Spring 2010

This story is an old salvation story that’s just resurfaced in the deliverance department.  This story is significant to understanding my ministry and how Jesus works with me.  How this guy got saved is remarkable.  I would like to share this radical experience with you.    

“Hoops” and I have been friends and drinking buddies since high school.  We played sports together and were two of the heaviest drinkers in our circle of friends.  Later, in 2010, living about 1000 miles away from each other, Hoops calls me out of the blue and describes his life in shambles.  I shared Jesus with him and he agreed he needed to accept Jesus as his Savior.  I was very young in soul winning so I asked him to repeat a sinners-type, bullet-point type prayer with me.  Halfway through our praying he stopped repeating.  I thought to myself, “He quit” “He’s bored” “He went to get a beer.”  I finished the prayer and there was a long pause which ended with me repeating his name – all by myself, with no response.  Finally, I heard the phone being picked up off the ground.  I ask “Are you alright?”  He responded “Yea, I passed out” while sounding as if he had just awakened.  I didn’t know what to do with that, so I let it go. 

Years later, after learning more about my calling, I was reminded of his “passing-out” so I called him to confirm some things in my mind.  When he answered the phone I asked “Are you a Christian?”  He responded, “Yea, you led me to Jesus.  He’s my Lord and Savior and I love Him.”  I immediately moved to the “passing-out” issue and asked him to share with me what happened.  He told me when we started praying a bright light came toward him, took him over and he passed-out.  I finally understood.  The Holy Spirit took him over, cleaned his house up, seared his spirit, and saved him…knocked him out! All this over the phone!  No hands laid on him or nothing!  Jesus did His work through our prayer, Hoops’ faith and a phone call; 1000 miles away from each other.  Seriously cool stuff!