Sunday, May 23, 2010

AFRICAN PENTECOST! CHAWAMA CRUSADE ENDS.

We just finished the Chawama Crusade. A huge multitude had gathered tonight - the final night of this crusade. Tonight was Holy Ghost Night: we usually pray for people to receive the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and Fire on the final night of every crusade.

I preached tonight about the Blood of our Lord Jesus. I always do this on Holy Ghost night because I know that the Blood always brings down the Glory. God always answers the Blood with Fire! In the Bible the Fire of God never fell upon dry altars, but always upon Blood-soaked altars. If we want the Fire of God to fall, we must make much of, sing, shout and preach about the Cross and the Blood of our Lord Jesus!

The response to the altar call for Salvation was fantastic. The whole field, and even people standing across the field, wanted to receive the Lord Jesus.

After that the Fire of the Lord fell with Pentecostal Power. Thousands upon thousands were Baptized with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. Beautiful, tear-stained African faces turned up towards Heaven, worshiping God in other tongues, their shouts and praises ascending to the very Throne of God. The Lord responded by unleashing Wave upon Wave of his Glory upon the gathered multitude. All the way to the back of the huge crowd, the whole field seemed ablaze with the Fire of God.

Then The Lord healed the sick and the infirm. Deaf ears were opened, people's eyes were healed, tumors disappeared.... one lady testified that a huge fibroid tumor the size of an orange had completely vanished from her as Jesus touched her. Another young girl, crippled and unable to walk was carried in on a wheelbarrow; Jesus touched her and she walked and danced upon the platform, pushing her wheelbarrow in front of her as the crowd cheered shouted with boundless joy. Yet another young man paralyzed and unable to walk, got up and walked....

My dear friend Pastor John Nuzzo stood alongside me. I am glad that he could see the fruit of all the generous support that his church has been giving us all these years.

Such was the end of this crusade. This week we have been up on the mountaintops of victory, but also in the valley of sorrow at the death of the son of our brother Pastor Zulu. Yet we know in all things that our Lord is Faithful. Pastor Zulu's son is in Heaven with Jesus. Especially poignant for me is the fact that Pastor Zulu was Saved at one of our crusades here in Zambia many years ago. There are so many Pastors and Evangelists in Zambia and Zimbabwe who received Salvation in our Crusades through the years. It is a privilege to serve the Lord alongside them, even to weep with them and share their victories and even their sorrows.

Thank you for your love, your faithful giving, for joining your faith with us!

Please pray for safety my family, myself and also for my team as they travel back to Zimbabwe. I fly to Europe to preach to weeks in Sweden and Portugal. My daughter Victoria is joining me for these two weeks!

In Christ

Christopher Alam