20th Century Outpourings of the Holy Spirit and the Healing of Cultural Divides

Direct link: https://youtu.be/pfjTusDGJA0?si=0F-tGo3BI1ALp_DX

We filmed a new video with our friend Dave which discusses three major movements of the Holy Spirit in the 20th century.

There were three principal movements that had an emphasis on the empowering of the Holy Spirit in the 20th century: the Pentecostal movement, the Charismatic Renewal, and the Third Wave.

Some of the positive aspects that accompanied these movements included: a powerful increase in evangelism, an acceleration in missionary activity, and growth of Christian communities and churches.
But there was also another positive aspect that accompanied these outpourings that I want to touch on in this article.

Healing the Divide 

There was a healing of the serious divide that had permeated the American culture during the time of these different movements. To those who were willing to receive what the Lord was doing, walls of division were brought down within their ranks.

In the mid-1800’s, America was so divided over the slavery issue that it actually had a civil war. Unfortunately, many forget today that people fought and died, giving up their own lives, to abolish slavery. 
That being said, there was still quite a divide after the Civil War, and Jim Crow laws kept the divided situation at hand, especially in the South, where black people were kept in separate situations.

Then in the early 1900’s, the very man God raised up to lead the Pentecostal Revival was actually a child of slaves that had been emancipated, something we don’t often hear about. 

William Seymour, who ended up becoming the principal leader of the Pentecostal Revival at Azusa Street in Los Angeles, was black as well as blind in one eye. Another leader of the revival was Lucy Farrow who was also black as well as a woman preacher. She became known as the Queen of the Pentecostal Movement for her gifting in leading so many into the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

It says in 1 Corinthians 1:27: “God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.”

 

William Seymour definitely fit that bill in the context of his time, as did Lucy Farrow, as did Lonnie Frisbee later in the Jesus People/Third Wave Revival.

 

The Color Line Erased 
During the Azusa Street Revival

 

The book Azusa Street shares how black as well as white and Hispanic believers, all worshipped together at these meetings, and it specifically points out that the color line was erased. These believers were forerunners experiencing healing of cultural divisions, leading the way a half century before the Civil Rights movement ever even appeared.

 

In fact, there were those who came to the revival and testified of having to repent of racial biases, having been convicted by the Holy Spirit when they encountered the atmosphere in the revival.

 

In fact, a prominent preacher named Gaston Cashwell said he received a crucifying of his racial prejudice at Azusa Street. He then had the black people there pray for him and received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. 

 

Afterwards, he did a tour of the South, leading many there into the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as well, and helping expand the Pentecostal movement amongst the churches and new Pentecostal denominations. 

 

In fact, as Pentecostal churches spread throughout the South, black, white, and Hispanic people, as well as others, worshipped together regularly in those churches, defying Jim Crow laws.

 

In the Director’s Cut of the movie The Apostle, Robert Duvall explains that this was one of the aspects he was seeking to portray in this film, in addition to other themes: There in the Jim Crow South, there was racial harmony and unity amongst the Pentecostal and Holiness fellowships. Duvall also wanted to portray the fact of how God often uses people who are quite flawed to carry out His purposes.

 

The Jesus People 

 

Likewise, Lonnie Frisbee often shared with us how in the Jesus People Revival, there were “John Birchers,” a very right-wing group that supported Vietnam, who regularly locked arms in worship services together with long-haired Hippies who had been part of the anti-Vietnam War protests in that era.

 

There had been a very heavy and serious divide that plagued the nation as the war carried on, and anti-war protests were raging throughout the country. 

 

Things got so bad that four protestors were shot dead during a protest in Ohio. This, along with the political assassinations and divisive things that also took place in that era, horribly divided the country. That division first began to experience healing by the believers within the Revival.

 

One conservative commentator friend who was not a part of the revival, but closely observed its positive effect, stated: “If it wasn't for the Jesus People Revival, I don't know if this nation would have survived.”

 

 

In Other History

 

Likewise, Charles Finney, who was mostly known for his powerful preaching of the Gospel and the revival surrounding his ministry that took off during the Second Great Awakening in the 1800’s, also opposed slavery and preached that there needed to be an end to this vile practice.

 

Similarly, John Wesley, who was a revivalist in England in the 1700’s, known for his tireless ministry of preaching up and down the British Isles  as well as the signs and wonders that accompanied it, also encouraged and supported William Wilberforce, who was a member of the English Parliament, to bring an end to slavery in the UK. The abolition of slavery was actually accomplished by Wilberforce—who was a strong Christian—through his tireless efforts, which took place more than 30 years before the abolition of slavery in America.

 

The Open Secret

 

One of the open secrets not regularly discussed about the Jesus People Revival was that Lonnie Frisbee and others like Fred Waugh, from the very beginning, were regularly taking new converts and leading them into the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, which included praying for their healing, inner healing, deliverance, and moving them on to discipleship.

 

This propelled the movement and replicated it into other areas, but also further washed away divides in the blood of Christ. There were many whom we have known personally that came out of the Jesus People/Third Wave Revival, who ended up working with the poor and homeless, refugees, AIDS patients, and so on.

 

What can heal those things that plague us? Only the Blood of Jesus and the power of His Holy Spirit! Revive us again, oh Lord!

 

However, we don't need to wait for a mass revival to be personally revived! Just invite the Holy Spirit to fill you, empower you, baptize you, and ask Him to wash away every dark thing that is not of Christ in your life. He will surely renew you and you will have your own personal revival.

 

And if you haven’t made a decision and don't know Christ, invite Him into your heart as your personal Lord and Savior and repent of your sins, and then move on to inviting the Holy Spirit to fill and empower you.

 

I want to quote a few well-known Christian leaders that are not regularly thought of as Charismatic or Pentecostal, and their encouragement to seek the filling and empowering of the Holy Spirit in each of our own lives personally:

 

Martin Luther, leader of the Reformation—

 

… Look to the kindness and grace of Christ… Call upon him… Pour out your heart before him and say …here is an empty vessel that needs to be filled! Fill me, oh Lord!  I am weak,  strengthen me, I am cold in love, warm me and make me burn… I am a sinner but thou art righteous …. But by faith you credit me with your righteousness… increase my faith and trust!

 

You need to be baptized with the Holy Spirit the rest of your lives regularly and continually lest you fall back into the world and unbelief.
(Both quotes excerpted from Luther’s Sermons, Vols. 3 & 4)

 

Billy Graham, one of America’s greatest evangelists—

 

Rely constantly on the Holy Spirit, remembering that Christ dwells in you through the Holy Spirit (if you have received Christ as your Savior and Lord). Do not ask Him to help as you would a servant. Ask Him to come in and do it all. Tell him how weak, helpless, unstable, and unreliable you are. Stand aside and let Him take over all the decisions of your life… Let go of all those inner tensions and complexes and rely completely on Him.

 

The Bible commands us to be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18) Seeking to be filled is not an option, but a command to be obeyed…! And something that is to be continual and ongoing!

(Excerpted from the book  Peace with God  by Billy Graham)

 

Chuck Smith, founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Churches and a Jesus People leader:

 

I am convinced that the greatest need in the church today is a renewal of teaching on the subject of the Holy Spirit. Only then will you and I be empowered to go into the world as effective witnesses for Jesus Christ. The only hope for our nation today is a spiritual awakening that begins in the church with a fresh movement of the Holy Spirit upon the lives and hearts of the saints of God. And that takes the epi, the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

(From: Living Water: The Power of the Holy Spirit in Your Life p. 282 by Chuck Smith.)

 

In the revivals mentioned above, there was a heightened awareness and revelation of one’s weakness and the utter and complete need for God’s grace and power before the outpourings took place. And thus, this is something we must not forget or resist, but rather, come before the Lord in humility and learn to rely on HIS grace and power, instead of self!

 

A Reflection on Charlie Kirk

 

It is hard when something like this happens, this young leader so tragically shot down in this way. 

 

However, the Bible says God can work everything together for good for those who love Him and are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

 

It is impressive and amazing to see so many people, young and old, coming together in prayer and worship throughout the nation and the world in response! The memorial event was quite impressive with all the worship and so much sharing of the Gospel! Lord, let it spread into a full revival!

 

Revival has healed this nation before, and we now need it again.

 

Have your own personal revival first by asking the Holy Spirit to fill and empower you personally, and seek to walk in the Holy Spirit and pass it on to others. As that old Jesus People song says: “It only takes a spark to get a fire going … You spread His love to everyone, You want to pass it on.”

 

America has been a land of Revival… and there were Revivals as well as the Reformation that spread throughout the world that also touched the founding of America. 

 

Lord revive us again in Jesus’ name!

 

Much love and blessings,

Bryan and Mercedes

 

To learn more on these topics, below is a list of video and audio programs we’ve done on different historical revivals:

 

▪️From the Reformation to America 

▪️The Hernhutt Revival 

▪️The Mayflower Pilgrims

▪️The Great Awakening 

▪️John Wesley 

▪️George Whitfield 

▪️The Cain Ridge Revival and Camp Meetings 

▪️Charles Finney’s Conversion and Baptism in the Holy Spirit 

▪️The Pentecostal Revival

▪️Harald Bredesen and the Charismatic Renewal 

▪️Lonnie Frisbee and the Jesus People and Third Wave Revival 

▪️New Video: Overview of the 3 Major Movements focused on the Empowering of the Holy Spirit in the 20^th Century 

Ministry Update: Spring - Summer 2025

 

We are thankful to have been ministering in some different places and events in the past few months.

Canada 🇨🇦 

It was a blessing to get to visit and minister in Canada once again. We ministered at both the South and then the North end of Vancouver Island.

We did a lot of ministry way up on the Northern end of Vancouver Island, which is a gateway to those heading up to Alaska. We were doing some ministry, for the first time for us, amongst the indigenous peoples from the Kwakiutl Tribe at Fort Rupert.

Fort Rupert had the first known inhabitants of the island many thousands of years ago. We were told that they haven’t been that open to Caucasian people, but thanks to friends Lance and Sarah who set things up, we were welcomed, and the Lord gave us favor. 

Grand Chief Dave shared he was hungry for the Holy Spirit to move and that there were those, including in his family, who had become dried out and in need of renewal in their walks with Christ. We were stoked to experience the Holy Spirit moving amongst us powerfully as we ministered, and especially touching, filling and renewing, members from the Grand Chief’s family.

The Grand Chief and his mother, who is 93 years old, both encountered God’s presence in a major way in our first meeting. The Holy Spirit came upon him and his mother in a radical way and they, as well as others, spent a long time on the floor having been inundated under the presence of the Lord. They were there receiving and being filled with the living water which was renewing their hearts! His niece got powerfully filled in the next meeting we were doing and shared afterwards how she had been feeling so dry and really needed this touch from God as the tears were streaming down her face.

Then later I had a divine appointment when we were on the reserve visiting and helping out with some things. I felt the Holy Spirit’s leading that there was someone that needed ministering to. I ran into the niece whom we had prayed for the night before and began talking with her. 

She began to explain how her mother was so in need of ministry and renewal and while talking in the community kitchen, her mother unexpectedly showed up. We shared that we had just been talking about her and said we would like to pray for her. I went and got Mercedes and brought her over and we began to pray for her right there in the kitchen and the power of God came down on her in a very radical way and she began to weep heavily with many tears as God’s presence touched her deeply, then later the Lord began to fill her with joy, and she began to laugh and have burdens lifted off of her. It was a very powerful divine appointment. 

I was also able to share and witness and plant some seeds with others around the reserve and the surrounding area. It was also interesting to hear some stories Grand Chief shared of missionaries in the early 20th century—not too long ago really—who worked to translate the Bible into their Kwakiutl language!

We also ministered in Port Hardy later at The Bridge Christian Fellowship with Pastor George and his wife Karen, which is not too far from Fort Rupert. We were stoked to experience the Lord’s renewing presence filling, and empowering, and bringing healing, and had a few people rededicate their lives to Christ as well. The Holy Spirit moved powerfully amongst us the whole time with a radiant renewing presence that was so refreshing and just releasing healing and new life. Was also stoked to be part of the worship team in both situations in both Fort Rupert and Port Hardy, as well as leading some worship too earlier down in Victoria at a home meeting.

We were in the South of the island as well, ministering in the Victoria area. We were speaking at The House of Shiloh about the “Mothers Day Holy Spirit Outpouring” which took place back when Lonnie Frisbee (Jesus Revolution movie) ministered back at the then Calvary Chapel Yorba Linda, which was later to become the Anaheim Vineyard. 

We were stoked to have the Holy Spirit‘s presence moving amongst us and release “healing, deliverance, strength, and power”—as one friend put it who was at the meetings—as we ministered together at the House of Shiloh. So many were ministered to and touched and renewed and a few people experienced the Baptism and Empowering of the Holy Spirit for the first time in their lives at this service, including a young man who was very powerfully filled with the Holy Spirit to overflowing. 

We also did some other home meetings during the week where we led worship as well as experienced the Holy Spirit pouring out healing and freedom.

The Mother’s Day Outpouring was actually connected to the Jesus People Revival since Lonnie Frisbee was one of the principal evangelists of the Jesus People Revival. It has come to be understood as a historic outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Fuller Seminary Professor Peter Wagner called it an integral part of the “Third Wave Revival”—meaning there were 3 main outpourings in the 20th century that had an emphasis on the Baptism/Empowering of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5): The Pentecostal Revival, The Charismatic Renewal, and The Third Wave Revival. (There is a list at the end of this newsletter, including a new video we've done as well on those 20th Century Outpourings.)

We also had a couple of other divine appointments along the way in Canada with some people we met: One was with a Filipino guy we met that we witnessed to and prayed for! Another guy lost some cold-weather gloves that we found and caught up to him and shared that the Lord was watching over him and sent us to him to give him that message…he was very touched! PTL!

We also got a nice little break in along the coast in between things where Mercedes and I were able to get in some Canadian surfing and hiking etc. in the beautiful natural surroundings, as well as enjoying a little time in the Columbia Icefields area when we arrived in the country.

 

California Dreamin’ Conference 

We had some blessed meetings we spoke and ministered at in Costa Mesa at the “California Dreamin’“ conference, held at the original church where Lonnie Frisbee began to minister with Chuck Smith in the inception of the Jesus People Revival, as featured in the “Jesus Revolution” movie.

Mercedes and I were blessed to share about the significant revivals of the 20th century and how they were connected to California, including as we just referenced, the Pentecostal Revival, the Charismatic Renewal, and the Third Wave Revival. 

 

Salinas 

We had a blessed time ministering together as well as hanging out with our friend David Estrella at the Vineyard in Salinas with Pastor Dave and his wife Renee where we shared about the move of the Holy Spirit in different aspects of history, as well as the filling of the Holy Spirit Dave experienced when Mercedes and I ministered at Surfing the Nations (STN) in Hawaii some years ago. It was when we were ministering there at STN that David got filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit for the first time in his life after having grown up and gone to church his whole life.

The Holy Spirit moved amongst us as we ministered at the Vineyard and poured out His loving and healing presence over those who were there, including a young lady who wasn’t even gonna come to the meeting that night, but just showed up at the last moment because of a stress issue and got radically touched by the Lord!

We also got to enjoy taking a little time to enjoy some of the area and do some fun things in that scenic region. 

 

Orange and Dana Point

 

We were blessed to minister in the Orange area at Centro Cristiano Esperanza where we experienced the Holy Spirit filling many of the young people including touching some very young teenagers. 

We also joined Patrick and Emily as they led worship at OC Rock Church in South Orange County. We were the support team in the worship and praying for people, as they both taught from the Bible at that service.

We also shared about the Jesus People Revival and the real St. Patrick on a Zoom meeting recently as well. We also have a new video about a “Holy Ghost Ski Story” that involves ministry we were led to by the Holy Spirit that involved us sharing about the real St. Patrick on St. Patrick’s day as a way to share the Gospel We have continued ministering as well in other places and in other venues including some blessed meetings in San Diego we just did that our friend Lauren set up which had some blessed worship we all did together and some breakthroughs for those we prayed for! 

 

Anniversary 

We are thankful to be celebrating 33 years of marriage this summer, and we were stoked to finally get a chance to get a little time up in the mountains together to take time to celebrate that important milestone. We praise God for His grace, mercy, and are so grateful for the Holy Spirit’s presence that has blessed us and carried us through all these years.

 

We are so grateful for your ongoing prayers and support!

God Bless!

Bryan and Mercedes Marleaux

New videos on YouTube which can be found on the Grace World Mission page:

www.youtube.com/graceworldmission

• Wind Wind…music video and brief teaching on the Holy Spirit
• Holy Ghost Ski Stories…sharing about some traveling divine appointments
• Light of the Lighthouse…music video with pictures from our recent Canada mission trip
• NEW VIDEO and ARTICLE: 20th Century Outpourings of the Holy Spirit and the Healing of Cultural Divides

 

Other videos mentioned in newsletter which can be found on the Grace World Mission page: www.youtube.com/graceworldmission

• Testimony of Dave Estrella getting filled with the Holy Spirit when we were ministering at STN
• Video on Lonnie and his impact on Calvary Chapel and the Vineyard
• Video Interview about Lonnie Frisbee

Articles mentioned in newsletter:

• Mother’s Day Outpouring article: gwmgracenotes.blogspot.com/2020/05/40th-anniversary-of-mothers-day.html
• Lonnie Frisbee and the Jesus People Revival, (article was published by an international renewal publication, has since been expanded): www.graceworldmission.org/Jesus_ppl_revival.html

He Is Risen! Happy Easter! His Miracles Continue!

Jesus went to the Cross and paid for our sins, and on the third day He rose from the dead having conquered sin and death.

After the resurrection, He continued to appear to His disciples as well as do many miraculous signs amongst them. He did so many miracles that they are not even all recorded, in fact the book of John says:

“Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:30-31

Jesus did many other miracles and in fact continues to do them in the present when we walk in faith and are led by His Spirit. Sometimes there are big ones and other times there are small ones, however the small ones can be just as mind-boggling as the big ones.

It is a mystery as to why some prayers take years to get answered, while others are answered in moments…Some divine mysteries cannot be explained rationally, but rather, are to just be accepted and to be thankful for and marveled over, just like His very resurrection. 

During this season of Easter, it is good to reflect on Christ’s payment for our sins and His glorious resurrection, as well as to rejoice in His intervention in our lives in both big and small ways. The biggest miracle is of course having our sins paid for on the cross by Jesus and having been given eternal life through faith in Him.

Small miracles and answers to prayers are also good to reflect on, as they speak of the personal touch of God into our own situations and everyday lives.

The following is a short testimony about one of those little signs and wonders that happened recently when calling upon the living Resurrected Christ:

A Quick Little Prayer

We were taking a walk/hike recently and were a little over a couple miles into it, when I started feeling pain in my foot. I took off the boots I was wearing—which usually aren’t a problem—to find I was just beginning to get a blister, which is quite the nightmare for a decent lengthy jaunt like this. My foot was inflamed and irritated in a particular spot, but a full blister hadn’t formed yet.

We were close to the ocean, so we headed over to the beach, going down some stairs, so I could soak my foot in the cold water for a bit to help soothe it and possibly stop the inflammation. I was concerned, however, of putting my boots back on afterwards since it would just keep making the area worse and cause a full blister to form.

I was hoping that it might be possible to walk back on the sand with bare feet since we had a considerable distance to get back to the car… about 2.5 miles.

However, the tide had come way up and that was not going to be possible since there were quite a few cliffs on the way. The waves would soon be slamming into the cliffs and would be impassable. I was trying to think of what to do: Going back up and taking a route to walk back on streets with bare feet for that long could cause other foot problems.

I had the thought, what if I could find some abandoned flip flops on the beach? People sometimes leave stuff at the beach…however, because of the high tide there wasn’t much sand or beach left at all… but I still scoured the area anyway, but to no avail.

Even if I did find some flip flops, the hope of getting the right size—I have pretty big feet at size 13— was a quite the long shot.

I went back in the water soaking my feet again, praying what to do and just prayed a quick little prayer: “Lord, I could really use some old, abandoned flip flops right now…”

I turned around to walk back towards the stairs and there was a pair of old flip flops sitting right there… I was blown away! …I had JUST looked right there in that spot a moment before … what?… whoa!

I was flabbergasted… the Holy Spirit touched me as I picked them up… amazingly they were the right size too! My mind being blown, all I could do was thank the Lord!

I cleaned my feet and put on the flip flops and started heading back… I was able to get back to our car without any further pain or injury and avoided getting a full-blown blister... hallelujah!

I remember our old buddy Harald Bredesen— a friend, a mentor, and one of the fathers of the Charismatic Renewal— who used to say : “When do miracles happen? Usually when you need one.” Thank you, Lord! 

Jesus rose from the grave to give us eternal life and life more abundantly in this present time. He answers some prayers in unexpected ways that sometimes blow our minds.

Most mind-blowing of all though is that He went to the cross and paid the price for our sins and then rose from the dead so that we could spend eternity with Him.

As we reflect this Easter, it is important to realize the brevity of life and that eternity awaits after the final curtain. Believing on Christ and His atonement means we get to spend it in Heaven.

 Jesus did the ultimate miracle when He rose from the dead on the third day to give us life eternally after He died in our place on the Cross. This is Good News to be reflected on at this time of year, and it is also something to be shared with others when the Lord opens up the doors.

Share the Good News where the Lord gives you opportunity and continue to look to Christ  for more blessings and miracles to come your way. 

 

·      Harald Bredesen talks about Grace World Mission video

·      More videos on Harald Bredesen

·      Video on Christ’s full payment for our sins

 

A Holy Ghost Ski Story with a St. Patrick Twist

https://youtu.be/6Hq_u0zS6QY

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I remember our friend Lonnie Frisbee used to share different stories about some of the ways that the Lord would lead him into divine appointments and ministry situations at times… 

Interestingly enough Lonnie Frisbee’s Funeral was on St. Patrick's Day which seems significant in that they were both radical missionary evangelists, but whose histories have often been misunderstood.

Those divine appointment and divine leading stories Lonnie shared were inspiring, as is the story of the Real St. Patrick.

A Holy Ghost Ski Story with a St. Patrick Twist 

Last year we discerned the Lord leading us to just head out east… eventually towards Colorado with some stops on the way, we felt that the Lord was going to do something… wasn’t sure what though.

After some stops we eventually made our way towards Colorado.

As we crossed the border into Colorado we got a phone call from an old pastor friend of ours that invited us to come and speak at his church in Colorado Springs.

We hadn’t been to his church in two years and though we had written him a number of months earlier we had never heard anything back.

It was quite divine timing to receive that call right as we drove into Colorado.

We had some free time since we were already there in the state way before the service to do some stuff in between the coming service.

We took a little time to do some skiing in those awesome Colorado Rockies and then headed over to Colorado Springs.

It worked out that the day we were to preach at their “Missionary Sunday” service which was on St Patrick's Day last year.

We shared some mission stories from the book of Acts and some of our mission adventures and the story of The Real St. Patrick who was a missionary led by God’s Spirit to preach the gospel to the Irish. Which was followed by us praying for a bunch of people and especially some young men in the service who got touched powerfully. The Lord was releasing an empowering, especially for evangelism, upon their lives.

We also ministered at the YWAM base in Denver to some young people preparing for missions later on.

A little later on from that we were doing a little more skiing and it was warm enough to do a bike ride afterwards. 

We returned to the ski village after the bike ride as well as skiing earlier on, coming back quite famished, after all that exercise in the cold weather. 

It had gotten late and the village had the appearance of a ghost town as everything was closed and no one was around.

I sat down on a bench while Mercedes went to use the restroom and I noticed a bag next to me that had a bunch of food that had been boxed up in it. 

The place was deserted and we sat there for a while checking our phones etc…nobody ever came around for the food.

I finally took a look inside and realized it was a bunch of Irish food that had been boxed up from a restaurant as a to go order that had never been touched.

We waited quite a bit longer, hanging out for a while and still there was no one around and no one was obviously ever returning for this.

I felt an impression from the Lord “I have provided….”

It was so much food that we couldn't even eat it all. The next day we decided to finish it off at the little motel we were at. Downstairs they had some tables and a kitchen in the back.

One of the women who worked there actually heated up the Irish Stew for us that was left and actually gave us some really nice bread to go with it.

The Lord opened a door to begin witnessing to her and I ended up using the story of the real St Patrick as a bridge to share the Gospel with her and plant some seeds and pray for her and God touched her heart.

I then noticed that her name was Patricia… It all then hit me: 

Wow ! We're sitting here eating divinely supplied Irish Stew while sharing the story of the real St. Patrick to a woman named Patricia—the feminized version of Patrick—a little later after that divine appointment in Colorado where we had that divine timing to preach and minister about the real St. Patrick.

I felt the Lord emphasizing through all this: 

The story of the real St Patrick can be a bridge to share the Gospel! Especially with those who might have a religious background but haven’t received Christ. It is important to share with others that the Lord calls us into a relationship with Him through His Son Jesus Christ so we can have that promise and security of eternal life.

It helps sometimes to find bridges as a way to share the Gospel.

The Holy Spirit empowers us to be witnesses, and the story of St Patrick can be a bridge and is a good tool to use at the appropriate times, to help share with those who need the Gospel.

• More videos on the Celtic Christian Legacy:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9zt0pZyg_bP-KrzXvXNxb1P-VrIdn4Sz&si=DyPa5BjPej4zATeA