Curitiba

I got to speak at a youth meeting at the First Four Square Church in Curitba. As I walked in the Lord told me they didn’t need another sermon, they needed his presence. A lot of the youth at the meeting were brought to the meeting because their parents made them come. They really were not interested in the things of God, to them it was just something to do.

As it came time for me to speak I introduced myself and told them that the Lord wanted to meet with them tonight. I told them to get ready as His presence was going to be revealed in the room. I had them stand and then invited the Holy Spirit to come upon us. Wow. I wasn’t ready for what was about to happen but boy am I glad I got to be a part of it.

As I stood there I began to see the Holy Spirit come upon sections of the room and the kids began to go crazy, but in a good way. I had the worship band come up and we just began to worship the Lord. The power of heaven came into that room so strong that a young man who was late to meeting walked in and immedialty was knocked to the floor.

A young girl began to leap and jump up and down with great joy. I noticed that she was crying with a large grin on her face. When I asked for testimonies of what the Lord was doing she came forward. She had been a dancer for years but six months earlier she was in an accident that had injured her legs. She had not been able to jump or stand on the tips of her toes since then. This night during worship, the power of God came on her and she was totally healed and all she could do was jump with a heart of thanksgiving.

There where many more testimonies that night and I know that the youth at that meeting will never be the same.

The Baptist church in the area was a church ready for more of God. The temperature had dropped so as I got up to speak I noticed that you could see everyone’s breath in the church. But no one cared as the church was packed with hungry hearts. As the night went on, the atmosphere began to change. The whole church heated up with the fire of God. We found ourselves taking our coats off as we saw many people encountering the presence of heaven.

One young man came forward and as I put my hand on him, he was thrown back in the air at least eight feet. As another came I began to minister to him and it was evident that the demons who were previously occupying him thought things where getting a little to hot for them and they left him. It is amazing how the facial expression and countenance of someone changes once they have been freed from demonic influences.

As a side note, later on that evening as the meeting was over, we were served some wonderful refreshments by the church. The funny thing was that as they poured the Cokes into our cups they turned into slushies because it was so cold, but no one seemed to care at all.