” either. The kids who are God haters, the atheists, the drunks and the pagans are just fine. They still meet the Lord and get their mail read. It’s the religious kids that have started persecuting us. Mainly good old Baptists with a few angry Catholics in there for good measure.

Basically, there beef with us is, and I quote, “How can you come out here, thinking that what you believe is right?” Or, “How can you come out here talking to people? Religion should stay in the church!” We almost can’t believe our ears at some of the things coming out of these “Christians” mouths. They have started now to openly oppose us, telling us that we can’t reach young people like this; we should just wait for them to come to church. They are offended that we would say that Jesus heals, saves and delivers. They tell us that God isn’t inside of us (Antichrist) and that God doesn’t heal anymore. They tell us that we shouldn’t read the Bible literally. They tell us that they are going to heaven, so leave them alone, ignoring the fact that there is absolutely no discernable difference between them and the “sinners”. They all smoke, get drunk, take drugs, sleep around and cuss us out. My favorite line from last weekend was, (screaming at the top of his lungs, mind you) “I GO TO CHURCH, I AM GOING TO HEAVEN, NOW F&*% YOU!”

Classic. Absolutely classic. Paul was right when he wrote:

Know this also, that in the last days grievous times will be at hand. For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good, traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power of it; even turn away from these. II Timothy 3:1-5

We have already had a few moments of terror as they (the powerless “Christians”) have threatened to beat us up with baseball bats. We stare them down and tell them, “Do what you have to do and we will do what we have to do”. They hate us because we remind them that attending church is not having Jesus King and Lord of your life. When asked if they are serving Jesus with all of their heart, they reply, “I go to church” and we fire back, “So does the Devil!” That really doesn’t make them happy, but we are reminded of this fact: Jesus was crucified by the morally elite, not the “sinners”.

The sinners love the Gospel, because they recognize their need. The religious think that church attendance and dropping a few bucks in the collection plate automatically qualifies them for eternal paradise. They have no desire whatsoever to live for God here on earth; it’s all about making it to Heaven with them. So, we have drawn the line. We will win. The power of God will triumph over dead religion. The hypocrites have a choice: Repent and give their lives completely to Jesus or get out of the way.

This is War!

God Moves In The Church Too!

Nothing major to write about this week concerning God moving on the streets. We went out for outreach a couple times, but don’t have any crazy stories to tell. The other possibility is that we have become so accustomed to dramatic displays of God’s power, that it takes a radical explosion to get our attention anymore.

What we did get was reports of God moving in the church! Below are some reports of what God did at a couple recent conferences where Pastor Marc and some other folks from the church got the opportunity to minister to the sick. Just look at this laundry list of what God did over two weekend conferences, not only with physical healing, but also with financial miracles, and there are still more reports coming in!

Healing Miracles

• 24 year old lady with deafness and ringing in her right ear received complete healing.
• 75 year old woman was healed of arthritis in her hands. She was unable to make a fist without pain and can now make fists with no pain.
• 19 year old rodeo rider with severe back pain from a broken back received prayer and now the pain is totally gone and all flexibility restored.
• 13 year old girl with severe ear problems and fluid build up, with blocked hearing received prayer and now all symptoms have cleared up.
• 28 year old woman diagnosed with cervical cancer received prayer and after having new tests, all the cancer is gone!
• 48 year old woman with limited motion in her back now has full mobility and no pain.
• 58 year old man with ringing and hearing problems in his right ear is now completely healed.
• 36 year old woman with growths in her upper arms prohibiting circulation in her hands received an instant miracle as God dissolved the growths, restoring circulation to her hands!
• 52 year old woman received an instant miracle as pain from a car accident over 20 years ago disappeared immediately!

Financial Miracles

• Eighth grade girl was presented with a full college scholarship after her parents received prayer for financial blessing.
• 44 year old woman was named outstanding insurance rep in area and has an influx of new clients after receiving prayer for financial blessing.
• 45 year old man was blessed with a new business that is prospering beyond targeted range after receiving prayer for financial blessing.
• 50 year old woman received $396.00 in mail from the government’s found money dept. after receiving prayer for financial blessing.
• 30 year old man was willed land from a distant relative after receiving prayer for financial blessing.

A taste of revival on the streets…

My wife and I just had a beautiful baby girl this Saturday night, so we didn’t get to go out on outreach this week. So I thought it would be a great time to post an incredible story of revival "out there". This happened a few years ago, but it permanently marked me and many others for seeing Jesus move on the streets. We feel that it was a “taste” of what the Lord wanted to release on a much larger scale.

Read it and weep.

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A taste of revival on the streets…

We had been going out every Friday night for about a year, attempting to reach the lost young people of our community with the love and power of the Gospel. We were green, not really knowing what to do. We got the kids attention by outfitting a huge army truck with neon running lights, a great camouflage paint job, strobe lights and blaring Christian rock music. When the young people would come over to see the truck, we would give them hot dogs, cokes and just try to get to know them. We saw some cool stuff from week to week and met a lot of good people, but we could never get consistent results. One week would be great, some kids would meet Jesus and another week would be a complete dud, with almost nothing happening. Part of the reason for this is because we weren’t preaching the Kingdom of God; it was more of a “Jesus loves you” type thing. Lesson learned.

Anyway, we were having a bad night. Nothing was happening. No one was listening to us and no one seemed interested in anything but mocking and ridiculing us. We were disheartened and discouraged. We were situated between a coffee house and a movie theater and there were a bunch of people milling around (maybe 400-500) walking to and from the coffee house and theater. Our problem is that we couldn’t get their attention for even a minute; everyone was hurriedly going from one place to the next.

Someone in our group (there were about 15 of us) suggested that we should pray, right out there in public. We agreed and on the movie theater’s sidewalk, we formed a small circle of about 12 people. We started to pray, softly at first, just asking the Lord for help. Almost instantly, a powerful anointing for prayer fell on everyone in the group. It felt like a mighty force pulling us upward. The anointing was so thick that we couldn’t even stand up and we fell on our knees, crying out to God in English and in tongues. People in the group started praying LOUDLY. I am talking about upper room, all by myself, no one around for miles kind of prayer and we all started doing it!

A crowd started to gather. I knew this because after praying for a few minutes in violent tongues out in public, I cracked my eyes to see a bunch of people coming to see what was going on. They were totally bewildered and you could hear them asking questions of us, although no on could answer (we were under a powerful spirit of intercession). “What’s going on? What are you doing?” they asked. Almost completely oblivious to the crowd now gathered, we continued to pray with all our hearts.

The tone changed from one of asking questions and curiosity to angry mocking and cursing. People were screaming, yelling and cursing at us. We had formed a circle on our knees. One of the teenagers in the crowd jumped in the middle of the circle and started to say something nasty, but right when he did this, he got the most horrified look on his face that I had ever seen! He looked as if he was on fire and he started to furiously scrape and grab at his clothes, letting out the most inhuman shriek I have ever heard. He then jumped out of the circle and out of sight. Another kid jumped in, taunting us as he entered the circle, again, he gave a horrified look, was clawing at his clothing and he let out a terrible shriek before jumping back out of the circle. You think they would get the picture, but this happened another three or four times. I and everyone else in that circle will never forget the sound of those shrieks, they were totally demonic and no human could have ever made them. I have heard them since, but only as people were delivered of demons.

The sound of the crowd reached a fever pitch, you could hear screaming, yelling, cursing, pleading, questioning and above all, bold and fervent prayer. I opened my eyes again to see our circle completely surrounded by people about 15-20 feet deep and there were easily 200-300 people surrounding us on every side. We started getting pelted with all kinds of garbage; cigarettes, coffee cups and gum. My wife was on my right side and I watched in slow motion as a loaded cup of cappuccino flew through the air and hit her on the back, scalding her badly. She was startled, but continued praying, even more fervently. I watched as others in our group, some of them young teenagers were pelted with trash, gum and cigarettes. Each and every one of them just shook it off and continued praying with all their heart.

We were in the middle of a riot. People had completely lost control. There was not even a hint of order or decency to be found in the entire group. People were cursing, ranting and raving. People were throwing things at us and it was getting more violent by the second as they started to push and shove us, trying to break up the group. But as quickly as it began, it ended. A group of five police cars arrived on the scene; the officers got out of their cars and started throwing people off of us. By the time they reached our group in the center, the crowd broke up and things returned to normal. We stood up from our knees, dusted ourselves off and headed towards our vehicles, shocked at what had just occurred.

We found out that while most of the group had been in the center of the riot praying, there were several others on the outskirts talking to people. In the 15 or 20 minutes we had been in there praying, they had led about 12 people to the Lord! Most of the people were totally confused and bewildered, but our team on the outskirts told them that they were witnessing a demonstration of the power of God. They agreed that what they were seeing was supernatural and gave their life to the Lord on the spot.

My wife and I got in my car and headed back to our church, where they were having a meeting. We walked in the door, covered in coffee stains, gum in our hair and looking like we were just drug through the street. We were a little beat up, but excited. We went to the front of the church and gave testimony of what had happened to us. The whole church rejoiced that the Holy Spirit had manifested Himself in saving power.

Miraculous healing through a word of prophecy!

Hey there,

We didn't get a chance to go out on outreach this week as several folks from our team were out of town. Right before I left town however, I received this testimony from a lady in our church. This is a spectacular healing through a word of prophecy. Notice that the healing didn't take place until the person receiving prayer did what they were told to do in the prophecy. Notice also that even though several months passed between the time of prayer and prophecy, the power of God that arrived on the scene was no less potent.

Jesus is King!

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Ryan,

I called you today to tell you some great news!

Several months ago in Nashville, several people from the church prayed for my Mom’s boyfriend Larry. He had some problems with addiction, Emphysema, Asthma, High Blood Pressure, Liver Disease and Hepatitis C.

When we prayed for him, he felt heat over his chest. I prophesied to my mom that the Lord would heal him, but that he would have to stop smoking first. Well lately he has been getting a lot worse. In fact, he’s been so bad that he is no longer responding to breathing treatments. The doctors told him that there was nothing more they could do because his lungs were almost completely deteriorated. The doctor rated his lung capacity at 0% and he was referred to a pulmonologist.

After this report, my Mom told him that she wouldn’t buy him cigarettes anymore. This was two weeks ago. Immediately after giving up cigarettes, he started vomiting and coughing up a bunch of junk. Yesterday, he went to the pulmonologist; the appointment was to get him set up on oxygen at home.

After examining him, the doctor told him that he didn’t understand what was going on. Larry explained that he felt better since he quit smoking. The doctor told him that he had never seen a case like his before. The doctor told him that emphysema didn’t go away just because you stopped smoking, there is no cure. The doctor then told him that he no longer had asthma or emphysema and that his lung capacity was 84% !!

After that appointment, Larry went to back to his liver specialist for further tests on his liver disease and Hepatitis C. At his last visit, his enzyme level was at 9000 (dangerously, deathly high) They checked him yesterday and he was negative zero! They told him that they didn’t know why, but he is showing absolutely no symptoms whatsoever of Hepatitis C! They drew five tubes of blood and are doing a bunch of tests to try and explain.

When he heard this report, he remembered what I said (the Lord would heal him, but that he would have to stop smoking first) and was speechless. I told her to tell Jesus thank you!

Hee-hee!

Cancer healed through anointed handkerchief!

Weekly Report
March 6^th – 13^th

This week, we went out and led a couple people to Jesus through words of knowledge and the power of God. However, the coolest story we heard this week was from a lady in our church. She works at a local post office and has seen some awesome miracles and demonstrations of God’s power from time to time, but this story takes the cake.

In this story, there is a miraculous healing through the laying on of an anointed handkerchief. Now this kind of thing in the story below is not uncommon. We have seen many miracles as people have prayed over handkerchiefs and cloths, believing that the power of God was able to do the impossible. Here’s the scripture for it.

And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. Acts 19:11-12

Check this out.

Sent in by Christie

A long time ago, I had a dream where I prayed for someone named Billy. I just knew that if I came across a Billy, I was going to pay attention.

I heard at work that a coworker of mine’s brother was in the Hospital. His name was Billy. The Doctors had told him that his leg was eaten up with cancer and impetigo (a nasty bacterial infection) and that he was going to lose it. He was in an auto accident three years ago and had rods and pins in his leg. It never healed properly and would get infected from time to time.

Hearing this story from my coworker and knowing his name was Billy, I prayed over a handkerchief (Acts 19:11-12) and told Billy’s sister to put it on the leg and command the cancer to come out in Jesus name. This was on Saturday.

When I saw her on Monday, she told me that she did what I told her that it must have worked! She placed the handkerchief on the leg and commanded the cancer to come out, in Jesus name. Immediately after prayer, a piece of diseased skin fell off the leg wound and it began to fester and spurt what looked like mold and mildew. This continued for over a day. The Doctors decided to put him in a whirlpool to speed the drainage and cleaned the wound. The test results came back in confirming the presence of cancer, but after it drained out and after dressing the wound, the doctors believed it was gone.

They sent him home the next day, cancer and impetigo free!

Yea… Jesus is very cool.

Jesus walks the streets...

Saturday Morning Report
March 5^th, 2005

Changing things up a tad, we decided to soak in the presence of the Lord while we drove downtown to mix with the poor. We were intent on taking the Gospel of the Kingdom with healings, signs, wonders and miracles following to the neediest of the needy, the poor and homeless of Atlanta. We arrived juiced and expectant as to what the Lord would do and we were not disappointed at all! We preached and we prayed for several people, all of which were believers and confessed Jesus as King and Lord.

A man with a cane and a very noticeable limp walked towards us, we went over to him and asked him what’s wrong. “My leg” he told us. “What, do you have pain?” I asked him. “All the time” he said. I asked if we could pray for him and he agreed. We told him that God’s Kingdom, or rule and reign was on the earth and that Jesus is King! He heartily agreed and claimed to be a believer. “You’ve heard the Lord’s Prayer then?” we asked him. “Sure” he replied. “In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus asked His Father, let Your kingdom come and Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. You want to go to Heaven because you know that when you get there, you won’t have any pain, right?” Yup. “Well, Jesus prayed that Heaven would come to earth. If He has His way, your fell no pain, right now”. “Ok” he agreed.

So, we began to pray, “In Jesus name, be healed!” We asked him how it was and he told us that it was 60% better. “Well, 60% in one minute is pretty good, I wonder how we could do if we prayed for two minutes. Let’s pray again”. We continued to pray and asked him a minute later how it was, “About 90%”, he said. Almost there! We prayed one last time and a smile broke out across his face. “Check it”, we told him. “It’s better!” he said. All of the pain had left his leg and he was ecstatic! He started moving and checking it, walking up and down the sidewalk.

A lady went limping by, stopped and was watching intently. She wanted in on the power of God! She walked up as the guy went happily hopping down the sidewalk, moving his newly healed leg all around. “My leg is hurt too” she said. We gave her the good news of the kingdom and told her that what happened to this guy could happen to her too. Her left knee was all swollen and stiff with rheumatoid arthritis; she told us that it hurts all the time and sometimes she can barely even walk. “Let’s pray” we told her. We started to pray and in about 3 minutes, her leg was completely healed! All the pain, swelling and stiffness were completely gone! “Wow! Thank you so much”. She promised us that she was a believer and also that she would give away what God had given her.

Good day.

The power of God leads to salvation...

Friday Night Report
March 4^th, 2005

Fired up and ready to go, we soaked, basked, baked and sautéed in the Lord’s presence, intent on seeing the powers of the Kingdom flow through us. Lord Jesus, let our lives, hands, eyes and ears be a clear channel through which Your great power can flow!

Driving up to the parking lot with the kids, it was obvious something was up. There were a lot more kids out there than normal and the atmosphere was electric! We wade into the fray, looking for a “God Encounter”.

There was a group of Portuguese guys hanging out with some hot rods. They saw us approach and started talking to themselves, pointing and mocking. We already have quite a reputation out there and people are either afraid of us or mock us. These guys were mocking us and that provoked me something fierce. I lock eyes with the big guy in the front of the group and start walking towards him. He can’t believe that I am coming towards him and they start really laughing and mocking.

I walk up to him and introduce myself, but it’s obvious that they are just playing with us. Through the broken English they fire a couple little barbs our way, not even trying to conceal their disdain. I ask them if they speak Spanish, they say yes. I reply with, “El reino de Dios esta aqui!” (The kingdom of God is at hand!), which is the only Spanish phrase I know. They laugh and we start into them. I tell the big guy, Junior that I have something for him from the Lord, but does he want to hear it. He gets real nervous and starts backing off. I taunt him with, “What are you scared of, chicken!” That’s enough to inspire a little courage and he agrees to hear what we have to say.

We start telling him what the Lord shows us, simple stuff about creative gifts in his life. It’s obvious that the words are hitting the mark and he crumples into the car he’s leaning on, like the wind was getting knocked out of him. We admonish him to serve God with His gifts instead of serving himself. He’s very serious now, listening intently to what we have to say. He calls over a couple of his friends that don’t speak good English and he starts to translate as we tell these guys things about their destiny and purpose. We work over two of his friend’s real well and go back to Junior. I flat out tell him that he needs to give his life to Jesus and he agrees. We pray with him right then and there and he commits his life to Jesus, the power of God breaking through!

Born again through the power of God!

Saturday Night Report
February 26^th, 2005

Slow night at the Oracle. All the bands that are playing tonight are Christians, meaning they bring Christian fans. Few, if any of the kids are coming over to the spiritual readings tables. Normally, kids make a beeline, come over, sit down and the Lord uncorks heaven. They get prophesied to, understand that Jesus knows everything about them and give their lives to Jesus. Normally five to ten kids get born again each show. But not this time. Almost everyone is born again and religious, which is infuriating. We are not here to have youth group for believers!

Trying not to be discouraged, we relax, get drunk in the Spirit and try to enjoy the night. Now, instead of them coming to us, we have to search out God encounters. We ended up finding a couple. Jordan goes out in the parking lot, takes his guitar and starts playing, this draws a couple people to him and they hang out for awhile. Making the most of the opportunity, Jordan opens up on the kid watching him and gives him some dead on prophetic words. The kid is rocked and now knows that Jesus is real.

On the balcony outside the church, I find a young man and his girlfriend talking to our crew. They are obviously pagans, talking about some of the more perverse things they have seen. Sounds like a great opportunity to me! I’m provoked. He’s wowing our teenagers with unspeakable perversion, they just sit there, dumbfounded, knowing it’s wrong, yet unable to pull themselves away. Bryan Nicholson and I decide to show them something of eternity, since he has the boldness to speak of perversion.

We walk up to him and say, “He, God is showing me some things for you, do you want to hear them?” This totally messes with them, to have God inject Himself into a conversation that was in the gutter, just seconds ago. They are curious enough to let us say what we need to say, so we start talking. We start by telling him, “First of all, you have to change the way you think (repent). You are seeing things from a temporal point of view but you are missing eternity. The Kingdom of God is right in front of you and you don’t even recognize it” (the Kingdom of Heaven is near). This leaves them dazed and confused, a perfect time to start prophesying.

The Lord shows us several simple things for the girlfriend. She’s totally into this stuff, but her boyfriend is a joker and keeps derailing the moment. The Lord shows Bryan a few choice things for the guy and starts to work on him. He’s fighting tooth and nail to stay in control and keep his cool, but it’s obvious to everyone that he’s losing. By this time, we have a crowd that has gathered. They lean in to hear what these crazy Jesus people are saying. A buzz starts that maybe were psychic? No, not psychic, just telling you what Jesus says about you (the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy).

Right in the middle of prophesying over the boyfriend, I feel a pang of disappointment in my heart. The Lord is showing me what the girlfriend is feeling. I interrupt what’s going on with boy friend to look over at girlfriend and say “If you leave here tonight without having a profound spiritual encounter, you will be horribly disappointed, won’t you?” She nods in the affirmative. I tell her, “Well that would just be wrong. Come here and we will pray for you”. I just know that the Holy Spirit will touch her dramatically. She comes over; I grab her hands and start to pray. I instruct her to just close her eyes and receive. Now, several of our kids are with me, we’re all praying now that Holy Spirit will blast her. I start asking for the power of God to witness to the Gospel. At that moment, I feel something like a lightning bolt run down my arm. She jumps back and says, “Whoa!” She got hit with the power of God! A lightning bolt from heaven ran through me and hit her! She is going, “What was that?!” I tell her that it’s the power of God and ask if she wants more. She’s like, “Oh yeah”. We start to pray for her again and I ask for the fire of God to touch her whole body. She starts to tremble, obviously getting touched by the Holy Ghost.

I ask her what she’s feeling. She says that she was cold all over (it was a bit chilly outside) but when we started to pray for fire, it felt like she was standing in front of a fire and her whole body started to get real warm. All of her defenses are down. She has had a spiritual encounter with the invisible realm of the Kingdom of God (I Corinthians 4:20) and she wants more. We tell her that to have more; she must give her life to Jesus and choose Him. She heartily agrees to give her life to Jesus. She knows that He has something to offer, more than just stories in a book. So we lead her right them and there to Jesus. She surrenders her life to Him and calls Him Lord!

Born again through the power of God!

Instant healing leads to salvation...

Saturday Morning Report
February 26^th, 2005

A small group of believers met together to worship Jesus before heading out and preaching the Gospel to the poor. We had our sites set on going to downtown Atlanta, outside of Grady Hospital. There would be many poor, homeless and sick people, all needing a touch from Jesus, so we soaked in the river of God with abandon.

We arrived downtown, full of excitement at what the Lord would do. For the next 2 hours, we just hung around outside Grady Hospital, looking for an opportunity for Jesus to do what He does best! And you know what? He did! The first person we met was a homeless guy. He was hungry for Jesus and responded readily to the Gospel.

A few minutes later, we see a young man walking towards us with a noticeable limp. We walked up to him and asked him what was wrong with his leg. “Man, I sprained my ankle!” he said. We asked him if it hurts and he said, “What do you think?” We asked him if he wanted it to be well and he just said, “It’ll get better”. “Yeah, in a couple weeks maybe, but do you want it healed NOW?” we asked. “Awww man, do you really believe in that !@#$?” he asked. “We sure do. We just saw Jesus heal a guy with a busted up ankle two weeks ago and he can do the same for you” we told him. “Can we pray for you?” we said. “Sure, go ahead” was his hesitant reply.

We started out by telling him, “Listen, first of all, you have to change the way you think (repent). You see, you think that if your ankle gets sprained, then you will have to wait a couple weeks until it’s better. But if God has His way, you will have no pain right now! The rule and reign of God is right here and you don’t even recognize it (the Kingdom of God is at hand), it’s right here in front of you.”

Now we had his attention. We asked him which ankle was hurt. It was his left ankle. Without reaching down, I extended my foot and touched his. We prayed a simple prayer, commanding all pain and inflammation to leave and commanding the fire and anointing of God to come into His foot. After a minute, we told him to check it. He just stood there looking at us. We told him again to check it. “I know it’s better” he said. “Well, show us” we told him. He started to walk… without any limp at all! He took a few steps, pain free. He turned around, looked at us with the most classic surprised look you can imagine, eyes as big as baseballs, mouth held wide open while he repeated over and over, “What the !@#$? did you do to my foot?” “Nothing, Jesus did it!” we assured him. But he would not be consoled. He was absolutely flabbergasted that his ankle was healed.

A couple of our guys walked over to him and talked with him preaching the gospel and telling him that Jesus is King. He was convinced; the power of God did its job. In just a couple minutes of talking, he gave his life to Jesus and got powerfully touched by the Holy Ghost. Before the afternoon was over, four people had met the Lord and a dozen more had been touched by God. Go Jesus!