Testimonies fromFlood Portland
"As we went out from Pioneer Courthouse Square to share the gospel, we met a man on the street. As we were praying for his family relationships to be restored, his daughter texted him. He had pain in his upper back, and after praying twice, the pain left. As we continued praying the Holy Spirit told me he needed to forgive people. I asked him, and he prayed to forgive everyone in his life. I knew we weren't done yet, and that's when God told me to ask him about his calling. The Holy Spirit told me that something happened to him and he ran from his calling. When I asked him this, it completely opened his heart. He told us that when he was in prison years ago he was going to church and obeying God. While trying to obey God, he received divorce papers from his wife. It hurt him so badly that it threw him back into his old way of living. We prayed for him, and the Holy Spirit was healing this deep wound in his heart. The next day, he came to our church, and at the end of the service, he went forward to receive the Holy Spirit."
Aldora from our team approached a couple (boyfriend and girlfriend). As we talked with them and told them that Jesus loved them, the young woman, Kaitlyn was being moved almost immediately. She knew God, but was not following Him. The Father started to touch her immediately. Luis from our team prayed for the young man, Lucky and he said that he was experiencing the goodness of God. We asked Lucky if he wanted to make Jesus his Lord and Savior and follow Him. He said yes and prayed to make Jesus his King. It was awesome! God touched him and Lucky felt the presence of God for the first time. Then Chris O came up and gave Kaitlyn a coin, blessed their socks off and prayed for them to be filled with the HS. Lots of smiles. It was beautiful!”
— Jason
“The 1st person we met was Chad. As we were praying with him for his relationships to be restored his daughter texted him. He had pain in his upper back and after praying twice, the pain left. As we continued praying, the Holy Spirit told me he needs to forgive people - he prayed to forgive everyone. But I knew we weren't done yet. That's when God said ask him about his calling. Holy Spirit told me that something happened and he ran from his calling. When I asked him that, that's when we hit the heart of the matter. He said he was in prison years ago and was going to church obeying God. While trying to obey God he received divorce papers from his wife that hit him so bad and threw him back to his old way of living. Holy Spirit healed that in his heart as we prayed. Saturday he came to our meeting at Abiding Place where we meet every second Saturday as Aaron Winter was preaching about forgiveness 🔥🔥🔥🔥. In the end Aaron asked if anyone wants to go forward and pray and receive The Holy Spirit, he did.
A man named Austin just needed to talk. I let him talk. I very lovingly showed him how the devil has been lying to him. He thought the tattoo on his arm was the mark of the beast. He thought he needed to go to prison and then surrender his life to Jesus. But thankful we were able to show him that's not the case. He prayed and received Jesus in his heart and renounced the devil and his lies.”
— Ara
“The first person our group talked to was a believing man named Chad who had pain in his back and shoulder. The Lord brought him much relief as we prayed. He prayed and re-dedicated his life to God. Ara’s testimony above describes how the Holy Spirit downloaded to Ara about Chad & how God used Ara so powerfully in Chad’s life. Wow!
We talked for a long time to a young guy named Bocco who felt he had no right to ask God to help him in any way because of all the bad things he has done. We spoke to him for a long time about God‘s love for him and what Jesus did for him on the cross. I shared my own God story with him and had the privilege of leading him in prayer to receive Christ as Savior. Ara will follow up with him and take him to church because they both live in Beaverton.
We talked for a long time to a young man named Jeremiah who is a heroin addict. He is a believer but satan’s hold on him has been strong and debilitating. In the name of Jesus & by His authority, we took authority over the demons that have been holding him captive and saw a physical manifestation of him being released. He said what he felt happening in his body that night after we prayed for him & also after Lance prayed with him earlier, had never been experienced by him in his life. The man I was with, (I’m sorry I can’t remember his name), will follow up with him.
We prayed for a woman from Singapore. She’s a believer who has problems with her eyes. I received a message from her the next morning in which she thanked us for the prayers and said how very significant and profound it was for her because she was only in Portland from Singapore for a few hours Friday night.
Last month I asked a Compassion to Action team member to pray for my back because of pain and discomfort I have had related to scoliosis. He had me sit down and as he prayed we saw my left leg grow out longer and become the same length as my right leg. At the end of the night Friday night, I asked Chris to please pray for my back because I had still been having some pain. As Chris prayed I experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit on me in a very real and tangible way causing me to feel like I could hardly stand up. Since then I have not had the same pain and pulling in my hip and leg as before. What an amazing, powerful & incredible God we serve! All glory and praise to Him!!!!”
— Aldora