Met a Hero Today

Today I met a true hero; her name is Sarah Graefe and she is a missionary that just came home from Harar, Ethiopia. Sarah spent the last 9 months in the city of Harar working as a SOS missionary. She has many wonderful stories to tell about her time there, and when I asked her if she had any questions about her stay there her answer came quickly; "when can I go out again?!"



Sarah is a true missionary, her heart, love and passion for people shines all around her, she is like a magnet that draws people to her and leads them to Jesus! She has done a tremendous job, working at the mission base and also heading up the childrens ministry in Harar Church of Joy. Sarah, we couldn't be prouder of you, you are amazing and we know that many many will thank you in eternity for showing them the way to Jesus!

Welcome home!

/Martina Published: By: The Almqvists - 10:19 PM

Jersey Shore and Heavenly Fire

In Acts chapter one we can read about a group of 120 disciples that had locked themselves behind doors. They were hiding in the upper room. Hiding from what you may ask? Or from who? They were scared to death because they had believed that Jesus was the deliverer. And after he died and rose from dead They were accused of fabricating
his resurrection and were scared of their fellow country men, the Jews.

Reading chapter two we see the disciples preaching boldly on the streets about Jesus and them seeing thousands turn from darkness to light and receive salvation.

Question is: what happened? The answer is found in the first couple of verses of chapter two.

Holy Spirit showed up. Looked like fire. Sounded like a thunderstorm. Changed everything. Why did Holy Spirit come? First of all because Jesus said he would. But also so that we could win the world.

When Holy Spirit comes over us we are dipped in Jesus' river of liquid fire and we come out burning. That fire
- eradicates fear
- makes us bold for our King.
- shakes the ground we stand on
- enables us to win the world

This weekend is Pentecost. The Jews celebrated Pentecost as a feast of the harvest. Today Pentecost needs to be all about the harvest again; not wheat and corn but souls, souls and more souls.

I am in Lakewood, NJ with Pastor Wes Lindquist and Ricky George. They are treating me like a king. Today we had lunch at Surf Taco




Last night Ricky hosted a Pentecostal Youth Rally and my friend Greg Hubbard preached. Wow! The man can preach. He only has one gear: full speed ahead. He preached out of Num 16:42-50 where Moses and Aaron stopped the plague.

In the altar ministry time we prayed for baptisms in the Holy Spirit. Many began speaking in tongues for the first time. I prayed with several (Gypsies) teenager boys and they were baptized in fire.

When we say yes to Jesus we are on our way to heaven. But there is so much more to life than that and in order for us to experience the full life of God we need to be dipped in that river of liquid fire. The world needs Christians that are burning with that heavenly fire. Those people will change the world

Tomorrow I am preaching at Calvary Lighthouse on the Fire of God and why we preach the Gospel. It is Pentecost weekend and we need the fire.

C u soon

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Published: By: The Almqvists - 2:09 PM