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While for many he was far more, to Palau there was no greater compliment. Addressing a diverse collection of over 10,000 pastors, church leaders, and evangelists from across the globe in 1986, Luis Palau reflected on the kind of legacy he wanted to leave behind.
If I m remembered for anything when I die, I want it to be this: that I had a heart and life which burned with the love and power of the Holy Spirit. A heart afire with love for God and for people. A message aflame with power to convict the souls of men and win them to Christ. That is my reason for living. That is my purpose in being an evangelist.
For more than 55 years, Luis Palau sought to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. This one man reached hundreds of millions of people for Jesus Christ.
Andrew Palau speaks during the Space Coast CityFest in Florida on March 7, 2021. | Screenshot: Facebook/Luis Palai
In the days following the announcement that world-renowned evangelist Luis Palau was placed in hospice care as he battles lung cancer, he gave his son Andrew Palau his blessing to carry the torch and head to Florida for a major evangelistic event last weekend.
The event, held in Brevard County, Florida, was an outreach named Space Coast CityFest. The event brought together over 200 local churches and non-profit organizations to proclaim the Gospel in the area.
“We are so happy. The weather was a miracle. We were expecting storms, but it parted like the Red Sea when it came near us. So, we could not possibly be happier,” Andrew Palau, who has followed in his dad s footsteps as an evangelist, shared in a local interview following the event on Saturday.