Winter Campmeeting 2008

The Lord came on me and laid heavy on me for a while Monday evening. Then today, Friday The Lord came and spoke words of life and gave me the Keys of Florida.

PLEASE FORWARD TO JENNIFER GONYON Dear Dr. Rodney Howard-Brown, I’ve wanted to share with you for a long time, which you will read, about the impact God has had through you on my life. In 1992, when I was 14, my life had hit a cross-road. I had gratefully become a Christian in ’84. However, as the 8 years passed, I’d experienced verbal abuse and rejection throughout much of my family, heavy bullying at school, and exclusion at church…I thought, “I’ll do everyone a favor”, so I’d thought, and “remove myself to get out of everyone’s way”. I cried out to God, “Please let me kill myself or show me how to get out of this.” I was terrified of God rejecting me and what His answer might be…all this on a Thursday. I’m sooo glad God picked the latter…of course He would! Sunday, I went to church and was worshipping God, still hoping for a solution. During this service, I noticed someone worshipping differently than me. Unknown to me at the time, I was seeing “intimacy” in the way this person worshipped…although not knowing what intimacy was, God pulled at me, and I wanted it (Him). I believe it was during the same service that someone told my mom and I about services you were ministering in at Calvary Cathedral in Ft. Worth, Texas. About one week later, we went.

The first service, I attended, you invited everyone to get in lines for prayer. I nervously did, I was extremely shy and afraid of rejection. You were praying about 300 ft. away from the row I was standing in. You were speaking over each person “fire, fire, fire…” Boom, boom…each person was hitting the floor. God’s presence was THICK. When you got to me, as you prayed with your finger pointing at me, I shook violently. It was unpainfully freeing…but I was nervous. You told me not to resist. As I let go of fear…I hit the floor with a bounce and hit again (completely unpainful and freeing)…and was stuck there for about 3 or 4 hours. God did surgery!!!! That was a morning service…by evening, I was dramatically different and desperate for more, more, more of God! You happened to have camp meetings in the mornings and evenings at Calvary Cathedral typically Mon.-Fri. and often Sun. for about 3 months at a time in ’92 and again, in ’93. I went to almost all of them, except for Sundays. During all the meetings I attended, God touched me powerfully, powerfully, powerfully! Sometimes through being stacked to the floor, sometimes through shaking, sometimes laughing, and a variety of other ways…for hours non-stop (no exaggeration…that would lying 🙂 )…and every time through your teaching. During many of these times, God was doing deep surgery in me or telling me about the calling He has on my life or blessing me or also, sometimes blessing others around. During one of the first times, I felt called to intercede for others. Another time I felt called to teach.

Another time I felt called to missions work. Since those times, God has revealed much more specifically about these things and other things as well. The following year after the last meeting of yours I had attended, I was 16, and while I was interceding, I felt God calling me to Ireland… and later, when I was 21 and doing missions work in Ireland, I felt called to several nations. When I was 22, God told me He was calling me to be a revivalist…immediately, I thought of you. I thought of the impact God had on my life through you. I don’t fully know what that calling looks like or what shape it will take or exactly when it will happen…but it burns in my heart. I want people to know God intimately. I want people to awaken from the slumber the enemy has brought and God wants to shatter. I want to see the body of Christ working together reaching the lost and healing it’s own. I want to reach people who are hurting. None of this is because “I can”, but because it’s God’s heart, and He can do it through me as I am lovingly obedient (1 Jn. 5:3). Bits of these things have already been unfolding as I’m still learning how to do it on a larger scale…as God leads! I wanted to validate the experiences that I had in ’92 and ’93 through you as a vessel by expressing the huge impact that it has had up to now and the huge impact it will have ahead…because of God and His promises. Thank you for blessing me so much with your willingness to serve God as you do. Blessings in Christ, Melissa M P.S. I was delighted to attend one of your meetings again tonight…first time since ’93. It was rich and life changing. I look forward to being there tomorrow and learning more on how to take what I receive to others. Thank you for being blessing!!!

Cassandra N
Vanceboro North Carolina United States

Winter Campmeeting 2008

Shalom I forgot previously to click that I give you permission to publish all testimonies I have sent you. Luminita (little light in Romanian)

Rodney, my wife and I was new Christians, and we were hungry, we came to meetings time after time, and always being touched, my wife laid on the floor at one meeting for an hour, screaming and laughing both, i had been belly laughing man times, now all of that was good, it felt great, needed it at that time, for many reasons. But the real thing was the transference that it had. we had moved to Ga. and this is where I meet Mike Childs which now is a friend of yours. When we would come to the meetings and then go back to our old church new Life, we would come back and people knew we were different, then it started to hit people I knew. We remember being in my house and I had three couples watching a video, One girl said I wouldn’t laugh, the other said she wouldn’t cry, well shortly after that we went up to the church to pray at midnight and just the opposite happened to these girls as we were praying, and then they all hit the ground for 45 mins. the next week Courtney coon was healed from a female thing. But that was just the beginning, We had moved to Oregon and many things had happened there that was only the Holy Spirit and the transference of Anointing.

We have been flowing with that for so many years, and I know it was just from the laying on of hands in Jax.We have lead many people to the Lord, God has given me words for so many and they have come to pass. we sure didn’t get anything in all of the other dead churches we went to, but we let God flow, and still pastors didn’t like it, and some new what it was. But after all these years of trusting and believing we have been slowly during up, we saw Todd in Oregon and got touched again. We moved to Tenn. to get out of the dead west and it’s not much better here, so we need to be touched again, and again. I know it’s up to us to stay filled, But we need a refreshing, we have poured out with our all. i also have started going into churches to sing, and just want that anointing to be as strong as I can have. Rodney, thanks for staying true, when so many others have lost there boldness.

I pray for you all and pray that you will never become transformed into a robot for the church or anyone else’s ways. I believe the toughest times we will ever see, are minutes away and we need everything we can get to defeat these demons, when a lot are in and running the churches. We will be at your next meetings here in S.C. I believe it is. I sent you a CD through Todd and Katie Holmes, I don’t know if you got it, or if you will ever read this, but I believe that God sent you to just touch us that time, plus others but us for sure. may God Bless you in these last days to be a mighty warrior, a double portion of even right knows anointing. Please if you didn’t get that CD, please let me send you one, as a token of how grateful we are. I went from a didn’t care kind of guy to a soldier with a sword, fighting in the ditches, for the Gospel of CHRIST!! Please send a little prayer up for my family and me. Mark Doolittle

Luminita p
wasilla Alaska United States

Winter camp meeting

Last year I knew I had to take my husband David to the camp meeting. He had just been demoted on his job so I suggested we go. He had a heart stent for a year due to serious heart disease. He was on lts of meds. Our insurance wouldn’t pay for a nuclear stress test to see if it was clogging up. When we got to the meeting David told me his angina was coming back, so he was worried. The first night we were in the meeting he told me something popped open in his heart. His symptoms went away. He just had the nuclear stress test and everything is fine so he has reduced some of his meds. He never told his cardiologist that God healed him, so I had to wait a year for the clinical proof. Thank You Jesus!

After hearing Ansonia speak full of the Holy Spirit, and the oil of joy, it was the first breakthrough I had in really letting God minister to me in a way that let me relax and let Him take over. I was always trying as she called it ‘to be dignified,’ but that wasn’t letting the freedom of God minister to me. She is an awesome woman of God and I thank God for her. Ansonia was speaking about so many issues I could identify with, and it’s like she was hitting the spot as far as issues I had with letting go and letting God do what He wanted with me, to use me however He wanted. The breakthrough I had was healing, and letting go. Leading up to last night I went on the streets ministering with the teams for 3 days and had an absolutely life-changing experience. I will never be the same again. Thank you for being such awesome men and women of God, and continue impacting cities and cultures and generations with the Holy Spirit’s anointing. Bless you all!

Julie M
Fair Haven New Jersey United States

Winter Campmeeting 2008

I was watching the Winter Campmeeting 08 and saw the tv internet GOD.TV I saw call for the fire of GOD on the computer screen and so I called and told the prayer counselor I want to be so on fire for God that when I go to work in the factory that I work at as I am praying in My weld booth I hope the fire of God comes so strong that people fall out in the floor as I am praying and seeking God while on my job! The counselor prayed and immediately felt the fire of GOD as I was sitting in my seat the temperature in my living room went up like from 68 to 90 degrees and I started to speak in my heavenly language. Praise God and keep serving the Wine up thank you Pastors BRowne!

I attended a Sunday morning Church service with my husband, son, daughter-in-law and grandson. During the service when my arms were uplifted singing, the Holy Spirit spoke to me. It was not scary but wonderful. Then the Holy Spirit told my daughter-in-law, who was standing next to me, to put her hand on my neck. I had six tumors in my thyroid and she felt my thyroid being healed! Praise God! After the service, I came forward thinking I was going to meet Pastor Rodney and I was slain in the spirit! I didn’t want to get up. I have been a Christian most of my life, but didn’t believe in being slain in the spirit until it happened to me. We live three hours away from the Church, but have been back two of the last three Sundays. My husband and I are praying about living closer. I want God to use me the way He wants to.

Ronald T
Hopkinsville Kentucky United States

Winter Campmeeting 2008

I have been saved since I was 16 years old in the old fashion Pentecostal way. I NEVER Knew how easy it is to tell the gospel to the lost until I have been watching you for about a year now. I am a PK kid and was a pastors wife. Still married to the man God gave me but we are no longer pasturing. I was watching your telecast one day and got so hungry to witness to someone about Jesus. I did not have a car to go any where. It was to cold outside to walk around especially with all the loose dogs in my neighbor hood. OK, I Let the cold and the dogs frighten me. Shame on me. God knew my heart and situation. An hour later there was a knock at my door. It was a man and a little boy. I started to cry and asked him if he knew where he was going to go when he died. He said he was saved. God gave me a prophetic word for him and his child that day. WOW!!!! Jesus cared enough to show me he sees my hearts desire, to minister to the lost and hurting and knowing I was stuck in my house that he sent someone to me. GLORY GLORY GLORY!!!!! My husband retires in 2 years and 8 months we want to sell our home and go back into the ministry. We do not know where when or how. Keep us in prayer that we listen for the right direction and hear his voice. Who knows we might see you guys soon!!!! Praise God. Love and prayers Diane

Diane D
Barstow California United States

Winter Campmeeting 2008

I, Donna, am Andrew’s, Mom, He is attending the camp meeting all this week. I prayed twice over the net this week for his deliverence from depression and manic depression. When I talked to him today he testified to me that while he was driving home to his tent last night and he knows he cast out of himself the spirit of insanity and infirmity. He was bubbling over as he told the story, so I believe him because he is usually very serious and uncertain. Praise God. AS for myself Thursday and friday I was hit with laughter and singing in tongues both nights.

Andrew and Donna
Osceola Wisconsin United States

What does God need us to leave as a lasting inheritance for the following generation? Investment in the Dominion . Spending our money on pleasure and material things communicates to other people the significance of our private comfort and gain. Using some of it to benefit our local church, missionary efforts, and helping the needy is investing in God’s kingdom. Our example will influence the purchasing activities of our children and grand kids. Our finances whether we have got a lot or a little can be used to leave a rich convention for future generations. Dominion investments will make sure the gospel message remains shared. Use of Our Time. God has determined our lifespan, sanctified us with capabilities, and provided occasions to use them.

He wants us to do good works that magnify Him. The time we spend at our roles, in the neighborhood, and in our houses are occasions to bring praise to God. When we meet rudeness with patience, feedback with kindness, and injustice with forgiveness, we have used our time for Him. God in addition has given us religious gifts to build up our church family. His concerns have to be ours. Witness of Our Religion . When we have excitement about sharing our religion, we communicate to other people how vital we consider our spiritual life. Future generations will learn it’s a concern by hearing what we have done.

The bequest we leave will be a mirrored image of the life we are living. For whatever few years remain, decide to make yours full of generous actions, merciful words, and loving obedience to God.

A Confession of Faith in God’s Hand of Protection on My Life

For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon You. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call on You, for You will answer me.  (Psalms 86:5-7)

I belong to Jesus and have already defeated and overcome the enemies of Christ, because Jesus, Who lives in me, is greater and mightier than he who is in the world.  (1 John 4:4)

No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment I shall show to be in the wrong. This peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition is the heritage of the servants of the Lord; this is the righteousness and vindication which I have obtained from Him.  (Isaiah 54:17)

The Lord is my Shepherd – He feeds, guides, and shields me – I shall never lack. He makes me lie down in fresh, tender, green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters. He refreshes me and restores my life; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even if I walk through the deep, sunless valley of the shadow of death, I will fear and dread no evil, for Jesus is with me; His rod to protect me and His staff to guide and comfort me. He prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies. He anoints my head with oil; my brimming cup runs over. Surely only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house and the presence of the Lord shall be my dwelling place.  (Psalms 23:1-6)

For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord, for behold, Your enemies shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered. But my horn – emblem of excessive strength and stately grace – You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil. My eye looks upon those who lie in wait for me; my ears hear the evildoers that rise up against me. I am uncompromisingly righteous, therefore I shall flourish like the palm tree, I will be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful; I shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon – I will be majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible. I am planted in the house of the Lord and I shall flourish in the courts of our God. I am growing in grace and I shall still bring forth fruit in old age; I shall be full of the sap of spiritual vitality and rich in the verdure of trust, love, and contentment. I am a living memorial to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.  (Psalms 92:9-15)

The Lord is my Light and my Salvation – whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? Though a host encamps against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, even then in this will I be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and insistently require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord – in His presence – all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty, the sweet attractiveness, and the delightful loveliness of the Lord, and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple. For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock. And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; in His tent I will offer sacrifices and shouting of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; have mercy and be gracious to me and answer me! Lord, You have said, “Seek My face – inquire for and require My presence as your vital need.” My heart says to You, Your face and Your presence, Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require. Although my father and my mother have forsaken me, yet the Lord will take me up and adopt me as His child. What, what would have become of me had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living! I will wait and hope for and expect the Lord; I will be brave and of good courage and let my heart be stout and enduring. Yes, I will wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.  (Psalms 27:1, 3-8, 10, 13, 14)

Paraphrased from the Amplified Version

Jesus inspired great joy from the moment He was born – everyone who believed in Him, approaching Him with an open heart, experienced great joy! On the night Jesus was born angels appeared to shepherds in the field. “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:10-12 KJV)

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem wise men from the east followed a special star, which went before them, until they found Him. “When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy. And on going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts–gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:10-11 AMP)

When the wise men found Jesus, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy. The KJV says that they rejoiced with exceeding great joy and the NIV says that they were overjoyed. They came a long way to worship and honor Jesus and it was all worth it. Rodney Howard Browne explains that they were overwhelmed and beside themselves with joy and they worshipped him with their heart and soul and then with their treasure. In that day, you always brought a special gift when you came before the king and they had come prepared with very precious gifts to give Jesus – gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Because the wise men honored Jesus as King, they were overjoyed to be in His presence and thrilled to shower Him with gifts. God loves to bless us, it gives Him great joy, and He would like us to feel the same way about Him!

[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 AMP

God loves a cheerful giver. The Greek word for cheerful is “hilaros” from which we get our English word “hilarious.” It means that you are happy and merry, but also prompt and willing. A cheerful giver’s heart is in his or her giving and they do it promptly without griping. There is a true saying, “Givers never gripe and gripers never give.” Your cheerful attitude sets the tone and the standard every time for your giving. People who are willing to give, are happy to give, and people who are happy to give, don’t hesitate, argue, or waste any time. They have already made up their mind to obey God and they are happy to do it. They don’t have to stop and wonder what to do next. They don’t argue with themselves over what to do. When the opportunity presents itself, they give with a happy smile.

We want God to answer our prayers promptly and to meet our needs on time and therefore we should bless Him by not hesitating to sow our seeds cheerfully and promptly.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever! And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:8-11 AMP

We should expect God to honor His word. This is faith in action. When you expect God to honor His word, you will not hesitate to DO His word! God promises that as you put Him first in your life and honor Him with your obedience in giving, He will grace you with every favor and earthly blessing so that you will have enough for your needs, your desires, and enough to share with others. God wants to bless you so much that you can be really generous in your giving. You will never have to give sparingly ever again!

Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.

20 But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal;

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.   Matthew 6:19-21 AMP

Your heart follows your treasure – wherever your treasure goes, that is where your heart will go and that is where you will go. If you are born again, washed in the blood of Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit – your first priority is your relationship with the Lord. You love him and whatever is important to Him is important to you. From the moment you invite Jesus into your heart, the first thing you give God is your heart, the second is your money. The fact is that if God has your heart, He will automatically have your money.

In years past, there has been an attitude in the Church that those in full-time ministry are expected to be “perfect” and selfless and to sacrifice everything, while those who are not are allowed to do whatever they want to! However, this is not a scriptural point of view.

God expects the same commitment from every Christian! None of us is better or worse than our neighbor, but each of us is unique and each of us has his/her special place in the Body of Christ. We all have the privilege of being a part of the plan and purpose of God. There will be no unused members in the body of Christ and no one needs to ever feel left out!

If you know for sure that you are not called to contribute to the kingdom of God by means of full-time ministry, know this: you are called to contribute in some way – with your money – that which is precious to you! You may or may not be called to stand on a stage to preach, you may or may not be called to travel around the world to minister to the lost, but you are still able to be a part of preaching and ministering by giving your money to support those who go and who do! If we are truly born again we all have the same calling, heart, mission and goal: to build the kingdom of God!

There is absolutely no reason why any member of the body of Christ should not have treasure deposited in heaven. Every one of us has an opportunity to deposit treasure in heaven – through the winning of souls and by sowing our finances into the kingdom of God. You do not earn a living to put it in a bag with holes (Haggai 1:6), but you earn a living so that you can be a blessing to the kingdom of God with your resources. And in turn, God wants to have the privilege of blessing you and taking care of you, exceedingly, abundantly above all that you can ask or think! (Ephesians 3:20)

Now, if you are called to preach and minister, there is a time of preparation before you step out yourself. This preparation includes supporting the work of ministry with your time and your money. Be involved in ministry of helps and give your best into every offering!

Give into ministries that are doing what you are called to do. The more money you give into a ministry, the more you give your heart into it and the closer you come to being released into that kind of ministry yourself. Give into ministries that are doing things that you are not called to do – so that you can still be a part of building the kingdom of

God in areas that are different from what you will ever be involved in.

You never know what God will ask you to do next. We sowed a lot of money, for years, into ministries who do mass soul-winning outreaches, because we were not doing this at that time, and then one day, the Lord called on us to do one. Because we had already sowed into other ministries, we could stand on God’s Word to reap a harvest on what we had sown, to pay for our crusade. We sowed into it and then God called us to do it ourselves and He paid for it!

Your gifts to God, and His work, open the door for blessing in your life. They also open the door for favor – supernatural opportunities will come your way. If you are not called to ministry – keep on giving your best – so you can have treasure in heaven. If you are called to ministry – keep on giving your best – so you can have treasure in heaven and also before long your heart will follow your money. You will find all the right doors opening and you will be in full-time ministry, in the center of God’s will!