Greetings Saints. I thought you would enjoy this testimony from a Pastor friend of mine I visited with while in Cagayan De Oro City in the Philippines. Truly a modern day testimony of believing God for the impossible. Our job being to just believe. Believing being an action. So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. By Pastor NEOPOLO I. ENLAWAN
I went with my music team to conduct a mini crusade. I brought my saxophone with me as people there don’t know what a saxophone is. The next morning we started the crusade and lots of people came. They got saved and healed from many kinds of illnesses. Then we went home . A week later we heard there was a miracle that happened at our crusade. So I went back, hiking again five hours. I wanted to ask the parents personally how the miracle actually happened. I was told by the parents that for the first time in the history of their life their goddess afair, appeared to them and with an angry voice said, “why are we harassed by these Christian people, when in fact we are the one controlling the whole mountain, taking care of all the people including your grand parents?” Then suddenly their child who was only six months old died. There was a bible with his father which was given to him by my cousin who is also a pastor. A pocket bible. A new testament they use as a tool for learning to read. Since he doesn’t know how to read yet, he just said, “if you are really a word of the Lord, then I will pour out this water and you will not be wet.” The four liters of water slowly pour down but the bible remains dry! The second time he said, “if truly you are a word of the Lord then restore the life of my son.” All of a sudden the bible was enveloped in smoke by the glory of the Lord and there was an alarm sound like a cell phone alarm! Their goddess then disappeared and the little boy came to life again from the dead! Glory to God! Last year we visited them and the boy is already three years old. Praise the Lord! After praying for him, even though I had not seen him any more in those three years, on October 4, the Lord told me to find him and tell him what had really happened to him. All the people passing by went down to look at you. I was supposed to pray for you at that time but I was ashamed that people can hear me. When the people around you started to hike, I looked around so that nobody can hear me and then I had the courage to pray. I was thinking since no one was looking anymore, if the Lord will not restore your life its ok. Right after I prayed you started to breathe! Then I requested the owner of the vehicle to help me to turn you upside down. He refused and said let us first wait for the police to come before touching the dead body. I led him and his brother to receive the Lord together and now we are going to have a bible study for the whole family! Hallelujah! Please pray for my traveling expenses to conduct bible study for this family since they are a distance from my church. John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. Pastor Neopolo I. Enlawan But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matt 19:26 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee;… Mark 14:36A This is posted with pictures at: http://www.ficcwordchurch.org/testimony/Testimony01.htm I want to pay tribute to Pastor Jake Carso of Cagayan De Oro City. He graduated to glory this past October 9th. He was held up by gunmen who shot him for 50 pesos, about one U S dollar. He is survived by His wife Wilma and son Jako. Please pray for them and the ministry he leaves behind. Pastor Jake was instrumental in helping us to fix little Jessa’s severe cleft palate. He will be sorely missed. There are lots of pics on our web page photo album. Please continue in prayer for them. Any financial gifts for the family can be given through us. Don’t forget Guavaween outreach Saturday the 27th! It is a night of evangelism on the streets of Ybor City in Tampa. If you cannot make it please remember to pray. Love to hear from you. Stay in faith pressing toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus SEE YOU IN CHURCH! Pastor Chuck |
Archive for October, 2007
Testimony of Dead Raised
BELIEVE AND RECEIVE
Since the only way we are saved is to believe, then it is reasonable to conclude that the more we believe, the more we will be saved. In other words, the more we believe, the more we will experience, or walk in our salvation. Remembering, of course, that salvation is much more than just going to heaven. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God You must understand that saved is the Greek word “sozo”. It means more than just going to So then it makes sense that if the only way to gain access to this great salvation, including all the Of course it works the opposite way as well. The more we choose NOT to believe the Word of God, then the And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) Keep in mind that Jesus and the Word are one and the same. When you choose to believe the Word, you are You and I make this decision many times each day in our lives. Salvation is not a one time event in In Mark 11:22-24 we are told that we can move mountains if we believe and doubt not. We are further This is a blank check from Father God! The only limitation here is to believe. There is nothing omitted! The reason most people do not pursue the “how to” of moving the mountains as stated here, including It is easy to make excuses but it takes discipline to master the art of really believing God’s Word to If we really did believe it, then we would pursue a proper working of it diligently. The Word as our We must work to believe. When the body says pain, work to believe, By His stripes we were healed. Spend your waking hours dissecting, studying, practicing until skilled, believing the Word instead You see to believe is to act. What we tend to do is make excuses. Theological explanations of unbelief Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples The more I believe, the more victory I achieve! *** *** *** *** *** *** We are planning our annual outreach to the streets of Ybor City in Tampa Saturday evening the 27th of Hope you are visiting the websites often as we are adding testimonies and audio services regularly and I want you to know I love you all and appreciate you and look forward to seeing you this Sunday in church! Love you Pastor Chuck |
Keeping On Keeping On
Greetings Saints, It has been some time since I last wrote. My prayers are continually with you though. To believe is a choice. Not just a one time choice, but a continual choosing. Here the exhortation is to a group of believers to continue believing. You could say it this way. After you have made the choice to believe, then continue to choose to believe the Word instead of contrary evidences that may arise. Anyone can say to the mountain, be thou removed, but not everyone can continue to believe when it does not appear to move. Constantly, continuously, or continually, believe God, not the problem. This is discipline, disciples, highly trained ones, skilled professionals in the art of believing and receiving. The facts may say one thing, but the truth will change the facts! Get to know the Truth. Fellowship with Truth. Love the Truth. Cherish the Truth, make Him your intimate friend for He will make you free. The only way to do this is continuance. Keeping on keeping on. Knowing the word always prevails. You must determine to continue making the decision to believe God and nothing else. Here is the glory of God. To believe. Here is where we see the glory manifest in our lives on earth, just believe. Jesus said, if we will believe we will see the glory! Look at John 3:36, He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Hmmm, everlasting life or the wrath of God?? Not a hard choice it would seem. Watch the way the choice is presented daily and check yourself to see if you are truly in the faith. Continue in the Word and have everlasting life or begin to believe anything else and experience the wrath of God. It is up to you. The Word never changes only the circumstances do. **** **** **** **** **** **** We had a wonderful time at our 5th Anniversary celebration missions conference. You can check it out at We will be doing our annual Guavaween outreach this year on the 27th. This is where we take the Gospel to the streets of Ybor City in Tampa. This event is similar to Mardi Gras in New Orleans with all the drinking and revelry that goes with it. We have a perfect platform on the streets there to witness to these people as they come and go. It is an exciting evening. We need you to go and get involved, especially drama and preachers who like to preach on street corners! Love you all so much, until next time… See you in church! In Him, Pastor Chuck |
