They hosted another Light and Life event in the next town the coast from us. Heather and I took part in this one. Here are a few testimonies from the night:
“Last night we held a Light & Life fair at ‘The Flask’, a bar restaurant in the small coastal town of Saltcoats (Ayrshire). With a population of just 11,000 people, Saltcoats boasts some of the highest levels of unemployment; poverty; addiction; depression; crime and poor health in Scotland. Yet the Father’s heart for this wee Scottish town is one of absolute love. Just a few weeks ago I walked the streets with Gail Montgomery and my heart broke as I sensed the hopelessness; despair and depression over many of the people. Yet… I also felt the Father’s desire to pour out His Spirit on His lost sons and daughters, and to reveal Himself as a God of love who restores life, hope & identity.
Gail led the outreach and did a fantastic job of organizing the event. We had 50 volunteers from 18 local churches (this is a major miracle in itself – Seriously! - Lance’s interjection), many of them new to this type of outreach. We gathered, worshipped and invited the Holy Spirit to come… and He did. The Glory fell and the thick weighty presence of God filled every inch of the room.
As the doors opened, nearly 100 people streamed in. The place was absolutely jumping. Nine people got saved on the spot (including a Reiki practitioner and a spiritualist) and another three wanted to invite Jesus into their lives in the privacy of their own homes. Many, many people had life-changing experiential encounters with the Holy Spirit.
Just last week, the venue’s owner had considered cancelling our event but, by the end of the night, many of his staff had come for prayer and one bar-girl received Jesus as her saviour!!!
We’re still gathering testimonies but here are some of the reports so far…
Morag, a local girl came in… broken and looking ‘a bit tough’ on the outside. As she sat down the Holy Spirit revealed some words of knowledge and within minutes she was weeping and experiencing God’s love in a tangible way. She felt heat, warmth and love flowing into her – starting at her hands, travelling up her arms and eventually filling her whole frame. A few moments later she declared that she too wanted to become a follower of Jesus and invited Him into her life as Lord and saviour.
Raymond, a local guy came into the bar feeling a bit grumpy. He’d come in fully intending to get drunk but as he stood in the presence of God chatting to one of the team, the Holy Sprit healed him of a long-term shoulder injury and he was suddenly aware that the pain he’d lived with for so long had completely gone!
Brenda, a spiritualist on holiday from the Isle of Man, had been having a meal at the restaurant and felt drawn to our function room. As she sat down in the presence of God, the Holy Spirit reminded her of some previous dreams she’d had… dreams where He’d invited her to come into an intimate relationship with Him. Within minutes she’d repented and received Jesus as her saviour.
Mary came for a word of prophecy, but was in great pain. She had a crumbling hip joint and was waiting for a hip replacement. The team commanded healing and the pain completely left. She walked around afterwards grinning and commenting on how great her hip felt.
At the ‘Personality Stall’, people were swaying and stating they felt ‘tipsy’ as wave after wave of the Holy Spirit came over them. One lady received healing from a back injury and another received healing for a damaged shoulder. Many remarked on how the different words they’d received at various stalls all seemed to fit together as the Holy Spirit wove individual prophetic threads for people.
As mentioned, many of the team were new to this type of outreach, yet all of them were amazed at how the Holy Spirit ‘came through’ for them. As they laid their hands on the sick… they got healed. As they opened their mouths to prophecy… God gave relevant words of life, hope and destiny. By the end of the evening their excitement was almost un-containable.
The Flask (Saltcoats)… an incredible night in the presence of an amazing God. More Scottish fires lit, more sons and daughters brought into the Kingdom and more of God’s people activated and commissioned into His army of worshipping warriors. With each passing day the Jean Darnell prophecy of seeing spiritual fires covering the landscape of Scotland comes closer and closer to being fulfilled. What a glorious time to be alive!”
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