Follow in The Footsteps of Jesus Tour January 19th, 2010
In November 2010 on My Birthday the 22nd, I flew out to
Israel with Premier Christian Radio on their, " Follow in the Footsteps of
Jesus Tour ".
The tour consisted of 350 Fellow Christians who were there to
take in the majestic scenery & listen to The Bible come alive as they
toured through the legendry Holy Land.
One of the main highlights was when the whole group set off in
four ancient ships onto the Sea of Galilee with blazing sunshine to accompany
us, when we reached the middle of the sea the engines of all four boats were turned off & all of the vessels were moored
together, just drifting in harmony in this peaceful setting.
Premier Leaders led worship & Prayer, accompanying the
singing with guitars & keyboard.
As everyone started to sing, the feeling of togetherness was
just amazing & I have no doubt many felt the presence of The Holy
Spirit, I know I certainly did.
This was the start of an amazing journey.
I have a couple of things that stood out on this tour &
would like to share them with you. The first incident was our journey from
Benguion Airport to Nazareth, we were late leaving the airport due to a late
landing & not being able to account for all the people travelling on The
Yellow Bus, there were seven Buses all with different colours to identify our
groups, eventually we left, could have been around 11.0 pm not really sure,
anyway after about an hour we drove into Jerusalem City. As we approached a
set of traffic lights on a major T Junction adjacent to The Main Jaffa Gate
of The Old City, the Hooter started sounding on the bus & no matter what
the driver did he could not silence it . You may not know but in Israel every
driver is hooter mad, so all the other vehicles around us started flashing
their lights & joined in. sounding their horns.
The noise was incredible & as I stood on the pavement
watching everyone trying to help the driver silence this horn, I just felt
God had decided that 350 Christian disciples have arrived in Jerusalem &
everyone should know about it. Praise God.
The Wailing Wall, In 2007
In 2007 on a previous trip to Israel I went to the City to Pray
at the wall, I always wear my gold Cross & chain outside my clothes to
help other Christians identify that I am a Christian & give an opening
for conversation.
On this occasion I was walking down to the wall with my Cross
exposed over my shirt when a man came towards me & clasped my Cross in
his hand & told me to put it away, I gripped his hand a asked why, before
he could answer two armed guards came towards me, at this point I decided
getting shot was not going to help the cause so I placed the cross back under
my clothing, the old gentleman placed a scull cap on my head & allowed me
to proceed, I thanked him for his kindness & understood he was not to
blame for his actions.
The Wailing Wall, In 2009
Now returning to the Premier trip, one of our excursions was to
visit the Wailing Wall I sat & pondered over my last visit & decided
that, I am a Christian & no one has the right to stop me displaying a
cross & Praying at the Wall.
We arrived at the City & as I stood facing the wall I just
felt compelled to stand my ground & stand up for the Faith I believe in.
I focused on the wall, checked that no one from my group was present,
as I did not want to involve anyone else, took a deep breath & briskly
walked to the Wall, no cap worn & Cross displayed openly, to my amazement
no one challenged me as I walked through the crowd & what seemed like ages I placed my hands on
the Wall.
I then started to Pray for Peace between Israel & Palestine
& all Nations, when suddenly I felt this feeling start to flow up my arms
through my body & down to my feet, I can only describe it as The Water of
Life, it was an incredible experience, just Peace & Love.
I stood for about five minutes just absorbing this incredible
feeling, I gave thanks to Our Father for allowing me the privilege, turned
& walked back through the crowd to join my group, words really cannot
describe what happened.
Over the years I have visited many countries & experienced
many Spiritual unexplained things that have happened in my Life. One would
just say, that was a coincidence, I no longer believe in coincidence, God
shows us many things in Life, but often we are blind to them & do not see
them.
Only since my return have I come to the decision to share these
experiences with you.
Rest assured, if it was not for our Heavenly Father
protecting me over the years I would not be here now.
He does exist & if
you draw closer to Him you will learn to know He is a Faithful & Loving
Father.
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