Embarrassing Confession

I have a confession to make… When I’m not the one playing music I tend to fall asleep during night watch services. It’s true… The first time I woke up to oil being smeared on my forehead. The man passed by me so fast that I was convinced it was an angel (the oil had a lovely scent). Sadly it was only Mario.

This past Friday, as soon as I woke up (only after napping for an hour or two) my dad sent me to take a picture of the boy who was blind. So I did… so I thought. Well today I found out that it was another boy and I missed the whole thing. Within that hour or two I missed EVERYTHING! I barely caught the tail end of it with the story that I posted Saturday. They prayed for the blind kid, a woman with breast cancer, several demons cast out… it was wild (so I hear). People heard that healing has been going on so they are starting to bring in the sick. No more sleep for me EVER! I’ve been praying for this for too long to miss it now.

Another great part about it was that my dad rested during the whole thing. He didn’t pray for a single person. In Haiti, people often trust the physical touch of the pastor more than the invisible touch of Jesus (like in many other places, but seemingly to a greater level). It also means that everyone is beginning to believe that healing is their job as a Christian…. It doesn’t take any amount of theological study, it just takes Jesus in You. Thank God we can all have him. I’m so excited about this right now! Like I said, revival has not ended. It has barely begun.

P.S. When I say “prayed for” sick people, its not exactly true. We are learning the original paradigm of taking authority and sending sickness away. Find one place where Jesus PRAYED for a sickness to go away. Let me save you some time… you won’t find it. The closest thing to praying for the sick that you’ll find is in the book of James, and we have reason to believe it is contextual and/or subject to translation difficulties.

Ever Seen a Blind Man Dance?

EVER SEEN A BLIND MAN DANCE?

I haven’t either… cuz now he sees! I love seeing this kid around. He’s a great reminder of the power and the greatness of God. You should have seen him dancing to celebrate God’s great feat in his life. There were many other healings in the past couple months, but his was my favorite… partly because I got to watch as it happened right before my eyes. Amazing!

Last night marked the “end” an AMAZING two months of seeking God as a body. It was a beautiful finish, but far from the end of the revival. I have never seen so much dancing in my life! Except for the time 3500 people packed into the school for a nightwatch service. Oh yeah… and during last year’s revival… and probably about a week ago. Let’s just say Haitians love to dance. Especially when God is working in the middle of it all.

The annual revival/crusade always ends with a convention that draws people in from all of the other 17 churches affiliated with our ministry. The church is usually over-packed to begin with. Last night, even with the second floor complete, cleared out, and lined with blocks and 2x4s for seating, the building was way beyond packed, with people even sitting outside the church to listen. When the worship leaders took the stage, people immediately climed down from their crammed seating areas to squeeze into a tighter mass down in front where they could dance.

On Saturday, I officially swore in as a “Scout d’Haiti.” Our group serves our local area, but specifically the church. That means in the middle of the celebration, I was “at work” doing a little crowd control, making sure that no one got hurt up front… but it is hard to keep me from dancing in that kind of atmosphere. There was so much joy for we had much to celebrate. As we sang and danced before the Lord, He came again with a few final touches of healing and deliverance. It was truly a beautiful “end.”

As I alluded to, spirit of revival continues in our hearts. Aside from the hundreds of salvations and 80 baptisms (also a beautiful service), an amazing work of transformation has been done in the hearts of the congregation. There is a Godly hunger that will never go away, and as we contend for God’s presence and fire in our lives, He continues to work in us to change us for the better. Debts have been canceled, relationships and families restored, attitudes and perspectives lifted, and each work leads to a greater sense of liberation.

With that attitude we entered into a new stage of revival. This morning, the congregation woke early to “sit by the Pool of Bethesda.” For the next several months, we will gather together every morning to contend for more divine healing. Tomorrow I begin to teach some of “my kids” about their inheritance in God. My desire is to have them working with God’s divine power in such a way that the adults must sit down and learn from them. God is definitely doing a new thing here. Be on the lookout for more updates and testimonies.

Not-So-Blind Man Walking…

Just a short conclusion to yesterday’s post…

This morning I saw the young man that WAS blind. I saw him walking… without holding on to anyone. Yesterday, when they guided him to the front, he put his back to the crowd because he didn’t know where they were. Today he was walking without help. Praise Jesus!

Well, apparently when the wild “Sel Jezi Ka Fe Sa” chant rose up, we got so excited and happy that we forgot to take care of another important item of business (oops!). God took care of it though. This evening, eyes wide and clear, the young man came forward (yes, walking alone again!) to make his peace with Jesus Christ, Lord of Heaven and Earth, Redeemer of all creation. Jesus opened his physical eyes… so he went searching on his own to let Jesus open his spiritual eyes.

You who are reading this and don’t have Jesus in your life… God is real, and Jesus, his son did everything the Bible said he did. As you see here, He still does it today. He lived, he died, he rose, and now he has an amazing offer for you. Don’t go another day without Him. Only Jesus can connect you to God and give you true purpose and true life. Sel Jezi ka fe sa. Message me or find your nearest Christian friend.