SWC PRAISE REPORT 8-19-07

God Still Needs An Army Of Witnesses

After almost two months of being out on the Soul Winning Campaign trail this summer, sharing the gospel with the whosoever, I felt blessed to discover that God still needs an army of witnesses.”
The Battle Isn’t Over” just escalating.

At the worship service on Sunday morning we were blessed by a real war veteran, a real patriarch of the faith, Corps Sgt Major Edward Gooding, (“Sarg”). The message was on walking with God. Sarg reminded us about the ages past how men devoted themselves to walk with God and by their faith, were able to achieve great success over the enemy.

Yesterday was one of those days to think back to when I first began at The Salvation Army; how this local officer, Sarg, our speaker for the day, would be so committed and courageous with his witness inside and outside the church, because of his walk with the Lord, he was able to build an army of witnesses and help preserve the mission of Christ, his King. His efforts have impacted this community in a great way.

It is amazing, in my devotional time earlier in the week, the scriptures were speaking to my heart in 2Chronicles Chapters 23&24, about a high priest who God used to preserve the lineage of King David and things that he did to help stabilize the nation.

How strong Israel and its army was under this certain king and priest, but when the priest died, the people began to worship an image (tradition) and no longer walked with God, so He raised up another small army to wipeout Israel’s huge army because of their sin.

We are living in a day where God is still looking for an army to worship Him in spirit and in truth, not other gods or images, let us not take anything for granted.

The Bible says that the Jews were so hooked on their tradition, that they missed what the spirit of God was saying through Jesus. Acts7:51-53

What a sight it was watching God bring out some heavy artillery, Bro Dan, a fellow laborer in campaign for Christ, a sound engineer, hauled in two trailers filled with sound equipment and a big generator. It was clear from the beginning that God had something special up His sleeve, a loud clear message of His love.

The battle was on! A powerful brigade of witnesses showed up in force at the Rock the Block Service. The fight was led by a woman…no not Deborah, the prophetess of in the book of Judges…but Pastor Kris Zinnanti of Christ The Rock Metro Church
I saw her brief her troops and afterward a command of charge and the rest was history..
Blow after blow, by the spirit filled skits, testimonies, singing, their was nothing else left for her to do but to chop off the head of the enemy with the word and receive the bounty of souls back into God’s Kingdom, at the altar of grace.

I am so happy that the Lord is still raising up an army of witnesses to win souls and to carry on until the final battle is won. Hallelujah!!!