Winter Campmeeting 2008 | Diane D Testimony
Winter Campmeeting 2008
I have been saved since I was 16 years old in the old fashion Pentecostal way. I NEVER Knew how easy it is to tell the gospel to the lost until I have been watching you for about a year now. I am a PK kid and was a pastors wife. Still married to the man God gave me but we are no longer pasturing. I was watching your telecast one day and got so hungry to witness to someone about Jesus. I did not have a car to go any where. It was to cold outside to walk around especially with all the loose dogs in my neighbor hood. OK, I Let the cold and the dogs frighten me. Shame on me. God knew my heart and situation. An hour later there was a knock at my door. It was a man and a little boy. I started to cry and asked him if he knew where he was going to go when he died. He said he was saved. God gave me a prophetic word for him and his child that day. WOW!!!! Jesus cared enough to show me he sees my hearts desire, to minister to the lost and hurting and knowing I was stuck in my house that he sent someone to me. GLORY GLORY GLORY!!!!! My husband retires in 2 years and 8 months we want to sell our home and go back into the ministry. We do not know where when or how. Keep us in prayer that we listen for the right direction and hear his voice. Who knows we might see you guys soon!!!! Praise God. Love and prayers Diane
Diane D
Barstow California United States
The River Church and attending services as a member
The River Church and attending services as a member
I have been praying and asking the Lord Jesus to help me be a soul winner. I have not been winning people to Jesus, and I REALLY WANT TO BE A SOUL WINNER! So, lately I have been crying out to God to help me in this. Well, a couple of weeks ago my son, Ben, and I were in the truck going home and witnessed a car accident. It wasn’t too bad, and the people involved were all hanging around talking to the police or waiting to talk to the police. We stayed at the scene of the accident in case the police needed a testimony from a witness. So as the police were taking statements from people, I noticed the older lady, Joanne, who was at fault in the wreck, standing there looking very upset, and she was crying. Suddenly, I had tremendous compassion for this lady, and almost started weeping. This feeling of great compassion was not normal for me. I believe it was God letting me feel His compassion and love for this lady. I went over to her and asked her if she was alright, and I wanted to encourage her. Then I asked her if I could pray for her, and she said yes. So I started to pray for her and then it occurred to me to ask her if she had ever asked Jesus into her heart and given her life to Him. All she could say was that she was baptized. I then asked her if she wanted to pray and ask Jesus into her heart, and she said yes. So I led her in the sinners’ prayer, right there at the side of the street with the police and onlookers hanging around, and she gave her life to Jesus. During the time we were praying, no one bothered us or interrupted us at all. I was so excited about leading her to Jesus. God is answering my prayers. I want to lead more people to the Lord. It’s such an awesome experience!
Debby G
Dade City Florida United States
Winter Campmeeting 2008 | Andrew and Donna Testimony
Winter Campmeeting 2008
I, Donna, am Andrew’s, Mom, He is attending the camp meeting all this week. I prayed twice over the net this week for his deliverence from depression and manic depression. When I talked to him today he testified to me that while he was driving home to his tent last night and he knows he cast out of himself the spirit of insanity and infirmity. He was bubbling over as he told the story, so I believe him because he is usually very serious and uncertain. Praise God. AS for myself Thursday and friday I was hit with laughter and singing in tongues both nights.
Andrew and Donna
Osceola Wisconsin United States
Jesus Glory and Goodness
With that miracle, Jesus showed forth His glory and His goodness. Rodney Howard Browne explains that the reason Jesus turned water into wine as His first miracle was because He wanted that to be a statement. Providing the wine is probably the least that He could have done.
First of all, Jesus came to save from sin and heal sick bodies. The last thing down the line would be to provide wine for a friend’s wedding. But I believe He’s trying to say, “I do the least thing I can do first, because I want to show you that there’s nothing in your life that I can’t take care of. If you accept Me as your Savior and your Healer, I’ll also be your Provider, so that when you have a need, you know I will supply everything that you need.”
In John 15:7, Jesus says, If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Whatever you need, ask, and He’ll give it. After this, Jesus went to the farther side of the sea of Galilee — that is, the Sea of Tiberias,
And a great crowd was following Him because they had seen the signs (miracles) which He [continually] performed upon those who were sick. And Jesus walked up the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples.
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching. Jesus looked up then, and seeing that a vast multitude was coming toward Him, He said to Philip, Where are we to buy bread, so that all these people may eat? But he said this to prove (test) him, for He well knew what He was about to do.
Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennies’ (forty dollars) worth of bread is not enough that everyone may receive even a little.
Another of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
There’s a little boy here, who has [with him] five barley loaves, and two small fish; but what are they among so many people?
Jesus said, Make all the people recline (sit down). Now the ground (a pasture) was covered with thick grass at the spot, so that the men threw themselves down, about 5,000 in number.
Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples and the disciples to the reclining people; so also [He did] with the fish, as much as they wanted. When they all had enough, He said to His disciples, Gather up now the fragments (the broken pieces that are left over), so that nothing may be lost and wasted. So accordingly they gathered them up, and they filled twelve [small hand] baskets with fragments left over by those who had eaten from the five barley loaves.
JOHN 6:1-13 AMP
This is a very powerful miracle of provision. People are hungry so Jesus takes a little boy’s lunch and then He multiplies it. Now it’s one thing to hear that God provides food and drink in Bible times, but it happens now too. When my family was living in the Transkei region of South Africa, I heard of a miracle of provision among Baptist missionaries. About sixty people had gathered one night at the mission, and all they had was one chicken. But they prayed and God multiplied their one chicken. All sixty ate chicken and were filled!
God’s provision is not just for Bible times — it’s for right now. It’s for you and me. If we just believe God, He’ll make a way where there is no way. God wants His people to live in a higher realm of the supernatural. It’s time to move up and live in a higher realm of the provision of God in our lives. We’ve got to quit looking at our own resources. If we’re looking at our salary as our source of supply, we’re
going to be devastated if our company closes down tomorrow.
This has got to become real in your daily life. It’s easy to clap your hands and sing in church, “He’s my Provider.” But it’s another thing to really trust in Him when you’re in the middle of a problem. When you lose your job, suddenly you find out how much you really believe in the Lord’s provision
The Gospel Is Simple
Rodney Howard Browne teaches that if you
do any study on issues, try not to get side
tracked away from the simplicity of the gospel. Do not
run off on a tangent into something that does not produce
life.
You will always know if you are into false
doctrine when you begin to lose your joy and your peace.
The scripture says, “In thy presence is fullness of joy; at
thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psalm
16:11). Let peace be your umpire.
Allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you in
your study of the scripture. Remember that the Holy
Spirit is the teacher. He will take God’s Word and make it
alive for you. The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Having a Hearing Ear
Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice. The voice
of a stranger they will not follow.” (See John 10:5, 27.) It
is interesting to find out that many Christians who have a
“quiet time” really have a quiet time because they never
hear from heaven. They never listen to see if God would
actually speak to them.
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God” (Romans 8:14). God will lead you by
His Spirit, but there needs to be a sensitivity to the
anointing and it only comes with spending time in His
presence. Only then do we recognize when God is
speaking to us and instantly obey. In other words, we
need to develop a hearing ear.
He That Has Ears to Hear
“He that has ears to hear what the Spirit is
saying,” is a phrase that is repeated throughout the New
Testament. It’s not talking about the natural ear, but the
spiritual ear.
We know the story of Samuel and how he heard
someone calling his name. He went to Eli and said, “You
called me.” Eli said, “I did not call you.” This happened
several times and then Eli realized that it was God who
was speaking even though he did not hear that voice (not
having ears to hear). He then said to Samuel, “Go lie
down and when you hear the voice, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for
your servant is listening.’” (See First Samuel 3:1-10.)
The Case of the Broken Telephone
We have heard the sayings, “There is none so deaf
as those who will not hear,” and “People hear what they
want to hear.” I am reminded of a story I heard of a
farmer who wanted God to speak to him, One morning,
as he was sitting on his front porch of his farmhouse, a
hand appeared and wrote in the sky the letters G P.
Instead of finding out any further information, the
farmer sold his farm and went on the mission field to
fulfill his heavenly direction. After failing hopelessly and
spending much time in prayer, he heard the Lord speak to
him. He said, “What is the problem, son?”
The farmer said, “Lord, I obeyed You. I did what
You told me. I read the letters in the sky and knew it
meant, Go Preach.” The Lord then said to him, “Son, the
letters did not mean, Go Preach; they meant, Go Plow.”
In this man’s zeal for God, he ran ahead and
misinterpreted the will of God for his life.
Perfect Timing
It is interesting to realize that most people don’t
miss God in the general direction of what God has called
them to do. Rather, they miss the timing, partly because
they don’t listen to what the Spirit of God is saying.
They have never developed their spiritual ear to
the point of hearing God’s voice more clearly. Instead,
they are led by circumstances and situations in their lives.
Blown by the winds of adversity, they wander around
aimlessly, never accomplishing the will of God.
Charismatic Gurus,
Have You Had Your Fortune Told Lately,
and Other Horror Stories
Another scenario is that some Christians gravitate
to so-called “prophets” ( charismatic gurus of the day ( to
get another “word from God.” But it’s always something
vague, something remote, and it never produces a
workable, tangible reality in their lives.
After several years, the individual has a large
collection of predictions, dating back over the years, and
not one has come to pass. But it’s another nail in the
religious coffin of death and bondage.
The truth of the matter is that prophecy is
confirmation, not information. The Bible says, “As many
as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
It does not say, “As many as are led by the prophets are
the sons of God.”