This past week a group of us traveled to an Arab Muslim country for the purpose of encouraging Christians who minister there. We not only got meet with foreign Christians but also local believers from a Muslim background. A Gospel of words without demonstrations of power is not only unbiblical, but in Muslim nations isn’t proving fruitful. We went to share about the ways God is moving supernaturally in our lives, as well as to pray for the release and/or strengthening of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers there.
Over about a week, we saw God move in many powerful ways. Everywhere the team went, there were opportunities for prophetic ministry. Not only did we prophesy over believers, but we got to prophesy over many Muslims as well. God loves to share His plans and purposes in the lives of non-believers – it will often lead them to salvation. Several Arab Muslims came to Christ during the week, one of them after they were delivered from demonic torment. Another came to Christ as she was set free from depression.
A number of meetings were held with believers who came to learn and receive from some anointed guests we invited from outside the region. Some powerful things happened during those times as people were touched by God’s power. The presence of the Holy Spirit was very strong and we saw the Glory of God manifested in different ways in those gatherings.
One evening was time when believers could bring their non-Christian friends just to drop in who needed healing or something from the Lord. Muslims came, Hindus came, nominal Christians came and we saw a number of people healed in the name of Jesus. A lot of prophetic ministry was also being released. For me personally, the gift of the word of knowledge was flowing as much as any other time I can recall. Rather than have people tell me what they needed prayer for, I would ask them to allow the Lord to reveal to me what it was they needed. I waited and the Lord would show me where they had pain in their bodies or some other need. It was so encouraging and released a lot of faith in all of us as we prayed.
The days we spent in this Muslim nation were indeed full of God’s glory and demonstrations of His power. We didn’t see some of the things we were contending for, but I believe we were able to encourage the believers to expect more in the area of healing and miracles. We can’t wait to hear the testimonies from this nation in the days and weeks to come. We’ll post them as we do.
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