Phillippines Crusade Report

 Friends & Family, Hello from the Philippines. First day - Sunday - preached 5 times. Started at 7:30am. Preached or laid hands on people for 9.5 hours without stopping except for a 30 min lunch break! Highlight of the day was a 2:30 pm meeting with the Catholic Charismatic Youth Alive! What a story!

In 1993 a visiting Catholic priest came to the RODNEY HOWARD-BROWNE revival. He was touched by God. He invited Gil Howard-Browne to his youth rally's a few years later. Today I came and we had a HOLY GHOST BLOW OUT! Over 400 young people were on the floor in the Holy Spirit. Dozens came forward because they were away from God. Several parents who were looking in on the meeting were also saved! The Glory fell during praise & worship. You have NEVER ever heard anything like it! These kids are very sensitive to the Holy Spirit. They had a mirror ball spinning on the ceiling of the stage for youthful atmosphere. They had a statue of Mary with burning candles next to my pulpit.

So when I preached on the Power of the Holy Spirit falling in Acts 2, I reminded them that the Blessed Virgin was in attendance in the upper room and she spoke in tongues! They all cheered! Wed AM back at the Bible School. ... Wed PM another youth rally, this time in Talisae. About 1200 youth in an open side gym. Awesome dramas and dance and mime. The best I've seen in the Philippines! Over 80% responded to the altar call. I made it hard. I told them that if they came forward they would have to leave their friends, music, movies. anything that was impure. I explained it several times. Then they flooded the altar! It was awesome! The team moved in and laid hands on every one of them. Then the band kicked into gear and we danced the night away! There ain't no party like a Holy ghost party!

 Thursday AM back at the college. An anointing flowed out of me. I prophesied over several. I prophesied into the whole group. Many were empowered today. Many on my team were touched as well. ... Thursday PM. A youth rally at the host church Praise Cathedral in Cebu City. Over 800 jammed the church. They removed the chairs as well. Incredible dance teams! Awesome worship! The worship leader began singing a prophetic song that was just recently released. I will try to get the words to you soon. It's called the LION OF JUDAH. The NEW Generation listens only to the LION!

Dear Friends and Family, (Part 2)... This week in Cebu, Philippines has been incredible! Monday PM was our first youth rally. About 800 in attendance. Over 600 give their lives to God! Awesome praise and worship. Tuesday PM we went to the second city. This youth rally was in a small church that seated only 300. But we had over 500 in the building! I switched to an illustrated sermon using a banana. They loved it. I made two of them eat a banana with the peel still on! I told them that it represented religion without a personal relationship with God. The fruit was on the inside, but they had to bite through the bitter to get to it! Remove the peel of religion, and you have the pure fruit of God! Over 400 responded in the altar call! I love the Philippines!

During the day we are ministering in the A/G Bible School. They tell me that there hasn't been a strong move of the Holy Spirit for over 10 years! We are having soooo much fun! Great testimonies.

Pastor Stephen

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