Street Stories - A Ringside Seat To Over 4 Decades Of Taking Jesus To The Streets Of The World

readers, Astral plane people, sword swallowers, snake charmers… yet undeterred, we continued to lift up Jesus.

After a few songs, the Lord prompted me to have our group all bow down on our knees right out on the pier and continue singing. We continued to sing and lift up Jesus. I was down on my knees, playing guitar and singing and I realized I had my back to the ocean just a few feet away. Suddenly, I remembered Denny telling me that when they had flown down to Key West to spy out the land a few months ago, they had received a warning. Some of the Key West locals had warned Denny, “If you Jesus Freaks come down here preaching and carrying a cross, we will throw you in the ocean.” Why did I have to remember that threat at this exact moment? I felt as if I was a sitting duck. With my back to the ocean, eyes closed, kneeling on my knees with our worship group playing guitar and singing, I decided if they were going to actually throw me in the ocean, I was going to open my eyes so I could at least see who did it. I cracked one eye open and miraculously saw that a large crowd had gathered around our group as we were all down on our knees worshipping the Lord. The good news is, I noticed a lady nearby had tears streaming down her face as the Spirit of the Lord was moving. I stood up on my feet and instructed our group to stand. I told them to go ahead and pass out some Gospel tracts to the crowd gathered nearby us and to begin personal ministry and prayer to everyone who wanted to be prayed for. People began to receive the Lord as Savior and be prayed for.

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