Yesterday, right before the leaders were going out for campus invasion (CI), we were praying and asking for pictures or words of revelation. Brian shared that he saw a snake, a rat, and a cheese. We split into groups and in my group there were Crystal and Cassie, and Brian was heading home. Right after we walked out of the Commons (our student center), there was a man standing next to the door by himself. Me and Crystal exchanged looks and were thinking whether or not we should approach him, when Brian (full of boldness) went straight up to him. So then me and Crystal went the side and started to intercede for Brian. Not even one minute after we started praying for him, we heard that man started talking real loudly. Saying things like, "YOU WHAT? YOU WANT TO PRAY FOR ME?? WHY DO YOU WANT TO PRAY FOR ME??" Me and Crystal were like, what's going on?? Ok, different prayer direction now. We immediately know that a huge spiritual warfare is going on right there and then, and Brian was the target. We can just overheard that man (his name is Mark by the way) continuously using Bible verses and just twist the words to crazy none-senses. Mark used Matthew 6:5-8, which are the verses that talk about praying in your own room and don't be like the hypocrites praying in synagogues and street corners to be seen. He told Brian straight in the eyes, "You are a hypocrite! You are not a Christian! You don't know God! You are self-deceiving!" All that we could hear are extremely deceiving words, extremely negative and discouraging words from him. Me and Crystal were praying so hard for Brian, that God will bring him peace, that Brian could respond with love instead of getting ticked off, and no words of these lies will go into his heart. It went crazier when Mark started to say things that are totally non-sense. He said, "When you say, 'I believe in God', you are having doubts! You wouldn't say to your wife, 'I believe I love you'. And when you say anything that has to do with God, you should never use the word, 'I'. You are self-centered and self-deceiving when you say so. There are people who walk in the light, there are people who are Christ-like, but there is definitely no one like that in Riverside or San Bernardino county!" The conversation literally went on for an hour. After he talked to Brian for a long time, he pointed at us and asked Brian, "Are those your friends?" Crystal was like... oh no... Mark came up to us and started to attack us as well with these deceiving words. They were so out of context and so non-sense that I was just laughing at them at one point. Ok, listen to this... He was talking about talking in the light and being completely "sin-free". (He used John 1:9, and again twisted it and added his own words to it.) Then he asked us, "Does any one of you drink coffee?" I said yes, and he pointed right to my face and said, "Then you are not walking in the light, you are self-destructing! You are not a Christian because you are not Christ-like!" I was like... WHAT KIND OF NON-SENSE IS THIS??!! I asked him, "Do you believe in love?" He paused for a while, and then go on with the "I believe" theory again, then goes on and ask us, "Do you know how big is your conscious?" (Which has nothing to do with love) Anyway, at the end I was just ignoring whatever he says to me, and keep on speaking the truth to his face. "God loves you very much. He is all powerful and all mighty. God knows you and He wants you...." Then with that and nothing to argue, he walked away.
It was so crazy. Seriously everyone who were there had to be prayed to recover and to be healed and cleansed by God completely. Brian was hurt the most, we had to pray for him for at least 3 times (with a good 30-min of worship) to get him healed. Me and Crystal both felt something came into our hearts during the conversation with Mark. We felt the un-cleansed spirit in us. Karen and Ruth prayed for us and we prayed for ourselves, and we felt better.
The vision that Brian saw... a snake, a rat, and a cheese, makes sense now. Mark was the snake, Brian was the rat, and cheese was the reward that Brian is going to receive from God. We were bitten by the snake, and thanks to Jesus' blood, we could get the poison out and be healed completely by His grace. Brian said, "With that encounter, I feel like I can face any kind of persecution now!" It was a miracle that Brian did not even feel a little bit mad during the warfare. He is a person who never loses at talking with people, and he gets tempered easily when people insult him. However, he shared with us that he was not mad at all, he was extremely peaceful and kept a smile on his face the entire time!! This is totally God!!
@ 3AM me, Brian, Karen, and Crystal went to Ride Aid to get some stuffs. We went up to the cashier, Steve. (The guy who had the thigh pain, which I shared testimony about on IMPACT website.) After paying, I asked Steve how are his legs doing. He said, they are fine, but my feet hurt a lot. I asked him if we could pray for him right now for healing, he said sure and then walked out from behind the counter. The four of us laid hands on him and started to pray and command the pain to leave in Jesus' Name. Right after the prayer Steve said, "Woah!! I kid you not, when you guys were praying for me, my feet that were tight and cringed together like a ball were literally relieved and spread out. I could feel the pain leaving me and my whole body is so hot right now! Is this normal?" I told him, "Yes most people encounter heat when God is healing them. What's the percentage of your feet being healed right now?" He said, "Definitely more than 50%" We offered to pray the second time, he said sure! After the second time, he said, "I could feel a wave going through my feet and my toes. It's getting better!!" Now, before the first prayer, when we just placed our hands on him, I felt his shoulder started to get hotter. However, when I laid my hands on his shoulder the second time, his shirt was already wet by his sweat! It's so crazy!! Steve had to get back to work so we couldn't pray for him the third time, but I totally believe that God will heal his feet like how He healed his left thigh! Later in the car, Crystal shared with us that her dad's friend has the same illness and his feet had to get cut off because of that. Sorry guys I can't remember the name of the sickness right now, but I will let you know later, k? God is totally amazing!!!! W00t W00t!!
-sala<3
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Engaged to Jesus
I was listening to the 4/6 worship again. Cried for over an hour. At first I was just drenched in His presence, then I started to pray for Cang and Joananna. (Two new family members in Christ!) After that I just stopped talking, and stilled myself in front of Him. He showed me a vision. It was so clear...
I saw a hill with one cross that's a bit far away from where I am. The cross was empty. Then I saw Jesus dying on the cross (this is not the same picture as the previous one). At first I thought that empty cross was Jesus' cross, but then later I realized... it was my cross. It was the cross that I was supposed to be crucified on because of my sins. I was not on the cross dying because Jesus took that place for me. He, the blameless and spotless lamb, became a sacrifice for MY sins and MY shame. I don't deserve this. I really don't. He didn't have to do this for me, yet He did it even before I was formed in my mother's womb. Ok, what Jesus has done was already way too much for me. However, His love didn't stop there... Then, everything became black. A very shiny and small cross appeared, and as it turned upwards, it became the glare of the diamond on a ring. It was an engagement ring. I started bawling. Jesus asked me, "Will you marry me?" What in the world... I was so speechless. It's already more than enough to die for me when He had nothing to be blamed for, and now, He is asking me, this worthless sinner, to be His bride??!! I was trembling in tears as I responded to Him, "Yes I will." Then He showed me huge piles and piles of golden treasures and jewels. By then I was already completely broken down, and I couldn't understand this love that is so great. It's humongous, enormous, and unconditional. He not only died for me, loved me for who I am, asked me to be His bride, and yet He wanted to give me all these treasures and inheritance of His kingdom. When He showed me those treasures, all I wanted was Him, that I was kind of pushing all these good stuffs away. My tears were pouring down uncontrollably. All I wanted was to get closer to Him, even though He wanted me to have all these beautiful and glamorous gifts. I prayed, "Jesus, I don't understand this crazy love from you that is so perfect and so big. But, I want to know how to love like how You loved me. Help me to love like You. Jesus, I love You. I can never say enough to thank You for all that You have done. Thank You, Jesus."
Ruth and Karen were cooking and were calling me to go eat with them. However, I wanted to stay with Jesus for bit longer... He said to me, "I will always be here. Now go, they are waiting for you." That's when I reluctantly went out of my room.
I think, that was my first time having such a deep understanding of the gospel. I thought I have experienced God's love to a pretty deep level already, but from this experience? I've not even crossed beyond the shores of the ocean. God's love is way too deep, way too high, way too big for us to fully comprehend. We are like ants feeling little splashes of the huge waves of the deep oceans of His love.
Yay, today I am engaged.
To my one and only beloved - Jesus Christ!! ^____^
"I am Yours, and You are mine."
-sala<3
I saw a hill with one cross that's a bit far away from where I am. The cross was empty. Then I saw Jesus dying on the cross (this is not the same picture as the previous one). At first I thought that empty cross was Jesus' cross, but then later I realized... it was my cross. It was the cross that I was supposed to be crucified on because of my sins. I was not on the cross dying because Jesus took that place for me. He, the blameless and spotless lamb, became a sacrifice for MY sins and MY shame. I don't deserve this. I really don't. He didn't have to do this for me, yet He did it even before I was formed in my mother's womb. Ok, what Jesus has done was already way too much for me. However, His love didn't stop there... Then, everything became black. A very shiny and small cross appeared, and as it turned upwards, it became the glare of the diamond on a ring. It was an engagement ring. I started bawling. Jesus asked me, "Will you marry me?" What in the world... I was so speechless. It's already more than enough to die for me when He had nothing to be blamed for, and now, He is asking me, this worthless sinner, to be His bride??!! I was trembling in tears as I responded to Him, "Yes I will." Then He showed me huge piles and piles of golden treasures and jewels. By then I was already completely broken down, and I couldn't understand this love that is so great. It's humongous, enormous, and unconditional. He not only died for me, loved me for who I am, asked me to be His bride, and yet He wanted to give me all these treasures and inheritance of His kingdom. When He showed me those treasures, all I wanted was Him, that I was kind of pushing all these good stuffs away. My tears were pouring down uncontrollably. All I wanted was to get closer to Him, even though He wanted me to have all these beautiful and glamorous gifts. I prayed, "Jesus, I don't understand this crazy love from you that is so perfect and so big. But, I want to know how to love like how You loved me. Help me to love like You. Jesus, I love You. I can never say enough to thank You for all that You have done. Thank You, Jesus."
Ruth and Karen were cooking and were calling me to go eat with them. However, I wanted to stay with Jesus for bit longer... He said to me, "I will always be here. Now go, they are waiting for you." That's when I reluctantly went out of my room.
I think, that was my first time having such a deep understanding of the gospel. I thought I have experienced God's love to a pretty deep level already, but from this experience? I've not even crossed beyond the shores of the ocean. God's love is way too deep, way too high, way too big for us to fully comprehend. We are like ants feeling little splashes of the huge waves of the deep oceans of His love.
Yay, today I am engaged.
To my one and only beloved - Jesus Christ!! ^____^
"I am Yours, and You are mine."
-sala<3
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Super Sunday + Jonanna's Salvation
We went out for city invasion during Sunday service for the first time. It was very cool. Lots of crazy testimonies were brought back. Me and my team, Andy, Steven, Kay, and Athena, went to Arcadia Park. I went up to a Chinese mom who was sitting on a chair and just enjoying the sun. Her daughter was playing at the playground. I believe we talked for about an hour or even longer, I can't remember. You know women love to talk, and it doesn't matter what race they are. I asked her if she had any prayer request, and she started to list out all these things that she's been praying about. (She's a believer by the way.) During our conversation, I was asking God to give me a word or a picture for her. He gave me a picture of a beautiful pearl that's been well protected. I shared that picture with her, and she said, "Yea I feel like God has been protecting me my whole life." Guess what else she said? She said, "My nickname is Pearl. Most of my friends call me that." I was like... WOAH!! Sweet Jesus!! She shared about how she was going to abort her second daughter, and when her boss heard about this, he told her that he will pray for her 24hr. a day about it. She still went to the abortion clinic, and was sitting in her car with her husband, debating whether or not she should go in. Her husband was against abortion, but she wanted to take the kid out. It was then, one of the people who were praying outside of the clinic, who were against abortion, came up to her and prayed for her. Then she decided not to abort the baby because God spoke to her heart through that person, that God does not want her to go in. They drove off without going in. It was also because of that baby, their marriage that almost came to an end was saved. Praise the Lord!! She said her older daughter who is in 10th grade right now is not a believer yet, and I invited her to come to IMPACT this Sunday. I'm praying for her to come. Amen.
Right before GTM tonight, Jennifer prayed for me over the phone. Thanks Jen, it meant a lot to me. During worship, people started to weep under the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Crystal shared the sermon tonight, and it was on John 15. She talked about the exact thing that IMPACT is going through right now. Receive then go out and give. It was good. After a short sermon we started to pray for people who needed prayer, then I felt the Spirit leading me to ask Joananna "the question". She is the one who we met at the study lounge last quarter. She has been coming to GTM even though she's not a believer. She claimed to be an Atheist when we asked her about her religion. However, tonight we were singing the last song, and I saw her started to weep, and she started to sing with us. "Come Lord, Jesus, come!" I was praying so hard that Jesus will tenderize her heart, then when I asked her again... she came the center of the circle. I was like... OMG... this is happening!! She didn't answer the question until the third time we asked. She said, "Yes I am willing to accept Jesus today." I started bawling because I was too happy for her. Though everyone was staring at me weirdly, I led Joananna the Sinner's Prayer. She did it and accepted Jesus as her personal savior!! Praise the Lord!! I was so excited I couldn't stop shouting praises to God. Yes!! 597 people left!! (I wanted to see 600 people come to Christ this quarter.)
After GTM, David came back to our apartment and told us that there's something very urgent we have to pray for right now. He said, his friend's brother, Sam, sent him a text message saying, "Good bye brother, take care of mom." Something like that. David has known these two brothers ever since they were very young and so he came and asked us for prayer support. We all prayed for Sam for about 15min, and David felt a conviction that everything is going to be alright. I felt the same way as well. The crazy thing was, right after we shared about the confirmation, Sam's friend called and told David that everything is fine now, Sam called and he is coming home. It was amazing. God answers prayers so quickly, it's incredible.
I had a vision for Sam. I saw a baby who just started to walk, stands before me. Looked at me with innocent and clueless eyes, then walked away with that cute baby walk. Next to the baby was a dead wolf. When I see this my heart was aching and I did not know why. I shared it with David and he interpretation was... Sam is that little baby, seeking cluelessly for acceptance and trying to prove himself. God saved him by killing that wolf, which was the enemy that tells him all these lies and eventually told him to die. However, little Sam is still clueless of what just happened, and God's heart aches for his little baby boy because He loves him so much yet he does not notice. God loves him so much... We just need to pray for him and his family more.
I had a vision for Sam. I saw a baby who just started to walk, stands before me. Looked at me with innocent and clueless eyes, then walked away with that cute baby walk. Next to the baby was a dead wolf. When I see this my heart was aching and I did not know why. I shared it with David and he interpretation was... Sam is that little baby, seeking cluelessly for acceptance and trying to prove himself. God saved him by killing that wolf, which was the enemy that tells him all these lies and eventually told him to die. However, little Sam is still clueless of what just happened, and God's heart aches for his little baby boy because He loves him so much yet he does not notice. God loves him so much... We just need to pray for him and his family more.
BTW, CRAZY REVIVAL HAPPENING IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA, RIGHT NOW!!!
GO CHECK OUT JAESON MA'S BLOG!!!!! YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE ON GOD TV!
God!! Send Your revival fire to California!!! To my school!!!
-sala<3
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Prayers & Visions
sAlice just found a crystal light blue gemstone on the floor of our bathroom!! It's perfectly cut and it's just beautiful!! We will show it to you guys on Sunday. =)
Didn't have class today so went city invasion with Jennifer, Joy and Eric. Went to Alhambra library and started to look for targets to pray for. I think it was the second group that we started to talk to, a woman and a man approached us and asked us for prayers. The woman just got out from jail a few months ago, and she was completely changed by God!! She prayed for us, and in her prayer she started to name all these sins that she's done, and she was repenting to the Lord. I was extremely encouraged and amazed at her courage to say them out loud in front of total strangers. Of course I shared that with her, and as we were praying for her and the guy, she started to weep. She said to me, "The Lord is coming very soon."
We were also praying for a group of skaters, getting to know them, chatting with them, and also prophesying over them. These kids are not all from Alhambra, however they get together and practice skateboard. After praying for them, Joy, Eric, and Jen were just chatting with them when I feel this ache inside of my heart for these kids that I wanted to weep for them so badly. I didn't understand why and where it came from at that time. However, when I was talking to Eric in the car later, he told me how all these kids are very broken up, a lot of the issues are from broken families. Then I realized, the Lord was letting me feel how He feels for these kids, how He loved these kids and how He sees their pain and burden in their lives. God is amazing. His love is so awesome... for each and every one of us. I'm in awe.
Later, went to One Thing conference where I met Tina and Lina. They are from the Calvary Chapel. During our conversation, Lina said to me, "The Lord is coming very soon." I was like, hum, interesting, two total strangers said the same thing to me on the same day. Then later in Lou's message, actually at the very end of it, he asked us to shout a roar of declaration of the coming King. I think that is another confirmation. The Lord has been releasing this urgency of the hour to more and more of His people. Me and Jennifer were just talking about how God is speeding up in everything that He does. Why is He speeding up? Why now? Seriously, God answers prayers faster than ever now. Today at Alhambra library I was just praying for God to bring a friend that I know to where I was, so I can pray for that person. Then within the next minute, I turned and saw my friend, Lisa, walking right in front of me. She was there to tutor some kids, but boy, God answers fast! Totally crazy!!
Last night, I was driving home when I saw one of the street lights were flashing and the light was dying. I lifted my hand towards that light and just told it to stop flashing in Jesus' Name. And it just stopped flashing, and the light was brightened up to normal. My hand was a bit numb after I did that. It was so crazy. I kept on checking in my rare mirror to see if it really stopped flashing, and it never flashed again. Amazing!!!
When I was driving to meet up with Joy, Eric, Howard, Miguel, and George for dinner, I drove pass by a girl who was sitting at the side of the road with her head down on her knees. I felt an sudden urge to go pray for her, so I U-turned and parked my car across from her. I went up to her and asked her what's wrong. She seemed surprised and told me that she is having a headache. Her job was to go knock door to door and try to advertise some products. Her name is Myla. I offered her a prayer, and afterwards she said she felt a lot better. She told me that she was just taking a nap because her head hurts a lot, but as soon as I approached her, she felt a lot better right then. Craziness!! We exchanged numbers and I plan to bring her to One Thing tmr, if not, Sunday service. She's a Catholic but she said she hasn't been going to church for a while now, but she prays every now and then. She kept on saying, "This is so crazy. Thank you for doing this." She was so overwhelmed by how much God cares about her. Lord, thank You for using me again. Keep using me!!! I have a conviction to disciple her. I will do it.
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[Thursday Prayer Room]
Visions I saw for Chris & Kevin
1. A fisherman who's got a crazily good harvest on seafood
2. A king whose crown was removed by someone
(Don't know which one is which because they look the same. lol)
Vision I saw for IMPACT
- 5 black round stones lying in a perfect circle.
--> It's when the 5 fold ministries are all matured, then the water will be stirred up.
(Shared with Jack and he said he believes so as well.)
Eric said I will pour out water unto seeds to let them rotten and die, then new sprouts will burst out. We'll see how that works, but I'm encouraged.
Random vision....
- An Asian killer who is holding a black gun.
Just be faithful on small things the Lord gives you, then He will give you more.
-sala<3
Didn't have class today so went city invasion with Jennifer, Joy and Eric. Went to Alhambra library and started to look for targets to pray for. I think it was the second group that we started to talk to, a woman and a man approached us and asked us for prayers. The woman just got out from jail a few months ago, and she was completely changed by God!! She prayed for us, and in her prayer she started to name all these sins that she's done, and she was repenting to the Lord. I was extremely encouraged and amazed at her courage to say them out loud in front of total strangers. Of course I shared that with her, and as we were praying for her and the guy, she started to weep. She said to me, "The Lord is coming very soon."
We were also praying for a group of skaters, getting to know them, chatting with them, and also prophesying over them. These kids are not all from Alhambra, however they get together and practice skateboard. After praying for them, Joy, Eric, and Jen were just chatting with them when I feel this ache inside of my heart for these kids that I wanted to weep for them so badly. I didn't understand why and where it came from at that time. However, when I was talking to Eric in the car later, he told me how all these kids are very broken up, a lot of the issues are from broken families. Then I realized, the Lord was letting me feel how He feels for these kids, how He loved these kids and how He sees their pain and burden in their lives. God is amazing. His love is so awesome... for each and every one of us. I'm in awe.
Later, went to One Thing conference where I met Tina and Lina. They are from the Calvary Chapel. During our conversation, Lina said to me, "The Lord is coming very soon." I was like, hum, interesting, two total strangers said the same thing to me on the same day. Then later in Lou's message, actually at the very end of it, he asked us to shout a roar of declaration of the coming King. I think that is another confirmation. The Lord has been releasing this urgency of the hour to more and more of His people. Me and Jennifer were just talking about how God is speeding up in everything that He does. Why is He speeding up? Why now? Seriously, God answers prayers faster than ever now. Today at Alhambra library I was just praying for God to bring a friend that I know to where I was, so I can pray for that person. Then within the next minute, I turned and saw my friend, Lisa, walking right in front of me. She was there to tutor some kids, but boy, God answers fast! Totally crazy!!
Last night, I was driving home when I saw one of the street lights were flashing and the light was dying. I lifted my hand towards that light and just told it to stop flashing in Jesus' Name. And it just stopped flashing, and the light was brightened up to normal. My hand was a bit numb after I did that. It was so crazy. I kept on checking in my rare mirror to see if it really stopped flashing, and it never flashed again. Amazing!!!
When I was driving to meet up with Joy, Eric, Howard, Miguel, and George for dinner, I drove pass by a girl who was sitting at the side of the road with her head down on her knees. I felt an sudden urge to go pray for her, so I U-turned and parked my car across from her. I went up to her and asked her what's wrong. She seemed surprised and told me that she is having a headache. Her job was to go knock door to door and try to advertise some products. Her name is Myla. I offered her a prayer, and afterwards she said she felt a lot better. She told me that she was just taking a nap because her head hurts a lot, but as soon as I approached her, she felt a lot better right then. Craziness!! We exchanged numbers and I plan to bring her to One Thing tmr, if not, Sunday service. She's a Catholic but she said she hasn't been going to church for a while now, but she prays every now and then. She kept on saying, "This is so crazy. Thank you for doing this." She was so overwhelmed by how much God cares about her. Lord, thank You for using me again. Keep using me!!! I have a conviction to disciple her. I will do it.
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[Thursday Prayer Room]
Visions I saw for Chris & Kevin
1. A fisherman who's got a crazily good harvest on seafood
2. A king whose crown was removed by someone
(Don't know which one is which because they look the same. lol)
Vision I saw for IMPACT
- 5 black round stones lying in a perfect circle.
--> It's when the 5 fold ministries are all matured, then the water will be stirred up.
(Shared with Jack and he said he believes so as well.)
Eric said I will pour out water unto seeds to let them rotten and die, then new sprouts will burst out. We'll see how that works, but I'm encouraged.
Random vision....
- An Asian killer who is holding a black gun.
Just be faithful on small things the Lord gives you, then He will give you more.
-sala<3
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
"Can We Pray For You?" + Campus Invasion
Today me, Crystal, and Jeff were holding the sign, "Can We Pray For You?", in front of the Belltower. That is the center of the whole campus, which is where we had our Love Tent event. From 1pm - 2pm we prayed for a total of 15 people!! So many people were trying to avoid eye contacts with us, a few said, "Sure, pray for me! Thanks!" then walked right off, and only one person was making fun of us. Haha, I was totally excited I didn't care how people might think of me. I had so much fun!! :)
(You don't have to read all of them... this is just for my record. lol)
1. Brian
Right after we started holding the signs, this Asian guy came up to us. His booth was right next to us and he is running for the student president. He asked us to pray for him, his team, and for the election. We found out that Brian and his team were the only Christians in the election, and he really had the heart to bring light into the darkness of college student lifestyles. He said, "I know it seems impossible, but I really want to see this happen." We encouraged him and prayed for him, he said he felt much better afterwards.
2. John and his team
After we prayed for Brian, three people came up to us and encouraged us to continue, that it encourages them a lot!! We started to talk to them and found out that they are from Greg Laurie's church, Harvest. They were on campus to pass out fliers for their college group meetings. The leader, John, read an email from his PDA to us, which was written by a parent. The parent was praising God and thanking them for passing out the fliers at school, because her daughter got one, went to the meeting, and is more fired up for God than the parent's ever seen before. John said, "You never know what a flier could do!" We were encouraged, prayed for them and they left.
3. Hector
He was walking pass by, and we asked if we could offer him a prayer. He turned back to us asked for us to pray for his great aunt's Alzheimer. Even though he left right after he told us what to pray for, we prayed for his aunt right there out loud so he could hear.
4. Justin
We saw Justin, president of AACF, and called him over. He was heading to do evangelizing at our student center. His idea was to either buy food to treat people, or just pay for whatever food people are buying, and use that to evangelize. That's pretty cool because Crystal's been having this idea of buying cheese burgers to pass out on the street to evangelize. She was really excited!! Prayed for him. Ps. Justin has crazy guitar skills, and it came totally from God!!
5. Ethel
She's Jeff's friend so she came up to say hi to him. We offered her a prayer and she said, "Sure!" She didn't have any specific prayer requests so we just blessed her.
6. Christian
He was also walking pass by when we asked him if we could pray for him. He turned back and said, "Actually yes, can you guys pray for my girlfriend? The doctor found a lump in her breast and they are not sure what it is yet. The result comes out tomorrow." I shared with him what has happened to Sam Wood's kidney, he was totally encouraged and convinced that God will work His miracle on his girlfriend, Elizabeth. He is a believer so we all prayed together for Elizabeth. I gave him my number so after the check-ups tomorrow, he will call me up and tell me the results! Keep Elizabeth in your prayers people!!! Our God is amazing!
7. Geneva
She agreed to be prayed for, and so we prayed for her health.
8. Ralph
He lost his laptop, and I shared with him the testimony of "God I want my knife back!" and my testimony of getting back my ID card miraculously. I told him that God is very big and almighty, but He is also very personal and tight with us. He cares about every little details of our lives. Ralph seemed half convinced, but agreed to let us pray for him. However, before we could pray for him, he took off... uh, ok.
9. Taylor
Prayed a general blessing over him.
10. Jason
Crystal's friend, Jason, came to say hi to her and we asked if we could pray for him. At first he was kind of hesitating, but we convinced him that God answers prayers and He really cares. So we laid our hands on him and prayed for his school work and for God to give him strength.
11. 2 girls and 1 guy
Their church is going to have a praise night on the weekend, so we prayed for that.
15. Leo
My friend, came to say hi to me, I offered him a prayer. Even though he is not religious, according to him, he agreed to let us pray over him. We prayed with our eyes opened because Leo is not familiar with prayers, and just blessed his family in general. He appreciated it, and it was pretty cool.
Afterwards we found out that at the same time that we were praying for people, another group of people were praying for others as well. No one knew who those people were, but it's very encouraging!! :)
Later at 4pm we had our leadership meeting with all the leaders from different fellowships, and people who had the burden for campus ministry. Around 20 people were gathered at the Commons, which is our student center. This time, a few leaders who did not participate in the Love Tent event came out as well. We all shared about how we envision the campus ministry at UCR is like, and the things that the Lord has been placed in our hearts. Many people talked about a culture of prayer, and the importance to set examples for our followers and disciples. Before I was going to share about City Invasion, or in this case, Campus Invasion, Thomas started to share about Prophetic Evangelism, which is the same thing as Campus Invasion. Man, God had mercy on me, because I didn't know how to put them in the right words, but Thomas just said it all. Nice! From now on all the leaders will meet up once a week to pray together, to share testimonies, and to go out for Campus Invasion. After the meeting, we prayed and went out for Campus Invasion. :) Soooo many cool testimonies were brought back!!
2 PEOPLE ACCEPTED JESUS!! 1 PERSON GOT HEALED!!
Me, Amanda, and Cassie went to the Rivera library. In front of the library, me and Cassie saw this guy standing by himself, smoking. We went over to him just because he is alone. We didn't feel the Lord telling us to go or anything. lol. I started a conversation with him...
"Hi, what's your name?"
"Uh... I'm Cang."
"Hi Cang, I'm Sarah." "Hi, I'm Cassie."
Awkward silence............
"Um, we are just wondering around talking to strangers. So here we are, talking to you!"
"Uh... okay?"
Seriously I did not know how to talk to him.... = =|||| It was very awkward. hahaha....
Well, then I started to talk about God's love, and how tangible it is. I asked him if he had a girlfriend, he did, so I said, "You know that tangible feeling of love, God's love is just as tangible as that. Would you like to experience it?"
Now, I thought he would say, "Uh... Naw it's alright." He looked very gangster ok, with bling earrings and an almost bold head.
However, he said, "Um, sure."
I got very excited and pretty surprised. I started to tell him about how he can received that love, and how God is not a "pushy" God. He will only go into your heart when you allow Him to. I asked him, "How would you like to have all of your sins be cleared up, washed right off?? Wouldn't that be cool?" He said, "Yea, it would." I talked some more and explained to him what a prayer was and how to say a prayer to God. He said, "Well I'm a Buddhist, is that ok?" I was like, "Totally!! God loves every single person on Earth!!" Then I asked him to repeat after me, and I led him to say to sinner's prayer. Isn't that sweet?? I never thought it could be so easy because he just looked like he doesn't care about anything. You know, those gangster guys?? But right there! He accepted Jesus into his heart!!! My goodness, I was screaming after he left. HALLELUJAH!!! He had to take off so I didn't get to get his info, but thankfully, Amanda has class with him so she got his info in class. Praise the Lord!!!!
Justin, who randomly joined us at the leadership meeting, went and talked to a stranger, whose name is Mark. Mark is a bio-chem major, and so Justin shared with him about how he was a bio. major himself when he was a freshmen. At that time Justin was a backslider and has stopped going to church for a long time, later he found out how tiresome it was and how wasteful of time it was to study science every day without having much time to sleep. Justin shared with Mark that during an earthquake, Justin realized that he could die right there and then and he would not be in heaven, so he switched major and went back to church. He repented before the Lord and re-accepted Jesus into his heart, and now he is living with a purpose and with the happiness and peace he could not find before. After Justin finished sharing, Mark asked him, "So what can I do??" Mark happens to be a backslider who hasn't been to church for a few years now, and Justin led him to repent and accept Jesus into his heart once again. It was beautiful!! :)
Me, Cassie, and Amanda, prayed for my friend, Joon, 's wrist. He has injured it a few days ago, and after two prayers, 99% of the injury was healed at the spot!!! :D I believe that God has already healed it completely by now. Hallelujah!!! The Lord is gooooooooood and faithful!!
These are just the highlights of all the wonderful testimonies that were brought back. The entire Invasion was only about an hour. lol. Sweet Jesus!!
I want more of You!!!!!<3
-sala<3
(You don't have to read all of them... this is just for my record. lol)
1. Brian
Right after we started holding the signs, this Asian guy came up to us. His booth was right next to us and he is running for the student president. He asked us to pray for him, his team, and for the election. We found out that Brian and his team were the only Christians in the election, and he really had the heart to bring light into the darkness of college student lifestyles. He said, "I know it seems impossible, but I really want to see this happen." We encouraged him and prayed for him, he said he felt much better afterwards.
2. John and his team
After we prayed for Brian, three people came up to us and encouraged us to continue, that it encourages them a lot!! We started to talk to them and found out that they are from Greg Laurie's church, Harvest. They were on campus to pass out fliers for their college group meetings. The leader, John, read an email from his PDA to us, which was written by a parent. The parent was praising God and thanking them for passing out the fliers at school, because her daughter got one, went to the meeting, and is more fired up for God than the parent's ever seen before. John said, "You never know what a flier could do!" We were encouraged, prayed for them and they left.
3. Hector
He was walking pass by, and we asked if we could offer him a prayer. He turned back to us asked for us to pray for his great aunt's Alzheimer. Even though he left right after he told us what to pray for, we prayed for his aunt right there out loud so he could hear.
4. Justin
We saw Justin, president of AACF, and called him over. He was heading to do evangelizing at our student center. His idea was to either buy food to treat people, or just pay for whatever food people are buying, and use that to evangelize. That's pretty cool because Crystal's been having this idea of buying cheese burgers to pass out on the street to evangelize. She was really excited!! Prayed for him. Ps. Justin has crazy guitar skills, and it came totally from God!!
5. Ethel
She's Jeff's friend so she came up to say hi to him. We offered her a prayer and she said, "Sure!" She didn't have any specific prayer requests so we just blessed her.
6. Christian
He was also walking pass by when we asked him if we could pray for him. He turned back and said, "Actually yes, can you guys pray for my girlfriend? The doctor found a lump in her breast and they are not sure what it is yet. The result comes out tomorrow." I shared with him what has happened to Sam Wood's kidney, he was totally encouraged and convinced that God will work His miracle on his girlfriend, Elizabeth. He is a believer so we all prayed together for Elizabeth. I gave him my number so after the check-ups tomorrow, he will call me up and tell me the results! Keep Elizabeth in your prayers people!!! Our God is amazing!
7. Geneva
She agreed to be prayed for, and so we prayed for her health.
8. Ralph
He lost his laptop, and I shared with him the testimony of "God I want my knife back!" and my testimony of getting back my ID card miraculously. I told him that God is very big and almighty, but He is also very personal and tight with us. He cares about every little details of our lives. Ralph seemed half convinced, but agreed to let us pray for him. However, before we could pray for him, he took off... uh, ok.
9. Taylor
Prayed a general blessing over him.
10. Jason
Crystal's friend, Jason, came to say hi to her and we asked if we could pray for him. At first he was kind of hesitating, but we convinced him that God answers prayers and He really cares. So we laid our hands on him and prayed for his school work and for God to give him strength.
11. 2 girls and 1 guy
Their church is going to have a praise night on the weekend, so we prayed for that.
15. Leo
My friend, came to say hi to me, I offered him a prayer. Even though he is not religious, according to him, he agreed to let us pray over him. We prayed with our eyes opened because Leo is not familiar with prayers, and just blessed his family in general. He appreciated it, and it was pretty cool.
Afterwards we found out that at the same time that we were praying for people, another group of people were praying for others as well. No one knew who those people were, but it's very encouraging!! :)
Later at 4pm we had our leadership meeting with all the leaders from different fellowships, and people who had the burden for campus ministry. Around 20 people were gathered at the Commons, which is our student center. This time, a few leaders who did not participate in the Love Tent event came out as well. We all shared about how we envision the campus ministry at UCR is like, and the things that the Lord has been placed in our hearts. Many people talked about a culture of prayer, and the importance to set examples for our followers and disciples. Before I was going to share about City Invasion, or in this case, Campus Invasion, Thomas started to share about Prophetic Evangelism, which is the same thing as Campus Invasion. Man, God had mercy on me, because I didn't know how to put them in the right words, but Thomas just said it all. Nice! From now on all the leaders will meet up once a week to pray together, to share testimonies, and to go out for Campus Invasion. After the meeting, we prayed and went out for Campus Invasion. :) Soooo many cool testimonies were brought back!!
2 PEOPLE ACCEPTED JESUS!! 1 PERSON GOT HEALED!!
Me, Amanda, and Cassie went to the Rivera library. In front of the library, me and Cassie saw this guy standing by himself, smoking. We went over to him just because he is alone. We didn't feel the Lord telling us to go or anything. lol. I started a conversation with him...
"Hi, what's your name?"
"Uh... I'm Cang."
"Hi Cang, I'm Sarah." "Hi, I'm Cassie."
Awkward silence............
"Um, we are just wondering around talking to strangers. So here we are, talking to you!"
"Uh... okay?"
Seriously I did not know how to talk to him.... = =|||| It was very awkward. hahaha....
Well, then I started to talk about God's love, and how tangible it is. I asked him if he had a girlfriend, he did, so I said, "You know that tangible feeling of love, God's love is just as tangible as that. Would you like to experience it?"
Now, I thought he would say, "Uh... Naw it's alright." He looked very gangster ok, with bling earrings and an almost bold head.
However, he said, "Um, sure."
I got very excited and pretty surprised. I started to tell him about how he can received that love, and how God is not a "pushy" God. He will only go into your heart when you allow Him to. I asked him, "How would you like to have all of your sins be cleared up, washed right off?? Wouldn't that be cool?" He said, "Yea, it would." I talked some more and explained to him what a prayer was and how to say a prayer to God. He said, "Well I'm a Buddhist, is that ok?" I was like, "Totally!! God loves every single person on Earth!!" Then I asked him to repeat after me, and I led him to say to sinner's prayer. Isn't that sweet?? I never thought it could be so easy because he just looked like he doesn't care about anything. You know, those gangster guys?? But right there! He accepted Jesus into his heart!!! My goodness, I was screaming after he left. HALLELUJAH!!! He had to take off so I didn't get to get his info, but thankfully, Amanda has class with him so she got his info in class. Praise the Lord!!!!
Justin, who randomly joined us at the leadership meeting, went and talked to a stranger, whose name is Mark. Mark is a bio-chem major, and so Justin shared with him about how he was a bio. major himself when he was a freshmen. At that time Justin was a backslider and has stopped going to church for a long time, later he found out how tiresome it was and how wasteful of time it was to study science every day without having much time to sleep. Justin shared with Mark that during an earthquake, Justin realized that he could die right there and then and he would not be in heaven, so he switched major and went back to church. He repented before the Lord and re-accepted Jesus into his heart, and now he is living with a purpose and with the happiness and peace he could not find before. After Justin finished sharing, Mark asked him, "So what can I do??" Mark happens to be a backslider who hasn't been to church for a few years now, and Justin led him to repent and accept Jesus into his heart once again. It was beautiful!! :)
Me, Cassie, and Amanda, prayed for my friend, Joon, 's wrist. He has injured it a few days ago, and after two prayers, 99% of the injury was healed at the spot!!! :D I believe that God has already healed it completely by now. Hallelujah!!! The Lord is gooooooooood and faithful!!
These are just the highlights of all the wonderful testimonies that were brought back. The entire Invasion was only about an hour. lol. Sweet Jesus!!
I want more of You!!!!!<3
-sala<3
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