Lay It on Me

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I have since seen 3,000 saved in just one service. Early in the ministry, I was thrilled to see two Methodist ladies filled with the Holy Spirit. Now we see as many as 150 filled in a single service. Yet, I sense the time will come when 25,000 will receive the Holy Spirit baptism in one service! B UILDING FOR THE F UTURE My restlessness tells me that I have not seen what God can and will do. It is divine discontent that moves you from your place of security and comfort, across the Jordan River, to a new territory, to new dreams and to new blessings. When we first published the Voice of Evangelism magazine, it was a small, one-color flyer, full of spelling errors and typos. Yet, I did not despise a small beginning (Job 8:7). I continued to be faithful in the little things, despite the fact that for five years I received almost no response in the mail or financial assistance for the printing. I did it because a word from God burned within me. I had been in Moab. I had been discouraged and laughed at. Some told me I was never called to preach. I attended the "school of the wilderness" for my early training. Like Ruth, I had a divine restlessness, and knew there was something more than what I was seeing. I had tasted the bread of Moab, and had a desire to taste the bread from Bethlehem. When I came forth from the womb, yelling at the top of my lungs, I was born for this hour. The desire to pursue the things of God was, and is, burning within me! Knowing that God will use this mortal vessel provokes me to action. Crossing