Welcome to Operation Liberty Oregon! Isaiah 61:1

A great awakening has begun in the world, this nation, and now, in the state of Oregon!

We are seeing the miracle of salvation happening as God’s people are becoming addicted to obeying the Great Commission to “Go”.  People by the hundreds, and soon to be the thousands are going out and sharing the good news of Jesus and what He has done for them throughout the Portland region, and rapidly throughout our state.

The fruit is literally falling off the tree!  We have not seen these kinds of numbers coming to Christ since the Jesus people movement in the 60’s and early 70’s.

Every day, the most amazing testimonies are coming in of how sharing the simple gospel is changing people’s lives, with miracles, signs and wonders following!  And the most awesome thing about this, is it doesn’t matter whose label is over the door of the church, this is something for the body of Christ throughout our cities, to come together in unity, and as a regional strike force to set at liberty the captives and the opening of the prison and the eyes of those who are bound.   Isa.61:1-3

We are using a simple script as a basic guide (that works so powerfully), which we learned from the ministry of Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne in Tampa, Florida. You can download those tools for yourself here.

Pastor Joel Hjertstedt was invited by Pastor Denny Cline (Jesus Pursuit, Albany, OR) to join him and 4 other pastors along with their teams to go to Tampa, FL to see the great awakening that is happening there. God is using Rodney Howard-Browne to bring a great awakening to Tampa, where they have seen 60,000 plus people come to Christ just since this past January.  Pastor Denny had been in contact with Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne who invited him to bring a delegation of pastors from Oregon to experience what God was doing in Tampa.

The experience was life changing, and a powerful impartation took place to bring this awakening back to Oregon. While in Tampa, they went on the streets, used this simple script, and saw many souls come to the Lord, saw people filled with Holy spirit, and many healed.

Since returning to Portland, we have seen people get fired up for evangelism like never before. On Easter we saw 150 people come forward who wanted to receive an impartation to share the gospel of Jesus Christ everywhere they go as a lifestyle! People of all ages came forward.  Teens, young adults, moms and dads, grandparents, and have since hit the streets with a passion and are on fire to win souls for Christ like I have never seen in 40 years of ministry!!!

Now people from all over the state are calling us and asking how they can bring this fire to their church and city. We have already trained teams from Hood River, The Dalles, Vancouver, and more are continually scheduling to come.

Facebook has run amuck with these testimonies, but not everyone is on Facebook, so we decided to also create this site, to provide a place for testimonies, encouragement, and soul-winning tools.

We also will be providing online classes for new believers to help those who may in their new journey with Christ be hesitant to attend a church service.  We believe others will attend a church in their area, and others the Holy Spirit will begin a process of working in their lives.

We are going to do our best to follow up and disciple those who come to Christ. Those we can’t, we trust the Holy Spirit to do the rest, of which having polled our congregation, almost half were not followed up with when they received Christ, but the Holy Spirit led them step by step until they connected to other Christians, then to a local church. Amazing how good the Holy Spirit is with things like that!

The Church’s fear of not being able to follow up, has majorly effected and has kept the church from evangelizing. I think it is time for us to share the gospel with passion, follow up the best we can, and those we can’t, trust the Holy Spirit enough that He can take care of them, to lead them into the deeper things of God.

 

You can post your testimonies here. If you have questions, or would like to have a team from your church trained, contact us.. You are welcome to come to us here in Portland, or we are happy to send our team to you!

 

Wow, Wow, Wow, these are exciting days!!

Pastor Joel Hjertstedt

www.destinycf.org

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I never believed in God until now.

Hi. I was at the bus stop last night (At clackamas town center mall:October 7,2011), when two older ladies approached me. One had light brown hair, and the other had dark curly brown hair. The lady with the light brown hair had asked me if I knew that God loved me and she asked me to repeat after her and take God into my heart. After I did that, she asked me if there was anything I needed from God. I told her that I needed a second job. We prayed, and than the two of the ladies left.

This afternoon I recieved a random call from a Texas number, and something told me I should call it back and she had told me she wanted to hire me for a job in Wilsonville. She said she found my information off of careerbuilder.com & the last time I was on there was in June, And no one has EVER emailed me or called me from that site. When the lady on the phone told me I got the job, without ANY interview process or anything… I just bursted into tears with joy!

I just wanted to say thank you so much, to those two ladies. I dont know there names, but I feel that without them I woudnt of gotten this random out of the blue job. Thanks to them & God. I never believed in God until now.

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Hold that train

Haliegh (15) year old girl, her sister Taylor(approx 16) and younger
brother about 12 all gave their hearts to the Lord. They were taking
the Max from the Clackamas Town Center. I had to stand in the doorway
of the Max to get their info before they departed. There was a
definite transformation. Such a transformation. They all gave me a hug
before the train departed.

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Amber – 18 years old gave her heart to the Lord. She was so excited
and asked me to pray for her family that there would be unity.

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True commitment

During our outreach event I was training a new friend. We walked by a garage sale and figured… “well they are not going anywhere” So I started sharing the Gospel with a lady and who I assumed was her husband. The man seemed a little cold to the topic, but the lady was very attentive to what I was sharing. When I came to lead them in a heart prayer to accept Jesus, the lady said “Dear Jesus” with me and the man stood up frustrated. The lady made a hand motion to “shew” him away as she continued the prayer with me. She gave her heart to the Lord, allowed us to pray with her for her job need, and gave us her contact info for later follow up. The man wanted nothing to do with us, but the lady had such an open heart and now knows Jesus as her Lord and savior! -Ratho

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A Testimony of Thanksgiving

Jesus encountered two young men walking down the street just doing
their own thing. They both accepted Jesus into their heart, and
mentioned they were hungry so we provided them with cheeseburgers from
McDonalds and they were so thankful! And want to come to church!
- Jessica

** UPDATE: They came to Destiny the next day (6/26) and were welcomed by a large, warm, loving church family. They could not stop telling us how amazing, loving, caring, genuine etc…. Destiny was to them. One of them even said,  ”we are stranded out here from Ohio..and the first people to actually reach out to us was you guys.” he was fighting back tears but with little success. They are now connected with a family in the church and working out ways to get back on their feet and get home to their family in Ohio.

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More Sat Testimonies (6/18/11)

Even on a gloomy rainy day the amazing life changing power of the Gospel brings the Son to people!

While sharing the Gospel with a few ladies, a man at the same bus stop overheard what was going on. He EXCITEDLY jumped up and said “I want it! I want Jesus!” He grabbed my hands and asked Jesus into his heart right there!

Another man was holding an advertisement sign for a local mattress company. We began to share the Gospel with him and he told us that just two days prior, another group had already shared that with him. At that encounter he did not give his life to the Lord. I told him that “God is pursuing you” and he willingly accepted Jesus into his heart right there!

There were also 3 catholic teenagers that we shared the whole Gospel with and they all accepted Jesus as their personal savior.

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Even in the rain (6/18/11)

There was a group of SIX teenager that all accepted the Lord together. One girl saw was giving her info for follow up and noticed her sister was on the list from earlier that day!

Another man was so excited that he could hardly saw the prayer for salvation. He could not thank us enough!

Even in the rain….the Gospel does NOT loose it’s power!

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MAX in the rain (6/18/11)

I took out a couple new people for a Sat event. It was misty raining out and I had the thought that we wouldn’t see very many people and if we did they wouldn’t want to stand there in the rain and talk.

God set it up anyway. Haha. I went to a MAX station and we saw 4 people give their lives to Jesus!!! One man was SO very receptive. He had some family health issues (Mom with Lupus and Dad with lymphoma) We prayed for their healing and I gave him a church card so he can let us know when God heals them.

Two younger guys on bikes, one thought he “might” go to heaven, the other was sure that he would NOT be going. After a few min…they are both 100% sure they ARE going now! AMEN!

Another lady’s train was coming and I talked with her and she accepted Jesus in less than two min!!! I gave her our contact info RIGHT as she walked on the MAX. Praise God for His timing. This is SO simple…and SO powerful! So many people are walking out of darkness and into the eternal light of Jesus Christ.

Lets get out there and start getting Jesus what He paid for!!! COME ON! HALLELUJAH!!!!!

 

-Ratho

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Stepping out and “taking the lead”

Hi everyone! Today was the first time I took “the lead” as they say,
and I witness 4 young people pray to Jesus to become their personal
Savior.  Three of them where young men (maybe 17) who where friends
and they all accepted Him at the same time! What a privilege it was to
me to be the one to lead them in the prayer of Salvation.  I want to
encourage you who are reading this testimony that in the last 8 weeks
I have witness so many people come to Christ that it is hard to recall
all their faces, (maybe 25-30 so far) however if I sit back and think
about it one thing they all had in common…. The awe struck look that
they had right after they prayed the prayer. You could tell that their
spirits were changed and that they knew something awe inspiring had
just happened to them. May your life be blessed with just as many
encounters as you preach the simple yet profound gospel of good news.
It is the power that will bring them to their salvation. Believe God
to teach you and He will. You will never be the same….
Hugs, Katherine Carter

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Operation Liberty Progress report! (06/20/11)

900 Souls Saved in the last 8 weeks. The last 8 weeks have been amazing for us. It is just wonderful to see what the Lord is doing. We have seen amazing miracles, delieverances and of course the biggest of them all … salivations on the streets of Portland Oregon. Everyday Heaven is getting populated. We want you to be a part of this great awakening!  –Vishaal Behl

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