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: Sport : ‘My name is Bolt, Lightning Bolt’
Special Correspondent
Jamaican silver
Johnson did not expect Bolt to break his record in Beijing
Martina’s disqualification left many shattered
BEIJING: The world knows that he is lightning quick on the track. There are two world records as proof.
Usain Bolt, the sprint champion in the Olympic Games, wants to be known as ‘Lightning Bolt’, the media nickname that has been given to him even before he reached Beijing.
Thrilled to break the world record on the eve of his 22nd birthday, Bolt was reacting to the former 200m world record holder Michael Johnson calling him as the Superman.
"I am Lightning Bolt! I am not Flash Gordon or anybody. My name is Bolt, Lightning Bolt”, said Bolt, as he addressed the media after the historic 200m race that he won at 19.30, a new world record.
Michael Johnson had agreed that Bolt would take his record one day, but did not expect that to be in Beijing.
Fast track
“I told myself, If I am going to get the world record, it is going to be here because the track is really fast”, observed Bolt, who loves the 200 more than the 100.
“The 200m has been my love since I was 15. I was the youngest-ever to win the world junior championship. From that day on, it has been dear to my heart. I did a lot of work on the 200m and everything came together tonight. I blew my mind, and then I blew the world’s mind”, he said.
Bolt stressed that the victory and record meant a lot for him and his country.
“I spoke to the Prime Minister on the phone and he told me that everybody was on the streets.[click Prime Minister for Dec 2006 Prayer Walk story] He told me that I had written history”, said Bolt.
On being compared to Michael Phelps, the eight-gold wonder, Bolt said that it was not a fair comparison.
“I don’t want to be compared to Michael Phelps. He is a great athlete and to have won eight gold medals is amazing. I am on the track, and he is in the water. You can’t compare. I would like to congratulate him on what he did”, said Bolt.
Commenting on the talent back home, Bolt said that there were more athletes who were getting excellent guidance from the coaches.
“My coach has taken me to be a double Olympic champion, and a double world record holder”, he said with gratitude.
It is tough to race Bolt, and if you try to catch up with him too hard, you may end up without medals.
The originally second placed Churandy Martina and the third placed Wallace Spearmon learned it the hard way, at the end of the 200 metres final as both were disqualified for lane violation.
Disappointed, but…
“I was very happy when I won a medal. I ran fast. Then they told me that they (USA) sent a protest and I lost my medal. I was very disappointed. But I can’t do too much. I stepped on the line and they saw it. It is bad for me, I guess, and good for them. I have got to move on. I was very sad that I lost my medal, but I know what I am capable of. I am just going to practise and come back harder the next time”, said Martina.
The secretary general of the Netherlands Antilles Federation, Imro Wilgen Van, said that the impact of the disqualification was heavy back home.
"For a country of 140,000 inhabitants, his performance was fantastic. The procedure was not right and not fair”, said Imro Wilgen Van, about Martina being disqualified.
The Director of the national Olympic committee of Netherlands Antilles, Remco Tevreden, wondered as to how the officials did not notice the infringement in the first place.
“Would Churandy have been disqualified if Wallace hadn’t been disqualified and the (US) head coach had not analysed the race?” was the valid question from Tevreden.
“He showed us through the races, that he grows with adversity. This will make him bigger and make him better. Not bitter”, observed Tevreden, about the composure shown by Martina in the face of adversity.
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More Than Revival-Fire-Lightening
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1. God With Us - More
Than
Revival
By Ron
McGatlin
Spiritual Lightening And
Forest Fires
The fire of God has come near
to earth with a mighty roaring sound to destroy the works of the devil. A
bolt of lightning fire has struck in the forest of hungry humanity starving for a
real outpouring of God.
Multitudes of tired half-dead "beggars" (revival
chasers) sitting beside the kingdom highway because they were too weak from
starvation to continue the journey have been struck by heavenly lightening. The
fire of God has been ignited on earth in a sudden lightning strike in
Lakeland, Florida USA.
There is nothing man can take credit for
or claim to have done to have brought this about. God did not choose a noble,
admirable man of high esteem to receive the igniting strike of lightning.
God chose one of the most naturally un-glorious preachers on the planet. Todd
Bentley, a redeemed drug addict is short, stout, balding, covered in tattoos
and piercings, plainly clothed, without smooth manners, who does not preach
eloquently and does not mind laying a heavy hand on people. His speech often
appears to be promoting as he calls for people to come to the meetings and get
some of what God is pouring out.
It appears that God is igniting from this fire of healing revival, a move of God that is rapidly spreading to the world. As
the fire is carried and spread by a mighty rushing wind, a sudden burst of
downdraft from heaven blowing through electronic media to the world there is
something far greater than the original lightning strike of healing revival that is
igniting in the world.
The original fire in Florida may have been
powerful healing revival.
However, that which is igniting as it spreads around the world is more than
revival. This is God coming to His people in a personal presence more intense
than previous moves of God in my lifetime. In my opinion the fire that is
spreading is NOT REVIVAL or RENEWAL but a new and greater presence of GOD WITH
US. The cry is no longer, send us revival; it is come
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!
Not A New
Wineskin
However, many God seekers are
confused and some are not sure why. The outpouring
in Florida is a fresh, new, and real substance of God with us. However, it is
not being poured out through a new wineskin. The container is not
fresh, new, or completely real. The glory of God is pouring through the old revival
model and methods of the last move of God. However, more change is on the way.
The new wineskin may not be in Florida but in spots around the world. New
wineskins are coming that will properly carry the new wine in containers that will
not merchandise or mix it with the old ways.
A WORD OF
WISDOM
Do not allow anything
about the people, the past, or the current activities
prevent you from receiving the fire anointing being poured out. For God's sake,
for your own sake, and for the sake of the world, don't allow appearance of the
people or splashes of flesh to turn you away. Just get touched by all of the
anointing that you can, however you can. It will manifest in you with purity according
to your heart and according to your need and the need of those around
you.
Do not seek to reproduce
the model. What is coming forth is God with us and not a model for ministry or
anything else. God will come upon us with fire and reality of what we have
prayed for and longed for but have not really experienced. There is real healing,
real miracles, and real repentance from dead works that easily result as we
come into the real work and heavy presence of God. We don't need to fake it.
God is really with us inside and outside of our beings in such a way that miracles
actually become only a side event of the presence of God. And I am not
talking about only at the meetings in Florida or even only while watching them.
I am talking about wherever you or I meet hungry people. The anointing of
fire will be there once we are baptized in the Spirit and fire. Watching the
meetings and seeing the notable miracles will soon grow boring if all we do is
watch. The life and anointing will fade quickly if we do not get involved.
Step out in faith and follow the Sprit in whatever, wherever, and however He
leads, and God will empower.
ONLY BELIEVE AND FEAR
NOT
Faith is easy in the fire. In the heavy presence of God, there is full
awareness that we can do nothing. However, faith goes through the roof all the
way to heaven when fire ignites and all things are truly possible with great
ease. Our intellect that tries to tell us things are impossible is out of
commission and non-functional as the anointing of fire in the heavy presence of God
consumes our natural being.
Where there is complete faith, there is
no fear. Where there is fear, there is a lack of faith. Do not fear angels.
Holy angels are ministering spirits sent from God. Where the heavy presence of God
is, there will be ministering spirits sent to do specific works of ministry to the hungry people. Some people will be aware of them and others will
not.
Heb 1:13-14:
But to which of the angels has He ever said: "Sit at
My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"? Are they not all
ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
Do not fear manifestations. When the real power of almighty God
comes into direct connection with a living human body and soul, there will be
extreme manifestations. Remember God is our loving heavenly Father and will
not do evil to us. Do not fear the devil. Commit your way unto the Lord and
trust in Him with your whole heart[circumsized link soon]. Trust the Holy Spirit to guide and keep you.Please do not think you can figure God out and judge what He is doing with your
wee little human understanding. Again trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Prov
3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean
not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your
paths.
A Season of Intense Preparation
Strong
preparation is needed for future intense times. The coming fall of all the pride
and loftiness of man will facilitate a great harvest and a very serious time of
extreme adjustments worldwide. The supernatural powerful presence of God will be
carried by an army of people to destroy the works of the enemy from people's
lives and the world. The evil works done by the enemy that have tormented and
restrained the people will be removed and the people healed as salvation to all
who will come is brought forth in fullness.
God is
with us in this season preparing many in this time of preparation for the
fullness of the kingdom coming to earth.
Note: If you would care to watch the healing
revival meetings in Florida or in North Carolina here are some live
streaming video links and some recoded videos. Keep in mind it is the new wine
(powerful reality of God with us) to receive and not the old revival wineskin nor
the splashes of flesh. God is preparing a people for the extreme times ahead. God
is intervening inspite of the vessels because of the times and the great hunger
of the people. -
Ron
http://www.god.tv/
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/great-florida-healing-revival
http://www.morningstarministries.org/Group/Group.aspx?id=1000029627
Keep on
pursuing love.
It never
fails.
Ron
McGatlin
www.openheaven.com
basileia@earthlink.net
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