His Miracles are for You!
DECEMBER 19, 2009. We reached out to several underprivileged communities in the Fort Mill area, inviting families to come for an afternoon of fun, music and gifts. Over 150 parents and children came, many of whom left with miracles of salvation and healing, and all of whom were blessed.
A Christian Hip Hop band called Mafia rocked the kids, and The ANC worship team led Christmas Carols. Facilitated by the Zion College Power Generation Team, more than 113 volunteers from All Nations Church, Strongarm Ministries and Grace Church came together to make this possible.
The atmosphere of glory was present for miracles. Jason Oberman, who delivered a powerful Evangelistic Message said, “I invited everyone who needed a miracle to come forward. I shared Pastor Bonnie’s story from the Watch and her Christmas miracle, and as I called people forward I felt like ANYTHING was possible.” The altar area was filled from end to end with children and adults who came forward for salvation or in need of a miracle.
There were several awesome testimonies:
Family Restoration: One woman has been helping drive the buses for Strongarm Ministries for several years. She and her daughter came to this event. She went forward, praying for a miracle in her relationship with her teen-aged daughter. Their relationship was strained and her daughter had been drifting into some dangerous social patterns. Unbeknown to her, her daughter responded to the Salvation call, and gave her life to Jesus for the first time. As we ministered to the mother, Jason had the newly saved daughter come over, and while they embraced he prayed over their relationship. They were both weeping and crying as they hugged each other. Later, the mother said she was majorly touched!
Knees Pain Free: A kid came forward who said his knees were hurting from playing football. Our team prayed for him, and then asked him to jump up and down. He was amazed. All the pain was gone!
One of our team members said that as he prayed for people, the presence and compassion of the Lord was so evident that he was getting choked up. People’s hearts were being bathed in the oil of God’s love and mercy, and they responded as their tears flowed freely in their encounter with God.
At the end of the event every child was able to pick out two gifts! Plus, we had several grand prizes that were raffled off: two new bikes, Bobcat tickets, McDonald’s gift certificates and several autographed basketballs from the Bobcats team.
One of the most amazing testimonies came as we were raffling off the grand prizes. Every child got a raffle ticket as they came to the event. One of our volunteers had really connected with two little boys. As the end drew near, she realized they had put BOTH HALVES of their tickets into the bucket. They would never know if their ticket got pulled. She went to one of the organizers and was able to get them each a new ticket. They finally got to the last prize – the BIKE! Jason pulled out a ticket. No one claimed it. The volunteer thought, “I KNOW that was one of these little guy’s tickets!” She was really bummed. Well, after waiting for a few minutes and no one responded, they drew another ticket. Guess what! It was one of the little boy’s tickets! He was so excited. I was completely amazed!
As he went forward to claim his prize, the volunteer felt like the Lord said, “That’s a prophetic word for this family. When I have a gift for someone, it’s for them. Nothing can keep them from getting it!” She went out in search of the kid’s family. She finally tracked her down as they were getting onto one of the buses to take them home. She told her the story behind her son’s raffle ticket. Then she said, “The Lord wants you to know, this is what He is saying to you and your whole family: ‘When I have a gift for you, it’s for you! Nothing can hold it back.’” The mother said, “Wait. Can you say that again and tell the story so my whole family can hear?” She called over her kids. She had nine children, plus some nieces and nephews with her! They were in tears as the Lord spoke blessing, hope and life into their family through this awesome Christmas miracle.
It is a promise for all of us who believe in His greatest gift, Jesus – and we pray that it will touch you and your family this Christmas: When God has a gift for you, it’s for you. Nothing can keep it from you!
|
