During a tent festival in Ufa, an old lady approached me and, with tears in her eyes, she said, “I want to be healed! I want to be healed!” “But does God want to heal you?” I asked her. And she answered, “I do not...
To represent Christ means to live a life of Christian adventure. It is daring—supernaturally exciting—as you challenge yourself and the world. It is not a boring, static, unimaginative or isolated life. You enter into the heart of Christ’s victory. You can sing in the middle...
Religion cannot help you. It has ritual, tradition, and history—yet it has no life to offer. Religion has postured itself as the connection to God, and requires you to go through various forms and rituals in order to keep this connection. The Good News is that...
The present religious systems that fill the earth do not bring life. Religion is unattractive to the world because of its accumulation of rules, practices, and theories that have been added to the purity of God’s record left for us. It’s like the Mississippi River. Where...
Many people view God as living somewhere very far away; a mighty and cruel God who doesn’t care how people live here on earth. Others see Him in a huge office, very busy with a lot of work and absolutely no time for them. They look...
Today we share excerpts from a remarkable letter we just received for associate evangelists ministering in the refugee camps of Europe. …The most overwhelming adventure is our visit and ministry to the 7,000 Muslim refugees at the Calais Jungle [a refugee tent-camp just outside Calais, France,...
There was a young man at one of our services who was mentally ill. Because of his illness, he could not speak clearly. It was almost impossible to understand what he was saying. His life was terrible: he lived in the streets, feeding from the...
Many years ago, my husband and I went to the Philippines where I preached to a big congregation. I remember how during the sermon the Holy Spirit urged me to repeat again and again, “Jesus saves! Jesus heals! Jesus saves! Jesus heals! Jesus saves! Jesus...