Category: Totally Awesome

It was Friday night. I had some undercover cops who were on vacation call me asking for prayer. I met with them to pray over their needs. After I finished praying I left to go and witness on the streets. But my King had other plans. He told me to drive east for a while. This is definitely an older section of Denver. I noticed the street lights are far apart. Definitely a lot of darkness between lights. He finally had me  turn right into an alley and pull over. As I came to a complete stop, he had me turn my headlights off and wait. The area where I was at was pitch black and extremely quiet. As I continued trying to make out what was in front of me, I finally could see shadows in the distance. The faint glow of their cigarettes allowed me to see that a gang of some kind was there.

My King said, “Those are the guys. Get your flashlight and go meet them.” I kept the light off because I know that gangs get riled up when you glare a light on them. I started walking towards them and when I got within ten yards of them, my King said, “Turn your flashlight on them now.” I was not to excited to do that but I have learned to be obedient to my King. One of guys said, “What are you doing? You better turn that light off or we’re going to shoot you.”

I said, “Jesus Christ sent me here to bring light Into darkness.” I found out later that they called themselves “Darkness”. When I said that, one of the boys said, “I have been having this vision every night. I did not understand what it meant and it keeps me awake The vision keeps telling me to walk towards the light. Now I understand what the vision means and I am coming over to you.” The leader looked at him and said, “You never told us that you were having these visions.” He said, “Yeah, I didn’t want you guys to think I was crazy. I use to go to church when I was young. I still remember the song ‘Jesus Loves Me This I Know’. He is calling me.” They then asked, “So you said that God sent you here to meet us.”

I said, “Yes.” At that moment I turned my flashlight off. It was only dark for a second. The dark street light above us came on as soon as I turn my flashlight off. They looked at me in awe and said, “We’ve been here a long time and this street light has never worked.” The oldest one was 19 and the youngest was 14. They all began to think about what happened. The gang member who came over to me and told me more about his vision. He said, “Our parents are disgusted with what’s going on in our lives. I want to give my life to Jesus Christ and go home. The rest of them listened to what he said and did the same thing. They all started calling their parents telling them what they just did. All the parents excitedly came to give their sons a ride home. This was a new gang. None of them had a car. In fact, the gang was so new that they did not have enough money to even rent a house to live in. They set up pallets and plastic to make places to live. 60% of the parents we’re Christians. But after the other families saw what happened to their sons. They too gave their lives to Jesus Christ. One set of parents said to their son, “Your room is just as you left it when you left the house. All of the boys spent that night in their own beds. God got them while their hearts are relatively pure. Another Victory for my King. It is never too dark for him. In fact, his light shines brighter when it is dark. The enemy now has to go find another dark place to roam until my King sends me in again to run him off again.

Last Saturday I was having an unusual day. I was listening to some praise music on my radio and all of the sudden the devil must not have liked what I was listening to because my radio started smoking. I mean it was to the point where I had open my doors and let the smoke out. I thought for sure that my radio was going to ignite and catch my pickup on fire. I did not have one of those tools for extracting a radio so I had to use my knife to work my way in there to get it out. It was challenging to extract the radio with the smoke in the cab.

The highway patrol were just getting over a meeting in that location where my pickup was billowing smoke. They know who I am and were concerned for my safety. They all came running with their flashing lights on and surrounded my pickup. They were trying to figure out what kind of trouble I was in. I had the situation resolved by the time they arrived but some smoke was still lingering in the air. One highway patrolman said, “It looks like the devil was trying to take your pickup out. We want to pray over you.” It looked like to the public that I must be a really bad guy. Everyone was probably wondering what I did to get this kind of attention. I had seven patrol cars surrounding me with their lights flashing. All the officers then got out of their cars and came over and surrounded me. Each one laid one hand on me and the other hand on each other. It kind of looked like a spoke wheel pattern as they prayed over me. All these guys are Christians and know me very well so they knew what to pray for. After the highway patrolman finished praying for me, they suddenly got an emergency call and they all had to leave the scene quickly.

Two couples saw what was going on from a distance and watched the event unfold. They were captivated by what just happened and they had to find out what happened. They came over to me and one husband started to ask questions. I told him what happened with my radio and how they rushed over to pray for me. I was wondering what they were thinking as this was unfolding. I know it first looked like I was in deep trouble but when the officers surrounded me and laid hands on me,  that must have been an amazing sight. How often do you see highway patrolman gathering around in a group praying for someone like what happened to me today? The wives were Christians already but the husbands were not but the Holy Spirit touched their hearts when the power of the highway patrolmen’s prayer was released. The husbands said, “What happened there to you is really cool. We have decided that we need to serve the same God that you serve.” Both husbands gave their lives to Jesus Christ today just because of what happened to me. The devil tried to ruin my day and my pickup by trying to catch my radio on fire. I know he was also extremely angry with the worship music that I was listening to which edified the true King. Our King took his destruction and brought two men to Jesus Christ. Only our King can take something that is bad and make it glorious. I am out one radio but a person’s salvation is worth it. Plus, it makes a good story. I know I am going to see even more unusual things in the future because I serve the only real and the only great God.

Blue Mustang gave me some more money to bless people. I said, ” Lord, you need to direct me so that I can give it to the people who need it.” I was trying to go to King Soopers again but God said, “No, I want you to get back on the highway.” My King eventually had me drive to the Flatirons Mall in Denver. When I pulled into the parking lot, I saw a single car. I watched as a young man with his Bible under his arm got out of the car and walked towards one of the grassy areas. He stepped onto the grassy area and knelt down. It was looking like he was getting ready to say a prayer. I asked my King to show me something about what he’s going through as I walked towards him. He said, “This guy works two jobs. He almost has enough money to buy the ring. He wants to propose to his girlfriend. He is exactly $140 short. This guy works really hard for me. He was going to pick up the ring today but when he added up all his money, he realized he was going to be $140 short. He is in the process of asking me on how he could raise the cash. He is very disappointed because he had his heart set on buying that ring today. He does not want to get himself in a situation where he has to make payments.” My King shared other things as I came into listening distance to him. I was careful not to interrupt him while he was praying. He said, “Father, I have been working hard. I need a miracle to be able to purchase this ring today. I have been holding two jobs and I want to purchase this ring with cash and not to make any payments on buying a ring. You even told me that I need to cash for it. This mall is going to be opening up soon and I need to get it ordered.” I began to cry as I was listening to him pray to God to help him with this situation. I waited quietly until he said “Amen”. Then I said, “Good morning, Jonathan.” Jonathan jumped up and spun around. He asked, “How did you know my name?”

I said, “My King heard your cry for a miracle. I heard your whole prayer. My King brought me here just for you. I am just the delivery boy. Let me tell you about Blue Mustang.” Jonathan exclaimed, “Blue Mustang!” That name just blows them apart. I continued, “Blue Mustang gave me $140 to bless a family today. You were crying out for $140 and here it is.” He was speechless for a moment. Then Jonathan’s said, “You got to be kidding me.” I said, “No! God heard your prayer. My King said that your heart has been pure. You always have been respectful. You love my King and you do everything for his kingdom.” Jonathan did not take the cash with his hands. He physically opened his Bible and had me lay it between two pages. Jonathan said, “Our King delivered. As his word said it is true.” Jonathan began crying and he began hugging me. He begin to share with me how he took on an additional job to finance the ring. He showed me his little book he used to keep track of payments that he was saving up for that ring. But when he added things up again, it showed he was still $140 short. Jonathan then asked, “Could I take a picture with you? I want to send it to my grandma to show her how powerful prayer is. I am going to put in the caption ‘This guy was sent here by God and he was ready to deliver even before I completed my prayer’.” We started talking about God and how awesome Jesus is.

While we were discussing things, a 1967 Shelby Mustang pulled up. At first we thought that the Latinos we’re pulling up but Jonathan said, “No, these are just my uncle and cousins. They love Mustangs. My uncle knew that he was going to be there today.” They were just out driving around having fun and decided to stop and see if Jonathan had enough to purchase the ring. Jonathan told his uncle everything that just happened to him, about how he got $140 from Blue Mustang and how God answering his prayer saved the day. After the uncle finished listening to the story, He said, “You know, I have been running from God for a long time. That was a miracle that just happened. I want to know the God you guys know.” Jonathan lead his uncle to the Lord right there on the spot. After that I left Jonathan ministering to his uncle.

I headed off to a Walmart store. I was getting ready to go into the store but God said, “No, just let your tailgate down and sit on it.” I sat on the tailgate and some of the undercover police showed up. They had 22 dozen breakfast burritos and some snacks. I prayed with them and I said goodbye to them. They were on a mission. I then said, “Lord, you’ve brought me here for a reason. Do I go now or do you want me to stay?”

Before my King had a chance to say a word, this van pulled up beside me. It was a family with two kids. The guy rolled his window down and said, “I am sorry that I have to bother you and I am sorry that I have to beg. But do you know anywhere that we could go to get some food. Because we are very hungry.” I said, “Turn your engine off. I am going to tell you about Blue Mustang.” They sat there and listened as I talked about him. After I finished, they said, “We just need to get through for one week. We are short of food.” The little seven year old girl said, “Yeah, all we have is bread and cheese.” Her heart is still pure and she was honest. She then said, “I want some cereal and milk.” I can tell that it has been a while since they’ve enjoyed the foods that we take for granted. I said, “Why don’t we go grocery shopping.” The little girl asked, “Do you want to go with us.” I said, “Yeah.” I looked at the parents and said, “Go and get what you need.” His wife said, “I have a list made up already.” I said, “Look at your list carefully. If there’s anything that you think you need to double go ahead and double it.” One of their little girls would not let go of my hand the entire time we shopped. The family did not go for the expensive stuff. They tried to buy generic as much as they could. I watched them as they walked by the hot dog section. First, she was going to pick up the hot dogs with cheese in them. But she put them down and got the regular ones. I said, “No, if you want the ones with the cheese, you get those.” She then said, “My kids love chili dogs. They could eat those three meals a day.” The husband went and got one of those huge rolls of hamburger that Walmart sells. He asked, “Do you think we could get this because I can make some cheeseburgers.” I said, “If you need it, go ahead and get it.” It was now time to go to check out. They had everything in the cart that they had on the list. Again we started talking about God and I began to share more about what Blue Mustang does. It is fun to watch their faces whenever I bring up “Blue Mustang”. I shared about all the other prayer warriors that are on my team. I brought up Terry Bird as one of my partners. I love it when the kids say “Terry Bird”. The little girl asked, “Is he related to Big Bird?” I said,”Yeah, he is Big Bird’s little brother. She said, “Big Bird’s little brother. That is so cool.” The little boy asked, “Does Blue Mustang drive a Mustang?” I said, “Yeah, he does.” I showed him a picture of the car. The little boy looked at me intently and said, “One of these days, I am going to get myself a Mustang. But mine is going to be red.”

There was a couple behind us listening while all of this conversation was going on. They knew enough to know that this family was hurting. They said to themselves, “This man is going to buy their food.” When the total came up, that family behind us said, “We want to buy their food. We heard everything that you were talking about. We want to step up and help.” It was interesting that a lot of people were around us but they took no interest in supporting this family because no one else responded. I then found out the girl running the cash register put in her Walmart discount for employees for this family. I’m not sure but I think that’s another 10% off. The family behind us paid for the families groceries and their groceries and had her put it up on one bill. So the old couple behind us also got a 10% discount. I then pulled out the other $140 Blue Mustang gave me and gave it to them. I said, “You can use this to buy gas or whatever else you need to get you by. The lady behind the cash register said, “Every week I spend $140 on some needy family. I feel I too need to bless this family.” She handed her $140 to them. She then said, “God just doubled the blessing. May God bless Blue Mustang a thousand fold.” I jumped in and said, “May God bless you a thousand fold.” This family was crying as all of the blessings from God were coming to them. The lady at the checkout said, “Use your money wisely. It is not to be used for cigarettes, drinking or gambling.” The family said, “We are Christian people and we don’t believe in doing any of that.” She then said, “This is a testimony that you need to share with your church. They need to know what God does for the people he loves.” The little girl said, “I finally have cereal.” Before we could leave, the lady at the checkout prayed for all of us. She did not care if the manager was listening or not. She prayed over the children. She then prayed over the family that purchased their groceries. Everyone in our line joined in as we prayed. Some say it may be coincidence but I firmly believe God ordained this. That lady at the checkout stand was bold. She gives $140 every week to needy families. She pays attention to what people buy. If she sees people buy just a loaf of bread, salami and some mustard. Many times that’s a sign of families who are in need and who are just trying to get by. She will strike up a conversation and determine their need. I gave everyone one of my Ministry cards as we started leaving the store.

Wow! What a morning of blessing. This is fun to see how other people bless people in need. It is now time to go witness to the gangs. God is still bringing them to me so I can give his message of salvation to them. I cannot wait until we take part in blessing a family next week.

It is the weekend before Father’s Day and my King wanted me to witness to a gang that I have only witnessed to once. He wanted me to pick up some Father’s Day cards for them. I have learned how my King has reached the heart of gangs using them. He did the same thing to reach gangs hearts for Mother’s day. When I gave anointed prayed over cards to the women in a gang, it brought back memories of good times with mom. They wanted to go home. This in turn had an effect on the men who saw what was happening to the women. Soon they too began to give their hearts to Jesus Christ and went home.

I went to Walmart and picked up 25 cards. After I got all my materials, I headed to their rendezvous. When I arrived, I could tell they did not want me there. I could sense that they were waiting on someone else. Most of these guys deal in drugs and the like to make money. The gang leader whose name is Rico came up to me and said, “Sonny, you came here at the wrong time. You need to leave now.”

I said, “No man. I am not going to leave. I am here because my King brought me here.” I knew that they were hungry and said, “You guys are hungry and I brought tacos and breakfast burritos.” I could see the Rico’s face light up when I mentioned food. He asked, “What kind of burritos are they?” I said, “Tereso with potatoes in green chili. They are spicy but they are good. I have Dr. Pepper, water and Squirt to drink.” All of the sudden the gang leader changed his tune and said, “I guess you came at the right time.” Rico then had to his men put their pistols down. Things were about to get exciting.

The Latinos came out of nowhere and surrounded us. Lorenzo got out of his car and he said, “I see that you were pointing your guns at Sonny. If you have a problem with Sonny, you have a problem with us. Sonny will tell you about Jesus but we will just shoot you.” You could tell Lorenzo meant business by his facial expression. Lorenzo then said, “Never put pistols on Sonny like that ever again.” Rico quickly said, “No problem; no problem.” Lorenzo then finished up by saying, “If you do anything to harm him, we are going to shoot you!” Lorenzo looked at me and softly said, “Sonny have a nice day but we have other business to take care of.” The now humbled gang leader asked, “Are those guys your bodyguards?”

I said, “No, but they are my friends. God has been using them to protect me.” Rico started sharing with me what he knew about Lorenzo’s gang. He knew they were from California and the respect other gangs have for him. He finished up talking by saying, “They are different than most gangs. They are a classy gang, unlike us who are a bunch of bums.”

I smiled and said, “Let’s eat.” I blessed the food and we all began eating. I started handing the Father’s Day cards out to them while they were eating. I always anoint each card before it is handed out to a gang member. This gang was definitely different than the last gang I did this to. As I handed the cards out, they began crying. Rico asked, “Why is it when I look at this card, I just want to cry? What is going on with us?”

I said, “Jesus is working on your heart right now. All of you have fathers that love you right now. You need to go back to them. This is not your life out here. Your life is back with the family.” Rico asked, “Why did you have to bring Father’s Day cards to us.”

I said, “Father’s Day is next weekend. What ever you may think your father does love you. Fill them out by writing whatever message you want. Then give me an address and I will put a stamp on it and make sure your father gets your card.” They started asking me questions. One asked, “You said that Jesus forgive sins.” I said, “Yes he does forgive our sins.” He then said, “How can he forgive us? We use girls for pleasure. You have no idea of all the sins we commit.”

I responded, “Because of what Jesus Christ did, God does not look at your past. God looks at your future. He wants to restore your heart and he wants to restore your mind. After you do that that, this is all that he is going to be interested in. After Jesus gives you a new heart you will have new eyes and a new tongue.” With a puzzled look, they asked, “Explain a new tongue.”

I responded, “Yes, you will not be cussing and swearing all the time. You will not want to be lying and saying bad things about other people. You will be serving the King. It is very important that you start serving the King because the Lake of Fire is real as heaven is real.” Rico said, “I watched that movie. That was a good movie.” The guys begin breaking down one by one. Rico turned to his men and asked, “Do you guys want to go back to your families?” Before they answered his question, they asked, “Does that mean we are not going to be a gang anymore?” I chimed in and said, “You can be a new gang. You could become a Christian gang.” They did not think that my suggestion was a bad idea but they didn’t give me an answer. Rico changed the subject and asked, “I wonder if my parents will take me home.”

I said, “Give them a call. Just tell them what you are doing right now.” Rico then said, “I am going to give it a try.” He was nervous and kept pausing. While he was getting up the courage, I started talking to the rest of the men and explaining that even though you will remember the bad things you have done, Jesus gives peace to your memories. He wants your hearts. Those of you who want to give your heart to Jesus Christ, raise your hand but no pistols.” They laughed as I said that. The youngest person there was 14 years old and the oldest was 25. One of them asked, “If we give our hearts to Jesus Christ, does that mean that we will go back to our families and have a new life.”

I said, “Yes and your names will be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. You will be going to heaven. I will be waiting there for you.” They began thinking about what I just said. They then asked, “When we are in heaven, we don’t come back or do we.”

I said, “No, unless God needs you to finish a job. I personally have died twice and have come back.” They exclaimed, “Twice.” I said, “Yeah man.” Then they questioned me more and and asked, “Is heaven real for sure?” I said, “Where I was, all I saw was gates but the biggest one was a huge Pearl.” Another one asked, “You were actually there man.” I said, “Yes, but I did not want have a chance to walk through any of the gates.” Rico then stepped up and said, “Here goes nothing. I’m going to give my Dad a call.”

I said, “Wait! Let’s pray for your parents hearts that they will be ready for your phone call.” We prayed for Rico and his parents. All his men were standing there listening to Rico’s conversation and waiting to see what would happen. When he finally made the call, his Dad answered the phone. The first thing he asked was if Rico was okay and not in the hospital. They knew that he was the leader of a gang and what he was doing was very dangerous. Rico said, “Mom and Dad, I want to come home. I am about to give my heart to Jesus Christ.” The mom started shouting “Hallelujah”. The phone was on speaker and you could hear her yelling in the background. His father then said, “This is going to be the best Father’s Day gift in the world.” His Dad started praying out loud. As his men were listening they began to cry while his Dad was praying. They began separating and calling their own parents. His men were all in tears as they asked their parents to come home. Everyones parents were excited when their sons called. The first thing they asked is if they could come and meet them. Soon there were cars coming from every direction. When Rico’s parents got there, they hugged for a while. I did not want to bother them because I knew Rico’s parents were Christians. When things begin to settle down, I gathered everybody into a group. I said those of you who are Christians I want you to stand on the right. As all those who were Christians or those who gave their hearts to Jesus Christ began moving to the right. I then had those who were not Christian’s stand over to the left. Rico and his men were still standing there in the middle. I prayed with all of those who had not yet accepted Jesus Christ. As I finished up praying, they all began crying. They all began wanting to give their hearts to Jesus Christ. After they did that, they began to exchange phone numbers and other information to stay in contact with each other to support each other. I gave everyone my Ministry cards if they ever needed support from me. The parents, after they finished hugging their sons, came up to me and asked, “Do you do this all the time?”

I said, “I minister to gangs and I go wherever my King sends me.” One mom said, “You even brought these guys food.” I said, “Yes” She responded, “How can you afford all that?” I said, “Blue Mustang and friends who make the burritos all pitch in.” She asked, “What is Blue Mustangs name?” I responded, “It’s Blue Mustang. There is another man who prays for me and his name is Terry Bird.” She exclaimed, “Terry Bird, is that really his name?” I jokingly said, “He’s related to Big Bird on Sesame Street.” She said, “Are you really serious?” They all started roaring with laughter.

After things settled down, this band showed up. They started setting up. I don’t even know these guys. I have never seen them ever. They began pulling up with their black flatbed trailer and started setting up their instruments. One of the guys came over and asked, “Are you guys having a family reunion?” I said, “Yeah man. All these people just gave their lives to Jesus Christ.” He said, “That is awesome. We are Christians also. We just drive around all of the United States, set up and have a party. We play music with pizza and do not mess around.” Soon they started playing all these old hymns. I said to myself, “If these guys only knew where they were at they would never have set up. This is in an area where there’s a lot of shooting and it is extremely dangerous. Only God could have brought them here.” It was getting about dark. The Ranger came up and said, “There is a curfew going on. Everyone needs to go home.”

I said, “I am on my King’s time and I am going to go home when he tells me to. We pay taxes here for this park and we have the right to be here.” The ranger looked at me and asked, “What’s going on here?” I said, “We are worshipping God.” The ranger then said, “I have been running away from God for five years. He keeps telling me that I should be a youth pastor but I don’t want to be one.”

I said, “Come over here. I want to pray with you.” Rico was talking with the people on the right hand side. He has only been a Christian for 2.5 hours. He came over and asked the ranger what’s going on. The ranger said, “You guys are going to have to leave but somebody wants to pray for me.” Rico knew who that person was. He looked at me and asked, “Sonny, can I pray for him. I have never prayed for anybody in my whole life.” I said, “Yeah man. You can pray for him.” He did exactly what I did. I usually place my hands right over the person’s heart as I’m praying for them. He did exactly the same thing as he positioned his hand over his heart and started praying for him. Rico said, “Dear father, I pray for this man’s heart. Give him a new purpose and a new life. Show him your ways and his path. Write his name in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Change the way he thinks. I used to think of things that would sin against you.”

I then said, “You say you never prayed before and you prayed like that.” Rico said, “Well you know Sonny, I have you as an example and Jesus Christ to help me.” He then said, “That was fun. I want to go over and pray for my parents.” I watched him as he walked over to his parents and began praying with them. I sense that God was going to make him a street evangelist.

It was about 11 p.m. when we finally got out of the park. It was interesting that God only gave Father’s day cards to certain gangs. Only he knows our hearts and when those cards would have a tremendous impact on the lives of those gangs he chose.

Next week, I saw the ranger at the park picnicking with his family. I asked him how things were going. The wife jumped up and asked, “Are you Sonny?” I said, “Yes I am.” She started running around to give me a hug. She said, “My husband is a changed man. Usually on Saturday afternoons he would bring a 12-pack home and try to drink it all. He said this time he threw all the liquor out. He began reading the Bible to me. I went to church but he never did. Now he goes to church with me.”

I said, “It is our King that gets the Glory and the Victory. Only he can change one’s heart.” She said, “Yeah, but you’re the one who had the heart to go out and share it.” She then started sharing about what she heard about Blue mustang and Terry Bird. Her husband told her everything.