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June 29, 2008
I cannot tell all of you the POWERFUL things that God is doing. It has been absolutely AWESOME !!!! There have been so many who have received the Holy Ghost every week. There have also been a numerous amount of miracles. Already there have been reported 3 miraculous healings from cancer. One lady was diagnosed with cancer, and that very week ve layed hands on her. As she went to the dcotors that week to have extensive testing done, when they went in to check it, the cancer was gone. There was another girl that had just been diagnosed that same week with cancer. The doctor told her it looked like she had been smoking for 50 years. We layed hands on her as the power fell and she definitely received a touch from the Lord. That week she went back to the doctor and they said something ad happened. They said the cancer was completely gone !!! These ladies were so thrilled !!! As would anyone who was healed from cancer.
Right now we are STILL in Church Point, Louisiana at the same church. We were originally scheduled to stay for 6 weeks and that 6 weeks has turned into 2 months. We are scheduled to leave this week unless God is not finished with us.
God is doing some powerful things everywhere. We are so thrilled with the power of God we are experiencing. We have been digging in and feeling a shift in the spirit realm. I really feel in the Holy Ghost that God is doing something VERY powerful right now. There has definitely been a shift in the spirit realm. But I remember clearly that the weeks preceeding this time we were under SEVERE attack. My wife and I felt under such pressure that we literally felt like we would burst> But we kept reminding each other that this was spiritual and there was a breakthrough coming. Sure enough.....after a couple weeks of intense hell we walking into a greater anonting. What am I trying to tell you???? Hang in there. You may be under spiritual attack and things may be rough, but there is a breakthrough coming. God is doing some great things right now. Don't abort the process. Trust God and He shall bring all things to pass in your life !!
Pray for us that God will continue to do great things. Also pray a covering over us and our family. The devil is mad and we are glad about it !!!
Love you all !!
The Carson Family
June 3, 2008
God is definitely doing GREAT things !!! We are presently in revival in Church Point, Louisiana with Pastor Rick Pavlu. We are in our 3rd week and many people have received the Holy Ghost, with signs , wonders and miracles following !!
I apologize for the delay in the journal. Our lives have been very busy. Sis. Carson has had strep throat twice and we have been fighting every devil in hell. We have entered a new dimension in the spirit realm. A new anointing has rested on our family and we are enjoying God's mighty acts.
We will be in Church point for another 2 weeks, possibly longer if the Lord permits. If not, it is off to the next GREAT move of God. We are having such a blast pulling souls from the flames of hell and the rewards seem so precious. We all know with every great move of God comes much resistence in the spirit realm from our adversary. But we will not be detoured by this. You all know us by now and we are fighters til the end. We are believing God for greater things than we have ever seen.
We love you all so very much. All our supporters and prayer warriors......you will never know how much you mean to us. Your support has lifted our hands in many ways. We will keep you all posted as to where we are on what is happening.
Keep up the good work everyone and lets make a difference !!!
Love The Carson Family
March, 10, 2008
Just to let you all know what is happening in Lafayette, Louisiana. We are having a "Blow-Out" !!! God is moving and many people are getting the Holy Ghost & Baptized. The Langfords only have one service on Sundays. This Sunday we had 10 people receive the Holy Ghost and 9 were baptized. It was fabulous. We are on schedule to teach and preach this week to many sections of the church. We will keep you posted on what is happeing and all that God is doing.
Our goal is to start focusing on turning churches into power houses and reaching the lost. We work one and one with leadership, teach classes and retrain, refocus and empower God's people. Revival is a must at this time. If you are interersted in having us come for 2 months at a time let us know. Revival is requiring change and we are moving with what God is doing in this hour.
Help us pray for a supernatural outpouring for revival in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Love The Carson's
February 29, 2008
Hey Guys !!! Hope everyone is doing well. We are great and having a powerful move of God !! We were with Steve Smith in Ohio and had 21 new people receive the Holy Ghost in 3 nights. It was awesome !! We are plannin on going back in July for another Holy Ghost break-out !!!!
We then went to my fathers church in Lafayette, Indiana and had another move of the Spirit. God has awesome !! We had 3 receive teh Holy Ghost in one night. Their church is on the move and great things are happening there.
We headed back home, where we will be until July sometime. We are scheduled to be with Pastor Langford for the next 2 months. We expect to have a tremendous time in the Holy Ghost. We will keep you all posted and up to date with what is going on.
Ashley turned 3 March 4th so we had fun celebrating her birthday. She is our little Angel. She has also taught us that we know knowing, she knows everything and she is the boss !!!!! All at the age of 3 !!!!! Pray for our strength in the Lord.
Love you all and say a prayer for us. We need the strength.
Love The Carson Family
January 3, 2008
Hey Everyone !!!! I Know.......I know......It has been a long time since out last post. We are still having GREAT revival and God is doing great things. Between fighting physical ailments, spiritual attacks and raising a new 2 year old, our lives have been rather topsy-turnsy. Really !!!
We are in Ohio right now and have been since October. Sis. Carson has never been happier experiencing all this snow. But after several days of everything being frozen in our trailor, I believe we are ready to head back South !!!
God has been so good to us; to our kids and to our families. We pray that God has been good to you also. Our prayer is that you grow closer to God with us. Our hearts are hungry and our Spirits are thirsty. Stay tuned to what happens this year on Carson Ministries. Visit our "Lets Talk" section on the website and lets support one another.
May God richly bless you and yours in all you do for the Kingdom of God. Thanks again to all who have suppotred our ministry. We appreciate you sowing into good ground.
God Bless and drop us a line soon !!
All Our Love,
Steve & Shirley Carson
October 3, 2007
Greetings to Everyone !! I apologize for the long delay in our journal. We have been so swamped you wouldn't believe it !! God has been so good. We just got back from Vacation and General Conference in Tampa, Florida.
We took the kids to Disney world. This was Ashley's first vacation to Disney and the memories we created were priceless. We had not taken a vacation in so long. We were so wore out. We definitely needed it. NOW we need a vacation from vacationing at Disney !!!!
General Conference was GREAT !! The preaching was phenominal. We will try to post a message or two on our webcast. Be sure and check back for those updates. God really moved in a powerful way. For those of you who missed it, you will want to hear the messages.
We just left Jeff Arnolds this past weekend and had a BLOWOUT !!! Sunday night we had 11 new people receive the Holy Ghost !! It was awesome to watch children and grown adults began to be filled with the Holy Spirit. That was so rewarding. Bro. Arnold's church is on the move and God is doing GREAT things there. He is a mighty man of God and it is obvious that the hand of the Lord is on him in a special way. Go Gainesville !!
Well, we love you all and have appreciated your financial support, love and prayers. Bro. Carson's grandmother passed away and that was aan extremely hard time. But time heals alot of things and we know she is in a better place.
We love you all and would love to hear from you. Drop us a line and let us know what is happening in your lives, church and walk with the Lord.
All Our Love,
Stephen & Shirley Carson July, 10, 2007
Hey Everyone......Sorry for the extremely long delay. We have been in Wisconsin now for 2 months. Many places we have not had internet service. So here goes.......
Things have been going great. We preached for 3 home missions churches 3 weeks in a row. It was a lot of work but extremely rewarding. The first week we preached for Bro. Wilbur in Sun Prairie. His church was awesome and doing great. We had a powerful time and saw a great move of the Spirit. We also taught our Financial Seminar there one day and the poeple were very hungry for knoweldge. We felt so priviledged to be a part of this growing church.
The next church we went to was Bro. Derber's in Beaver Dam. We had a great time there also. We were their first evangelist's to preach in their new church. As a matter of fact, the church was not even done yet. There were no doors, no carpet and the smell of saw dust was in the air. That didn't seem to bother God though !!!! We had a powerful time. Sis. Carson spoke one night. They were totally surprised by her and how God ministered through her. As always.....she is a power house!
The next church we preached for was Bro. Fraiser's in De Pere. We had a great time there also. This was a brand new church in it's infancy stages. The Fraisers were precious people who love God and are working hard to reach that city.
Of those three weeks we saw close to 20 receive the Holy Ghost. It is always awesome to see brand new people come to God and be born into the Kingdom. We worked hard and felt like God gave us a great increase. We are planning on going back again next year.
We also preached for Bro. Schmaltz. He is the Wisconsin District Home Missions Director. He is a great man of God and has a tremendous church. We also had a pwerful move of the Spirit at his church. They seem to love us there and welcomed us again with open arms. We saw a great harvest there. We also experienced a MIRACLE. After preaching my message, I called for those who needed a miracle. One lady came up who was blind in one eye. After laying hands on her and calling on the name of Jesus, her eye was completely opened and she said "I can see, I can see"!! We were thrilled to watch a miracle happen in God's presence.
We took Stephen to His Senior camp meeeting in Wisconsin. He had a great time and was really ministered to. He also got to meet a lot of new friends and enjoy the good, wholesome fellowship that Wisconsin offers to their senior campers.
We next attended their Family Camp Meeting. You talk about POWERFUL !!!!! Oh my goodness. Scott Graham was the night speaker and Bro. Davis was the day Bible teacher. They were both awesome !!! I got the dvd's and will post some of the messages on our website for you to be blessed by. I was so blown away by the preaching I heard.. Both those men of God were astounding. I would travel anywhere to hear eithe one of them. Check back in a week or so and they should be on my website un WEBCAST.
We also preached at Bro. Hooks. We had an awesome time there also. We saw several healings and people filled with the Holy Ghost. We are heading back there for a second week. Pray we have a breakthrough. They really need a move of the Spirit.
We also preached for Bro. Soto. He and his wife are powerful people of the Spirit. I am glad to be associated with such powerful, precious people of God. They are in a building program so there was no air conditioning. That didn't seem to stop them. They were hungry and God showed up in a powerful way.
Well, we will be in Wisconsin one more week and then we head to Ohio where we will be with Bro. Sheets and at the Ohio Camp Meeting. Hope to see some of you there.
Love you all and we pray God is blessing you in a big way. God isgood and His Mercy endoureth forever !!
Love The Carson's
May, 10, 2007
Greetings Friends and family! Hope this recent update finds everyone doing well. We have been so busy traveling a little of everywhere.
Things have been going good and we have been having tremendous revival. We have been in Louisiana, Chicago and Mississippi since the last time I wrote. We were with Bro. Pavlu in Church Point, Louisiana and had a great time. We saw several receive the Holy Ghost and even experienced a woman being delivered of evil spirits. It is always rewarding to know the Holy Ghost still sets the captives free. As always, we always have a great ime in Church Point.
The next place we went was to Chicago. We were with Pastor Ric Gonzalez. Shirley did their ladies conference this year and we had a great time. You all missed it. Shirley was mightilty used by God and many were set free and ministered to. Our services were great that weekend at their church also. We watched the prophetic ministry operate and the Lord wrought a great work for His people. Bro. Gonzalez's church is in the inner city and they reach a lot of gangs and rough crowd. His church has doubled and they are running 300. We enjoy going there and ministering because there are so many needs. We feel right at home when we can minister in the Holy Ghost. That's what it's all about. Increasing the Kingdom of God!
We then headed to Mississippi. We had a great time there also. God has been doing some great things and encouraging the people of God. There have been so many people that have been under spiritual attack and their faith is weary. We feel like God took us there to strengthen the hands of His people there. Hopefully we strengthened God's people and left them encouraged in the Holy Ghsot.
Right now we are close to Potts Camp, Mississippi. Steve's granmother, Mama Wilson is on her death bed. So we have been going down there everyday. They are expecting her to die any day. Please say a prayer for us. They have called many of the family members in from all over the country and that place is packed with family !! Please say a prayer for her that God will release her body and she can go and be with the Lord. She has not eaten in 2 weeks and her body is really shutting down. We are praying peace for all the family. This is a very trying time right now.
We are getting ready to head to Arkansas for revival. It has been awhile since we have been to Osceola. Please pray that God gives us a great breaklthrough there. We would like to see many filled with the Holy Ghost. We will keep you posted as to what is going on. We love you all so very much.
Sincerely,
Steve & Shirley Carson
April 3, 2007
Things have been going great here in Louisiana. We have been having GREAT revival. We preached at Living Way for a week in a half and saw a might move of God. There were many people who received the Holy Ghost. We always have a great time at Living Way. They are always experiencing revival. This is an Evangelists dream place to preach. We started revival in Sulphur this last Sunday. Shirley and the kids stayed home Sunday because Ashley was sick with the flu. Monday night my wife and the kids came. As always, the Holy Ghost hit Sis. Carson and she ended up ministering to the church. It was extremely powerful. So far in the last 2 services we have seen 8 people receive the Holy Ghost. We are excited to see what else God is going to do this week. We will be having services Tuesday and Wednesday. Pray for us that we have a powerful move of God.
We lobe you all and hope everything is going good. Keep up the good work and know we love you all so very much. Your support means everything to us. We do appreciate it.
Stephen & Shirley Carson March, 2007 Hey Everyone !! Things have been so busy at our end of the world. We had a great revival in Nashville Tennessee with Pastor Jack Batson. They are in revival and God really move dthere in a powerful way. We had 2 doctors receive the Holy Ghost on Sunday. It was absolutely awesome to watch God fill them with his spirit.
We also experienced a great healing and deliverance. Revival in Nashville is always great experience.
After we left there, we headed to Pontotoc Mississippi where we stayed for a week in a half. The Pastor is Eugene Taylor. We had a SUPER move of the Spirit there also. As we arrived there was a lady who suffered a major annurism to the brain. When her husband found her slumped over the steering wheel in the middle of the road, her dorrs were locked, the car was in gear and ger foot was on the brake. They finally got the doors opened and emergency sent her in a helicopter to Jackson Mississippi. God has miraculously touched her and she should only be in the hospital for another few days. The doctors said this was a moracle for the books. We were thankful God touched her in a powerful way.
We are headed to Lake Chalres Louisiana. We are having revival there Thursday and Sunday. I will keep everyone posted as to how things go Monday. I apologize for the late journal postings. We have been so busy.
Also, Bro, Carson hit our tariler with the truch and shattered the back glass so we have beeb busy trying to get that repaired. Say a prayer for us that we can be used by God this week. We expect to have another mighty move of God.
We love you all and hope everyone is doing ok. Drop us a line and say hello. Don't forget to register for our Open Fourm "Let's Talk" and chat with other Pentecostal users.
All Our Love,
Stephen & Shirley Carson
February 22,2007
Well, the last couple weeks have been mind bending. God has really been doing a great work. We were in Columbus, Ohio and had a tremendous move of the Spirit. There were 4 that received the Holy Ghost and many miracles happened. They are growing a great church and had alot of sinners and new people there. This church shocked us in their worship. Their spirits were sincere and hungry. That allowed the Holy Spirit to move in a powerful way.
We left for Indiana that Monday and we were glad we did. That night after arriving is Indiana they received almost 20 inches of snow. I was so excited !!! I have been praying for snow for weeks and God really blessed us with a snow shower !! The kids loved it and we took Ashley sledding for the first time. She was adorable. I will post some pictures for everyone to see under revival pictures. We are planning on creating a picture folder there just of our family photos and places we have been.
Bro. Carson and I spoke at a marriage Retreat this weekend and that was very powerful. We had a great time in the Spirit. It was also very theraputic for other couples to come together and encourage one another. One man received his healing while he was there. He had a bad hernia and the next morning he woke up and said it was completely gone! We praise God for that. That Sunday in Lafayette we had a great service. God moved in a POWERFUL way. We have been there many times but this move of God was extremely special. God's presence moved in and there were TONS of miracles. From marriages being repaired to bodies being healed to deliverance taking place in the lives of hurting people We were thrilled with all that God did and look forward to returning there.
We are headed to Nashville for revival. We are going a few days early to rest. We have had several things to repair on our trailer from being in the cold. We will try to catch up on fixing things and get ready for the next move of God.
We love you all and hope you're doing ok. Keep in touch and let us know what God is doing in your life.
All Our Love,
Stephen & Shirley Carson
February 5, 2007
Hi Everyone !! What a crazy week this was. We were in Elyria Ohio and had a GREAT time in Revival. We had an explosive move of the Spirit. Several nights we had tons of visitors from the Baptist church there in town. We feel like God really ministered to them. This was our second week of revival there. We debated going on but our schedule was pushing us to be at our next place. We are already making plans to return to Elyria, Ohio to be with Pastor Harper again.
We returned home to our trailer and the weather was 2 degrees out !! So you can imagine Sis. Carson is loving this. We haven't had much snow. We are getting ready to head home to Louisiana in 2 weeks. We are very excited to get some good Cajun cooking !!
Ashley and Stephen are growing so big. Stephen is almost as tall as I am and Ahsley is singing up a storm. You all know how Sis. Carson yells out "that's right" or "come on now" in service.......well Ashley has already started acting like her momma !! I was preaching Sunday night and Ashley hollered out....."Alright"....... We all laughed so much. It's funny how our children listen and watch us more than we pay attention to. She is so adorable. We are truly enjoying her......even though we are turning gray headed !!
We love you all and pray God keeps you this week. remember to pray, keep strong and live for God. He is coming back and we so want to be ready.
All Our Love,
Stephen & Shirley Carson
February 2, 2007
My sincere apology for the delay in writing this journal. It has been CRAZY !! Really. Things are going good and we are still in ohio. We had a great revival service with Pastor Krammer in Ohio. That church is on fire for God and Pastor Krammer is definitely doing something right. Sis. Carson's parents came to visit us there and we enjoyed getting to spend time with family.
Our next place of Revival was in Elyria, Ohio with Pastor Jerry Harper. We had a great revival with them. The power of God was very strong and we saw 5 people receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Harpers are great people who love God and people. They are doing a good work in Elyria and reaching a lot of denominal people. God is truly moving there. Revival ended after a week and they have schedued us to come back for another week. We look forward to another power packed week of service with them!
We preached for Pastor Dean in Franklin Ohio and had a powerful move of the Spirit. There were some healings that took place and there was a strong Spirit of deliverance that took place. We prayed in the alters for quite a long time and then they had wonderful fellowship in the back. That church surely can feed you well !! They may be a small church to some, but don't let them fool you. They are a church on the move, they love God and are very sincere in all they do.
Our family took a vacation for 2 days. That was absolutely wonderful !! We really enjoyed the rest and the time we spend with Sis. Carson's family. We have alot of things scheduled before we head back to Louisiana. We will stay in Ohio until mid February. Then we head home.
Please keep us in your prayers as we strive to have greater revival this year. Our hearts are hungry and our spirits are thristy for a greater move of the Spirit than we have ever seen before.
Keep praying, keep fasting and hold fast to those things you know to be true. Great things are going to happen!
God Bless all our friends and may God rishly bless and keep you !
Love Steve & Shirley Carson
January 5, 2007
Hey Everyone ! Well, we are finally home (that is, where our trailer is at in Ohio) and glad to be back in our trailer. We have been everywhere but home for the last 3 weeks.
We just got home last night at 1 A.M. and were so tired. Ashley is tired of all this traveling. We watched her eyes as we stepped inside our trailer. You should have seen her! It was so sweet! She was like a kid in a candy shop. She was soooo glad to be home. I believe we were all that excited to be back in our home!
The new year is bringing on many new resolutions and changes. We are getting back to our weekly dieting (like everyone else) and taking a closer look at our ministry and its purpose. Our desire is to make a greater difference than we ever have before. Therefore, we are planning on a fast to refocus and empower us for greater revival this year. Join us !! Let's all draw closer to God this year and see the greatest revival ever. We can do it and so can you !
We love you all and pray your holidays with friends and family was a good one. Please keep us in your prayers and check back with us every Monday or Tuesday to see what's going on here at our Jorunal. We will post every Monday or Tuesday.
We love you all and pray God's best blessings on you this new year !!
Stephen & Shirley Carson
December 28, 2006
Well, We hope you all had a great Christmas. We had a great time watching our children, families and friends be blessed this year. Ashley had a blast opening up her baby dolls and purses stuffed with lip gloss ! We couldn't help but laugh as she oooed and aawwed over the simple things of life. Stephen had a great time also. Shirley and I both had a great time being with friends and family. Watching them brings much joy to our hearts. It's neat becasue our children understand that God is the one who makes everything happen in our lives. They are so touched by how God has blessed us. That leaves us with an unbelievable feeling.
We went to Michigan and Indiana hoping to get snow and all we seemed to get was rain. I guess Shirley didn't pray hard enough !! We are hoping to get a little colder weather as the weeks progress. We love the outdoors and the cold weather. We don't gte much of that at home in Louisiana. We are heading back to Indiana and will be there until the 30th of December. I will be there for end of the year service.
We have been resting the last week in a half, trying to catch up on some much needed rest. We have been so tired and this time off has been rejuvinating.
We love you all very much and hope things are going good for you all. Please don't forget that Christ is the reason for the season and take time to rest and spend time with your family God has blessed you with.
We love you all very much !
Stephen & Shirley Carson
December 18, 2006
We had an awesome service last night in Lafayette, Indiana. We were at Christ Memorial Temple where my father, Tony Carson pastors. We had a powerful move of the Spirit. I preached Sunday morning and Shirley ministered and walked in the Holy Ghost Sunday night. We had 4 receive the Holy Ghost last night and alot of miracles took place. God is so good.
We are enjoying being here with family. We actually have a 2 minute break from Ashley and Stephen has ditched us for gramma's house ! The weather has been a little warm (in the 50's) and no snow yet. So Shirley is a little disappointed ! She loves the snow. So everyone pray she can get her wish !
We are leaving Thursday to head to Pontiac Michigan where Shirley's parents live. We plan on going up there and spending Christmas with them. I know my wife will have a good time being with her family. Pray for us that we can have a restful holiday and enjoy the time off (which we are NOT used to!).
We love you all and hope everyone is doing ok. I'll see you again next Monday and remember to keep the Faith !
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