I Remember the time early in my ministry when I was invited to speak at a youth rally in Pennsylvania. These were not ordinary teens, but a large crowd of young adults who just a few months earlier were involved in drugs, crime, prostitution—every vice imaginable. If you had bumped into these same individuals six months earlier on the streets of Brooklyn or Philadelphia, you'd probably run for your life. These young people had one common denominator—each had recently given his heart to Christ and was now at the Teen Challenge rehabilitation center on a farm in Pennsylvania.
I spoke, I talked with one young man who had just been released from prison. The scars of sin were etched deeply on his face. Yet as he spoke, a smile broke across his face that emerged from deep within. "For the first time in my life I have something to live for," he beamed. "God has shown me His purpose for my life.
When I leave here I'm going back to Brooklyn to preach the Gospel."
The service was outdoors and it began to rain. It wasn't just a little shower. It was a downpour! Soon my clothes were soaked and my shoes were muddy and sodden. I didn't care. Everywhere I looked there were transformed young people weeping and singing praises to God. They even danced before the Lord in that mud! They had a direction, a higher purpose. What's a little rain to lives suddenly full of faith, hope, and vision?
I've never forgotten what I learned that day.
Many years later, the healing power we see in crusades is wonderful, yet more than ever I believe the most dramatic miracle in the world is a demonstration to draw the lost to Him. That must be our constant, driving desire.
Even in the midst of a heavy anointing for healing, I'm always reminded of the most necessary purpose for all believers who seek to be used by God—to be used to help others see that they can also be saved from their sins and given eternal life:
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
- Pastor Benny Hinn ( Greater Anointing, Greater Purpose)
- JESUS SAVES TV
I Remember the time early in my ministry when I was invited to speak at a youth rally in Pennsylvania. These were not ordinary teens, but a large crowd of young adults who just a few months earlier were involved in drugs, crime, prostitution—every vice imaginable. If you had bumped into these same individuals six months earlier on the streets of Brooklyn or Philadelphia, you'd probably run for your life. These young people had one common denominator—each had recently given his heart to Christ and was now at the Teen Challenge rehabilitation center on a farm in Pennsylvania. I spoke, I talked with one young man who had just been released from prison. The scars of sin were etched deeply on his face. Yet as he spoke, a smile broke across his face that emerged from deep within. "For the first time in my life I have something to live for," he beamed. "God has shown me His purpose for my life. When I leave here I'm going back to Brooklyn to preach the Gospel." The service was outdoors and it began to rain. It wasn't just a little shower. It was a downpour! Soon my clothes were soaked and my shoes were muddy and sodden. I didn't care. Everywhere I looked there were transformed young people weeping and singing praises to God. They even danced before the Lord in that mud! They had a direction, a higher purpose. What's a little rain to lives suddenly full of faith, hope, and vision? I've never forgotten what I learned that day. Many years later, the healing power we see in crusades is wonderful, yet more than ever I believe the most dramatic miracle in the world is a demonstration to draw the lost to Him. That must be our constant, driving desire. Even in the midst of a heavy anointing for healing, I'm always reminded of the most necessary purpose for all believers who seek to be used by God—to be used to help others see that they can also be saved from their sins and given eternal life: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8) - Pastor Benny Hinn ( ๐Ÿ“• Greater Anointing, Greater Purpose) - JESUS SAVES TV
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