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Four Months Of Revival In The Rio Grande Valley Of Texas
November 15, 2004
What does he want from us and what does he expect us to do for him.
Joseph Cicchino
Nov 15, 2004
What does he want from us and what does he expect us to do for him. When we walk in His trust, and not in our knowledge of Him, life is different then what we expect. His glory is real when we let go of who we are and become who He wants us to be. Who do we trust. Do we trust our understanding who Jesus is or do we trust our faith in what he has done for us. Do we trust man or do we trust our faith in the Father. Is it all about Him or is it about who we think we are in Him. We say that we want to see his face, but do we let go of our flesh so that we will be able to go into his presence. Our flesh can not see Him, but we can enter the holy of Holies in the spirit. Walk by the spirit not by the flesh and we shall be all He wants us to be in Him. We have now been in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas for over 4 months now. We have been going from church to church as God has been moving. Most of the churches have been Spanish speaking churches and Jesus has been changing lives and setting people free. This area is the poorest area in the United States. The victory in Him has been very tangible in the peoples eyes. We have been ministering in different denominations as well as non denominational churches. From Disciples of Christ to Assembly of God. From one dimension to another. Every service has had signs and wonders. Each night people are being born again and filled with the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues.
Yesterday we were in a church in Brownsville Texas and more then half of the church came up and were filled with the Holy Spirit and started speaking in tongues. Every teenager in the service life was changed and stood in the front just praying in tongues for a long time after they were filled. This is just one of the things that happened.
They power of God was so strong that it was very hard to stand up. The Lord just had four people sing out free in Spanish and English and while this was going on you could feel the Lord just walking around. People felt His rope touch them as he walked by them. People just started weeping profusely and were set free of many hurts and depression. Marriages were being restored and husband and wives came up for prayer and there lives were changed. One man who couldn't raise his arm put it up and started praising the Lord. There were angels singing with the singers. The singers said they know that it wasn't them who was singing and all they could do was cry as they were singing. God is so real when you let Him be who He wants to be.
Since we have been in this area we have seen hundreds come to the Lord and get filled with the Holy Spirit. We have seen people get out of wheel chairs, throw away walkers. Be healed of cancer, nerve damage healed, the list goes on and on. Many women set free of emotional hurts like rape and abuse. We have seen financial breakthroughs in peoples lives. We have seen the book of Acts in operation every service that we have had. All I can say is that God is real and when we let go and go with our lives are changed. The glory of God is real, and we can go into the Holy of Holies with Him. Many people have seen his face and gone to the holy of Holies. In one service a nine year old boy was laying on the floor and when he gets up, He tells the pastor that he just went to Heaven and was with Jesus. This has been happening all the time during these meetings for the last four months.
What has been happening more and more, has shown me that he wants us to be filled with His glory on the mountain with Him, but we must live in the valley were He wants to do His will through us. In the valley is where the broken are and the distressed. His glory is for all not just us. We need to bring who He is to everyone not just those touched by the river. Freedom is in Him not in us. He has set us free so that we can be His slave to do His will not ours.
God Bless
Joe Cicchino
vision of love
www.visionoflove.net
Joseph Cicchino
pastorjoevol@earthlink.net
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Update: November 24, 2004
We are still ministering in the Rio Grande Valley which includes Brownsville Texas and some other cities. This is the poorest area in the United States, with much brokenness and abuse in families. The young people are hurting as they try to find who they are. Much tradition and much control over who they are and what they shall be. The Glory of God is hidden because of all the religion that has been pushed on the people instead of letting them know who the true savior is. We did a chapel service for a Christian High School in Brownsville last week. We all went into the church and every one expected that we would have an hour service. Well after the first song the Lord stopped it and had me tell everyone, that He wanted them to be one on one with Him and not to do what they want, but to do what He wants. Everyone including the teacher just felt the power of God fall throughout the room, They all came to the front and started to worship Him in spirit and in the truth. Most of the teenagers fell to their knees and started to weep. My wife and I started to pray for some of them and they were being set free of much bondage that they have been living with. The Glory just started to get stronger and stronger in the room. No one wanted to leave at all and the chapel just kept on going on. Joy broke out, crying was everywhere in the room. They started to dance and rejoice in Him. My wife prayed for one girl who was set free of being raped and not living with her mother anymore and living with her aunt. Well, she went out in the spirit for a long time and when she got up, she said, that she could her body lying on the floor and she standing there looking at her body. Then she said that she went to the gates of Heaven and that Jesus met her there and washed her and cleansed her of all her brokenness and repaired her heart. He then said for her to go back and be free,
When she finally got off the floor, her face was all aglow with the light of His Glory. No one wanted to leave, but it was time for us to come off of the mountain and to be in the valley again and to keep on doing, His will not ours. So many things happening every day in the valley. People being set free of who they think they are and being who He wants them to be in Him.
Sunday in a small Spanish speaking church in Brownsville, people were being set free of many bondage in there lives. My wife saw purple bolts of lightning through out the room as the praise and worship was going on. Others were seeing His face in front of them in all of His glory. It turned into a celebration of His victory in our lives. People were filled with the Holy Spirit and just started to pray in tongues. People were healed both emotionally and spiritually. Many bondage of the flesh were released from them. It is all about His Glory and His victory. God is real when you let Him be who He is. All we did was get out of the way and let Him do what He wanted to with us and through us. Let go and go with Jesus and let the anointing of Christ be real in there lives.
God Bless
Joe Cicchino
vision of love
www.visionoflove.net
Location: Rio Grande Valley of Texas, TX, United States
Website: http://www.visionoflove.net
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