IPSWICH MISSION TRIP - OPEN HEAVEN

COMPASSION FOR THE LOST

Dr Puji Silva is my Sub District leader from Eureka, Caucasian group in Hope Brisbane. I have known Puji for 6 years. The Lord has used him to bring Caucasians to Christ and church. I am really inspire by Puji's compassion for the lost and boldness to share the gospel wherever he goes. Recently, Puji and teams (Paul & Burning Bush Care Group) went on a weekend missions trip. They witnessed 4 salvations and 1 rededication and all the believers were Caucasian. The testimony below will inspire you to reach out to Caucasian in your community!

IPSWICH MISSION TRIP - BY PUJI SILVA

Have you ever wondered what an “Open heaven” experience is like?

An open heaven experience is when the heavens open up and we have free access to everything in heavenly realms, a free flowing of Gods abundant graces and ministry power. Ministering under an open heaven is like toiling the soil without labour or sweat on the brow. When heaven is open for you God will be near and heaven will be manifest in the natural " as it is in heaven".

Last weekend, while down in Ipswich that’s exactly what we experienced for the whole of Saturday. It was just as if God’s removed and held back all hindrances to people hearing the gospel and given us the keys to the hearts of the people.

Every single person we spoke to was open to hearing the gospel message. Personally, I felt an incredible sense of boldness to walk up to people and let them know that I was in the city to share the gospel and whether they’d heard the gospel shared to them. In every single case, I found that people were open to hearing the gospel and they received the message with joy!

I believe much of what we experienced has very little to do with our abilities and competencies, but everything to do with God’s grace and mercy in response to our prayers and petitions for the city of Ipswich and the people there in. Only the weekend before our first team started praying for the city and getting a burden for the people, followed up by our second team petitioning before God on Friday night.

I remember us praying on Saturday morning for Jesus to equip each one with what we needed for the day so that we can be His ambassadors and represent Him. I truly believe God answered our prayer and granted us the open heaven experience. There was no spiritual heaviness in the atmosphere and the word of God was planted in many hearts. God also moved powerfully by helping people to step up to a new level of their Spiritual gifts, especially in the gift of discernment and prophesy.

We saw in total 4 Salvations over the two weekends and 1 rededication Some of them attended Church on Sunday. I believe personally this experience brought us closer to Jesus and took our level of expectation and faith to a new notch.

All glory to God!