Surrounded by miracles! News from the New Wine ‘Impact’ venue

We had another great week at New Wine North running the Impact venue back in July. This is a really wonderful partnership and it’s going to continue and grow with an exciting tour planned for next year (click here for more details).

Lots of wonderful things happened at the festival this year, but here’s a really quick story. On the last morning of New Wine North after my last preach, a guy came up to m e and told me he was a businessman. He said, ‘I really want to help but I don’t quite get this Christianity stuff.’

I asked him why not. He replied, ‘I’ve been to this venue the last couple of years and I think I believe it all but I just haven’t “got it” yet.’

I asked him whether anyone had ever shown him Revelation 3:20, about God standing at the door of his heart and knocking. He said no, so I did!

Then I said, ‘Have you felt God knocking on your door this week and would you like to give your life to Christ, right now?’ He answered, ‘Well, yes I would – I want to.’

So I called his church leader over and then and there, we led him to Christ. The first thing he said afterwards was, ‘That’s amazing – now, how can I help?’ It turned out that this man is a successful businessman who really wants to use his skills and resources to help us get the word out about The Message. Amazing!

Shortly after, I took him off to our stand to get a copy of my book. While I’m writing a personal message to him, a girl runs up to the stand carrying a rucksack and a couple of folded-up walking sticks. ‘I’ve just run all the way from your talk!’ she panted. ‘God’s just healed me in your session!’

It turned out that she’d crawled out of her tent that morning in great pain and staggered to the meeting because of terrible arthritis in her hips. But God had wonderfully healed her during the meeting – and she’d run all the way to tell me!

I stood there surrounded by miracles – new salvation on one side, a miraculous healing on the other – truly, God’s Kingdom breaking out!

Urban Impact is coming to a venue near you in March 2011. Find out more.