There is an Elijah showdown on the University of Texas campus today. A Christian student, Lauren Nanson, at UT is in a Shamanism class (they teach that?). On Monday, the teacher (a Shaman) was to display the power of healing.

This student emailed her to see if she could show her rendition (which is Jesus). The teacher complied.

It is a cool thing to see what the LORD is doing on campus.

Her showdown is today at 5pm (?) Central time. May the fire of God fall.

If you feel so led, please pray for her.

Here is the link to her video:

Shamanism Class from Lauren Nanson on Vimeo.

Great grace is being released. This rocks

Raised from the dead!

Here are some amazing views of real-life healings. He really is alive.

Jesus loves Disneyland!

About a month and a half ago, my ministry was confirmed by God and I am so greatful because I really needed it.    Before I tell you of the event that took place, I must back up to the beginning.  I’ll make it as brief as possible.

In 2005 I embarked on a business venture with a friend.  Together we viewed our business – as also a ministry – to help people in the area of health and wellness.  The health and wellness of our churches and nation – is at an all time low – along with the spiritual wellness of so many.  We felt to minister to the spirit – our approach would be to minister to the physical needs also.  (James 2: 15-17)  Unfortunately, the partnership was pitted with many challenges and personal struggles.  It came down to two different visions of how this was to be accomplished – and the friendship suffered from our differences.   Broken hearted and grieving but not able to give up where my heart was leading me - I sold my portion of the business to my partner In June and left In July of 2008.   I wondered how this could happen to two strong Christians.  God showed me that even Paul and Barnabas had a sharp disagreement and separated in Acts 15.   It still hurt badly but made me more sensitive to people who are suffering in relationships.  Something I never have experienced.  (I can’t even imagine the pain of a marriage in strife.)

God gave me a verse during this period of sadness and uncertainty that I held on to.  I study in the New Living Translation and Hebrews 12: 11-13  reads like this:  “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening – it is painful!  But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.    So, take a new grip with your tired hands and stand firm on your shaky legs.  Mark out a straight path for your feet.  Then those who follow you, though they are weak and lame, will not stumble and fall but will become strong.”

I held on to this verse as encouragement from God not to give up but to continue on the path of a health and fitness business and ministry.  I had two strong committments for my business and ministry.  What ever I did had to operate without walls.  That meant – no building – no overhead.  Secondly, it had to be duplicatable and provide business/ministry opportunities for others.  Immediately, God brought a new program model into my path that fullfilled the important health/wellness half of my business.  I had my antenneas up for something on the fitness side that would be more applicable than the rather extreme fitness program I created and loved – but not too many others could or would do.  I needed something anyone and everyone could do and enjoy but I didn’t know exactly what that would be.  Then one day God showed me what it was.  I knew immediately.  It was perfect and people loved it.  It also could operate without a building and no overhead and was duplicatable.  More than that it gave new meaning to the verse he gave me in Hebrews.  The new fitness tool he gave me was Nordic fitness walking where you walk using what looks like ski poles.  It is derived from cross country skiing.  We use our poles on sidewalk routes, nature trails and hiking trails.  I lead the walks and particpants follow on the routes we choose.  So picturing this – apply verses 12 & 13  Take a new grip with your tired hands (on the handles of the poles) – stand firm on your shaky legs (the poles give support) Mark out a straight path for your feet (we walk on paths and trails) and those who follow you though they we weak and lame shall be made strong.  (Many people are physically, mentally and spiritually wounded and crippled – who God wants to heal and my ministry/business is they way I will lead people to God).

That brings me now to the healing on the mountain and Confirmation Day.  It was a Tuesday morning and I had only one person who could walk with me that morning.  We decided to take our Nordic fitness walking poles and hike up to the top of Sawnee Mountain.  My friend Chris was coming with me and I was a little concerned about the trek due to her bad back and knee problems she was trying to recover from.  The poles helped her walk but there was a chance for a stumble or even a fall on this rocky and bumpy trail.  We mistakenly thought it was the National Day of Prayer (which was really on Thursday) - so committed to praying once we reached the top of the mountain.  We climbed without incident to the top and got caught up in taking pictures and the beauty of the view and forgot about praying.  We turned to head back down and a man with a backpack and chair emerged from the trail heading to the top.  Chris jokingly asked him if he was going to camp out up there.  He smiled and said, “No, just going to spend some time with the Lord.”  We immediately remembered we had forgotten to pray and headed back the short distance to the top to find a place to stop and pray.  The man turned around as called out to us, “Excuse me, is one of you having any pain?”  Being the concerned friend and thinking only of my present condition I said, “Oh no, I’m just fine.  I feel great!”  Then Chris spoke up for herself and informed him of her chronic back pain and the shots she has been receiving in her back in an attempt to help it.  The man then asked if he could pray for her.  Now this doesn’t happen every day and my first gut reaction was, “Oh no!  What is this guy up to?  Is he some kind of odd ball?”  We agreed to pray and held hands.  I quickly shot up a distress cry to God asking Him to not let this man be some kind of weirdo and to protect us if he was.  (I wasn’t afraid of him physically – but thought he might be some kind of off beat “spiritual” crackpot.  I’ve met many in my business who think they are healers but have to claim to Christ.)  The man started to pray and it was a beautiful prayer in Jesus’s name asking for healing to the disk in Chris’s back and to send fire into that disk.  We saw no lightening bolts, felt no currents of electricity through our circle of hands – but there was power in his prayer.  After the “Amen” he asked Chris if she felt anything.  She said she didn’t feel any fire but she did feel and tingle in the area of the bad disk.  The man then asked her if there was something she couldn’t do because of her back problem.  She said, “Touch my toes.  I can’t touch my toes without really bad pain.”  The man invited her to give it a try.  She was scared to try from past experience but with a little encouragement from him she bent hesitantly over and touched her toes.  Standing up she said, “It didn’t hurt.”  She was rather stunned and amazed.  He encouraged her to try it one more time.  She said once was enough but again after a bit of encouragement she bent over nearly putting her palms flat on the ground.  We definately rejoiced after that – still stunned and amazed that this could be happening on a Tuesday morning hike at the top of a mountain in little Cumming, GA.  As we thanked him and said good bye – Chris asked him his name to which he simply replied, “John.”  We found a place to pray on the boulders and had a little praise and thank you session with God before we “flew” back down the trail because honestly, we were so excited we hardly remember the hike itself after that.  I just remember Chris telling everyone we met on the way down – if they had anything they needed prayer for to find the guy named John sitting in a chair at the top of the mountian.  We met a lady named Caroline whom we stopped and prayed for who was finding out about her breast cancer treatment the following day.  We trust God took great care of her too!  I wasn’t sure if John was a man or an angel but we were sure God used him to physically touch both of our lives!

Ever since that day I have been sure of the mission God has assigned me.  Now for the rest of the story and the Prophetic Words spoken for me.

This past week – the 3rd week of June 2009 – another one of my fitness walkers and I were on the new section of Greenway being built next to her subdivision.  She is a believer so Chris and I had shared what had happened.  A man came jogging past and instantly I recognized his handsome and kind face.  “That’s was the guy!”  I exclaimed to my friend.  “That was the guy on the mountain!”  I thought – maybe he is a man because I wasn’t sure angels ran for exercise.  I wished I could talk to him.  The next day God blessed me with the opportunity to meet John again.  I was meeting a gal for coffee at Starbucks to discuss some business so as soon as I pulled up to and parked right at the front door – I saw John enter.  This was my opportunity but I felt a little funny about it.  When I entered the shop – I could tell he was looking for someone.  I stepped up to place an order and when I look around our eyes met.  I said, “Your name is John, right?”  He smiled and said “yes”.  He came towards me and I shook his hand and told him how I knew – from our meeting on Sawnee Mountain.  I asked if he had a moment and he graciously accepted.  We sat down and I shared the above story with him except for the part he already knew – when he prayed for Chris.

We talked for a short time and he spoke a word of knowledge for me – which again confirmed my mission for God and gives me much hope.

He shared that he saw me as a speed boat (to which I laughed) and speed boats create a wake which at the boat end is fairly narrow but widens out to create a wake behind the boat.  He said the wake represents the people – who are small in number right now – but soon will widen out to a great number.   This really blessed my heart and described perfectly my hope and prayer for my ministry/business.

I thanked him for sharing that and for not saying he saw me as a canoe – because it has felt like I was paddling a canoe in rough waters for the past few years.

God Bless you John and your ministry!  These are the last days and I believe that many incredible things are going to happen to and through those who seek, trust and serve God in the building of his great Kingdom!

May I be a vessel in your service Dear God and thank you for your servant John who isn’t afraid to put himself out there. Use him mightily and thank you for crossing our paths.   May we all be bold in your service!

Glo Winters. Cumming GA

Ps. 38:23-24 (NLT)  “The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord.  He delights in every detail of their lives.  Though they stumble, they will not fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.”

For the past seven years I have suffered chronic knee pain that has bordered on debilitating.  As a college football player, I have been paying for years of abuse to the joint.  I am 43 years old and have been walking with a limp and excruciating grinding of bone-on-bone pain that I have felt with every step.

I have not been able to sit through a movie or at a table without flexing my knee to loosen it up before I stand.  If I hadn’t, I would most likely fall.  I have visited numerous orthopedic surgeons who told me I have the knee of a 70-year-old.  According to doctors, I am a sure-fire, can’t miss candidate for a knee replacement.  They’ve told me it’s only a matter of time — of when I will give in to the pain.

Today, something miraculous happened to me.  But first, let me go back one week.

I met John Stein at an event one week ago.  We had never met or knew of each other.  I joined a table where he was sitting and before I could introduce myself he said, “you will have a major impact on business owners and helping them make important transitions.”

I had just accepted a position the day before (and hadn’t told anyone) with a company that helps guide businesses in succession planning.  I had been searching for an opportunity for months and had taken all my desires to God and laid them at His feet.  It was confirmed what I had been praying for in regards to my job search.

We agreed to meet at another date, which was today.  As soon as John saw me today, he asked me if I had a toothache.  “No,” I replied.

“Do you have a sore knee?” he asked.

“Yes,” I said.

“Is it arthritic?” John asked.

“Yes. It’s been that way for many years and I feel horrible pain with every step,” I told him.

Then John laid his hands upon my knee and began to pray.  When he had finished, I began to walk with much less of a limp and pain free.  Understand as I write this with tears in my eyes that I had accepted this pain as something I had to live with for the rest of my life.  I believe with all of my heart, that John was sent by our Heavenly Father to minister to my soul, to encourage my spirit and to heal my devastated knee by His love and tremendous grace.  God uses His children in extraordinary ways.

To God be the glory.  Our God is much bigger than any problem, much stronger than a diseased joint;  He is alive and doing miraculous things!

Be Blessed!

Chris Jensen

Cumming, GA

May 7, 2009

“Subject: Thank you for your prayer support and praise reports
Dear intercessors, Monday morning small group teammates, and Monday evening Small Group Teammates  (62 addressees)

“Executive Summary” of Praise Report from Texas Trip

A couple of weeks ago, I requested your prayer coverage during my 10-day trip to Texas (Houston, Austin and San Antonio). The main focus was the Kingdom Economic Summit for Global Transformation (I was to speak during the “Investing in Israel” session).  In summary the whole experience was truly, truly amazing!!    Bottom-line:  this was probably the most heavily saturated period of several days with supernatural Holy Spirit orchestrated and choreographed encounters, connections and occurrences I’ve ever experienced … and which included dramatic healings, a radical conversion (from non-believing Jewish to Christian), and many supernatural prophetic ‘words’.

(Not surprisingly, there was also a 48-hour really bizarre strategic spiritual warfare attack as I was finally arriving back in Jacksonville – a “below the belt” insidious attack by the evil one, which I can share personally with whomever is interested … A happy outcome, fortunately!! Again, your prayer coverage was most effective and appreciated!)

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While the above “Executive Summary” Praise Report represents the “30-second version”, for you who might be interested in a “3-minute version”, please see my summary below, which I emailed to Barb to share at last Monday’s intercessory prayer gathering with our dear intercessors.

In a message dated 4/27/2009 8:55:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, JPerry writes:

Barb,
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“As I am still in Texas, I wanted to send a quick and brief note for Barb to read to you, our dear prayer warriors this morning at your intercessory prayer session.

Thank you for your prayers.  As you’ll see in a moment they obviously have been very, very powerful.  Here are three quick praise reports.

1. Amazing supernatural things started happening immediately at this Kingdom Economic Summit in Austin,Texas.  Within literally the first 15-seconds of walking into the building and room where the registration for the Summit was taking place on Wednesday afternoon, right after our great meeting with my three friends and business associates from Wassila, Alaska, over the couple of hours before registration started, I was drawn immediately to a lady standing against the wall inside the room.  Her name was Donna McNeil.  We both smiled and I could tell by Donna’s name tag that she was on staff for the conference and the first question she asked was, naturally, where was I from.  I said Jacksonville, Florida, and she said “oh yes, Duncan U. Fletcher High School”. I said, yes, that high school is just a few short blocks from our church at Jacksonville Beach.  She then said that her pastor was just at the Ed Silvoso conference in Jacksonville last week,  – I hope Deborah and Debbie are there in intercessory prayer to hear this –
Donna then mentioned again both Ed Silvoso and George Otis Jr. the two main ministry names involved in transformation.
So, that’s the way the 4-day Summit went in the first 60 seconds or so.

2. On Thursday morning, just before the first morning session of the Kingdom Economic Summit, I connected with a young gentleman, John Stein, who was behind a table selling some books right outside of the main conference room.  I saw the Ed Silvoso “Transformation” book sitting on the table and came over to chat with John Stein.  Very soon, John asked if I was having trouble with, or a pain in, my neck and if I wanted prayer.  I recognized that John was a prophetic intercessor with a gift of healing – there were a great many prophetic intercessors at this conference.  He prayed for my neck and gave me several prophetic words (very on-target!).  Long story short, when I then left John Stein and went into the general session, I just knew that I had to introduce Anita Walker to him.  Anita and Bill Walker, together with Rev. Steve and Ginger Hall were the only other people from Jacksonville at this conference in Texas.
Anita has not been able to speak above a whisper over the past 3 years because of severe spasmodic dysphonia, severely affecting her vocal chords.  It has been so severe, that I have not been able to understand hardly anything she says.  As it turned out Anita and Bill came and sat down right behind me in the first general session meeting in the big auditorium.  After the session was over, I told Anita I had someone I wanted to introduce her to.  I escorted here immediately to meet John Stein and then left the two of them. (More to come on this in a moment …)

3. My talk on Thursday afternoon during the “Investing in Israel” session went very well.  I connected before and after my talk with a lady name “Roz” who is planning to move very soon to Israel with her husband.  She was one of the very few Jewish people (non-Christians) among the many hundreds attending this conference – the attendees were all very strong Christians.  After the “Investing in Israel” session Roz and I re-connected and moved to another area of the campus.  While Roz and I were sitting and talking about Israel, including her potentially investing in my company, and after talking together about 20 minutes or so, up comes Anita … TALKING NOT ONLY NORMALLY BUT QUITE LOUDLY.  She was soooooo excited and said that she had called all her family and told them that she had just been healed that morning by the Holy Spirit through John Stein, of course.  I explained to Roz the background around what had happened and what she had just witnessed, and Roz and I proceeded to get even deeper in our discussions over the next 20 minutes or so.

4. The next morning I was talking with Dr. Bruce Cook who is in charge of the conference and with whom we have a formal business agreement – which was about the first talk we had been able to have – when up comes Roz.  Bruce and Roz embraced very strongly and with a great deal of emotion and up comes a photographer named Max out of nowhere and takes their picture.  I was wondering what in the world was happening, when I soon was told that apparently right after Roz and I had talked the previous afternoon when Anita came up with her voice healed and back to normal after 3 years – apparently right after that happened with Roz and Anita and me, Max connects with Roz and leads her to Christ.  A Jew accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior doesn’t happen every day, so this was big news, indeed, at this Summit.

I was blessed in getting to see this supernatural sequence of occurrences. I could write for several hours about many other “divine convergences” that I experienced and was a part of at this amazing Kingdom Economic Summit.  But I’ll close and send this to Barb to read to you, our dear prayer warriors this morning with my thanks and love.  I am also copying Rev Steve Hall for him to pass along to Anita and Bill, and also to Dr. Bruce Cook as a testimony of just the tip of the iceberg of what occurred at his KEYSummit, and to my dear friends from Wasilla Alaska.

Blessings, all!!

… John Perry

I began snoring a couple years ago.  This caused problems with getting real sleep for both my wife and me.  A couple weeks ago I was at Bethel for a 3 day conference.  Being in the presence of the LORD in their prayer building I asked to be freed from snoring.  I immediately felt my throat open wider, wider, wider.  I haven’t snored since.  Thank you Jesus!

Evan Garber, Boulder, CO

Praise the Lord for John for listening to the voice of the Lord on Tuesday afternoon…

I was experiencing significant shooting pains in the lower left hand portion of my back.  John prayed for me and the Lord was kind enough to heal the pain I was experiencing immediately.  It’s been three days and I have not had a re-occurance of any pain in my back.

Praise God for he is Jehovah Raffa – The God who Heals.  Amen.

Ben Goss, Denver, CO

I was at the US Christian Chamber of Commerce a couple of weeks ago and met John. He was doing his 10 second commercial about his business and all I heard was that someone was hurting on their left side and he would like to pray for that person. I was in shock as I heard this as I have been suffering from whiplash as a result of a car accident at the end of May, theleft side of my neck and head had severe burning and I was suffering from disabling headaches. I approached John after the meeting and told him that I believed I was supposed to talk to him, I told him of my accident and the symptoms I was having, he asked if he could pray for me, I said yes, he placed his hand on my head and prayed, then on my neck and prayed. I felt a little better afterward, but nothing earth shattering.  The next day and days to come have been an absolute miracle, no more headaches, no more pain or burning… JESUS heals!!  My chiropractor is in disbelief as I have no more swelling in my neck and I am no longer experiencing any discomfort.  Thank you John for praying for me, thank you for asking Jesus to heal my body, I wish I had done that a lot sooner!!! May God bless you abundantly, I feel blessed to have met you!!!  Thanks again!!

Love in Jesus,

Melissa Montoya, Denver, CO

For several weeks, I sat on the steps at Findlay Park, where we feed the homeless each week.  Once again, I am not the most gifted guitarist YET- but the Lord tells me to go and “change the atmosphere”.  So, I just sing to God.  Roy came by week after week and asked me to play him a song.  He seemed to really enjoy my music, but I knew that God was doing something also.  He shared with me that he had really bad nightmares and I could tell that he was an alcoholic by the smell.  So, I prayed for him that week about his nightmares.  As I was praying, God said to me that He would help him with his drinking if I would pray for that too.  So, I did (it was 4 more days until I was to see him again at Findlay Park)  When I saw him, he asked me what have I been doing to him?  He then told me that for 4 DAYS he hasn’t been able to drink a beer.  (He used to drink 15-20  24 oz beers a day!!!!!!)  Every time he tried, it would come back up!  Praise God!  It was about this time that he asked if he could play my guitar.  My mouth dropped when I heard this guy play.  He can really play.  I asked him if he would teach me how to play like that.  He agreed to teach me guitar.  So, all that week, I prayed for Roy.

I was anxious to see if he was still sober the next week, but I didn’t expect this story.  He told me that someone stole a bunch of things from his tent – and most importantly his guitar.  I was ready to go and buy him another one when he told me that he wasn’t finished with the story.  He told me that the first thing he did when that happened was get a beer and down it really fast, but that was to no avail- it came back up.  Praise God!  After that, he said he heard a voice tell him to go to the Salvation Army.  He was there and telling this guy about what happened to his guitar when a girl, he said he’s never seen before came up to him and asked him if she heard right that someone took his guitar.  She said that she had one to give him.  When she gave it to him, it was in a cheap case and he thought the guitar within was also a cheapy, so it was an awesome surprise when he opened the case to find a Takimini- which the cheapest one is $700.  It is so much better than the one that they took.

Roy has been sober now for about 3 1/2 months.  He has been through extreme withdrawals, but he is still leaning on God.  This is truly a changed man.  He got out of prison back in 2004, after he served time for beating a man with a baseball bat because he spit on him.  Everyone around Findlay Park can’t believe this is the same man.  He never talked to anyone.  He never had any friends.  He is a full-blooded Nachez Indian and had the temper to prove it.   He has such a strong light emitting from him that other homeless people are coming up to him and asking him what drug he’s on.  He simply smiles when he replies” oh, it’s not  a drug, I’ve got Jesus in my heart now!”  God is really using him to wrap His arms around the hopeless in Columbia, SC.

As I have written before, I have a strong heart for the homeless so much so that I spent a week out in a tent on my property.  God was blessed by that sacrifice to go without electricity, water or food just so I could understand what it would be like.  He told me that I can’t be homeless because I have a family, and just because, but He gave me Roy to “infiltrate” the homeless system.  It takes years to know those people and for them to know you and Roy has those connections.  So, the Lord told me to give Roy a $100.  He told me to tell him that he would be accountable to God for 100% of it.  (every penny)  But, God would show him daily where to spend it.  It’s really amazing.  It’s like I am right there to pay for whatever needs show up.  He has bought people socks, gas, food and he’s been instructed to give the rest of the money to the church who is building showers for them to take daily.  GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!

John called yesterday and I was telling him about what God has done for Roy.  I asked him if he had any words for Roy.  He wanted to speak to him on the phone.  When he did,  John had a strong pain in his left ear and his left knee.  Roy was in a bicycle accident that he was recovering from involving his left knee and a gun blasted his left eardrum out.  John prayed for him and Roy says that both of them are healed.  I’ll know more later, because this prayer was just yesterday.

Roy, like everyone in America, was in a lawsuit with the woman that ran him over.  I asked him if he had any hospital bills or serious damage.  He said- no.  Then I asked him if he would rather have the money or his knee healed.  He agreed to drop the pursuit of the money and let God be his sole provider.  This was last week and look what God has already done!  Praise Him!!!!!

Angela Hill, Columbia, SC