You have only one life to live. That's only what
I can say to the young people. You have only
one life to live. If you don't give it all and
you hold back, you will never really know what
God can do with an ordinary person. God promises
in Joel 2 .28 to pour out His Spirit on all humanity.
Welcome to Global Outpouring, where we contend
for that promised outpouring, we equip for that
outpouring so that we may engage in that very
outpouring. I'm Philip Buss. And I'm Sharon Buss.
Welcome to the podcast today. We're so glad that
you're with us. We have with us today a very,
very, very special saint of the Lord, Siggy Oblander.
She's one of the founders of this ministry, and
she's going to be sharing with us today some
testimonies about how surrender produces the
glory of God. Thank you so much for joining us
today. This is going to be a wonderful podcast
you're going to enjoy. And before we get started,
we want to encourage you, if you haven't already
done so, that you go to our website, globaloutpouring
.net. and that you make sure that you are on
our email list so that we can stay in contact
with you and that you have clicked on that events
tab and you've looked at what's going on with
our convention 2025. Siggy is going to be one
of our speakers. She's going to be our speaker
opening night and she always brings a deep...
life -changing word of the Lord. And I fully
expect that the Lord is going to give her something
that will kick us off into the glory because
that's how he uses her every single time that
I know of. I don't know if you can hear that
or not, but we have a thunderstorm going on and
the Holy Ghost just said, amen. So we've got
other wonderful speakers, Tony Camp and Dean
Braxton, Jeff Simons, Jean Little and myself.
And we're going to have a glory time in worship.
And it's a family event. Bring the whole family.
May 21st through 24th at the St. Louis Airport
Marriott. Pray about coming and make your reservations.
It's going to be an amazing, life -changing time
for you and your family. We've got a place for
the little ones, a nursery for the smallest.
for your children. We have special teachers that
are going to help them to come into the deep
things of God and learn how to prophesy and interpret
dreams and that sort of thing. And we have ministers
for the young people. It's going to be an amazing
time. So let your whole family be brought up
into a deeper place in God. Siggy Oblander, we
just love you so much. And for so many years,
I was so glad that you could be with us on this
podcast. I'm happy to be here, Sharon, and can
hardly believe time has gone so fast. I know.
And it has been such a long time when you look
back what the Lord has done. Yeah, absolutely.
Absolutely. It's a different season for us. You
know, I think I'm in the 80s now, and 80 is a
new beginning, but it's a completion. And I can
see a shifting in my ministry because... There
are things happening from inside you, which is
more important than the things which are outside.
God has used all our lives through the different
seasons, because every decade I look back, I
was in the 20s when I traveled with Gwen. I was
in the 30s and 40s when we've been with a handmaiden.
And in the 40s, we lived in South Africa for
10 years. And we came back in the 50s and 60s
to move about from America again. And when I
look back, every decade in your life has a significance.
And I just thank the Lord for it, that we don't
strive the same way that he does things within
you to accomplish what he has spoken so many
years in your life and through your life. That's
very true. That's very true. And there are seasons,
and God is always doing something new all the
time. In our discussion before we started recording,
we talked about how your priorities change. Yes.
As life goes on, your priorities change. But
it's all about, you know, the older you get,
the closer you are to eternity. You know, you
lift your life. I mean, it says you overcome
the evil one with your testimony and the blood
of the Lamb. Now, the testimony is always what
you have lived through. So your testimony is
bigger now than it ever has been because you
accumulated the defeats and the victories. and
the light and the darkness so God can accomplish
in you and through you whatever He wants. For
instance, I'm thinking back as I knew I would
do this broadcast with you, how God used Gwen
in my life to take me out of Germany. I remember,
I mean, when she came to Germany, that was in
the 70s, so I would have been something in the
20s, late 20s. And I remember she comes up to
me, and I was interpreting for her as she was
preaching in Germany, and I was interpreting
into German. And she came and said to me, One
day you're going to travel with me. Now, I couldn't
even imagine that, living in Germany, just coming
out of Bible school. And she said, here, I give
you something. This is the sign that you're going
to do that. And she gave me a $100 bill. Now,
for me in those days, a $100 bill, it's like
somebody would give me now $1 ,000 in the effect
of what it had in my life. And you know, these
things, when you look back, how they have come
through in your life, it's amazing because the
whole perspective, when you look back in your
life, takes on a new fullness and a new color.
and a new dimension because the hurts and the
struggles and the victories are not that important
anymore because all these are there to bring
a result like purifying gold or purifying silver.
We have to go to certain things to become the
end product of what God wants in your life. So
David and I were very excited about this phase
in our life. feel that the Lord just, you know,
marriage goes to its own time and season also.
And I think as we look back, we're almost married
50 years, 49 now. And I think we look back, you
know, the ministry. has a lot of challenges in
marriage. And when we look back now, it's just
what the Lord has done. It's so amazing that
we can walk in such a peace and comfort which
passes all understanding. And I know that the
Lord has a plan for... End Time Handmaidens Global
Outpouring, because he put you there, Sharon,
for a reason. And I know still many of these
handmaidens we know grew old. They're like me.
They're in a place where we have gone through
things and our desire for God has brought us
together. in the conventions and experience level
and depths of glory and anointing we would never
experience if we would not start it and look
for it and seen it. And I think as you're going
to have that convention, it's going to be something
very special because some people, they won't
be there anymore after that. And, you know, Gwen
had that burden. I remember when she used to
pray. and cry out, and she would cry out, give
me 10 ,000 handmaidens, Lord. We need 10 ,000
handmaidens to revolutionary the country. And,
you know, I don't know if you ever got 10 ,000,
but I know that the Lord has used women throughout
to change things and to bring a new direction
and a depth. to what God wants to do. And that's
a new season now. You know, we need young women
now. Yes. We can impart. So I think I said to
David, we feel like the Wombrands or like the
people we used to visit, like the Refuseniks
in Alaska. Certainly they are there. They live
to the heights and depths of whatever they live.
And then they're in a little house in America,
and they said, now we're just little old people.
But these little old people had such an effect
to revolutionize country and nations and generations.
And I know when I look back, I can just say that
all we can do is run with all our strength, give
with all what we got, and let God use us whatever
he needs to use us. And we're going to pray that
God will really bless this convention in St.
Louis. that you step out by faith and really
want to see God move, that God can really break
through on a level He only can do it in times
and seasons like this. I mean, we live in an
amazing season right now. God has answered so
many prayers. It's amazing. I mean, I tell you
something, I've fretted here in years past when
these things look like politically. And the things
looked like they've come to fulfillment, what
they used to teach us in communism. The people
remember I went 10 years to communistic school.
And when I would come here, that was always my
cry that America would wake up. So because they
said, we're going to take the country from the
thing. And you can see that's really what happened.
The country is taken from the thing. And I just
thank the Lord that he is raising up people who
rise against. the very things the devil wants
to destroy this country. And we need to pray
for President Trump and for the administration
because this is God -given for such a time as
this. Otherwise, he would have been finished,
this nation. We need this administration and
God putting up President Trump so that God gives
time yet for America to reach the world and the
nations and Israel in particular, that the Lord
can help Israel to rise up out of the ashes and
out of the struggle. to fulfill our destiny because
that's the time and season right now like we
never lived in before. We experience things we
have never experienced before. And I think God
is just preparing us for this time. Very, very
true. Yes. So I remember that you spoke at the
very first World Convention and a number of conventions.
Wow. A lot of them. Pregnant. Yes, I remember
that too. And I always consider you one of the
founders. You were one of the founders of this
ministry. So I'm so very grateful that you're
joining us for this one. You know, I feel like
we're in the season of trying to find the next
generation to run alongside of us so we can pass
the baton to them. Yeah, right. And you're the
one who has to pass it now, Sharon. Get ready
your army. Yeah, yeah. Well, I feel like you're
a part of that baton passing that the people
who are going to come to this convention are
going to catch something from the Holy Spirit
that you have to impart as well. Yeah, thank
you. I'm going to do my part too, but all of
us have something that is foundational that will
help. the next generation to come into the fullness
of what they're called to do. Absolutely. And
our calling was unique. Yeah. As a group, you
know, because there's hardly anything. So, I
mean, there are some people who do this, but
just when in challenging us to risk our life
in situations, just normal people, we were not
the Burma, whatever you call them. We were not.
Anybody, just ordinary people have done extraordinary
things because Gwen really pushed us over the
edges. She sure did. She sure did. Well, it's
because she went over the edges herself. Oh,
yeah. Come on. She was the one who went to China.
And had to flee as the communists were coming.
I mean, she was there in that moment. So she,
right from the beginning of her ministry, she
was cutting edge in dealing with risking your
life. She prayed when the magistrate said, you
know, the communists are coming, they'll be here
in 24 hours. She stopped and prayed and said,
do I stay? I'm willing to give my life. Yeah,
I know. She inspired us all to run a race and
fly up the cliff to rest. To know the eagles
or ducks. That's good. Some of us landed. Others
of us began higher. Yeah, and we're designed
to go higher. Yeah, absolutely. And let me just
say this. Siggy, you were the first one that
I heard speak of both you and Sister Gwen. And
whatever you were preaching about, I was so resonating
with it. I didn't understand what was going on.
I'd had the baptism in the Holy Spirit some,
maybe five years earlier. I was, oh, maybe only
four years earlier. I was probably 17 when I
heard you the first time. And I sat there and
I cried. And I didn't know why I was crying.
But there was something about you and Sister
Gwen that had. an effect on me that I was resonating
with it. I knew there was something about these
women that were smuggling Bibles behind the iron
curtain at the time that I felt connected to
you. Oh, that's good. And I sat there crying,
thinking maybe if I sit here crying long enough,
somebody will come and lay hands on me and prophesy
and tell me why I'm crying. And you. went off
talking to somebody and Sister Gwen went back
to the book table and this was in Brother Dorn's
church and they were meeting in a junior high
all -purpose room. So they were taking down the
chairs all around me. And I thought, well, I
guess I'll have to dry my tears. Nobody's telling
me anything. But then the next time when, I'm
not sure if you were with Gwen, when the next
time that I came, I don't remember that part,
but she was speaking. at a women's luncheon that
Sister Dorn was hosting. And I had just turned
18 the Thursday before, and this was on a Saturday.
And my sister said, I want to take you out to
lunch for your birthday. And she took me to this
women's meeting. Oh, no kidding. And we ate lunch.
And as Sister Gwen was speaking, I heard the
Holy Spirit say, I want you. I want you 100%.
And I want you right now. And I remember you
arriving in Angletown. I was right there when
you arrived. Yeah? Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
That was after the Second World Convention. Was
it? Yeah. It was 1977. The first one was 76.
So, yeah, I came, and by that time I had other
plans. I wasn't really sure that I wanted to
be here. Yeah, I'm sure. But look at you. You've
been in Angletown rooted, you and Phil. Yeah.
That's right. God rooted us. God rooted us. God
rooted us here. And it's been good. It's been
so wonderful. You know, some of the stories that
you have lived through, some of those testimonies
that, you know, you're talking about, your life
is your testimony. Yeah, the word testimony is
the first part is test. Yeah. It's true. And
it really means a witness. You are a witness
to things. So, you know, tell us a story or two
of things that you have witnessed in your ministry
that were so sovereign that you know that God
did these things. Well, one thing is for sure
is because how God called us to South Africa.
Yeah. Because that was in 1980. We were still
living in Angletown. And I felt that the Lord
spoke to me, it's time for you to go to South
Africa. Now, as I was about nine years old, something
like that, we didn't have a TV. We still lived
in East Berlin. And to see the news, we would
go to the movie theater where they would have
the news and we would watch the news. So my dad
took me to see the news and they had a riot.
in South Africa in the 60s or something in Joburg.
And the Lord spoke to me as a child then. And
he says, one day you're going to be in South
Africa. Wow. I didn't know that. Yeah. So I forgot
about it. And when the Lord... spoke to my heart.
And he says, I want you to go to South Africa.
Then I said, but Lord, I didn't know anything
about apartheid or that even the seasons were
different. Because in the 70s, I traveled with
Gwen mostly to India and Pakistan, the whole
70s. And we smuggled Bibles to Russia. And that
was the years I traveled with Gwen. So when we
traveled around the world, I remember her and
I, we traveled. for eight months around the world
trip. And we went to about 12, 15 nations that
eight, nine months. And I learned then how to
live by faith because she didn't have much money
either. And sometimes we would have spent $100
in a hotel room and we only had $100. So I learned
there how to live by faith. So when the Lord
spoke to me that I would go to South Africa,
I said, Lord, you have to give me. a confirmation
to that revelation. And we went to one of the
meetings, I forget, and a man came to me, a brother,
and he cries, and he says, the Lord told me that
you need a confirmation, and he gave me a Krugerrand
in my hand. Oh, wow. For those who don't know,
what is a Krugerrand? Krugerrand, yeah. It's
a gold coin from South Africa. Yeah. So as he
got me that gold coin, I knew I was going to
go. Wow. So that's how we started. We started,
we went. Remember, we had Barbara Elizabeth with
us. Yeah. And we were six of us, and we started,
and God opened amazing doors in South Africa
for me. Wow. Yeah. So eventually we stayed there
about 10 years. you know, coming and going and
getting our visas. And I've seen God's hand move
miraculously. I mean, the doors the Lord opened
for me, they're still open. We know people now
40 years. We've grown old with them. Every year
we've seen them. Our kids are old. You know,
the snowmen, like in Cape Town, I know them from
the time they're open. I've seen their revivals,
and I've seen what God has done. And now we're
all old, you know, and we can just talk about
what God has done. It's amazing. You have only
one life to live. That's only what I can say
to the young people. You have only one life to
live. If you don't give it all and you hold back,
you will never really know what God can do with
an ordinary person. There's nobody more ordinary
than us to make extraordinary things in our life.
So that's all. I think that was one big part
of my life. I think South Africa, we're gone
now every year, sometimes twice, over 40 years.
Wow. That's amazing. It's like being home when
we go there. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I love that. You
know, it just amazes me how much God can get
done with ordinary people. And really, everybody
that he has to work with is broken in some way.
Of course. So he builds amazing things. And that's
how we know it's God. Because all he has to work
with is broken people. Yes, absolutely. But he
makes us old. You're not the same as when we
started broken. He finds up our wounds. Yes.
Sometimes you forget even the pain. You have
to remember what you had for pain and travail.
Christ. But if we wouldn't have these pains and
these travails, we wouldn't birth it either.
So these pains and these cries and these things
we carried, we had to birth a new dimension in
our life. And I thank God for that because he
made us whole where we've been wounded and he
helped us where we lacked. Now we get the different
things. Now our body... decreases as we increase.
And we have to deal with other things. It's a
different phase in your life where you have to
deal with things you thought you never deal with.
But all the old people had to deal with it. So
God is helping us to renew our youth. Yes. Strengthen
us to run our race. You know, my brother is now
90 years old. Oh, really? We went up there to
celebrate his birthday last year. This year he's
91. And what he has done in his life, he's telling
me, he said, I never knew what I have gone through.
He went to two divorces. He wanted to be in ministry.
So in those days when he got divorced, you couldn't
be in ministry, period. You know, he didn't.
So he went to that. And now you look at his life.
God prospered him so much when you look what
God has done in his life. Just what I see, he
has built a ministry in Botswana. He built a
church, a children's home. He built this big
church in East London, and that's a story itself.
Jennifer calls me. That was maybe 10 years ago.
This is his wife. She said, Ryan wants to travel
with you for one week and just see what you do
there. So we met him in Cape Town. He came with
us. Some friends always give us some cars, so
we had the car. We drove all the way from Cape
Town, you know, the Garden Route to Platt and
so on. And as we came to East London, now they
became friends of ours as Rocco and Maureen.
And their church, they're a white Africana couple,
and they have a black church. Now, they didn't
start out black. It's in the middle of East London.
And then they had the old Baptist church, and
the people was pressed into that church. Whole
500, 600, they had about three meetings in the
morning to get all the people in. So my brother
comes there and he sees they have a plan in front
how they're going to build a church. And all
the little kids come with little jars and coins
and put it on the altar. And my brother, the
Lord moved my brother without anything to say.
He went back home and he raised the money to
build this fantastic church in the middle of
East London. And you can see it now. It's a huge
church. Now their church gets so full, it can
get in about 1 ,200 people, I think. Wow. That
they have to start maybe two meetings. And they
have a mission. You should go there sometimes
when you go to East London, or when you've been
there in East London and the newbie. You can
go and minister there. It's so fantastic what
God is doing to that church in the middle of
East London. And you know now that my brother...
On top of it, he built a hospital in the Congo.
And now they're involved with a hospital in Honduras,
I think. So God has done things out of a broken
life. You know, as he was broken, and he's my
brother, was the one I got saved. Really? Yes,
he came. I was so lost. In Germany, I immigrated
three times in my life. I immigrated twice to
Canada, I immigrated to America. And as I immigrated
the first time, I was only 16. By myself, I couldn't
speak English or anything. So I went back to
Germany when I was 18, totally confused, messed
up. And the Lord spoke to my brother, and he
said with his wife, Dana, I want you to go to
Germany. So he came to Germany thinking that
God is going to open the door because he was
going to be a missionary in Germany because he
thought the Germans, you know, are not open.
We all struggled with our survival yet. And see,
the wall was still in place in Germany. So when
he came, nobody accepted him because he was too
stiff. for the Pentecostals and too vile for
the Baptists. He was in the middle. So I remember
between New Year's and Christmas, that was just
New Year's, I think in 1969, 68, turning 16,
no, 65 or 64. So he comes to me and he said,
see, it's time that you give your life to Jesus.
And you know, you got Houston coming all the
way from Canada to save me. I would surrender
to the Lord right there as he brought me to the
Lord. And he practically just came so I could
get saved. And then he left. He went back to
Canada. He went to a divorce. He had to start.
He started the business. And now he's 91 years
old. You can see how God used that broken life
to build something through his life, which only
God could use him for. And I just thank God that
he can use us just when we're willing to be used
for his purpose. So that was one of my great
experiences. to see my brother all these years.
And you know, as he was, he had this business.
He retired when he was about 74. And they had
a huge party. And all the business people came.
And all his employees came. He had more than
one business. Employees came and they gave testimony.
And I never forget that one guy, one of his managers,
he said, I just want to tell you. We couldn't
wait to go to work because we felt such a presence
in this job. And that's how the Lord used my
brother in such a way to enhance the kingdom.
And, you know, he's not known in any big ministries,
just a little old man. But he reached so many
people. And I just thank the Lord for his life.
He touched my life. And he helped us many times
to go on our trips and to do the things we needed
to do. And, you know, God is amazing. He was
almost 17 when he escaped to Canada. I remember
I was nine years old when he escaped. And he
couldn't speak any English. And he would come
to Canada. He didn't know anybody. He started
from scratch in the oil fields and Yukon and
did all kinds of things. And look at him. If
you just surrender your life, even if you make
mistakes, God uses you to touch lives. And how
his life has touched. When I go to East London,
that's why. It's such a memorial when you see
that church. It reaches the whole. There's no
more beautiful church than this church in the
middle of the downtown of East London. So that
is a big testimony at the area. That's tremendous.
You know, you said a word that I'd like you to
expound on a little bit. You said the word surrender.
Surrender your life. And that's, you know, that's
kind of how we grew up in this ministry was with
the idea of surrender. As you surrender, then...
You know, when you give up your will, then God's
will can be done. Yeah, yeah. So tell us a little
bit more about your experiences with surrender.
Well, I think it's very practical, really. Like,
for instance, the first time I smuggled Bibles
with Gwen into Czechoslovakia. Now that's written
in that book, Sigi and I. So now I've been a
smuggler since I've been little. We smuggled
cheese and wool. And, you know, we had Angora
rabbit. We smuggled the wool out and we smuggled
things in so we could live. So I knew about smuggling.
And many times we would be pulled out and I had
experience. Now it's easy to surrender if you
don't have any experience. I always tell this
story. For instance, when you smuggle Bible,
you take two Americans who had no experiences
or you take. Two Germans, like Herman, for instance,
remember? And me. Me living behind the Iron Curtain.
Herman, five years in the slavery, Polish slave
labor camp. And then two Americans or three who
only have an ideal. They're going to do this.
Now, we are four of us, but we will not react
the same. The two of us, you have no scars. You
just praise the Lord. Thank the Lord. Hallelujah.
But us who have scars, who've been almost killed
or dragged out, who've been persecuted by the
communists, we know what they're doing. We react
different. Our surrender is not just raising
the hand. We feel the feelings of what could
happen because we experienced it in our life.
And I remember when we started that and I realized
when I came to the borders, I was scared because
I knew what would happen. Like when we went to
smuggle Bibles. Now, I've been a smuggler and
we hid it and that. And when Gwen and I went
and I said to her, well, how do we get this in?
It's not smuggling. You just load the Bibles
up. Anybody can see it. She said, yeah, you have
to trust the Lord. Now, that night, I couldn't
hardly sleep. Because I know, I said, it's not
what I do. I mean, before I would hide. I would
hide the stuff. We would hide behind the legs
of people. We would run around into different
compartments to get away from the soldiers. And
they would snatch us. And I remember Crystal,
I would say, you know, everybody can take everything
away. But the only thing what we can do is. What
they can take is what we eat. So sometimes when
we had these sheets and this milk powder, before
we would come to the border, we would eat it.
Because I thought, oh, if I had my bill, I was
not hungry. When I was hungry, it was not my
point. The point was that I had something somewhere
where they could not steal it. Because anything
on the outside, anybody can take from you. And
I thought, this is one thing they cannot take.
So when I came to the border with Gwen and the
woman started to load the car, I said, that's
not smuggling. That's just bringing them in.
And then that night, I had to come to the place.
I would shake in my bed because I knew what it
was like to cross the border, as I crossed many.
I would shake and I would sweat. And I thought,
oh, my golly, my ministry is finished before
it started already. And, you know, that surrender
is not that you have a feeling, that you do it
in spite of your feeling, that your commitment
becomes bigger than your fears. I can't say that
I've ever been fearless. Perfect love casts out
all fear. I can't say that. I can't say I've
done things without fear. Everything I have done,
dangerous. I dealt with fear. But my commitment
to surrender is to surrender these fears and
to trust the Lord and to say, Lord, here am I.
Whatever happened, happened. To come to that
place is like being kicked out of the nest. And
that's the only way. You're going to learn how
to fly. Otherwise, you never. Our instinct of
self -preservation is so strong. Yes. I mean,
I admire. We need young people. They have to
do certain things now. And God is raising up
some young people. I've watched, and I thank
God. They're fearless to go into the colleges.
They're fearless to confront these students,
Hamas. They look fearless. But I know to come
to that place, they have to surrender their fears
so God can give them the ability to function
in that surrender. and to be used as that instrument
for his glory. So it's not easy, but it's possible.
And remember, the mother eagle kicks you out
of the nest. She doesn't teach you how to fly.
You have to skip. And she kicks you. Then when
you kick, then you realize you're not a sick
kid. Hallelujah, me. That's good. That's good.
But the mother eagle does also fly down underneath
in case you're just in free fall. But she has
to fall a while. Then she catches it. That's
what the Lord does. He lets us fall. And see
what you do in that fall. Wow. Wow, that's a
good illustration. Life is not easy, but it's
worth it. Yes, very, very true. Very, very true.
And it's really for the glory of God. And I'm
sure you've seen occasions where, like talking
about your brother, it's for the glory of God.
What He does in each of our lives as He leads
us by His Spirit is something that is going to
be for His glory, even if we have to suffer some.
Yes. You have to come to that place to do it.
I mean, not everybody who is wealthy does that.
That's true. Very few. Because he gives millions
to missions. That's amazing. You know, I'm reminded
of, I don't know if you've seen the book that
I wrote, Rich Wounds. No, I've never read it.
No. Okay. I think I haven't seen you since I
wrote that book. It's an eternal perspective
on suffering. Oh, good. And I got the initial
revelation, the initial experience happened in
South Africa. God used South Africa in my life
as well. And it's an interesting connection there.
There's something very special about South Africa
because it is also a melting pot like America.
And you know, now we really have to pray because
the government looks like it's collapsing. Oh,
really? Yeah. Hadn't been following that. Wow.
Well, we'll add that to our prayers. Yeah, because
the people are suffering there. I mean, what
they do, first they had all these shutdowns for
hours and hours, but now they make the electricity
so high that some of the people we know have
to sell their houses because they can't pay their
electricity. Oh, my goodness. It's very bad.
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. So what my brother done,
he actually... put solar panels on the church
because the church has no windows and anything.
So when the power went out, they were sitting
in the dark and they had no microphone. So he
invested in solar panels on the church just a
few years ago. So that changed their whole life
now. Wow. Wow, that's glorious. Well, Siggy,
we really appreciate you taking time with us
today. Oh, no, love it. Did you have any other
stories? No, I have lots of them, but I think
that's enough. Okay. Well, I'm sure you'll tell
some more at the convention. I'm sure you will.
And I know that the Lord is going to give you
a word. One of the things I enjoy about watching
you get ready for ministry. is that you're just
sitting there or standing there worshiping, and
then all of a sudden you sit down and you start
rolling through your Bible and putting markers
in about what the Lord is giving you in that
moment for the word that you're about to bring
on the platform. I just love how the Holy Spirit
does that. And actually, I minister that way
more than any other way. There's lots of times
that I'll make notes and then never use them.
Did you enjoy your trip to Chicago? No. Oh, yes.
Yes, we did. We had a wonderful time ministering
in different places in the Midwest, and it was
really, really good. Good. Yeah. So would you
pray for our listeners? Yes. Lord Jesus, I just
thank you so much for the opportunity to just
share our testimony. Lord, just for the opportunity
to see Sharon and Phil and to see what they're
doing. And Lord, we pray for everyone who listens.
And you know everybody's pain and you know everybody's
joy. You know everybody, Lord, who struggles.
And Lord, I thank you that in every struggle
to change Jacob into Israel, that no struggle
is... in vain because you make us overcome us.
And I pray right now that you reach down to everyone,
oh God, who's discouraged, give them courage.
Who is sick, make them healthy. Lord, fulfill
their destiny in their lives. That is most of
all. And Lord, I just pray for the convention
too. I pray that you draw your people, Lord,
and that you're going to do what you need to
do and share and feel that burden. Lord, to bring
your people together, Lord, just like in the
time of Jubilee, Lord. Lord Jesus, will the slaves
set free and will people regain their properties.
And Lord, where there comes a harvest which is
not sown by man. And I just thank you, Lord,
for the power and anointing of your Spirit. Encourage
everyone right now, Lord. Encourage Sharon and
Phil. As they're planning and preparing this
convention for every speaker, Lord Jesus, we
don't just want to do things to do, but we're
doing things because in doing so, you're going
to manifest your power and you manifest your
glory. So bless Sharon and Phil, bless Global
Outpouring. everyone of God who is connected
to. And I pray that you bring a hunger in our
hearts to fulfill this ministry and the destiny,
I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. If you enjoyed
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