And God showed up!

We got up early Thursday morning and began to drive to the mountains to get to the campsite. As we drove we could see the business of the city and all the great buildings that havebeen built. We passed by the wonderful gardens and parks that were built for the people. They are breath taking. But as we drove a little further we could see the very impoverished homes built with cardboard and pieces of metal along the side of the mountains. We saw children dressed in rags running and playing. We saw people struggling to make a living traveling from car to car to wash car windows or sell you things. Even very little children were flipping in the street or doing some kind of entertainment just to maybe get a little change from you. So in the midst of overwhelming beauty there is still a strong hand of poverty and many people that need our help. That’s why I awnt to encourage you to give and make a donation to WWLM  right now! Help to empower us to continue to make a difference in the lives  of humanity. Whether it is Africa or Peru or wherever God may lead, becoming a monthly sponsor will cause you to be a part of a ministry that is changing the world one life at a time.

Then we finally got to the campsite. The mountains were just majestic! The flowers were beautiful! The small breeze that blew on my  face was so calming. The people quickly unpacked and headed for the water baptism. Nine people were baptized and they were very excited. The people clapped and cheered when they came out of the water; it was time of great rejoicing! After the baptism there were many activities and games that we could be a part of. Great joy and abundant laughter was everywhere. Soon it was time for dinner and all the meals are served family style. It is very nice! We have made many new friends around the diner table!

The night service was incredible! I preached on the topic "God specializes".  As the Word of God went forth many lives were being changed and transformed while we were preaching. People were crying and jumping and shouting. People were running and dancing and talking in tongues. The Holy ghost was moving! The more we preached the more the glory of God filled that house! People were getting healed and many lives were delivered. Souls were on their knees while the power of God kept moving! Some could no longer stand in the awesome presence of God and fell to the ground as the spirit of the Lord came upon them! At on point the shouting of the saints worshiping God over powered our microphones! There was no doubt that God Almighty showed up! Young children 4 and 5 years old were at the altar crying out to God! Some people were on their knees, some walking and crying. Others were running and praising God. All over the altar people were laid out under the power of God talking in tongues! It was awesome! So many things happened tonight! God was in control. As the meeting continued God began to call young people into the ministry! Pastor Gustavo’s son and daughter were touched mightily by the Holy Ghost and they laid at the altar under the power of God! Families gathered together and prayed for one another! Halleluiah! You know sometimes you try to write a report to help paint a picture of a meeting but all I can tell you is God walked through the house and did what nobody esle could do. After the meeting the power of God just rested in the building. Some young people had to be helped to their rooms. People left crying and talking in tongues! God showed up! He showed up in power and He touched the lives of His people! It was amazing, it was awesome, it was glorious!

God bless you & thank you for giving and praying

Rev. Melvin L. & Abigail Sanchez

No More Crutches!

What a great joy it is to be in Peru and see our great friends, Pastor Gustavo and his lovely wife Jenny.  Everyone is excited about the family retreat.  We are going to have a water baptism this morning and the meetings will start tonight.  There is also another church that will be joining us for the meetings and they will all be coming by bus to the campgrounds.  As I woke up early this morning and began to pray and think about all the services we will have in Peru in the days to come, my mind went back to my wife, Abigail and I preparing to leave for Peru.  In order for us to leave we had to get everything in order.  We had to have all the bills paid and all the food purchased and plenty of notes left for our children's grandparents.  We made calendars for our boys, we left special instructions for them and then we hugged our sons and told them how much we loved them and then said goodbye, which is never easy.  You get in a car or you get on a plane with tears in your eyes.  These are the moment in life when your heart is torn because sometimes you may want to stay home.  Sometimes you may want to stay with your children.  Sometimes you can come up with a thousands reasons why you can’t do what God is asking you to do.  But when the Father calls you, He does not want to hear all the reasons why you can’t do it. He is looking for immediate obedience.

You know the Bible says in Matthew 9:37-38, “Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few, Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”  You know my friends God is looking for labourers.  There is no doubt in my mind that He has not already called people.  He has already put in people’s heart what He is asking them to do.  But sometimes it is easy to forget what God has said or we look for the few to do the work of the many.  And other times we fill our lives with so many other things and plans, that we crowd out the voice of God and we no longer hear or feel the Father’s heart crying out to His people to go, to give and to send.  But this morning I want to talk to you about the biggest hindrance of them all.  It is called excuses!  Excuses are nothing more than crutches that we use to lean on.  We walk around on our crutches and use them for an excuse of why we cant do what the Father is asking.  So we say we are to young, we are to old, we just got married, we have children, we don’t have enough money, we don’t speak Spanish or French, somebody else can do it better and by the time we get done with all of our excuses we have built up two big crutches that we lean on to ease our conscious for not doing he Father’s will.  And every time God begins to call or inquire of us we simply hold our crutches in the air and wave them around.  But this morning I have prayed to the Lord of Harvest that He would rise in His power and glory and begin to stir the hearts of His people one more time.  I prayed that the Lord of Harvest would visit the dead and dormant areas of people’s lives one more time and cause them to stir up the gift that lies deep within them.  I prayed that God would shake and waken the laborers in this hour like never before!

My friends my heart is stirred to action this morning so I have to tell you that as long as you hold onto your crutches the easier it is for you to be deceived into wasting your talents to do other things. Or you will waste your time in nothingness.  And because idle hands find mischief you won’t see anything good in the place that God has called you to be in.  But I want to encourage you today to throw your crutches away!  Get rid of all your excuses and all the reason why you can’t do the Father’s will!  Stop blaming people, stop holding onto the past.  Stop running and get rid of your crutches!  It is time to rise up and go to the fields. It is time to use our talents for the Kingdom of God.  It is time for you to use you languages for the glory of God.  It’s time to use your gifts and your talents to help win souls.  God wants your time; He wants your finances.  He wants your song, your creativity, your leadership and your gifts of organization.  Whether you can build a house or mop the floor, God has a place for you in His Kingdom.  God wants you!  Not your crutches -- you.  Just you!  No More Crutches!

The Bible says in Acts 3:1-9, “Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God:”

Wow, wasn’t that awesome!  That man does not need anybody to carry him no more!  He does not need crutches because after He was touched by the power of God, He got up!  He got up leaping and praising God!  What should have took him a process of time to accomplish was done within moments because He responded to God!  My Friends God is passing by your way right now!  He is reaching out His hand to you right now!  He is saying if you grab a hold of my hands (the church, the five fold ministry), there is a healing and restoring power that shall be released into the body and you shall receive strength.  Not strength to do your own thing or accomplish your own vision but strength to do the will of Father!  God Almighty is going to give you the power to do in these last days whatever it is you need to accomplish!  And let me tell you nothing shall stand in your way!  So in the name of Jesus of Nazareth throw away your crutches and rise up and walk!

God bless you
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

Friday Night Revival!

What great joy and excitement was in the house tonight.  We had Bishops, Pastors and Evangelists from Connecticut, New York, Maine and various other places and churches in the meeting tonight. The praise team sang and the people were praising God, truly this was a night a great rejoicing. It was not long before they had me up to preach and I spoke on "The Power of The Spoken Word"! The Lord moved mightily in this service. Revival had come to Rhode Island! As the Spirit of God began to fall in that church it did not matter if you were a Bishop or a regular church member - we all were glorying God! As the Holy Ghost moved people were crying and shouting and dancing all over the church! People were in the isles and on the floor talking in tongues as the Spirit gave them the utterance! The Shouts of praise filled the air and you could no longer hear any voices but it sounded like the rushing water! People began getting healed and delivered! Young people were set free from bondage's at the altar! And the Lord just kept on moving! Many pastors came to the altar crying out to God and the Lord met them with explosive power! One pastor said, “I came to this meeting on my last ounce of strength but God strengthened me in my inner man and I am going back to win my city for God!"  Another pastor said, “The devil has tried to take over my church but I have put him under my feet and nothing is going to stop me from preaching the Word again!"  One evangelist shared, “I have had pain in my back for years and it has stopped me from doing what God has called me to do because I could barely move.  But tonight when the Word was being preached God touched my back and the pain is all gone. Tomorrow I am going back to preach on the street, in the prisons and everywhere God leads me!"  As people filled the altar being saturated by the presence of God, Pastor Brown said, “This is what I have been praying for, this is what we have needed, a mighty outpouring of the Holy Ghost!”  And while he was speaking the power of God hit that building and all the Pastors and leaders went through that church praying for one another! The meeting was not ending it was just getting started! The church was on fire! All over the church people were praying for one another! The power of God was moving all over the church. It was incredible! People were in the back dancing, people were in the isles shouting and crying, people were in the pews and at the altar just being saturated by the power of God! God was having his way in His House and it was wonderful!  Many young people accepted the call of God tonight! It was amazing just watching God work. When church was over, God wasn’t done and people were still falling out under the power of God trying to leave the church. Others staggered like drunken men under the power of Almighty God and then it happened again! The church lifted up their voices with victory and the power of God fell in that place again!

Jesus said in Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."  Everyone came in the church hungry for God and when you are hungry for God nothing in the natural will satisfy. God filled these precious people with His glorious presence and I want to encourage you to begin to hunger and thirst after God for He promised that you would be filled. And when God fills you up, you have peace and joy! When God fills you up you don’t worry and fear but you walk with confidence because you know everything is going to be alright. My Friend, this world will try to fill you up with things that will do you no good but when you are filled with God you see things differently and you think differently because your mind and heart are filled with God.  My friends the good news is when you are full you are satisfied, you don’t want anything else! And that’s the place God wants us to get to, a placed of being so filled up on Him we won't desire anything else because He is all we need!

God bless you

Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

Touched By God!

The meetings have been absolutely wonderful. Abigail Sanchez preached today on “ Your relationship with God.” Many people cried as the Lord began to challenge our hearts and call us closer to Him. After the message we began to pray and seek God. While we prayed such a sweet presence of God filled that room. After awhile a word of prophecy came forth saying that “ Many have left off their first love and have set their hearts and affections on things. Many have spent time working for Me but have left off knowing Me.  But now is the time to return to thy beloved, now is the time to rend your heart and not your garment, for the Father stands and longs to be in fellowship and relations with His people.  Draw near my people for the end of things is near and now is the time to embrace the father,' heart and do thy fathers will but it will not come to pass without relationship.” After the word was brought forth a powerful cry went up to heaven. Tears flowed from peoples eyes. God was drawing us closer to Him.

It seemed like all day God was drawing us closer to the throne. Reminding us that our lives or not our own but His. There was a pastor that came to the meeting so discouraged because they just lost their church and now they are renting a place to have services but after the meeting the pastor said “ I thought I failed God but the Lord spoke to me and said I moved you to stir you to action that I may flow through you to reach your community.” This pastor was on fire because now she could see the plan of God unfolding. God set her in a place to win souls for Christ and that’s what they plan to do! Another young minister was running from the call of God but the Lord called him forward and began to speak into his life. He fell to his knees weeping, crying and talking in tongues under the power of God. When he got up he said “The Lord has restored my soul and renewed my vision."  He is no longer running but ready to finish the work that God has called him into. Today was just a day of God talking to hearts and drawing people closer to Him. At the end of service pastors were everywhere embracing and praying for one another. It was a beautiful scene in the House of God.

Before I end this report I am moved to encourage you to draw closer to God. No matter what you are going through or facing, take some time everyday to draw closer to God. Sometimes we don’t always have the answers and sometimes we don’t know why things happen to family, friends and loved ones. But if you draw close to God Hill give you peace, He will comfort your heart, He will give you the strength to complete the call that is upon your life. There are so many distractions in this life, so many things that will eat up your time and cause you to waste your talents on nothing. The Bible says in Proverbs 30: 15 “The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give…” These are things that just attach themselves to you and take, take, take. They want you to give everything but they give nothing. And our Heavenly Father is calling us away from all these little things that draw our attention. And as we respond to that call and walk towards Him all those things that produce nothing will fall off so we can produce more for the Kingdom of God!

God bless you --

Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

God is moving in Rhode Island!

Greetings, it is such a blessing being here in Rhode Island with my wife Abigail and my sons, Melvin Jr. & Isaiah.  Pastor Brown and the Harvest Hope Church of God in Christ family were all excited to see us.  Our first meeting was wonderful! Rev. Hamlett preached on the subject “Prayer still works”. I can truly say that people were excited as the Spirit of God moved throughout the church. At the altar call, God really touched a Pastor who had just started back preaching after being sick for almost a year. When the presence of God moved on that Pastor, God both renewed and revived this man of God! The Pastor told us that he was encouraged and ready to move forward in the will of God. There was also woman of God sitting in the back, and the Lord showed me that her heart was broken and her spirit was discouraged because of things that had happened in the ministry. I called her forward began to tell her about things that happened and how she felt. As the Lord put the words in my mouth, I began to minister to her need.  As I spoke, healing and restoration began to take place in the heart of this woman of God. As she raised her hands, God began to do a work inside her heart! After prayer, she embraced her husband and the church began to pray around them! It was beautiful! So many other people were helped and helped today, and we just magnified God for his goodness!

Melvin Jr. decided he was going to sing everyone a song today while we were eating at the fellowship. So I made the announcement and Melvin Jr. stood on the chair and began to sing “Our God is a great big God!” Everyone clapped and cheered so Melvin Jr. decided to sing “Yes, Jesus loves me”, and then he closed out his singing session with “Who is the king of the jungle!” These songs were a great blessing to everyone!  I told Melvin Jr. how proud we were that he used his talents for the kingdom of God!  My son Melvin Jr. is 4 years old, but he did not let his age stop him from using his talents to bless others. So I want to encourage you today to use your gifts and talents to be a blessing to others. So many times when the opportunity arises for us to do something, we think that others can do it better or greater, so we let opportunities pass us by time and time again. But why not let today be a day of change! God wants to use you! God wants to use your gifts and talents to help someone else. Somebody needs your smile, your word of encouragement or maybe even your song. You were design to be a blessing so open up your heart and be a blessing to someone else today!


God bless you

Rev. Melvin Lewis Sanchez

Holy Ghost Rain!

Wednesday night was one of the most powerful services that I have ever experienced in my life. There was a man in the service that had problems with his joints and muscles and could barely move his upper body.  But when the Spirit of God began to move, he lifted up his hands, jumping up and down, because God had completely healed him. His family could not believe it, but after he got healed, they all got saved! Another lady had severe back pain for over 20 years, and she could barely turn from side to side.  She struggled to get up and down, but while I was preaching, she felt the presence of God come over her -and she stood up, shouting, completely healed! God was making Himself known in the midst of His people! We had many healed of all types of pains and sicknesses tonight! One young girl came to the altar very depressed.  The Lord showed me that she was planning to run away from home. When I told her what she was planning to do, she burst into tears and, right there at the altar, she surrender her life to God, and the Lord set her free from her depression, and also restored her relationship with her parents. We also had a Pastor in the church tonight that came ready to give up the ministry and walk away. He said the battle had been long and hard against him, and everything he does seems to fall apart in his hands. But tonight, when the Word was being preached, hope sprung up in his soul. At one point in the service, I went over to him and grabbed his hands and said “No matter what you are going through, don’t you dare give up on God, for the battle is not yours, but God’s!” After I spoke those words, the power of God came upon this Pastor mightily, and he went running and shouting! God had set him free and restored him!  He told me after the service “I feel just as strong as I did when I started the ministry. I am strong, renewed and full of faith! I am ready to fulfill my assignment!” The more the service went on, the more God moved!

As we were all at the altar praying, you could feel a mighty presence of God move into the church, and the Lord began to set people and ministries into place. It was awesome! Pastor Jackson was moving through the church, praying and speaking words into people lives. The young people started crying and talking in tongues, and they started going around praying for each other. Revival had broken out! The Holy Ghost rain was falling everywhere! The elders got on fire tonight, and went around laying hands on one another. Parents where praying for their children! People were lying across the altar, not able to get up because the power of God was upon them so strong. I looked from the pulpit, and all I could see were people everywhere praying and crying and seeking God. There was a mighty river flowing in this place! God has empowered this church. We were at the altar until almost 1am in the morning! Nobody wanted to leave! Pastor Jackson said he had never seen God move so mightily in his church before, and he is so grateful for all that God has done. After service, people testified how they were delivered from pornography, set free from drugs, healed and filled with the Holy Ghost. There is a great stirring here in Maine, and God is not finished yet! I know without a doubt that the best is yet to come!

Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

Tuesday Night Revival!

  
Tonight church was packed again. People are walking into the church shouting and praising God before the service even starts! The church members are inviting family and friends to church and everyone is just excited about what the Lord is doing here in Maine.

Abigail Sanchez preached tonight on making yourself available to God. People wept and cried as she shared how you have something in your life to offer God. Towards the end of her message the power of God really moved and people came running to the altar. One lady was dressed in all black. She had piercings in her tongue and in her nose.  Her face was dark and she would never look up.  She always looked down.  I (Rev. Sanchez) went over to her and said, “Sister, Jesus really does love you”, and all of a sudden this anguishing cry came up out of her soul.  The devil had been tormenting her life. He was lying to her telling her God did not love her.  But truth had come, and that demon had no power on the presence of God, and that evil spirit had to leave her life.  She lifted her hands and her head and called on the mighty name of Jesus, and within seconds she was free, talking in tongues and filled with the Holy Ghost!  Oh glory to God!  You tell me - How great is our God!

Many more teenagers got saved tonight and filled with the Holy Ghost. The Lord even filled young children, 5 and 6 years old, with the precious Holy Ghost.  It was amazing!  Abigail was going around the altar ministering to souls and the power of God was upon her. Many were healed and delivered tonight. One lady came to the altar with pain all in her arms. She said “I could not lift my arms for years, but when Rev. Sanchez said “lift your hands in the presence of God”, I realized that for the first time in 20 years, my arms where straight in the air with no pain!”  Another great thing that is taking place is that there is a great move of God in the midst of the elderly. We had many elderly people filled with the Holy Ghost! One husband and wife couple in their seventies were holding hands together coming to the altar, and while they came, God filled them both with the Holy Ghost!  Tears flowed down their eyes as they spoke in tongues. The elderly couple told me, “When we walked down the aisle, God not only filled us with the Holy Ghost, but he took all our pain away in our legs and that’s why we kept walking around the church!”

Pastor Jackson said “We have never had a move of God like this before.  This is what God showed me in my spirit when the Lord told me to call Rev. Sanchez.  But what I am seeing now is far beyond any of our expectations. Many Pastors and Bishops are here getting revived!  God is moving and the people don’t even want to leave.  This is the real Holy Ghost.  I don’t know how to thank your church or your Pastor for releasing such an anointing through his servant, but I am grateful to God.”  As we tried to dismiss the service, the Spirit of God moved even stronger.  The members of the church were everywhere praying for one another.  Shouts of joy filled the air! Rejoicing was in the house! God Almighty has been in our midst and we are truly grateful.

God bless you
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez