On Sunday, We were asked by a friend to go see someone at the Hospital because he had a stroke and was asking for pray. So Jesse Williams and I decided to take a risk and see what God wanted to do. I thought praying for the guy would be the hardest thing, but actually it was just trying to find the place! Once we found the Hospital, I felt I needed to prepare before going into the room, until I realized that I don't have too prepare. Why, you may ask? Cause the Kingdom of God lives inside of us! Holy Spirit makes his dwelling in us, and He wants out more then we want to let Him out! When we understand this, then I'm not going to preform for God so that He will heal this man. I need to have the understanding that Christ is with me no matter how i feel, and things will just happen simply because Hes my best friend. We also shouldn't just seek God only when we want Him to do something. We should be hosting His presence all the time and become light in the darkness.
Once we got to the room and met the family we already could feel Gods energy in the place. It was so powerful. Because this man had a stroke he lost movement of the left side of his body, his lips were also numb. It was so bad that when we got up to go use the bathroom, he had to have someone with him at all times and he had to use a walker. He was in need of a touch from God.
We lad our hands on his head and asked God to come. Heat began to run over his head where the stroke was.God was here, Then all of a sudden, I could feel what he was feeling. I pointed to where I could feel the heat on my arm and asked him if he could feel the same thing. He could. Then he felt it run down his arm and into his hand. I felt the Lord say "tell him to put his hand to his leg". When I told him and he put his hand to his leg, he felt the fire go into his leg and all the way down to his toes! Faith began to rise up in him and he wanted to test in out and walk! he got up out of his bed and walk by himself to the bathroom door! Something he could not do just moments before! When we got to the door, this man turned and did a little dance. It was so funny! He went back to his bed because he said he felt a little dizzy, so we prayed and it went away. While we were praying we keep getting him to check if he could feel his mouth. By the time we left, all the feeling came back!
Once again I realized how easy it is to see God move through our lives. God really loves to heal the sick! The cool thing is, we were only there for about 20 mins. We all can do this stuff, thats the amazing thing about God.
If your heart is burning after reading this, then your meant to go do the same thing. I pray for a greater boldness and power to come on your life to see the powers of darkness removed from this world! In Jesus Name, Amen
Revival Lifestyle
"When you set yourself on fire, people love to come watch you burn." - John Wesley
About Me
- Matthew Armstrong
- My name is Matthew Armstrong, and I'm a second year student that goes to Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California. My passion is Jesus and I love Revival and I believe that its not meant for a moment, but God intended for it to never end, and to always increase, from Glory to Glory. I'm writing this blog to let people in on the secret that revival is a lifestyle. And I'm here to prove it! You will read personal testimonies of the sick being healed on the streets and in churches, Showing that this revival lifestyle is possible. Through my life of revival I want to ignite the fire in you to go and burn for The Christ. I also want to say thank you to all the people who have supported me in this quest of finding revival and keeping it in my life. I hope this blog helps to show you what and who you are investing in, and I pray for a release of an impartation to get double of everything I have received! You are apart of this more then you think. Now go and burn! -Revival
Friday, April 8, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tecate Mexico
I'm looking out over the grass lands of Mexico and into the beautiful mountains. It seems a little bit chilly, but I can endure it to enjoy the beauty. We are living at a orphanage for children. It is a ranch and has many different ministries running here. There is a school, healing rooms, home for elderly, and these are just a few. It's a story of faith when you hear how they started this growing empire. The family that started this had a word from the lord to come to Mexico and to start an orphanage. And when they had no money and no food, God showed up and supplied. They at one time had to buy their water because their wells would run out, but they prayed and when the wells got full, they gave it away. The wells have never run out since. As I hear these stories, my heart burns with passion. Faith raises up in me that says "I can change the world too!". We need to dream again. It's time to have the courage to dream big. To dream with the view of nothing is impossible. Thousands of lives can be changed by one mans courage to live out his dream.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Second trip to Mexico
Here's my second trip down to Mexico in the past two weeks. I'm on a team of 17 people and we are going to work in a conference with our leader Eric Johnson, who will be speaking. I must say, I'm very excited to serve under Eric Johnson. He is a great man and I will learn so much from him. I have no idea of what to expect, other then we will see many miracles! I've come to realize that whenever we take risk, Jesus always loves to show up. He honors risk taking, or In other words He honors faith. It's going to be another powerful trip! Can't wait to arrive. We are just leaving the Sac airport right now. Revival...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
"Done and Paid For"
I've just had two of the best days of my life. I've see how easy it is to release what God has already paid for. In the past 2 days I've seen around 50 people come to know Jesus on the streets! I realized how easy it is when You let Jesus just show up and make himself real to the person. This is way more effective then trying to convince people that Jesus is real. If you can talk someone into the fact that Jesus is real, someone can talk them out of it. But when someone has an encounter with Jesus you can never talk them out of it. I've seen hundreds of people healed within the past 4 days and many gave their lives to Jesus after theses encounters. This is the kingdom of God. This is revival lifestyle, the ministry of Jesus.
We went to a busy street yesterday to release the kingdom and almost every person we prayed for wanted to know Jesus, and we seen so many Miracles It would take so long to write them all. But my favorite one is when we seen this elderly women and I felt like she had pain in her back. It turns out she had it all over her body. So we prayed and she got totally healed. All the pain went! Their were some men working on a beer truck that watched the whole thing. I shouted to them "did you see what just happened! This women got 100% healed." then I pointed to the man in the truck and said "do you have pain in you back!". He nodded his head yes. So I told him " Jesus heals you now, get out of your truck and test it out now. " when he did his response was "what is going on is this a joke? All my pain is gone!" right their he gave his heart to Jesus and experienced the presence of Lord! He is forever changed.
Shortly after we went down to a school where a number of kids were. The school just got out so all the mothers and fathers were their to pick them up. Their must of been 200 people outside around us. One of the pastors that was with us started to worship on his guitar and two women on our team began to dance. Everyone was looking at us and the crowd started to form. When the worship was done I started to give words of knowledge of pain that God wanted to heal in the crowd. In moments people were getting healed and a miracle riot began to break! Wrists were getting healed, back pain, people with canes, pain in necks. Everyone was getting healed instantly! And when one got healed I would get them to pray for someone else to get healed. It was one of the most powerful experiences I've ever had. Then I asked if they want to know Jesus as their best friend. After encountering the presence of God and after getting healed, around 30 people wanted to give their life to Jesus! This truly is the kingdom. I didn't even preach to them, I just said what Jesus was healing, watched them get healed and told them that "this is Jesus Christ, do you want to know Him." Do you see how easy that is? Christ already died for the sin of the world, but He paid for so much more! He paid to set us free from sickness and disease also! We are here to get what Jesus paid for! It would be a mockery of the cross if we only got people saved and left it at that. When we deny this part of the cross, we deny a part of Jesus. We deny the power of His blood and what He paid for!
Yesterday I was apart of one of the best services I've ever help lead. It was a women's meeting and Angie Wenstrom was our leader.(we had the best leader by the way) One of the women on our 5 person team released a corporate prophetic word for the church through her dance. Someone was on the stage playing piano while she danced. Then all of a sudden He came, God came. His presence was so thick and Holy, people began to cry all over the room. It was so Holy you didn't want to touch what was happening. So we waited, and began singing in tongues. After a long time of this, Angie said "If you need healing in your body, just stand up and receive it. And if you notice a difference in your body wave your hands." what happened next was incredible. Almost everyone that stood up to receive their healing got healed! One lady had a lot of swelling in her leg and when she stood up, the swelling went totally away! It was amazing. Their were at least 25 people that got healed with out anyone praying for them! Now thats the kingdom!
We went to a busy street yesterday to release the kingdom and almost every person we prayed for wanted to know Jesus, and we seen so many Miracles It would take so long to write them all. But my favorite one is when we seen this elderly women and I felt like she had pain in her back. It turns out she had it all over her body. So we prayed and she got totally healed. All the pain went! Their were some men working on a beer truck that watched the whole thing. I shouted to them "did you see what just happened! This women got 100% healed." then I pointed to the man in the truck and said "do you have pain in you back!". He nodded his head yes. So I told him " Jesus heals you now, get out of your truck and test it out now. " when he did his response was "what is going on is this a joke? All my pain is gone!" right their he gave his heart to Jesus and experienced the presence of Lord! He is forever changed.
Shortly after we went down to a school where a number of kids were. The school just got out so all the mothers and fathers were their to pick them up. Their must of been 200 people outside around us. One of the pastors that was with us started to worship on his guitar and two women on our team began to dance. Everyone was looking at us and the crowd started to form. When the worship was done I started to give words of knowledge of pain that God wanted to heal in the crowd. In moments people were getting healed and a miracle riot began to break! Wrists were getting healed, back pain, people with canes, pain in necks. Everyone was getting healed instantly! And when one got healed I would get them to pray for someone else to get healed. It was one of the most powerful experiences I've ever had. Then I asked if they want to know Jesus as their best friend. After encountering the presence of God and after getting healed, around 30 people wanted to give their life to Jesus! This truly is the kingdom. I didn't even preach to them, I just said what Jesus was healing, watched them get healed and told them that "this is Jesus Christ, do you want to know Him." Do you see how easy that is? Christ already died for the sin of the world, but He paid for so much more! He paid to set us free from sickness and disease also! We are here to get what Jesus paid for! It would be a mockery of the cross if we only got people saved and left it at that. When we deny this part of the cross, we deny a part of Jesus. We deny the power of His blood and what He paid for!
Yesterday I was apart of one of the best services I've ever help lead. It was a women's meeting and Angie Wenstrom was our leader.(we had the best leader by the way) One of the women on our 5 person team released a corporate prophetic word for the church through her dance. Someone was on the stage playing piano while she danced. Then all of a sudden He came, God came. His presence was so thick and Holy, people began to cry all over the room. It was so Holy you didn't want to touch what was happening. So we waited, and began singing in tongues. After a long time of this, Angie said "If you need healing in your body, just stand up and receive it. And if you notice a difference in your body wave your hands." what happened next was incredible. Almost everyone that stood up to receive their healing got healed! One lady had a lot of swelling in her leg and when she stood up, the swelling went totally away! It was amazing. Their were at least 25 people that got healed with out anyone praying for them! Now thats the kingdom!
Monday, March 14, 2011
"Whats a day off in the Kingdom"
Today the team and I had a great time touring Mexico city and seeing all the statues of angels and old saints of God. It was our only day of the whole trip where we can really just see the sites. You could call it a day off. But even on a day off, you never stop hanging out with your best friend Jesus. And we always end up doing what He wants to do. Which is heal the sick, raise the dead and cast out devils! Haha, I love doing what He loves to do!
As we moved deeper into the heart of the city the more eager I got to minister the gospel of Jesus. I came across a man siting on the street, which you could tell he was homeless. I stopped to pray for him because my heart went out for him. As we started to pray I began to notice many people around us almost getting angry that we were reaching out in compassion to this broken homeless man. You could feel the looks and stares of people as the walked by. My heart went out to him all the more. He was also blind, and we were praying for him to receive his sight. I asked after many times of praying if he could see, each time their were no change. Sometimes this is the hardest thing to work through. When we pray and it seems nothing happens. Some give up in this moment, but let it be your fuel to get fully what Jesus paid for. If I would of gave up after one person didn't get healed when i prayed for them, then all the hundreds of people that i have seen get healed through my hands would still be sick or dead. it's all worth the risk!
After this we went into a giant Catholic Church. I'm mean this thing was the real deal. It had ceilings that went forever with gold from top to bottom and old saint statues everywhere. It was a perfect place for a miracle service! Someone on our team prayed for a deaf women in the church and God opened up her ears! Jesus loves the Catholics!
I decided I wanted to leave the church and go release the goodness of God to the people outside of the church. I mean this is where we are called to anyways. Somehow in our own self-comfort of Christian life, we have redefined reaching and LOVING the lost, to staying comfortable in church and expecting they will just all come through the doors wanting the dead religion that you carry. They want someone to love them, and they want something real. They want power! So let's get off our butts and go show them the true gospel of Christ.
While we were outside I came across an elderly women that had a cane. My translator was talking to someone else and I didn't want to miss a chance for God to show up and heal her. So I stepped out, took a risk and through hand motions asked her if I could pray. I laid my hands on her knees and prayed a short prayer, and the motioned to test it out. As a smile came across her face I knew something was happening. So I prayed again, but when I motioned for her to test it out, the biggest smile exploded on her face as she began to walk with out her cane! She was totally healed! The funny thing was, she just keep walking with her in the air and a huge smile on her face! It was amazing!
Not long after I seen some young students that I wanted to pray for. We went over to them and started to talk. I quickly asked if they have ever seen a Miracle or have felt the presence of God before. All four said no. I then told them to hold out their hands like they were receiving a gift, as they did I asked the Holy Spirit to come. And He did like He always does. Their response was "I feel a weight in my hands". I responded "it's the prison e of God". You could tell by their faces they have never experienced this before. My next question was "do you want to met this man that you are experiencing?" three of the young mens answers were yes! So I lead them to the lord! If I would of given up praying for people and taking risk because of discouragement, then they may of never come to know the Lord. Take big risk, it will always pay off.
My favorite one of the day was when I introduced myself to a couple youth people that were sitting down hanging out. A asked them if they had any pain. One of the youth girls said yes, I have a head ache. So I asked her friend who was sitting next to her to lay hands on her head. Then told him to repeat after me "in the name of Jesus be healed, all pain go". When I asked her how her head felt now, with a big smile and a laugh, she said "all the pain is gone!" it was amazing! Someone that may not even know Christ personally, laid his hands on her and she got healed! They were all so astonished as to what happened they wanted me to pray for them more. They all held their hands out and asked Holy Spirit to come, after they said that they could feel something like waves hitting them! It was Jesus touching them! It really is easier then we think!
As we moved deeper into the heart of the city the more eager I got to minister the gospel of Jesus. I came across a man siting on the street, which you could tell he was homeless. I stopped to pray for him because my heart went out for him. As we started to pray I began to notice many people around us almost getting angry that we were reaching out in compassion to this broken homeless man. You could feel the looks and stares of people as the walked by. My heart went out to him all the more. He was also blind, and we were praying for him to receive his sight. I asked after many times of praying if he could see, each time their were no change. Sometimes this is the hardest thing to work through. When we pray and it seems nothing happens. Some give up in this moment, but let it be your fuel to get fully what Jesus paid for. If I would of gave up after one person didn't get healed when i prayed for them, then all the hundreds of people that i have seen get healed through my hands would still be sick or dead. it's all worth the risk!
After this we went into a giant Catholic Church. I'm mean this thing was the real deal. It had ceilings that went forever with gold from top to bottom and old saint statues everywhere. It was a perfect place for a miracle service! Someone on our team prayed for a deaf women in the church and God opened up her ears! Jesus loves the Catholics!
I decided I wanted to leave the church and go release the goodness of God to the people outside of the church. I mean this is where we are called to anyways. Somehow in our own self-comfort of Christian life, we have redefined reaching and LOVING the lost, to staying comfortable in church and expecting they will just all come through the doors wanting the dead religion that you carry. They want someone to love them, and they want something real. They want power! So let's get off our butts and go show them the true gospel of Christ.
While we were outside I came across an elderly women that had a cane. My translator was talking to someone else and I didn't want to miss a chance for God to show up and heal her. So I stepped out, took a risk and through hand motions asked her if I could pray. I laid my hands on her knees and prayed a short prayer, and the motioned to test it out. As a smile came across her face I knew something was happening. So I prayed again, but when I motioned for her to test it out, the biggest smile exploded on her face as she began to walk with out her cane! She was totally healed! The funny thing was, she just keep walking with her in the air and a huge smile on her face! It was amazing!
Not long after I seen some young students that I wanted to pray for. We went over to them and started to talk. I quickly asked if they have ever seen a Miracle or have felt the presence of God before. All four said no. I then told them to hold out their hands like they were receiving a gift, as they did I asked the Holy Spirit to come. And He did like He always does. Their response was "I feel a weight in my hands". I responded "it's the prison e of God". You could tell by their faces they have never experienced this before. My next question was "do you want to met this man that you are experiencing?" three of the young mens answers were yes! So I lead them to the lord! If I would of given up praying for people and taking risk because of discouragement, then they may of never come to know the Lord. Take big risk, it will always pay off.
My favorite one of the day was when I introduced myself to a couple youth people that were sitting down hanging out. A asked them if they had any pain. One of the youth girls said yes, I have a head ache. So I asked her friend who was sitting next to her to lay hands on her head. Then told him to repeat after me "in the name of Jesus be healed, all pain go". When I asked her how her head felt now, with a big smile and a laugh, she said "all the pain is gone!" it was amazing! Someone that may not even know Christ personally, laid his hands on her and she got healed! They were all so astonished as to what happened they wanted me to pray for them more. They all held their hands out and asked Holy Spirit to come, after they said that they could feel something like waves hitting them! It was Jesus touching them! It really is easier then we think!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Mexician culture
I must say one of my favorite parts of being here is Mexico is being in a culture were no one understands me. It's so much fun being forced to learn a language that I don't know. I have had this young boy attach himself to me all day, but the cool thing is, he speaks no English. This to me causes me great joy, because I'm in an environment that is totally different then what I'm use too. I also love culture so maybe this has a great deal to do With it. I'm beginning to learn short phrases like, "what your name", "my name is..", "you are very drunk on the Holy Spirit". People love the last one! Tomorrow we are going into the city to bring revival on the streets and to play in this wonderful culture of Mexico.
Risk taking
Today has been has been our first full day in Mexico, and what a day it has been. We had three extensive miracle working services today, with many salvations. It was a good day to get what Jesus paid for! I had the privilege of working with the teenagers and young children today also. Although I was felt alittle stretched when I was asked to help out all of a sudden. But hey, we must be ready in and out of season right? If I wasn't pulled out and hung over the edge once and awhile, then how could I ever expect to grow? We must be a people ready to be pushed out of what seems comfortable for us so we may grow into maturity. This also activates our faith muscle, or our risk taking muscle. A question we should all ask ourselves is, how much am I'm stepping out in taking risks? Do I allow myself to be stretched? If you can't remember the last time you stepped out in faith(risk), then the next sick person you see you should pray for them to be healed, and see what happens.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Off to REVIVAL in Mexico
When I wake up this next morning, it's the beginning of a powerful trip to Mexico City, Mexico. It's the start of missions month, and this is when revivalists from Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry are sent out into all parts of the world to bring the ministry of Jesus to people in signs, wonders, and miracles. Many will get healed and many will get saved, and the gospel will be heard across the globe. This is the ministry of Jesus.
I will have a great opportunity to release the gospel in power, the same way Apostle Paul, and our greatest hero, Jesus Christ did while I'm in Mexico. I believe this is what the Church is beginning to grab a hold of. Moving in the Gospel of Jesus. He moved in great power when He was on the earth in His ministry. Jesus said to His disciples "you will do greater things then I have done." Thats a pretty amazing statement! But why don't we see most of the Church moving in this type of power? I believe this is changing! And i can prove this. How would you ask. Its by taking normal people, like me, to Mexico and watching them step out in faith and do the work of Jesus through miracles. But the great thing is we don't have to go to Mexico to see revival.
Just the other day my beautiful girlfriend and I got to pray for a young women on the street walking home from school, who had pain in her head. After she got healed she wanted to met this Man Jesus that just healed her! Thats the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ! I've been realizing how easy it is to partner with what Jesus has already done. Its really easy to lead someone to Jesus when he shows up and reveals Himself through healing. I call this easy Evangelism! People want to know Jesus, they really do, but they don't know it yet. We owe people an encounter with Jesus. Healing is one way of bringing these encounters. Plus if you have the answer to a problem, then why not bring the solution? We have the answer to sickness, and His name is King Jesus!
I just want to say thank you for all that have supported me in these past two years of ministry school. Its because of you that I am able to bring the gospel to the people that need to hear it. Thank you. I will be gone to Mexico city, Mexico from the 12th of march till the 20th. Then i will be gone on the 24th till the 29th to Tecate, Mexico with Eric Johnson for a weekend conference. Please keep me in your prayers as I go to bring revival to Mexico. Thank you again for everyone who has supported me in prayers and finance.
See you in a week...
Revival
Monday, November 29, 2010
Support
Dear Family,
I would like to let you in on what God has been doing in my life these past two years while attending Bethel school of supernatural ministry in Redding California. I pray the glory of God to rest upon you as you read.
A lot has gone on in the past two years and my life is so different from when I first came here. I have seen so many miracles done through my hands in church services and on the streets. The training I've received here at this school has been so practical in my life. I've learned through hands on experience, how to display the raw power of God. I had the chance to go on my first overseas missions trip to the middle east last year, which activated me in doing the same thing Jesus did when He was there 2000 years ago, which was healing and the preaching of the Kingdom. Now here in my second year of school I've been able to go on different ministry trips with leaders from the school who move in incredible power. I was able to go to Joesph, Oregon for a weekend of revival in October. Then in November I had the chance to go to Nebraska for 10 days of revival and saw miracles that I would of never dreamed possible.
The first night before the service as we ministered to a woman, we started to get words of knowledge about her being in a car accident in a brown car 6 years ago . She was amazed at how we knew that about her. She began to tell us that she has a pinched nerve in her neck which causes extreme pain throughout her arms and neck. She also had a metal plate in her neck that she could feel. So we prayed a quick prayer and ashed how she felt. Her response was “ all my pain is being sucked out of my arms”. We asked her to move her neck around. She again said “ all the pain is gone”, she couldn't do that before without extreme pain. So we asked her to check if the metal was still in her neck. She put her hand to her neck and couldn't find the metal plate anymore! God totally healed her and took out the metal plate!
I could keep going for 2 hours just about all the testimonies I saw on that trip alone. I have some posted on my Blog if you want to stay connected to what God is doing in my life. Just go to http://revivallifestyle.blogspot.com/ . Also if you want to hear more I would be more then glad to have a coffee with you or just preach at your church and you could see them first hand. That way you could start to create your own testimonies of the things God has done through you. God is all about working miracles and showing how easy it is to do them, either in the street or in the church, so we as the body can do the same thing. I'm at this school to learn how to do the works of Jesus and in turn go and teach others to do the same. My major in this school is school leadership and planting. I'm learning in this class how to go and plant a school to raise up other leaders, so they may go back to there home towns and bring revival. My heart burns for revival! I was born to see others raised up as revivalists and openly display the raw power of God in every sphere of society. I'm writing this letter because I want to give others a chance to partner with me in this vision to see revival in our home towns and have the Kingdom of God openly displayed in our neighborhoods.
This summer instead of coming home, I went to work for 3 months in Alaska to earn money for the 2010-2011 school year. That money has now run out and I still have $900.00 to pay on my school tuition plus rent, utilities and food. I'm also going on a missions trip to Mexico city, Mexico in march which is $1250.00. Last year when I went to the middle east it cost around $3000.00. Thanks to everyone who sowed into that trip and a big thanks to everyone who poured into me all last year financially. Without you, I could not be accomplishing what I am for God. You are a huge part of seeing my dreams come to pass. I'm experiencing and seeing more for the Kingdom of God now then I thought I would in 10 years. Thanks so much.
Some of the needs I've already mentioned but I want to give you a clear picture of what I'm looking at with numbers for the whole year. I have already gone through 3 months and I still have 6 more months to go. The totals for the year are December through May.
Per month School Missions trip
utilities-$110.00 Tuition(due Nov.30th)- $900.00 due Nov.12th-$125.00
Food- $160.00 due Jan.05th-$650.00
Rent- $270.00 due Feb.18th-$500.00
Total per month-$540.00
total per year(DEC-Jan)-$3240.00 Total- $900.00 Total-$1250.00
Next 6 months
Total per year utilities- $660.00
(Dec-May) Food- $960.00
Rent- $1620.00
Tuition- $900.00
Missions-$1250.00
Total- $5390.00
I just want to say thank you to all that have helped me financially in the past. You are planting into good soil and I know you will reap a great harvest. And for those who want to give into this vision and partner with me in seeing revival, I have a couple ways for you to do that. You can go to https://www.ibssm.org/?action=donate_search and donate it through my school site. When you donate through my schools site, you will receive a tax deduction. However, I will not be able to use that money for food,utilities, or rent. It only goes toward tuition and missions trip. If you would like to donate toward other things, send it to my address in California. My address is:
4440 dogwood lane #1, Redding CA, 96003.
I pray God visits you as you read this letter with impartation and breakthrough in signs, wonders and miracles. Let miracles be really really easy. I pray Gods manifest presence and joy to overcome you. May you become possessed by God! Amen.
Revival,
Matthew Armstrong
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Ten Days of Revival... Nebraska
Today I landed in Nebraska for the start of this ten day revival, and I must say the first night was incredible. It was by far one of the best revival services I've ever been apart of. Tonight I've seen the most miracles in one of the smallest services I've been to. There was only about 40 people attending the service and we had at least 20 different words of knowledge and almost all the people got healed. There where so many miracles that we almost lost track of them all. Some people had 2-4 things get healed in their body. One of the girls on our team called out deaf ear, and this women stood up that had 50% hearing lost in her left ear. She began to pray, and within a couple minutes her ear totally opened up! It was so amazing! She also got healed of vision problems, hip pain, sciatic nerve problems, and arches started to grow where her feet were flat before. She received a total overhaul in her body. Jesus is the best body mechanic!
A couple hours before the meeting, we were all at the host home resting up from our flight, when all of a sudden my right thumb started to throb with pain, And it quickly went away. Knowing that I don't have pain there, I knew it was a word of knowledge for someone that God wanted to heal at the meeting. Later during the meeting I remembered the word of knowledge and spoke it. A lady in the back raised her hand, and it happen to be the pastor of the church! She said it wasn't in pain at that moment but its from arthritis in her hand which makes the thumb throb in pain. So I got the people around her to lay their hands on her and pray. She was not able to test it out at that time cause it was not in pain at that moment, But I believe she was healed.
Tonight I also gave two words of knowledge that I've never gave before, but I knew I was hearing from God, so I took a risk and said them. I had a vision of a nose with an ingrown hair in it or a bump which caused pain and also ingrown toenails. Of coarse no one raised there hands for those but that was understandable. Later after the meeting I was told some people did have both of those words of knowledge. It felt good that I was really hearing from God.
Many miracles where seen tonight like, a man with neck pain for 10 years that had to sleep with special pillows was healed, a womens leg grew out with everyone watching, a women with consent migraines was healed and she also had a lump under her arm for 10 years that disappear. A man that had no hope of living was given hope and felt like a load was taken off. A young man that had problems in his throat, and breathing was totally healed.
One of my favorites tonight was when people started to call others on the phone that they knew had health problems and they where getting healed over the phone. This one girl called her sister because she had scoliosis and she was going to pray for her, but when she got on the phone she felt the Lord tell her not to pray, but to tell her sister to just go and check her back to see if its straight. So she said I will call you back. Calls her back and her sister who had the scoliosis said that she got a friend to look at her back and her back was straight! God healed her back without anyone praying for her! Hes that good!
So much more happened but it would take to long to tell, but I must tell this last story of tonight, and its the best in my book. This happened before the service even began. We where all in the food room just hanging out with the people when we started getting words of knowledge for a lady in the room. Turns out she has a metal plate in her neck from an accident 3 years prier, and her hands are in so much pain all the time that the doctors give her shots to take away the pain. She is unable to move her head all the way back because the pain is so intense. She told us she will have to go in for surgery because of it. We also get words of knowledge about her feet that swell up and a bladder infection. She is total blown away by the accurate words and she lets us pray for her. As we begin to pray she immediately feels heat go through her hands and the pain leaves! So we ask her to move her head back, and still no pain, so we ask her to find the metal plate in her neck, and she cant find the plate anymore! God healed her body of the pain and took out the metal plate in her neck! It happened so fast and so easy we could of almost missed it. God loves to heal so much that He just plans on doing it immediately!
Well this was just the first night of the 10 days of revival, and we have already seen half of the stuff we said we wanted to see before we left for this trip in Redding. God truly starts the journey off where we stop our dreaming, Hes really into doing more then we could ask our think. Hes just a good Daddy...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Joseph Oregon Ministry Trip - The Joy Boom -
So I thought I would make a movie to show you some of what went on in Joseph Oregon instead of write it this time. It makes it more exciting for the both of us! While we were their the team got to see a bunch of churches activated in the prophetic and in healing. Churches united to see revival in their county! It was amazing. We also took them out on the streets to do treasure hunts. We seen miracles and so much Joy released that they will never be the same. Also got to build some amazing friendships with people who have a heart to see revival in their county! Thank you Jesus for all that you did!
Miracle at the Gas Station of Inconvenience
So I'm a little late putting this testimony up, but its never to late to tell of what Jesus has done! This testimony Is one very close to my heart, because I've been pressing in for this for over two years. And on this past Monday night, late at a gas station, tired from a weekend of ministry and a 13 hour drive home, I got that breakthrough!
On 10/25/10 Angie, Nate and I where pulling into the Gas station a couple blocks from my house to fill the car up before we went home. We just got back from a weekend of intense ministry in Joseph, Oregon, and long exhausting 13 hour road trip. We where all pretty played out and just wanted to get home, but as we drove into the station my right side around my stomach started to hurt. This pain came out of no where and I had the thought that it was someones pain at the gas station. I didn't think much of it because I just wanted to be in my bed, but the thought seemed to simply linger in my mind.
We pulled up and got gas, but I stayed in the car. Then Nate noticed a women next to us who's car wouldn't start. Hes yells to her and finds out the battery is dead. Being the loving Christians we are, in the midsts of wanting to go home and climb into our warm, cozy beds, we agreed to help. Well in all seriousness I wanted to just go home, but I'm glad we stayed and help, cause the very thing I've been contending in for years, I could of missed. Theres a good lesson in that alone!
So we got the car started and we shut the hoods, then I was reminded of the pain in my side. I stepped out and took a risk and asked her if she had pain in her right side, and I pointed to my body. She looked at me with shock and said “well yes how did you know, and are you some kind of psyche?” and I said “no, I just love Jesus and sometimes He speaks to me...” and I went on to tell her about the pain in my side that I felt when we drove in, and she began to tell me about the cancer in that area. So I asked if I could pray for her, I knew God was up to something, she said yes. Without having great faith of even feeling the presence of the Lord, I went ahead and prayed a short prayer. Nothing fancy, or even powerful in the natural sense. I just knew God gave me a word of knowledge for this women and He wanted to heal her. She started to sway back and forth, God was doing something. I stopped and asked her what was going on. She said the pain went down! I was so happy and also kinda surprised ,cause I didn't even feel anything. So I asked to pray again. I prayed an even shorter prayer then the first time, and asked her how she felt. She said that the pain went completely away and she described a feeling in her body like a hot iron in her side where the cancer was! I knew in that moment that she was healed, cause in the past whenever someone has felt heat in there body where the sickness or pain was they always got healed! I almost couldn't believe it. The whole process seemed almost effortless. I always had this thought when I see that person get healed of cancer or get pulled out of a wheel chair, it would be because of a long powerful prayer, and I probably would pray for hours and would be most definitely be feeling the presence of God. But I did of felt none of that! It was just so easy! I then realized it doesn't have to be hard, Jesus already paid for it on the cross! We just need to get out of the way and let Him do what He loves to do! Hes really good at His job!
From the time we talked to her to the time we left must have been 20 minutes of straight encounter. But during the time I was praying for this women, Nate and Angie were praying for her daughter in the car. The daughter had a total God encounter also just sitting in the car at the gas station. Nate told her to close her eyes and ask Jesus to come. And when she did, she seen a big white light and said that it felt so safe in that place! She soon accepted Jesus into her life! Come on, praise God!
That whole encounter at the gas station late that night has shown me so much about healing and the nature of God. I see it doesn't have to be such a hard thing. When Jesus healed people He keep to the one liners, “pick up your mat and walk”, “be healed”. Its easier then we think!
I know its been two years of pressing in to see cancer healed, and that can seem like a long time, but it was well worth the wait! I believe this was the first of many people getting healed of cancer through my hands. And I expect them to be easier, if thats even possible, as I keep pressing into His heart. So let me encourage you, if you have been pressing in for a long time to get breakthrough in a curtain area and have not seen it yet, keep going! And be watching around every corner, because your breakthrough may be waiting on a dark night at the gas station of inconvenience.
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