The weather was perfect as we began night three. And there was greatly increased anticipation for what God would do tonight. We’ve had two amazing nights, the question was, would God do it again? And the answer was, “Yes, He absolutely would!”

The amazing worship team opened the night and helped usher us into the presence of God. They are so talented and so full of the Spirit of God. They are not performers, they are worshippers.

The people filled the front altar area and joined in worshipping God. There was an incredible atmosphere in the Tent.

As Mario took the stage, the people were cheering loudly and it grew into a roar that filled the entire Tent and lingered for a long time. It was the right response to the presence of God in that moment.

Mario opened with prayer and then opened the service by introducing a special guest. Sid Roth was in the Tent to experience it firsthand. Sid greeted the people and talked about how there are different levels of the presence of God. He said he’s been around Mario and feels God’s presence around him, but then asked Mario, “Why is the presence stronger in a tent than in my studio?” The people had to laugh, but it was also a great encouragement to them to know they had a part in allowing the presence of God to flow.

Mario then began his message titled, “Tearing Down Cultural Strongholds Over America.” He began by saying that above all else, it is necessary to win lost souls. Adding that this message is, first and last, a soul winning sermon.

He told about a time when he was in an airport and a door had been left open and the alarm was screeching loudly. But then said, you didn’t realize how bad that noise was, until it stopped. And likewise, you don’t know how bad and painful your life is until it stops. And you stand before God in a place like the Tent and say, “I’m done and want to be saved.”

Repentance is a gift from God. Paul once told Timothy to pray for those who resist God, that they might be given the gift of repentance and come to their senses.

Religion is not sanity. Politics is not sanity. Meeting Jesus is the beginning of sanity.

Mario said, “Try to imagine any idea that’s better than this. The one who has the most power, has the most love for me.”

Mario asked, what is the role of the American church in America’s future? We have heresies we need to uncover. People who believe we will colonize planet Earth and hand it to God as a gift. But Jesus cleared it up when He said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world.”

Asking, ‘What is the role of the American church in America’s future’ will answer the question of what church should look like on Sunday.

The next question is, what does God want us to do? Mario said he believes most of God’s people live so far below their rights and privileges that they are unrecognizable. He told the people we have more authority and power in Christ than we think we do. He said Satan’s great fear is that we would find out who we really are and what we can do.

He then quoted, “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NLT).

He said, “The church not only has the power to change American Woke culture, it has a duty to do so. Any Christian not actively involved in America is AWOL – a deserter. And any Christian who speaks against the idea of Christianity changing America is a traitor.”

Mario said he believes the number one reason more wheelchairs are not empty, more blind eyes are not open, and more miracles do not occur, is because we are not fulfilling the duty of what the body of Christ is for in America.

“I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation. To everyone who believes, to the Jew first and to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

Mario said a cultural stronghold is a widespread lie that enslaves. He said the Bible has another name for it: “the yoke”.

He said every generation has two dynamics: the yoke and the anointing. Both coexist always. The yoke is the lie that enslaves the masses. The lies of this culture have made you sick, in the name of equality has heightened racism, and in the name of prosperity has made people poor. The Bible says, the anointing breaks the yoke.

This tells us that in every generation God is faithful to raise up voices. And those voices will go to the center of enslavement and by the Word of God, break the lie.

Mario declared, to refuse to describe a sin as a sin, is to deprive the victim of deliverance.

Mario said if you believe you can steal the money of one group of people and give to another and suppose that is going to produce love, equality, and excellence in industry, it is a cultural lie. And he said, “We know it to be true because we’ve been trying it for so long.”

Mario then told the story of King Nebuchadnezzar, when he had a dream and called for the wise men of the nation to come tell him the dream and its meaning.

Mario said the nightmare was designed by God to embody all his phobias, anxieties, and fears. He was so scared he couldn’t sleep.

When all his psychics and workers of magic were summoned, they expected the usual encounter where the man with all the power, prestige, and wealth wanted them to entertain him. But when they entered his temple they discovered someone very different from the one whom they had encountered before.

This time, Nebuchadnezzar knew he needed a real answer. So, he told them he was not going to tell them the dream but demanded that they tell him what he had dreamt. Mario then said America is on the cusp of wearing out all their false cures and are ready for a real cure.

America has had the luxury of dabbling in false religion because they’ve never been in a genuine end-of-the-world crisis as they are now.

Mario said in the coming months we will begin to see America reject mysticism, satanism, and the occult. Just as woke has died an untimely death, every false religion will find itself out of a job because of America’s nightmare.

He said the cultural stronghold in America is not just outside the church but is also inside the church. Every preacher today who takes human-potential new age teaching and tags it with a Christian label is part of the occult. And they are part of the problem.

They are entertaining the idea there are other ways to God besides Jesus. They don’t ask you to repent to receive from God. They don’t mention the Cross, because it is the message of the Cross that is the central theme of Gospel preaching. The Cross and the Resurrection. Nebuchadnezzar told the astrologers they were conspiring to tell him lies, and likewise the church is conspiring to tell America lies. The astrologers said no king had never asked such a thing.

The cultural lie being told to Nebuchadnezzar, and the lie being told to America, is that there is no real victory. There is no real happiness. There is no real meaning or happiness. So, they offer trinkets, crystals, and dreamcatchers. They burn sage and incense. But Americans are now realizing there is no peace in the church of Oprah. It requires a miracle.

The king decreed he was going to execute all spiritual leaders because they could not tell his dream and were therefore fraudulent.

Mario said we must watch out for the backlash of society. He said he’s fairly certain there won’t be a Pride Month this year. And then he said he would love it, if the Church could take the credit for that, but we didn’t do it. We didn’t speak up. It wasn’t the result of revival. Instead, it was the result of the backlash of a society realizing everything they’ve been promised has been a nightmare of a lie.

He then told how Daniel heard the decree and came to the King. Mario said we don’t need any more slick or intellectual preachers. We need people who will get alone with God and say, ‘Give me the interpretation to America’s nightmare!’

Mario said, “If only the Body of Christ would wake up and understand that we occupy a place no billionaire, no philosopher, no artist, no celebrity, no musician, no person of power – in fact, nobody has the unique place of the Church of Jesus.

We say we are unknown, not important, not qualified. Daniel had to be transformed and admit he was qualified to approach the king with the truth. And we, the Church, need to admit we are qualified to take the interpretation of our nightmare to America.

Mario finished his message and then called for those who are imprisoned and enslaved by a lie, to be set free. For their chains to be broken off and their life to be set free, that they would raise their hands.

Many responded and came forward for Mario to pray for them. So many responded. It was a beautiful moment. Then they were released to be ministered to by our volunteers.

The transition into the time of ministry and healing, Mario shared what he learned by watching Kathryn Kuhlman. He said she knew how to wait on the Spirit so the miracles would begin in the audience.

He told the people there were five people in the room that were struggling to walk. He said during the time we pray they were going to receive strength, and they were to begin walking.

Then he revealed there is a lady he was supposed to talk to, but not immediately. He said the power of God would touch her in her arms, legs, and back. And when the time is right, the pain was going to leave and she was going to walk freely.

Mario then had the people begin praying the language of the Holy Spirit. And a mighty roar came up from the people as the presence of God filled the Tent.

Then Mario pointed out a man in the middle and said, “Your heart is being healed.”

Then he returned to the woman he’d spoken to previously and told her to stand up. She got up carefully at first, and then took some tentative steps. Within a few steps she began walking freely across the front of the stage and continued on around the Tent. It was a powerful sight.

Then there was a woman midway back to one side. Mario revealed several people around her were all going to be touched by God. She was going to be healed and then used to help pray for all the others.

Her neck had been injured five years earlier, and it had affected her shoulders and arms. She began to wave her arms freely. Her feet, knees, hips, elbows, and shoulders were all touched. She began to move her neck freely, without the crackling and pain she had been experiencing.

Next he had the woman next to her stand. And the first lady laid hands on her. She was being healed of some sort of intestinal obstruction that she’s suffered since she was a child. Also healed of chronic migraines.

Then Mario directed her to the next woman over, and she was healed in her hands and fingers, her lungs, throat, ear, spine, and feet were all healed.

Finally, she prayed for the man seated behind the first woman. He was told he had a creative talent and people have tried to steal what he had created. And now his body was becoming weak because of the betrayal suffered. The Holy Spirit said he would be repaid sevenfold for what had been stolen. Pain in his head, back, and legs all left his body.

Mario said he suspects the reason God chose to work through this other person is to make sure we remember we are not to exalt a single person, but to see that healing is in the Church, in the people of God.

Next he went to a woman to one side of the Tent. He said a few minutes earlier God had revealed to her this was going to happen. She seemed a little reluctant to stand but she did. And God touched her body, and she was healed in her blood and in her feet.

Then a man in the middle of the Tent had received a terrible report in his body, but Mario assured him his doctors will be confused, wondering what has happened. He was being healed in his heart, his lungs, and his back. Mario had him put a hand on his stomach and on his spine, then revealed there had been multiple mysterious symptoms that were all leaving him now.

Then Mario pointed out a woman who had been in the meeting last night that God had touched. But when she left the meeting, only about 80% of the symptoms were removed. But now God was removing the remaining 20%. She was being healed in her hips. Mario told her not to fear, and that when she began to walk, her hips would never be the same. He had her begin to walk. She was a little unsteady at first but her walk quickly became normal as she made her way easily around the Tent.

Then two people were highlighted who were fighting cancer, and the power of God was on them. Then Mario had all the people who needed a touch to raise their hands. He reminded the people five times the Bible said, ‘they were all healed.’

He had everyone near someone with a raised hand to reach out and pray for them. I always think this is such an important moment. Because it’s a reminder that we all have the authority to allow God to flow through us and to use us to do His work. It was a sweet time as people prayed for one another.

He had everyone near someone with a raised hand to reach out and pray for them. I always think this is such an important moment. Because it’s a reminder that we all have the authority to allow God to flow through us and to use us to do His work. It was a sweet time as people prayed for one another.

There is still one day left, and if you can attend, you still may! Pastor Todd Coconato will be speaking in the morning and then Mario again in the evening.

The meetings are at:
The Encounter Charlotte 1651 NC-24, Midland, NC 28107

We hope to see you there!