a modern paraphrase of john wesley's journal entries

Heard this in a recent message. Just had to post it.

The paraphrased journal entries below display John Wesley's perseverance and determination in the face of persecution and rejection:

Sunday a.m., May 5 -Preached in St. Ann's; was asked not to come back any more.
Sunday p.m., May 5- Preached at St. John's; deacons said, 'Get out and stay out.'
Sunday a.m., May 12 -Preached at St. Jude's; can't go back there either.
Sunday p.m., May 12-Preached at St. George's; kicked out again.
Sunday a.m., May 19- Preached at St. Somebody Else's; deacons called a special meeting and said I couldn't return.
Sunday p.m., May 19-Preached on the street; kicked off the street.
Sunday a.m., May 26- Preached out in a meadow; chased out of meadow when a bull was turned loose during the service.
Sunday a.m., June 2-Preached out at the edge of town; police moved me.
Sunday p.m., June 2-Afternoon service, preached in pasture; 10,000 people came.

Praise the Lord!

"We are fools for Christ's sake..."(1 Cor 4:10)

"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain." (1 Cor 15:57-58)

church camp in jb in june

We taught and ministered at a church camp in JB last week. The topic was Joy in the Presence of God.

Throughout the camp, we were amazed by God's presence. It was a joy to teach and minister to hungry hearts - as they opened their mouths wide, God filled them (Psalms 81:10).

One person prayed to receive Jesus, and five people were baptised in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in new tongues. A lady was instantly filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke with new tongues just by waiting on the Lord as part of corporate worship (she testified later that this was her heart's desire - to be filled and speak in tongues).

The Lord imparted His joy to the campers - spontaneous joy and laughter were evident as they experienced that the joy of the Lord is their strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

The Lord also ministered healing at the camp - many were healed of aches and pains in their necks, backs, shoulders, feet, etc., and of flu and stomach upset.

The Gifts of the Spirit were in operation during ministry time as words were released to encourage, exhort and edify the campers. People were refreshed and set free from oppression/ depression as they experienced God's love, joy and power during this camp.

Praise God that He is faithful and confirmed His Word with signs following (Mark 16:20). All glory be to Him!

dreams three (19 june 2011)

I dreamt that i was travelling to a place, and was in a conference in that vehicle (probably a ship, but not shown in the dream). As i entered the conference room, i just saw sheaves of wheat on the seats, ready for the harvest. They were very light golden colour, almost white, and moving slightly. I was amazed by the sheaves, but as i looked closer at a few of them, i realised that they were like crackers with the tops like wheat.

I left the room to a smaller adjoining room, where hubby was seated and there was a red umbrella beside him - used and wet. A lady was talking to him, and as i approached, she decided to give that umbrella to him, saying that they had two similar ones. The umbrella had 4 words printed ( i remember three of the words 福禄寿. The fourth is probably 喜 or 康). She was also thanking Oon for the ministering to her and her husband.

I showed Oon the three crackers with the wheat tops from the conference room, and these transformed into something shaped like umbrellas with wheat coming from the tops of the umbrellas. We chose two to bring back.

When i returned to the first conference room, many of the seats had the wheat (umbrellas or crackers?) removed by different people in the room. I put one back.

dreams two (15 June 2011)

i dreamt that my dad and my youngest brother were at my place, fixing and tidying some stuff.

Then mum came to visit, and i was surprised to see her ( i'm not sure why i was not surprised to see my dad as they are both in England at the moment). She said they came back on 13/6 instead of 23/6, so we talked and i needed to change so we shut the bedroom door.

Suddenly, my aunt appeared at the bathroom door and called me. It was such a surprise. She had come to visit me with another aunt and they brought a cake.

I woke up.

dreams one (15 June 2011)

I dreamt that i was teaching the word of God to a group of people in a room.

Then i started singing about Jesus, the melody is somewhat familiar, the words are just Jesus (over and over). As i sang, i began to show some of them how to sing in the spirit/flow in the spirit. (Later i critiqued myself and was aware that i had spent a little too much time on showing them how to sing).

The Holy Spirit then led me to pray for people specifically for healing of bodies.

Quote from John Wesley

The Rev. John Wesley, M.A., preacher, author, teacher and reformer, whose name is treasured in the hearts of believers ever since the Great Revival, would be a competent judge as to whether the miraculous gifts should be in the church today.

This is what he says:

"It does not appear that these extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost were common in the church for more than two or three centuries. We seldom hear of them after that fatal period when the Emperor Constantine called himself a Christian, and from a vain imagination of promoting the Christian cause, thereby heaped riches and power and honour upon the Christians in general, but in particular upon Christian clergy.

From this time, they almost totally ceased; very few instances of the kind being found. The cause of this was not, as has been vulgarly supposed, because there is no more occasion for them because all the world were become Christian. This is a miserable mistake, not a twentieth part of it was then nominally Christian.

The real cause was: the love of many, almost all Christians, so-called, was waxed cold. The Christians had no more of the Spirit of Christ than the other heathen; the Son of Man when He came to examine His Church could hardly find faith. This was the real cause why the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost were no longer to be found in the Christian Church; because the Christians were turned heathen again, and had only a dead form left ...

The grand reason why the miraculous gifts were so soon withdrawn was not that faith and holiness were well nigh lost, but that dry, formal, orthodox men began even then to ridicule whatever gifts they had not themselves, and to decry them all as either madness or impostures."

teaching in HCMC (June 2011)

We taught Divine Healing to a class of 50 students. Most of them are already active in the Ministry, having served for up to more than 20 years as pastors, ministry workers and church planters. They hailed from diverse church backgrounds - Baptists, Evangelicals, Pentecoastals, Charismatics, AOGs, etc. Indeed, God has blessed the school with tremendous favour among the various churches.

It was a privilege to teach students from so many denominations. Despite their different theological backgrounds, there was a spirit of unity among them. All of them were teachable and hungry for the Word. God confirmed His Word with signs following (Mark 16:20) - healings took place in the first day - many were healed of their pains, sicknesses and diseases. Praise The Lord!

One of the students testified on behalf of the rest that they had been refreshed and transformed by the teaching from the Word of God, and all of them would want to bring what they have learnt back to the churches they pastor or lead. All glory to the Lord!

It was a great blessing for me personally to go back to this place almost 17 years after i had first been there. God truly answers prayer!!