Greetings from Lokoja, Nigeria!  I wish you could have been there tonight for the opening service of our Great Gospel Campaign.  There is electricity in the air and great expectation for what God will do this week.  

On my way to the field, I saw a picture of a cloud descending on the huge crowd and I am sure that the glory of God is poised to invade this city in an extraordinary way.  I preached Christ crucified tonight and then we saw the power of the Gospel demonstrated.  Many thousands received salvation and many more were miraculously healed. 

 

Have a look at the picture of a boy who had a huge, furiously swollen abscess on his leg for 5 years.  As I was praying he said he felt a “rushing wind” blow over him and the swelling miraculously disappeared!  

Please intercede for us throughout this week.  The work happening here is a matter of life and death for multitudes of people. We are co-laborers together with you and whether your calling is to pray, to pay or to preach, each one of us is a vital link in the chain of God’s purposes.  Thank you for your partnership.

More to come…

Tonight’s meeting has just come to a close here in Lokoja, Nigeria and we are rejoicing.  I preached tonight on repentance, restitution and forgiveness and I am sure that many were set free indeed.  

Proverbs 14:34 says that, “Righteousness exalts a nation…” People need salvation more than education, political ideologies, social programs or anything else.  When God has a man’s heart He has that man entirely and everything else falls into place.  Tonight thousands surrendered their hearts to Jesus and were born again into the family of God.  Have a look at the pictures of the crowd and a man who got healed in tonight’s meeting.

This morning was also the beginning of the Fire Conference.  The delegates; pastors and church workers, have come to receive an impartation of Holy Spirit power and I’m sure they will not be disappointed in Jesus name.

Tomorrow I will preach about the blood of Jesus and pray for the curses over the land to be broken.  We are in a war, on the front lines of the battle of the ages.  Please pray that every principality and power would be brought to their knees as the Gospel is preached and deliverance declared.  

We’ve just returned from tonight’s meeting here in Lokoja, Nigeria. As we were sitting on the platform, the archbishop of the Anglican Communion leaned over to Rev. Peter van den Berg and said, “The thing I love about the ministry of Christ for all Nations is that the Gospel is given preeminence and preached without apology and there are few who do that.”  We consider that a true compliment. 

Indeed, the Gospel was proclaimed tonight with boldness. I preached about the power of the blood of Jesus and thousands responded. Then we burned witchcraft items and I prayed that the curses over the land be broken in Jesus name.  What followed was nothing less than an outpouring of salvation, deliverance and healing.

• A woman crippled in her right leg for one year was totally healed. She can now walk perfectly and without pain.
• Another woman had been unable to walk or talk for over a year, but tonight Jesus healed her. 
• A man was healed after being paralyzed for the last 5 years.

Tomorrow the Fire Conference will come to a conclusion. Please pray for a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will turn Lokoja upside down. 

Together in the Harvest,

Tonight, as always, the emphasis was on the simple Gospel.  But part and parcel of the Gospel package is the infilling of the Holy Spirit.  After many thousands had responded to the call for salvation, I prayed for them to receive the baptism into the Holy Spirit (as we had done earlier that morning in the Fire Conference).  The Holy Spirit fell in mighty power and the place was shaken. 

As I started to pray for the sick it seemed like suddenly a dam was unblocked and supernatural power began to rip through the crowd.  From where I was standing on the platform I had a front row seat to the amazing spectacle.  In one place demons were manifesting.  In another place the crowd had erupted in praise as crutches were lifted into the air.  Healings, miracles and manifestations began to break out on a large scale right across the field.

• Two young men, deaf and dumb from birth repeated after me, “One, two, three…” with amazing clarity.  The uncle of one of the boys told me he had NEVER heard his nephew say anything his entire life until tonight!  
  
• A woman who was demon possessed and crippled for the past 18 years was delivered tonight.  She is not only in her right mind, but she can also walk!
• An elderly man told us that he is a former witch doctor.  When the CfaN campaign came to Okene he was born again and healed from a terrible stomach disease.  But when he surrendered his witchcraft fetishes to be burned, some of his colleagues became angry and put a curse on him that left him crippled.  Since that time he has been using a walking stick, but tonight, during the prayer all the pain left his leg and he discovered that he can now walk without the stick.

We heard many other wonderful testimonies as well and we are rejoicing because we sense a real breakthrough has taken place in the spiritual world tonight.  Praise the Lord!

Tomorrow night we have one more opportunity to see thousands of precious souls born again into the family of God.  Evangelist Bonnke will also be pronouncing blessings on the land tomorrow and we believe it will be the beginning of a new day for Lokoja. 

Please keep praying for us…

Together in the Harvest,

Another historic Gospel Campaign has just come to a climactic conclusion here in Lokoja, Nigeria.  Tonight Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke preached a clear Gospel message on repentance and the great majority of the 150,000 present prayed with him to receive salvation and forgiveness from sin.  The cross is the centerpiece of the Christian faith and everything else must revolve around it.  When the cross is preached, a resounding “Amen” can be heard from Heaven in the form of signs, wonders and miracles.

• An 8-year-old girl, deaf and dumb from birth heard and spoke tonight for the first time in her life!
• A man who had been an occultist for the past 24 years was crippled by some debilitating disease. During the campaign here, he surrendered his life to Jesus and then, last night, he brought his cultic fetishes to be destroyed.  Minutes later, during the prayer for the sick he received a miraculous healing and can now walk!
• A young lady who was crippled for 6 years had to be carried back and forth to the meetings all week.  I saw her sitting in the second row during the Fire Conference and, although I did not know what was wrong with her, I felt prompted to pray for her.  I went down and laid hands on her in the name of Jesus.  Tonight she walked up on the platform on her own…totally healed!

There were many wonderful testimonies tonight…to many for us to hear, but one thing is certain; Jesus is at work in Lokoja!!  Before the meeting came to a close, Evangelist Bonnke pronounced a prayer of blessing over the crowd and the people received it in faith shouting a mighty “AMEN” after each declaration.  As we begin the long journey home, we go with a strong sense of fulfillment, knowing that we have been about our Father’s business.  I pray that you feel that same approval from Heaven knowing that as you have prayed and given, you have been a vital part of this Divine initiative.