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July 4-11 was our summer camp meeting. This camp meeting seemed to be a step above other camp meetings.  The week before, the Lord told me two things: “expectancy” and “the next level”.  During the week of camp meeting, several people, including Pastor Rodney mentioned going to the next level or a new level.

Due to my work schedule, I came to many of the meetings late.  However, as soon as I was seated, the presence of the Lord was there.  It’s hard to describe, but it felt like He would catch me up on the night’s events so it felt like I didn’t miss anything.

I was so excited to see one of my RBI classmates; John Hawkins get up and speak.  He’s been faithful in the things of God and it is awesome to see him promoted.  I know that John is one of many in our class who will be used mightily of God.

It was interesting to hear the different speakers.  I hadn’t seen some of them before, but each one had a unique message that was tailor-made by the Holy Spirit for the meetings.  I especially enjoyed Joel Stockstill.  He spoke on things the Lord had been speaking to me about so his message was especially relevant.

This week of meetings was super charged and I feel that the messages are so important, I’m getting the DVD’s so I can go back and study them.  I don’t want to miss anything that the Lord has for me.

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America – Our continued Fight for Freedom

Today 234 years old – born 4th July 1776 – birthed out of pain and a hunger to worship freely – wise men with their dreams came from the East, the first winter survived through the red man they were blessed. Thanksgiving a yearly reminder,  we were blessed out of their provision. The new land yielding of her bounty, the fight for a new world is made – from east to west, new frontiers, covenants made, trail of tears the red man would also give his blood as covenants were broken.

Over the decades and down through the years through all the pain, sorrow and many tears, many a man would lay down their life for freedoms dream and so while the sword and canon spoke, the pen being mightier than them all  - produced a bill of rights, wise fathers penned the constitution. From this constitution we cannot sway – not one jot or tittle can be allowed to be altered. Not even by the highest courts of the land, for if it is altered America no more shall stand.

One nation under God united defeated the enemies might – Our flag was still flying by the dawns early light – propped up by our flesh as men would resist to lower the flag, the broad stripes and bright stars that would signal a nation had been born – tyranny swept aside – the flag was still waving – over the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Many wars were fought on every front even among us brother to brother – the blue and the grey as the red blood flowed – giving way to the red, white and blue – slavery the curse of every family the cry of every mother – brought to a halt – the desire of all to be free. We hold these truths to be self evident – all men are created equal – and from this Declaration of Independence we cannot sway

Ellis Island would be the place where the stranger would come seeking freedom – the lady with the lamp the way beaming – give me your huddled and tired masses – they will find rest on my shores. 13 states that became one nation under God would grow to become a Jubilee of 50 nations within our borders – many times over the years the balance of power would sway – thankfully 3 divisions of government would equally tip the scales – the checks and balances by our founding fathers laid – the dream that all would be equal from a mountain the promise land was seen – that we would not be judged by the color of our skin. America would become the land of Jubilee – the place of the dream

This nation has walked away from it’s plumb line, 3 million plus laws on the statute books find, replacing the 10 commandments – prayer taken out of schools, our people oppressed by drugs and alcohol – slaves to pornography and std’s HIV, millions of unborn babies aborted, while many are trying to not to retain God in their knowledge – the are given over to a reprobate mind, professing themselves to wise they become fools, something has to be done and must be done soon. This cannot be done without Divine Intervention.

This is the day this is the hour – we must hear from Heaven and so now we pray

You have guided us these many years now hear from heaven forgive our sin and heal our land – for you were seen in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps – altars were built in the evening dews and damps, for you died to make men holy, so we will live to make them free, your truth is marching on.

O sovereign heavenly father above us grant mercy on us one more time – as you have each century – a generation now lost their way – may we still say “in God we trust” and be “one nation” under thee – Heavenly Father we as a generation refuse to give up – we will stand as one – and humble ourself and pray, and seek your face and turn from our wicked ways – You have promised to come and heal our Land – a new Generation is rising up with faith and the anointing to set the captives free and march through the Land and see another Great Awakening - this is our purpose is this is our Goal – IGNITING A GENERATION – for a nation to fulfill it’s call!

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There has been a greater boldness in my life in regards to soul winning. I have noticed in my life lately, that I’ve felt lead to tell someone about Jesus and the situation has not been the most conducive, (such as a line in a grocery store or at an exquisite restaurant;) but when given the opportunity to tell someone about the Lord, there has been such a confidence. When I feel lead, I move instantly and it’s almost like I do not have any control! I like that because I think that’s how it should be. I believe that I am developing more in knowing the Holy Spirit and His promptings. His movements become mine.

Soul winning has gone to another level in my life, where I am not just winning a soul, but I am discipline people. I have been holding Bible studies with my wife and it has been great. It’s wonderful to see some of the people you win to the Lord grow in the Lord. It has not just been soul winning, but discipleship. I have the opportunity to see how powerful the Gospel is when heard by a hungry and lost generation; how the Holy Spirit touches the lives of people and causes people to come closer and go on an incredible journey with the Father; becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ!

I have found myself doing things that I have always dreamed of and heard about in the lives of great men and women of God! I love preaching and seeing the power of the Gospel change lives! It has been truly a blessing because as I help others to know more about Jesus, God sends people in my life to teach me more about Jesus. Revival Ministries Int’l is a blessing from the Lord!

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The very first time I ever went out to win somebody to the Lord was the first week of Bible school. I went out with a group of students to the inner city community, but before we went out, they had us in a classroom showing us how to use the soul winning script. They were very bold in saying, “stick to the script.” It was hard at first, but weeks went by and it started to get easier to walk up to someone and say God loves you and has a great plan for your life.

It is an awesome look that people give when they are asked, “priceless”. Talking to them to get to know who they are and what is wrong with them. Some of them are sick or have something wrong with their bodies. When I ask if I could pray for them and they say yes; right when I lay my hands on them, I can feel the anointing or the presence of the Lord coming out of me and going into them. The results of that is when I finish praying for them, and I ask them how do you feel or do something that you could not do before. They say I feel better or the pain is gone and their face is glowing, smiling big, ear to ear, and tears running down their face.

That right there is a blessing to me of being used as a vessel and witnessing the Lord at work. When they start thanking me, I tell them “no, say this after me, thank you Lord Jesus, thank you Lord Jesus.” To teach them who heals them and who to give the glory to. I have learned a lot about people since I started this adventure of soul winning. I am looking forward for the next person who crosses my path and the Lord puts it on my heart to talk to them.

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Soul winning is something that is a very big priority in my life now. Ever since I started digging into the Word of God and getting closer in my walk, I have known that I needed to share my faith with those around me. I had a burning desire to get out and tell others about the God that is so great that he would save a sinner like me. The first time that I went out on the street, I went all by myself and did not have a clue what to say.

I knocked on several doors and when the doors were opened, I did not really know what to say. Since that time, I have learned to use the soul winning script from the River at Tampa Bay. It seems too simple to work, but it has changed the way that I share the gospel with those around me. Since that time, I have led hundreds of people through the sinner’s prayer and saw a hunger for God come to life in those I’ve talked to.

I have had the pleasure of leading those I work with and around to the Lord. The boldness to witness grows each time that I go out. I still get nervous every time that I do go on the street, but I do not let that stop me, because God is faithful. I have recently started leading others in my home town in soul winning outreaches and getting them out on the street. We have had several outreaches and saw several come to the knowledge of Christ.

I would suggest to anyone that is saved, to get on the street and let others know who has changed your life. If you know the love of God, how can you hold it in. I know that the hardest part for me was just learning what to say to people, but by using the soul winning script I no longer have to worry about not knowing what to say.

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I feel so blessed to be a part of a Revival Ministries International. People are being trained up to go out where the lost are and get them saved. Where I’m from we didn’t have an outreach program for soul winning but I had a desire to win the lost. Since I’ve been a part of The River Bible Institute and The River Church I’ve seen that desire come to pass. Every week we go out on the streets and projects to get people saved and also to invite them to ride the bus that I’m the Captain of that will pick them up on Sunday for church.

The training for soul winning goes on Monday through Saturday and people are taught how to use the script to lead someone to Jesus. We spend time praying in the Holy Ghost before the meetings start to “build up ourselves on our most holy faith,” (Jude 20). Leaders are appointed to take groups to the different bus routes and also to places that are real close to the church and surrounding malls.

I’ve been appointed as Team Leader several times and really didn’t feel like I was ready for that. It has caused me to be stretched in my faith and to grow as a believer. This past Saturday I was co leader of the whole Soul winning Class. A few small teams went on special assignments, and the rest all went to the area of my bus route. I felt we should start the meeting with praise and worship first and to stir ourselves up (2 Tim. 1:6). Some of our classes this quarter were on the power of praise and worship, so we did this before the training. Everyone seemed really blessed by it and several were laughing as the Holy Spirit filled them with joy.

This was a very rewarding and challenging experience for me personally. We got a lot of ground covered and many souls saved. This hand on training and experience is going to enable me to continue to win the lost and train up others how to organize teams and hit the streets with the Gospel of Jesus Christ where ever I go.

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In 2007 The Lord directed me to bring two of my sons out to the summer camp meeting at The River! They were both called to bible school and almost immediately after arriving were telling me of how many souls they had led to Jesus! They were fortunate enough to go on a few of the G.A.T.’s

Back in the U.K. I had always spoken to people about Jesus and had led maybe 20 or so to salvation! I was on the outreach team and regularly went out witnessing to people.
However, when the boys shared with me some of the testimonies of what The Lord had done through them I became hungrier to see The Lord move in lives to see souls saved!

Winter camp meeting in 2008 I came over to visit the boys and my first soul winning trip was to a nursing home! This is stuck in my mind forever! One lady I spoke with was completely covered under the sheets, when I started to talk to her she came out from under the sheets and with a beaming smile said, “I have been waiting for you!”

Now a student at R.B.I. go out regularly with the teams winning souls for Christ! I love it when you pray with someone and they ask ‘ what is that I’m feeling’ or sometimes, ‘what are you doing to me’. You tell them it is the power and presence of God and can see their whole countenance alter, before your eyes they are being transformed!

I have become much bolder being here and have jumped onto buses while in the station and souls have been saved! It is very satisfying when you see them come to the church!

I am part of the bus ministry and now also part of the team that does outreach in Robles Park! This week will be our forth week and we are having a ‘cook out’, in English a bbq.

The first week we had fifteen come, all children. Last week we were up to thirty nine! This week will explode in numbers, as people will always come for food (and some of these children don’t eat well or often).

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All my life I have had a love and a passion for Jesus and would share the gospel of Jesus Christ with friends, family and others. I would lead 1 or 2 people to Christ in about a month or so but it was always a long process and always somewhat hard to lead people to the Lord.

In August 2009 I moved from England to do a year of Bible School, one of the classes was called “Soul winning” to pass our class we had to lead 100 people to the Lord. I thought this was an impossible task/mission. So I attended the soul winning class and was very spectacle of the “soul winning script” that they used, it was simple, short and easy to do, for me this just seemed to true for words. I had so many questions about how could this script work? Will people really have an encounter with Jesus as their Lord and Savior?

As we went out on the streets I cried out to the Lord and said Lord let every one of these people I pray with have the true understanding and revelation of who you are what you did on the cross for them. As I stepped out and used the “Soul winning script” people were giving their lives to the Lord, people were getting healed and set free. People’s lives were getting transformed in front of my eyes.

For me, doing soul winning, for the first time ever I had this incredible revelation of how much God loved me and these people, this love that God had for us, that He gave his only Son, this love that He had for us didn’t matter what we had done or what we did do, He died on the cross for all and took all sin and sickness upon himself so that we could be free. This transformed me and changed me you can talk about the love of God but until you get a real revelation of His love you will never be the same again.

Soul winning has given me a greater passion for the lost and a deeper hunger to see souls saved! Getting my 100 souls saved was easy because it became a passion.

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For me soul winning at The River has been challenge on a completely new level. I`ve been doing soul winning rather much in Latvia, but that was in environment that is well known and accustomed to me. Here, at Tampa, it`s completely opposite another culture, people think differently, act differently, and respond differently. Everything was so distinctive that made me feel really unsafe out on the streets. And atop of all of it emerged language barrier that in many cases made communication to people extremely embarrassing.

And after couple of times (definitely not the very fruitful ones) frustration came upon the stage of my mind…and, of course, it didn`t came alone but took along a shadow of fear! At that point I had to make a decision to deal with it. And knowing that fear and insecurity are neither a blessing from God, nor even an option offered in God`s word I had to choose His way of solving this major inconvenience that was about to turn into fruitlessness. Here are some simple statements made by God that enabled me to get over all the above mentioned.. 2Tim 1:7

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
Acts 4:29And now, Lord, behold their threatening: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word.

Though I didn`t faced any threatening in this situation I needed holy boldness to speak His word. As I already mentioned I had done it before, but at another time, another place, to another people…and my yesterday`s boldness turned out to be insufficient for this new day and new place. But thank God He always equips me/us with all that is necessary to complete HIS mission! I asked Him and He gave me new boldness-to speak in uncomfortable, new circumstances.

And it seems that any new circumstance, especially uncomfortable one is a perfect place for birthing new boldness. Which in its turn will tear down fruitlessness and build up the Body? As for me soul winning got easier and better. New challenges-new victories! (No challenges-no victories)

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One of the things that I was really able to understood and get out of the “Matters of the Heart” class was that no matter what happens, what you do or not do, what you say or not say, it always comes back to where was your heart . I always heard the story about how David was chosen to be the anointed one because he was faithful in the little and because of his heart. And that he was a man after God’s own heart, I always thought “wow he must have been super close to God and never sinned” but never really realizing that he failed God in many diff ways and that it was because of his heart that he was always quick to repent and quick to stand back up and keep on with his walk with God. As Pastor Adonica would teach on David’s life my eyes began to open to see how great God is and how He just wants our heart, He wants our hearts to be pure, and clean. It really amazes me to think and to know that God knows my heart, you know to just know that God knows everything about my heart and how He’s so precious towards it and how He wants to fulfill every dream every desire that I hold. It amazes me! Just like David, who messed up and looked where He wasn’t suppose to look, and then committed adultery, and killed someone..I am not perfect either and to just see how God knew David’s heart and knew David for whom he was God is the same to me and to everyone else. My relationship with God has grown so much; it feels good knowing He knows me, everything about me. This class really opened my eyes. Things that I knew and have heard a million times I never really understood it until last week. I am truly blessed!