News Letter October 19th, 2005

OPEN HEART MINISTRIES
http://www.ohmint.org/

Greetings again Friends,

Once again, I accidentally hit the send button before I was done and there is no way to stop it.  Here is the completed version.

We just finished two wonderful nights in New Glarus, Wisconsin.  We were among precious people who really want to pursue God and revival and the harvest.  The first night I preached on "What Do I Have?" from Acts 3 - "Such as I have, I give you."  It was a challenge to be honest with ourselves as western Christians who believe in the power of God, but have seen very little of that cripple-healing power of God moving through us.  Then I shared some insights on what it will take to bring explosive miracle power back to the western church.

Since Felito had just been there, talking about amazing stories of powerful miracles and mass conversions, they knew what I was talking about.  Most of the congregation came to the front to pray and seek God's grace and favor for revival in America.  God moved powerfully on everyone at the altar and we had a real visitation of the Holy Spirit.  One gal told her dad that something inside of her was filling her up and wanting to explode out of her.  That night when she began to pray, she found herself speaking in tongues for the first time in her life.  

The second night we carried on with a revival theme and not sleeping through the harvest.  We also dealt with confessing our sins and the sins of our fathers - natural and spiritual.  We had a powerful time of prayer again, praying down strongholds in the community and binding principalities and powers.  Please pray for the people of New Glarus (which I renamed New GLORIOUS the first time we went there, which was this last August).

I've never felt more certain that revival had come to a community.  I believe the people will not stop going after revival and harvest, but they will walk into their destinies and be fruitful servants of the Lord.

Tomorrow night we will be in Lake Villa, IL.  On Saturday we will be in Buffalo Grove and on Sunday in Arlington Heights.  They are all home meetings.  We had held the next week open, hoping to go to a conference in South Carolina, but that isn't working out.  We now have one home meeting in Norridge, IL, on Thursday, Oct. 27.  The rest of the week is open at this point.  The following week we do hope to go to Harrisburg, PA, where Heidi and many other speakers that we love are scheduled to speak.  If the Lord says no to that also, we will open that up to meetings as well.

We thank you all for your prayers and your love and support.  We always want to be here for you when we possibly can.

God bless you all,

Ben and Brenda and family