Nothing is more important than knowing Jesus Christ!
Jesus died for your sins, and rose again to give you eternal life with him. Turn from your old life and invite him to be your Lord and Saviour. For …if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved (Romans 10:9-10).
Pray this prayer: “Heavenly Father, forgive my sins. I believe Jesus died to set me free. Lord Jesus, I surrender to your will. I am your child. Please fill me with your Holy Spirit. Help me to live the life you planned for me. Amen.”
If you have just done that and meant it, I’d love to hear from you! Email: johnf@jfm.org.nz
Seven years with Christ for all Nations
The crowd had just been counted. 1.5 million. Yes, million. Reinhard Bonnke was about to pray for the Holy Spirit to fall. This we must see! We stepped off the platform and climbed onto the techies’ container. Orange hands as far as we could see raised in worship.
When he released the Spirit, the roar could be heard in heaven. Its ‘Mexican wave’ traversed the crowd too fast to be man-made. 1/6000th of the whole world’s population filled with the Spirit. In one meeting.
For seven years, Bron & I organized meetings in Malaysia (2), Argentina, Brazil (2), Jamaica, Trinidad, India (5), and Sri Lanka.
When we started our own ministry, I was asked, ‘Would I step into the shoes of another preacher in India?’ They’d organized a crusade, but on hearing death threats, he’d gone home. In trepidation, I preached Reinhard’s messages. Hundreds surrendered to Christ. Many were healed. God is faithful.
We later took our ministry to Nepal, holding our first crusade in Nepalgunj. Thousands came, and demons manifested all over the ground. We took the sufferers aside and Jesus set them free.
On the second night, I noticed no police presence, as we’d had the first night. But there was no trouble. The third night was the same. Later, we learned that radicals from another religion had come to stop us. Another religious group met them and fought. The third night, they had a bigger rumble, some ending in hospital. If we’d known, we’d have prayed for their healing!
Later, we held a crusade among the Tharu people. In a crowd of 9,000, 1,300 made decisions for Jesus.
The Nepali government passed an anti-conversion law, so then we focused on healing schools. Since 90% of Nepalis come to Christ through healing, the locals continue to spread the gospel.
One pastor said, ‘It’s easy to plant a church in Nepal. You walk to a village and ask at the first house, “Is anyone sick?” If so, you heal them. They then fetch auntie. You heal her. A crowd gathers. You preach the gospel, and some get saved. You have a church. It only takes an hour-and-a-half.’
The Power of One Conversation
The girl with the Bible is a new believer. Two years prior, seeing the joy of one of our team, a restaurant waiter said, “I want what you’ve got.” Our team member shared the gospel and led him to Jesus.
When our team member caught up with him, the waiter had led his brother and sister-in-law to Christ. Between them, they had planted two churches. He was even building a new facility in Chitwan, Nepal.
All my books contain the gospel. Why not grab a copy of young-adult, Flies in a Window, and give it to an unsaved teen?