POWER TO REACH YOUR WORLD

PENTECOSTAL POWER TO REACH YOUR WORLD

We need a revival of Pentecostal power that will set a fire burning in the heart of every believer………a fire that will create a passion and a vision for lost and dying souls that are headed for hell.

Jesus said: The harvest is great but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers into his harvest….

I want to be one of those laborers that step into the arena of this wicked world and pluck souls from the edge of eternity.

          -Once I led a man to the Lord who had been dead 5 minutes before

          -Once I gave the Gospel to Elvis Presley…

-For some people it is too late. Yesterday you could have reached them, but today, it is too late.

You know what would keep our young people in church, and on fire for God… Let them get a vision for the Lost… and become fearless witnesses for Christ.
         

We need a Pentecostal revival that will shake up teenagers, young people… and turn them into fire-brands for Christ… I know young people who have sold out to the Lord, been filled with the Holy Ghost and become powerful witnesses for the Lord

But…all some young people care about is knowing how to use two hands to send text messages, how to set up a Facebook page, but they never give a thought about how to lead a soul to Christ.

What if you had 5 minutes to tell a dying friend how to get saved… Would you know what to say?

We need a Pentecostal revival that will stir not only young people, but middle aged people… and older people and make them powerful, Holy Ghost anointed witnesses and soul winners…

 

You bear his name… do you carry his flame?

His passion was for souls…. He gave up everything to win souls… even his own life.

What would you give up to win a soul? What have you ever done to win a soul?  How can any Christian feel right in their relationship with the Lord and have no interest in taking the Good News of the Gospel to some lost person?

On one ministry journey… we met a young Muslim man in a restaurant and had opportunity to give him the Gospel…

Brothers and sisters…. We have been commissioned…In John 20:21 Jesus said:  “As my father hath sent me, even so send I you. Mark 16:15  sends us: Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.

No believer is exempt from the great commission.

("All the world???"  If that bothers you, how about one square mile around your house? Would you do that?)

Have you heard his voice calling…. Like Isaiah:  Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send and who will go for us. Then said I, here am I, send me.

He did not send us without necessary power.

Acts 1:8  “Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

The power of Pentecost includes the power to witness and win the lost.

If you have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and you are not a witness for Christ you are missing something.

My heart longs to reach souls for the Lord. It all started when the Lord saved me at ten, and then baptized me with His Spirit.

God gave me a burden for souls, and I don’t think that should be so unusual. I think it should be an integral part of every Christian’s life….

THE CHURCH IS NOT A SOCIAL CLUB,
BUT A SOUL-SAVING STATION

        General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, declared:

 “Go find the worst ones, bring them to church…bring the drunks…bring the prostitutes…Bring the addicts…and let them hear the Gospel and get saved.”

Pentecostal power will give you a vision, a burden, a concern for the unsaved. Real revival has always resulted in souls being saved.

Genuine revival in our heart will make us soul winners.

YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER and YE SHALL BE WITNESSES!

In case you wondered about my witness to Elvis Presley, allow me to explain. It was in a unique restaurant where we were invited by a friend. It displayed abundant Elvis Presley memorabilia including a life-sized standup cardboard cutout of this man of worldly fame. I took advantage of the moment and stood in front of “him” holding out my open Bible and began to openly give “him” the gospel message. He never moved. He did not blink an eyelid. He gave no response, for he could not. Elvis Presley was dead. It was too late for him to hear the message of salvation. Tomorrow it will also be too late for many others to receive the glorious gift of salvation. Let us take Christ the Living Hope to others around us while there is still time!

THE JESUS STORY HITS IT BIG IN TEXAS

IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS JESUS 

WAS THE HIGHLIGHT... 

...at Aldi’s, in a parking lot, at a women’s fitness center, and in a bread store. Don’t miss the bread store account!!!

10:30 a.m.   At Aldi’s grocery store buying items for our church Christmas basket give-aways. A neat, tall young man served me at the checkout.  From my well-supplied purse I pulled out the Jesus Story---in 16 languages on DVD.  “Merry Christmas,” I told him with a smile. “Here is a special gift for you…the Christmas Story for you to enjoy.”  He smiled back and took it seeming very happy to get it.

10:40 a.m.   Outside Aldi’s…pushing cart to unload groceries at my car. I headed back to return my cart and get my quarter back when I saw an Oriental looking lady leaving her car.

 “Hi! Are you going to Aldi’s?”

“Yes.”
“Would you like a cart?”

“Oh, I don’t want one. I don’t have the quarter.”

“No… I want you to have mine. Then you can collect the quarter for yourself when you are finished.”

Smiling and walking toward me. “Thank you very much!”

I began to leave but then called back to her. “Wait a minute! I have something for you. It’s the Christmas Story. Merry Christmas! It is in Mandarin and Cantonese, as well as English and other languages.”

She was surprised and readily received the DVD.

I PRAY FOR EACH PERSON RECEIVING THESE CLEAR
PRESENTATIONS OF THE LIFE OF JESUS, FROM BIRTH TO RESURRECTION,
WITH AN ALTAR CALL AT THE END. LORD, SAVE THEM!

10:50 a.m.  And now, as old as I am… I still have been going to a ladies fitness center for exercise as often as I can, so I don’t wind up stiff, and disabled. Bodily exercise does profit at least a little! 

And it was there as I was making the rounds of the exercise circuit that I felt the Lord talk to me about a certain lady there. She has some learning disability, but is so faithful to exercise and show friendliness to everyone.

I told her I had something for her when I was through and then gave her the Jesus Story DVD explaining that it was in 16 languages so she could listen to all of them if she wanted to. 

She was so excited that she went around to every lady in the place and showed them the DVD with the large word on the front, “JESUS,” exclaiming her thrill at getting it. Each lady looked at it and made friendly comments.

Aha!!! This dear soul---unknown to her--- was actually opening the way for me!  Next week I will bring enough of the DVD’s to give to each of them as Christmas gifts!!!  Thousands of people have been saved as they see who Jesus really is. May many more find Him this Christmas Season.

11:15 a.m.  Then… came the part of my morning that thrilled me the most. We get really good bread from a day-old bread store. Delicious rye with caraway seeds…yum...my favorite, then Cinnabon thick, sweet, cinnamon bread, and little cherry and peach pies…all at low prices! (No, I’m not on a diet!)

A lovely lady waited on me at the counter and, you guessed it, I pulled out one more Jesus DVD and gave it to her as a gift. She was elated and said she had been listening to the Christmas story on her radio as she drove to work in the mornings. 

The conversation led to her enjoyment of certain Christian radio programs so I asked her, 

“How did you become a Christian?” Her answer surprised me.

“Well, I’m getting there. I’m almost there. I feel like ‘I’m getting closer. Maybe God sent you here.”

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE RUSH OF EXCITEMENT THAT BEGAN TO WHELM UP WITHIN ME?

That’s what happens when a witness and soul winner sees a tremendous door of opportunity open up before them! I knew immediately that God had sent me to this store for this very moment.

“What are you waiting for?”

“I don’t know,” she replied as and earnestness swept over her face.

“How much longer do you think you should wait?  Just look around you. Daily news points to the soon coming of Jesus. Now is the time to settle things with God.”

“I know it,” she whispered, staring intently at me and tears forming in her eyes.

I was so glad no one else was in the store at that moment as the Lord helped me to pull this dear lady to the point of decision. 

“Why should you wait one more day? Or even one more hour? Why don’t you make that commitment to the Lord right now? I’ll pray for you.”

And without another word to her I simply began to pray, using her name. “Dear Lord, reach down your hand to my friend right now and draw her to salvation. Help her to turn to you with all of her heart right now. In Jesus’ Name, I pray.”

She was wiping her eyes. “I’m crying,” she sought to apologize.

“Wonderful! God is reaching down to you right now. Did you pray with me?”

“Yes, I did.”

“Did you mean it with all your heart?”

“Yes I did. God sent you. I can’t believe this is happening. Thank you. God was in this. He sent you to me.”

It’s hard to close a blog like this in any other way than to say, “Thank you, Jesus, for what you did today, for each one who received a salvation message, and for this friend who gave her life to you today.”

“O Lord, thou art my God. I will exalt thee. I will praise thy name; for thou has done wonderful things…” 

Isaiah 25:1

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