2011 Fort Worth Gospel Truth Seminar

Andrew ministering at Calvary Cathedral in Ft. Worth, Texas during the final GTS of 2011. (Click to enlarge)In early November Andrew and his Gospel Truth Seminar team moseyed down to Fort Worth, Texas to hold a GTS at Bob Nichol's Calvary Cathedral. Andrew's topic for the weekend was The Fear of the Lord. Before those in attendance could bristle at the thought of Andrew teaching that believers ought to be fearful, he clarified that the fear he was going to teach about was a reverence, an honor, a respect and an awe of God. He noted that the word fear is used more than 600 times in the Bible, and more than half of those are used in a positive way.

Prayer ministers including students from CBC Colorado and CBC Dallas were available before the start of the service. (Click to enlarge)After opening Thursday evening's meeting with Proverbs 3:7, "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil," Andrew turned to a passage of Scripture from Isaiah 11. He acknowledged the fact that the chapter opens with a prophesy about Jesus, and that twice in the first several verses, the Scriptures indicate Jesus' own "fear of the Lord" and His delight in it.

"This is not talking about a dread, a terror or condemnation. You know, you need to rightly divide things. I admit there is a negative use of the word fear, and again because of the society we live in, we nearly emphasize things to the negative Jill and Charlie LeBlanc leading worship. (Click to enlarge)every single time. But there is a positive use of fear; there is a Godly type of fear, and it's talking about a reverence. Jesus, here was not terrified of His father, but He was in awe of His Father," Andrew said. He went on to associate the word fear with the words trust and honor as found in Proverbs 29:25, "Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe."

As he taught, Andrew pointed to the discrepancy in some believers' lives, saying that many Andrew opening the five session seminar defining the word, "fear."
(Click to enlarge)put their faith in the Lord for eternity, but in this life they do not have a fear of God. They fear external worldly things because they're so plugged in to the natural world. This fear causes believers to assume the attitude of the unbelievers. Andrew went on to encourage people to reverse that trend in similarity, "You can fear God, and the fear of God will promote you and bless you."

Andrew opened the final session on Saturday with these remarks, "I have been teaching on the fear of God, and I think it's been powerful. I think it's a timely word; not only for every individual but for us as a culture. I believe this is really Andrew meeting and ministering to people in the lobby before the meeting Friday morning.
(Click to enlarge)important—it could change people's lives. This is the kind of thing you don't hear very often, sad to say. People just need to hear about the fear of God and putting God first, honoring Him above everything else."

Part of Andrew's team for this conference included a busload of Charis Bible College student from Colorado. The Colorado students joined fellow CBC-Dallas students as prayer ministers for the weekend-long event. According to one prayer team leader, "The students were grateful for the opportunity to minister, and they buzzed with excitement as they recounted the miracles they saw and the lives that were changed!"

A woman struggling with hearing loss, who had been waiting in line to receive prayer from Andrew, suddenly chose to step aside to allow the wheelchair-bound person behind her to move ahead. The person in the wheelchair would be the last person Andrew had time to minister to that evening. As the person rolled by in their wheel chair, the lady, who had stepped aside, received a miracle A woman who received her healing from deafness while in line to receive prayer, shares her miracle with Andrew.
(Click to enlarge)and her hearing was completely restored—without receiving prayer!

For some, Andrew's message of God's unconditional love and grace is hard to swallow. During one session at the GTS, there was a woman who was particularly challenged by Andrew’s teaching about fear. The Holy Spirit ministered to her through Andrew's words and revealed to her that she had an unhealthy fear of man. A short time later, after a prayer minister shared more Word with her, she was able to receive from God unhindered. She was amazed as pain left her body. The women's thumb, which she had severely cut a few weeks earlier, was restored. Feeling and movement returned to the thumb as a nerve she had severed was supernaturally repaired.

Watch the video segment below to catch Andrew's introduction to his series The Fear of The Lord.

2010 Fort Worth GTS

Andrew opening Thursday night's meeting in Ft. Worth, TX. (Click to enlarge) During the second week of November, Andrew and Jamie closed out the 2010 Gospel Truth Seminar calendar in Texas, ministering to friends and partners at the Fort Worth GTS. The conference was held at Calvary Cathedral International in Fort Worth, a church founded and pastored by Andrew's longtime friends, Bob and Joy Nichols. Andrew shared a message he called the Christian First Aid Kit, a condensed and potent version of his sixteen part series called the Christian Survival Kit. Those in attendance were blessed as they received the truth and revelation from this powerful teaching rooted in the Gospel of John.

Andrew taught a condensed version of Christian Survival Kit. (Click to enlarge)The invitation for the Baptism in the Holy Spirit was well received throughout the weekend with approximately 150 people coming forward to receive the gift of His power in their lives. As words of wisdom and knowledge flowed freely during each session many people were set free in the name of Jesus.

After Andrew concluded each session, he invited those desiring prayer to come forward for ministry, and many whose faith had been stirred by the teaching of the Word responded. By the power of the Holy Spirit the prayer ministry team witnessed the healing of many conditions including the following oppressions; rheumatoid arthritis, pinched nerves, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, involuntary shaking of both hands, blindness, deafness and a variety of severe pain symptoms.

Joshua Maynard had suffered with scoliosis for 22 years. (Click to enlarge)One woman approached a prayer minister during the conference and shared a testimony of a healing she had received at a previous GTS. The woman shared that she had suffered a stroke which had affected the left side of her body; as a result she was unable to raise her arm. She had also been told that she had two aneurysms. The woman had received prayer at the Orlando GTS in February and regained the use of her left side. Then at a follow-up doctor visit, she had an MRI scan of her brain and doctors were unable to detect any trace of aneurysms—she was totally healed.

Through Andrew's teaching Joshua received a revelation of Jesus. Now his spine is healed! (Click to enlarge)As reported in a recent post, an AWM interview team travels with Andrew to the conferences to document ministry related testimonies. While in Fort Worth the team had the opportunity to meet a young man named Joshua Maynard. Joshua shared his story of suffering with scoliosis for twenty-two years until he was miraculously healed as a result of Andrew’s teaching. Joshua even had pictures documenting his healing with him at the time of the interview. Look for more on Joshua's Healing Testimony in an upcoming post.

Watch the video clip below as Andrew introduces the topic of his teaching at the Fort Worth GTS: the Christian First Aid Kit.

Click here to view the entire five-part teaching series.