Escrito Está
Lives Touched By The
Savior
“Please pray for me, I have a few months to live…” read one of the prayer requests we received during Vivendo la Esperanza, an evangelistic series held in in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by Pastor Robert Costa, speaker/director of Escrito Está.
“...As we prayed for someone else, God worked in all of us.”
CAROLINA BONILLA is the Administrative Assistant for Escrito Está. Born in Ecudaor, Carolina has a passion for reaching the Spanish speaking community with the gospel.
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The series lasted from October 17 to 24, and during that time many prayer requests came in from viewers. As one of the local church pastors continued perusing through the list of requests, he looked at me and said, “We’re getting a lot of serious and sad requests, listen to this: ‘Please pray for my son who’s in jail… Please pray for my mom who is ill… Please pray for me, I just lost my husband…’” Although Pastor Costa had already decided to take the bucket of prayer requests to pray over each one of them throughout the night, we decided to share some of them with the group of pastors. One pastor said, “We need to pray more!” Indeed, intercessory prayer is the strongest weapon the Lord has shared with us to overcome anyone and anything. No request is too small or too large for God not to answer. The local pastors decided to include a special season of prayer each night and the results began to appear because as an old song says: “when God’s people pray wonderful things happen.” The first miracle as result of intercessory prayer was unity. When the call was made for people with special requests to come forward, they joined with one purpose and in one accord. Self was put aside. No longer did personal problems become priority. It became apparent that there were others in need of hope as much as ourselves and as we prayed for someone else, Christ worked in all of us. Intercessory prayer gives us consolation. During the second night of the meetings, after Pastor Costa preached a sermon entitled “Hope in the Midst of the Impossible,” he made an altar call
and a lady stepped forward in tears. As the musician sang and pastor Costa prayed, people gathered around to pray. Then we went off the air and the cameras turned off, but people remained in prayer. After the meeting was over nobody left crying. The lady had poured her soul to God and received His consolation. Intercessory prayer gives us hope. As we continued reading over the prayer requests we received each night, we realized many of them included prayers for children or family members who had not yet accepted Christ as their personal savior. But after the meetings concluded, God answered some of those prayers and will continue to answer them. At the end of the meetings, six young people gave their hearts to Jesus and two other families publicly declared that they would like to be baptized in the near future. These were answered prayers that give us hope that God listens to our requests and will answer in His time. Visit escritoesta.org to learn more about Escrito Está and watch TV programs and devotionals in Spanish.
THE BEGINNING OF A JOURNEY
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met Antonio through his friend Eddie when I began knocking on doors in January of 2015. Antonio is a political refugee from Cuba who has been living in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the past 10 months. When I began studying with Eddie, he was so excited about the Bible and would always invite new friends to his house for our study time. One of them was Antonio. As months went by and the excitement cooled off, Antonio was the only friend that stuck around. At that moment in his life, Antonio was going through a major depression and marital problems. He truly valued the encouraging messages found in God’s Word and was very thankful for prayer. We covered different subjects throughout our Bible studies and he never lost interest. Before I was able to cover the sabbath topic with Antonio and Eddie, they were already attending church with me. Antonio really enjoyed the church services and would go to church
even if I could not meet him. He would call me to request prayer. When the time for Viviendo la Esperanza came, he attended most of the meetings and during the altar call one night, he stood up for prayer. Antonio told me that he was blessed by what he was experiencing and was sad because some nights he had to work. He was even willing to request time off. Shortly after the series ended, Antonio told me that he was moving to another state. I prayed with him and shared several encouraging Bible verses with him. He was so thankful, with tear-filled eyes he said, “Once I arrive to my final destination I will find a church.” It was amazing to see him discover that there is a God that loves him and is concerned about his life. Please keep him Antonio in your prayers as he embarks on a new journey and continues to allow God into his life. By Adelaida Hernández It Is Written Bible Worker SPRING 2016
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