Last Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship and prayer at the clinic only Kevin and I sang 'The story of amazing love. The light of the world, given for us. Noel.' [Noel featuring Lauren Daigle] Salt and Light pierced my heart. Kevin visited Bethel's Rock Church last Sunday but was inspired to share Christ by our Pastor's sermon.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! Break Every Chain blared during our worship and prayer but my Speaking in Tongues progressively eclipsed the music. Upon arrival at the MOA Transit Center I felt profound dread over heroin and crystal meth holocaust. Adam's face swirled in my heart.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship and prayer at the clinic we watched A Gift of a Bible from Penn Jillette, a devout atheist magician/comedian. He clearly encountered the Holy Spirit when presented with a Gideon New Testament in 2010. This devout atheist shared 'How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?'
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! [01/10/17] I encountered again a young, homeless woman named Jo. Jo was hoping to sleep at a friend's home later that night. Jo shared that the Bible I had given her several months ago had been stolen – hopefully they read it. I replaced her Bible and we began to pray. A homeless gentleman named 'Koop' approached, desperately hungry. Jo handed this man a small bowl of soup, her only food. God convicted my heart!
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our prayer at the clinic Kirsi sang Jesus Loves Me. Her voice was angelic but the words were God-breathed. I recounted an intermittently homeless Native American woman named Ozilda who started to cry several years ago. She vomited out painful memories fraught with dire generational dysfunction, alcohol addiction and abandonment. Tears streamed down her face.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! Kathryn is a potent evangelist who shared 'I was feeling really incompetent at sharing the gospel when my neighbor gave me the book Share Jesus Without Fear last week. Tonight I brought my Bible and planned to use their questions/Scripture/questions method.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! Kathryn shared 'Zenu and I talked with two Pastor's kids, now homeless. Jasmine's Dad was a Nigerian pastor. She is nineteen years old and was one of ten children but all her other brothers have died or been shot. She said she prayed every night but has never surrendered her life to Christ. She did that tonight.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome but is preempted to share about Monty. During Tent America we visited House of Charity in Minneapolis where Pr. Jerry planted seed with a homeless gentleman. Back at Stadium Village Church Jerry prayed shelter, sobriety and surrender unto 'Monty with a Y.' Later that afternoon we held Church on a Train in St Paul. Prompted by the Holy Spirit I tried to switch train cars but that door closed. My Spirit knew.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! [09/11/19] Beth's eyes rained down in tears. Her response 'Please pray for my friends who are cold' alluded to friends who struggled with methamphetamine, heroin, homelessness – and cold death. Beth shared 'I missed my bus and was praying that God would send a Messenger to teach me what to do to save my friends. God sent you.'
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I prayed to hear the Holy Spirit's 'still small voice' then opened my eyes to behold the Native American gentleman who rebuked me last month. A voluptuous young woman dressed in cashmere sat upon the bench adjacent. Mt 7:15 pierced my heart. I approached. 'Hello again. My name is Jason and I am with a local Ministry. You appeared really mad last month but I felt drawn to pray with you tonight.'
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we sang 'There's an army rising up. There's an army rising up. There's an army rising up. To break every chain. To break every chain. To break every chain.' [Break Every Chain by Will Reagan & United Pursuit] The Holy Spirit descended upon us to conscript every Messenger. Upon arrival at the MOA Transit Center I opened my eyes to find our lost sheep.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic my Spirit felt burdened with good works [TA outreach logistics]. Martha and Mary pierced my heart. I fell prostrate in prayer to find refuge 'at the Lord's feet'. Our Messengers prayed to find rest or to have peace; Suzi prayed that I would rest in peace. Upon arrival at the MOA Transit Center I struggled to find my Divine Encounter then dropped in prayer to drop that millstone. My Spirit burgeoned with Christ Jesus.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I wrestled with God throughout the afternoon then deleted my Baptismal Testimony from August 2004 to evade extreme emotional duress. But Amanda's [TCLI] exuberant smile an hour later convicted my heart. Although I have shared my personal testimony innumerable times, I sobbed as I watched the pain and abject horror in my eyes. I share it with you because I love you. But Jesus Christ loves you perfectly.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we watched #FallingPlates that begins 'You. Look at your eyes. Look at them. Speckled. Colorful. Each one unique. And I created every one of them.' The Holy Spirit explicitly highlighted one pair. When I entered the MOA Transit Center I found them luminescent – albeit with magenta highlighter.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! [06/15/18] Amber had been expelled from Park Avenue Center due to methamphetamine relapse. She was initially raped at thirteen then sold to a heroin dealer at sixteen – the details too horrific to describe here. Self-inflicted scars enveloped her forearms but her deepest wounds were internal.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our corporate prayer at the clinic the Holy Spirit explicitly revealed my flamboyant Divine Encounter. But the MOA Transit Center palette appeared quite anemic. The Lathe of Heaven loomed. But Chris and Liz' psychedelic hair and black nail polish piqued my Spirit. I thought I lost them unto the train but baby Zelda's poopy diaper saved the day.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we sang 'Are you hurting and broken within? Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin? Jesus is calling.' [O Come to the Altar by Elevation Worship] The Holy Spirit explicitly revealed my Divine Encounter – her pain; her brokenness; her hopelessness. Upon arrival at the MOA Transit Center I struggled to find my lost sheep.
Read MoreOur ministry friend Amber Rose absolutely loves Jesus Christ but is enslaved by heroin. Her brother Daniel requests our urgent prayers 'We bind and break all assignments of death and destruction off Amber Rose. Demons and devils of Satan, by the blood of Jesus shed for her, hands off of our sister Amber Rose in Jesus' name.'
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we sang 'When I felt no worth, You paid it all for me.' [Reckless Love by Cory Asbury] I wept. When I entered the MOA Transit Center I found a young woman luminescent. 'Hello. My name is Jason. I am with a local Ministry and I would love to pray with you.' Sarah replied 'I'm a spiritual person but I'm not into religion.' My response 'Neither am I' confused her before we distilled personal relationship with Jesus Christ from institutional religious dogma.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! Kirsi 'with the Mercy' and I sharpened our Armor of God before we laid siege 'against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.' I descended upon the MOA Transit Center to behold a young woman literally aglow. 'Hello. My name is Jason. I am with a local Ministry and I would love to pray with you.' Jordan convulsed in tears for several minutes before able to respond. Her three young daughters approached to console their mommy but were similarly distraught.
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