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institute and had stolen the car We prayed and thanked Father God
from the parking lot. for His protection over us, then
continued our trip to Florida. Praise
When she approached my van God!
at a high rate of speed, she said
the demons told her to kill me. I Reverend David Gibbs had
asked her if she knew what day it a radical salvation
was, and she replied, “no.” I told conversion to Jesus Christ
her it was Resurrection Power in November of 1979. After
Sunday and began to share Christ experiencing the changes
with her and led her to Jesus. God’s saving power can
make in a person’s life, he
served as the Director of
Suddenly there was a state Jesus Today Outreach, an
trooper knocking on the window, I evangelism street ministry
opened the door and told him what during the 1980’s in Peoria Illinois and the Tri-
County area. During that time, Gibbs was a
had just happened, adding that I featured speaker at many Full Gospel
had just cast evil spirits out of her Businessmen’s meetings throughout the
and prayed with her to receive Midwest region and hosted a live radio
Jesus as her Lord and Savior. program on WVEL radio station. He then
traveled throughout the United States as an
(Remember, after all it was evangelist, seeing people saved, healed, and
Resurrection Day). He told me to delivered by the power of the Holy Spirit. He
go ahead and continue. This also served as an Associate Pastor in
woman got delivered, set free and Springfield, Illinois, a time which saw a
saved by the power of the Holy powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit. He then
pastored Word of Faith Church in Morton and
Spirit. Pekin and hosted a weekly television program
on the Central Illinois cable television network.
I spoke with the state police officer
and he told me that he was a born
again, spirit-filled Christian and I
asked him to follow through with
this woman, which he assured me
he would do. He then handcuffed
her and put her in his patrol car.
We walked back to my van to
examine the damage and complete
the police report, but we did not
find one scratch even though it
was hit twice by a driver traveling
at a high rate of speed. Let me
repeat, there was no damage to
my vehicle nor any injuries at all!