Baltimore

I love…I love Your presence, (God!)

God shows up at Davies Street:

The last saturday of every month I go to Baltimore to meet Janet.  She is such a pleasure to work with in outreach, an amazing woman of God, on fire, preaching the gospel daily.

Last month we joined Bridgeway Church in Essex Baltimore to bless the Code Blue Homeless Shelter in Baltimore.  We took water, clothing and bath supplies.  Janet’s daughter, Destiny, and her boyfriend’s mom joined us.  We were blessed to touch lives.   A man in a wheelchair, Kenny received pray for healing.  He’s blind, but he sees (spiritually!)  He loves to worship Jesus and the presence of God was heavy on him.

I met a young man, “Alexandra,” who was born male and thinks that he’s female.   He’s planning to marry Mr. Brown.  I called him Alex.  He received prayer and truth.  He read the Word of Truth himself, plus admits that he was born male.  The seeds are planted.  We trust the Lord to send water, increase, and break-through for Alex (1 Corin 3:6).

We thank God for healing Jen who is due to have her baby any day now. (2 weeks later, here's the update:  she had a baby girl!!)  Janet’s been working with Jen for over a year, now and Jen has had great success recovering from her addiction.  Glory to God Most High!

Many others received Truth and prayer.  God will continue the good work He began.  We prayed for jobs and homes.  Here are a few others to keep in prayer:   Timothy, Cheryl, and RoseAnne.  We love God who loves perfectly.   We thank God for His provision and answered prayers, for His heart of compassion for his people, and for the Good News of Jesus Christ.    Thank you Father; Thank you Lord Jesus Christ.

It was a successful day and successful weekend.  All glory to Him who gives us everything we need to carry out the ministry through Christ Jesus.

1Pe 4:11  If anyone speaks, let it be as the words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as of the ability which God gives, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory, and the might forever and ever. Amen.

One House Standing!!

ONE HOUSE STANDING:

Tuscaloosa, ALA.

At Mardi Gras, I met a guy who told me how he rebukes the storm and it obeys.   So, a few Wednesdays ago, I felt this terrible anxiousness in my heart and spirit.  I kept praying against it and it wouldn’t go away.   A few hours later, I talked to John, my friend from Albama (the guy who rebukes the storm…)  He says, Oh!  My sister lives in Tuscaloosa and a tornado is headed that way---let’s pray!  So, we prayed.  He rebuked the storm…. We kept praying….(even after we hung up the phone from our conversation.)   Later that evening, we chatted.  John said, Hey did I tell ya about my sister? (I’m waiting with baited breath.)  No!  What happened?  Well, she had to walk home from work the destruction was so bad that she couldn’t get within two miles of her house.   As she walked, the elementary school was down, and the strip mall was down (“flat on the ground”.)   Every house in her neighborhood was down, except one.  One house standing---Lisa’s house was standing alone, unscathed in a totally destroyed neighborhood.   God had mercy.   Of course, I’m hooting at this point, “Glory to God!  Praise God!  He heard your prayer!”

The next day, after talking to his sister, John said, Hey…did I tell ya?   Lisa’s husband was in the basement when the storm hit!  He was an unbeliever!  (I’m thinking..not anymore!  He saw the hand of God!  How can you deny that…that God spared him, that God saved him?!)  How can you NOT believe when terror strikes a whole town and yours is the only house standing?!  God is amazing—obviously powerful.   And He is alive!  He hears the prayer of the righteous man.  He heeds the cry of His children.  And He IS wonderfully, merciful and loving, God.  Here is account of Jesus, the Son of God and His great power, and  how His followers stand in awe of Him:

“LET US PASS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE”

Mar 4:35  And evening having come, He said to them on that day, Let us pass over to the other side.

Mar 4:36  And when they had sent away the crowd, they took Him with them as He was in the boat. And there were also other little boats with Him.

Mar 4:37  And there arose a windstorm, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.

Mar 4:38  And He was in the stern of the boat, asleep on a headrest. And they awakened Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we perish?

Mar 4:39  And He awakened and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Mar 4:40  And He said to them, Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?

Mar 4:41  And they feared exceedingly and said to one another, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?

Pro 10:25  As the storm passes, so the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Psa 107:29  He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

(Knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men…2 Corin 5:1)