You Shall Ask Anything

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We have many needs in our church. Our first need is for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon us. A second need is for each member of the assembly to find his or her own gifts and ministry and begin to function as a member of the living Body of Christ. The Lord Jesus said we could ask anything in His name and He would do it. We are claiming that promise.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (John 14:13,

(1/2/2005) I don’t know if I suddenly have become aware of the above promise, but it is central in my thinking at this time. The congregation has responded and we prayed during New Year’s Eve, and also a great deal during both services on Sunday. I think I am seeing a difference already.

I have the feeling that God wants to send a mighty revival on the United States, an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will make God’s lampstands, the churches, shine in the midst of the moral darkness that has overtaken the United States.

A friend of mine who listens to our tapes told me some people in his church have begun praying, and already they are seeing a difference in the Sunday-school children.

We have to pray fervently for specific requests, specific healings, specific help for specific families. If we are to have our prayer answered we will have to obey God’s commands in the New Testament and also what He tells us to do personally.

The design of the Tabernacle of the Congregation reveals that as we pass from the Church Age to the Kingdom Age we will have a double portion of God’s Spirit poured out on us, containing the gold of Christ’s Nature and Virtue, and the bronze of Divine judgment (50 gold rings and 50 bronze rings).

Also, the two witnesses of Revelation, Chapter Eleven. When we go to the fourth chapter of the Book of Zechariah we find that the Temple of God, which is the Body of Christ, will be brought to perfection by the Spirit of God. My understanding is that the two lampstands are Christ and His Body, and, referring to Zechariah, will be receiving the fullness of the Holy Spirit (the olive trees pouring oil into the Lampstand).

"Not by might but by My Spirit, says the Lord." This has been the slogan of the Pentecostal Evangel for many years, reflecting the history of the Pentecostal revival of the last century. My belief is that this slogan is speaking of today. Today is the time to pray for rain in the time of the harvest, spring rain.

Will you join your prayers with ours for a tremendous outpouring of the Spirit of God upon America that will include Divine Glory as well as Divine judgment.