Amazing Love Letters

Robert & Elizabeth Browning
I read a moving story about Robert Browning and his wife Elizabeth. Their story has a powerful spiritual lesson, please read it and pass it on.

Robert Browning was one of England's foremost poets and play writers during Victorian years. When he met Elizabeth Barrett she had already published four books of poetry, was 39 years old, and semi invalid. She injured her spine at age 15 and was confined in London suffering lung problems. Her father was a jealous, dominating man who refused to allow any of his children to marry. Doomed to spend her life in bed, Elizabeth became a recluse.

The publication of one of her books brought her in contact with Robert Browning. He visited her, and they often wrote to each other. He encouraged her to make efforts to get out of bed, and resume a normal life. But this was met with strong resistance from her father.  The father refused Browning from visiting her again, but the letters between them continued and they were soon in love. After a year, she escaped the bondage of her father and secretly married Browning. The moved to Italy, and it wasn't long until Elizabeth was gaining strength, and living active life. Her parents disowned her, but she wrote to them almost every week telling them how much she loved them, and wanted to reconcile. After 10 years of letter writing, she received a huge box in the mail. The box contained all the letters she had written to her parents, and not one of them was opened.

Elizabeth's love letters to her parents, have now become a precious part of English literature. Its so sad to know they were never read by her parents. The letters are heart felt, full of love and emotion. Had they just opened and read one of those letters, the relationship between them and Elizabeth could have been healed.

I've rewritten this story because of its spiritual implications. The parent wouldn't even read the letters. What a lesson about the real power of bitterness and unforgiveness. But another lesson about Gods love for the souls of men. The great effort God made to reach lost humanity and send us his love letters, the bible. Guess what, people won't even open it up and read it. Redemption and reconciliation are so close. How much pain, and emptiness could be healed if we'd just read the letters.

Update From Harold Booysen, Namibia 3-23-2012 


Hi Ps. Carnegy,
Hope you doing well.
I'm doing great, so is Nancy. The church is doing very good.
We had a very powerful revival with Ps. Ajala last week, we saw 166 people pray over 4 services, most of them are still coming. The Harvesters that just ended yesterday was also very powerful. 

Attached is a picture of Verouna Awene. She got powerfully saved during your one day revival service in Swakopmund last year.
She came for morning prayer the Friday morning after praying Thursday night, came for youth on Friday night, came for outreach Saturday morning, came the Sunday morning and never stopped coming.
Whats so powerful is that she has grown very quickly and she is very fruitful. She keeps on bringing other people to church. She is on every outreach.
Verouna is now serving God in the follow up ministry.
Thank God for the VALUE OF ONE.

Cardiff, Bristol, Bromley, Birmingham U.K.

On this U.K. trip, I preached in four churches. I started off with two services in Cardiff Wales. I landed at Heathrow airport, drove up to Wales, changed and went into service with Pastor Jacques. At the first invitation six souls came up for salvation. I knew right away, God has blessed and made this trip fruitful. From Cardiff, it was on to Bristol, Bromley and I ended in Birmingham. For years now England has been a very fruitful harvest field. Many were saved in each of those revivals. All kinds of people showed up, from hard sinners, backsliders and religious seekers to Rastas. I didn't get the usual amount of photos on this trip, but here are a few to let you see these works, and see how our investment over the years has built strong churches throughout the U.K. There is also a testimony by a former Rastafarian lady named Omana, its on the testimony page. If I had to choose a word to sum up these meetings it would be deliverance. Many testified of finding inner victory for bondages.
Bristol, worship service
Bristol, praise team is excellent
Bristol, packed services
Bristol, Ps Clyde & Aaron
Bromley, Ps Ayo, Carolyn, and kids
Bromley, Altar call
Bromley, calling on Jesus
Bromley, Altar call
Birmingham, Praise team
Birmingham, paying close attention
Birmingham, Young, old, black, white..for Jesus
Birmingham, serious sounds
Birmingham, Ps Joe & family
Birmingham, packed house

Spring Lake/Greenville, N.C.

Pastor Greg Myers leading worship, Greenville
The state of North Carolina has one of the most exciting moves of God we've seen on the east coast. I had the joy of joining with two congregations on this trip. I preached revival meetings in Spring Lake, and Greenville. Lots of good things happened in those 10 days. Both of these churches have on fire young folks, who are in love with Jesus. Greenville is home the the East Carolina University, and Spring Lake is home to Ft Bragg U.S. Army Post. These cities are a hub of activity. Its good seeing how God raised up pastors to reap this great harvest of souls. I've put a few photos here to give you a sample of how the Holy Spirit visited these churches during the meetings. 
A real praying brother, Spring Lake
Young but hungry, Spring Lake
Amazing presence of God, Spring Lake
10 young teens got saved, Spring Lake
a young growing congregation, Spring Lake
Pastor Torey & Stacia, Spring Lake
saying yes to Jesus, Greenville
Pastor Greg & June Myers, Greenville
Greenville got disciples

MORNING MERCY

The bible, in Lam 3:22-23 teaches that, Gods mercies are new every morning, When you read the New Testament, you'll notice it was the normal practice of Jesus to rise up early and pray. One verse says, he rose up early before the sunrise, and went out to pray. Christ made it a habit to capture those early morning hours. Before the day begins, before the phones start ringing, before there are problems to solve, before temptation starts to work on us, we should follow Jesus example and catch that Morning Mercy.

Here are a few Lessons from this verse:

1. God made mercy available to us, before we even knew we needed it
2. Each day has the potential for sin and disobedience, but mercy is waiting to help us
3. Everyday can be a blessing and full of hope, if we'd start off seeking his mercy
4. Each mornings mercy is a new opportunity from God to wipe the slate clean, and make things right with God.

Now we know why the old folks used to say, "Lord have mercy". Its wasn't a cliche, it was a real prayer. Morning Mercy, lets catch it.

105 People saved in 10 Days

God is on the move, and WOW it is good. My last two meetings were in Mesa Arizona and McAllen Texas. During those 10 days, were saw God save a total of 105 people. Amen! The Devil just lost some good clients. The Lord was literally bringing visitors in right off the streets. Calls for salvation brought forth large numbers each night. Both of these revivals were fruitful and exciting. God is doing something good. As the world becomes more desperate, God is responding with hope through salvation. Many are opening their eyes to the lies of sin, and running to Jesus. We are so blessed to be a part of a real move of God. I've got a feeling, its going to be a bad year for the Devil. 
10 came for salvation, Mesa
Mesa congregation
worship team..Mesa
they kept coming forward to pray, Mesa
many were getting prayed for, Mesa
Bro Gabriel laying hands on them, Mesa
McAllen pastors
Building in progress, McAllen
15 came forward for salvation, McAllen
converts kneeling asking God for help, McAllen
prayer for deliverance, McAllen
Ps Roman & Sis Nora, McAllen

Virtuous Women

On my way home today, I was flipping through the radio channels and heard an interesting song. The chorus said, "girls you can't do what the guys do, and still be a lady". I felt those words. Our culture is a culture of Bad Girls, Girls gone Wild and Loose Women. I realize that politically women are on the move. Lots of progress with rights, freedoms, and opportunities. But that being true, Its still right, biblical, and desirable for a woman to be a lady. The message of the song is don't sacrifice your virtue on the altar of liberty.

A girl found drunk by police
A new breed
Proverbs 31 in the bible speaks about a virtuous woman. God exalts her because she maintains her integrity, loves God and her family. The virtuous woman is not like what we see today; Hip Hop whores, women of the night and brawlers who have surrendered their dignity for pleasure. Our modern world celebrates woman's liberties, but remember, just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

Girls fighting in the News

 I still remember old fashioned chivalry when men respected women, opened doors for them, and got up to let them sit. What has changed? Culture has downplayed the value of being a lady. Lionel Richie sang in the 70's, "you're once, twice, three time a lady". 

Women didn't use to yell in a crowd, get drunk, live loose and immoral, cuss or fight in a public place. Today videos of girl fights are popular entertainment. Women's dress, has lost the standard of biblical modesty. Its either compromise modesty or look rough and tumble like a construction worker.

rough and tumble
Everything goes wrong when Jesus is left out of our lives and culture. Women and men both find true peace, happiness, and satisfaction, when Jesus is accepted and declared Lord. God is still looking for women who will accept the challenge to be a "Virtuous Woman".
Many words can describe modern society, but a relevant one is confusion. Consider the bad choices people make & the wrong directions people follow. A common phrase today is "I don't know". With God, we have a redeemer who guides us. There has never been in a time in history, where the old fashioned guiding forces of life have all been ruined. People used to rely on the bible and family to guide them, now its anything from a fortune cookie, to a t.v. talk show. Most people today have no sense of direction.

If you don't know where you're going in life, it doesn't matter which path you choose, you're still going nowhere. That means  years can pass with lots of movement, yet very little progress. God offers us prayer, his Spirit, his word, and his counsel.  Get connected and stay connected to God. He has a destiny for you, and will lead you to success & salvation.

QueensLand, Australia...1-2012

Australia, and its flag
This was my first ever visit to the city of Brisbane, in the state of QueensLand. Its a beautiful city right along the coast. Pastor Peter & Kerri Field are building an exciting, faithful church here. Ps Field and his family have been friends to me for years, and each place he's pastored, God's favor has been on them. The church here is truly multi-cultural. I met folks from places I'd never heard of in the Pacific Islands. People from many backgrounds all lifting up Jesus.
Crowds gather for church
5 got saved 
The Field clan, all loving Jesus
One thing that stood out to me in Brisbane, was the visitors. Many kept saying it was their 1st time visiting the church. Others came by invitation of friends, but God set it all up, and we watched souls come to God each night. On the final night, Ps Field reported 20 filled with the Holy Ghost.
Sis Kerri and her disciples..Darcy under the wig
Hunger for Gods word
Bring all our issues to Jesus
As you can see from the pictures, the last day of revival, was also a national holiday, AUSTRALIA DAY. This would be like our 4th of July. Everyone came showing their patriotic side. We celebrated Jesus and Australia. It was such a refreshing atmosphere. I felt so good, I'm going to try and get back..same time next year.
Everyone celebrating Australia Day
Ps Field and I overlooking the city
Monique got saved and testified..no more smoking..Free
He led the church in the national anthem

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