JOEL 2 GENERATION

I was in a photo lab the other day getting some pictures of my sons for official business and I got a word for the photographer. I asked him if his left shoulder was in pain. He said it was. I told him that I wanted to pray for him and he said sure. As I was praying for his shoulder, he told me, "I'm diabetic, too." I prayed that Jesus would heal him of both. I then asked him to test his shoulder and he said it felt looser. There are probably some people who got stumbled by my title to this post and then the story contained therein. "Saved" for many means "from Hell." Pain doesn't "count." Can I suggest that Jesus had relief from pain in mind when He spoke of the Kingdom coming in power, too? Go and tell John, "The blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk. . ."

Yesterday evening, after church, Super Woman and I decided to run around town since we had nothing better to do. Randomly, I thought, "I would really like some Asian food." So we drove across town to a restaurant for some carry-out. After making an order, I noticed that Super Woman was outside and went to find her. I asked her what she was doing and her answer was simple, "Praying." I decided to start a conversation with the guy behind the counter. We talked for a couple minutes and I found out that he is a Muslim, world-traveling Eritrean, who is married to a Buddhist; and that he owns the restaurant. Wanting to pray for anyone in the restaurant that was sick or in pain, I said, "I want to ask you a strange question. Are you in pain?" With a strange look on his face, he says, "Yeah, I have pain in the back of my head." He explained that normally two times a week since childhood he has had this recurring pain in his head. He said that he was in s...

The last blog post had us leaving a shop and we next headed over to my good Moroccan friend's house. He is a true seeker but not yet in the Kingdom. Isaac got a bunch of words of knowledge for different conditions - I got one for a left shin. All the words of knowledge were for someone - my friend, his wife, or her mother. We prayed first for the mother - she was healed of a couple of conditions - including her leg and right arm (both had been words of knowledge). The left shin problem was for my friends wife - I prayed from a distance and she was healed. One of the words that Isaac had had was about someone having problem sleeping - it was for my friend's wife and her mother. We prayed about that. All in all we got to pray and minister with depth to this entire family - healings occurred, prophetic words were given. Funny thing - each and every healing was accompanied by the same physical manifestation indicating God's presence - tingling. Even without the laying on o...

Isaac of Ninevah wrote about this night - here's my 2 cents. We headed downtown to buy some things, and as we walked in the one shop full of Indian muslims, I got a word of knowledge - "Who has a pain in the neck right here"? (I pointed). After some discussion, one of the men said it was him and allowed us to pray. He was healed. We tried to minister a bit more to this group, but they didn't seem interested. Jesus however left His card (the man had been healed). That group of muslims has some serious reflecting to do! Isaac and I had gotten the same word of knowledge for a left knee problem - that awaited us at our next stop. It was as we entered another shop that we found our left knee - Isaac prayed and he was healed. We now had a platform to ministered a bit deeper into the lives of the two men in the shop. A Kingdom encounter almost always seems to open that door. We prophesied over the other man - he confirmed that the insights the Lord gave us were accu...

I went by the Starbucks where I work today and immediately one of the workers came to me complaining of a headache. So, I her put her hand on her head and I prayed for her. She said that it felt better. I asked her about her left foot and she said that she also had pain there. I prayed again for her and she said that it was all better, too! Then, the manager, a lady who got healed a few weeks ago, came up with one of the other workers asking if I could pray for her as well. As it turns out, it was this woman's sister who needed the prayer, so I got her mobile number for my wife to call and encourage her. Before leaving though, another one of the ladies asked if I could just pray a blessing for her and her life, which I was happy to do. Blessing and honor and praise be to the Lamb Who was slain for our sicknesses-- emotional and physical!

Last night as the Kingdomizers went out, we saw some really great stuff. I'll let the other guys post their stories, but for me, I got to pray for one guy's knee and he was delivered of the pain. From there, we went to visit a friend. At this friend's house, I got words about a left, upper leg, a right arm, pain in the lower right side of the abdomen, insomnia, a rash on the back, and pain in the right ear. As it turns out, ALL of them were on among the three people who were there. After we prayed for some time and after some multiple prayers, almost everything was healed 100% (everything except the rash on the back, which we're not sure about). While we were ministering to this family, I had this quasi-vision of angels coming into their house to bring provision, hope, and strength. I also sensed that one of these angels would bring baskets of dreams for each of them. Now, I don't typically see angels or talk about them and what they do, so this was outside m...

Over 6 months ago, I was in a computer shop and gave a word of knowledge. I don't remember giving the word, nor how I got the word, but two days ago a man calls me telling me that I had asked him (and his co-workers) if someone had a problem speaking. He took my card but no one at the time had the problem I described. Since I don't remember the encounter, I don't remember what I thought at the time but I probably thought I "missed it" with the word of knowledge. It happens and I try not to let that slow me down or discourage me. However, this muslim man went back to his home in India to discover that his 2 year old son is having serious problems beginning to speak. When he returned from India, he just "happen to find my card" and REMEMBERED the word I had spoken about someone having a speaking problem. He called me immediately to see what we could do. Long story short, arrangements are being made for someone to visit his family in India to release ...

Ravished already covered the evening in the last post - I just wanted to throw in a few of my own thoughts. First of all, that was an INCREDIBLE night! To be able to lay hands on so many people (some in very public places) and see them healed (including muslims & hindus) is just a good night. For them to hear about the Jesus who healed them, was obviously the absolute highlight of the night. Another thing about that night is that I DIDN'T feel like even going out. I DIDN'T feel particularly spiritual or 'anointed' BUT God.... - the key phrase here is, "BUT God". When the equation includes HIM, the other factors are not that important. God showed up and did what He always does - He healed the sick, He released His presence and He showed a bunch on non-Christians that He is LOVE IN DEMONSTRATION. Too many Christians use the words "God loves you", but don't demonstrate it for them. It remains a concept until it is demonstrated. I just fo...