JOEL 2 GENERATION

I love new beginnings and the a new year gives us all a chance to reboot and recommit ourselves to the living the life Christ has called us to live. Christ healed the sick and so should His followers.  He commanded it, He modeled it, He empowered us to do it and then asked the question if He would find "faith on earth when He returns" (Luke 18:8). We have been empowered to do the works that Jesus did.  Are we doing that?  Are we casting out demons when we come across people in bondage?  Are we offering to pray for the sick whenever and wherever we find them? These are some of the things we need to all recommit ourselves to be doing in the 2017. I want to be about my Master's business.  I want to be one who has "always obeyed God" that Paul talks about Philippians 2:12. Let us make 2017 a year to obey Christ's commandments to heal the sick and cast out demons AS we preach the Gospel of the Kingdom!

I had gotten a wrong word of knowledge for an arm problem as I walked into a small store with about 4 employees.  As I was asking about the arm, I got another word of knowledge about a problem in a foot.  I guess that word was right because one of the women had an injured ankle/foot. I told them all to “watch this” as I had another one of the employee’s lay her hand on her. I prayed a quick pray, breaking off the “shock and trauma” from the injury.  ALL the pain immediately left.  I got to share a few things about God’s love for them and wished them a Merry Christmas.  

This is a testimony from Desert Princess from this evening: “I was invited to a goodbye party that was all Iranian muslim women.  I was asked to share about how I learned about God’s love.  So I was able to share all about Christ and His Gospel.  My friend told them that I also pray for people to be healed.  They were so excited.  As I was getting ready to pray for the first women, I got a word of knowledge about a neck and back problem which is what she needed.  She was quite surprised that God had revealed her pain!  I prayed and all her pain left.  She had her eyes closed during my prayer and when she opened them she sighed and described the incredible peace she felt flowing through her body.  I then got a word for a jaw/face problem which she also had as she had just had some dental work done and was in pain.  I prayed for that and all the pain left as well.  She was really shocked and amazed.  Then ...

A couple of weeks ago we prayed with a Hindu man after we got a word of knowledge.  He had had a problem with pain in his fee due to his work (he stood all the time as a restaurant server).  I prayed with him and told him we’d check back after a week or two.  We finally got back to his restaurant, and sure enough the 7 year issue hasn’t come back.  He testified to being pain-free.  We got to pray for him again – this time for God to speak to him and to reveal to him His purpose for his life.  God loves to reveal to followers of false religions His purpose and destiny to His creatures created in His own image.  I told him that it would happen within 10 days.  We will follow up with him after this time to see what God has shown him.

As we are leaving the Turkish restaurant, a number of the servers were all standing together including the Turkish woman who had been healed.  They had obviously been talking about what had transpired and then I said something in Arabic and one of the servers from Syria began to speak to me in Arabic.  As we spoke, I got another clear word of knowledge for a something going on in his chest.  He said it was true and let me pray for him.  I prayed in Arabic and used the Lord’s prayer to release God’s Kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven”.  He was touched.  The problem in his chest would come and go and wasn’t a problem at that particular time but I will follow up with them. What I loved about the evening was that when Jesus speaks (through words of knowledge) and then heals muslims, it became the “talk of the night” and that was thrilling.  How God spoke to a couple of Christian customers, how He came a...

While we were eating in a Turkish restaurant, I was offering to pray for any of the staff who were sick or had pain with my muslim Turkish server.  While I was explaining what I wanted to do, I got a distinct word of knowledge for someone with a pain in the left side of the neck.  I asked him to go and find that person.  A few minutes later he brings up a female Turkish co-worker who had the problem.  He started to walk away and I told him to stay and watch.  I had her put her hand on her neck, I prayed a quick prayer in English closing in the Name of Jesus.  I asked her how it was and all of sudden she switches into Turkish with our server and they are discussing what had just happened.  I knew what had happened as that “look” on her face told the story.  She was shocked.  She couldn’t believe what had just happened.  They went away talking about it and I told them I would be back (of course I am thinking to foll...

Yesterday an usual thing happened.  A young Bedouin Gulf Arab came to my office and asked me if I could pray for his grandfather in a coma.  First of all, I have no idea how this man heard that I prayed for healing, but let’s just say AMEN!  Anyway, as he is telling me with literally tears in his eyes, saying, “I’m so afraid I’m going to lose him”, a distinct word of knowledge slammed into the left part of my neck.  I asked him - “Did your grandfather have a blood clot in the left side of his neck that caused him to fall into a coma”?  He said, “Yes”!  At that point, my faith level shot through the roof.  I wondered if we could go together and see his grandfather to pray.  He explained how far away he was and so I came up with another plan – when he is with him in the hospital, he will call me and I’ll pray for his grandfather while he lays his hands on him.  He agreed. ...