Last Wednesday at MOA was awesome! One theme emerged during our worship and prayer – healing. Upon arrival at MOA, I spoke Identity unto a Believer named Sylvester then commissioned my brother to help share Jesus Christ during our God doG Outreach. During our conversation, I noticed a homeless woman literally glowing. Linda felt persecuted and abandoned but clearly suffered from mental health disorders. She pursued God but through both the Bible and the Qur'an.
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. Upon arrival at MOA, I prayed to be led to my Divine Encounter then opened my eyes to find Brandon. Despite demonic distraction, Brandon shared heroin and methamphetamine addiction with subsequent incarceration. He currently receives methadone therapy at Park Avenue Center but is homeless. When Brandon cried out 'I feel no worth' my heart was pierced.
Read MoreLast Sunday at Harbor Light Center was awesome! I recently founded God doG [a hot dog served with the Holy Spirit] to nourish 'the least of these' to share Jesus Christ. Our mission statement is Mt 25:37-40. Last Sunday, my dear Ministry friend Steven Goff invited me to observe their Park Assembly Church outreach at Harbor Light Center. I encountered a stoic shelter resident named David. 'Hi. My name is Jason and I am with a local Ministry here to pray with people. What can I pray with you about?' Tears rained down. David poured out 'I was just released from HCMC. I tried to climb that fence to jump off the bridge. I want to die.'
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! One theme emerged during our worship and prayer – lies. I encountered Vince, an agnostic engineer scarred by Roman Catholic apostasy – lies. I shared my kindred journey then my personal testimony. I later spoke with Rain, a Pastor's daughter who abandoned God due to familial dysfunction – lies. I similarly projected my earthly father's attributes upon our Heavenly Father. I lastly found an inebriated homeless gentleman named Tim who stated that God is from another planet [but was not Mormon] – lies.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I encountered Jesse, a young methamphetamine and heroin addict sentenced to attend treatment in St. Cloud. But Jesse received a furlough to attend a grandfather's funeral. He revealed a Jesus Christ tattoo 'But [Jesse] ran away from the Lord and headed for' trouble. I shared the full Gospel Message then my personal testimony. Jesse shared extreme, violent demonic attack and probable possession. He recounted numerous suicide attempts via overdose – even a failed strangulation.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I prayed to envision my Divine Encounter then opened my eyes to behold Ashley's face. 'Hi. My name is Jason and I am with a local Ministry here to pray with people. What can I pray with you about?' Tears gushed. 'You have no idea. I am ninety days sober but struggling. I was praying that God would send a Messenger to teach me what must I do to follow Him.' Her plea 'What must I do?' pierced my heart as a recurrent mantra.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I encountered William, a gentleman who pursued personal relationship with Jesus Christ despite Roman Catholic dogma. We pursued the implications to 'the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom' then critiqued institutional religion. I declared 'William, God hears our prayers as clearly as the Pope's.'
Read MoreLast Wednesday was awesome! I prayed hard during my morning run that the Holy Spirit would direct my steps to find my Divine Encounter. Although closed, my emergency patient brought along a young man named Jacob who was previously homeless. My Spirit knew. I shared my personal testimony in tears then handed this mere child my [Jer 29:11-13] bookmark.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I encountered Doug, an astute gentleman blessed with an orthopedic boot. Doug is a Believer [who mentioned God even before I] but confessed to have 'followed the ways of this world' too often. Me too. He renounced alcohol a decade prior. Me too. I shared my personal testimony then presented the Jesus Christ / life raft analogy; Doug shared a chronic ankle impairment. We both observed God's Presence during our adversity – thus my 'blessed with an orthopedic boot' statement.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I was reunited with my friend Zach, a homeless, alcoholic atheist who feels unworthy to be loved. He was raised Catholic but rejected religion due to its hypocrisy. Me too. Zach wore dark sunglasses to mask the tears. 'My Aunt Lee was so good; she was only forty-two. If God were real, why would He take her and not me?'
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we sang 'Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine.' [Reckless Love by Cory Asbury] At the MOA Transit Center, I prayed to be led by the Holy Spirit to my 'lost sheep'. I opened my eyes as a young woman walked past, literally glowing. She suddenly stopped then turned around. Our eyes locked. Perhaps refined by our seven-day fast, my Spirit knew.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I sat down with Gary, a homeless gentleman sprawled on the ground. Gary shared ice cream while I shared The Bread of Life. Gary is Roman Catholic while I was previously but then rejected religion due to its hypocrisy. Gary stated 'God is Religion' while I declared God to be Jesus Christ.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we sang 'There is power in the name of Jesus. To break every chain. To break every chain. To break every chain.' [Break Every Chain by Will Reagan & United Pursuit] At the MOA Transit Center, a Goliath-like gentleman approached me, eyes dilated. Clint remembered me from when I lectured at Fairview Riverside Hospital in their substance abuse program.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! The MOA security guards dressed in yellow and black were abuzz. Despite several encounters, I never found my Divine Encounter. After we prayed out, I returned downstairs to the MOA Transit Center to find my 'treasures in heaven'. I encountered Matthew, a homeless gentleman who had spoken with Sue and Kirsi – Salt and Light.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! To quote 'A Tale of Two Cities', my 'best of times' occurred several months ago when my son was honored as Eden Prairie student of the year. Lucky's gracious words inspired. My 'worst of times' occurred several days ago as my daughter publicly denounced MayKao and I as her parents during our Church's Fine Arts competition. Her words 'Growing up without a father' crushed my Spirit. Words heal; words rape.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! My Spirit was grieved from spiritual warfare, MOA security guards – even burdened from my prayers 'to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke.' [Isa 58:6] Our entire group felt spiritual oppression but we remembered 'so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.' [Isa 55:11]
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! 'So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.' [Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural Address on 03/04/33] My friend Barry from Bible Study Fellowship accompanied us at MOA despite the abject terror. I explicitly remember my fear three years ago during my inaugural outreach with Street Level Ministry.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! I initially met Douglas last spring when he accompanied a young woman named Jo to Church with my family. Although homeless, Douglas agape loves Jesus Christ and has matured in faith throughout the year. The Holy Spirit is strong with this one. Last night I commissioned Douglas as a Messenger of the Gospel, to 'go and make disciples of all nations' and spoke Destiny unto my brother's life.
Read MoreLast week at MOA was awesome! I preemptively went to MOA on Tuesday due to a Love Twin Cities commitment on Wednesday. My flesh resisted. Immersed in prayer, I discerned my heart's resentment to the blatant imposition. I discerned my blatant sin. After extended solitary worship and prayer, I fell prostrate in repentance before the Holy Spirit poured over me. At MOA, I encountered Sharon, Ryder and Megan – three homeless youths desperate for food.
Read MoreLast Wednesday at MOA was awesome! During our worship at the clinic we sang 'There is power in the name of Jesus. To break every chain. To break every chain. To break every chain.' [Break Every Chain by Will Reagan & United Pursuit] The Holy Spirit prompted me to direct every Messenger to share 'the name of Jesus' in every conversation. As I entered the MOA Transit Center, my Spirit was grieved by pervasive mental illness.
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