Three words to express this week are: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY…  The most important thing to remember is; “stay hungry and thirsty for the things of God!  Every time I am worshipping the Lord I am pressing into His presence. When we are in His presence that is where he can touch us and change us. This week I went to a new level. I want all God has for me. I am fulfilling the great commission. Mark 28:16-20.  This is a SOUL-A-THON.. You have to choice the world or heaven, you can not have both. Be humble, thirsty and hungry, and he will do the work in you. So He can do His work through you. It is about getting clean with the blood of Jesus. We can all live clean. The blood keeps me clean and holy. I am here to bring souls into the kingdom.  Acts 19:1- the bible tells me if I am a believer in Acts 19:  I can be baptized with the Holy Ghost and Fire to be a witness.

Fire gives you power and boldness to “GO YE”.  Judges 1:13 says; “Out of your body” will flow water of “living water”.  Once you know there is a well of living water in you, you will not want to sin. I laid it all on the altar, it will set you free. Devil puts a dam to stop you up. I am a dam buster, to bust up the things of the world off Gods people. Every week I hit the streets. I have a testimony of how God used me to speak into someone’s life. This week I was out with a team of new, who had never gone soul winning. I was drawn to a lady parked in a purple car, “Nice” car. As I walked up to her “she said please stay away I am so sick”! I didn’t say anything,” like well I am from the rive church, let me pray fro you”, said nothing. She appeared to be eating. She apologized and I turned away and went to talk to some other people. I walked away because I was listening to what the Holy Spirit told me. My team of newbie’s did not understand, and at the time I didn’t explain.

We evangelized around this park where she was parked, for about 20 minuets. when I heard her call me to come over to her car. When I walked over, she asked me to pray for her brother, who was in jail. I said sure I can pray for your brother. Well the Holy Ghost had arrested her! I began to pray for her healing in her body, prayed prayer of blessing over her and her family.  This tough woman began to soften; the love of Jesus was coming out of me and touched her. She filled up with tears. I lead her into the prayer of salvation; she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and savior.

Her whole demeanor changed. She said I know God and so does my brother. I told her when she called upon the name of the lord; she was saved and born again. Jesus just wants to have a relationship with you, and you are a work in progress till the day you go home to be with the Lord! The last thing I said to her was, “ok now I will pray for your brother”!!   Listening and yielding to the Holy Ghost is important. If I had pressured this lady she would have left… Amen  -Leslie N.

What is the best thing about Christmas morning, your birthday, or an anniversary? Getting the gifts! Your eyes light up, there is a joy in your heart, you are just over all happy. Because of how much thought, time, effort and cost the person put into the gift. Well we have being given the best gift, that never wears out, gets old, dirty or lost. You maybe asking what is it that I am speaking about, it’s the Holy Spirit.

Jesus gave Himself to us, then He gave someone that will always be there to help us. In John 14, it says that the Holy Spirit is our comforter, counselor, helper, intercessor, advocate, strengthener and standby. He is all of those things and more to us. He is your best friend. So, all you have to do is accept the gift. How cool is it that God us such an awesome gift and we have to do nothing for it, but accept it. The Holy Spirit is not a language, but a person. He is the one that gives us the ability, boldness, and power to go tell others about Jesus.

As Pastor Rodney has been teaching on the Holy Spirit this week, people are coming to know Him for the first time. They are realizing how great He is. And just how much we need Him in our day to day lives. Without the Holy Spirit we can do nothing. He prays for and through us when we don’t know what to say. When we have conflicts He gives strength.

The disciples, were waiting for Him, they didn’t know who or what was coming. They just waited expecting, and that is how we have to be. As they stayed focused on Jesus, the Holy Spirit came and endowed them with power. (Acts 1:8). And that power compelled them to go out and tell people what had just happen. The Holy Spirit will always guide you by the Bible and never led you away. The same Holy Spirit that came in Acts is the same one today!!! –Teresa T.