Acts 11:15
15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
Scripture Testimony Index stories for this passage
Faisal Malick describes an encounter he had with the Holy Spirit and the fruit of that unforgettable presence, love for God, love for people, and love for the Word.
A Muslim who had frequently attended a meeting in which Faisal spoke about Jesus repeatedly experienced the presence of God in the person of the Holy Spirit. One day, finally, he surrendered his life to Jesus.
While on his way to Hwanghsien, an evangelist asked if the Holy Spirit would revive the people in the same way He has done in other places. Jonathan Goforth replied that the Holy Spirit is always willing to revive His people irrespective of location, all that is needed is for the people to call and wait upon Him. This proved correct. In Hwangghsien, the people prayed, and the Holy Spirit poured out upon them. By the time Jonathan left, every boy, girl, student, man, and woman had been converted in that congregation.
The Spirit of the Lord moved powerfully as Reinhard Bonnke and a group of friends honoured an invitation to preach in Tostedt. And decades later, one who was at that meeting, met Bonnke to reminisce about that unforgettable meeting!
Only by yielding fully to Jesus and allowing the Holy Spirit have His way, did David Wilkerson get the breakthrough he so dearly desired when he preached God's command to love, to a hate charged room; full of members from rival gangs.
As the Holy Spirit fell among the Banza Man-teke people, a great and truly spiritual awakening was experienced. Even as the years went by, the results remained with a transformation that was evident in the day to day life of the people.