{"id":830,"date":"2025-07-24T07:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T07:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=830"},"modified":"2025-07-30T23:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:58:49","slug":"28-24-july-2025-masterton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=830","title":{"rendered":"28. 24-Jul 2025: Masterton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello Family in Christ. This morning we moved the buses to a local camp ground, to stay tonight, so we could use the facilities, showers and laundry etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then went into central town and found a spot to set up at a busy intersection. We noticed the local council building entrance right on the intersection too. Logen preached a powerful message on the load speaker, which brought some attention.<\/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=\"Masterton. 24 July 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Az4bkVuqAic?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>Masterton town centre, with a poplulation of 28,700 people in the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1216\" height=\"1195\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_131337-scaled-e1753334538664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_131337-scaled-e1753334538664.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_131337-scaled-e1753334538664-1000x983.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_131337-scaled-e1753334538664-768x755.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>About 40 minutes later, two representatives from the council turned up to shut down the preaching on the mic and threatened to fine us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we opted to put some worship music on at a low volume, but they also said no amplified music allowed on the street. So Logen decided to play some music on his phone, at a very low volume. But still they said not allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was apparent that this was a bulling tactic, to try to stop us sharing Jesus to the people of Masterton. They left and we put the speaker away.<\/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 15:18-19<\/strong>.  If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before&nbsp;it hated&nbsp;you.&nbsp;If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet&nbsp;because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We continued on witnessing to people and the Lord prevailed, bringing 25 people into the Kingdom of Heaven. God will have His harvest before this world passes away.<\/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 19:26<\/strong>.  But Jesus looked at&nbsp;them&nbsp;and said to them,&nbsp;\u201cWith men this is impossible, but&nbsp;with God all things are possible.\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/642252035744308822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/642252035744308822.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/642252035744308822-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/642252035744308822-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/642252035744308822-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turia and Sonya received Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brother Logen witnessed a powerful baptism of the Holy Spirit, when he prayed the Salvation prayer with Rua, a woman he met while witnesssing on the street. We see this happen sometimes when people pray sincerely, with all their hearts. God meets them in a powerful and tangible way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Acts 1:8<\/strong>   But you shall receive power&nbsp;when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and&nbsp;you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and&nbsp;Samaria, and to the&nbsp;end of the earth.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We finished up at around 3.30pm and headed back to camp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for following us. feel free to leave a comment by clicking on the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Love from your brother in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Family in Christ. 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