Gates of Praise!

The Lord has done great things here in New York at Gates of Praise International! Both services Sunday were power packed! In the morning the praise team sang until the Glory of the Lord filled the house! People were crying and praising God and a prophecy came forth about seeking the Lord while He is near and calling upon His name!  After the song service Pastor Richards gave the rest of the service to me and I shared about the jungles of Peru and our next meeting in October where the pastors would gather again to hear a Word from the Lord. Then I told them about our Peru trip in July and how three generations from my wife’s side and my side of the family would be traveling together to do a work for the Lord. When I told them that my five-year-old son and my three-year-old son would also be going the church clapped and cheered! 

After the mission report I went right into the message. It did not take God long to move! The people came with expectancy for God to show up and move mightily and He did just that! As the power of God filled that church many souls came to the altar for salvation. One young man who has been running from the Lord for years made his way back to the Lord, he came running to the altar crying out to God with tears in his eyes. As He called on the matchless name of Jesus, the Lord reached down and saved him! As he lifted his hands thanking the Lord for saving his soul, the sweet Holy Spirit flowed down and filled him up! Now he is endued with power! There was also an elderly man who had never experienced the moving of the Holy Ghost, well that was all about to change because when the Spirit hit him, he was shaking and moving and twisting and staggering with his hands raised; he was crying and talking in tongues.  He looked like a drunk man but he was not drunk seeing it was only 12:30 in the afternoon but this was that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, in the last days saith God I will pour my Spirit out on all flesh!  Glory to God! All over the altar people were being healed and set free! Demonic spirits had to release men and women that were held captive by lies! I thank God that Jesus said that you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free! All over the altar the Spirit of the Lord was moving!

The night service was just as powerful! We had four churches join us tonight! It was standing room only! As I preached a message called “ After the Fire” the Holy ghost shook this church! People went running and jumping and shouting! The altars were filled with sinners that were convicted by the power of the Holy Ghost! Many young people came to the altars surrenders their lives to the call of God! All over the altars pastors and their wives helped pray for people. We had no singers, no instruments and no music yet the sounds of saints in praise filled the air like an angelic symphony! The Holy Ghost was saturating elders! Pastors and leaders could not stand as the power of God showered over them. All you could see was people everywhere on the floor and in the isles crying out to God and speaking in tongues.  The Lord was truly in our midst empowering His people to build His kingdom and to bring in the harvest.  Many pastors came up to me after the service telling me how God had confirmed things to them and how their churches were going through battles and the answers came in that service that brought victory after victory! One of the pastors said “This is what I have been looking for; a Word from God and a real outpouring! God spoke to me! I have my answer tonight! We are going forward! God has changed my church tonight! I am revived and refreshed truly you have been sent by God!”

Truly we are living in the last days! God is empowering us to advance the Kingdom of God today like never before. The days of just talking about what we are going to do is over. God is moving us from a season of just dreaming to a season of accomplishment! We must work while it is day, we must stir ourselves and be about our Father's business! Now is the time to pray; now is the time to give, and now is the time to testify! We must stir up the gifts that are in us and do the work of the Father!

God bless you & Thank you for praying

Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez