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and welcome to our internet home. Loraine and I have been traveling in the USA and
elsewhere in the world for the past 12 years. It has been an amazing experience
to see what God has done in almost 2900 meetings all over the globe.
The name of our ministry "Times of
Refreshing Ministries" is taken from Act 3:19 "When times of
refreshing come from the presence of the Lord" We have literally seen the
refreshing of the Lord poured out on dry and thirsty souls.
It made no difference whether it was a charismatic
church or a non charismatic church. We have held revivals in Southern Baptist,
Northern Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Open Bible, Church of God, Assembly of God,
Pentecostal Holiness and so many more, and in spite of the doctrinal differences, God
touched hearts and changed lives. (Revival is God’s
direction for man’s reception)
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Wauchula,
Florida Meetings.
I was due to preach in Wauchula on Sunday
15, but due to Hurricane Charley the meeting was
cancelled. My brother, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne's church "The
River" to come and help cleanup the aftermath.
We had about 50 people show up from The River and
another 10 from passers by. It was amazing to see
the provision of God, so shortly afterof the hurricane.
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I wanted to do something to help Pastor Barry & Judy
Taylor, so I set up a domain
http://barrytaylorministries.us See the
amazing photo's of the Hurricane's forceful damage to
Wauchula and also the cleanup volunteers.
CLICK HERE NOW
There is an urgent need in the City. If you would
like to help financially, you may make a tax deductible
donation via the web site above.
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It made no
difference whether we were in the USA, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Africa, Australia or
Europe, God moved equally because he is no respecter of persons. The touch of God
came because people had a longing to receive more of Him.
Language and culture, did not make
a difference. We have seen the same move of God touching the lives of people right
across the globe. (this clip from Boras Sweden captures some of the
intensity of the worship)
We began to see the Body of Christ like HE sees us.
In all our striving to be more like Jesus, we get a revelation of who and what He
is. However, it is what we do with that revelation that counts.
We often place our own interpretation on what God is
trying to communicate with us. The church has allowed those differences to divide
rather than to allow the Spirit of God to guide us into all truth and realize that there
is none who has absolute truth. No matter how perfect we become doctrinally, we are
still that eathern vessel into which God has placed His precious treasure.
The thing I have discovered is the God loves people
in spite of their denominational leaning and in spite of their doctrinal errors. He
loves them with His perfect love and sees what they will become when He finally gains
access to their entire heart, soul and mind.
That is why revival is imperative. Revival is a
state of your heart. According to the dictionary, Revival is
the act of reviving or condition of being revived. It’s
synonyms are : Restoration, Renovation, Revitalization,
Rekindling, Resuscitation.
When God revives you, one, you get
restored, renovated, revitalized, your flame is rekindled and He resuscitates you, so that
you can become more effective for God. Your first love for Jesus is restored and winning
souls and bringing others into a brand new relationship with God becomes your prime
objective.
Lady from Austria touched in Seattle Meetings
Where do you fit in the Revival
Picture? If you are dry and thirsty, then Jesus says in John 7:38 "If any
man (includes women) is thirsty, let him come unto me and drink and out of his innermost
being will flow rivers of living water."
Oh how we need that living water
flowing again. Spend time in the presence of the Lord (listen to one of our worship
services)
God bless you richly.
Gil & Loraine Howard-Browne
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