Final night of Mardi Gras Outreach 2012

The joint Praise Rally at the amphitheater just outside Jackson Square was one of those events that you rarely see in the "church world." By joint I mean that more than 800 believers gathered at one spot and assembled around a worship band that led passionate praise in public for about 45 minutes while inserting times of intense prayer for the city of New Orleans and more specifically the Mardi Gras event. I would say that 90% percent of those gathered were doing some sort of evangelistic outreach during Mardi Gras. This tells me that their level of passion is up about three levels from the average believer, the intensity of prayer and praise was elevated accordingly. Which all makes for one enjoyable experience. A REAL SHOT IN THE ARM AS FAR AS  THE LAST NIGHT OF OUTREACH GOES.

Our team used this a shot in the arm to go into the fields that are white unto harvest. (John 4:35). We believed that our strategy for the evening was to move up and down ROYAL searching for the divine appointments. Some members of our team had made purple NECKLACES WITH THE WORDLESS BOOK BEADS and they shared the GOSPEL using these tools. They made over 30 necklaces and gave them all away in conversations through the night. Many of these ended with them praying with these individuals.

 

During the PRAISE RALLY we prayed specifically for PRODIGAL SONS AND DAUGHTERS to come home. I believed that this was our specific assignment for the night and we prayed accordingly as we moved up and down ROYAL.

My DIVINE APPOINTMENT for the entire outreach happened during this time. His name was Chris and he approached me (SEX ED) asking what this saying on a t-shirt meant (INVERT THE VIRGIN). I told him I had no idea but I was interested so would he go find out and come back and tell me. He went and had a conversation with the individual wearing the t-shirt then came back to say it was and advertisement for a band.  The HOLY SPIRIT enabled me to turn the conversation to being a FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. In this conversation I found out that Chris was a PRODIGAL SON WHO HAD TURNED HIS HEART FROM FOLLOWING CHRIST  to anger bitterness and resentment due to the fact that his 22 month old daughter and wife were  killed by DRUNK DRIVER. Due to this tragedy he quit FOLLOWING CHRIST and began to medicate his pain with alcohol. Long story made short is I was able to bring him to the point of decision and he turned and literally ran from me. This broke my heart and I cannot stop thinking and praying for Chris.

I know that God placed me in his path and orchestrated this opportunity.

WHO WILL GOD PLACE IN YOUR PATH??????

ARE YOU WILLING FOR HIM TO USE YOU AS AN INSTRUMENT OF HIS GRACE FOR ALL THE CHRIS' IN THE WORLD. My prayer is that you will open up your heart and be ready to  allow the HOLY SPIRIT TO FLOW THROUGH YOU.

Blessings,

Ed