JOEL 2 GENERATION

It seems that most places I go I hear stories or witness myself the miracle of legs growing out. I have seen much breakthrough with this condition over the years. Usually if one leg is shorter than another it is only by a centimeter or so, but it can cause a serious amount of pain in the back, as well as have negative impact on other parts of the body. Yesterday a man from the Philippines came over to dinner where I am staying and he had one leg that was literally TWO INCHES shorter than the other one. It was so bad in fact that when he sat down you could see one knee significantly lower than the other. After dinner we asked if we could pray for his leg to grow out. He agreed, and we prayed and commanded the leg to grow for about 30 minutes. Nothing happened. No growth, no nothing. We all had faith, including the man with the short leg, but still saw no breakthrough. Much of what is written on this blog are the victories that we have seen when praying for the sick or the afflicted. The

I was sharing some testimonies in a small church meeting last night about what God has been doing in the Middle East. I shared about a man we had seen healed of back pain in a small tea shop a few months back, and about another man who once seeing the power of God asked for us to pray for his hip pain and diabetes to be healed as well. He was also healed, and extremely pleased with the biggest smile on his face! While I was sharing this story there was a man in the crowd who later came up to me and told me that while I was sharing he felt as though I was speaking directly to him. It turns out he had been battling with diabetes as well, and while the testimony was being spoken he felt that I needed to pray for him to be healed. After praying for all diabetes to leave his body he told me that he felt a peace come over his body. Of course there was no way he could test it out right then, so I was able to bless him and encourage him that God was doing something and that it is His will that

Today we visited one of the strongest centers of New Age spirituality in the United States. I was curious as to what the Lord would do and how people in this town would respond to the anointing of the Holy Spirit. I walked into one shop and the Lord gave me a word of knowledge for the shop owner's left knee. She had a problem but it wasn't hurting at the time. She seemed pretty closed to me as I shared with her how I knew. In another shop, I picked up a strong word of knowledge in my left arm. I asked the woman serving us. She herself was actually a New Age healer herself. She began to say that her left arm was "closed" and needed to be "opened up". (using her New Age terminology). When I explained to her that I was into "divine healing", she seemed to shut down completely. She wasn't open to me ministering to her. It was quite an interesting experience to find people who act so "open" to spiritual power, so "closed"

I don't ever want to give the impression that we are seeing more healing than we actually are. The fact remains that we see many people who don't get healed when we pray. We do try to focus on this blog by sharing what God IS DOING rather than what we don't see, but we have to share both the good and the bad. Last night when we saw the woman's shoulder and back healed, we also contended for her husband's carpal tunnel condition and saw no breakthrough. We all had faith, we were expectant (having just seen the Lord do so much). This man was hungry and having just seen his wife healed, was probably as faith-filled as ever.

while on vacation, we ate last night at the country club of a golf course. A couple joined us for dinner who aren't that familiar with healing and prophetic ministry (they attend a conservative reformed church). The woman told us she had chronic back pain at the beginning of the night and so we told her we would do something about that later. before we had a chance to pray for the back, the Lord gave me a word of knowledge for her left shoulder. I asked her about the shoulder and she had a condition. We prayed and she was healed. all that got us ready for the back condition. we finally got around to praying for the back and the Lord broke in again and healed her back. Often when we are about to pray for a chronic long-term condition, the Lord will release a word of knowledge for some other (lesser) condition. Our faith is built up and we are then more ready to pray for the more serious problem. While the woman was leaving, the Lord gave me another word of knowledge for a th

My family and I were in a store the other day and I thought I had a word for a lady. I asked her if she had a pain in the elbow and trouble breathing. She said that she didn't have any breathing problems but that she did have arthritis and that caused her aches and pains all over. I asked if I could pray for her and she readily agreed. So, I prayed for her and blessed her. Afterwards, she hugged me and thanked me. She also said that it was the first time in her life (and she was probably late 60s) that anyone had done that for her. I was glad that I could have been the one the Lord led, but sad that this woman had lived in the Bible Belt all these years and had missed being prayed for.

I was a part of an inner city ministry recently and we were out and about signing kids up for a day camp one of the local churches was hosting. As we approached one of the apartments, I got this pain in my head so I asked the lady nearest if she had a headache and she kind of hedged and then nodded. I told her that God would heal her if she would let me pray for her. She laughed and said no, but signed her kids up anyway. From there, we went to another apartment where we were able to pray for one lady and as we were praying for her, I got a word in my left foot and asked if she had a problem. She said no. I asked her if another person in the house had it. She called back in and another lady came out with her left foot in a bandage. She allowed us to pray and after a few times said the pain was much better. She also wanted prayer for her heart condition as well. After praying for this family for about 15 minutes, we started back and at this point the first lady with headaches c

A couple of weeks ago, some new friends and I went out and about a mall to see what the Lord wanted to do. In one store, we came across a man who had been looking for a church home and a place to plug in. My friend and I felt like he had a real gift of discernment, which he confirmed. We were able to encourage him and break off some shame because he believed that he had missed his destiny because he wasn't in full-time ministry in a church. From there, we were able to pray for a woman whose son had a heart condition. We then met up with another group and went back to the cashiers and I introduced them as guys who would tell you what the Lord thought about you. My friend got a lot of great stuff for a couple of the women there. Out that store and into another one. . .We stopped and started prophesying over the lady who greeted us. In the process, I saw a rainbow and asked her about it. Rather shocked, she said that she the rainbow had a deep meaning for her and that the Lor

During the youth conference we were ministering at this past week there was a girl who was dealing heavily with depression. In fact many of the youths we have met here in the Arctic circle struggle with depression, suicide and cutting themselves. At one of the meetings my wife was speaking on identity, and how God made us all unique because we each reflect a different aspect of God that know one else does. We then went around the room and had to say two things that we loved about ourselves. This was a hard exercise for most, but this one girl in the back completely refused to participate. After we had gone through everyone (about 30 youths) we began to prophesy over them from the front. I began to tell the girl that she carried a lot of love and that she was good with people because she cared about them and could find ways to call out the gold. I also saw that she was diligent and studious and liked to always do her best in everything she did. Over the next few days this girl began to

In the past week we have seen many people get healed of depression, addictions and about half a dozen people have come to know Jesus as their Daddy who loves them and has an awesome plan for their lives. It has been an incredible time of inner healing and restoration, and it has been through the kindness of the Lord that people have been coming to repentance. I had the opportunity of praying with a young man who came from a background of drug and alcohol use and who had spent some time in and out of prison. It made me angry to think how the enemy had robbed this young, good looking guy of so much of his destiny for so long. Through the love of the Father this young boy of about 19 surrendered his life to Jesus. In the days following you could hardly recognize him. He was happy, laughing and joining in with the other youth in our group. He even came up to the front in one of our meetings and let everyone prophesy destiny over him publicly. God has amazing plans in store for him. I reall

We were at a fish market the other day when some of the youth we were with from the conference spotted a woman on crutches. While there she was approached by most everyone in our group, and we got to share with her about the willingness of God to heal. She was not able to walk normal for 2 days. Although the woman could not say if she was completely healed right then when we were praying, she did say that much of the pain had left. About a half an hour later we watched as the lady and her husband walked back to their car... except she was walking perfectly normal while her husband had fun playing with her crutches.

While up in the Arctic circle I got to lead a small treasure hunt team out on the streets. Since we were in a very small town with not a person in sight, I told the kids that we will offer the kingdom to anyone we pass. As we were walking we noticed a man walking along the street towards us. As soon as I saw him I got a word of knowledge in my shoulder and the back of my neck. When he got close, I asked him if he was suffering with neck or shoulder pain. "Yes" he said confidently. "I am". We explained to him the we were Christians and that the Lord had revealed to us his condition because He wants to heal it and take away the pain. "Can we pray for you?" I asked. "Yes" he replied. As I went to pray however the man seemed to change his mind and began to tell us that we should save our prayers for the world instead of wasting them on him. I have gotten this response from many people I have tried to pray for, and I think it is their way of trying t

This last month we have been in the north of Europe and have seen God move in power amongst the youth as they have gotten saved, healed, delivered and then activated in doing the works of Jesus. It has been fantastic to see! The first day we were in the country we were apart of a revival conference with over one hundred youth. Young people from all over the area had come to encounter the presence of God and see his kingdom established in their lives and regions. While in the meeting I prayed for a man in a red shirt who suffered with back pain, and a finger problem that generally hurt him whenever he was doing manual work. He also suffered from depression and was dealing with past issues with his brother, which I did not know about until later. I commanded the pain to leave in his back and finger three separate times before he was able to testify that all the pain was gone. He was thrilled! Near the end of the night my wife comes up to me and told me that she had just been praying fo

while getting some sandwiches made for lunch yesterday, I really felt like the Lord wanted to say something to the woman who was serving us. She seemed unhappy and the customer service reflected that. while waiting, the Lord gave me a word of knowledge that she had pain in neck and shoulder on the right side. I asked her about it and with a surprised look says, "yes, I do. how did you know?". I explained that the Lord had shown me that and wanted to heal her. I quickly took her hand and prayed quickly as she was working. my sister-in-law was standing near her after I left the Deli and she said to her co-worker, "it's a miracle"!