June 2010

Hello friends and family,

 

It is my prayer for you today that this letter finds you enjoying the presence of the Lord and that His joy is your strength. This month has been fast and furious! We have traveled all throughout the U.S. this past month. God is on the move and I am so thankful to be a part of moving with Him.

 

Many of you know my testimony but possibly not the part I am about to share. Around fifteen years ago I was poisoned by L.S.D through a chemical called stricknine that is put in rat poison and L.S.D.  I was over-dosing and in pain that night.  Around 1:00 a.m. in the morning, I decided to turn the television onto TBN and a minister began to prophecy directly to me.  In a nut shell he said, “Some of you watching this program are hooked on drugs right now are going to be set free and preach the gospel throughout America.” When he said that I was suddenly completely sober and then touched by the power of the Holy Ghost.

 

Roughly fifteen years later, God is now using me to preach on the same station and give that same message of hope to millions around the world. Last night I spoke on TBN’s Praise the Lord program once again and God used me to give hope to a generation that is in need of the same Savior I found.  I was privileged to give a Holy Ghost salvation altar call to the world.  Heaven only knows the lasting fruit.  I Corinthians 2:9 says, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those that love him.” Ephesians 3:20 says,  “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” If you would have told me fifteen years ago that God would use me to preach on TBN like I did last night, I would not have been able to see or imagine it.   If you are believing God to do something in your life or to save a member in your family, God can do more than you can see, ask, or imagine!  To all of my partners, we just reached millions with the Gospel. Heaven will testify on that day to our account!

 

While in Grand Junction, Colorado a few weeks back I had a great time at Christ the Rock with Pastor Mike Bridgewater.  Many were saved and mightily touched by the power of God.  During my last night there I felt led to pray for the sick and many were healed. ONE MIRACLE STOOD OUT! The pastor told me that there was a very solid intercessor in the church that was healed miraculously! She was completely deaf in one ear and God opened her ear 100%. It was an awesome miracle! God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.!

 

My wife and I had the opportunity to travel to Kaua’i, Hawaii a few weeks ago for an Act’s 29 School of Evangelism and Outreach weekend. It was a tremendous weekend of outreach to the local people of Hawaii. We took a team out after a great time of training. Many lives were touched as we went house to house just like they did in the book of Acts.  Trisha had several exciting encounters.  She knocked on the door of one house and a 16-year-old boy came to the door.  She asked him if he had anything she could pray for him about, and when he declined, she asked him if he knew Jesus.  The young man shared with her his doubts about Jesus being real and she was able to share her testimony of salvation and then asked him again if she could pray that he would feel the presence of God.  He told her she could and after she prayed for him, he said he felt God touch him.  Isn’t it exciting that God moves OUTSIDE of the church just like he does inside when we allow ourselves to be a conduit of His love and power!  An evangelism team was set in place to continue reaching the community on an ongoing basis. The services were explosive!  Around 80 people repented and were saved in Kaua’i.

 

This past month there were roughly 150-200 people who got right with God and/or saved. It has been an awesome month. Every bit of prayer and financial support you sow make all of this possible!  There isn’t a price-tag on salvation, but all of you play a role in sending me to preach the whole gospel that requires repentance!   

 

One more wonderful door opened this past month. I had the privilege to be on another major television show that reaches 125 million homes. It will air sometime the middle of this month on DirectTV.  The program is called, “Im Just Sayin” on TCT. I shared in an interview on God’s heart to empower the believer and mobilize the church. Check your local listings... I’m sure it will be a blessing to you.

Once again, words cannot express my gratitude for all your faithful prayer and support.  What I’ve said before is worth saying again: “It takes team work to make the dream work!” 

Together in the Harvest,

 

Joe Oden