The Rio Grande Valley Is Hungry For God
July 9, 2004
You know that God is real when He takes someone who is from the northeast and was involved with construction in the New York city area and send Him to Texas to minister. This is so God. A person who grew up in the streets of northern New Jersey ministering the gospel as Paul wrote it, like the book of Acts. The Holy Spirit is real and when we move in the spirit with Him all things can happen.
Last night we were in Weslaco, At Pastor Vernon's church. God just moved and moved and moved. people sang, people danced, people cried and were set free. God gave words of inspiration and guidance all night look.
His presence was so strong at times you couldn't stand up. The praise and worship went on all night with psalms and hymns being sung in the spirit. People came up to be saved as God touched their hearts.
This valley is hungry for God. Prayers and fasting is going on continually. This is the second time that we have been to Pastor Vernon's church in the last two weeks. This is true revivial were people are being healed set free and born again at every meeting. Many have been born again in Mexico and the United States, this is without an alter call at any church. Everywhere we have been we have seen many salvation every night. Each one of these churches have started decipling those who have accepted the Lord. The pastor in Mexico said that each night there were many new people and they came back.
Revivial is right when we let go and go with God not man. Next week we go to Temple Texas for one week then back to the Rio Grande Valley for more meetings. We have no Idea how long we will be in the Rio Grande valley. Just pray for us that God's will is done not man's. Because it is all about Him not us.
God Bless
Joe Cicchino
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The Rio Grande is on fire
How do you explain God, when He is real and wants to do what He wants to do. This is even more different then the way He has been using us, for the last 2 years. The meetings here in the valley have become even more intimate with Him. More one on one with Him. His presence has been so strong where we have been, that it is just unbelieveable. The people who have been reading the e mails, of the last year and half, from Tulare, Coweta, Galt and other places, say that we understated what had to be happening, they say that they are seeing more than what was explained.
I am trying hard to explain what has been happening, with out it sounding like exaggeration. Pastor David Ross and myself were having a hard time explaining what is happening in Galt, because we didn't want people to think that we were sending hype out to draw people. All we wanted to do, was see people set free and touched, in a way that they have never been touched before. Everywhere we have been, this is the problem we face, when we try to explain what God is doing not man.
This is not about anyone, but Jesus. We are going from church to church, in this valley and His presence is there. Lives are being changed, the captives are being set free. The body is being healed, both spiritually and physically.
Yesterday, we were in Reynosa, Mexico at Pastor Dollie Salinas church, which is one of the main church in that area. As soon as we walked in the door, the power of God started to fall. People started to come up front and started to praise HIM. I was led to lay hands on all of them and people started to cry and weep. Then the spirit moved in a different way and people were being cleansed, of many hurts. Most of the time there seemed to be more than 300 people on the floor weeping and crying and being cleansed and set free. It was a cleansing, a purging and a filling all done by God, not by man. He is the great healer. He is the one that sets the captives free.
The pastor told us that people were walking up to her and telling her that they have been healed of different things. From tumors, and many other things. I went with Art and Nancy Beckwith, Pam Neeley, Annie Lozano, Allen and Louise Hendrick, plus my wife Ellen. The Lord released me to have this team of people pray for different individuals as soon as the service started. They prayed for the sick, they prayed for the broken hearted, they prayed for the captives. Many people were set free. Lives were changed and we will be back tonight at the same church. It seemed like there was 4 different services going on at one time. But there was total order because it was the Holy Spirit that was in control.
God is changing the Rio Grande valley on both sides of the border, from Brownsville to McAllen. It is starting to spread. The fire is spreading, throughout the area. We will be going back to one of the churches that we went to a week ago, for wed, thurs and friday. This is Pastor Vernon's church. Every church we have been to has invited us back, and we will be going back to each of them. But we are being led to go to Temple Texas for a week and come back down here to continue what God wants done in this area. This is not about one church this is about an area, being on fire and His presence setting the capitves free. It takes a little spark to start a fire, and with many sparks you have a blaze of Glory.
God Bless
Joe Cicchino
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It is very difficult to explain what God is doing, because He is touching people so deeply from the core of their beings, from the inside out.
The meetings in Reynosa were very powerful. I saw an open vision of a cleansing pool, it then became a fountain of living water. During the meeting people were weeping in Gods presence as he washed away abuse and pain.
On the way over to the meeting, gold dust appeared on our clothing and hands, which I felt was a sign of God wanted to do for HIS people
Pam Neeley
Harlingen Texas
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The Lord gave me a dream a few years ago regarding the fire. I saw fires burning all over and man could not put them out. Now they are starting to happen in the Rio Grande area of Texas and Mexico.
Wherever God has been sending us His fires of Revival are starting. It is not just about one church, it is about Him starting fires in many churches.
He is transforming lives from the inside out. He is moving faster and more powerful then I have ever experienced. He is setting the captives free both physically and spiritually.
Ellen Cicchino
vision of love
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They danced all night in the LORD!
Joe Cicchino
Jul 6, 2004
It sounds like I'm saying the same things over and over again. But last night was the most incredible night I have ever witnessed, in my short life on earth. The presence of God, was so strong and powerful, people were being healed and set free standing, in His presence. The whole church, was in the front most of the night. At times they were all laughing, at times they were all crying, and at times they were on there knees, praising the Lord. Ministering, was continuous from the first song, that was song. The praise and worship went on all night, in the spirit. There was an open heaven over the church. Angels were all over the place. Then it turned into a fiesta with the Lord, with everyone and I mean everyone, singing and dancing in the Lord for hours, without stopping.
Bodies, at times were all over the floor, as people were being healed emotionally and physically. Many people and I mean many, were healed of depression. Totally set free, and dancing in joy. This is not a small church and hundreds were ministered, more than once. Then a demon possessed man came to try and destroy what God was doing and He had no power over what was happening.
Many things have been happening the last 2 1/2 weeks that we have been in this area. It is just getting stronger and stronger as we go from place to place. His presence is everywhere. It is tangible and you can feel it soon as you walk into the churches. God is so real and I don't know what to say or do, except be obedient, to His word and His spirit. Because the spirit of the Lord is our strength. The Glory of God is so real when you let go and go with Him. The more we let go, the more He can move through us. I really have no idea how to explain to people in the natural, what God is doing in the spirit. But we all need to get out of the way and let God be God. He wants out of the box and He wants to move His way, not our way. We need to let go and be free in Him. God wants His church back.
Last night when you looked at the hundreds, who were dancing, all you seen were little children, being free with their Father. They danced with freedom, they cried with freedom, and the sang with freedom of a little child. That is all, He wants from us, is for us to be free in HIM!!!!
God Bless
Joe Cicchino
vision of love
coweta OK
Location: Weslaco, TX, United States
Website: http://www.visionoflove.net
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