{"id":2017,"date":"2025-11-01T19:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2025-11-02T10:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:21:44","slug":"93-29-oct-2025-christchurch-colombo-street-30-oct-rolleston-31-oct-colombo-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"93. 29-31st Oct 2025:                          Colombo Street; Rolleston;                                                             &amp; Back to Colombo Street,                                        Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello beloved Friends, Today I am combining these three days of October in one post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colombo Street:<\/strong> <strong>29-Oct 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday<strong> <\/strong> in Colombo Street was a fairly typical day. We have frequented the same places around Colombo and Cashel streets now for 5 weeks. Jesus received 66 people who turned to Him, accepting Him as their Lord and Savour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Proverbs 24:11-12 <\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Deliver&nbsp;those who&nbsp;are drawn toward death,<br>And hold back&nbsp;those&nbsp;stumbling to the slaughter.<br>If you say, \u201cSurely we did not know this,\u201d<br>Does not&nbsp;He who weighs the hearts consider&nbsp;it?<br>He who keeps your soul, does He&nbsp;not&nbsp;know&nbsp;it?<br>And will He&nbsp;not&nbsp;render to&nbsp;each&nbsp;man&nbsp;according to his deeds?<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From about 11.00am till 4.30pm we are walking the streets, witnessing, preaching and praying with people. The Lord&#8217;s presence is certainly felt in the City Centre, as we see other outreach teams come out to share the gospel, praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rolleston: 30-Oct 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, we visited Rolleston, a place we had not yet been to before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We found Rolleston to be a very nice, clean and upmarket area. When we arrived, there were not many people out and about, but we persisted, sharing Jesus with anyone who would stop and listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We called into the local library for a rest. It seems to be that most towns in New Zealand, build beautiful arthecechual buildings for their libraries, a community resource. This library was no exception and no expense spared. I did try to find a bible, but could&#8217;t see one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persistence produces character and fruit, 45 people surrendered their lives to Jesus this day hallelujah!  A great fruit for the Kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colombo Street:<\/strong> <strong>31-Oct 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, We were back in Colombo Street, Christchurch City Centre. Today was another awesome day in the City. God&#8217;s anointing flowed from our lips to the ears of the lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Exodus 4:10-12 <\/strong>  Then Moses said to the&nbsp;Lord, \u201cO my Lord, I&nbsp;am&nbsp;not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;slow of speech and&nbsp;slow of tongue.\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">So the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;said to him,&nbsp;\u201cWho has made man\u2019s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind?&nbsp;Have&nbsp;not I, the&nbsp;Lord?&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>Now therefore, go, and I will be&nbsp;with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colombo Street, Christchurch 31 November 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgHi3Bu2KwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We were all in our usual places, except I decided to walk around a bit, from Remembrance Bridge to Colombo Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Holy Spirit led me to people where ever He took me, praise God. Actually all up, 71 precious souls who where open to hearing about Jesus, then prayed with us today to receive Him into their hearts, praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I met a lady who was exposing the lies and devastation around the covid vaccine with graphic banners. Thousands of people died after taking the jab, but they still to this day are injecting people with the vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This woman shared with me how her sister passed away and she fell away from God, blaming Him for allowing her to die. I ministered with her, that it was not God&#8217;s fault, but we do in fact live in a fallen world, as she well know&#8217;s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satan&#8217;s influence is everywhere. I prayed for her and thanked God for His grace and mercy upon her. He is drawing her back into His arms, praise His Holy name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Ephesians 6:12  <\/strong> For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against&nbsp;principalities, against powers, against&nbsp;the rulers of&nbsp;the darkness of this age, against spiritual&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;of wickedness in the heavenly&nbsp;places.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-2000x1126.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251031_124825-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of boys I met along the way where very open to hearing about Jesus and did not hesitate to accept Him into their lives, amen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ministered with them the importance of developing an intimate relationship with Jesus through prayer and reading the bible everyday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also prophesied over them that they will be used mightily by God, to draw in many souls into the Kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Psalm 118:19-21    <\/mark><\/em><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">I will praise You,<br>For You have&nbsp;answered me,<br>And have become my salvation.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1877\" height=\"1655\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251031_134124-scaled-e1762014104254.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251031_134124-scaled-e1762014104254.jpg 1877w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251031_134124-scaled-e1762014104254-1000x882.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251031_134124-scaled-e1762014104254-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251031_134124-scaled-e1762014104254-1536x1354.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1877px) 100vw, 1877px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I met Ben, a believer in Christ, we enjoyed a wonderful fellowship together. I sensed the fruit of the Spirit in Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a great peace about him, that can only come from Jesus. You certainly will not find this peace in this world, as it only comes through relationship with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>John 14:27  <\/strong> Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in the day, I came across a Palestinian supporter whom I approached to give a tract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He immediately started cursing me and was extremely aggressive. He screamed at me,calling me a Jew-lover and Zionist. I sensed a very strong antichrist spirit speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Mathew 5:11-12 <\/strong>  Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of&nbsp;evil against you falsely for My sake.&nbsp;Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great&nbsp;is&nbsp;your reward in heaven, for&nbsp;so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I smiled and said Jesus is Lord, then kept walking. I discerned in The Spirit long ago, that the whole Palestinian movement is driven by an antichrist Spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same can be said for the Islam religion and all other religions, because they deny that Jesus is God and what He accomplished at the cross, salvation for the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>1 John 4:2-3 <\/strong>  By this you know the Spirit of God:&nbsp;Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,&nbsp;and every spirit that does not confess&nbsp;that Jesus&nbsp;Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the&nbsp;spirit&nbsp;of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even many denominations today, in Christianity choose to stay in the old covenant, under the law, denying the Holy Spirit and grace through Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the same religious Spirit that Jesus faced, nearly 2000 years ago, still causing havoc in the world today. The bible says there is only One Hope, One Saviour, One way to Heaven and no one comes to the Father except by Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His name is Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Galatians 5:4-5 <\/strong>  You have become estranged from Christ, you who&nbsp;attempt to&nbsp;be justified by law;&nbsp;you have fallen from grace.&nbsp;For we through the Spirit eagerly&nbsp;wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Romans 3:19-24<\/strong>   Now we know that whatever&nbsp;the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that&nbsp;every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become&nbsp;guilty before God.Therefore&nbsp;by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law&nbsp;is&nbsp;the knowledge of sin.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">But now&nbsp;the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed,&nbsp;being witnessed by the Law&nbsp;and the Prophets,&nbsp;even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all&nbsp;and on all who believe. For&nbsp;there is no difference;&nbsp;for&nbsp;all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>being justified&nbsp;freely&nbsp;by His grace&nbsp;through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Romans 8:1-4  <\/strong> here is&nbsp;therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,&nbsp;who&nbsp;do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;the law of&nbsp;the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from&nbsp;the law of sin and death.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">For&nbsp;what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh,&nbsp;God&nbsp;did&nbsp;by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,&nbsp;that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who&nbsp;do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the only One worthy, to have been sacrificed for our sin&#8217;s, because unlike every other person born in this world, He never sinned and He was begotten by God Himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single greatest sacrifice that all creation has ever seen, and there will never be another. There is no one like Him. He is the first and the last. Jesus will reign for ever and ever, and all creation will worship Him, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Hebrews 10:9-14 <\/strong>  then He said,&nbsp;\u201cBehold, I have come to do Your will,&nbsp;O God.\u201d&nbsp;He takes away the first that He may establish the second.&nbsp;By that will we have been&nbsp;sanctified&nbsp;through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once&nbsp;for all.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">And every priest stands&nbsp;ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.&nbsp;But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down&nbsp;at the right hand of God,&nbsp;from that time waiting&nbsp;till His enemies are made His footstool.<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being&nbsp;sanctified.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Romans 5:19 <\/strong>   For as by one man\u2019s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by&nbsp;one Man\u2019s obedience many will be made righteous.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Revelation 1:8 <\/strong>  \u201cI am the Alpha and the Omega,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Beginning and&nbsp;the&nbsp;End,\u201d&nbsp;says the&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;\u201cwho is and who was and who is to come, the&nbsp;Almighty.\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God bless my friends, with love from your brother in Christ, please comment by clicking on the post title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can navigate to our SFC YouTube channel by clicking here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist\">www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About <strong>Christchurch<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Rolleston<\/strong><\/strong>&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Town in Canterbury, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rolleston is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand&#8217;s South Island.\u00a0It is located on the Canterbury Plains 22 kilometres south-west of Christchurch, and is part of the wider Christchurch metropolitan area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1408\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rolleston-with-Attribution-Gemini_Generated_Image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rolleston-with-Attribution-Gemini_Generated_Image.png 1408w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rolleston-with-Attribution-Gemini_Generated_Image-1000x523.png 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rolleston-with-Attribution-Gemini_Generated_Image-768x401.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rolleston is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand, having grown from a population of around 2,800 in 2001 to around 28,000 in 2023.\u00a0The town has a population of 33,200, making it New Zealand&#8217;s 21st-largest urban area and the second-largest in Canterbury.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolleston%2C_New_Zealand\"><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello beloved Friends, Today I am combining these three days of October in one post. 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