Sunday, May 19, 2013

Let the Anthem be sung and Let the Message Go Forth. God Bless.-Rev. Mike Hanley

Today is Pentecost Sunday which simply means 50 days since the Passover of Easter week. The Feast of Weeks was celebrated in the days of the Old Testament which correlated with Pentecost. It was on the day of Pentecost when The Holy Ghost was sent to the church gathered in Jerusalem in an upper room. The 120 Faithful received this wonderful gift and began to speak with other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them the utterance. 
It gives me great pleasure to share this testimony with my FB friends. About 52 years ago as a 13 year old boy hungry for God, I received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit gave me the utterance. Glad to say that this Holy Comforter still abides faithful in my life today. Four men at the Belton Church of God on Shirley Street, prayed with me on a Sunday Night until I prayed through. Those men were men of God that stayed and prayed with me. My Dad, Hurshell Hanley, Bill Oates, Guy Hamby, and one more will forever remain in my heart as men who mentored me. 

My prayer is that everyone would come to enjoy this wonderful gift. God Bless.