OK before I get to many complaints I didn't finish praying til about 12:30 and this was one of the best places to get a meal after 1 am...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Relaxing in Gib
OK in case you where wondering if it was all work and no play from the previous posting... and just to offend a few religious spirits... I've included the following pictures of us relaxing after the meetings...
OK before I get to many complaints I didn't finish praying til about 12:30 and this was one of the best places to get a meal after 1 am...
OK before I get to many complaints I didn't finish praying til about 12:30 and this was one of the best places to get a meal after 1 am...
Great weekend in Gibraltar
Back from my ministry trip to Gibraltar. Over the weekend I took for meetings for a new church, Living Water Church. I thought the focus would be healings but the Holy Spirit took the meetings clearly in a prophetic direction with words of knowledge that helped people to freedom from long term issues.
So on the first night... I gave a general word and had 3 healing words, all three where in the room, but only two people who responded to the word re lower leg pains and issues got obviously healed on the night. we'll have to wait and see re the lady with tumors and there was also a deaf ear but I didn't get a chance to pray for this til Sunday morning.. there were a number of visitors from Spain... as there where only about 40 in the room I went into prophesying for everyone... there were some more physical manifestations as I prophesied and prayed for ailments... one lad of about 16... I prophesied that he hungerered and thirsted for righteousness and would be satisfied... he was agreeing as the translation was given, then the man with him explained that he had an unknown illness that took away his natural appetite... I bound a spirit of infirmity and he fell to the floor... unfortunately he was gone before i finished prophecying for everyone, so I don't know what happened to him.
Several where surprised by connections in the prophecies and their lives... some of these where very personal so I will not post them here, but are a couple of examples would be a lady who's prophecy where all about her battle for hope in the face of dissappointment.. she was agreeing heartily when I felt I should ask her, her name... she said "Nadine" I asked her what it meant... she smiled and said "it means Hope"... another lady came forward I said I felt the word was for her husband as well and I asked if he was there... she said "no" ... then I just found myself saying "no he's at home looking after the children"... she said "yes"... I held up two fingers and said "children"... she said "yes" and I said "and the oldest is the girl" ... she said "wow you're good"... in reality it is Jesus who is good and I just tune in ... her word was all about strengthening the family for a purpose...
As I slept that night I felt the Spirit say I needed to address agreements with the devil the next night... not my usual message as I don't like to give the enemy too much time... There where no vistors Saturday so only about 25 people.. It felt like a battle while speaking... and I called people forward with an opportunity for confession to break agreements with the enemy.. then I would prophecy things about what they should be ...
About half present had confessions some very deep and painful... including.. hatred, murder in the heart, unforgiveness, occult incidents, deep hurts etc several people where experiencing very real deliverances without too much drama... before the meeting I had prayed to bind any demonic presences...
The fruit was felt the next morning ... when the worship really took off... but before that as people arrived Jesus gave me a really sensitive word... I was wondering how to give it without exposing the person when a lady who had had real breakthrough the night before came up as we spoke I knew I should ask her about the word... she looked shocked when I asked.. then as I prayed for her I got a name... I asked her if it meant anything... it was another family member who was the other victim in the incident I had asked her about... we prayed into the event and broke it's power in her Spirit...
These are samples, as said a lot of the words had very personal content so I am being vague in the examples I have given and a couple I wouldn't share at all... but overall it was a time that I had to be really confident in the gift of prophecy ... a coupe of times people confirmed words of knowledge about things that they didn't really want to let go of..
Thank you Jesus ... I know that the church has taken a big step forward... when I first felt Jesus say to go for breaking the bonds of the enemy he took me to some of Jesus healing stories that involved breaking the power of the demonic... one was the lady doubled up who Jesus refers to being bound by Satan for 18 years and another was the deaf mute after which he talks about the need to bind the strong man before plundering his goods. I thought at the time that this would be the breakthrough for some more healings ... but in the end the two parables did seem to sum up what happened in the next two days.
So on the first night... I gave a general word and had 3 healing words, all three where in the room, but only two people who responded to the word re lower leg pains and issues got obviously healed on the night. we'll have to wait and see re the lady with tumors and there was also a deaf ear but I didn't get a chance to pray for this til Sunday morning.. there were a number of visitors from Spain... as there where only about 40 in the room I went into prophesying for everyone... there were some more physical manifestations as I prophesied and prayed for ailments... one lad of about 16... I prophesied that he hungerered and thirsted for righteousness and would be satisfied... he was agreeing as the translation was given, then the man with him explained that he had an unknown illness that took away his natural appetite... I bound a spirit of infirmity and he fell to the floor... unfortunately he was gone before i finished prophecying for everyone, so I don't know what happened to him.
Several where surprised by connections in the prophecies and their lives... some of these where very personal so I will not post them here, but are a couple of examples would be a lady who's prophecy where all about her battle for hope in the face of dissappointment.. she was agreeing heartily when I felt I should ask her, her name... she said "Nadine" I asked her what it meant... she smiled and said "it means Hope"... another lady came forward I said I felt the word was for her husband as well and I asked if he was there... she said "no" ... then I just found myself saying "no he's at home looking after the children"... she said "yes"... I held up two fingers and said "children"... she said "yes" and I said "and the oldest is the girl" ... she said "wow you're good"... in reality it is Jesus who is good and I just tune in ... her word was all about strengthening the family for a purpose...
As I slept that night I felt the Spirit say I needed to address agreements with the devil the next night... not my usual message as I don't like to give the enemy too much time... There where no vistors Saturday so only about 25 people.. It felt like a battle while speaking... and I called people forward with an opportunity for confession to break agreements with the enemy.. then I would prophecy things about what they should be ...
About half present had confessions some very deep and painful... including.. hatred, murder in the heart, unforgiveness, occult incidents, deep hurts etc several people where experiencing very real deliverances without too much drama... before the meeting I had prayed to bind any demonic presences...
The fruit was felt the next morning ... when the worship really took off... but before that as people arrived Jesus gave me a really sensitive word... I was wondering how to give it without exposing the person when a lady who had had real breakthrough the night before came up as we spoke I knew I should ask her about the word... she looked shocked when I asked.. then as I prayed for her I got a name... I asked her if it meant anything... it was another family member who was the other victim in the incident I had asked her about... we prayed into the event and broke it's power in her Spirit...
These are samples, as said a lot of the words had very personal content so I am being vague in the examples I have given and a couple I wouldn't share at all... but overall it was a time that I had to be really confident in the gift of prophecy ... a coupe of times people confirmed words of knowledge about things that they didn't really want to let go of..
Thank you Jesus ... I know that the church has taken a big step forward... when I first felt Jesus say to go for breaking the bonds of the enemy he took me to some of Jesus healing stories that involved breaking the power of the demonic... one was the lady doubled up who Jesus refers to being bound by Satan for 18 years and another was the deaf mute after which he talks about the need to bind the strong man before plundering his goods. I thought at the time that this would be the breakthrough for some more healings ... but in the end the two parables did seem to sum up what happened in the next two days.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Levels of breakthrough
Today I dropped of "The Shack" to the lady with arthritis ... what has this novel got to do with healing?
Well lots of illness are multi-layered and healing requires breakthrough at all layers... arthritis in particular has been shown to links to stress, trauma, anger and unforgiveness. I've seen arthritis healed a handful of times now, sometimes it has been straightforward, you pray and the pain goes... but other times you feel the prompting of the Spirit to release forgiveness to the person, or to ask them to release someone else in forgiveness ... this is much harder because easy forgiveness probably implies that there wasn't much to forgive, just offence taken by one party... when there has been real hurt, injustice and abuse forgiveness really does cost... and so breakthrough is struggle for the individual that needs to forgive
Look at the cross... we say that "to forgive is divine" and that is true... forgiveness connects us to God, but the cross tells us forgiveness is not trivial and even for God it is going to hurt to forgive so for the individual looking for healing through the release of forgiveness it may be a real process, not just a quick prayer...
in 1 John we are told that "we love because he first loved us"... this touches on a key... it is only the input of God into us that allows us to behave in God-like ways... my own personal testimony included someone I hated! I couldn't love them naturally... but I made a decision to tell Father that I knew he loved the person and so he could love them through me.... The relationship changed dramatically...
Anyway... my hope with "The Shack" is that the lady will encounter the love of Father and in this find the strength she needs to forgive too..
On a slightly different tack... I have been thinking today about why some healings are harder to release than others... this was true for Jesus too if you read the gospels carefully... you'll notice sometimes he has do more than other times... even praying twice etc... taking people away from the crowd sometimes and on other occasions just moving through the crowd...
On a personal level I know I see a lot of joint, back, neck, pain healing ... I tend to feel pretty confident in this area... but other things, while I've seen some incredible healings seem more sporadic... gradually I feel like I'm learning the different reasons, spiritual, physical, emotional etc that cause an illness to stick harder to one individual than another... I'm encouraged by the story of Jesus healing the epileptic boy his disciples could not heal... it tells me that it is not arbitrarily down to God whether he heals or not, but whether the wisdom and authority of the disciple is up to the particular situation in hand with it's unique mix of faith, history, spiritual agreement etc... i.e God is consistant and I want to grow...
Finally... because I see a lot of joint healing etc I often don't mention them.... but I thought I would include a "Thank you" note I received a while back as it reminds me that for the individual no healing is insignificant.....
"Hi Chris,
Just wanted to thank you for praying with me on Monday. The good news is that whilst I wasn't instantly healed on Monday, my recovery since then has been dramatic! As from then, my back is about 75% better and I absolutely know that isn't the normal speed of recovery for the amount of damage I had done.
The things that you prayed were so spot on and I know that the Lord fed my spirit in a deep way and prepared the way for what I'm experiencing now. I'm still getting prayer whenever I can (especially from the kids!) and I know beyond doubt that the Lord is going to complete this healing for me. Monday was very significant - thank you! He's an amazing God...."
Well lots of illness are multi-layered and healing requires breakthrough at all layers... arthritis in particular has been shown to links to stress, trauma, anger and unforgiveness. I've seen arthritis healed a handful of times now, sometimes it has been straightforward, you pray and the pain goes... but other times you feel the prompting of the Spirit to release forgiveness to the person, or to ask them to release someone else in forgiveness ... this is much harder because easy forgiveness probably implies that there wasn't much to forgive, just offence taken by one party... when there has been real hurt, injustice and abuse forgiveness really does cost... and so breakthrough is struggle for the individual that needs to forgive
Look at the cross... we say that "to forgive is divine" and that is true... forgiveness connects us to God, but the cross tells us forgiveness is not trivial and even for God it is going to hurt to forgive so for the individual looking for healing through the release of forgiveness it may be a real process, not just a quick prayer...
in 1 John we are told that "we love because he first loved us"... this touches on a key... it is only the input of God into us that allows us to behave in God-like ways... my own personal testimony included someone I hated! I couldn't love them naturally... but I made a decision to tell Father that I knew he loved the person and so he could love them through me.... The relationship changed dramatically...
Anyway... my hope with "The Shack" is that the lady will encounter the love of Father and in this find the strength she needs to forgive too..
On a slightly different tack... I have been thinking today about why some healings are harder to release than others... this was true for Jesus too if you read the gospels carefully... you'll notice sometimes he has do more than other times... even praying twice etc... taking people away from the crowd sometimes and on other occasions just moving through the crowd...
On a personal level I know I see a lot of joint, back, neck, pain healing ... I tend to feel pretty confident in this area... but other things, while I've seen some incredible healings seem more sporadic... gradually I feel like I'm learning the different reasons, spiritual, physical, emotional etc that cause an illness to stick harder to one individual than another... I'm encouraged by the story of Jesus healing the epileptic boy his disciples could not heal... it tells me that it is not arbitrarily down to God whether he heals or not, but whether the wisdom and authority of the disciple is up to the particular situation in hand with it's unique mix of faith, history, spiritual agreement etc... i.e God is consistant and I want to grow...
Finally... because I see a lot of joint healing etc I often don't mention them.... but I thought I would include a "Thank you" note I received a while back as it reminds me that for the individual no healing is insignificant.....
"Hi Chris,
Just wanted to thank you for praying with me on Monday. The good news is that whilst I wasn't instantly healed on Monday, my recovery since then has been dramatic! As from then, my back is about 75% better and I absolutely know that isn't the normal speed of recovery for the amount of damage I had done.
The things that you prayed were so spot on and I know that the Lord fed my spirit in a deep way and prepared the way for what I'm experiencing now. I'm still getting prayer whenever I can (especially from the kids!) and I know beyond doubt that the Lord is going to complete this healing for me. Monday was very significant - thank you! He's an amazing God...."
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Please pray for lady with arthritis
Yesterday I took two students from the Big Year, Flavia and Rosalia to pray for a Seikh lady with very bad arthritis. No instant breakthrough, but we talked about unforgiveness, shared some testimony and arranged for follow up prayer... please join us in praying... I hope to drop off a copy of "The Shack" later today and am looking for a good testimony or small tract on "Forgiveness".
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Testimony from River Church Slough this morning.
I was speaking this morning at Slough, I spoke on the victory of Jesus in us by his Holy Spirit and how this Spirit in us is itching to win victories through us etc... at the end I asked people to find someone they trusted and share an area they where looking to see victory in... which people did...
Aferwards as I was about to leave, John S told me he had asked Paul Lane to pray for his arthritis and he was now walking out pain free...
Thank you Jesus... I prayed for a stranger in London last weekend for arthritis and tomorrow I visit a lady in her home who is the sister of a friend of someone in River who needs healing from arthritis... so this testimony is a faith raiser..
Looking forward to more tonight at the Deeper meeting.
I was speaking this morning at Slough, I spoke on the victory of Jesus in us by his Holy Spirit and how this Spirit in us is itching to win victories through us etc... at the end I asked people to find someone they trusted and share an area they where looking to see victory in... which people did...
Aferwards as I was about to leave, John S told me he had asked Paul Lane to pray for his arthritis and he was now walking out pain free...
Thank you Jesus... I prayed for a stranger in London last weekend for arthritis and tomorrow I visit a lady in her home who is the sister of a friend of someone in River who needs healing from arthritis... so this testimony is a faith raiser..
Looking forward to more tonight at the Deeper meeting.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
A second test from my mobile
Just trying a second way of posting from my phone
Sent from my Nokia phone
Getting back into the habit
Well I've been very remiss in posting stories etc... I guess over the summer I just forgot... but I do want to keep the stories flowing... so a quick review of the last few weeks...
Was at Open Doors Baptist about three weeks ago... there where quite a few basic healings and prophetic words for people, but one stood out, I has a word of knowedge about a bad eye.. and so background on the causes... two ladies responded (there where about 45 people in the room).. At the end of the meeting one of the ladies came forward to testify first on the relevance of the prophetic words given to her and her daughter and then to say that her eye had been healed... she had been seeing a doctor because one eye's vision was "milky", but now it was totally clear... Amen
Then this week at our training school, I gave a word about pain under the ribs... there are 14 on the year and one, Flavia an 18 year old girl from Pakistan responded. I prayed for her and she said maybe it was a bit better, so I said we would pray again.. as I started to pray she blurted out "oh it's gone"... she was surprised she had had the pain for some weeks.
A different type of story... at our Deeper worship meeting, (http://www.riverchurch.org.uk/Groups/75574/River_Church/Events/Revival_Meetings/Revival_Meetings.aspx) last month I had prayed for a lady whos sister has been unable to work because of illness... her insurance company has not been paying and stalling and mortgage debt etc was building up... we prayed for the situation and the Lady from River rang the next day on her sisters behalf, she talked to someone new who asked if they could take on the case for her, she agreed and later that day payments where released including backdated interest.... the lady from the insurers then explained that she had felt oddly touched during the initial phone call and felt she should do all she could... Thank you Jesus!
Anyway, have been asked to pray for an Indian lady with arthritis this Monday, I will take a couple of our students with me too... but if you see this before then please pray for her... we'll just call her Aj for now.
Was at Open Doors Baptist about three weeks ago... there where quite a few basic healings and prophetic words for people, but one stood out, I has a word of knowedge about a bad eye.. and so background on the causes... two ladies responded (there where about 45 people in the room).. At the end of the meeting one of the ladies came forward to testify first on the relevance of the prophetic words given to her and her daughter and then to say that her eye had been healed... she had been seeing a doctor because one eye's vision was "milky", but now it was totally clear... Amen
Then this week at our training school, I gave a word about pain under the ribs... there are 14 on the year and one, Flavia an 18 year old girl from Pakistan responded. I prayed for her and she said maybe it was a bit better, so I said we would pray again.. as I started to pray she blurted out "oh it's gone"... she was surprised she had had the pain for some weeks.
A different type of story... at our Deeper worship meeting, (http://www.riverchurch.org.uk/Groups/75574/River_Church/Events/Revival_Meetings/Revival_Meetings.aspx) last month I had prayed for a lady whos sister has been unable to work because of illness... her insurance company has not been paying and stalling and mortgage debt etc was building up... we prayed for the situation and the Lady from River rang the next day on her sisters behalf, she talked to someone new who asked if they could take on the case for her, she agreed and later that day payments where released including backdated interest.... the lady from the insurers then explained that she had felt oddly touched during the initial phone call and felt she should do all she could... Thank you Jesus!
Anyway, have been asked to pray for an Indian lady with arthritis this Monday, I will take a couple of our students with me too... but if you see this before then please pray for her... we'll just call her Aj for now.
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