The All Nations Living Water Ministers News Letter- January 2001

“OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanks giving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.” (Psalm 95:1-3)

We praise the Lord for all His love, leadings and protections. And lookback with much joy and gratitude toward our God. Thank you for your prayer support.

As you know in ’97 the Lord blessed us with ‘Renewal- Miracle Ministry’ and since then He has been using us to strengthen His churches in different prefectures of Japan through Spiritual and Physical healing, Words of Knowledge and Prophecies…

From this month on we shall send you our News Letter to rejoice together for the Lord's great and mighty works, as He uses us as His vessels. We shall appreciate your prayers and please let us know if the Lord will give you a word for us.

On Christmas eve 2000 we had the opportunity to do ministry in Yokohama, where two Spanish speaking and the Japanese church had come together to celebrate Christmas.

We all were blessed by the praise and worship in Spanish led by Pastor Evan and the Lord ministered to us through this time of praise and worship. Then our daughters Naomi (7) and Megumi (5) sang two worship action songs in Japanese, which ministered to every one’s heart. After that the Lord used Esther top reach the message on “living unto God” and Yousef shared his testimony and on “being free from our fears”. As we invited people to come forward for ministry time, the good Lord touched His people and one lady received Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior and was saved. 4 persons recommitted their lives to the Lord and made the decision to live for God. 2 persons were healed of pains in their eye and back and one sister whose hand was dried and could not bend it was healed too. Also the Good Lord used us to heal several others spiritually and emotionally and some were set free of fear as the Lord gave us the words of knowledge and prophecy.

There was a brother –Aldo- who had become a Christian just few months ago. He had read our testimonies of the Lord’s mighty works in our lives in the Brazilian magazine “PAZ” and God had been using us to minister to him on the phone. He is single and a HIV carrier patient (of the AIDS hospital in Tokyo) due to his involvement with Mormonism. The Lord saved him and has been using him to reach out to the AIDS patients and others. During this meeting the Lord used us to encourage him to pursue after the Lord as the Lord gave us words of knowledge. Please pray for him to keep focusing his heart and mind on the Lord and to be strong in faith and in the power of the Holy Spirit and to continue to be a witness for the Lord.      

The Lord also used Esther to prophecy and to encourage the Pastor of Spanish speaking church in the ministry the Lord has trusted into his hands.

It was actually a mutual blessing for us all to see our living God being so actively involved in His peoples’ lives and the amazing love that He continually showers us with.

We are grateful to God and Pastor Evan for having given us this ministry opportunity and to brother Shoji and brother Aldo for interpreting for us.

Three-Day-Christian Camp from Jan. 1st through 3rd:

The Good Lord gave us the opportunity to take the evening sessions during these 3days. The camp was organized by Pastor and Mrs. Oliveira in Ibaraki Prefecture where, two Brazilian churches of “Kashima” and “Omiya” (a church branch) had joined together. By the Lord’s leading we all met for the New Year eve celebration from 9 PM on Dec. 31st and had a great time of fellowship in the Lord, which went on until 4 am. We sure enjoyed the Brazilian grand meal and each other’s fellowship in the Lord. As a dear sister from Paraguay and Esther were talking together, she told Esther that she had a pain in her shoulder. Esther offered to pray for her without much confidence, but as she laid hands on her shoulder and prayed to God to heal her, the Good Lord heard her prayer and she said that she felt the warm power of the Holy Spirit and was instantly healed. Hallelujah! Our God is a great God and greatly to be praised.

The next day we met for the afternoon session to hear the Lord’s message through Pr. Gilbert. He shared the Lord’s powerful message on “Bond Of Love”. At the end as Pr. Gilbert was praying for Esther who had pain in her left leg, the Lord told Esther, “There is some one here who has a word from the Lord for her.” As she spoke it out and encouraged thatperson3 times to speak out the word with courage as it was important, a brother began to share it and it was a confirmation from the Lord on some directions the Lord has given us. Praise the Lord. Our God reigns.

During the first night meeting Yousef brought the Lord’s message on “Living in the freedom of the Holy Spirit” and Pr. Gilbert interpreted it into Portuguese. At the end of the sermon he invited people to come forward for prayer and together with Pr. Gilbert we prayed for them and the Lord touched all the congregation and set them free spiritually and emotionally and delivered them from sorrows and burdens and hurts. Then Pastor Gilbert asked if any one wished to receive Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior and 4 persons gave their lives to the Lord and were saved. Glory to God in the highest.

The 2nd day, Pastor Gilbert shared the word of God on “Reluctant Leaders” aiming at “leadership training” and the Good Lord touched peoples’ heart ands even persons decided to receive water baptism. In the afternoon, after the Lord used Yousef to lead us in a wonderful time of Communion, we all set out to go to the river in that area where our seven dear brothers and sisters were to be baptized. It was great time of rejoicing for all of us as Pastor Gilbert baptized them and we celebrated this event with shouts of joy and much singing to the Lord. Praise God for the freedom we have in Japan.            

 In the evening the Lord used Esther to share on “John. 4:23 and 24” in practical manner and Pastor Gilbert was kind enough to interpret into Portuguese. By God’s grace, all were touched by the Holy Spirit as they came forward for prayer and 3 persons also were prayed for the Baptism of Holy Spirit. The Lord set His people free from burdens of life, sorrows, hurts and they received more of the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

A brother testified the next day saying,” As Esther had asked every one during the sermon to allow God the Holy Spirit to search our hearts and cleanse us fro many sin, God brought to my mind that years back in Brazil, my sister had told me, “You should be put into a mental hospital.” It had really hurt me. But God saved me”. The Lord set him free of the un-forgiveness and the effect of it during the ministry time.      

Our God knows each one of us and He is the only one who is able to minister to us Praise God for His everlasting and unfailing love that covers us.

On the 3rd day, Pastor Gilbert shared on “Profile of a rewarded leader” and asked Esther to pray with him for the Lord’s blessing and anointing on the people in order to be able to speak and to minister in English language as it is widely used through out the world. After that Esther shared with Pastor Gilbert that the Lord had shown her on the first day that a particular sister had been abused and that the brother she was living with, was possessive and would no tallow her to leave him. They both had come to the camp and had recommitted their lives to the Lord. The same brother was among the seven people who’d received water baptism the previous day and had obtained high grade in his sport activity of Karate. Pastor Gilbert arranged for us to meet separately and our sister was surprised as Pastor Gilbert gave her this information and admitted that it was true. God used us and healed her of this hurt and the shock that she had received several years ago.

The same day she phoned her mother in Brazil and told her that the Lord had given her the victory. Hallelujah!

The good Lord used Yousef and Pastor Gilbert to minister to that brother too and delivered him from spiritual bondages and the Homicide and possessive spirits and was filled with the Holy Spirit During that time, the joy of the Lord came upon Yousef and Pastor Gilbert and they began to laugh from the heart. 2 days later we were informed that she had moved to her sister’s house. Glory to God.

At night meeting Esther shared the word of God about Gideon and the 300 hundred men chosen by the Lord to defeat the Midians (Judges 7: 1-12), and Yousef shared his testimony and encouraged people to give generously to the Lord and through prayer, people declared freedom from being under the control of money. Some raised their hands when he asked them if they felt any change in their heart's attitude and were set free of financial fear. Then Esther asked if any one desired to be a part of the Lord’s army for the new work He is about to do in all the world and more than 10 people came forward and the Lord touched and strengthen them through word of knowledge and prophecy as Pastor Gilbert, Yousef and Esther prayed for them.

All through out the 3 day camp the children aging 3-8 had great time and took very active partspecially through out the praise and worship times. The Lord ministered to all of us as they so joyfully and with complete freedom of the Holy Spirit danced and sang before the Lord.

Other days, almost everyday we go pass out tracts at the station or put in the house post boxes or share the Good News through the internet. Sometimes we get calls from Brazilians and Peruvians and Iranians and the Lord uses us to minister to them on the phone. Recently two Brazilian and Philippi no ladies believed in Jesus as we prayed with them on the phone and were saved. Praise the name of the Lord, name ABOVE all names. Please continue to pray that the Lord will use us more and to serve Him wholeheartedly at all times.

We are corresponding with a Nigerian man married to a Japanese who came to the Lord in prison, and have been sending him materials about the Holy Spirit and His gifts. He has Baptist back ground and was arrested on charges of selling drugs. He needs our prayer as things are not going well between him and his wife. They have a little daughter of 3.

We need your prayers for a very important direction we have had from the Lord since three months ago:

The Lord first showed Esther through dream that the ministry was like a baby in her hand and God has prepared for us a place in the South, which we must move to. And when we move to that place, the ministry will have a rapid growth and great works that have not occurred will be done. He also showed her, that there was darkness blocking our way, which through praise and worship and prayer would disappear.

Later the Lord showed Yousef through dream that between Dec. 2000 to April 2001, we would go to live in a place with a kind of weather that is never cold all through out the year. 

After much praying we are confident that this place that the Lord has for us is Okinawa- the southern island of Japan. We would like to ask you to remember us in your prayers.

Thank you. May the Lord bless you richly.

In His love

Yousef & Esther Eisa Khani

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