JOEL 2 GENERATION

while walking into work, I noticed a muslim university student with wrapped elbow and wrist (what we call a "visual word of knowledge").  I stopped him and asked what happened.  He had injured it the day before playing volleyball and so I switched into Arabic and asked, "Can I read over you and God will heal you"? (which is the way a muslim would understand it).  He agreed.  For the first prayer, I had him put his own hand upon the elbow and prayed releasing the Kingdom in Jesus' Name.  The pain decreased but was still there.  I then asked him to give me his elbow and as I gently put my hands on the bandage I could feel the power of the Holy Spirit and prayed again.  This time the pain left and he was very thankful.  I look forward to seeing him again to discuss further what Jesus did to his elbow.  He and his girlfriend walked away with a lot to think about!

Today I received such an encouraging email (and such a challenging one), that I had to share it. Over the summer I led a couple of outreaches and affectionately called them "Love Invasions". A friend of a friend had been following our blog and listening to our podcasts for a while and decided that he wanted to "come and see" as he hadn't seen a lot of Kingdom healing even though he'd stepped out. EVERYTHING changed in the wake of the outreach. I think he was encouraged during the outreach - saw some healing, heard a lot of testimonies, but what he has done and entered into in the wake of that time back in July is what is so radical. Today I received below email from him - I am sharing this because it is so amazing when someone "catches" the Kingdom vision and walks in it. Many even "taste and see", seem to catch a vision but for a variety of reasons don't seem to WALK IN IT. Jesus was pretty clear and James echoes His...

The Book of Job continues to be one of the most abused book in the Bible – often used to somehow override or trump the very Kingdom the clear teachings of the New Testament.  Here are some thoughts from Greg Boyd in response to a question: In Job 1:21, 2:10, Job seems to accept “adversity” from God while continuing to trust him. Job blames his troubles on God (i.e. “He shattered me” [16:12], “He breaks me down on every side” [19:10], “For he performs what is appointed for me” [23:14])? In Chapters 1 and 2, God even seems to encourage Satan to harm Job. This seems to refute your reading of Job and the “warfare” approach to understanding evil which you advocate. Satan has to ask God for permission for all he does—which means God must have a reason for allowing every particular evil in the world. This isn’t about a battle between God and Satan, but about how God uses Satan to test us. I will make four brief comments in response to your quest...

The Indian muslim man who was my "advocate" the other day has been calling me – I had gotten a word of knowledge about a problem with his wife's ears and had told him we would call her for her to be healed.  We called her today in India via Skype and the Lord took away all the pain in her ears – it was a problem she'd had since childhood.  In addition, during the phone call I got another word of knowledge about her left eye.  She in fact had had cataract surgery and had pain in that eye.  The Lord took away the pain in her eye which she'd also had since childhood.  God is moving in this muslim family.