Kurt and Mary Simms, who own Simms Electric Services,
attended the Advanced Elijah Challenge Training in Houston in
February 2008. They attend a Baptist Church.
Other
reports from Kurt
Simms
Electrical Services
An amazing
service at
Plane State Prison
"On
July 18, 2010 I preached at the Plane State Jail at the morning
service teaching on “What is the Original Message of the
Gospel?” I was encouraged by William’s essay to teach
about this topic for this is truly the problem with so many Americans.
They are a product of a man-centered Gospel. They proclaim the
name of Jesus as their Savior, but when compared to the world around
them there is no difference for they were never told about their
sinful condition. They were told of so many promises that would
make life better if they would only come to Jesus, so they come
to Jesus with the wrong motive and get the promised trials and
tribulation and soon fall away from the faith.
Mark
4:16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who,
when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 And
they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then,
when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word,
immediately
they fall away.
They
came lacking repentance, without which they cannot be saved.
After the teaching I presented the Law (10 Commandments) teaching
God’s righteousness, Rom 3:20 For by works of the law no
human being will be justified in his sight, since through the
law comes
knowledge of sin. then the judgment, Heb 9:27 And just as it
is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
penalty of sin
1Co 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit
the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually
immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice
homosexuality,
10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
And
hell...
Rev
20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of
life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
I told
them of the Cross and that Jesus was the perfect sinless sacrifice
that was brutally punished and crucified on the
Cross for He paid the debt for the
sins of many, and that it had pleased God The Father to crush Him for
the justice of almighty God was satisfied and accomplished
through Jesus on the Cross.
Now God could allow them to live because Jesus had paid
the debt for the sins of
the world. I told them that God commands them to repent of their sins
and
turn to God.
Acts
20:21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward
God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts
4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other
name
under heaven given among men by which
we must be saved."
One
woman after another testify: healed, delivered and touched by God
at a distance
At this time I went to the Lord in prayer and asked the
Father to confirm the Word that I had taught that Jesus
is the only way of salvation, and
asked Him
to grant these miracles to prove to the lost that Jesus is the
only Way to the Father. Mary and I commanded at a distance
in Jesus' name for many
to
be healed
and demons to flee, according to the pattern of Jesus in Luke 7.
After
that
I asked for those to testify of their healings and there were so
many that kept raising their
hands that it was overwhelming.
To name
a few, there was a woman that told that her pinky finger was healed
for she was not able to have full motion before. Several testified
that the desire
of drug addiction had left them. Several had said that their
minds were set free of oppression from evil deception. Others
had felt the power
of God
come upon
them and had encouraged them to be bold witnesses and to walk
closely with the Lord. Several testified of depression leaving
them.
The
service was
supposed to end at 10:00 AM, but the guards weren’t
coming so following the testimonies the women were lining
up from
the front all the way to the back for Mary and
I to pray over. Many had told us that they wanted to repent
and walk closely with Jesus.
We prayed
over many and encouraged them to follow through by truly
repenting from their sins and committing their lives to
Jesus by reading the Bible daily and obeying what the Word says.
This was
the second church service
I have ever preached and it was amazing to see the Lord
could
use someone like us in a way I had never dreamed of. I
tell people about the encounters in which the Lord
has used me in the past. I pray that the Lord will raise
up more workers for His harvest.
So I end this testimony by saying thank you Lord Jesus
for this opportunity to serve you!"