Seventeen years of Holy Ghost blessings
By : Gil Howard-Browne
In Acts 9, we read the account of Saul of
Tarsus’ conversion. It must have been quite a dramatic experience, especially in that
time period. He was on his way to Tarsus, to arrest and kill Christians, when suddenly, a
light shone on him from above. He fell to the floor and heard the voice of Jesus speaking
to him. The warning was loud and clear, "why are you persecuting and harassing
me?" (Amplified bible) His reaction to the touch of God is what is important. The
bible tells us that " ... trembling and was astonished, he said "what would you
have me to do?.." That was what began the process of change in Saul’s life.
An encounter with God is wonderful and refreshing, but for you to enjoy the full potential
that God intended, it needs to be accompanied by a willingness to change. We must allow
the refining fire of God to purge us and bring about His will and purpose for our lives.
There needs to come a new level of obedience to God. The resultant blessings will astound
and amaze you.
It has been almost seventeen years now (in March of 1990), when I received a
life-changing two hour encounter with God. I had been running from the call of God to
the full-time evangelistic ministry for years, but during that encounter I said yes to
God, without considering the excuses I had so often used before, i.e.: my bad marriage,
lack of finances etc.
Even though for the
prior 22 years, I was active in the ministry, when you are not in the perfect will of God,
you cannot be happy, fulfilled and blessed. There was always the deep desire for
full time ministry.
Things changed
rapidly from that day onwards. God began to bring healing to my marriage. My wife had a
wonderful encounter with God that set her free from years of depression and tranquilizer
dependence, and began a healing process in her physical body.
She was sitting in a restaurant in upstate New York, when she got hit with uncontrollable
laughter. It lasted all night and into the next morning. God healed her from a blood
disorder, arthritis, and the remnants of a stroke. My two teenagers, got hit with the Holy
Ghost and fell in love with Jesus. They were never keen to go to church before, but now
they wanted to be in every meeting. It has changed them forever.
We have done over three thousand revival meetings in South Africa, USA, Canada, Germany,
Scotland, Hong Kong and the Philippines. We have seen thousands come to a saving knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ and have seen many healed, and set free from physical and
emotional bondage. ( See
the testimonies section)
When God visits you and you have a Holy Ghost encounter, don't miss the change in your
life that He wants to bring. It will be so good that you will think that you died and went
to heaven. God is not looking for super saints, just yielded humans. Isaiah 43:19 "I
will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth, will you not know it? I will make a way in
the wilderness and rivers in the desert ... " We are seeing the flood of the Holy
Ghost rising all over the world. It is touching every denomination and flowing into every
country. What a great privilege to be living at this time.
God bless you.
Gil and
Loraine Howard-Browne
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