JOEL 2 GENERATION

UPDATED - It was with considerable sadness that we heard the news that Todd Bentley and his wife have just separated this week. Since the Lakeland Outpouring began back in April, Todd Bentley has endured probably some of the most severe criticism of any Christian leader in recent memory. Now in light of the sad news of his separation from his wife, the critics guns are firing at him, his ministry and ultimately the move of God in Lakeland like never before. Todd has got some serious problems to work on and will hopefully (in submission to those he is accountable to) step out of public ministry for a season and work to save his marriage. If he does, his best days lie ahead. If he doesn't, then the story of a guy like Lonnie Frisbee (who rejected the counsel of those he was accountable to, didn't work on his sin issues and tried to keep on ministering) could tragically be repeated. Todd Bentley is an ordinary guy, who God saved out of a rough background and put His Spirit up...

We had a meeting two nights ago where we saw God's Kingdom touch a number of people. The meeting started with some words of knowledge, including one for a guy who was walking in when I got a clear word for a back problem as I was looking at him. We began the meeting by calling him out and he had a back problem. We had a word for a left wrist problem - one of our friends had that problem, she received prayer and was healed. Today she called us to tell me that she could do push-ups without pain (which she couldn't do before). We prayed for headaches - two of the women we prayed for had long-term migraine problems. One for 10 years. We didn't see either of those women healed that night, but we got to pray for them a long time and are fully expecting God's Kingdom to deliver them - there are no headaches, especially migraines in God's Kingdom. However, another woman who had a severe sinus headache was healed in the meeting during prayer. I had given a word for le...

Yesterday was a tough day for me personally. This has been an incredible year wherein we have seen cancer healed twice - once for a terminally ill muslim man and the other for a good family friend. A few weeks ago I blogged about a word of knowledge I had received about a "throat condition" in an airport. The woman I asked said she had no problem but that her father was diagnosed with throat cancer. I was able to call her mother and minister to her father over the phone. I shared the testimonies of cancer healed. I shared how the Lord "revealed" to me (a complete stranger) that there was a throat condition in their family. I called the family back just yesterday morning to see how the father was and was told that he passed away a little over a week earlier. We don't see everyone healed. At this point, we aren't even close. But we are clear about this - It is God's will to heal. He HATES cancer, it comes from the kingdom of darkness. The Lord LO...

Last night as the Holy Spirit was moving powerfully in a home meeting, I was more postured in a receiving mode as others were leading out in the ministry time. The Spirit was ministering deeply to one woman and as I was just worshipping next to her, the Lord gave me a word of knowledge about a problem in her jaw and indicated that it was "TMJ". I asked her what was wrong with her jaw. She looked a bit puzzled by the question and said, "nothing". I knew it was a clear word from the Lord. I asked her, "do you have TMJ"? She said, "oh my gosh, I forgot, I do have TMJ". I got to lay hands on her and pray. TMJ got flushed!!