Spread the Fire - May 2008 - (Page 19)

W e had been weighing whether to go to Pensacola, Florida or Toronto. Wherever we went, we both agreed, we wanted the presence of the Lord. So we decided to come to Toronto and hopefully catch whatever this “blessing” was. We went through many prayer lines. Like two greedy eager beavers, we kept coming back for more just like Melinda Fish had encouraged us to do during the services. But after four days of receiving prayer from many prayer ministers and having been through many lines, I had yet to receive this “more” of whatever it was the Lord was giving and that many people all around us were receiving. I was starting to get a little desperate. ing myself for renewal by spending hours with the Lord each day in the study of His Word and in much prayer and fasting. So when I had not yet received and had to watch so many others getting “blasted” in the Holy Spirit, I got a little spiritually jealous. Finally, on the fifth day, I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Robert, if you can’t receive while others are praying for you, go and catch”. Now this was a novel idea. The only thing I had ever caught before was fish and colds. So I said, “Ok Lord, if that’s what you want me to do, that’s what I’ll do.” So I volunteered to catch for what appeared to be a seasoned veteran. Boy, did I catch it! I not only caught for the people who were receiving prayer, but I caught the “backwash” of the prayers that others weren’t receiving. For the next three nights I could not sleep at all as wave after wave of His Presence passed through my body like electricity. I was fearful that if I went to sleep, it would all just stop. I wasn’t going to miss out on a thing, so I just said, as I was taught by Melinda, “Keep coming, Holy Spirit;” and so for the next three days I just soaked it all in. By the third day I was so drunk that I thought I’d have to crawl on my hands and knees just to get to the restroom. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as getting drunk in the Holy Spirit. Like Melinda, I had been a good “Babdist”. I didn’t know any better. Oh the joy that began to well up within me! I became as giddy as a little kid at a birthday party. Papa had come home, and He was the life of the party! Since that experience in Toronto, I have been forevermore changed. I became even hungrier for more of the Holy Spirit. When you’ve been eating the crumbs off the King’s dining table for years and finally wake up one day to realize that there has been a chair waiting for you at the King’s table with your name on it; and you could have been dining all the time with the King at His banqueting table, you don’t want to go back to the crumbs anymore. I have been spoiled forever. I will never go back to the way things were. Positioning Myself for Blessing Before I had gone to Toronto, I had been position- BIRTHING A MINISTRY So I went back to Toronto the following month for the Father Loves You Conference and got totally blasted again. I can’t even put into words what the Lord did for me there. The Holy Spirit woke me up S TF - 1 9

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Spread the Fire - May 2008 Contents In the River From Mystery to Clarity: Understanding the Language of Heaven Don't Settle for a Substitute Marooned in Bolivia The Sign of Israel's Blooming International Itinerary Resource Center Catalogue Visitor Information Upcoming Events

Spread the Fire - May 2008

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