Hearts for Harvest: Evangelism: Carrying Love and Honor to Whom God Longs to Give It

Our time of evangelism was about Jesus teaching us and giving us the priviledge of carrying His heart to people around us.

Praying for visitors who came to the church

During the conference, on the afternoons of May 11 – 12, the pastors went on the streets and conducted house to house evangelism. The second afternoon, the pastors were tired, and so I prayed to ask the Lord if I should send them out. I didn’t think that it was the best idea to send tired pastors out to contend against spiritual darkness. Then, several times the Lord showed me a multitude of people who were taken captive and were being led to do hard labor. They were being oppressed. Then I saw a lion, who I knew symbolized the Lion of the Tribe of Judah (our Lord), that was watching the oppression, and it was full of anger because of what was being done. Through the vision, I knew the Lord was showing me that the pastors needed to go out because He wanted to free people from the oppression of the enemy. I gave the pastors the freedom to go out as the Lord led them. I reminded them to love their neighbors, whether they were angry, rude, drunk or uninterested, and to try to help them in whatever need they had. These are some of the testimonies from their evangelism times. Of all the testimonies the ones that made me rejoice the most were when the pastors testified, "...but, we remembered what you said about the love of God and loving people." Hallelujah! They had understood that because God first loved us (1 John 4:19), we can love Him, and our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:29-31). Pictures from one of our church services are attached at the end of this blog.

Salvations and Healings

• After sharing the gospel with a woman, she began to want to know more about Jesus.

• A boy accepted Jesus as his Savior.

• One group returned with a list of 25 people who had received Jesus.

• A whole family who were merely devout religious people (they went to a specific church) received Jesus.

• Met a rich man who told the pastors that he loved the word of God but he feels like it never enters his heart. The rich man told them that a priest passed by and shared the word of God to help him in his bad situation, but it wasn’t like the word he was receiving now. He also told the pastors, “I have two wives. What can I do to receive the blessing of God?” They shared the gospel, and the man received Jesus. The pastors told him to start going to church, and God will tell him what to do about his bad situation of having two wives.

• Went to a home of religious people (they went to specific church, but never received Jesus as their Savior). They had been using witchcraft and were involved in immorality. The people in the house received Jesus, and a sick person was also healed.

• They went to a home of a woman who went to a specific church (but didn’t know Jesus). After her sick child was healed in front of her eyes, the woman gave her life to Jesus.

• People in the house didn’t want to hear the gospel. The pastors prayed for the bad spirit against the word of God to leave. Then, the people changed their minds and wanted to hear the gospel. They also accepted prayer and then asked the pastors to share more verses from the Bible with them.

• A woman selling peanuts on the side of the road accepted Jesus. She said she didn’t have time for church. They encouraged her to take time to go to church.

• Muslim woman didn’t want to hear the word. They showed her love, and afterwards she accepted Jesus as her Savior.

Miracles and Healings

• The second day of evangelism, one pastor was very tired and didn’t want to evangelize. But, the other pastors encouraged him to go. He joyfully gave these testimonies from his group: They prayed for an old paralyzed woman. She was healed. They also met a man who had crutches. He told them that he didn’t want crutches, but wanted to get up and walk. When they prayed for him, he started running. He told them that he went to a lot of hospitals, but none of them could help him.

• A man had “sugar”, his eyes were not well, and he used witchcraft (to try to get healed). After sharing the gospel, the man burned his witchcraft items and received Jesus. The Lord also healed his eyes and he could see well again.

• A man with a tumor was healed. The tumor was gone.

• A woman came to church to testify after a group of pastors prayed for her family members. Her sick husband was healed.

• Went to a house where people were merely religious. Tried to help them understand their need to receive Jesus as their Savior. A paralyzed man who could not walk or speak was healed. He stood up on his feet.

• Another man with a tumor was healed.

• For 7 years a woman could not have children (in her case it wasn’t because of natural causes). They went to pray for her and the demons said, “We closed up the womb of the woman.” They cast the demons out.

• A pastor testified: The first day our group went out, we saw 25 people saved. But today, God was doing many miracles. A woman with crutches was healed. The whole family gave their lives to Jesus.

I hope these testimonies will encourage you and help you see the reality of the power of the cross of Jesus Christ in everyday people like you and I. The Lord did so much more, both outside the church and during the services, including emotional and physical healings, repentance, and casting out demons. Thank you for the part you played in lavishing the love of God on children and adults, and helping the kingdom of God go forth in life changing and community changing power.