The Trip To Mexico 1982
Posted July 4, 2016
In June of 1982, a small group of a dozen
or so from Water of Life traveled to Mexico to pass out bibles. While there I
also spoke in several of their churches along with casting out devils and
healing the sick.
Several things happened that made the trip very
interesting.
First, before we left Plano for the trip I had an
encounter with a woman whose father was a Baptist preacher. She asked me why I
did not put more effort into getting people born again. I answered her that it
is God that does the work and if God wants people saved He will lead me to do
so. I don’t think she was happy with my answer.
However, during one of
the meetings, in Rio Bravo, there was a group of people crowded into a small
building and the Holy Spirit began leading me to point out certain people and
ask them, “What do you want from God?” The first answered, “I want to be born
again.” I asked the next person the Spirit led me to ask, “What do you want
from God?” They answered in the same way, “I want to be born again.”
This went on for several more, the Spirit would show me who to ask and they
would answer, “I want to be born again” or “I want my husband to be born
again”, etc.
A lawyer that was with our group interrupted me and said,
“Let me do this.” I stepped back and let him take over. He pointed to a person
and said, “What do you want from God?” They answered, “Nothing”. He tried it
again, the response, “Nothing”. He could not walk in the Spirit. I stepped up
and spoke, “Better let me take this.” The gentlemen stepped back. I was led to
ask another person, “What do you want from God?” “I want to be born again” was
their answer. The Spirit of God led me in that meeting and many were born
again. God convinced me and hopefully the person that spoke to me before the
trip, that the Spirit of God will lead me to do the work of an evangelist when
He sees fit, and they will be born again.
Another interesting thing
that happened occurred at a meeting I was ministering in at Reynosa at a
Second Methodist Church.
Before the trip I had been speaking to a
friend of mine from Bedford, Oregon, by the name of Leonard Keen. He surprised
me with a warning, “Don’t let anyone pirate your anointing.” I had never heard
anything like this and frankly didn’t believe it was possible, until this
trip.
At one point during the meeting I was ministering to some people,
moving in the anointing of the Holy Ghost. I walked over and was standing by
one of the people from the group. As I moved away from him I sensed the
anointing was gone and this person began to minister as I was. I walked back
over beside him and the anointing came back to me. I have never forgotten
that.
At yet another meeting there was a woman brought that was
suffering from insanity. Another woman took her bible and began rubbing it on
the head of this insane person and saying, “This is a sword!” This made me so
angry at the stupidity of a person thinking that rubbing a bible on the head
of a mentally ill person would do any good.
Doyle ministering in Mexico
God bless you,
Doyle Davidson
Originally posted in "1982 A Work of Rightousness"
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