Happy Thursday beloved! Hope all is Glorious!
It has been a great week!
On Thursday night, we had a beautiful time of fellowship and prayer, and I shared a little bit about my New England trip and the revelation I gained by touring various historical sites in Boston and Plymouth. We also watched a clip from the docudrama “The American Miracle” about the supernatural victory God gave our troops in the Battle of Dorchester Heights. That was one of the places I visited on the trip, and I really felt like there was an impartation of faith available to us through learning the testimony.
I also recorded a video of the scene and put it on YouTube so everyone else can see it too:
May the Hand of Providence be upon us as we battle spiritual enemies… just as it was upon them to battle natural ones!
On Friday, we had a powerful time at Bayfront Park where a number of people prayed to receive the Lord…including two young muslim men from Azerbaijan. Here’s a few pics of the others:
It was SO good to have our great friends (and mighty warriors) Rene and Maria back with us that night too!!
On Saturday, we had a sweet time at Woodland Village where we were joined by Mike, Rochelle, Lucas, Anna and Patrick. We all tag teamed the ministry, and they even ended up washing the people’s feet.
That night, we had a really sweet time at the Riverwalk too. It started with us meeting this woman Andrea on the walkway. She is a pastor’s daughter but had been backslidden and in addiction for many years. We talked to her for quite a while and the Lord really touched her. She ended up praying to come back to Christ and then she stayed with us for most of the night. It was really beautiful.
And, as usual, there were many kids that came and received tracts and prayer too as well as several adults. Here’s one man who had been ministered to the previous week who came back again on Saturday with his family.
Such a good night!
On Sunday, within 30 minutes after we arrived, a woman who had recently been released from jail came and got ministered to. She ended up wanting to be baptized, so we took her to the water shortly after:
As we’ve seen many times before, the testimony of this baptism inspired others to get baptized as well, starting with this young boy:
And then his dad:
And then the young girl in the red pants:
We were there worshipping, preaching and baptizing for about an hour. It was so fun, and it was the first outpouring like this we’ve had at Siesta in several months.
Here’s a video with some clips from the outpouring:
Then, I went back to the pavilion and had some good encounters up there as well. This young man on vacation from Des Moines was on his way to the bathroom, and he stopped to listen to me preach. Afterwards, he asked me for prayer, and he told me that he went to church when he was very young but hadn’t been in many years. We talked for about 20 minutes, and he prayed to receive the Lord.
Let’s definitely keep him lifted up though because after following up with him I can tell that the enemy is trying to choke out that seed.
This was an interesting God moment. This man found a Gods promises book laying on a bench and he came over to give it back to me. We talked for a little bit, and he told me that he had some faith, but that he was not very clear on the gospel. I shared it with him, and he prayed with me to receive the Lord. After this, I told him to keep the God’s promises book. He and I marveled at how God orchestrated everything, and he left super encouraged. Here he is:
On Sunday morning, we went to Forerunner Church in Sarasota and were very blessed by the service. They are the ones that have been spearheading the 24-hour prayer meetings at FOB every few months (which I am SO grateful for), so I’ve been wanting to connect more with them. Tonight, we are going to join them for their weekly prayer meeting as a way to build more unity between our ministries. I encourage you to come if you can.
Here is more info about them- Forerunner Ministries
Speaking of prayer, as I was preparing for my intercession set on Tuesday for the ending of abortion I saw something very encouraging- 7 states now require schools to play pro-life videos for their students during class.
This is the “Baby Olivia” video, which is the primary one that is played:
I also saw that many other states are trying to make similar laws, as depicted by this map:
This type of news definitely is an encouragement to keep praying. I encourage you to join sometime when you are able!
That’s all for today. Hope to see you soon! Love and blessings to you!!!
Team Jesus!
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