Updates From Pastor Danny from Kinshasa Congo, Africa 2011

Sent on January 19. 2011- Greetings and Blessings,  I hope you are having a wonderful day today.  God is good to all.  I am here now in Kinshasha, Congo.  We are in the midst of revival meetings at Pastor Sumbela's great church here.  God has been moving each service as many are coming forward to receive special prayer.

This has been another "supernatural" mission, extending to almost a month out of the United States.  We started in N'Djamena, Chad, for the Jubilee Conference, and ministry in churches.  Then we went to Pastor Bert Fhagen's awesome ministry in Brussels Belgium.  His ministry facility is in the heart of Brussels, and reaches many people.  His congregation of 200 meet there, as well as other ministries.  There is a Spanish church, and at least one other nationality that his facility houses.  Brussels is a melting pot of people from many nations - so he is reaching the nations right in his city.  His church has what he calls a "Solomon's Porch" (outside the church) ministry.  Pastor Bert showed me a huge financial building in Brussels where they have outdoor meetings right on the doorsteps!  He is a very gifted musician and a mighty praise and worship leader.  Many gather as they sing and praise the Lord.

We spent two days in Paris visiting our friends I met at Calvary Pentecostal Tabernacle, Jeremy and Arlene, who live just outside of Paris in the small town of Chateau Tiery.  Brother Dean (Shaw) and I had a great visit with them, taking in one day touring Paris. Jeremy and Arlene were a great blessing to us, providing us with wonderful hospitality and helping us get back and forth to the airport.

Last night in our service here in Kinshasa I spoke on the "Fruit of Faith" from Galatians 5:23.   Actually the word faith here is more accurately translated as "Faithfulness". I shared how that "faithfulness" is a product of our recreated spirit through the new birth.  It is deposited in us supernaturally - so we have the "supernatural ability" to walk in faithfulness in our Christian life.  We do have the choice though.  The scripture says, "walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16).  The "works of the flesh" are mentioned in this same chapter.  Because we are both natural and spiritual we have the capacity to go either direction.  Nevertheless, the potential to walk in the spirit is ours and that's what I want to do.

God is Faithful.  We have his nature. We see his faithfulness throughout the scriptures.  The word faithful in the Bible means, fidelity, constancy, trustworthy.  There is a song that says, "Jesus never fails" and its so true.  He never fails to be our loyal friend when others walk out; to be our kind and forgiving friend when we mess up; to be our close friend when we need a hand to hold onto.

In Hebrew's 6:18 God says, "it is impossible for God to lie".  It also says that when he swore to Abraham, because he could "sware by no greater", He swore by Himself.  What this says is that God wants us to know if he does not keep his word then he is not God

I heard a powerful testimony once by Brother Hagin that illustrates how we can get to the point that we believe that it is impossible for God to not keep his promise to us.  Once, he and sister Hagin had agreed, according to Mathew 18:19  that they would receive a certain amount of finances that they needed for their monthly budget.  He was preaching a meeting at a church and they agreed together for this amount to come in the offerings.  This was between them and the Lord and they did not pressure the pastor to come up with the money.  They just believed God.   At the end of the meeting, when they counted the money, it came up short.  Brother Hagin said, "count it again".  He told them that if the money was not there, as he and his wife had agreed, that he would have to go back to all the churches where he preached, and tell them that God doesn't keep his Word.  To some that may seem blasphemous.  But really it shows that he had a powerful revelation of the integrity and faithfulness of God!  They counted again, and still the amount wasn't there.  Brother Hagin persisted, for he knew God would not fail.  Finally, the pastor's wife had remembered that there was some book table money that had not been added in.  When they recalculated in was all there! Just as he and sister Hagin had agreed!  Praise God!  He is Faithful.

Today, I pray that the "Faithful God"  will show himself true to you in small and big ways.

We send our love to you,  Pastors Danny and Jenny