The Healer is in the House!

Tonight Rev. Mancini led song service under the big tent! He sang good old fashion camp meeting choruses and everyone was singing and clapping their hands. In between songs he exhorted and encouraged the people to enter into the presence of the Lord. After song service an old couple called "The Borders" sang a special, both of them played their guitars as they sang “Yes, Oh Yes I’m a Child of the King”!

Soon after the offering and a few more special songs I (Rev. Sanchez) got up and shared about missions and then I went right into the Word and preached a message on "Impossibilities". As I preached the power of God filled the tent! People were crying, shouting clapping and even standing at times during the preaching. Faith was building! At the altar call a woman came down with crutches, she had problems with her hips. Rev. Mancini asked her, “What would you like God to do for you?” She said, “I have so many problems and my family is not serving God. I need a miracle.” Rev. Mancini said to her, "Sister, just give it all to Jesus because He is here.” and the minute she lifted up her hands the Holy Ghost came down on her like a flood. She started rocking and shaking and talking in tongues and all of a sudden she shook loose from her crutches shouting and screaming! She was healed by the power of God! The woman could not control herself! She was like the lame man from the temple beautiful in the Book of Acts because when he got healed he went leaping and jumping and praising God in the temple and this is exactly what this woman was doing! Another man came to the altar with pain in his legs. It was affecting his job and he did not know what he was going to do but when he came down to the altar God healed his legs! The pain was gone! He was walking all over the church and the parking lots with no pain! Tonight a woman came down the altar looking for a touch from God; she looked as if the weight of the world was on her shoulders.  As she kneed down by the bales of hay that we set up as an altar, and lifted up her hands we could she her burdens lifting as the power of the Most High overshadowed this woman and then she began to cry and speak in tongues as God filled her with the precious Holy Ghost. The next time I saw her she was laid out at the altar still talking in tongues and praising God. Tonight God met needs all over the church. There was not a big crowd tonight but we are expecting many to come because of the testimonies that are going out tonight! God has made himself real and everyone is excited!

We are believing God to do great things! We are looking for God to do miracles! Not just here in Missouri but right where you are, right now!  I don’t know what you are facing. Maybe it is financial, maybe it’s emotional, and maybe you need a healing or deliverance. Maybe you need an answer, a breakthrough or a mountain moved. All I know is that God said last night “Now is the time and today is the day.” Glory to God! That means He is moving! Enough is enough the wait is over!  Halleluiah! I want you to stop whatever you are doing and take a moment to lift up your hands and lay hold of your miracle! Now! Come on somebody! I don’t care who is around you; I don’t care who may hear you! Just lift up your hands and release your faith! Open your mouth and say “I receive it in the name of Jesus! It’s mine in the name of Jesus! Sickness be healed, mountain be moved, problem be solved, sinner be saved, chains be broken, homes be restored in the name of Jesus!" Glory to God! Somebody ought to praise Him! If you've got to, just take a five-minute break and praise Him! Praise Him like you already got it! Praise Him like you already see it! The Bible says when you pray believe that you have received it and you shall have it! So don’t wait till your battle is over shout now! Shout now! Shout now!

God bless you!
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

Super Sunday in Missouri

What a great joy it is for Rev. Mancini and I to be in Missouri again!  As we drove to church Sunday, the familiar scenes of horses running, large farmhouses and black angus cows was a reminder to us that we were definitely not in the city.  It took us a little while to get inside the church because of the heavy rain but once we got inside everyone was so excited to see us.  Song service was wonderful. They sang songs right out of the hymnbook. Some of these songs I am sad to say I have not heard in years like “Victory in Jesus” and "Onward Christian Soldiers”.  After song service they turned the service over to me and I shared a mission report on the heartbeat of God.  The people clapped and praised God as I shared about God’s desire for humanity in the times that we are living in.  I also shared about The New Church in D.R. Congo and how it is almost completed!  I talked about Rev. Engman and Sister Adrienne our T.E.A.C.H. representative’s trip to Lusaka, Zambia this year to work with the Lighthouse Blessing School in Misisi Compound.  And I shared about the upcoming trip to Loreto, Peru where we will be preaching and teaching the fourth Bi-Annual Pastors and leaders conference!  After the mission report I shared a message on “Thou Art Loosed”.  One woman who came to the altar was trembling.  She was so bound from some many things that she could not even look up.  We could see the agony and torment on her face!  We could hear her pain as she cried!  As she began to call on Jesus she fell to her knees and God began to set her free.  She grabbed onto my hand like a person who was drowning in the sea and found a lifeline!  The more God touched her the freer she became!  The Lord moved in such a beautiful way this morning!

Sunday night started the tent revival.  There was a group of ladies called "The Daughters of God” who sang many great songs.  Soon after that Rev. Mancini preached a powerful message on the two gifts God has given to man.  He talked about your will and your faith and it is your choice how you will use them but God intended for us to surrender our will to His perfect will and to put our faith in Him.  The altar was lined up with people seeking God.  One young man was on his knees just weeping and crying out to God.  Another man just really surrendered to God.  God was reaching out to people all day.  It is His desire to set people free and to save and deliver souls.


The Bible says in Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”  So first of all we need to have faith in God; not in our situation, not in the circumstances and not in all the impossibilities.  We must simply put our faith in God!  Secondly let us come boldy before the throne of grace and make our petitions known.  Bring your problems to God; bring your situation to God.  Before you talk to anybody else, take a minute and talk to God first!  Telling other people won’t change the outcome but telling the One who has the power to say, “It is finished” means victory is ahead!  The Bible tells us He rewards the diligent seekers.  That means He rewards people who pursue Him, people who are persistent no mater what they face, they will not give up or quit until they touch or get an answer from God.  So I want to encourage you today to be diligent in your seeking!  Don’t you dare give up or quit!  I don’t care how hard it gets!  Hang on to your faith!  Keep pressing in!  Keep seeking Him!  Keep asking Him.  Keep knocking!  For the Bible says, "For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh  it shall be opened."!

God bless you
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

FREE AT LAST!!

The word secret means to be hidden, to conceal knowledge, to keep inward and not to express, to operate in a confidential manner.  As we all know there are some secrets that are good, like when we are trying to surprise somebody for their birthday or bachelor party so we don’t tell what we are doing, that would be considered a good secret.  But there are also bad secrets.  Those secrets are from the times that something bad has happened to you or somebody else and you hide it and conceal it and you don’t tell anyone what has happened.  Sometimes we don’t tell out of fear and sometimes we don’t tell because of the shame of what has happened to us and we don’t what anyone to know.  Those types of secrets are bad secrets which can severely alter and destroy you or somebody elses' life.  The reason I am bringing this to your attention today is because at a church where I was invited to minister, I personally witnessed God uncover secrets that held people prisoners for years.  One lady, about 70 years old, came crying to the altar because as a young girl something horrible happened to her and she never told anyone; she just lived with it and carried the pain and the guilt of it.  As a result it affected her entire life.  But when the truth of God’s Word came to her telling her that she could be free, she got up out of her seat as fast as she could and came to the altar crying out to God.  She cried out in desperation and told the secret that held her captive for 62 years and God instantly set her free!

Another man came to the altar telling us how he was raped and abused throughout his childhood and all the anger and hatred that was built up in his heart had destroyed jobs and relationships and even caused him to be angry with God.  But now, 20 years later the secret is out and God reached into this man’s soul and took away the hurt, the guilt, the pain and the shame.  He was free!  He was loosed from the shackles that held him to a lie!  He said, “I am ready now to live life the way God intended for me to live. I am free from the pain of my past!”

There where others who where hurt by strangers, close family members and some that were physical abused and could no longer trust anyone at all.  These were all things hidden behind a door in their lives.  And because they survived the horrible event, it was easier to shut the door and move on than to deal with the reality of who did it and what happened.  They just left the issue behind a closed door and tried to forget.  But the door began to show up in every room of their lives.  It affected their attitudes, their relationships, and how they dealt with and treated others.  And even what they thought about God and themselves where all affected by this door called secrets.  It robs innocent people of living a full and complete life in God because it ties them to a past and never lets them go.  But the good news is that you don’t have to keep that secret anymore.  There is a God that loves you and He wants to help you.  He understands your hurt, He knows your pain and He is standing with His arms stretched out wide saying, "Whosoever will can come unto me."  Don’t allow yourself to be a prisoner to that secret any longer!  You don’t have to be the victim forever; you can be the victor!  Many people were set free from dark secrets that have held them captives for years.  You have to break the silence and tell the secret.  You may have to run to your counselor; you may have to tell the authorities, you may have to tell your pastor.  Whatever it takes, break the silence!  Let go of the secret and be free!  The Bible says that he that the Son of God sets free is free indeed!  The songwriter said, “I’m free from the fears of tomorrow.  I’m free from the guilt of the past.  I’ve traded my shackles for a glorious crown.  I AM FREE; PRAISE THE LORD, FREE AT LAST!

God bless you!
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

A Light in the Darkness!

Early Saturday morning Apostle Best and I headed for the airport. As we drove down the highway leaving Jacksonville and heading towards Orlando, Florida we decided to pull into a Denny’s to get a quick cup of coffee. As we sat down a drunk young man came into the restaurant yelling and staggering all over the place. He was loud and cussing and disturbing many people. He staggered over to our table barely able to stand asking us to help him with what was good to eat. Bishop Best said “I will tell you what is good to eat but I will also tell you what you need, son you need Jesus.” The man stopped and looked at us. His eyes began to fill with tears as we began to share with him the love of God. The man said, "My name is James; I used to go to church. My mother brought me up in the house of God. And I was a fool and have done so many wrong things. I took the blessing of God and kicked them away from me and I am far from God." I said to him, James you may have made some mistakes but you are still God’s son and He loves you and He can help you if you just call on Him. James said "When I came in here tonight, the place was dark and all I could see was a light shining off of you two so I made my way over. My life has been a living hell and you two are the only ones that have made sense to me." Soon after he said those words James friends came over to get him. We gave James an address of a church. James said "Please pray for me, it may not look like it but your words have got in my heart. I am not going to let Jesus go this time." Before James friends took him away he took our bill and said "I have to pay this." By the time we shook James hand He was in his right mind, talking calm and speaking about Jesus. He said "Thank God for the light I see on you, It was God that led you here just to talk to me. Please tell everyone in your church to pray for me that God will keep me in His will because I am going to follow Christ!" My Friends Jesus said that you are the lights of the world, a city on hill. Let you light so shine! There is a world in darkness that needs to see the Love of God shinning through you. So take some time everyday to share the light and change somebody’s world!

God bless you!
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

The Lord had His way!

We spent Friday afternoon talking about missions and the many needs that are on the fields like Pastor’s support, feeding programs, building churches and the T.E.A.C.H. ministry, which stands for To Educate All Children in Hope. The needs are truly great on the fields, Jesus said the poor we would have with us always but the answer is in our hands through our giving.  So I want to encourage you to become a monthly sponsor right now and let us  fulfill the Lord’s commission together to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and preach the Gospel.  The night service was just too amazing to sum into words but the Lord had His way. This was a night of great healing and breakthroughs. Evangelist Stanford who had surgery on her feet and cold barely move them without extreme pain was healed by the power of God! She was running and shouting and dancing in the presence of God! All over the church the Holy Ghost was moving and healing! One Pastor Said “I was praying and fasting all night that God would answer a question that I had and tonight when the man of God came by my way God not only answered my question but gave me the power and the anointing to accomplish everything that I need to do.” Another sister said “The Lord set me free tonight. I was bound for years and I could not be free. I felt like the woman in the Bible that was bowed down and could in no wise lift herself up. But when the Holy Ghost begin to move in the church, The Lord spoke to me, "woman thou are lose" and the chains that held me bound for years broke in the presence of God and I am free!  One young man said “I have been in and out of church, running and playing with God. Many of my friends are no longer in church and I half heartedly served God just because of my friends but tonight when Rev. Sanchez was preaching a fire started burning in my heart and the Lord spoke to me and said “It does not matter what others say or do, who do you say that I am?  Tears fell from my eyes as I surrendered my whole heart and life to God. Then as Rev. Sanchez passed by me a strong wind came over me and in me and I started talking in tongues and crying! God set me on fire tonight!" Oh Glory to God! All over the church the power of God was raining down! We left the meeting tonight rejoicing for the great healings and miracles that God had done in many lives!

Thank you for your continued prayers!
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

He's an On Time God, Yes He is!

What a glorious time we had in the presence of God Thursday night. Many pastors were touched and restored by the mighty hand of God! The winds of Pentecost were blowing all over the church.  Many young people were crying out to God as the Lord touched their lives. God has truly lifted and empowered this ministry mightily by His precious Holy Ghost. Everyone in the church was being moved on by God! We all wanted God to do something in our lives we did not come to church to be spectators we can to be participants. One man said “I came looking for answers and my answer came. The power of God hit me so strong I could not get off the floor, I tried to get up three times and I couldn’t. I have never experienced anything like that before. Another lady said ”I have had a hurt in my heart for years that has stopped me from entering in, but tonight when the man of God touched me the stronghold broke and instantly the Holy Ghost flooded my life and healed my heart. All over the church the Holy Ghost was moving. Apostle Best said “The Lord set this place on fire tonight! This is a mighty move of God! God was right on time for this church!" The song writer said, “He’s an on time God, yes He is, Oh, He’s an on time God, yes He is.  Job said He may not come when you want him but He’ll be there right on time! He’s an on time God yes He is!” Tonight God was on time, He healed people, changed lives, restored, delivered, set free and filled with the Holy Ghost. Sometimes we want God to move but we sabotage ourselves by putting our faith in a day that will never come.  We say God will do it someday. And sometimes we say God will do it tomorrow and when tomorrow comes we say God will do it tomorrow. But I can’t wait til tomorrow I need God to do it for me right now! The Bible says Now faith is the substance of things hoped for. The Bible says that he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. We must learn to use our faith for miracles, healings and things NOW. Glory to God!  It will happen for you if you believe right NOW! There is nothing too hard for God! Nothing is impossible for Him! We serve a right now God with all power so whatever you are going through I am here to tell you it can change right now! You don’t have to carry it, you don’t have to deal with it, you don’t have to settle for it, those days are over! Jesus said it is finished! The battle is over! So you can be healed right now! You can receive your miracle right now! Your need can be met right now by reaching out and touching God by faith.

God bless you!
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

Jacksonville Revival!

What a blessing it is to be in Jacksonville, Florida.   Apostle Best and Apostle Stanford were so excited to see me. Everyone at the church was so happy and full of joy! Many of the church members came to me saying we heard so much about you and we just can’t wait for the service to begin. The song service was awesome! The praise team sang unto the Lord with all their hearts and the presence of God really moved in that church. Apostle Best took up the offering and then turned the service over to me. There was a great anointing in the church tonight! As soon as I opened my mouth the Spirit of the Lord began to flood that church. God was healing hearts and restoring lives. People were falling out under the power of God while the message was being brought forth. This church came tonight with great faith, they were determined that they were going to touch God and they did! The Holy Ghost moved mighty upon the youth of the church! They were crying out to God all over the church! Many of them shouting and talking in tongues! The power of God moved in this church mightily. Apostle Best said “The winds of the Holy Ghost moved in this church tonight like I have never seen.” A great healing took place in this church tonight, God through his great love and compassion reached down and began to heal wounds, mend broken hearts and restored the hope of many lives in this church tonight. And this is just the beginning of what God is going to do here in Jacksonville!

God bless you!

Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez