The Other Side

Preaching the Kingdom in Baltimore:
Mat 4:16 The people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and Light has sprung up to those who sat in the region and shadow of death."
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Repent! Repent!
On the streets at Guilford Avenue in Baltimore, we've been preaching: "repent," but what does it mean to repent? These people need to know how to repent and what empowers them to do so.

Knowing they must stop doing what they're doing and knowing they must turn from what displeases God doesn't help them change the behavior, so we encourage them to change they way they think, to be empowered by the power of Christ. When we change how we think and allow God to influence our hearts,and allow the Holy Spirit to do the work, then we are given the desire and strength to do the right thing.

Php 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.

Jo Williams and I encouraged Paul, a methadone user, to change his mind. When I asked Paul if he wants free from the methadone he, at first, said, no way! It's too painful and takes too long. Paul needed to change his mind. So, that's what we set out to do. Paul had to be encouraged with the Truth that 1- he's enslaved to the drug and 2-that Christ can set Him free and 3-that God can and will supernaturally give him the strength to endure and overcome.

We can do all things in Christ:
Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

We are empowered to partake of the Supernatural:
Rom 8:11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

As we prayed over Paul, the Holy Spirit continued to quicken his mortal body and sober him. Please pray for Paul's strength and total deliverance from dependence on these drugs. We're also praying for Trina who's hooked on crack-cocaine and has 7 children. We're praying for housing for Lilly, her 82 year old dad, and children.

God promises to supply all our need and we can ask anything and believer for this provision (Phil 4:19, John 14:14). Many in Baltimore are experiencing the gift of answered prayer. Many have received deliverance from drugs and provision for housing: all through prayer and the grace of God. Let us give God all the glory!

There's one more for whom we are praying: George is joyful, content, and excited. His I.D. is on the way and once he has that he can get housing. Two years ago, he lost his son and home in a fire. He's been homeless for two years now and is fully content and hopeful, trusting God to provide. George was too late for clothes and food, so we fed him, but he'll have to get fresh clothes later. The awesome thing about George is the glow in his eyes as he talks about Jesus and his journey with the Lord and the hope that he has since decided to trust Jesus.

I thank God for people like George, for Jaelyn, Johnnie, Mary and Marvin who truly appreciate Helping Hands and God's provision. (see pics on FB: Jaelyn and Johnny, two young children who prayed for Paul. What a blessing and testimony it will be to them to see him free! Amen.)