It's a beautiful winters day here but its reaching 28 degrees so nice and warm for us. We have had just a blessed time since writing last. The Lord has healed our bruised bodies and we are all functioning at full capacity. Since arriving on the Saturday night the Lord has to this stage opened three opportunities to preach and impart its just been amazing. We have been hosted by Holiness Union Church, Pastor Israel who seems to be one of the key men that the Lord has led into our lives. He has fingers in many pies and has opened many opportunities for us to preach and minister in different places over the next week which is just amazing. But last Sunday firstly we preached in his own church. The Spirit was moving powerfully and we were straight away released in the power of God, people being touched and set free. Jim spoke on sonship in Christ, no longer a slave but a son. Prior to that God has released me imparting to people the anointing and power of God. It was such a blessed time.
In the evening the door opened for us to minister into another church called Bible Life Ministries, Pastor MacDonald. This was a really interesting time. Jim spoke on the story of Joseph and the inheritance that was to come but first he had to walk a journey and for people not to give up in the journey. In the spirit there were huge walls but the Lord brought breakthrough and we saw people set free from demonic strongholds. It was really fascinating as we hadn't seen people being thrown about quite like that so much as the demonic tried to flee. God is strengthening us with a courage and a boldness which is just fantastic. That night people were set free and I just loved seeing in peoples faces as they were set free an acceptance of themselves in God.
Then yesterday during the day Jim and I were blessed with some down time and a ride out to a local private game park We saw elephants, zebra, campala, warthogs, baboons to name a few. It was great.
In the evening Pastor Israels' pastors and leaders all came together and we had another time just with them and we saw the spirit moving powerfully setting them free and releasing joy. It was wonderful to see such a refreshing come for them all. We were so blessed by this.
We are continually blown away in seeing how God has opened doors for us. Here we are in Africa previously not knowing anything and here we are staying in someones home ministering all over the place and being shown around. It is just Gods provision and blessing and the bonus to be used by God to set people free is just awesome.
Tonight we are preaching at another local church in a village and tomorrow Pastor Israel is putting us on the bus to go to Francistown which is about two hours north of here where two churches are coming together for us to minister to tomorrow night. Then on Thursday we are on another bus heading west for about 7 hours to Maun where we are being hosted by other churches and preaching in different places there, all of which we are unsure of yet but we are just being told where we are going and when. Its just amazing.
So that is getting you up to date with things as to what is happening and where we are. The Lord spoke to us this morning out of Isaiah 55:10 "For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, but water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth. It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
The Lord is giving us seed to sow and someone in NZ gave a word to us about the ground being fertile, well last night a lady gave me a picture and she saw the seed sprouting quickly so we were greatly encouraged. We know the Lord is giving us seed to sow as we have nothing but what he gives us, but it is being sown and will produce a crop and we ask you to stand with us and pray for multiplication. 2 Cor 9:10 "Now may He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness while you are enriched in everything for all liberality which causes thanksgiving through us to God."
All of this is causing thanksgiving back to God and we are just so blessed by this as this is His testimony which in turn gives thanks to Him. Thank you everyone and please continue to stand with us in prayer each day as he opens doors.
In the evening the door opened for us to minister into another church called Bible Life Ministries, Pastor MacDonald. This was a really interesting time. Jim spoke on the story of Joseph and the inheritance that was to come but first he had to walk a journey and for people not to give up in the journey. In the spirit there were huge walls but the Lord brought breakthrough and we saw people set free from demonic strongholds. It was really fascinating as we hadn't seen people being thrown about quite like that so much as the demonic tried to flee. God is strengthening us with a courage and a boldness which is just fantastic. That night people were set free and I just loved seeing in peoples faces as they were set free an acceptance of themselves in God.
Then yesterday during the day Jim and I were blessed with some down time and a ride out to a local private game park We saw elephants, zebra, campala, warthogs, baboons to name a few. It was great.
In the evening Pastor Israels' pastors and leaders all came together and we had another time just with them and we saw the spirit moving powerfully setting them free and releasing joy. It was wonderful to see such a refreshing come for them all. We were so blessed by this.
We are continually blown away in seeing how God has opened doors for us. Here we are in Africa previously not knowing anything and here we are staying in someones home ministering all over the place and being shown around. It is just Gods provision and blessing and the bonus to be used by God to set people free is just awesome.
Tonight we are preaching at another local church in a village and tomorrow Pastor Israel is putting us on the bus to go to Francistown which is about two hours north of here where two churches are coming together for us to minister to tomorrow night. Then on Thursday we are on another bus heading west for about 7 hours to Maun where we are being hosted by other churches and preaching in different places there, all of which we are unsure of yet but we are just being told where we are going and when. Its just amazing.
So that is getting you up to date with things as to what is happening and where we are. The Lord spoke to us this morning out of Isaiah 55:10 "For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, but water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth. It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
The Lord is giving us seed to sow and someone in NZ gave a word to us about the ground being fertile, well last night a lady gave me a picture and she saw the seed sprouting quickly so we were greatly encouraged. We know the Lord is giving us seed to sow as we have nothing but what he gives us, but it is being sown and will produce a crop and we ask you to stand with us and pray for multiplication. 2 Cor 9:10 "Now may He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness while you are enriched in everything for all liberality which causes thanksgiving through us to God."
All of this is causing thanksgiving back to God and we are just so blessed by this as this is His testimony which in turn gives thanks to Him. Thank you everyone and please continue to stand with us in prayer each day as he opens doors.
