As seen by Ana.
Praise God!
God has proven himself again. For we know that He is a God that should not lie.
On Monday evening we went into the highways and by ways. We joined “Mean Street Ministry” on the streets of East Colfax. As we gathered we felt the excitement of the event. We were there reaching the lost for Christ.
The director of the ministry was over taken when he seen so many had come to minister. There were 20 or more along with a Mexican Pastor with about 12 members of his church. Last week it was different, there were just a few. I felt as the Lord was telling me that the harvest was plenty but the labors were few. But this time was different there were so many present.
The night was warm and the excitement was great. As we entered the parking lot of the Kings Hotel, where we had been turned away from last week, we were divided into groups of three.
As we knocked on the doors we felt a rush of the Holy Spirit leading us into the hotel where there were drugs, people living in hiding, and those that God was leading us to. .
The first thing that was offered to them was food that opened doors for us to minister. As we prayer for those in need we felt that God was standing before us. We ministered to those that knew Him, those that accepted Him and those that wanted to keep on living the same life style.
The last family we ministered to were from Mexico. As we ministered to the family the gentleman of the group ask question. When is God coming? All his question that made sense because he wanted answers. We did just that; we explained that Jesus was the way. When the plan of salvation was presented to him, his wife and their son and grandson thry were more that ready to ask God into their lives. We could see by the expression on their faces that God was doing something great in their spirit.
We explained that God makes no mistakes He had us there for a reason. To tell them that Jesus died for their sins and loved them very much. I explained to them that God was a gentleman who would never force himself on them. They we were given a free will to chose life or death, that he stands at the door knocking, if they opened up their hearts he will come in and become their Lord.
They were serious about their decision. We we were invited into their apartment and knew that Holy Spirit had convicted them. As we repeated the sinners prayer with them we felt such an excitement. We could feel that angles filled the air and were dancing with us as we rejoiced. I know that the angles were rejoicing in heaven. For the bible say that when a sinners accept Christ the angles rejoice.
As we left the area Jim and I sang praises to GOD giving Him thanks for what he had done. On this out reach we had five that gave their hearts to Christ.
We praise god for what He is doing we know He has more in store for those that are willing to step out and do His will.
You are more then welcomed to come and join us in reaching the hurting world with the love of Jesus Christ.
We love you guys and again thanks for your prayers
Love you Christ,
Anna and Jim Gregg
As seen by Jim.
We went to King’s Inn on East Colfax. This is the hotel we attempted to go to last week but were turned away because of a movie being filmed there. See previous article “April 13, 2009”.
There were about 30 people who showed up for the outreach. Al, Ana and I were teamed up and went to the first floor of the South building.
Knock, knock, “Meanstreet Ministries” called out Al at every door with dead silence except for one “Go away”! Our rounds were quickly made without any response. With so many people working the hotel was quickly canvassed. One of the leaders told us to go around to the back side of the East building. There were a couples of rooms down the stairs.
This is where God led us to the Divine Appointments He had prepared for us today. The people at this motel have been ministered to many times by Meanstreet in the past. But tonight three souls gave into His call upon their heart and had their names written in the Lambs Book of Life. The Angles sang for joy as they came home to Jesus.
We then moved on to a large apartment complex not too far away. Elizabeth was added to our group. God had appointments already set up for us to minister to. Seven more lost prayed with us to receive Christ as their Savior.
What a blessing this was to us. Elizabeth has such a calling on her life. As she prayed for one lady we could feel the Spirit of God flow through her as the lady broke down and cried.
The last door we went to was the most rewarding to me. The lady of the house first answered with her little five year old boy. Soon Papa came to see what was going on.
His interest was for furniture for the bedroom. Al works with a company who can help them find some reasonable (if not free) furniture. This opened the door for God to work a mighty miracle in this little family.
My lovely Spanish speaking bride came into her own realm full of God’s Spirit. Her interpretation of this outreach you have already read above.
I stood back and prayed in the Spirit while Ana went head to head with this strong head of the household. God spoke through her mightily, answering every question Papa threw at her.
The outcome was that the entire family prayed the sinner’s prayer and joined the realm of God and had their names written in the Lambs Book of Life.
Ana have been to Mexico five times in the past year ministering to people. We see this as our calling from God. But we both found last night more enjoyable Spiritually than any of the trips.
We have seen the vast ministry available right here in our own backyard. Ana said “and we get to go home to our own home and puppy when we are done”.
I am a missionary in training under the mentoring of Ana. More of these outreach sessions will hone my witnessing abilities: Better preparing us for future trips to Mexico as our ministry blossoms.
As the weather warms we plan on many Saturday trips to downtown Denver to the 16th Street Mall, East Colfax Avenue, and the City/County Park area.
Mar 16:15 And He said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.
This includes East Colfax Avenue.