Picture: Love of God - Gorlovka
Yesterday was fabulous. We were in Yenakievo with Alexander and Natasha Naidanov at Word Of Life. The service was “power packed” with the Holy Spirit and therefore the ministry was easy – it just flowed. Prophetic ministry, prayer for healing – it all took place. The Church is small in number (20 +/-) but BIG in receiving from the Word of God.
NEWS BULLETIN: And the preacher, well he was flowing in a new temperament – almost sanguine! I am “almost ashamed” of him. You better pray for him BIG TIME and “llloonngg!” He needs help. I do not even recognize him. But I can tell you one thing: He was having FUN doing it (preaching the Word that is). You do not want him to come home like he is. Now, back to the “regular scheduled blog.”
Pastor Alexander was once the personal body guard for Ukrainian Maffia. I call him “Goliath.” His smile fits the “giant” he is. Anyway you can easily see him fitting the former life style. He go saved playing cards! As he tells it, a man came to the office and said he wanted to talk to him (as best I can remember the story) and Alexander asked him if was a Christian. The man said, “Yes,” so Alexander took him into another room and laid a deck of cards on the table and said if you want to talk then you will play cards with me. The man refused telling him he did play cards, but after insisting they did. The man then prayed that no one would come in the room while they were there. And guess what? No one did even though Alexander’s boss and others were looking for him throughout the office complex. During the card came, the man led Alexander to Jesus. He said he wanted to scream so he went to the window and threw it open and yelled as loud as he could – five stories in the air. He said, it felt so good and he felt “free” for the first time in his life. He is sending me he complete story and I am sure I will have to make some corrections to this but you get the idea.
The night was not over until we had fellowship and FOOD with the pastoral family and were entertained by their youngest who wanted attention but were also blessed by the talent of their oldest daughter, Dasha on the saxophone. – and she is also trained on the piano – and only 13! And then it was home after seeing the Musical Fountain in the center area of Yenakievo – which is the home town of the present President of Ukraine.
Tonight we were in Gorlovka at Love of God with Pastor Anatoliy and Valentina Roy. Well, let me say, we thought it was “tonight” (6:00) according to our records, but at 3:20 we had a call from the Pastor telling us he was outside waiting for us to come out and go to the service. So a quick change of clothing and a grab at my travel bag and we were out the door for a 40 minute ride to the Church.
We were greeted with an applause for 40-50 people as we walked in “late” but there! The evening was interesting. I wondered as did Oksana whether they were getting anything out of the message (His Church - My Responsibility) but after closing and telling the Pastor I would pray for those who wanted prayer (I should know better - it is always over 75% who do) the first lady waked up and said she wanted the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. I asked her to wait until we had prayed for the others for healing.
While sharing with her about the Holy Spirit and giving instructions what to expect and the part she had to play in receiving the Holy Spirit with tongues as the outward evidence and praying with her another lady walked up and now there were two. Both did! And they testified to the sound of another language that flowed from their lips. Bless the Lord. And on top of that others testified to the healing power of God.
And again, the evening is not complete without a meal and fellowship with the Pastor and some leaders from the Mother Church. But the GOOD thing was, because the service was early, we got back to our “home” earlier. Now maybe I can get a good night’s sleep.
God bless,
Dr D
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