Our 5 week trip through several states of India is now completed.  We have conducted pastors’ conferences, revival conferences, leadership training and countless house visits. We have seen hundreds of healings, many salvations, pastors come together in unity and many open doors for future ministry. Many churches and pastors are coming together and are inviting us to hold revival conferences for 1,000, 3,000, even 20,000 people next Spring…the platform to bring revival to North India is expanding rapidly.

Throughout this entire trip God has given us great grace.  

Our last week in India was spent doing leadership training in 2 states that I visited for the first time on this trip.  Shema and I were both feeling a little sick and the heat certainly had our attention, but God gave us grace to minister.  Each person there who needed healing received it.  Each person who was not filled with the Holy Spirit was filled and every person prophesied, most for the very first time.  It was a great joy to impart into these men and women who have sacrificed so much to follow Christ.

How can I express or explain all that was done in 5 weeks of ministry? The sights, the sounds, the smells, the food…ahh the food!  Continue Reading…

It’s hard to describe this past week of ministry in Punjab. The pictures help tell the story. We have done so many things in so many places!

We began with a 2 day pastors’ conference bringing unity, humility, forgiveness and healing.  There were 80 pastors in attendance who now are making plans to have us return next year for a 3 day revival conference where they all would bring their churches together.  At least 10,000 people would be expected to attend.

We then conducted a revival conference for pastor Raj in Amritsar. There were more than 250 people crammed into an upper room for 3 days of meetings. The Presence of God came with great love and ministered to the people. There were many healings as well as deliverances.

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What an incredible week we just had ministering for 9 days with the CNI priests of Christ Church, Mushtaq and Neera. Christ Church is a 150 year old Anglican church in Shimla, H.P. that in the past has not been open to those outside their denomination. It was a very special week to be with this wonderful couple. Neera has an amazing gift of hospitality that we thoroughly enjoyed, and she just knows how to love people, everywhere she goes.

It began with Palm Sunday and God set the tone quickly, filling the place with His Presence. We had services each night and many house visits during all 8 days. Rick and I took turns ministering throughout the week both at the church and in homes, and the people received us beautifully, and we were able to pray for each one. We saw many healings during the week.

One woman who is a VP of a school was dramatically healed and began to bring fellow teachers to the house for prayer.  They were all Hindu but God touched them so deeply…the tears streaming down their faces as God met them, healed them and filled them with His love.  Read about the full week…

It’s been an exciting week in India! Ministry began day one sharing with 200 pastors at an annual conference in Delhi with Solomon and Harvest Ministries to the Unreached. Prayed with Josh’s church Saturday and then ministered in Solomon’s church in Chandigarh on Sunday (and two other locations) where we saw many healings and deliverances. Not only Shema, but Joby and Rhema from Delhi have been an integral part of this week’s team.

Monday we traveled with Vijay, one of the leaders of the Nazarene organization, to Amritsar, Punjab, the “land of 5 rivers.” During the day Joby and Rhema spoke at a small church and did a great job releasing the Presence of God and ministering to the people.That evening was the revival convention. They had expanded beyond the Nazarene church and over 25 pastors united their churches to help host the event. They were hoping for 500, but nearly 800 people came to the large hall they rented. This was historic!

We had a great time of worship and then Shema and I preached.  Vijay had told me the main reason they asked me to come was because they wanted me to pray…that they saw I had power to pray (don’t we all?)! So we preached and then we prayed. Continue reading

We were in Punjab (which means “land of 5 rivers”), and it was hot. I mean it was really hot. People kept making their way into the large upper room of the pastor’s house. At least it seemed large until more than 200 hundred people crammed their way into it. They all sat on the floor, scooting closer and closer to each other as more people arrived.

With the increase of bodies came the increase in temperature. We sat drenched in sweat. On our previous visit here I had noticed that the room had no windows…just open spaces where the glass should go so I gave them an offering to purchase windows. Now I regretted doing that. They bought windows that could not be opened so there was no ventilation at all and the room was a giant oven…but no one really cared. They had come to worship Jesus and worship they did! For more than 2 hours they exploded in worship and prayer as wave after wave of God’s Presence filled the room.

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In addition to the two sets of revival conferences in Punjab in March and April, we will also be speaking at a pastor’s conference in Delhi, conducting revival services at a CNI church for Holy Week, ministering to a group of church planters, conducting leadership conferences for the youth leaders of a large house church network and making many house visits along the way. Thirty-two days of being poured out in India. Please pray that we will carry His Presence everywhere we go.

And, speaking of prayer…

TIME TO PRAY – A CALL FOR INTERCESSORS 

We are looking to increase our prayer base for these short term trips, and also for 5 Rivers in general. Pat Butler is our Prayer Coordinator who will be sharing needs as they arise, especially during the team trips, and keep everyone posted.

Please contact us if you’re able to be part of our intercessory team on a consistent basis or during trip dates – WE NEED YOU! Prayer is the heartbeat of 5 Rivers.

Click here for Prayer Points for this March/April trip