JOEL 2 GENERATION

Last week we posted two testimonies about a Pakistani woman who was touched by the Lord. She had turned to an occult healer before and received a measure of healing when we prayed for her last week. At a meeting last night, she was brought by her son for more prayer. The Lord again showed Himself strong to this Muslim woman and left the meeting with little to no pain in both her knees and ankles. I saw her walk out of the meeting much differently than she walked in. What became clear as she was being prayed for is that the direct source of her pain is demonic. Desert Princess shared boldly with her about having a friendship with Jesus. She explained how His Death and Resurrection made that friendship possible. We heard back today that some of the pain is again returning to her body that was all but gone last night. Unless this woman really turns to Christ and is filled with the Holy Spirit, we will not see her problems leave and not come back.

In a renewal meeting a few nights ago, I was praying for the sick and a man came to me - as he was approaching I got a word of knowledge for a neck problem. He was rather surprised because that was why he was coming forward. His neck had been bothering him for quite some time. We prayed and God completely healed his neck. A woman came to me after that who had pain in both of her knees. I prayed once and we saw about 30% improvement. I explained that 30% didn't meet "Kingdom Standards" and so we prayed again. After the 2nd prayer time, all the pain was gone. We had reached God's standard!! Finally, a man battling with homosexuality approached me for prayer - he wanted deliverance and to be free from that lifestyle. As I prayed, the Holy Spirit began to shake him from within - he testified to something deep within him being shaken. Even after I took my hands off of him, the shaking continued. I don't know what it looks like (or feels like) when God sets a

Sojourner related this story in some detail, but I wanted to share my own thoughts as well about this encounter. I was initially quite amazed that a Gulf Arab Muslim wanted to come and join in our time of worship as Christians. I knew God must have something very special for this man. Right in the middle of a teaching time, Sojourner asked if I could come into the kitchen to answer some questions that this Muslim man had. Basically his questions were related to the much bigger problem of evil in the world – a philosophical question that Islam has a very poor answer for. While we were talking, I received a word of knowledge for a problem in the lower right abdomen. I knew he had some health problems, but I didn’t really know what they were. He looked rather surprised because that was exactly where he had had a couple of surgeries and had even seen an Islamic folk healer who had performed a horrendous treatment wherein he was badly burned and scarred. A bit later, I al

A few days ago Isaac of N. and I were meeting with a young new Gulf Arab believer from a Muslim background. We were talking about God’s power and the miraculous things that the Holy Spirit does. He had really only ‘heard’ about such things, but hadn’t seen it personally. While discussing these matters, he told us that his family had given him a ‘nickname’. Isaac and I threw out a couple of guesses, but then I said, “Why don’t we ask the Holy Spirit and see if He will tell us”? I bowed my head for a moment and I turned my thoughts towards the Lord and a name popped into my mind. When I uttered the name, a look of shock came over the new believer’s face. The Lord had revealed the name and this young disciple got to see God’s power instead of hearing about.

Last night, two friends and I visited a family where the uncle had an ongoing alcohol problem. In fact, he had had this problem over 20 years. One could sense the hopelessness that pervaded his family. We, as carriers of Christ's presence, were his last hope. I wish I could say that we left that house that night with a victory over such an addiction, but we didn't. We were able to pray for this man and bless him. We will see what comes of it later on, but we must still contend for this man. The greater a person's destiny, the greater Satan seeks to destroy him/her. On a more positive note, we were able to pray and prophesy over the nephew. I had also written down a word of knowledge for a left knee, so I asked him if his knee was hurting. He replied that it only really hurt when he ran on it and that he would know more today (then, tomorrow.) I am rejoicing that today he called Sojourner and said, "My knee is much better. Your friend is a magic man."

About two weeks ago, two friends and I were taking a God walk. We had prayed beforehand and received lots of words about what the Lord wanted to do and where he wanted to do it. We ultimately ended up in one place and right off the bat we started giving words to the people that we encountered. A few of them looked at us suspiciously and others allowed us to pray for them. But by 10:30 or so, we hadn't really seen a lot of breakthrough/breathtaking things. I was feeling a little discouraged when we decided to break for some tea. One of my friends is from Africa and I really wanted him to be able to go back with some good testimonies about how good God is. So, I encouraged our little group with, "Nothing much happens before 11 anyway," and we went on our way to another part of the area. As we went, we reviewed the words that we had received and had written down. We then stopped at a place to grab a bite to eat and as we were standing there this guy with a broken righ