Grace Notes: Ministry Update

Praise the Lord! Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever! He went to the cross and paid the price to give us eternal life. The Holy Spirit, whom He has sent, continues to pour out His power to heal and to save, and to minister the grace and love of the living Savior. Hallelujah!

Recent Ministry

Here are some highlights from the ministry the Lord has been doing amongst us:

We have been ministering down in the Southern Border region recently and experiencing the presence of the Lord moving amongst us.

In fact, we just experienced a blessed time ministering at a meeting that Hermana Concepcion set up, whom we have known for years. She set up a special meeting for us to do in her backyard right down by the border.

The Lord poured out His refreshing living water of the Holy Spirit as we shared, led worship, and then ministered and prayed for many there!

One of the highlights for us was praying for her two grandchildren—who are in their late 20’s—both of them got powerfully ministered to with tears flowing. Concepcion said she has never seen them experience the touch of God’s presence and receive from the Lord like this ever before! Glory to God! There were many other people who also received a powerful touch from the Lord as well as His healing presence.

We also ministered with a Calvary Chapel in South OC recently and they had us share about my early days and how, after getting saved, I ended up at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa through an unusual divine appointment back in the Jesus People days, as well as the empowering of the Holy Spirit I experienced at what was then called Calvary Chapel Yorba Linda—later to be named the Anaheim Vineyard—through Lonnie Frisbee’s ministry there back in the day. They actually filmed all this for their online streaming TV program.

You can view the Interview which shares a lot of history of the era here: https://youtu.be/lMg28wO2Awg

We also prayed for the people who were there at the meeting and God touched a number of them quite powerfully! So it was quite a blessed situation! The pastor said at the end: “We just experienced a real afterglow like the old days back in the Jesus’ People times.” Hallelujah!

We also had some other small group meetings where we had a blessed time of the Holy Spirit ministering powerfully and deeply, bringing lots of renewal and healing.

Divine Appointments

We recently had a divine appointment while hiking where we led someone to the Lord. Mercedes and I were on the way to the mountains to have a little time together and we stopped to take a hike.

We kept running into a couple on the hike and we started talking with them out by a turnaround point. The Lord opened a door to share the Gospel with them and it turned out the lady was a believer but the guy wasn’t, although he told us how people had been sharing the Gospel with him recently. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, we explained that Christ was knocking on the door of his heart. Praise God, he opened his heart to pray with us and receive Christ as his Savior and Lord!! Hallelujah!!

Sometimes we get to plant seeds, sometimes we water the seeds that have been planted by others, and at other times we get to experience the harvest when the Lord opens the door. There are other times when we get to encourage fellow believers, as we share here next. It’s all equally important in the Kingdom of God.

We had a divine appointment with some people up in the mountains, while on a rafting trip with some friends including Jeff and Jeanette who invited us to go rafting with them. We also had some powerful spontaneous evening Holy Ghost prayer times with them and other friends who were there, praise God! The divine appointment took place while out hiking: We met a couple—while getting a bit lost—and asking directions. After talking a bit, it turned out that this couple were believers and actually ministered with a friend we know, so we immediately connected with them. Their own ministry has suffered a lot during COVID as did so many—which we were not immune to ourselves, however the Lord is faithful and helped us through—so we prayed for them and they were greatly encouraged and buoyed by the touch of God. Hallelujah!

We always appreciate your prayers and support for us, and even more so in trying times!

Thanks for your faithfulness in Christ!

Blessings to you!

Bryan and Mercedes Marleaux

Grace World Mission—Useful Links

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Website: www.graceworldmission.org

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Blog Reflections from the Road: reflectionsftroad.blogspot.com

Podcast: Grace Alone on Apple Podcasts

Radio: Grace Alone episodes: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/ministries/solo-por-gracia/