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Before I came to the River Bible Institute I had had the privilege of leading maybe two people to the Lord. Since my time studying here at school, and plugging into the vision of the pastors to see souls get saved my life has radically changed. I am about to finish my second year of school and throughout my time here I have led hundreds of people to the Lord.

The script has made it so easy for me to share the love of God with people no matter who they are, where they are, or what they look like. I was out two weeks ago for soul winning with the church and we were going door to door evangelizing. I knocked on this apartment building door having no idea what God was going to do in the next few minutes.

A young father and his young boy answered the door. I handed him a flyer for the bus ministry that we have that goes to the neighborhood and invited him to join us for the Main Event, Sunday morning service. He said that he was a member of a church already. I went into the script anyways and he said he had Jesus in his heart. I asked him on a scale from one to five where he was at in his walk with the Lord that very day. He said he was about a three and would like to rededicate his life to the Lord afresh.

We finished praying the salvation prayer of the script and he had a huge smile on his face. He finished telling me that he was a deacon at the church he was plugged into and that he had lost his fire for the Lord. I’m so thankful that God used me to bring this man back into an on fire relationship with the Lord. God will use anyone willing!! We must always be obedient to the Lord to minster to whoever he leads us to! You never know what great exploits that man or women will do in the days to come to advance the Kingdom of God!

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Soul winning has been such a life changing experience for me. Going out and sharing the gospel with people is really what Christianity is all about. I have had the privilege of talking to all kinds of people. Regardless of their occupation and position in society, they have bowed their head and asked Jesus into their heart. That only proves that the gospel is real.

The best part of soul winning is when the manifest Presence of God shows up while I am praying with someone to receive Jesus. A perfect example of that was just three weeks ago when I was out on a Saturday morning witnessing in a particular apartment complex here in Tampa. As I knocked on the door, a middle-aged Jamaican man unlatched the dead bolt and swung the door open. As I proceeded to read the soul winning script that I had been given, I sensed that this man was open to the Spirit of God.

After I prayed with him to receive Jesus, I told him, “Now that you are saved, there is a special language that you can speak to God in and only He will understand you.” I explained that is language was the Spirit of God praying through him God’s perfect will for his life. I confess that at this point, he seemed a little hesitant, but I put my hand on his shoulder any way and started to pray in tongues, encouraging him to do the same. To my astonishment, he did exactly that.

At first, he muttered softly, but soon he acquired some momentum and he was praying as loud as I was. I think I was more surprised than he was. After we prayed awhile, I stopped and shared with him that he could pray in tongues anywhere at any time he wanted. A beaming smile spread across his face as he thanked me for praying with him.

Without a doubt, I learned that day that I could never underestimate the power of the Presence of God.

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When I came to RSW last year, one of my greatest challenges was the soul winning program. In fact, before I left Norway, I felt that a strong fear tried to come on me concerning this, because I did not think I would be able to live up to what would be expected in this area. I have never been very bold in sharing my faith, and have felt condemnation for that.

From the beginning, I would only speak with one person at a time and even that was a challenge for me to do. Sometimes I prayed with one or two, sometimes with none. But I kept on coming every week, and gradually it became a little easier for me. And I got encouraged when I saw people’s countenance change as they received.

I have tried to avoid going to nursing homes, because I have worked in one for many years, and did not want to go back into that environment. A couple of weeks ago, though, we walked by a nursing home while soul winning. It was like the Lord had already prepared this place for us. I ended up praying with 6 of the people living there, and it actually changed my attitude about going soul winning in nursing homes.

The same day I prayed with a family in a park. I first prayed with the mother, and then individually with each of her two children. I have to say that seeing children receive Jesus has maybe been the most precious thing for me in soul winning.

I know that I am still not the kind of soul winner they expect for us to be after attending RBI/RSW (I think the most I have prayed within one day is 16 people), but I have come a long way from where I started out.

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Soul winning is a passion not a program. The Word of God declares that he who wins souls is wise in Proverbs 30. I am privileged to be in a church that goes after souls. The heartbeat of God is souls. God has been taking me to another level with soul winning this year. People on the streets are desperate to receive Jesus, and there is a hunger for God. I have become bolder to preach the Word of God. The fire of God is falling on the streets, and signs and wonders are taking place.

Healings are eminent everyday on the streets. It feels like God is about to release a new Great Awakening in the city of Tampa. Those were signs for the past Great Awakenings. It can see and feel it coming, people do not reject Christ like they used to. God is moving in the hearts of His people by the Holy Spirit. It is becoming even easier to preach the Word of God using the soul winning script. Sometimes people line up to get prayed for. Pastor Rodney said when things get worse, people run to God. It is happening right now, the harvest of souls is plenty and God is rising up the laborers. What a great time we are living in.

I am excited to be a part of this great labor of the harvest of souls. I count my life but as a servant and a messenger for God with the good news of the gospel. I believe that as we go out and reach this harvest that everything that we have believed God for will come to pass, but only as we lay our lives down and go after God’s heart. Praise God for the capacity to see a city shaken for God.

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Well I can definitely say that going out soul winning now every week for the last 17 months that I have been a part of the River Church and the River Bible School as a second year student, has radically turned my life around. I have been a Christian since I was fourteen years of age, I am now thirty and before I got to know this great ministry called Revival Ministries International I can tell you that I was never taught on the importance of winning souls for Jesus. It took me a couple of months to really grasp for myself that the Great Commission Jesus had given in Mark 16:15 (NCV): “Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone”, is not only for the ministers as many Christians believe it to be but Jesus is indeed speaking to all believers.

Once I got a hold of this truth I went forth in obedience to my Lord. Every time I go out on the streets or go knock on the people’s doors, I have not only been able to reach them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but I have seen lives been touched by God right in front of my eyes. If I was to tell you one word to describe what I feel every time I share the gospel, I would say fulfillment. I feel fulfilled when I do it and when I walk back home, I feel that I have not only blessed the people by loving on them, praying for them, crying with them, laughing with them, leading them to Jesus but I am also the one who have been extremely blessed for obeying the Lord and for doing it out of love.

There is no greater miracle than the miracle of salvation! If you want to see a miracle taking place I highly encourage you to go out soul-winning and you will see it every day!