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Evangelist Franklin Graham spoke at the \u201cEsperanza Lima\u201d festival in Lima, Peru to a crowd of 90,000 over two days. The event took place over March 7th<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup> at the sold-out National Stadium of Peru. Thousands crowded outside the stadium to hear. Graham spent the first night preaching from Luke 15, referring to the passage of the Prodigal Son, one of Jesus\u2019s most recognized parables of a son running away from his father in search of his own desires, only to return broken and begging forgiveness. \u201cHave you ever wanted to run away from your problems? I think there\u2019s some of you here tonight\u2014you\u2019ve been running. It\u2019s time to come home to your Heavenly Father,\u201d said Graham. \u201cThe entire world is infected with sin. Without Jesus you have no hope. You cannot save yourself. You cannot forgive yourself. The church cannot save you. Religion cannot save you. Only the blood of Jesus can save you,\u201d he said. \u201cHe is the only way. He came from Heaven to this earth to take your sins. He died and shed His blood on the cross for you. Tonight, you can put your faith and trust in Him and be saved from your sins and have a new life.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the second night, Graham preached on the blind beggar Bartimaeus, who was healed by Jesus as described in Mark 10. Over 10,000 people responded to invitations to begin a new life in Christ. The Billy Graham Evangelical Association (BGEA) shared the story of cousins Renzo Sanchez Ortiz, 23, and his cousin John Sanchez Huaman, 20, who came forward to receive Christ and a Spanish language Bible. The pair had driven 2 hours to hear Graham preach. Miguel \u00c1ngel, 30, and his girlfriend also attended. \u00c1ngel had gotten away from God, but after hearing the sermon, he felt convicted. \u201cIt really struck me what he said about how we\u2019re all called to repentance,\u201d he said<\/a>. He now plans to start attending church and pursue his relationship with God further.<\/p>\n

The event is the fruit of BGEA and over 2,300 local churches working together to put it on. Graham had spoken in Lima exactly 28 years ago in the exact same stadium. He shared about the event on X. \u201cIt was such a privilege to preach the Gospel in Lima tonight at the National Stadium of Peru. It was packed with 41,000 people and more waiting outside!\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cI told the crowd that I had come to Lima for a reason\u2014and that reason is to share the Truth! Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except through Me\u2019 (John 14:6).\u201d In a separate post<\/a>, he shared that another 48,500 had attended the second night, writing., \u201cWe give God all the glory for the thousands who made the most important decision of their lives tonight\u2014to turn from their sins and put their trust in Jesus Christ!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evangelist Franklin Graham spoke at the \u201cEsperanza Lima\u201d festival in Lima, Peru to a crowd of 90,000 over two days. The event took place over March 7th and 8th at the sold-out National Stadium of Peru. Thousands crowded outside the stadium to hear. 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