Rev. John Fletcher once wrote, "The few professors I see in these parts are so far from what I could wish them to be, that I cannot but cry out, 'Lord, how long wilt Thou give Thine heritage to desolation or barrenness? How long shall the heathen say, 'Where is now their indwelling God?'...I see so little fruit in these parts that I am disheartened, both with respect to the power of the word, and the experience of the professors I converse with. I am closely followed with the thought that the Kingdom of the Holy Ghost is almost lost; and that faith in the dispensation of the Spirit is at a very low ebb."
Of the same era, and close friend of Rev. John Fletcher, Joseph Benson wrote, "But the principal thing to be thought, talked, and wrote about, is the baptism of the Spirit, or the inward kingdom of God. Oh! My friend, this is but little known among us!"
"I still look for an outpouring of the Spirit, inwardly and outwardly."
II. Kings 2:9 "...Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee" "...I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me!"
Please join in prayer for our meetings in Portadown, Northern Ireland, with Brother Keith Daniel, from Wednesday 2nd - Lords Day 6th April.
A senior brother, who I spoke with this week was like a man that dreamed when he recounted the 'felt Presence' of God forty years or so ago when Duncan Campbell was ministering in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. God came! We hunger and thirst for another outpouring of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of the Father and His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We earnestly covet your prayers for this little Province. Cover Mr Daniel with prayer as he flies from South Africa to Belfast on Monday, in the will of the Lord; and then for the Lord's presence during the meetings, and His word to our hearts. We are debtors to those who pray; a debt of love.