Macon Georgia is heating up!

What a trip we had back to Macon, Georgia!! This is our second trip back and you can see the momentum building. Friday night we ministered on "The Mighty God" and showed that God is showing himself strong in these days! We ministered at the altar with an accuracy in the prophetic that we had not touched before. We ministed to a woman and told her that she was being attacked in the mind as she then told us she had been battling suicidal thoughts like never before. We ministered to another lady and told her she just lost a close friend as she then freaked out as she had just lost her best friend to HIV aids. The whole team we brought was released and moved in accurate prophetic words that released the kingdom in power!

Saturday we trained the body in Power Evangelism and then sent the troops into their city. OH my goodness! We had saints that had been christians for decades that testified their lives had been transformed by what they saw. The pastor and his wife were a part of leading a teenager to the Lord while her parents were at choir practice. Another team had an amazing God encounter. After leading a young gal to the Lord, she then introduced the team to her mom. She was saved but introduced the team to her boys and they both wanted to repent and surrender to Jesus. Then the dad came home just as the team was leaving. He surrender his life to the Lord as well. Talk about household salvation. The dad had drug addictions and wanted to be free so they came and got us and we ended up bringing the church to him. We had about 12 people there from the church as we ministered deliverance to him. The mama got filled with the spirit and fell out in her home as she spoke in tongues! The couple reconciled and spoke words of life to each other as they hugged and kissed! This family will never be the same again and those that attended from the church won't be either. This house was only about 100 yards from the church.

On Sunday we heard testimonies from our last trip that people had been healed of pinched nerves, completely delivered from unforgiveness, and healed of dizzyness that was a symptom of a bad report. People testified of how their christianity had been rocked as they went out and preached the gospel and by the accurate prophetic words throughout the weekend. Then we ministered and we had another move of God similiar to Worcester as the fear of God fell and people flooded to the altar to get right with God. I can see a day when we are doing crusades in this city with thousands being saved and healed. The best is yet to come! Come and join us on one of our crusades and help us bring in this harvest for the Lord!

Fear of the Lord and Repentance hits church in Massachusetts!

We just returned from our trip to Worcester, Massachusetts where we conducted revival meetings and Power evangelism training. Friday night was all about Arousing the Warriors to Prepare for War! The altars were full of saints that were consecrating themselves to the Lord's Army! The body is coming the place that we realize we have been crucified with Christ and that to disciple nations we can no longer allow the love of money, pleasure, and ourselves to dominate our life! The saints are hot with love for the Lord which means to obey Him, love for each other which means to lift up, forgive, and help, and love for the lost which means to befriend them, and preach the gospel which comes with a kingdom!

Saturday we did a full day of training the saints in Power Evangelism and the purpose of Pentecost! We then went into the city of Worcester in the rain and preached the gospel! We had some people repent and call on the Lord, some spewed angry remarks of ignorance, some wanted to sleep with their sin, and others were seriously seeking truth. We preached the gospel to a young man named Jose who wanted to call on the Lord. Right in the streets of Worcester in the rain, he asked the Lord to forgive Him and help him be a follower while we stood and witnessed a true conversion! We also preached the gospel to 3 young muslims who asked what about Muhammad and what about allah! The youngest said he wanted to be a follower of Jesus after we explained their need for a savior and that only Jesus fits that bill! This is a movement! It's an army of laid down lovers going out into the sea of lost humanity!

Sunday morning was quite unusual! The Holy Spirit really led me to preach on holiness, repentance, and the Fear of the Lord with a fresh boldness! The altars were packed without any manipulation and we are already getting testimonies of people's lives that are shook up over their fear of sin! (Acts 24:25) We also had some great testimonies of healing such as a lady that had cronic neck pain with crunching for 6 years that was instantly healed by the power of God! Another man with a cane could not lay down without pain and he laid in front of the congregation, pain free. Many people with broken lives and broken hearts received a touch from the Lord! Praise God!

We are going back to Macon, Georgia this week so come and join us in Raising up the Radicals to know God and make Him known!

Our Hope is in the Lord!

Our Hope Is In the Lord!

I just received this message by email from my good friend, Pastor Russell Benson who pastors our Covenant Community Fellowship church in Indiana. It is about the elections yesterday and I thought it worth posting. Our hope is in the Lord (By Pastor Russell Benson)

As I write this, Sen. Barack Obama is being declared the winner of the 2008 U.S. presidential election. We have heard that this was the most historic and important presidential election of our time. Whether it was the most important election or not, one thing is for sure, it certainly will have a profound effect on the future of our nation! I know many of you reading this are disappointed at the results of the election. The decision that America has made can potentially have a deep and profound effect on issues like the sanctity of marriage, freedom of religion, abortion, and many other issues that we as Christians are so concerned about. It is easy to get discouraged about the future of our nation. What will happen? How about the Supreme Court? Abortion, etc…

I feel impressed at this time to direct us to the true Hope, the true answer. There is only one hope for our nation and he is not the president of the United States. We know as Christians that our hope is in the LORD. We should not expect to have any real hope outside the Lord Jesus Christ. The answers for America do not lie in Washington or in a political party. The only hope for America and the entire world is Jesus Christ. Scripture tells us that it is Christ in us, the hope of Glory. Despite the political speeches, it is the church that is the city shining on a hill, not Washington D.C. The church is called the Salt of the earth. We hold the answers for this nation and this world. We must remind ourselves in this time that no matter what comes our way, no matter what is ahead, we can stand strong in faith. We do not need to let up or waver despite the darkness of the situation.

We will not be shaken and we will not be moved. Now is the time for the church of Jesus Christ to stand stronger than ever. We must stand for righteousness and holiness no matter what comes our way. We cannot be surprised when the majority of people around us reject holiness and reject the ways of the Lord. We cannot be surprised when they embrace a culture of death. We are not to be taken off guard, but we will be motivated even more to pray, even more to stand out in the darkness. We will let our light shine in a dark world, we must! Friend, we must shine in the darkness. Church, we are not to be shaken but we are to understand the times and seasons we are in. We are to discern what the Spirit of the Lord is speaking to the Church of Jesus Christ. Now it is time to get our marching orders and press forward. The body of Christ must prepare for what is ahead for us. We must be the voice crying in the wilderness Prepare the way of the Lord. It is not the church that is a reflection of the world, but the world is a reflection of the church. This is why judgment begins in the house of the Lord. We must be the church, God has called us to be and in turn America will be effected by the church. In these sober and prophetic times, now is the time for the church of Jesus Christ to rise up in true holiness, Holy Spirit power, and boldness. Get ready, now is our time to shine!

Russell K. Benson Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld