Because I want You to Remember

I have been interested in Meridian, Mississippi ever since I heard that Maria Woodworth Etter used to hold camp meetings there. I heard about all the miracles that have happened in her ministry, especially people falling into trances. One of my favorite traits about her is that she was one of the only ministers that moved in all nine gifts of the Holy Ghost. I started to hunger and pray for this in my own life. I went with a Christmas trip several years ago to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and upon our return we stopped in Meridian, Mississippi to get some gas and use the bathroom. I was filled with a lot of zeal after being on a fruitful mission’s trip. I prayed a bold prayer in the bathroom. I asked the Lord to let me move in all nine gifts of the Holy Ghost, just like Maria did. I said that to the Lord that He was no respecter of persons and that I should be able to move in all nine gifts, as well. I was taken back by His response. He asked me this question, but are you willing to pay the price to use them. I felt like I received a spanking, but I knew that I hadn’t paid the price. I knew what He was talking about. Was I willing to let the Holy Ghost have complete control of my life? Was I willing to pay the price in prayer and fasting? Was I willing to be obedient to everything the Lord would ask me to do? We talk a good game, but really, we want everything fast and quick. We want to just pray a few minutes and have the power gifts immediately. I repented, and I have started to seek Him concerning these things. Since that time, I am always drawn to stop in Meridian to pray and seek the Lord. 

In February 2016, I was drawn to stop and pray in Meridian, Miss. I drove through the city listening for what the Lord wanted me to pray. I stopped at this huge church called Evangel and prayed for the city of Meridian. I prayed for the Lord to pour out His spirit again in Meridian and America and I went on my way to minister in Tuscaloosa.

In May of 2016, I was drawn again to stop and pray in Meridian. This time I went around and asked folks if they remembered what had happened in the late 1800’s in their city. I even went to the Library and asked the clerk about Maria Woodworth Etter. Nobody in the library could give me any information about her. I walked back to my car and prayed. I asked the Lord why do you keep bringing me back to this city. He spoke to my heart and said because I want you to remember. He said for me to pray for revival for America and to ask for Him to do it again in the city and He gave me two scriptures.

Is. 58:12-Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

Jer. 6:16-Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

I was directed to pray these scriptures and pray for the Lord to restore the old paths. Just like the enemy has taken all of the history of Maria Woodworth Etter from Meridian, he has been trying to take away any remembrance of the Lord out of our society. Prayer taken out of our schools and the Ten Commandments out of our judicial building. He has been taken out of all of our history books and being replaced with a more secular view. Liberals are refusing to say One Nation under God in our Pledge of Allegiance and they will not stop until it’s totally taken out. I remember that Iraq once was a Christian nation many years, ago. Could this happen to America? It most definitely can at the rate we are going if we don’t stand up and fight. We must fight in prayer and fasting. We must become all that we are in Christ. Will we pay the price?

In conclusion, I’m asking the question that the Lord asked me in Meridian, Mississippi last year during the Christmas season. The question is, will you pay the price? One of my favorite ministers was Kathryn Kuhlman. I love watching the videos of her on You Tube. She was used mightily by the Lord in miracles, signs and wonders, but there was one thing she would always say. She would say that we could do the same works that she did, if we would only pay the price. You see friends we are not saved to just go to heaven. Yes, we get to go to heaven, but if He saved us to just go to heaven He would have taken us when we were born again. We are saved for a purpose and that’s to populate the Kingdom of Heaven.