BEAUTIFUL!! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME YOU HEAVENS AND EARTH! We need more 
of this revival in our lands.


Purple.



At 04:03 PM 3/11/2008, you wrote:
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>In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of
> > an illustrious Career in ministry, the 87-year-old
> > evangelist,
> > Billy Graham shocked The 16,300 in attendance at the
> > Celebration of Hope crusade in New Orleans Arena on
> >
> > Sunday Night. Touted in advance as possibly his last
> > Evangelistic crusade, Graham invited the packed house
> > of evangelical Christians and the hundreds of new
> > converts to join him on the one Mile walk from the
> > arena to New Orleans' infamous Bourbon Street.
> >
> > "While we have seen God do tremendous things here the
> > past couple of Evenings. Yes, it is true that a great
> > healing
> > and a great many salvations Have occurred within the
> > confines of this auditorium. Still yet, there lies A
> > great mountain in this city which needs to be
> > conquered."
> >
> > Then taking from the Biblical Book of Joshua Chapter
> > 14 he read, "I am This day, eighty-five years old. As
> > yet I am as
> > strong this day as on the Day that Moses sent me; just
> > as my strength was then, so now is my Strength for
> > war, both for going out and for coming in. Now
> > therefore, Give me this mountain of which the Lord
> > spoke in that day," his voice Suddenly sounding more
> > forceful than during his 22 minute sermon.
> >
> > "I last preached in the City of New Orleans in 1954
> > and I felt then that There was some unfinished
> > business. Tonight,
> > in what very well might Be my last evangelistic
> > service, I aim to finish that business and lead As
> > many of you that
> > would follow me to the multitude of lost souls that
> > Fill Bourbon Street tonight. That is my mountain !
> > That is where
> > we shall see the harvest!" said Graham as the stadium
> > Erupted in ch eers that lasted the next several
> > minutes.
> >
> > Utilizing a waiting mobility scooter, the elder Graham
> > joined his son And heir to the ministry, Franklin
> > across
> > the Arena floor and through the Opened doors leading
> > towards the French Quarter. In a show of Solidarity
> > and
> > determination reminiscent of civil rights marches of
> > the 1960's, nearly the entire capacity crowd joined in
> > the 20
> > minute trek While singing, "When the Saints Go
> > Marching In".
> >
> > As the march crossed Canal Street and headed northward
> > towards Bourbon Street, many onlookers stood in
> > stunned
> > silence as the massive Crowd Of people began singing
> > in unison the Christian hymn, Amazing Grace. Upon
> > entering the
> > west end of Bourbon Street, Billy Graham was soon
> > Recognized by partiers.
> >
> > Soon those joining in the march began t o approach
> > those partying on Bourbon Street with the Gospel
> > message that
> > they had heard preached Just a half hour before.
> > Graham himself joined with a group of local Street
> > evangelist in
> > ministering to a man who had survived Hurricane
> > Katrina in the lower 9th Ward.
> >
> > Within 30 minutes the entirety of Bourbon Street was
> > packed with Christians and the once blaring music of
> > nightclubs
> > and strip joints Had been replaced by weeping and
> > worship as people poured out their Drinks and sought
> > prayer from
> > the Christians who were now reaching out To them.
> > "I have never seen anything like this in my life,"
> > said 20 years New Orleans Police Department veteran,
> > Tom Phillips.
> > "This is unbelievable! We thought a riot was going to
> > break out, but this looks more like a Revival than a
> > riot!"
> >
> > Two hours later, a glowing Graham sat back down on his
> > scooter and smiled. "Now I know how the Apostle Paul
> > must
> > have felt at the end of his ministry. Do the work of
> > an evangelist; make full proof of thy ministry. For I
> > am Now ready to be offered, and the time of my
> > departure is at hand. I have Fought a good fight, I
> > have
> > finished my course, I have kept the faith."
> >
> > Hours later hundreds of Christians remained on the
> > street ministering to The many people eagerly waiting
> > to receive
> > prayer and ministry. New Orleans will never be the
> > same. And the press remained mute on This "news
> > item?"
> >
> > Did anyone see it on TV/hear it on radio/read it in
> > the paper? Why are we not surprised? Can't have THAT
> > just prior
> > to a major Election, now, can we? Well, just on a
> > whim, spread the news, anyway.
> >
> > It cost our elder brother, Billy Graham, more than any
> > of us know to make that effort. The least we can do
> > is publicize it.
> > JESUS IS LORD!!
> >
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