After Peruvian schoolteacher Jaime Gomez and his wife, Telma, were baptized with the Holy Spirit they became effect church planters. Overcoming unbelievable dangers and hardships they took the gospel to hard to reach Indian villages. They often faced demonic opposition because of the entrenched witchcraft in mountain areas but they refused to allow anything to stop them. Today, the Smyrna of Peru Christian Mission Association has 160 churches, many in hard-to-reach villages in Peru’s Amazon jungle. Now that’s the real purpose of Holy Spirit baptism.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…[unto] the ends of the earth.”
–Acts 1:8 (NIV)
Lord Jesus, baptize us with the Holy Ghost and fire. Empower us to take the gospel to the unreached. In Your holy name I pray. Amen.