Went to silver Star Rd(Pine Hills) to knock on doors in apt complex early in morning. Spanish lady opens door 1 in and I introduce myself and start reading English script. She tells me “no habla ingles” so I say okay and pull out the Spanish script and start reading- it was such a mess but she starts helping me with the script and received Jesus with a nice smile. Been member of church since last June, attended the campmeetings and minster’s conference last year. In those meetings, Pastor Rodney spoke into our ministries that it would increase! I have been in jail ministry for 18 years. Last year from June to December,24 were born again, 14 filled with Spirit. To date this year,23 have been born again and 12 filled with Spirit. In just 2 1/2 months, the count is already what it was for 6 months last year! Also, using the Script in services, making copies of the Script for the inmates,the inmates have used it and 7 others have received Jesus thru them! One lady took the Script when her husband came for a visit, he accepted Jesus, left weeping for joy. Praise God for His Goodness!
While I was witnessing to two young men. The boy’s friend tried to pull him away and tell him that they don’t have time, but the boy (Mike)you could see in his eyes that he wanted to change. So regardless of what the friend was saying Mike stayed and received Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior.
There are a lot words that I could use to describe this week. However, at this point all I can say is WOW! What a wonderful week. There are many things that I have learned over the course of the week listening to Pastor Adonica teach on “Matters of the Heart”.
One of the most important things that I came away with this week is that it is not always as important what you do that matters as it is why you are doing it. In other words it doesn’t matter how much stuff we do to be busy for God, the church, or others if our heart isn’t right then our motives aren’t pure and if our motives aren’t pure then all of our work and efforts are in vain.
I also learned that the best way we can make sure our heart gets right and stays right is to guard what goes in our heart. If we don’t allow junk to go in we will never see junk come out and we will assure that our motives remain pure.
I have recognized many things that create road blocks in our lives that if aren’t dealt with will quickly go from roadblocks to slick highways that will lead away from God. Some of these things include unforgiveness, bitterness, jealousy, strife, bad attitudes, and disobedience. These are all areas that we must take care not to allow to take root on the inside of us.
I have also realized this week that the main thing I have to understand is that I can’t help what other people do or don’t do I am only responsible for me and my actions. As long as I keep my heart pure, maintain my integrity, and always do what is right because it is right then I know God will always take care of me regardless of what other people do. Thanks to Rodney Howard Browne.
This was awesome! I went into Chickfila and save d 16 people. I then ran accross the street to a bustop and saved 6 people. I ran back to the mall we were at went into Chipolte and witnessed w/out the script. I was like thank you Jesus cuz the staff was spanish so I used my script to read the prayer to them. All 4 got saved plus the 7 people who were interested. Then the spirit moved me to go into Quiznos and there was a man in a chair who looked so angry. So I approached him, told him that “God loves you” and he just started to shake all over. He was yelling like crazy the fire of the Lord after I saved him. Then I felt the spirit tell me that we needed to find a liquour store. I witnessed to homeless people and saved 9 others for the kingdom.
My family and I went out on the streets and nursing homes during the Great Awakening. My 8 year old daughter and I (her name is Elizabeth and she is featured in your latest Great Awakening Tour video i.e. “Your a chicken”) came upon two Spanish men sitting in a park. I asked them the script questions. One gentleman was willing and the other was not. After praying the prayer with the man who was willing, I asked the one who was not if there was anything I could pray with him about. Surprisingly, he said yes. “I have stomach cancer” We layed hands on his stomach and in the name of Jesus cursed, cast out, and rebuked that stomach cancer. After we prayed, I felt led to tell him that when he goes back to see his doctor, call the church and tell whoever answers the phone who you are and what the doctor told you. A month later (yesterday) the church office received a phone call. He gave his name, told them a person named Dennis prayed for him and that he told him to call the church after seeing his doctor and to tell the receptionist what the doctor told him. “I saw the doctor. He did blood work, cat scans, and MRIs and was stunned!” “I cannot find any stomach cancer. I don’t know what to tell you. It is GONE!” The gentleman then matter of fact told our church secretary in his Spanish accent, “Well, I guess God healed me.” My church called me and I immediatly called him and led him to the Lord. I invited him to our next Sunday service to testify. The Church will be edified and encouraged to go out soul winning. Thank you all again for coming to Seekonk. I feel the warfare that comes against me as I go out every day in my small way, so I can imagine what things come against you. All I can say is ‘Joy, Joy, Joy, Fire! Fire! Fire! Amen
I want to thank all of you for hearing God and coming up to New Hampshire in June. God used me and changed me in a big way that I never thought possible. I participated in the Nursing Home soul winning all week at my church. The boldness that God gave me and now continues to give blows my mind. Which is a very good thing. I wanted to let you know that we are now revisiting the Nursing Homes in New Hampshire and in our 1st visit on Tues. July 29th we had 56 salvations and 2 rededications to the Lord. Awesome!! We are still on fire and continue the flame. Thank you again for your obedience. We miss all of you! God bless you all abundantly! I just want to praise the Lord Jesus from all my heart for REVIVAL Ministries. Since God lead me to find out about this ministry I am blessed every single day by the power and word of the Holy Spirit. My heart is on fire for souls, and I go on the street of London an preach the Good News of Jesus with the power of God through revival Ministries. Thank You Jesus for giving Dr Rodney a heart and passion for souls.
Another update on what God is doing in Ambler, PA. My pastor, John Hanlon was prophesied over by Pastor Rodney “If you don’t bring the fire of God to Philadelphia, who will?” They almost came to Tampa but then God gave them a church who operates in the 5 fold ministry. A person got healed after walking into the church during a service. Pastor John spoke the word and a woman was healed from a blood disease attacking her baby, as was prayed the doctor said “I can’t explain it, but there’s NO TRACE of it in your blood.” Several people’s knees healed, carpal tunnel healed – no need or surgery, hip pain healed-could barely walk-was prayed for before left to soul win and the pain left as she won souls, stomach pain & GERD healed. The Church of Acts sent me here to RBI 2006-07 and when I got back to PA I was asked to head up evangelism for the church so I am doing so. Lisa H. gave me a whole bunch of supplies when I was in Dix Hills, NY with the team, this was an answer to my prayer asking God for supplies to soul win! It is a small church, 20 or so on a good day, and growing! In five times going out since mid-June, and people in their every day lives having caught the fire, we have led 78 people to the Lord! As my Pastor jokes, more than 3 times the size of the church! We use the Spanish script and survey a lot.
One guy said he wasn’t even supposed to be there in town that day. I led one Spanish speaking woman to the Lord while my friend played with her children, then I spoke with the children using the Spanish script and when it came time for the prayer, I asked Momma to come and she led her children to the Lord, 5-6 years old. Many youth are getting saved, they are hungry, some have never heard that God loves them and has a wonderful plan for their life, then they get saved. I have been persecuted, just like RBI taught, mostly from the religious people, one especially IN the church, totally manifested and still is at times, please PRAY for her freedom, it is horrible and makes me sick to my stomach. After RBI it is true that you can spot religion from a mile away!!! I am constantly shooting down baby cows, full grown cows, PRAY FOR PENNSYLVANIA! And pray for the baby Christians too, that we do all we can as a church to ‘Go ye and make disciples of the nations, teaching them all Jesus taught us’ I see soul winning and discipleship as equally important to the Lord, and since we are a church in town where the people live and we lead them to Jesus, I believe we are Jesus’ hands and feet, full of the Holy Spirit, and must do all we can to care for them, all Spirit led, but not neglecting them!
This takes even more work, as we get into their messes and help them grow up into mature, on-fire believers! They don’t call us, babies don’t do that, we must go after them, it is God’s heart to make disciples and teach them all about Jesus, help them, encourage them, pray with them, as the Bible says they will know we are Christians by our love for one another. This is a huge burden on my heart, can you tell? More “mini- Pastors” and teachers in the church who’s gifting is such to help the babies grow up!!! Thank you for your prayers, I believe we need to have a new believers sort of fellowship in place so the babies have somewhere to go weekly and receive nourishment and encouragement, it is not hard when God raises up someone to do this, it will be God’s grace and gifting, that person’s part in the body of Christ, all working together in love. Otherwise, Sunday and Wed, meeting are not enough for them and usually baby Christians are not comfortable asking questions about God that may make them look stupid…they are shy like when young children are in a room full of adults. I want the new believers to have a place to go and feel comfortable asking those new believer questions, in addition to the church services! God can do it! Even if it is in a home, a neutral public place, could even be a restaurant for dinner…God is CREATIVE! I don’t think He much cares about the place but more the LOVE for the babies to help them grow up in Him, MULTIPLICATION! I thank God for The River Bible Institute, I came for faith for finances, evangelism by fire and joy and got all three in abundance! I plan to stay in touch with the good reports!
The Christmas Outreach at the River Church that I was privileged to be a part of was incredible. I have been involved in other another church outreaches of the same comparable size as the River but the results were not the same. To be able to lead someone to the Lord in their surroundings and be in the altar ministry and pray with them to receive the Holy Spirit and work in the food ministry to help feed them and then be able to bless their children with Christmas presents and watch them grow in the Lord and get out of poverty. Where else in the world can you be a part of all of this and do each individual facet? Only at the River of Tampa Bay!
I have been involved in other another church outreaches of the same comparable size as the River but the results were not the same. We would hold massive Christmas plays and musicals with many hours of hard work, designing and building sets and one week we led 22 people to the Lord and I thought that was the greatest week ever until arriving at the River.
We go to the people. We love them where they are at. We go to their home and bring them to Christ. Because we are not worried about what people think, only about their eternal salvation.
The River is like no other place in the United States. We have hundreds at the Altars every Sunday between the Main sanctuary and the Children’s Church. When we go on the street we reach hundreds for Christ, in a few hours. But the best thing is watching them grow and seeing their smiling faces every Sunday. That is the greatest satisfaction that anyone could ever ask for. To see someone that has been bound set free. I am so blessed to be a part of the ministry of Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne.
In less than five years we could retire and never have to struggle or worry about money ever again. My husband is faithful he has learned to be a giver. He passed up that position Rodney and we moved to Virginia Later he said his eyes were blinded that being a financial man and very logical he said God must have blinded his eyes. My son David had gotten into agreement with me in prayer about his Dad moving to Virginia. By the way my son tried to contact you back in 2005 but your ministry staff either never relayed the message or responded. He wanted to come under your ministry as a market-place minister. So like a good mom I am writing on his behalf. Within a year my husband was supernaturally restructured right out of his corporate job and we moved permanently in 2006 to Virginia. He now works for CBN as a Financial Planner/working with Major Doners in the Planned Financial Giving Department. He is mobile with his office in our home working via the internet. Rodney I have had to fight!! We live in a very small town called Cape Charles where many wealthy business owners and developers have come in and bought up the land. The Eastern Shore of Virginia is on the Chesapeake Bay. REVIVAL WILL COME TO THE EASTERN SHORE of VIRGINIA. I am like a Mariah Woodworth Etter, a mother crying out to the Lord for the lost, revive and restore families dear Jesus save, deliver and heal Lord the children and women. Do you know that this land has never had revival? Why? 1. local politcal/pastors denominations small town control 2. the rich & famous developers high prices in real estate & greedy property owners squeeze out everyone 3. the poor black families who for generations may have been churched but because the leaders have no power the 4. Youth-drink, do drugs, and have more babies and have no desire for a good education 4. So-called believers-hypocritical who compromise are like white washed on the outside but inside are ravenous wolves killing the prophetic/true voice of the supernatural 5. and so the New Age false spirit of Anti-Christ posing as spiritual comes 6. kids are lost, families are broken-hearted because they have never experienced the love or fire of God or have everxseen signs/wonders displayed in the church 7. young people have no future here, they see the rich keep getting richer, and they are cheated out but most of all the children are the victims with no parents to defend them. God led me to drive over to the VA Beach side to find fellowship with a local church body and a Pastor at New Life-Providence.
I got an opportunity to witness to my friend again. I have talked to her for about over 3 to 4 months and she just kind of gives me the run around. But today after soul-winning training and even after our time dedicated to just doing so. God gave me the opportunity to witness to my friend again, but using the method given, and she said the prayer with me. I know she meant it with her heart because halfway through reading it she teared up a bit. Nonetheless she read it and accepted Christ in her heart. What took me almost 5 months, she accepted Christ within minutes with this method!!! The harvest is so ripe!! This was my first time witnessing to others, and I led five people to the Lord. The script makes it so easy.
We are now members there because we needed some relief. Pastor Dan Backens is a man of God. WE are being obedient and in faithful, trusting Jesus to provide for us. My son has exhausted all of his savings. The land we are called to is the last great bastion on the Eastern Shore. It may look barren but God has plans. The wealthy investors and developers have built two golf course, a marina, and million dollar home sites. God is wanting my family to take this land. He said this is the Nico Generational Family Legacy. My son like Abraham is believing God for his future wife and children as he is not married yet. The Lord loves families, and wants us to reach out and heal the broken hearted. Jesus has compassion on the poor black children and the hispanic migrant workers. He has given me his heart to serve. The church locally does not have eyes for the Lord. The retirees, baby-boomers, and locals make up this land. The people come here to fish, sail, and hunt. There is no industry-no really big business, except for Blue Crab Bay and Tyson Chicken about 50 miles away but no real large industries. In Cape Charles where I live we have one Food Lion, and one Dollar General store. In the towns up the shore they have more shopping than we do. WE have specialty stores on the marina. God wants this place to prosper but he wants to give the land to us. For the wealth of sinner is laid up for the just and for Kingdom purposes. My son has tried to start a business and he wants to buy a ministry/business to support the Gospel and our missionary outreach. I know we can build, plant, pull down, and pour our hearts, lives, and wealth into this land. God showed me that when revial hits it is not the locals but those from the outside that will come at first; (a team) will come to help us. This ministry will start by the internet first using the techno/media as an outreach to a lost generation. Our calling is unique and so is our family but we know it is God’s ministry. I just wanted you to know us and if possible hopeful we can speak with you. We would like to invite you to come and visit the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
