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The 2010 Ministers Conference was my first conference at The River. In the services that I had the privilege to sit through I really felt my spirit begin to stir with a hunger to see my home country set on fire again. In the Saturday morning service the power of God hit me so hard that all I could do was just weep before Him as he broke my heart for The Great South Land of The Holy Spirit. If that was merely the spark that ignites the fire of God in my home country then it will be a raging inferno that sweeps the land with no limits and no boundaries. 

I know God has been stretching me and molding me and being a part of the Helps Ministry during Ministers Conference has really changed my view on how a church should function behind the scenes. The things I have learnt about anointed service and serving with a spirit of excellence have been amazing and all were confirmed by the positive reactions of the visiting Ministers.  Most of these things are totally new to me because they virtually don’t exist in a lot of the churches that I grew up in.

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As Minister’s Conference drew near, there was an expectation of something grand that the Lord was going to do in my life. I did not know exactly what it was but I did know that something was going to be done. Throughout the Conference it was as if faith was being injected into me everyday. At the beginning of the week, I was feeling like in a lull but as the days went by I felt that something was happening on the inside.

God definitely was expanding my territory and strengthening and encouraging me to believe beyond where I was at. I opened up my heart to the greater things that God has for my life and I chose not to limit Him in what He wants to do in my life. It is very easy to remain in what I know rather than to venture out into the unknown where it is new and uncomfortable.

My faith rose up as the week went by and it was what I needed to confront the challenges that would come my way by the end of the week. I was able to take on the obstacle by faith and in victory by trusting in all that I heard throughout the week being reminded of how God would supply and meet my every need. In the end, God did come through in a way that was unexpected but it was an example of trusting God and believing Him with no limits and no boundaries. I thank God for what He is doing in me and it was a blessing to be at the Minister’s Conference this year.

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Went to nursing home with my sons, 12 and 14.  My 12 yr old went into a room by himself and began script.  When he asked the old woman the heaven question she answered “no, I can’t go to heaven because I have done such bad things.  The answer surprised my son so much that I stepped in and continued the script.  She prayed the prayer of salvation, but was still unsure and we were able to explain to her that Christ’s sacrifice covered all her sins.  She told us that she had left all her children and that’s why she couldn’t be forgiven.  But after we prayed she believed that her sins were forgiven.

This lady lost her keys so me and my sister approached her.  We asked her if she needed help finding them.  She said yes.  So we went out to find them and when we found them we brought them back to her.  We got back to her I asked her if I could ask her a couple questions.  And she asked Jesus to be her Lord and saviour!  I prayed for 13 people in 2 days.

4 adults 2 kids from church prayed with 10 people.  I was amazed at how easily everyone responded.  Our team led 14 people to the Lord.  # kids prayed and accepted Jesus.  One lady was waiting for us said she was thinking of finding a church because she was lonely.

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I have been so stressed with things and work; I almost didn’t want to come to any services I didn’t have to go to. But I buckled down and came any ways. I have just been so worn out and tired. I sat thru every service and pressed in for something, anything to help me deal with all the pressure that is on me. I was feeling kind of depressed from all the pressure that has been on me. I wanted the fire of God and I wanted to get a new touch. I began to press in and I got my touch.

This was only night one. I began to shake under his present something that has ever happen to me. I kept pressing in and the next night it happens again, every night I was under the present of God. Depression dropped off of me and God gave me peace. This was something that I needed and longed for. God renewed me every time I need it. He gave me strength when I needed it. He changed me and made me happy to be me again even with everything going on.

He made me relies that I can sit around and have a pity party with everything going on or I could press in to him and receive his rest. I could press in to him or the things of the Lord but I had to make the choice and do it for myself. I had that authority to do so. I woke up from this dream world I was living in where I didn’t have to do anything. I released that there was something so much more then what I had and all I had to do was press in for it. It was an amazing meeting for me and changed my life bring me to the next level.

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Has participating in Soul Winning actually changed my life: if so, in what way? What would I not do before participating in Soul Winning on the streets and in nursing homes and hospitals that I will do now? I also need to address the question: are my actions an on-going fruitful, or a transient condition? Am I following my heart and the Great Commission, or just an exciting assignment in venues that heretofore would not have appealed to me, nor been available to me?

Although I have gone Soul Winning on a very limited basis in a former church, it was extremely difficult, as I then felt it necessary to force myself into situations and lives that left me feeling I was imposing. My career experience addressing and controlling large crowds in normally stressful situations was of no help in dealing on a one-to-one personal level as is the case in salvations.

The prepared Soul Winning script provides a guide and framework, a bridge or doorway permitting an opening into a person’s life in an unthreatening manner.

Knocking on project doors is something I would not have done nine months ago. Now it is something I enjoy. Visiting individuals in nursing homes and hospitals has been more fruitful and personally rewarding. Many memorable encounters have occurred and lives have been saved. I have availed myself of the joy of praying for and witnessing healings that have changed the quality of lives. Healed shoulders, chest pain relief, immobility cured, clouded minds made clear by our Savior, all bringing comfort and peace to folks who were more than shut-ins. Most of these people had been shut out of the joys of life.

Soul winning has become an area in my life that is no longer difficult. I know I can approach people that the Lord leads me to and show them the way to eternal life.

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Since making the River at Tampa Bay our home church in November of 2004, my wife and I have been trained to use the Gospel Soul Inning Script to win souls for the Kingdom. I know there are many people out there just like me, crying out for an answer many years ago. “God are you out there? Can you hear me? I need help and I need it now!” My answer came in February of 1997. Every person I approach to share the Gospel Soul WInning Script is another “Regis” receiving an answer to his asking.

Soul Winning has become engrafted into my very nature. It’s as easy as slipping on a comfortable pair of shoes. I have the script, my feet are shod, and I ready to reach people. Anywhere and everywhere from prison workers working on the roadside o Bus Stops, Gas Stations to the back stretch workers at the race track. I read the script and they follow along. If they speak Spanish, I just pull out my Spanish Script and have them read it out loud.

Recently, my wife and I stopped to eat at a Mexican Ranchito in Ocala, Florida. Suddenly, after we were seated, there was a flood of people who came in at one time. I asked the waitress, “Where did all these people come from?” She answered this is a rest stop for buses traveling from Miami to Houston on to Mexico. Our eyes lit up like kids on Christmas Day. We located the driver and asked permission to pray for safety, protection, and provision for the passengers (who were migrant farm workers) going back home.

The bus driver said, “Yes, please do!”
We prayed, he translated, the Gospel was preached, and 53 people were saved on our first international crusade at the Ranchito Restaurant, in Ocala, Florida!

Since then, we have had over 150 decisions for Christ just by showing up on Saturdays and praying for people as they board the bus for the next stretch of their trip. The people are so thankful! The Bus Drivers look forward to us. Everyone receives a Gospel Soul Winning Script to take home and pray with their families. Hallelujah! Only heaven knows the eternal impact we are making on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Amen.

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Before moving to Tampa Florida in Jan 2008 I had been saved for 20 years and I am embarrassed to say that I had only won 5 people to the Lord. I always had a desire to win people to the Lord but I did not know how and I was intimidated. Since coming to The River at Tampa Bay church and most recently the River Bible Institute Bible College I have become a radical soul winner.

I personally have won over 2000 people to the Lord. I do my best to win people to the Lord every day. Soul winning is part of my every day life and I intend to continue living that way. I use the Gospel Soul Winning script all the time and I am amazed how easy it is to win people to the Lord. I find that most people are thankful that someone took the time to tell them about Jesus.

Recently my husband and I had to take a trip back home to California. We were in a fast food restaurant and I felt impressed of the Lord to go talk to two guys that were eating lunch. I just walked up and introduced myself and then went straight into the script. The two of them were looking up at me almost mesmerized. I knew the Holy Spirit was working on their hearts. When it came time to pray they both bowed their heads and repeated the prayer of salvation. I could see an instant change in their faces.

Afterward I spoke to them for a few minutes about following God’s plan for their life and encouraged them to find a good bible believing church. Both of them reached out to shake my hand and thanked me for taking the time to share with them. The harvest is indeed plentiful and the laborers are few.

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Soul winning was not something I was used to doing; in fact before I came here I had never ever led someone to the Lord before. When I came to the river soul winning was one of the most terrifying things I have ever had to do. But over time it got easier, it is like riding a bike, it gets easier as you learn until you are a pro and then you never forget how to do it. That is what soul winning is like for me I feel like a pro, I love going out on the streets and talking to people, and seeing their eyes light up and their whole demeanor change right in front of your eyes.

Last week while I was out on the streets the Lord allowed me and another soul winner to pray for a man and his leg was healed, The Lord has never used me in that way it was so excited to be used of the Lord like that, I can only pray I will be that privileged again. I really do enjoy going out now the Lord has opened me up so much. I love I feel so bold when I go out, although I must admit I still get a little nervous sometimes but I pray for boldness and the power of God just flows over me and I am filled with boldness.

The Lord has been so good to me this past year in regards to soul winning, if I ever had a bad day He always seems to make it up to me. Boldness and a more open personality is what I feel soul winning has given to me, and I have been growing more and more on the things of God all because of Soul winning.

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When I first started soul winning I was a little timid and scared of what people might think of me, but that attitude has changed over the last few months. God has given me a holy boldness to share the gospel and I continue to defeat fears each time I go out. The soul winning script is a great tool and makes it very easy to speak to someone, but it really has not been too hard. All I have had to do is open my mouth and the Holy Spirit speaks through me.

Almost everyone I speak to is hungry for the truth. To my surprise, there are still so many who don’t know about Jesus. They may have heard his name, but they don’t know what He did for us. They don’t know that he was resurrected and is alive. They don’t know that the Holy Spirit can live inside them. They don’t know about the power they can receive from Him. As I started realizing this, it made me want to be even bolder in telling people about Jesus. So far I have seen and heard of people getting saved, filled with the Holy Spirit, delivered, healed, and having breakthroughs in their finances, marriages, and other areas of their lives all because someone took a minute to ask them, “Has anyone ever told you God loves you?”

Each testimony I hear helps me to realize why soul winning is a passion, not a program. As a soul winner I am recruiting souls for heaven! I am helping people find peace in this life through Jesus. The greatest joy is to see someone’s face light up after you have prayed for them, when you see the weight lifted off their shoulders, when they get filled with the joy, when you greet them at church on Sunday! People’s entire families are getting saved and their lives are completely changing. It is a privilege and an honor to be a vessel for God. I’ll never stop soul winning as long as I live!

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The River Bus Ministry and Outreach Program are two powerful ministries working together to reach the unsaved – I have seen lives so touched, impacted and changed in the few months since I have been at the River. I see hope given to people who otherwise would choose to release their grip on life. The effort both in terms of financial support and manpower leaves me speechless – It can only be the hand of God at work through the River church.

While making phone calls this month to the Skipper Road community in Tampa, I greeted a lady and asked her how she was doing. She said “not too well, I am recovering from breast cancer surgery, and the chemotherapy is hard on me, and I feel like giving up, and the test results are not good”.

I told her that giving up was not an option but that she should believe God for her healing. I recited Mark 11:23-24 to her and asked her if she could believe in her heart without doubting that God will move this mountain from her. She said yes, I explained that if she asked God to heal her and believed in her heart without doubting that he has heard her, she would be healed right now. I told her Jesus healed all who were sick Acts 10:38 and that sickness was not of God. I asked her again if she could believe in her heart without doubting, she said yes. I prayed for her, I could hear her praying on the other end of the line. After we finished she said “God must have really made you call my number, because I feel so much better already”. I invited her to church; she said she did not think she was strong enough to make it.

On Sunday morning to my amazement, I recognized her immediately as the Bus pulled up at the Skipper road community stop; her head was completely bald from the chemotherapy. I was at the back of the bus, so when I got a chance to move to the front of the bus I greeted her and asked her how she was doing today. I asked her if someone from the River had called her house and prayed for her this week, she smiled and said yes. She said she was feeling much better today. The peace of God was so evident on her, it was not necessary to prolong the conversation. God is a good God!!