Matthew 10:7-8

As you go, preach, saying, "the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Where the greater joy is!

This past outreach was awesome. We went to parkway plaza, always a fun fruitful place for outreach. We've sown seed there for many years and have much favor and dominion.

The first five people we ministered to were Christians and it was amazing to feel the unity as we all got stirred up about the kingdom and the times were living in.

We challenged one young man in his 20's named Elijah to come with us, he jumped right in as we went preaching the gospel to people.

Another group of christian ladies all from different churches joined us in prayer as they had some pressing needs. There is a tangible anointing that manifests whenever we meet real Christians on the street and begin to share the Lord with each other.

We met four men hanging out at a pick up truck. We shared the gospel with them for a while, two of them ended up giving their lives to the Lord. The other two weren't very open to the gospel. After we all prayed you could feel the joy of heaven start to come, and hope begin to rise in these two men Joe and John.

I was reminded of the time Jesus slammed the religious guys with the parable of the lost sheep and lost coin. He told them there was more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than 99 who haven't strayed away. God give us some more of that greater joy!!

SURPRISE ATTACK!

On our last outreach the weather wasn't cooperating. The forecast was colder temperatures, showers heavy at times, basically a cold damp forecast. Most times this happens our first response is usually "We better stay in where it's safe and warm." This is usually followed up with a hearty "amen" from our flesh and the enemy nodding in agreement.

Well we decided we were going to surprise the enemy and do the opposite of what he thought we would do. We had a team of Five and decided to hit the bus station. Always a place ripe with precious people in greet need.

The women went to one side and Terry and I went to the other. We met one young man very open to the Gospel. After encouraging him for a while he started to open up and really think about his future without God. He had said he was a believer but then confessed he was not really a follower at all.

As we shared how the current events of our day are in line with the word of God, he began to become more concerned about his own life and future.We brought him to the edge of a decision and he said he would call us. I believe we planted some seeds that will continue to bear fruit. It always amazes me how God can bring total strangers to a level of sharing their inner heart in a few minutes.

As we looked over at Renee and Cathy, they had four women lining up for prayer and ministry. One women with knee problems received healing after being led in a prayer of forgiveness with tears welling up in her eyes. God shook her with His compasion and healing and let us have the priveledge of being there. Awesome Jesus!