power spilling in Canadian mall - part 1
a group of us headed out to see God's Kingdom come in a mall. we didn't have the kind of time we would have like to 'soak' and collect the 'clues' God would give us for a 'treasure hunt' and so I just began asking people, "Do you need a miracle"? This is actually a very Kingdom-aligned question that every believer should be asking unbelievers we meet. Yes, God will give us prophetic clues and insights, words of knowledge and wisdom, but at the same time as we grow in our knowledge of God's goodness and His miraculous nature, we can just "jump" with this question and see what God will do.
one guy I asked this question said he needed 'nothing' (a likely answer) and so I inquired further - sure enough his mother needed one and so I asked him (he was 1/2 Sikh & 1/2 Roman Catholic) if he would be willing to "carry a gift of healing" to his Roman Catholic mother. He agreed. I took his hand and asked God to allow him to carry a gift of healing to his mother. What happened next is only a God thing - his hand began to tingle. So what? maybe I was gripping his hand too hard. So about 1/2 hour later when we were leaving, I saw him again - guess what was still happening in his hand? you got it - it was STILL TINGLING as he was sensing the Presence of God in that hand and arm.
some would ask, "why would you do such a thing"? (behind that question - "where is that in the Bible?", "where did you get such an idea"?, etc.) Basically, the Bible tells us that we possess "the mind of Christ". When a Holy Spirit-inspired idea comes to my mind that doesn't contradict anything in the Scriptures, I run with it. (i.e. God wants to heal his mother, there are gifts of healing, we have authority and the commission to lay hands on the sick, this unbeliever needs to see God's miraculous power, etc. etc). The fact is that we have seen people get healed this way.
one guy I asked this question said he needed 'nothing' (a likely answer) and so I inquired further - sure enough his mother needed one and so I asked him (he was 1/2 Sikh & 1/2 Roman Catholic) if he would be willing to "carry a gift of healing" to his Roman Catholic mother. He agreed. I took his hand and asked God to allow him to carry a gift of healing to his mother. What happened next is only a God thing - his hand began to tingle. So what? maybe I was gripping his hand too hard. So about 1/2 hour later when we were leaving, I saw him again - guess what was still happening in his hand? you got it - it was STILL TINGLING as he was sensing the Presence of God in that hand and arm.
some would ask, "why would you do such a thing"? (behind that question - "where is that in the Bible?", "where did you get such an idea"?, etc.) Basically, the Bible tells us that we possess "the mind of Christ". When a Holy Spirit-inspired idea comes to my mind that doesn't contradict anything in the Scriptures, I run with it. (i.e. God wants to heal his mother, there are gifts of healing, we have authority and the commission to lay hands on the sick, this unbeliever needs to see God's miraculous power, etc. etc). The fact is that we have seen people get healed this way.
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