Hallelujah! another wonderful day with Jesus, on Colombo Street.
We continued on in the same places as usual, preaching, witnessing, praying and magnifying the mighty name of Jesus.
Brother Logen preached at the square under a big tree, for shade.
A security guard, approached Logen to inform him of complaints from some shop owners. So Logen turned off the speaker, deciding to move on. But not before Logen prayed with the friendly man, to receive Christ into his heart, Hallelujah!
Brother Pio was joined by a group of Hare Krishna’s who had set up near him. They had a speaker and drums, their music was very loud. But Brother Pio did not budge, and stood his ground.
He continued preaching with his voice, with no speaker while they were next to him. However he did ask if he could pray for them, but they declined.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold, and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].
The Palestinian protesters marched up the street at about mid day. We all stood with our Jesus flags, preaching the gospel to the protesters as they passed by.
Brother Logen had the speaker turned up, so they all heard about salvation through Jesus and no other.
Mathew 24:13 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
There was no anger directed at us but a young asian man approached me afterwards, wanting to know more about Jesus.
So Holy Spirit through me shared the full gospel message. He asked if he too could become a follower of Jesus. Wow, thank You Lord, Your ways are so Great.
The young man prayed with me to accept Jesus into his heart, surrendering his life life to Him. He receive a new testament bible and I pointed out the insightful instruction for new believers in the first pages.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
We then all headed down to the Remembrance bridge, where there is a whole row of bars and night clubs. Being a Saturday afternoon they were all full. The trams were ferrying from pub to pub non stop. There were live bands playing on the trams and the people were singing and cheering.
It reminded me about my past, but my desire for that life of sin had completely left me years ago. In my heart I feared for their precious souls.
I too, once was the same, spiritually dead and a slave to sin. Looking in all the wrong places for peace, love or joy.
Ephesians 2:1-10 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
But I know Jesus has strategically placed us and many others as beacons of His light on the paths of the lost. That they might turn from darkness to light and receive the greatest gift, freely available to all, in Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour : everlasting life. Amen.
There is no greater high the world could ever offer, that would remotely compare, to dwelling in the presence of the Lord, to behold His majesty, glory and beauty.
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
Psalm 26:8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalm 27: 4 One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
Psalm 91:9-12 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Amazingly, we met another outreach group of 25 people who have travelled down from Auckland, witnessing from town to town, just as we are. Our God id certainly on the move in New Zealand, sending out teams to witness to the lost.
They seemed well organised as they met up for prayer with local Harvest, Church near the Remembrance Bridge. We fellowshipped with them for awhile, then we all went to work, praise God.
We can clearly see, God our Father has heard the prayers of the saints, and is sending an abundance of labourers to the harvest fields, thank You Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 3:7-9 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
Mathew 9:37-38 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest.
He is all and all, our God, our King, our Saviour, our Healer, our Mediator, our Advocate, our Defender, our Strength, our Provider, our Protector, our Refuge, our Peace, our Joy, our Source of love, our Life, our all in all.
Jesus is our everything and He gave us everything at The Cross. His life, His body, His precious blood and His outright victory on the third day when He rose again and defeated death and its sting, hallelujah! Thank you Jesus, You are worthy of all praise, we bless Your Holy name for ever and ever. Amen.
Thank you for following what Jesus is doing in this outreach. Our hope is that you will be encourage, edified and draw closer with Jesus, to fulfil your calling and ministry with Him. And develop a deeper more intimate relationship with Him, your Creator and Saviour. Amen.
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Paul
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About The Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch.….
The Bridge of Remembrance is one of two main war memorials in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is dedicated to those who died in World War I, and serves as a memorial for those who participated in two World Wars as well as subsequent conflicts in Borneo, Korea, Malaya, and Vietnam.
Owned by Christchurch City Council, it is located on the Cashel Street Bridge at the head of City Mall. The Bridge of Remembrance was repaired and strengthened following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and was reopened with a rededication ceremony held on Anzac Day in 2016.
Wikipedia
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