The Decision Card Count is in! – Freetown, Sierra Leon

Deitrick Bonnhoffer said, “When Christ calls a man he bids him come and die.”

The Christian life is a crucified life. “Take up your cross and follow me…” was the command of Jesus. “I am crucified with Christ” was the confession of Paul.

But just as we must all take up our cross daily and be crucified with Christ, before we get to Calvary, we always pass through Gethsemane; the place where our will meets the will of God.

Gethsemane is not as dramatic or striking as Calvary, and perhaps for this reason, its importance is often overlooked. But it is here, in this garden, that the battle is fought – and either won or lost…(Continued)

Watch Christ for all Nations TONIGHT on Daystar at 9:30 (CST)

ON TONIGHTS BROADCAST: A man miraculously healed of AIDS, plus, a powerful message from our FIRE Conference in Taiwan

Recording studios of all kinds are often very antiseptic and artificial environments where genuineness and authenticity are rare. When I record I am always contending for that awareness of the presence of the Lord, but today it was no struggle. We had a full day of taping at the Christ for all Nations television studios in Orlando, Florida and there was a powerful presence of the Holy Spirit throughout the day which started as Evangelist Bonnke ministered. He preached a message on the Resurrection which will air during Holy Week.

Afterwards, my friend and fellow evangelist Michael Koulianos interviewed both Evangelist Bonnke and myself for his television program called “Jesus Image”. Michael has an extraordinary love for Jesus that permeates everything that he says and does. Our conversation was centered around love for Christ and His presence and as we talked we could sense that presence filling the studio…it was powerful.

Finally I had the opportunity to interview Roberts Liardon, who is the author of the God’s Generals series. Roberts has literally read thousands of books as he has studied great men and women of God throughout history and his God’s Generals books have been a great blessing to the body of Christ.

I’ve included some behind the scenes pictures of the day below:

David says in Psalm 63:5, 6, “…My mouth shall praise You with joyful lips when I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches.

The ancients had divided the hours of the night into “watches”; for the Jews there were three of them.

The dark, still hours of the early morning are when unsettling thoughts emerge from the shadows and dormant fears awake to trouble the mind. Sleeplessness is a lonely affliction. Fear is a merciless foe. A weary mind that will not rest drains vigor out of the body, soul and spirit.

This Psalm was written when David was hiding in the wilderness of Judah. He had been betrayed by many of his closest friends – including his own beloved son, Absalom, who was now plotting to seize the throne for himself. Oh the worry, the heartbreak and pain that must have consumed David’s mind….(Continued)

Yesterday I spent the whole day recording the audio version of my “Your Kingdom Come” book. I thought I’d share some of these behind the scenes pics with you. If you don’t know about the book please check it out HERE. Ill be sure to let you know when the audio version is available.

Also, check out the video (below) and a short excerpt from the book (after the pictures). If you like this blog, you’ll love the book!

Yesterday I told you about the severely crippled man who was accidentally brought on the platform and set in the center of the stage. When I saw him sitting there my palms began to sweat and my heart rate went up. All that faith that I thought I had was suddenly missing. I’m sure you want to know what happened next. I have to warn you – this is not what you were hoping for. I prayed for the man and nothing happened. No healing. No miracle. No manifestation. Nothing.

I spend a lot of time on this blog telling you about the many amazing and awe-inspiring miracles that I see and experience as I minister around the world. But I want to be very real with you. Sometimes the most important lessons are learned, not on the mountaintops, but down in the valleys. I want you to understand something about faith that is very valuable and if you will receive what I am telling you now, it can set you free.

After I prayed for that crippled brother and he didn’t get healed, I must admit; I felt humiliated, embarrassed, ashamed, disgraced and depressed. I think I actually felt worse for myself than for the crippled man! In that moment, the Holy Spirit shone a light on my own heart and I saw something I had never been aware of before. I suddenly realized that I had hitched my reputation and ego to the train of God’s glory. If He did a miracle, I felt gratified. If He didn’t do a miracle, I felt humiliated – as though I had some ownership in HIS wonders…(continued)

Im not sure what caused the miscommunication that took place next. Perhaps it was the language barrier – we were in Hong Kong. Perhaps it was due to the noise – it was a very loud meeting and a huge venue. I’m not sure. All I know is that after I had laid my hands on the last person in the front row, I turned back towards the stage and now that man in the wheelchair was sitting front and center on the stage in front of over 5,000 people! Apparently, when I told the ushers to lift him out of the wheelchair, they thought I said to lift the wheelchair onto the platform.

“What is the Secret to Accessing the Miraculous?” When Sid Roth asked me this question yesterday on his “It’s Supernatural” television program, my first thought was, I wish I had 30 minutes to talk about this instead of 30 seconds. The reason is that I know many people will dismiss my answer as a cop-out or a corny spiritual cliché because it is too simple and un-convoluted.

“The secret”, I told him, “is that there is no secret.” Or at least, it SHOULDN’T be a secret. The key to accessing the miraculous power of God is the simplest and most basic belief of Christianity. It is what brings us into the Kingdom of God, justifies us before God and allows us to please God in the first place.

The key to accessing the miraculous is simply faith in the finished work of the cross. I know no other secret and a challenge anyone to point to anything in Scripture that gives us any other key to accessing the miraculous power of God besides faith.

Remember when the lame man at the Beautiful Gate was healed? Peter said to the crowd of amazed spectators that gathered, “…Why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? …His [Jesus] name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know.Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.”…(continued)

I just have to share this amazing quote with you from the prolific author, evangelist and pastor F.B. Meyer. I’d love to hear your thoughts about this one:

“There are four different planes of power – the lowest is the physical, above that is the mental, above that is the moral, and above all is the spiritual. It is only when a man moves on the Spiritual level that he has power with God. It is because too many ministers and Christian workers are content to live upon the intellectual level or upon the moral plane, that their work is impotent to touch the mighty stronghold of Satan. The first question, therefore, to put to every Christian worker is: on what level are you working; on what level are you living? For if you are speaking on anything less than the Spirit level, you should know that your life will be largely a failure.”

Im sitting in the airport now after recording with Sid Roth in Charlotte, NC on his well known, It’s Supernatural television show.  I got to meet some other wonderful guests as well whom God is using in extraordinary ways around the world.  The Church is a wonderfully diverse and multifaceted phenomenon that reflects the infinite creativity of the inexhaustible God.  What a joy to be a part of HIS body. I’ll be sure post the show schedule when I find out when it will air.