ACTS Ministries

05/29/2025

Excellent movie. They are real bull riders without stunt doubles, harnesses or wires.

See the action-packed underdog film of a retired rodeo star who enters a high-stakes bull-riding competition, discovering faith and the true meaning of courage. Get your tickets now!

05/29/2025

What exactly is GOSIP & SLANDER?
In the Church, it's disguised as, "a prayer request."
Or when a conflict cannot be settled, it is going to a 3rd person who was not involved and "asking them to talk to the other person."

If you even listened to the tale, you are as guilty for listening to gossip as is the person spreading it. Even if you think you will be the peacemaker. (This is outside of a Matthew 18 scenario.)

The Ultra Orthodox Jews believe that all of creation was formed by God's mouth speaking and his words. And since man is made in the image of God, they believe that the Temple itself no longer stands because of man's mouth and evil words.

What do the Scriptures say about gossip and slander?

James 1:26
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.

Proverbs 11:9, 13
[9] With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.
[13] He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets, But he who is trustworthy and faithful keeps a matter hidden.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads strife, And one who gossips separates intimate friends.

Proverbs 17:9
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 26:24-26
[24] He who hates, disguises it with his lips, But he stores up deceit in his heart. [25] When he speaks graciously and kindly [to conceal his malice], do not trust him, For seven abominations are in his heart. [26] Though his hatred covers itself with guile and deceit, His malevolence will be revealed openly before the assembly.

So, next time somebody wants to tell you about someone else or you feel the need to talk about someone else when they are not present, reconsider the sin involved.

That goes for me, too.

That's why David said,
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer."

Psalms 19:14

03/28/2025

Lifestyle Evangelism leads to
Lifestyle Discipleship.

Simple strategies to make every relationship and rhythm of your life a natural opportunity for disciple-making.

12/20/2024

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

The ending of The Lord's Prayer that nobody seems to recall:
Matthew 6:14 for if you would forgive all other people their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15. But if you would not forgive all other people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.

Matthew 18:34 and 35. And his master, being filled with wrath, gave him over to the jailers until he could pay back all that was owed. So also my Father, the One in the heavens, will do to you, if you, each one, would not forgive his brother from your hearts.

Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and forgiving each other if any would have a complaint against someone just as also the Lord forgave you, so also you must forgive.

11/15/2024

While in Denver I met a LDS man who was to have reparative surgery the next morning for a torn plantar fascia. He permitted me to pray for him, and in Jesus name he felt God's presence with tingling that increased in his foot.
More, Lord.
We exchanged phone numbers and that night he told me "the difference was night and day!" The doctors did an MRI shortly before his scheduled procedure the next morning and they realized all they needed to do was "a little cleaning" and no reparation surgery was needed!
Yay God!

04/22/2024

The greatest need of the church is to be filled with the Spirit of God.
-Andrew Murray, 19th century

04/17/2024

A 14 year old boy stands up to testify how he felt a sensation of electricity go thru his brain and he now no longer has autism. Yay God!

02/16/2023

When we pray for the sick and they are healed, it reveals the Father's heart and people are drawn to it. We can then lead them to the cross, repentance and discipleship or to reject it. Either way, they were marked by heaven and will never forget their encounter with the risen Messiah.

Paul said, "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor."
I Corinthians 3:6‭-‬8

The world is waiting for you and me to do the works of Jesus.

John 6:2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.

Acts 5:12‭, ‬14
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women

01/16/2023

Great instruction on Biblical Healing

*Improved sound over previous version*Christ Centred Healing seminar with Dr Roger Sapp of "All Nations Ministries"24th June 2012 at The King's school, Witne...

01/16/2023

From Roger Sapp:

"The Healing of a Witch

I was doing healing meetings in another country over a few weeks. At one of the meetings, the leader who had invited me and had sponsored these meetings approached me. He said, "Roger, do you see the four people who have just come in the back of the building?" I said, "yes." There were three women and a man. He said, "They are four well-known witches in our area. The woman on the far left is very well-known for her ability to channel spirits for supernatural guidance to the businessmen in our area. What do you want to do about this?" I said, "Nothing at all. I can't think of a better place for them to be." I am unafraid of witches. They cannot undo what Jesus has done for me. It is finished!

The meeting seemed to go well. I preached the Good New about Christ as Healer. In situations like this, I most often do a "demonstration." I ask for someone who is ready to be healed and has a bad back, a bad shoulder or arm that they cannot raise or perhaps bad knees to come forward and allow me to minister healing to them. We do a "before and after" with them. We evaluate- before praying for them - how serious their problem is. Then we minister to them and have them do things that they couldn't do before. This provides a very visible change for the audience to see that they are healed. It increases expectation in the audience of them receiving healing as well.

I had reached the point of demonstration. I explained why I wanted someone who was injured to come forward. Without hesitation, the witch who channeled spirits came forward. I interviewed her and she did have a painful back injury. She could not bend very far before she was in serious pain. She said that she took pain medication for it. She said despite the medication, she often had trouble sleeping because of pain.

I put my hands on her lower back and had her say, "This healing belongs to me because of what Jesus has done." She made the confession and very quickly and strongly heat came to her back. Within moments, I was sure that she was healed. I got her to bend and test the healing. She went all the way down and touched her toes and came up sobbing and thanking the Lord. She was completely healed. By the end of the week, she and her three friends - witches before - had received Christ as Savior. Thank you, Jesus.

When telling this story, I often ask the audience if she was a believer. The vast majority of the people will say "no." Then I will say to them, "I didn't ask if she was a Christian. I asked if she was a believer. She heard the Good News. She responded in simple faith to the message that Christ would heal her. She demonstrated that faith by coming forward and letting me minister to her. Was she a believer in the same sense that the multitudes that came to Christ for healing?" Then everyone will agree that she was a believer in that sense.

I will then ask, "Who do you think receives healing; believers or Christians? They are not necessarily the same thing. There are many Christians that do not actively believe that Christ is already their Healer. However, there are many unsaved persons - engaged in sin of various types - that will actively believe in Christ as Healer when they hear the Good News.

We should not be afraid to tell a witch that Jesus will heal her. They may be much more open to this than some doubting Christians. Beyond that, converted witches often make great Christians as they will not be satisfied with sitting in the pew. They will want to experience all that God has for them.

Don’t be afraid of witches. Share your faith in Jesus Christ with them. You may be surprised at just how interested they are in the Lord."

01/15/2023

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01/08/2023

How do I flow in Holy Ghost?
You can't teach a person. You have intimacy and time in private.
Everything starts in a room with the door closed.
-Michael Koulianos