Thanks for sharing this report with us. I and my wife got a real charge out of it. She said they have been having a major revival in Peru. Locals are bringing dead people to the church and after the service they get resurrected from the dead. BIG TIME MIRACLE GROUND!
I can see how a group of a few can grow to several thousand over night with God's hand in it. I would love to have been there when he kicked that coffin. Man that would have been a sight!!!! Mark Jones On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:21:45 +1000 Michael Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > 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. 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