Happy Thursday Fam! Hope all is Glorious!
What a week it has been. Not only do we have a new administration that is bringing the Kingdom of heaven into our government, but we also have a multitude of bold men that are rising up to bring the Kingdom to the next generation.
If you follow college football, you know that we just finished the college football playoffs, which went on for several weeks. 8 teams were in the playoffs, and almost every one of them had star players that were boldly praising Jesus (and even sharing the gospel) in their post-game interviews and press conferences.
Here’s a compilation of some of this:
On Monday night, the Championship game was played between Notre Dame and Ohio State, two teams with players that were lifting up Jesus the most. This led the Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard to make this public statement:
The Championship game on Monday night was won by Ohio State, which I was excited about because although both teams have players who were publicly praising Jesus, Ohio States players are already working to lead many to faith in Christ on their campus. In fact, at the beginning of the season, they held a huge gathering on campus that attracted close to a thousand students and led to many coming to Jesus and 10,000 bibles being handed out. This made national headlines:
And memes like this went viral on social media afterwards too:
Even FOX News covered the story in detail and showed videos of the baptisms:
Here is a video of several of them being interviewed about how they came to faith. It’s amazing to see how on fire they are for Jesus:
Now, after seeing testimonies like this of revival sweeping across secular college campuses for over two years:
And after seeing young people vote conservative in record numbers this past election:
I already knew Gen Z was in revival, but to see the most popular guys on these campuses, (who are in many ways treated like gods), start to boldly praise Jesus and lead others to Him is the most amazing, confirmational sign I could have seen. And how fascinating that the national championship game was played just hours after Trump was sworn in as President??
On that note, how prophetic is it that it had been exactly 40 years since a President was sworn in at the Rotunda, and when Trump gave his speech declaring that we are entering a “Golden Age of America“- he was looking right at the painting of Pilgrims crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower:
Here’s the close up:
And, how wild is it that Joe Biden, while still the sitting President, wrote a letter to President Trump acknowledging God’s Hand over our nation since its founding and offering a prayer for America and Trump to be blessed by God:
I’d say God that is making a good case for us to believe that our nation is coming back to our Christian roots, which is essentially what was prayed for at Trumps Inauguration rally. I feel like God wants us to believe for, pray for and works towards all of this over the next season:
And how cool that all this happened at the Inauguration, while we are in the midst of our study of the Pilgrims and their founding of America? On that note, here’s a few clips from last week’s meeting:
I’m excited to gather again tonight and dive into their story even deeper!
Also, here’s one other fun fact that the Lord reminded me of this week. The last time I heard Trump give a speech in the Rotunda, was when he had a memorial service there for Billy Graham, after he graduated to heaven in 2018. In that speech Trump prayed this over America:
Exactly 32 days later is when we started the outreach ministry. Crazy to think that we were actually answers to Trump’s prayer!
Now, if all this wasn’t wild enough, on the same day as the Inauguration (and the same day as the National Championship)- a former President of Planned Parenthood died:
And Trump shut down the pro-abortion government website www.reproductiverights.gov
Seems like a sign that God is about to REALLY start tearing down these altars to baal and molech. Hallelujah!
Also interesting is that the very next day we had historic snowfall that even reached Florida for the first time in decades:
When I saw this, I thought of this verse:
“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, You will eat the best of the land; 20 But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 1:18-19
Maybe this is another sign of what God is doing in the Spirit.
Another cool thing that has happened this week is that the people that have been literally trying to take over the world (The World Economic Forum- in collusion with the UN at the WHO) met for their annual meeting. One of the agenda items for this year was to…acknowledge defeat and discuss where they go from here. Watch below:
This is amazing news because for years they have been saying that this was their plan for 2030:
The Great Reset, along with the WHO Global Pandemic Treaty (which we are out of as of this week as well) were literally setting the stage for a Daniel 7/Revelation 13 takeover of the world:
23 “This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth and trample it down and crush it. 24 As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will humble three kings. 25 And he will speak against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time. 26 But the court will convene for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. 27 Then the sovereignty, the dominion, and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the empires will serve and obey Him.’
Daniel 7:23-27
In order for this to happen though, the US had to be brought down as the world superpower. This is why we have lived through such nation crushing insanity over the last 4 years. But, now our new President just spoke to them directly and boldly told them:
Hallelujah, it is a new day of light for America…and the world!
On to the weekend…
On Friday night, we had a little bit of traffic, and we were definitely able to sow some good seeds. Here’s our new friend Bradley praying for a family:
We also saw our homeless friend Rob again, whom we met a month or so ago. Rob served 3 tours of duty in Iraq, and he was still battling some of the effects of the PTSD. Bradley and our new friend Robby ministered to him that night until about 1:30am, which was amazing.
Speaking of Robby, meeting him was a huge highlight of Friday night. Robby used to work for the ministry- Promise Keepers, as a regional leader. He helped put together the huge events that gathered millions of men across America. We really hit it off and he ended up coming back on Saturday and Sunday too. Here’s him on Saturday ministering to some young men at Riverwalk:
The testimonies that he shared about Promise Keepers were incredible. 80-100,000 men gathering together in stadiums, 7000+ of them on their faces repenting during the night, angel visitations, Glory Cloud manifestations and powerful discipleship. I also asked him about the famous event on the National Mall that gathered 1.4 million men in 1997, and hearing about it made me long for a movement like that to arise again.
Here’s a little video of the Promise Keepers amazing story:
He may be coming tonight to share his testimony, so that will be exciting!
Very interesting too that Robby was sensing from the Lord that he was supposed to put on another event and have us be part of it. Especially interesting was the timing of meeting him because the founder of Promise Keepers just graduated to heaven earlier this month.
Please keep all this in prayer as the days go on for the Lords will to be done regarding this.
On Saturday, we had a truly glorious time at the Riverwalk. We had a huge team of laborers, and the worship saturated the atmosphere with the presence of God. Here’s a video of that:
Many people were getting drawn to the Lord that night too. In fact, when I first greeted everyone and shared the gospel, two kids came right up to the platform and prayed to receive Jesus:
As I talked to them after, this girl came up to me and I shared the gospel with her too. She prayed with me after:
Later on, this couple came and listened to worship for a while and then got ministered to:
Then, while at the table, we were able to give out a lot of tracts and pray for several people to receive Jesus. One girl came up to me with her husband and said she hadn’t been to church in years but that seeing us made her want to go. They both prayed to receive Jesus, and I told them about Christian Retreat, which is close to where they live.
At another point, I was waiting for the one-person bathroom to be free (because the regular bathroom was closed for repairs) and I met four young guys who said they were believers. I got to disciple them a little bit, give them some God’s Promises books and pray with them to receive Jesus:
Then, after ministering to several other people, I was starting to feel like it was time to pack up and go because it was after 9. As I was putting the tracts away, I heard Holy Spirit say that there was one more person that I was supposed to talk to. I looked up, and I saw him right away by the railing.
He was a 12-year-old boy named Gabriel, and was sweet as can be. I gave him a tract and I asked him if there was anything I could pray for him about. He looked at me almost with a tear in his eye and he said, “my dad.”
I asked him what was going on with his dad, (expecting him to say he was sick or something) and he said…”I haven’t seen him in years.”
Gabriel then told me that his parents divorced when he was very young and that for years his dad would come and visit him regularly. He also told me that a few years ago those visits abruptly stopped. He said that with no explanation or warning, his dad completely ghosted him and his mom, and they have no idea what happened to him.
He was so visibly sad as he was telling me this, it was hard to even listen without getting emotional.
I poured into him for about 10 minutes and shared with him truths about our Heavenly Father and God’s steadfast love for us. I also gave him some perspective on why some men do this- because they feel like they are unfit to be fathers and that their children would be better off without them. I prayed with Gabriel to receive Jesus, and we also prayed for his dad.
Afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking about how sad this boys experience was, and I was so grateful that God had me stay back to minister to him.
On Sunday, it rained early in the day so the crowds at the beach were a little light, but it was still a great night.
Early on, I spoke with a man named Dolph, who was with two believers but was a self-professed skeptic. As I spoke with him, it became clear that he was hurt by the church so I began to share about how Jesus was persecuted by religious people and warned us that many more would come and misrepresent Him and mislead people. I also shared my testimony, and the good news of the gospel. Dolph listened for about 20+ minutes.
Then, before he left, I read him Ephesians 1:17-18 and I asked him if I could pray that over him. He said I could. It was such an honor to pray for this man who has had such walls up for so many years. He left thanking me and I REALLY believe that something shifted for him that night.
The rest of the night was great too. Many people took tracts, and we got to pray with and encourage a good number of people also. One other special moment for me was seeing this little girl (who has told me several times that she enjoys hearing me preach about Jesus) come up and dance during the worship. Here’s a pic:
Her mom actually brings her every week to the drum circle and because she was dancing, the mom and her friend stayed and listened for a while. It was so cool to see how God is reaching the mom through the daughter.
Before we left, a family came off the beach and Jack and Rachael began to talk to them. They were believers but needing a touch from God.
They were in town for a soccer tournament, and they sent this message to Jack a few days later:
And this was Jack and Rachael’s texts when they shared this with me:
So cool how God orchestrated all that!
BIG thanks to all the mighty warriors who braved the brisk weather and came out to minister- Amber, Thom, Gene, Isa, Bradley, Howie, Jenny, Joy, Nay, Rochelle, Mike V, Mike F, Kaitlyn, Anna, Patrick, Nathalie, Noah, Robby, Mike M, Ricardo, Jack, Rachael and Ilia. Great work everyone!
We are excited to be back out on the 941 mission fields this weekend, and also excited to take a mission trip to Tampa this Saturday for Gasparilla. Thank you so much to those who are going with us and to those who are staying back to keep the fire burning at Riverwalk. It should be an amazing time all around!
We hope to see you again soon!
Love and blessings,
Chris, Sofiya and Natalie