Post by lizlovesjesus on Aug 12, 2005 18:28:06 GMT -5
Faith,Hope and love in Jesus Christ,
Yesterday I was out doing street ministry as the Holy Spirit led and it was just so awesome in Jesus.Mostly yesterday I was doing one to one ministry and God was just moving,because it wasnt I who spoke but the Holy Spirit in me who spoke.I met many people and mostly handed out bibles and gospel tracts. I ran out of bibles,when I looked at the time and it was around 2 am and I was about to head home.But the Holy Spirit told me to tarry a little longer at the gas station so I waited,confident that there was a precious soul that was about to pull up at the gas station and hear the good news of the gospel.One dude pulled up right next to my car, and the Holy Spirit told me thats him,so I waited until he came out of the gas station and i gave him a gospel tract about the reality of hell.He then asked me whats this about?I told him its about the judgement that is to come upon the whole world and to the wicked that God will cast into the lake of fire.He looked at me in awe.I then asked him
if he had heard of the ten commandments he said no,so i asked him do you believe in God?and he said yes.So i proceeded to tell him that God has a standard of holiness and it is depicted in the ten commandments.He asked me to name the ten commandments for him and i went through three of them with him and stopped to ask him if he thought he had ever broken any that i had mentioned.He said yes.I asked him if God judged him by those ten commandments would he be innocent or guilty,he said guilty.I told him that I too had broken the ten commandments and that i too would be guilty and God was concerned for both of us thats why he sent his son Jesus christ who never sinned nor broke any of the ten commandments to die on the cross for our sins that anyone who believed in Jesus Christ for salvation would be found innocent on the day of judgment and be justified by faith.I then told him that believing in Jesus Christ was a prayer away and all he had to do was confess that he was a sinner needing
forgiveness and ask God to send Jesus into his life for remission of sins.I told him it was more than stating that he believed because even the demons believe and tremble, much more what it took was to allow Jesus to be Lord and Savior of his life.Being Savior meaning that he believed in Jesus for salvation and being Lord meaning that he lived according to what pleased God and not in the deeds of the flesh.Then i asked him again if he wanted to accept Jesus in his life that he may change it.He paused and said he was undecided.I told him that only those written in the book of life can inherit the kingdom of God and it was appointed once for man to die and then comes the judgment.I looked closely at him at this point and saw the Holy Spirit was convicting him.So this confirmed i needed to continue preaching the gospel.I went on and told him that the devil only comes to steal,kill and destroy and that he is the Father of lies and he was that way since the beginning.I told him that the
devil didnt really care about him,he just wanted to take as many souls as he could to the Lake of fire because he knew that was where he was sealed and marked to end up.I asked him what prevented him to receive this loving God who had only one son and had given him up and said that anyone who made the choice to believe in his Son would escape the judgement.I told him that God loved him that much and didnt want him to end up anywhere apart from him.He cut me short at this point and said "I dont want to go to hell,I want to go to heaven".And i told him in whatever words that he wanted to express to God that he was a sinner needing forgiveness and that he wanted remission for his sins and wanted Jesus in his life then he could cry out to God in his own words at that very moment.So he bowed his head and said"God am a sinner..............he dint even finish what he was saying and started crying.He tried again and couldnt speak all he did was cry,Then i told him to hold my hand that i
could pray for him(i was on the other side of his car).He stretched out his hand to me in tears and the Holy Spirit gave me words to pray for him that rebuked satan to let go of this soul that had chosen to accept Jesus,at this point i felt something go through my hand to his and i know thats the power of the Holy Spirit and as the holy Spirit in me rebuked satan,his hand held tighly to mine,it was like he was in a pit and i was pulling him up and he needed to hold my hand tighter.When i finshed praying,i started crying and he was crying too.I told him you're free now and i went to him and gave him a hug.One cop passed by us and looked at us like we were crazy.I started singing a song" You are awesome in this place mighty God",people passing looked at me like i was crazy but i kept singing. I saw a pack of Black and milds in his hand which he had completely crushed as we prayed so i told him you dont need that anymore you are free,he went on and threw it in the trash.James(thats his
name) continued to thank me and asked if he could hug me again and i laughed and told him yes because now we were family and he was my brother in Christ.I told him the angels in heaven were rejoicing over him now and he looked at me in suprise so I went and got my bible from the car and read to him about the prodigal son who had come home and i told him that was him and he had come home just like the prodogal son.He breathed a sigh of relief and i smiled and told him that what he was feeling was the Holy Spirit who was now dwelling within him.I told him that whoever the Son has made free is free indeed and asked if there was any worldly music that he wanted to give up for Jesus.He went to his trunk and took out his music cds and threw them in the trash.Holy Spirit spoke to me and told me to give him my christian music cds that i had in the car.So i took out the whole bunch of them that i had and gave them to him and said since he had given up his cds for Jesus,then Jesus had blessed him with more cds.I asked him if he had a bible and he said no,Holy Spirit told me to surrender "my precious bible" to him.So i did.I told James that he had the Holy Spirit in him and whichever page in the bible he opened the Holy Spirit was able to teach him.He gave me another hug and thanked me for taking the time to talk to him.I told him to continue thanking God.He got into his car still praising God.I drove back home in tears,I am amazed i could even see.Jesus drives,i just ride i see that now.
Saints God wants to use us,the question is are we ready to be used of him or are we valuing the things around us more than him.Are we listening to him who is calling us higher?Are we giving up all things and counting them loss that we may gain Christ and be used of him.Are we content in the place we are at and have gotten used to it?God calling us higher,if the depths of his love cant be measured then even we can never measure the point where he is using us and be content to say this is it.Theres more he wants to reveal to you if you will only give him the whole of you.Allow his Holy Fire to burn away all things that are not of him but are of you.Allow him to test your faith by the fire so that he may refine you and take away all impurities that you have accumulated.Let him create in you a clean heart that you may serve him.Surrender comfortably.Amen.
A daughter adopted of the Father,
Liz.
Yesterday I was out doing street ministry as the Holy Spirit led and it was just so awesome in Jesus.Mostly yesterday I was doing one to one ministry and God was just moving,because it wasnt I who spoke but the Holy Spirit in me who spoke.I met many people and mostly handed out bibles and gospel tracts. I ran out of bibles,when I looked at the time and it was around 2 am and I was about to head home.But the Holy Spirit told me to tarry a little longer at the gas station so I waited,confident that there was a precious soul that was about to pull up at the gas station and hear the good news of the gospel.One dude pulled up right next to my car, and the Holy Spirit told me thats him,so I waited until he came out of the gas station and i gave him a gospel tract about the reality of hell.He then asked me whats this about?I told him its about the judgement that is to come upon the whole world and to the wicked that God will cast into the lake of fire.He looked at me in awe.I then asked him
if he had heard of the ten commandments he said no,so i asked him do you believe in God?and he said yes.So i proceeded to tell him that God has a standard of holiness and it is depicted in the ten commandments.He asked me to name the ten commandments for him and i went through three of them with him and stopped to ask him if he thought he had ever broken any that i had mentioned.He said yes.I asked him if God judged him by those ten commandments would he be innocent or guilty,he said guilty.I told him that I too had broken the ten commandments and that i too would be guilty and God was concerned for both of us thats why he sent his son Jesus christ who never sinned nor broke any of the ten commandments to die on the cross for our sins that anyone who believed in Jesus Christ for salvation would be found innocent on the day of judgment and be justified by faith.I then told him that believing in Jesus Christ was a prayer away and all he had to do was confess that he was a sinner needing
forgiveness and ask God to send Jesus into his life for remission of sins.I told him it was more than stating that he believed because even the demons believe and tremble, much more what it took was to allow Jesus to be Lord and Savior of his life.Being Savior meaning that he believed in Jesus for salvation and being Lord meaning that he lived according to what pleased God and not in the deeds of the flesh.Then i asked him again if he wanted to accept Jesus in his life that he may change it.He paused and said he was undecided.I told him that only those written in the book of life can inherit the kingdom of God and it was appointed once for man to die and then comes the judgment.I looked closely at him at this point and saw the Holy Spirit was convicting him.So this confirmed i needed to continue preaching the gospel.I went on and told him that the devil only comes to steal,kill and destroy and that he is the Father of lies and he was that way since the beginning.I told him that the
devil didnt really care about him,he just wanted to take as many souls as he could to the Lake of fire because he knew that was where he was sealed and marked to end up.I asked him what prevented him to receive this loving God who had only one son and had given him up and said that anyone who made the choice to believe in his Son would escape the judgement.I told him that God loved him that much and didnt want him to end up anywhere apart from him.He cut me short at this point and said "I dont want to go to hell,I want to go to heaven".And i told him in whatever words that he wanted to express to God that he was a sinner needing forgiveness and that he wanted remission for his sins and wanted Jesus in his life then he could cry out to God in his own words at that very moment.So he bowed his head and said"God am a sinner..............he dint even finish what he was saying and started crying.He tried again and couldnt speak all he did was cry,Then i told him to hold my hand that i
could pray for him(i was on the other side of his car).He stretched out his hand to me in tears and the Holy Spirit gave me words to pray for him that rebuked satan to let go of this soul that had chosen to accept Jesus,at this point i felt something go through my hand to his and i know thats the power of the Holy Spirit and as the holy Spirit in me rebuked satan,his hand held tighly to mine,it was like he was in a pit and i was pulling him up and he needed to hold my hand tighter.When i finshed praying,i started crying and he was crying too.I told him you're free now and i went to him and gave him a hug.One cop passed by us and looked at us like we were crazy.I started singing a song" You are awesome in this place mighty God",people passing looked at me like i was crazy but i kept singing. I saw a pack of Black and milds in his hand which he had completely crushed as we prayed so i told him you dont need that anymore you are free,he went on and threw it in the trash.James(thats his
name) continued to thank me and asked if he could hug me again and i laughed and told him yes because now we were family and he was my brother in Christ.I told him the angels in heaven were rejoicing over him now and he looked at me in suprise so I went and got my bible from the car and read to him about the prodigal son who had come home and i told him that was him and he had come home just like the prodogal son.He breathed a sigh of relief and i smiled and told him that what he was feeling was the Holy Spirit who was now dwelling within him.I told him that whoever the Son has made free is free indeed and asked if there was any worldly music that he wanted to give up for Jesus.He went to his trunk and took out his music cds and threw them in the trash.Holy Spirit spoke to me and told me to give him my christian music cds that i had in the car.So i took out the whole bunch of them that i had and gave them to him and said since he had given up his cds for Jesus,then Jesus had blessed him with more cds.I asked him if he had a bible and he said no,Holy Spirit told me to surrender "my precious bible" to him.So i did.I told James that he had the Holy Spirit in him and whichever page in the bible he opened the Holy Spirit was able to teach him.He gave me another hug and thanked me for taking the time to talk to him.I told him to continue thanking God.He got into his car still praising God.I drove back home in tears,I am amazed i could even see.Jesus drives,i just ride i see that now.
Saints God wants to use us,the question is are we ready to be used of him or are we valuing the things around us more than him.Are we listening to him who is calling us higher?Are we giving up all things and counting them loss that we may gain Christ and be used of him.Are we content in the place we are at and have gotten used to it?God calling us higher,if the depths of his love cant be measured then even we can never measure the point where he is using us and be content to say this is it.Theres more he wants to reveal to you if you will only give him the whole of you.Allow his Holy Fire to burn away all things that are not of him but are of you.Allow him to test your faith by the fire so that he may refine you and take away all impurities that you have accumulated.Let him create in you a clean heart that you may serve him.Surrender comfortably.Amen.
A daughter adopted of the Father,
Liz.