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He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." -- Mark 16:15-18 (WEB) The Lord really encouraged me the other day. He had me walk to Ba'e Village to visit a friend (named Alek) who had been sick and delirious with malaria. His wife and some other friends told me about his condition when I asked about him, because he hadn't been at the market selling wood carvings for a couple of weeks. Anyway, it was worth crossing a flooding river to see him. It did my heart good to see God answering our prayers, because when I got there, Alek was up and about doing chores. It really blessed him that I would go out of my way to pray with him and visit him. Praise God, our healer! Serving the Lord gets better all the time. We need to remember to thank God for the little things He does as well as the big ones. Speaking of big ones, this next story, concerning different people in a different village, certainly qualifies. A couple of weeks ago, in lower Asaro territory, on the other side of Goroka from here, but still in the Eastern Highlands Province, something special happened. A local Christian Outreach Centre pastor named Joseph was holding evangelistic meetings at a local elementary school yard. Only a handful of people showed up, and he was preaching the Gospel. Suddenly, he felt the anointing of the Holy Spirit come on him in an unusual way. He then saw a group of people carrying a coffin through that area. The man had been dead three days, and they were about to bury him. Pastor Joseph used the microphone and called them up to put the coffin on the stage. They did, and Pastor Joseph kicked the coffin so hard that he broke the side of the coffin, popped the lid off, and split open the toe of his own boot. He looked into the coffin and commanded the man to get up in Jesus' Name. The man instantly sat bolt upright. This scared the people around him, and they ran away. Pastor Joseph asked the resurrected man if he was alright, and he said that he was. He then asked if he went to Heaven or Hell. The man replied "No, I was on the way down when you called me." "Then you need to repent," Pastor Joseph replied, and the man prayed to ask Jesus into his heart right then and there. Pastor Joseph then asked the man to go back to his village and invite people to the next day's evangelistic meetings. They came. There were about 3,000 people there to hear the Gospel the next day, and hundreds were saved. As Pastor Joseph was praying for the people who came forward to receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour, the Holy Spirit told him that there were three witches (sanguma meri) in the prayer line who were there to challenge God's power. Pastor Joseph told them this, and they fell backwards to the ground, and he said that he saw flying foxes (a very large kind of bat) fleeing their bellies. Those ladies were delivered and saved gloriously by the power of God! This report of resurrection, deliverance, and salvation from Pastor Joseph comes to me through my neighbor, John Kenea, who assures me that it is true. This is a significant breakthrough for the Kingdom of God in the Eastern Highlands Province. Please pray that the momentum continues. Every soul counts! To God be all of the glory! Jesus Christ is LORD! Your Bible translation missionaries, Kahunapule Michael & Lori Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eBible.org/mpj/ Home telephone 011+675-737-4318; work or fax 011+675-737-4161 Personal mail: SIL BOX 421, UKARUMPA 444, EHP, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Support (mark "for the ministry of Michael & Lori Johnson"): EVANGEL BIBLE TRANSLATORS, PO BOX 16715, IRVINE CA 92623-6715 Please let us know if your email address changes. Thanks! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: http://eBible.org/mpj/gpg.htm iD8DBQFAOfvHRI/gxxfXR7sRAgAgAJ9NXBkhuRcuop2pYNApE1vcVC0T5ACgtXb9 LoUw7SfuoRU+E1KLyYFbWZg= =XeFV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
