My Powerful Tandem

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

-John 16:13

In 1986, the rise of the People's Power, during Marcos time and was intense in my faith. I was only seventeen years old, and I only knew God for months at my Local Church JIL (Jesus Is Lord). I started with the help of my mentors, Pastor William and Pastor Wilson who had come home to Lord. And Pastor Greg who were with me for not too long ago, but they helped me a lot grew in faith. Because I was eager about attending, and intense in the faith, I was one of the young people who gave an assignment to go and teach at a bible study in the area of Cataning, Balanga City (Philippines). They gave me a family name as the area coordinator but when I came and visited their place I was disappointed because their home was a gambling place, and they were playing cards. When I look at it in the distance I stopped. Instead I was under a post and praying. I told the Holy Spirit that He would give me a new coordinator, and that I was being led by the Holy Spirit straight to the end as far as I could reach at 2:00 pm I reached the bridge.

I noticed that it was entering a private area and I told the Holy Spirit where would I go? He told me to go straight the bridge and turn to the right stop at the first house and ask for some water. That's what I did. I drank, but as I drank, I saw their Mom being massage her back by her husband for the sake of breathing. I thanked them and said, "I wanted to pray for their mother". They agreed and I started sharing salvation and after receiving it, I prayed for their mother's well-being. At that moment, the Holy Spirit immediately act, and the woman immediately recovered and said that she was in a good mood. Husband was amazed and pleased that he went out and broadcasted the incident to relatives and neighborhoods. While I happily talked to the mother and daughter-in-law, soon their house was suddenly filled with people. Holy Spirit chose that place because their home style is a church-like. The place was large and had long benches on the side so when people entered they sat down. It was then that I realized that many of them were sick. I preached and proclaimed salvation to them with the help of the Holy Spirit, followed by laying of hands on the sick. There I saw the bump crack and shrink after prayer, with an eye so cloudy that an old man couldn't see but after we prayed he said "scales dropped into his eyes and it became clearer". Many were cured of the fever at that time, after giving thanks to God for His miracles. It was the beginning of a bible study in that area, and after a few bible studies the whole house was almost full of people eager to hear the word of God. Pastor William and Pastor Wilson were amazed that as they were teaching in that place, they saw thirsty souls seeks to be saved from the fire of hell. So in that area of Ugong, Cataning (Philippines) had strong faith. You are not alone, for the Holy Spirit will always be there with you. Embrace His presence and make sure you succeed in all your steps.