Imagine if you would what it would be like to go to a local high school football game and God show up. Maybe you walk into the front gate expecting God to move. You wait and feel like you have a word of knowledge for some kid that you see standing at the fence watching the game. Let's say you get up enough guts to approach him as he begins to talk to his friends. The word that you give him is wrong but as he tells you this, Jesus gives you a download of very specific things about this guy's life. He is totally flabbergasted. His friends all heard what you said and knew how accurate it was. Before you know it people are pulling at you saying, "do me next". Just for the fun of it let's imagine that it gets totally out of control and in the process of praying for these kids 15 people get born again, 6 get healed, 8 get delivered, and many many have an encounter with the living God. Wouldn't that be awesome? IT WAS!
Yes it happened in Woodstock GA at a football game. Let me tell you, it was incredible. Jesus moved so strongly that mockers were getting healed and had to shut their mouths. Young people full of depression and anxiety were getting totally delivered and full of the joy of God. The harvest Fields were so ripe that the kids were begging us to pray for them and to tell them what God was saying about them. They started coming in waves. Each one of us in our group had about 20 kids surrounding us as we gave prophetic words and prayed for healing. We would preach the gospel of the Kingdom and then they would go get their friends, we would give them words of knowledge and prophecy then preach the Gospel to them as well. In this cycle the gospel was preached over and over again.
Until. . . Unfortunately there is an "until", the principle of the school came over and shut us down saying that if we preached the gospel again on his campus we would be removed. His reasoning was it was not the appropriate venue for it. I told him that Life was the right venue for it. We cordially backed away and shut our mouths after we stated our case and asked a few questions. But if you know any of us you know even that was with a strategy. We asked what we were doing wrong and what laws we were breaking and we got our answers. Don't believe for one second that we are going to back off a harvest field like that. We will just come back ready next time ready to face the music. "Officers do what you have to do, I am compelled to preach."
The kids were angry! Not at us but there leaders who were asking us to leave. You could hear shouts of "why are making them leave? They prayed for me and I am healed!" "They told me things that there is no way they could have known. Let them stay." The kids were definitely disappointed. At least 60 were showing their total frustration openly to the authorities around them. "Let them stay." As we walked out they asked for phone numbers and how to hear more of the Gospel. IT WAS AWESOME
Now that I told you about my Friday night, how was yours?
Joh 4:34-35 Jesus *said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work. (35) "Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Pick up your sickle and get to work!
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
Scribes of History
A little over two weeks ago I had an experience that has really made and impact on me. I feel that I need to share it not just to be able to say look what happened to me but because I know that the Lord is speaking to us loud and clear that we need to be about the Kingdom's business. The Kingdom of Heaven has been "at hand" for a long time now, but we have only barely touched what is available.
Scribes of History
While I was worshipping Jesus I began to see a faint vision of a room that had started more and more to eclipse the room that I was in. Before too long I was in a room that was huge and book shelves lined the walls, all full of old leather bound ancient looking books. I also noticed four angels were in the room as well. Two of the angels were on opposite walls pulling books out of their shelves and reading excerpts and placing the books back where they got them. As they reached for a book they knew exactly what book they needed to find what ever it was they were looking for and they also knew exactly where to turn in the book. The angels were doing this constantly. The other two angels were seated at desks made of wood and covered in Gold. In their hands were quill pens and they wrote in these ancient looking books constantly. I approached on of the desks to read what was being written. These Angels were writing out History. They were writing down everything that has ever happened from the smallest little ants to the World powers in government, every movement and thought. Every change in the wind, everything was being recorded and that includes every tree and star as well. They were writing with incredible speed.
Words Released to the Earth
I also noticed that the Angels that were reading excerpts were releasing words of knowledge and wisdom into the Earth. As the children of God desired words of Knowledge or wisdom from History the Angel would read the excerpt that would release the knowledge needed for that occasion.
There was something peculiar about the way the two angels that were at the desks were writing. They skipped a lot of small spaces. It reminded me of "mad lips" from when I was a kid. "mad libs" were pre-written stories that had spaces left out and under each space there was a clue on what type of word need to be in that place. You got to pick what word went into that spot. If the clue was adjective you would put whatever adjective you like in that spot. In Mad libs this was done before ever reading the story. It was quite hilarious to read the story after all of your nouns and adjectives were put in their place and the stories became very silly.
These Angels weren't skipping places to come up with a silly story, they were actually writing out history before it was even happening. Remember there is no time in the Spirit. The places they were skipping were areas and events that had not yet been decided on their outcome. The spots were left open because there was an opportunity for the children of God to speak the kingdom of heaven into each and every moment in time. I looked back through the pages and though the angels never went back to fill anything in the spaces, they were filled automatically with the words need to describe which of the two kingdoms had effect on that situation. For instance when the space was blank about the day Mary was sick it could have read that she got healed by a son of God who prayed for her and spoke life and the kingdom into her or because there was no one to pray she was left to the kingdom of darkness and soon died. (that is just an example) Everything throughout the world was written in these books.
The Future
As I read I noticed two major things. The words didn't come to me as words only but as visions. I saw a part of Asia right on the India Pakistan border and I saw a battle taking place. The battle was with old weapons like swords and Shields. Then I heard the Lord say it will be very quick and very fierce many people will die in an instant. Four days later a major earthquake hit this exact spot where I saw this battle and many people died. Though I saw a battle I knew after this had happened that this is what I saw. It was already written in the book. I know it is easy to say that you saw something before it happened, especially after the fact, but I shared this with a few people the night I first saw it.
There was something else I saw. I saw a sickness hitting the aborigines that was associated with a high fever and it could potentially kill many in Australia. If you know me you would know that I am not a doom and gloom guy. Though I did see this I also saw that there was a space left in the book where heaven could invade or the kingdom of darkness. I pray that someone take action and speak life to that area of Australia. Someone who lives there who can minister the Gospel to these people. If in intercession we decree it and in life we live it, pray it and preach it, heaven will take over.
Our Part
What does all this mean? God is giving us the opportunity to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to the Earth. Many people across the globe will die and burn in Hell because there was no one there to stand for them to intercede for them. In my opinion intercession has taken some weird roads in the past. I am not talking about begging God to do something for these people, for your neighbor, for your dog or even your finances. God is giving us the authority to change the worked around us. Job 22:28 "You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. Proclaim the rule and reign of Jesus over a situation and watch heaven invade. Don't beg God to do what he has already done as if he is a mean old man taunting you. Stand believing and proclaiming that Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth.
I will also encourage you with this, no army has ever occupied an area and actually taken it over without having men on the ground physically there to enforce their rule and reign. Intercessors you are awesome!, but we also need people who are there enforcing what the intercessors have decreed and spoken over an area. Jesus said pray that the Lord send laborers then he himself sent laborers. We must not only pray but be ready to GO as the Lord has commanded us.
Mat 9:36-38 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. (37) Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. (38) "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."
Mat 10:1 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
Mat 10:5-8 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; (6) but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) "And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' (8) "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Scribes of History
While I was worshipping Jesus I began to see a faint vision of a room that had started more and more to eclipse the room that I was in. Before too long I was in a room that was huge and book shelves lined the walls, all full of old leather bound ancient looking books. I also noticed four angels were in the room as well. Two of the angels were on opposite walls pulling books out of their shelves and reading excerpts and placing the books back where they got them. As they reached for a book they knew exactly what book they needed to find what ever it was they were looking for and they also knew exactly where to turn in the book. The angels were doing this constantly. The other two angels were seated at desks made of wood and covered in Gold. In their hands were quill pens and they wrote in these ancient looking books constantly. I approached on of the desks to read what was being written. These Angels were writing out History. They were writing down everything that has ever happened from the smallest little ants to the World powers in government, every movement and thought. Every change in the wind, everything was being recorded and that includes every tree and star as well. They were writing with incredible speed.
Words Released to the Earth
I also noticed that the Angels that were reading excerpts were releasing words of knowledge and wisdom into the Earth. As the children of God desired words of Knowledge or wisdom from History the Angel would read the excerpt that would release the knowledge needed for that occasion.
There was something peculiar about the way the two angels that were at the desks were writing. They skipped a lot of small spaces. It reminded me of "mad lips" from when I was a kid. "mad libs" were pre-written stories that had spaces left out and under each space there was a clue on what type of word need to be in that place. You got to pick what word went into that spot. If the clue was adjective you would put whatever adjective you like in that spot. In Mad libs this was done before ever reading the story. It was quite hilarious to read the story after all of your nouns and adjectives were put in their place and the stories became very silly.
These Angels weren't skipping places to come up with a silly story, they were actually writing out history before it was even happening. Remember there is no time in the Spirit. The places they were skipping were areas and events that had not yet been decided on their outcome. The spots were left open because there was an opportunity for the children of God to speak the kingdom of heaven into each and every moment in time. I looked back through the pages and though the angels never went back to fill anything in the spaces, they were filled automatically with the words need to describe which of the two kingdoms had effect on that situation. For instance when the space was blank about the day Mary was sick it could have read that she got healed by a son of God who prayed for her and spoke life and the kingdom into her or because there was no one to pray she was left to the kingdom of darkness and soon died. (that is just an example) Everything throughout the world was written in these books.
The Future
As I read I noticed two major things. The words didn't come to me as words only but as visions. I saw a part of Asia right on the India Pakistan border and I saw a battle taking place. The battle was with old weapons like swords and Shields. Then I heard the Lord say it will be very quick and very fierce many people will die in an instant. Four days later a major earthquake hit this exact spot where I saw this battle and many people died. Though I saw a battle I knew after this had happened that this is what I saw. It was already written in the book. I know it is easy to say that you saw something before it happened, especially after the fact, but I shared this with a few people the night I first saw it.
There was something else I saw. I saw a sickness hitting the aborigines that was associated with a high fever and it could potentially kill many in Australia. If you know me you would know that I am not a doom and gloom guy. Though I did see this I also saw that there was a space left in the book where heaven could invade or the kingdom of darkness. I pray that someone take action and speak life to that area of Australia. Someone who lives there who can minister the Gospel to these people. If in intercession we decree it and in life we live it, pray it and preach it, heaven will take over.
Our Part
What does all this mean? God is giving us the opportunity to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to the Earth. Many people across the globe will die and burn in Hell because there was no one there to stand for them to intercede for them. In my opinion intercession has taken some weird roads in the past. I am not talking about begging God to do something for these people, for your neighbor, for your dog or even your finances. God is giving us the authority to change the worked around us. Job 22:28 "You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. Proclaim the rule and reign of Jesus over a situation and watch heaven invade. Don't beg God to do what he has already done as if he is a mean old man taunting you. Stand believing and proclaiming that Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth.
I will also encourage you with this, no army has ever occupied an area and actually taken it over without having men on the ground physically there to enforce their rule and reign. Intercessors you are awesome!, but we also need people who are there enforcing what the intercessors have decreed and spoken over an area. Jesus said pray that the Lord send laborers then he himself sent laborers. We must not only pray but be ready to GO as the Lord has commanded us.
Mat 9:36-38 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. (37) Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. (38) "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."
Mat 10:1 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
Mat 10:5-8 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; (6) but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) "And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' (8) "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
9 "The Home Depot Mess-up"
This story is really going to reveal my true humanity. I am still human but as David Hogan puts it "I am working on getting past that". This one is kind of funny but unfortunately the jokes on me. . .
After work one day I had to go pick up some hardware from home depot to fix a busted toilet. As I was walking down an isle headed toward the check outs one of the employees said a brief "how ya doin?" My mind was so frazzled with the idea of the move that my wife and I were going through that I almost ignored him. ( by the way I hate moving. Having to pack up all those boxes and furniture is a pain) I said a quick "Good" and kept walking. After a few steps I thought to myself that my tone was rather rude and felt as if the Lord had something for this guy. Now understand I am still a little frustrated about this move and that has not gone away. What I saw was a picture of a woman that seemed to be either in her late 20's or early 30's. I heard the words "daughter", "out of state" and a "broken relationship that was to be restored".
"Excuse me sir, I have a really weird question for you."
"hope you don't mind a weird answer."
"not at all, do you have a daughter that lives out of state that you don't really have a good relationship with? Cause I felt the Lord say she was going to seek you out to help rebuild a broken relationship."
"nope, don't have a daughter"
"really?! I am definitely open to being wrong but this time I really feel as if I am right."
"nope, no daughter, you are wrong"
Then It hit me what it could have meant. . . "Do you have sons?"
"yep"
"one of them is married isn't he?"
"Yes, but. . ."
"so you do have a daughter in law?!"
"Yes but they live out of state and I have never met her because me and my son haven't spoken in years. So you are definitely wrong."
I started to get a little upset at this guy. In my mind he was a little dense. (wrong attitude I know but just wait) I tried to explain to him that I was right. So I went over what I said one more time. This guy turned out to be an unbeliever and it was obvious from his tone with me.
"I don't even know her why would she try to find me. That would take a miracle cause my son hates me."
"that's the whole point, Jesus is doing something inside her because he loves you and knows it is on your heart." I said this with a little bit of frustration in my voice.
I prayed for him and left the Home Depot thinking about what had just happened. It reminded me of the time I had asked an older lady in the mall if she had a problem with breathing and allergies at times and she assured me that she didn't. Even with her I knew that I had heard the Lord right and kept questioning her and then after about 5 minutes she said "no I am sorry but I don't have troubles with that. . ." Then she went on to name the drug that took care of the symptoms that I had just described. I was a little frustrated then. But then I was soon able to pray for her and she was healed.
On the way out of the parking lot The lord spoke to me and said "I was wanting to show him grace and mercy and you showed him frustration. Go Back!"
"Dad-gum-it!" I turned around and headed back into home Depot to make things right. I had just misrepresented God and I knew it. It took me 10 minutes to find the guy and when I found I apologized and prayed for him. He was really happy to see me this last time. He started to understand that there was know way I could have known all of that and It definitely was from God. But I learned a valuable lesson. DON"T BE A MORON and MISREPRESENT JESUS!
After work one day I had to go pick up some hardware from home depot to fix a busted toilet. As I was walking down an isle headed toward the check outs one of the employees said a brief "how ya doin?" My mind was so frazzled with the idea of the move that my wife and I were going through that I almost ignored him. ( by the way I hate moving. Having to pack up all those boxes and furniture is a pain) I said a quick "Good" and kept walking. After a few steps I thought to myself that my tone was rather rude and felt as if the Lord had something for this guy. Now understand I am still a little frustrated about this move and that has not gone away. What I saw was a picture of a woman that seemed to be either in her late 20's or early 30's. I heard the words "daughter", "out of state" and a "broken relationship that was to be restored".
"Excuse me sir, I have a really weird question for you."
"hope you don't mind a weird answer."
"not at all, do you have a daughter that lives out of state that you don't really have a good relationship with? Cause I felt the Lord say she was going to seek you out to help rebuild a broken relationship."
"nope, don't have a daughter"
"really?! I am definitely open to being wrong but this time I really feel as if I am right."
"nope, no daughter, you are wrong"
Then It hit me what it could have meant. . . "Do you have sons?"
"yep"
"one of them is married isn't he?"
"Yes, but. . ."
"so you do have a daughter in law?!"
"Yes but they live out of state and I have never met her because me and my son haven't spoken in years. So you are definitely wrong."
I started to get a little upset at this guy. In my mind he was a little dense. (wrong attitude I know but just wait) I tried to explain to him that I was right. So I went over what I said one more time. This guy turned out to be an unbeliever and it was obvious from his tone with me.
"I don't even know her why would she try to find me. That would take a miracle cause my son hates me."
"that's the whole point, Jesus is doing something inside her because he loves you and knows it is on your heart." I said this with a little bit of frustration in my voice.
I prayed for him and left the Home Depot thinking about what had just happened. It reminded me of the time I had asked an older lady in the mall if she had a problem with breathing and allergies at times and she assured me that she didn't. Even with her I knew that I had heard the Lord right and kept questioning her and then after about 5 minutes she said "no I am sorry but I don't have troubles with that. . ." Then she went on to name the drug that took care of the symptoms that I had just described. I was a little frustrated then. But then I was soon able to pray for her and she was healed.
On the way out of the parking lot The lord spoke to me and said "I was wanting to show him grace and mercy and you showed him frustration. Go Back!"
"Dad-gum-it!" I turned around and headed back into home Depot to make things right. I had just misrepresented God and I knew it. It took me 10 minutes to find the guy and when I found I apologized and prayed for him. He was really happy to see me this last time. He started to understand that there was know way I could have known all of that and It definitely was from God. But I learned a valuable lesson. DON"T BE A MORON and MISREPRESENT JESUS!
8 "Miracles with the Homeless"
For a little over two weeks now we have been taking a team down into Downtown Atlanta to bring the Kingdom of Heaven. And the Kingdom of Heaven is making an impact....
"Hello, we are just here to tell you something... Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth." Most of the responses after this are ones of shock or disbelief but still we continue. "We are here to prove it..." If you thought the first part brought weird looks saying that we will prove it really gets their attention. And the coolest part about it is we did, we proved it!
D (that is what I will call him) was sitting on a park bench at the far end of Big Head Park, as the locals call it. He and a friend seemed to be minding their own business when we approached. "Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth." Before I could get much farther I asked him "so what is all this turmoil about your mom? It is really getting to you?" A look of total shock came over his face and I proceeded to tell him his own story of the broken relationships he has had. I then explained briefly to him about the Kingdom of Heaven and the Power of God that could set him free. Soon we were praying and D was born again.
Tonight the words of Knowledge were really flowing with the whole team. I had taken my 7 year old with me this time and he and I and a friend were talking to a lady when we noticed the rest of the group causing a commotion a few benches over. A man that they had started talking to was in an uproar because "they would dare approach him with this nonsense." It was starting to get the attention of the people in the park. I turned my attention back to the lady and asked if there was anything I could pray for. Her response was the normal "no, I am fine." That doesn't work well with people that can hear from the Lord.
"Okay, but let me share something with you I feel like the Lord is showing me. You have two children, am I right?"
"yes"
"Were you in an abusive relationship at the time that one of them was still in the womb?"
Here eyes lowered and a very faint "yes" came out.
I want to tell you that the Lord says that nothing that that man said about you is true, you are not worthless, you are very beautiful and you are not stupid. As a matter of fact you are a very out going person who loves being the social butterfly. You make everyone laugh and. . ."
I went on to give her some other details and her face began to shine.
One of the girls that was with me from our team took it a step further and told some things about here kids. "You really poured everything you had into your kids but as you look back you see something that you really would have changed. . ." The details were pretty astounding and the lady began to cry. The girl from our team finished with, "Jesus is going to give you the chance to help change some of those things."
While she was giving the word I kept hearing the Lord say "yes she will be married again and this time it will be awesome." When I told her I thought she was going to come out of her seat. By this time the tears were flowing freely.
"I told you the Lord knows exactly what is going on."
"And it seems so do you..." Was her reply to me.
"Only because the Lord tells me. He loves you. If you will surrender your life to Him His Kingdom will come and live in and with you."
IT WAS AWESOME!
After we had prayed with her we turned our attention back to the man behind us who seemed pretty agitated earlier. He now looked like a totally different man. Jesus had given one of the guys on our team a specific word that "read his mail". He was total quiet and listening intently. The Change that came over this man's face was indescribable. Before he was as high as a kite and looked as if he was ready to pounce on the next person that spoke but now hew was just as calm and content.
Soon he was born again...
Jesus is awesome!
This is just a few of the stories that happened that night. I will you keep you updated on others as I have time to write.
"Hello, we are just here to tell you something... Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth." Most of the responses after this are ones of shock or disbelief but still we continue. "We are here to prove it..." If you thought the first part brought weird looks saying that we will prove it really gets their attention. And the coolest part about it is we did, we proved it!
D (that is what I will call him) was sitting on a park bench at the far end of Big Head Park, as the locals call it. He and a friend seemed to be minding their own business when we approached. "Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth." Before I could get much farther I asked him "so what is all this turmoil about your mom? It is really getting to you?" A look of total shock came over his face and I proceeded to tell him his own story of the broken relationships he has had. I then explained briefly to him about the Kingdom of Heaven and the Power of God that could set him free. Soon we were praying and D was born again.
Tonight the words of Knowledge were really flowing with the whole team. I had taken my 7 year old with me this time and he and I and a friend were talking to a lady when we noticed the rest of the group causing a commotion a few benches over. A man that they had started talking to was in an uproar because "they would dare approach him with this nonsense." It was starting to get the attention of the people in the park. I turned my attention back to the lady and asked if there was anything I could pray for. Her response was the normal "no, I am fine." That doesn't work well with people that can hear from the Lord.
"Okay, but let me share something with you I feel like the Lord is showing me. You have two children, am I right?"
"yes"
"Were you in an abusive relationship at the time that one of them was still in the womb?"
Here eyes lowered and a very faint "yes" came out.
I want to tell you that the Lord says that nothing that that man said about you is true, you are not worthless, you are very beautiful and you are not stupid. As a matter of fact you are a very out going person who loves being the social butterfly. You make everyone laugh and. . ."
I went on to give her some other details and her face began to shine.
One of the girls that was with me from our team took it a step further and told some things about here kids. "You really poured everything you had into your kids but as you look back you see something that you really would have changed. . ." The details were pretty astounding and the lady began to cry. The girl from our team finished with, "Jesus is going to give you the chance to help change some of those things."
While she was giving the word I kept hearing the Lord say "yes she will be married again and this time it will be awesome." When I told her I thought she was going to come out of her seat. By this time the tears were flowing freely.
"I told you the Lord knows exactly what is going on."
"And it seems so do you..." Was her reply to me.
"Only because the Lord tells me. He loves you. If you will surrender your life to Him His Kingdom will come and live in and with you."
IT WAS AWESOME!
After we had prayed with her we turned our attention back to the man behind us who seemed pretty agitated earlier. He now looked like a totally different man. Jesus had given one of the guys on our team a specific word that "read his mail". He was total quiet and listening intently. The Change that came over this man's face was indescribable. Before he was as high as a kite and looked as if he was ready to pounce on the next person that spoke but now hew was just as calm and content.
Soon he was born again...
Jesus is awesome!
This is just a few of the stories that happened that night. I will you keep you updated on others as I have time to write.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
7 "Broken Bones Healed"
Yesterday while at work I got a call from a friend telling me that an employee of a friend of ours was just in an accident at work and was rushed to the emergency room. While installing an awning, a man was knocked from his ladder when a clip gave way. To make matters worse the awning then fell on him breaking his collar bone and shoulder. One of his fellow workers saw what happened and called 911.
One the way to the emergency room the EMT's told him that his collar bone was broken as well as his shoulder but that it was probably worse than what they could see.
I got the call after he arrived at the ER and headed in that direction. When I got to the emergency room others had already arrived ahead of me and went in to see the injured man. We were not there to give our sympathy or to console anyone, we were there to make sure that the Kingdom of Heaven took control of this situation. Most people bring cards and flowers we brought Jesus. After we prayed I went right back to work. I was there less than 10 minutes total. No lengthy prayers begging God to intervene. No screaming in tongues for hours. I just commanded healing and the kingdom of heaven over this man in Jesus name and said "have a better day."
Later I got a text message saying that the doctor had earlier confirmed that he did have broken bones but after we prayed he was sent to have x-rays done and no broken bones were found.
The Doctor was astounded. "They were definitely broken." This wasn't a mistake, he was certain and could feel the break. Jesus fused together once broken bones in a matter of minutes...
Jesus is King and His Kingdom is on the Earth!
And if I didn't step on enough toes already with the flower and card bit... For us this has become a normal day.
Mar 1:14b-15 Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
Later that afternoon we went and ministered to the homeless and drug addicts in downtown Atlanta.... That story next.
One the way to the emergency room the EMT's told him that his collar bone was broken as well as his shoulder but that it was probably worse than what they could see.
I got the call after he arrived at the ER and headed in that direction. When I got to the emergency room others had already arrived ahead of me and went in to see the injured man. We were not there to give our sympathy or to console anyone, we were there to make sure that the Kingdom of Heaven took control of this situation. Most people bring cards and flowers we brought Jesus. After we prayed I went right back to work. I was there less than 10 minutes total. No lengthy prayers begging God to intervene. No screaming in tongues for hours. I just commanded healing and the kingdom of heaven over this man in Jesus name and said "have a better day."
Later I got a text message saying that the doctor had earlier confirmed that he did have broken bones but after we prayed he was sent to have x-rays done and no broken bones were found.
The Doctor was astounded. "They were definitely broken." This wasn't a mistake, he was certain and could feel the break. Jesus fused together once broken bones in a matter of minutes...
Jesus is King and His Kingdom is on the Earth!
And if I didn't step on enough toes already with the flower and card bit... For us this has become a normal day.
Mar 1:14b-15 Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
Later that afternoon we went and ministered to the homeless and drug addicts in downtown Atlanta.... That story next.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
6 "Baby Raised from the Dead"
I had to share this one with you. This is a recent testimony of one of the mommies from our church.
Jesus is King, even over Death!!!
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My brother had called me a few weeks before his wife was supposed to deliver their baby girl and asked me if I could be in the delivery room with him because he did not know that he could do it alone. My brother is an unbeliever and so I was excited about this opportunity because I knew I would get to pray while I was there. He told me that he wanted me to come because he thought I would be the least religious one in the family and he knew that I would not "do anything weird" while I was there. 0I told him he was wrong that I would pray, and he said, "OK" as long as you do it quietly."I got the call on June 10, 2005, my brother was calling to tell me to come to the hospital we were going to be having a baby here in a while! I arrived at the hospital and my sister-in- law began to push and the nurse told her that she would call for the doctor to come in as soon as the baby had crowned. The baby started to crown and the nurse called for the doctor. She got a call back that the doctor was in a surgery and that she would not be able to be there yet. The nurse seemed a little scared and began to tell us that she had never delivered a baby herself only assisted in the pushing. The baby's head came out and the nurse said to my sister in law, "You are going to have to stop pushing because the cord is wrapped around this babies neck."
The nurse looked at me and my brother and me and told us that the baby was dead. The nurse went to put her finger under the cord so that she could cut it and could not even get her finger under there it was wrapped around twice and very tight. The nurse got some clamps and began to try to cut the cord. She finally was able to cut it off and she pulled the baby out. The baby was completely purple and gray and totally lifeless. The nurse again turned to me and my brother and said she is not alive, she pronounced her Dead on arrival. All during this I was praying. The nurse took the baby over to a table in the room and hooked her up to some oxygen and began to try to revive her, but then she looked again to us and said, "It's no use, she is gone. She is dead."
I walked over behind this table and I reached my finger in and touched the baby. I said, "In Jesus Name, I speak life to you, you will live in Jesus name." Immediately she jerked her head back and looked over at me and smiled. My brother, the nurses and the doctors who had come in said "What did you just do?" I said, "I just prayed." They all stood there in complete shock and saying, "She was dead, she was not alive, she was not breathing." I said, "I know but Jesus brought her back to life."
My brother was in tears and did not know what to do or say. This has opened a huge door for me to witness to my brother, he has called wanting to talk about what happened and he has all kinds of questions for me. God is awesome. I knew that something was going to happen that day and that I would have an amazing opportunity to witness to them.Rebekah Engels
Jesus is King, even over Death!!!
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My brother had called me a few weeks before his wife was supposed to deliver their baby girl and asked me if I could be in the delivery room with him because he did not know that he could do it alone. My brother is an unbeliever and so I was excited about this opportunity because I knew I would get to pray while I was there. He told me that he wanted me to come because he thought I would be the least religious one in the family and he knew that I would not "do anything weird" while I was there. 0I told him he was wrong that I would pray, and he said, "OK" as long as you do it quietly."I got the call on June 10, 2005, my brother was calling to tell me to come to the hospital we were going to be having a baby here in a while! I arrived at the hospital and my sister-in- law began to push and the nurse told her that she would call for the doctor to come in as soon as the baby had crowned. The baby started to crown and the nurse called for the doctor. She got a call back that the doctor was in a surgery and that she would not be able to be there yet. The nurse seemed a little scared and began to tell us that she had never delivered a baby herself only assisted in the pushing. The baby's head came out and the nurse said to my sister in law, "You are going to have to stop pushing because the cord is wrapped around this babies neck."
The nurse looked at me and my brother and me and told us that the baby was dead. The nurse went to put her finger under the cord so that she could cut it and could not even get her finger under there it was wrapped around twice and very tight. The nurse got some clamps and began to try to cut the cord. She finally was able to cut it off and she pulled the baby out. The baby was completely purple and gray and totally lifeless. The nurse again turned to me and my brother and said she is not alive, she pronounced her Dead on arrival. All during this I was praying. The nurse took the baby over to a table in the room and hooked her up to some oxygen and began to try to revive her, but then she looked again to us and said, "It's no use, she is gone. She is dead."
I walked over behind this table and I reached my finger in and touched the baby. I said, "In Jesus Name, I speak life to you, you will live in Jesus name." Immediately she jerked her head back and looked over at me and smiled. My brother, the nurses and the doctors who had come in said "What did you just do?" I said, "I just prayed." They all stood there in complete shock and saying, "She was dead, she was not alive, she was not breathing." I said, "I know but Jesus brought her back to life."
My brother was in tears and did not know what to do or say. This has opened a huge door for me to witness to my brother, he has called wanting to talk about what happened and he has all kinds of questions for me. God is awesome. I knew that something was going to happen that day and that I would have an amazing opportunity to witness to them.Rebekah Engels
Sunday, August 28, 2005
5 "Kingdom Needed"
Every so often it seems that Jesus has to reintroduce a truth back into the church. Truth really never leaves, it is only temporarily forgotten. Truth seems to follow a pattern: it is forgotten, it is reintroduced, it is then NOT accepted at first and is persecuted and fought against. Then finally after a some time has passed, it is made a part of main stream doctrine AGAIN. This is once again happening with the Gospel of the Kingdom.
A few years back a hand full of preachers began to preach "Kingdom Theology" but were marked as weird fanatics and the teachings rejected. It is now becoming known AGAIN that this doctrine is what was originally taught by Jesus. It was the basis of everything He taught. In fact it was all that He taught.
My wife and I just finished watching a movie entitled "Luther." The movie is the true story portraying the life of Martin Luther and the Reformation of the Church. It is an incredible story. To see what the Catholic Church did in regard to salvation and depriving its people of reading the Word was appalling. One line of the movie shocked me, "Martin, have you ever read the New Testament?" "No Sir I have not." "Few have, but I am sending you to hear the words of Christ Himself so you may understand the true love of the Lord." Keep in mind, Luther was already a priest at this point!
In Martin Luther's time not many priests, let alone lay-people, had ever heard or read the New Testament. They simply relied on their priests and church leaders to interpret scriptures and give them the truths needed for Salvation. This lead to huge abuses in the church. People were made to pay for salvation with money. Ideas of a place called purgatory sprang up that had no biblical basis and the people had no means of finding out the truth of the Gospel for themselves. That is until Martin Luther wrote the truth in his teachings and more importantly, the first translation of the Bible into German so the German people could read it for themselves.
Because of this, the people were able to see a God of Love instead of the mean and angry God, full of wrath whose favor had to be bought. They began to understand salvation by grace and not by works. The Gospel was understood again, at least to some degree.
The Lord seems to be sending us another wave of this type of reformation. This time it is a reformation of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. For many years we have preached a Gospel of salvation from your sins by Faith and unfortunately we have stopped there. Salvation is just the beginning. It is not the end-all. When Jesus walked the Earth he preached "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
Kingdom of Heaven? What is this Kingdom of Heaven? Is it what most people seem to rely on today; a message that Jesus can save you from your sins so that when you die you might go to heaven? Is it a just future hope of salvation and not a present experience of it?
The Kingdom of God is simply the true rule and reign of Jesus on this earth. Unfortunately the idea of His Kingship has been misunderstood. The Apostles understood it and lived a life in pursuit of it. Their attitude was "what does Heaven look like? Well then that is what earth should look like, right here and right now." They proceeded to bring Heaven to earth. They healed the sick, raised the dead, cleansed lepers, cast out devils, and lived a supernatural life passing that life on to others. They believed so much that God had given them the authority to bring Heaven to earth, that they even controlled the weather.
1 John 3:8 says "The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil."
The first work of the devil was to separate man from a loving and righteous God. Because of this separation in the Garden of Eden, came sickness, disease, depression, death, etc. Jesus came to bring us back into fellowship with God so that what once ruled over us, could rule again; namely the Kingdom of Heaven.
How can this be true, we can argue, when our experiences don't add up to such a claim? That there is still death and disease on this earth. Yes, experience does tell us that these evils are true, but we should NEVER let experience dictate what is the Truth. Only the Word of God should have that much authority in our lives. Let Jesus, by His words, dictate what Truth is and then it will become a reality. Healing, deliverance, salvation from sin, prosperity, miracles, prophecy, and all types of true supernatural encounters with Jesus and His Kingdom (Heaven) are available for us here and now.
Jesus told us to pray "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." If you ask me, that is a pretty bold statement to make; that the earth can be like Heaven. But that is what He told us to pray for. He would never tell us to pray for something that is impossible to receive. When we see His Kingdom in our lives, it changes the way we think (repentance).
I ask you to please begin to change the way you think. Allow the Word of God to dictate truth in your life, despite what your experiences scream in your ear. If you do, miracles will follow your everyday life. You will no longer be subject to the death and destruction that creeps around us. You will be able to grab hold of the victory that Jesus has already provided for you. The stories on this site give testimony to these things. They are all true stories of the Kingdom of Heaven coming to our little part of the earth in Woodstock Georgia.
Jesus is KING!
A few years back a hand full of preachers began to preach "Kingdom Theology" but were marked as weird fanatics and the teachings rejected. It is now becoming known AGAIN that this doctrine is what was originally taught by Jesus. It was the basis of everything He taught. In fact it was all that He taught.
My wife and I just finished watching a movie entitled "Luther." The movie is the true story portraying the life of Martin Luther and the Reformation of the Church. It is an incredible story. To see what the Catholic Church did in regard to salvation and depriving its people of reading the Word was appalling. One line of the movie shocked me, "Martin, have you ever read the New Testament?" "No Sir I have not." "Few have, but I am sending you to hear the words of Christ Himself so you may understand the true love of the Lord." Keep in mind, Luther was already a priest at this point!
In Martin Luther's time not many priests, let alone lay-people, had ever heard or read the New Testament. They simply relied on their priests and church leaders to interpret scriptures and give them the truths needed for Salvation. This lead to huge abuses in the church. People were made to pay for salvation with money. Ideas of a place called purgatory sprang up that had no biblical basis and the people had no means of finding out the truth of the Gospel for themselves. That is until Martin Luther wrote the truth in his teachings and more importantly, the first translation of the Bible into German so the German people could read it for themselves.
Because of this, the people were able to see a God of Love instead of the mean and angry God, full of wrath whose favor had to be bought. They began to understand salvation by grace and not by works. The Gospel was understood again, at least to some degree.
The Lord seems to be sending us another wave of this type of reformation. This time it is a reformation of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. For many years we have preached a Gospel of salvation from your sins by Faith and unfortunately we have stopped there. Salvation is just the beginning. It is not the end-all. When Jesus walked the Earth he preached "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
Kingdom of Heaven? What is this Kingdom of Heaven? Is it what most people seem to rely on today; a message that Jesus can save you from your sins so that when you die you might go to heaven? Is it a just future hope of salvation and not a present experience of it?
The Kingdom of God is simply the true rule and reign of Jesus on this earth. Unfortunately the idea of His Kingship has been misunderstood. The Apostles understood it and lived a life in pursuit of it. Their attitude was "what does Heaven look like? Well then that is what earth should look like, right here and right now." They proceeded to bring Heaven to earth. They healed the sick, raised the dead, cleansed lepers, cast out devils, and lived a supernatural life passing that life on to others. They believed so much that God had given them the authority to bring Heaven to earth, that they even controlled the weather.
1 John 3:8 says "The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil."
The first work of the devil was to separate man from a loving and righteous God. Because of this separation in the Garden of Eden, came sickness, disease, depression, death, etc. Jesus came to bring us back into fellowship with God so that what once ruled over us, could rule again; namely the Kingdom of Heaven.
How can this be true, we can argue, when our experiences don't add up to such a claim? That there is still death and disease on this earth. Yes, experience does tell us that these evils are true, but we should NEVER let experience dictate what is the Truth. Only the Word of God should have that much authority in our lives. Let Jesus, by His words, dictate what Truth is and then it will become a reality. Healing, deliverance, salvation from sin, prosperity, miracles, prophecy, and all types of true supernatural encounters with Jesus and His Kingdom (Heaven) are available for us here and now.
Jesus told us to pray "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." If you ask me, that is a pretty bold statement to make; that the earth can be like Heaven. But that is what He told us to pray for. He would never tell us to pray for something that is impossible to receive. When we see His Kingdom in our lives, it changes the way we think (repentance).
I ask you to please begin to change the way you think. Allow the Word of God to dictate truth in your life, despite what your experiences scream in your ear. If you do, miracles will follow your everyday life. You will no longer be subject to the death and destruction that creeps around us. You will be able to grab hold of the victory that Jesus has already provided for you. The stories on this site give testimony to these things. They are all true stories of the Kingdom of Heaven coming to our little part of the earth in Woodstock Georgia.
Jesus is KING!
Saturday, August 20, 2005
4 "RedNecks and Racers"
Friday afternoon after I got off of work I headed into to Woodstock to reach more souls for Jesus. These last few days we have had two guys from California who flew out just to go out with us on the streets and in the neighborhoods. Today we are going to hit a brand new neighborhood that looks pretty rough. There are some areas that we do not go into without seasoned people. This is not to say that a new guy couldn't handle it, but new people usually don't understand the degree to which you have to watch each others back. In the past we have had bats pulled on us as well as brass knuckles, keys and a knife or two. Dogs are also a weapon of choice, especially for one home of Muslims that we visited. (I will tell more of those stories at a different time)
Ryan, a friend and pastor, said he found this area and wanted us to go together because it looked so rough. Since we had two of us that were used to this type of ministry we also asked the guys from California to come with us. We just made sure we watched their backs really well.
We found to old guys sitting in lawn chairs drinking beers like a couple of rednecks and a young guy of about 17 hanging out with them. (this neighborhood would have made Jeff Foxworthy proud)
"Hello guys! we are here to tell you something... Jesus is King!"
"Yes he is!"
"So you know Jesus is King huh?!"
"Sure do."
This is not unusual to hear in the bible belt of Georgia. Some of our biggest persecuters are religious Devils who have no fruit, no relationship, and no power. But... 1 Cor. 4:20 says that the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of POWER! By their statements we do not automatically assume that they are true believers.
We went on to tell them that the kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth and asked if they knew anyone that was sick or needed a touch from Heaven. Before they could give us an asnwer one of the guys with us named Joel got a word of knowledge about one man's left shoulder. He asked if the man, who's name is Danny, had pain there. He did and was totally amazed that we knew this. Joel prayed for him and the pain immediately left.
Rod also had a word of knowledge about the other man's knee and an injury in and accident. Both were totally amazed and after we spoke healing to Jim's knee he started doing deep knee bends and was totally healed. He said before when he bent down it sounded like milk being poured over rice crispies but now all the stiffness and popping was gone.
Praise God!
These two men were touched by God and we will come visit them on another day.
"RACERS"
For over a year a group of us that are dedicated to preaching the Gospel have been going out to Barrett Prkwy in Kennesaw Ga. There are sometimes as many as 200 young people, mostly teenagers, with their suped-up-cars hanging out in parking lots. Some just socializing, some listening to music, others picking fights and some doing things that you probably don't want to hear about on this website. For over a year they have been hearing the unwavering Gospel from us because we have the gutts to tell them.
This is just one of the many stories that we have and this one was from this past Friday night...
For almost a month now the Cops have been running off the kids so that we can hardly find them. This particular week the police were slacking and let the kids stay. "thank you Jesus"
We arrived with a pretty big group and sat back to see who was there in the parking lot. Most were kids we didn't recognize which is highly unusual. We found a big guy who looked like he ws the leader of the group he was with and we made a b-line for him. Ryan got a vision and we waited until he felt like he had the interpretation. Ryan spoke first and started off "we are here to tell you that Jesus is King, and that his kingdom is on the earth. You need to change the way you think."
A young girl piped up and said that she was agnostic and didn't appreciate us talking about God around her. we told her politely but very bluntly that we were not talking to her and redirected our talk back to the big guy. Ryan went on to share with him the vision explaining that this guy was at a huge cross road and that if he made a bad choice it meant jail time for him. The guy was amazed and told us that he was in a program and that if he made one bad decision he would go to jail. I got a word of knowledge and went on to tell him that this had happened to him four times already and that this one was no joke. That he already had an uncle who had made some of the same decisions and had lost his mind because of them. I went on to tell him that we was a really good worker and that because of fear he has cut himself short of what his real potential was. There were some other details that we shared that I can't remember at this point. We found out his name was Nick. Nick's exact response was "Damn, you guys are good. How did you know all this stuff?"
We told him that Jesus speaks to us and that he was tryin got get his attention. Nick ended up getting born again on the spot... Glory A Dios!
This is a typical story of what has been happening on a regular basis. In that same parking lot we have seem people healed and some major deliverances in front of many kids. We have also been spat on, shoved, hit, and loved. But nothing is more awesome than seeing a soul come to Jesus. It has been awesome.
I will write more stories later and keep you updated.
Ta for now!
Ryan, a friend and pastor, said he found this area and wanted us to go together because it looked so rough. Since we had two of us that were used to this type of ministry we also asked the guys from California to come with us. We just made sure we watched their backs really well.
We found to old guys sitting in lawn chairs drinking beers like a couple of rednecks and a young guy of about 17 hanging out with them. (this neighborhood would have made Jeff Foxworthy proud)
"Hello guys! we are here to tell you something... Jesus is King!"
"Yes he is!"
"So you know Jesus is King huh?!"
"Sure do."
This is not unusual to hear in the bible belt of Georgia. Some of our biggest persecuters are religious Devils who have no fruit, no relationship, and no power. But... 1 Cor. 4:20 says that the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of POWER! By their statements we do not automatically assume that they are true believers.
We went on to tell them that the kingdom of Heaven is on the Earth and asked if they knew anyone that was sick or needed a touch from Heaven. Before they could give us an asnwer one of the guys with us named Joel got a word of knowledge about one man's left shoulder. He asked if the man, who's name is Danny, had pain there. He did and was totally amazed that we knew this. Joel prayed for him and the pain immediately left.
Rod also had a word of knowledge about the other man's knee and an injury in and accident. Both were totally amazed and after we spoke healing to Jim's knee he started doing deep knee bends and was totally healed. He said before when he bent down it sounded like milk being poured over rice crispies but now all the stiffness and popping was gone.
Praise God!
These two men were touched by God and we will come visit them on another day.
"RACERS"
For over a year a group of us that are dedicated to preaching the Gospel have been going out to Barrett Prkwy in Kennesaw Ga. There are sometimes as many as 200 young people, mostly teenagers, with their suped-up-cars hanging out in parking lots. Some just socializing, some listening to music, others picking fights and some doing things that you probably don't want to hear about on this website. For over a year they have been hearing the unwavering Gospel from us because we have the gutts to tell them.
This is just one of the many stories that we have and this one was from this past Friday night...
For almost a month now the Cops have been running off the kids so that we can hardly find them. This particular week the police were slacking and let the kids stay. "thank you Jesus"
We arrived with a pretty big group and sat back to see who was there in the parking lot. Most were kids we didn't recognize which is highly unusual. We found a big guy who looked like he ws the leader of the group he was with and we made a b-line for him. Ryan got a vision and we waited until he felt like he had the interpretation. Ryan spoke first and started off "we are here to tell you that Jesus is King, and that his kingdom is on the earth. You need to change the way you think."
A young girl piped up and said that she was agnostic and didn't appreciate us talking about God around her. we told her politely but very bluntly that we were not talking to her and redirected our talk back to the big guy. Ryan went on to share with him the vision explaining that this guy was at a huge cross road and that if he made a bad choice it meant jail time for him. The guy was amazed and told us that he was in a program and that if he made one bad decision he would go to jail. I got a word of knowledge and went on to tell him that this had happened to him four times already and that this one was no joke. That he already had an uncle who had made some of the same decisions and had lost his mind because of them. I went on to tell him that we was a really good worker and that because of fear he has cut himself short of what his real potential was. There were some other details that we shared that I can't remember at this point. We found out his name was Nick. Nick's exact response was "Damn, you guys are good. How did you know all this stuff?"
We told him that Jesus speaks to us and that he was tryin got get his attention. Nick ended up getting born again on the spot... Glory A Dios!
This is a typical story of what has been happening on a regular basis. In that same parking lot we have seem people healed and some major deliverances in front of many kids. We have also been spat on, shoved, hit, and loved. But nothing is more awesome than seeing a soul come to Jesus. It has been awesome.
I will write more stories later and keep you updated.
Ta for now!
Thursday, August 18, 2005
3 "Words of Knowledge and Mad Managers"
Tonight, Thursday, I met a few folks at the church to pray and then we went out into the nieghborhoods in Woodstock to start some more churches. (you might call them cell churches, we just call them churches. I take a few people with me into neighborhoods to get people healed saved and delivered right in their homes and we start a church there.)
Our group which consisted of me (David), Erin, Amanda, Aaron, Rebecca, and a guy that just flew in from California named Rod, went into a neighborhood that is less than a mile an a half from our church. It is an apartment complex with a lot of low income people. Lately we have been talking to two families that have really opened the doors to us. One is a 22 and 23 year old couple who have a little girl that is about 4. there names are Alex and Missy and the other is a lady from Jamaica and her two young daughters, her name is Andrea.
Every time we have seen Alex and Missy they are high as kites. Cheifing away. enjoying some Herb. For you that don't know, they are always smoking pot. We go and preach the kingdom of Heaven and so far everytime we have gotten detailed words of knowledge for them that has freaked them out. We go to this particular area every other week. 2 weeks ago I saw a vision of missy grabbing a medicine bottle, throwing it down and saying "I don't know why I take this sh*t, the F*&%ing stuff never works." When I told her what I saw she freaked and said that it happened word for word that morning.
This week when we arrived we found that Missy and Alex had moved. Bummer but we think we can find them again... So we went to Andrea's house. Half of our team went to the other side of the complex and we prayed for Andrea. Jesus just poured out the words of Knowledge. He gaves me specifics about her brother likt he way he dresses and exactly what kind of problems he has been having. We found out that she is planning on moving to NY and the Lord gave me a word about a job there waiting on her and it was right on. He told me she was really good in science and she wanted to go into nursing. It got pretty wild and in a few minutes it was as if we were telling her everything about herself.
While we were ministering to Andrea the other team was being confronted by an irrate manager demanding that we all leave. We know Andrea pretty well now after a few weeks so they can't make us leave but the other team sat in the car. Andrea was getting blasted by the power of God and were not about to leave with this happening. When we did finally leave Andrea invited us back and told us that there is no way that they can ask us to leave if we are in her house.
Over all it was a pretty awesome night. Trnaces and visions about window boxes, keys, and authority in heaven.
Our group which consisted of me (David), Erin, Amanda, Aaron, Rebecca, and a guy that just flew in from California named Rod, went into a neighborhood that is less than a mile an a half from our church. It is an apartment complex with a lot of low income people. Lately we have been talking to two families that have really opened the doors to us. One is a 22 and 23 year old couple who have a little girl that is about 4. there names are Alex and Missy and the other is a lady from Jamaica and her two young daughters, her name is Andrea.
Every time we have seen Alex and Missy they are high as kites. Cheifing away. enjoying some Herb. For you that don't know, they are always smoking pot. We go and preach the kingdom of Heaven and so far everytime we have gotten detailed words of knowledge for them that has freaked them out. We go to this particular area every other week. 2 weeks ago I saw a vision of missy grabbing a medicine bottle, throwing it down and saying "I don't know why I take this sh*t, the F*&%ing stuff never works." When I told her what I saw she freaked and said that it happened word for word that morning.
This week when we arrived we found that Missy and Alex had moved. Bummer but we think we can find them again... So we went to Andrea's house. Half of our team went to the other side of the complex and we prayed for Andrea. Jesus just poured out the words of Knowledge. He gaves me specifics about her brother likt he way he dresses and exactly what kind of problems he has been having. We found out that she is planning on moving to NY and the Lord gave me a word about a job there waiting on her and it was right on. He told me she was really good in science and she wanted to go into nursing. It got pretty wild and in a few minutes it was as if we were telling her everything about herself.
While we were ministering to Andrea the other team was being confronted by an irrate manager demanding that we all leave. We know Andrea pretty well now after a few weeks so they can't make us leave but the other team sat in the car. Andrea was getting blasted by the power of God and were not about to leave with this happening. When we did finally leave Andrea invited us back and told us that there is no way that they can ask us to leave if we are in her house.
Over all it was a pretty awesome night. Trnaces and visions about window boxes, keys, and authority in heaven.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
2 "Homeless Man Born Again and Blasted by the Power of God"
Tuesday night I headed down into downtown Atlanta to an area called CabbageTown with Nathan and Erin. Nathan is a full time graphic designer and an awesome worship leader and erin is a 17 year old that attends our church in Woodstock. Both are on fire for God. Both of them have been really moving in the prophetic. Erin also moves a lot in healing.
You will be hearing a lot about CabbageTown so keep it in your memory. We have a church that we started there in Jeannie's home. She was healed of Hepititis C, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and a liver that was totally shot. She needed a transplant but Jesus gave her one in less than 12 hours without even cutting her open. The next day after praying for her she was released from the Hospital with a clean bill of health. The doctors were astonished and still to this day can't figure out what happened.
Since then Jeanie has opened her home to us and we have a church there now. And this was a lady who on her death bed refused to give her life to Jesus. (we will get to her story another time)
Tuesday night Jeff came to visit. Jeff is a homeless man that Jeannie and her husband Phil have taken numerous times to detox and alcohol treatments. Phil told me he was going to be there and that Jeff was a little loopy. No big deal we are used to that.
When we got there we began to worship Jesus and the Lord gave me a few visions.
I shared them with Jeff and he began to cry. Next thing we knew he was on his knees getting born again. The words of knowledge from the vision were pretty detailed and there was no doubt is was God.
It didn't stop there, the words kept flowing and soon Jeanie's mom Shirley was crying and getting set free from all kinds of past junk.
Also a paralytic began to have feeling in his legs. He hasn't felt anything is those legs for over 10 years.
Over all: 1 added to the church, 2 delivered, and one on his way to full healing.
And that was just in a few hours
You will be hearing a lot about CabbageTown so keep it in your memory. We have a church that we started there in Jeannie's home. She was healed of Hepititis C, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and a liver that was totally shot. She needed a transplant but Jesus gave her one in less than 12 hours without even cutting her open. The next day after praying for her she was released from the Hospital with a clean bill of health. The doctors were astonished and still to this day can't figure out what happened.
Since then Jeanie has opened her home to us and we have a church there now. And this was a lady who on her death bed refused to give her life to Jesus. (we will get to her story another time)
Tuesday night Jeff came to visit. Jeff is a homeless man that Jeannie and her husband Phil have taken numerous times to detox and alcohol treatments. Phil told me he was going to be there and that Jeff was a little loopy. No big deal we are used to that.
When we got there we began to worship Jesus and the Lord gave me a few visions.
I shared them with Jeff and he began to cry. Next thing we knew he was on his knees getting born again. The words of knowledge from the vision were pretty detailed and there was no doubt is was God.
It didn't stop there, the words kept flowing and soon Jeanie's mom Shirley was crying and getting set free from all kinds of past junk.
Also a paralytic began to have feeling in his legs. He hasn't felt anything is those legs for over 10 years.
Over all: 1 added to the church, 2 delivered, and one on his way to full healing.
And that was just in a few hours
1 "Kingdom Come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven"
Prayed that a million times haven't you?
But how many times after you have prayed do you expect it to happen?
We often pray this as Jesus told us to, but more times than not it becomes vain repetition.
We never really expect Heaven to come and touch Earth. For Earth to be made into the image of Heaven. That would be insane... but that is exactly what Jesus told us to pray.
"that was just something to strive after it really wasn't something he thought we could obtain."
What a cop out! Jesus never would tell us to pray for something that we couldn't actually have. That would be just teasing us with the proverbial carrot on a string.
Why did he ask us to pray like this? Because it is His will to bring the Kingdom of Heaven on the Earth. Where God rules and reigns over every creature.
What part do you play in this? What is your role?
I will tell you this, it is not the role of a side-line Christian.
It is time to get in the game.
On this site we will post testimonies of the Kingdom of Heaven that is beginning to take over in the Atlanta area.
People are getting born-again, healed, delivered and discipled and released to reproduce this same Kingdom in others. Kids are seeing visions and getting incredible words of knowledge.
Get out of the way Devil your gates won't withstand the army that is marching through!
We are coming to take over and taking no prisoners!
WARNING: Some stories may offend
But how many times after you have prayed do you expect it to happen?
We often pray this as Jesus told us to, but more times than not it becomes vain repetition.
We never really expect Heaven to come and touch Earth. For Earth to be made into the image of Heaven. That would be insane... but that is exactly what Jesus told us to pray.
"that was just something to strive after it really wasn't something he thought we could obtain."
What a cop out! Jesus never would tell us to pray for something that we couldn't actually have. That would be just teasing us with the proverbial carrot on a string.
Why did he ask us to pray like this? Because it is His will to bring the Kingdom of Heaven on the Earth. Where God rules and reigns over every creature.
What part do you play in this? What is your role?
I will tell you this, it is not the role of a side-line Christian.
It is time to get in the game.
On this site we will post testimonies of the Kingdom of Heaven that is beginning to take over in the Atlanta area.
People are getting born-again, healed, delivered and discipled and released to reproduce this same Kingdom in others. Kids are seeing visions and getting incredible words of knowledge.
Get out of the way Devil your gates won't withstand the army that is marching through!
We are coming to take over and taking no prisoners!
WARNING: Some stories may offend
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