Rock-The- Lot, Part 1 continued.....

Jame's Testimony

Rock-The- Lot, Part 2

Leslie's story....

Belonging to God

A little testimony from last night: A small group of us from the Kennewick Healing Rooms were in downtown Kennewick giving out cold water to those on the street passing by (it was hot). I asked a young man (Dominic) passing by if he had a problem with his shoulder or back. He said his shoulder had been messed up for years and it was at a pain level of "10". He let me lay my hands on his shoulder and in about 15 sec all the pain left and he was totally healed. Then I got to tell him about the love that God has for him. It was a short but powerful encounter on the sidewalk. Then his friend walks up and Dominic starts telling his friend that his shoulder is healed. God rocks!

Interesting, but the name, Dominic, means "belonging to God".

Rock-The-Lot

Rock-The-Lot is an annual outreach the church I belong to does for the people in the surrounding neighborhood. We provide free food, games, Christian music, and fellowship in the parking lot of our church. The kids and families from the neighborhood have a great time.

This year, my home group was manning the prayer table. I was expecting great things and had asked Papa God to spiritually, ROCK-THE-LOT! I wanted to see more than just full stomachs.

On the way to the church I received a word of knowledge that a person with a first name starting with the letter “J” was who I needed to look for. At the event I asked a young man named Robbie if he had anything from Holy Spirit as to who needed prayer. He said, “right shoulder-blade.” I had two clues but didn’t know who that person was. No one had come to our prayer table yet so I figured I would look around at the people. I noticed a young man and he was highlighted by Holy Spirit to me. He had a white scull on his hat. Kind of creepy, but it reminded me of an old clue from a previous treasure hunt. I went for it.

His name was James and he had injured his right shoulder blade in a skate board accident. He could hardly move his right arm and was in a lot of pain. After asking me how I knew this stuff about him, he followed me over to the prayer table for a time of ministry.

What happened next rocked us all. I laid my hand on his shoulder, commanded the pain to leave and had him check it out. Within 30 seconds he was totally healed. I decided to go deeper. I had him hold his hands out in front of him and had him pray, “Holy Spirit reveal Jesus to me.” I didn’t touch him at first. I just held my hands over his. He started to feel the presence of Holy Spirit in his hands at first, then up his arms, and then into his whole body. I grabbed his hands so he wouldn’t fall down. What was cool was he was describing what was happening to him as it happened. He said it felt like he was floating in air, he felt so light.

I then led him to Jesus, the greatest of all healings! I prophesied to him that he was like a dry sponge that God was filling up with His presence and that living water was coming in him. The cool thing was about 15 minutes later Bob S., a man from my church, joined us and had the exact same prophetic word for this young man. That meant as much to me as James, as I knew I had heard the voice of God correctly. I was totally ROCKED as was James! After that, James said he had to sit down. “How do you guys do this?” he asked. Bob just happened to have a New Testament bible in his car and gave it to James.

God had set this whole encounter up and he let us partner in what He wanted to do. He had truly Rocked-The-Lot!

Salvador

Pasco has a 4^th of July parade every year. I thought that this year we should celebrate Independence Day with a treasure hunt. Four of us went to a park at the end of the parade route with our “Treasure Maps” filled out with clues (words of knowledge) Holy Spirit had given us. There was so many people in the park it can sometimes be hard to see the individual in the crowd.

Then I spotted a young man in his 20’s sitting on a picnic table away from the crowd. He was wearing a red top and black shorts, two of my clues. He appeared to be gang member. I tried to talk myself out of approaching him because of his tough appearance but I felt compelled to speak to him. The two clues just seemed to match him so well. I walked up to him, informed him of what I was doing, told him he was on my “Treasure Map”, and asked him to look at some of the other clues.

“Does the name Joshua mean anything to you?” I asked. He told me that his best friend was named Joshua and that he was in jail. He said I could pray for his friend, Joshua. Another of our other clues was eye problem. He showed me his swollen, painful eye. He had been stuck in the eye by the police while being arrested. He then told me his probation was revoked and he had to go to jail. “Can I pray for your eye?” I asked. He said go ahead. I held his hand and commanded the eye to be healed. Right before my eyes the swelling went down and all the pain left. Ear problem was also on our maps. He said that he had a painful ear and the pain went all the way down his neck. I had Janette who was with me lay her hand on Salvador’s ear and command the pain to leave. In about 30 seconds he was totally healed. It was the first time Janette had seen a miracle through her hands. Awesome!

I pressed in deeper! I asked Salvador to hold out his hands. I then held my hand about 3 inches above his and invited Holy Spirit to touch Salvador so that he could feel God’s presence. After about 30 seconds I asked him what was going on. Salvador said that someone was holding his hands. I said that it isn’t me, but it was Holy Spirit himself. He was now ready. He wanted this God that had healed him and touched him in such a powerful way. I then had the privilege of leading Salvador to the Lord Jesus for salvation. I told him that even if in jail he could be free on the inside.

Salvador was just one of three people touched that morning. The other members of the group ministered to two ladies resulting in another healing and a lady getting whacked by Papa God’s love.

Short Leg

Julie and I were greeting people this Sunday morning at our church so I decided to fill out a small treasure map to practice treasure hunting the people coming to church. What a good way to practice hearing from God.

I wrote my clues on a small slip of paper and put it in my pocket. The clues were woman, brown hair, solid colored top, name that started with a M______, and short leg. How was I going to find someone with a short leg? I didn’t know how that was going to work.

As the people were coming in I noticed a lady that had a solid colored top. She also had brown hair. Three clues so far. I missed the name though, as her name was Andrea. Then a thought entered my mind. I asked Andrea if she had hip pain. She said yes she did. She had fallen and hurt her hip. I asked my wife to help me pray with Andrea. After having her sit in a chair in the foyer I checked the length of her legs. Sure enough, one leg was ½ in shorter than the other. I commanded the leg to grow and in 30 seconds both legs were the same length. I then had her stand and check out her hip by moving it around. The pain was gone! We then got to share God’s love with Andrea. We told her she was on God’s mind and He loved her so much.

Greeting can be more that just handing out a church bulletin if we listen to Holy Spirit, and a lot of fun.

Serious Like A Heart Attack

April 14, 2011

Thursday night at the Healing Rooms in downtown Kennewick and no one wants to go out treasure hunting with me. I wonder why; its cold and the gusty wind makes it feel colder. I should have worn a warmer coat. I wanted to stay inside but felt that I must go out. It seems like a mini-revival is starting on the streets down here and I had to see what God was up to tonight. Awesome, Roger didn’t want to see me go out alone so he decided to join me.

We listened for the clues (words of knowledge) that Holy Spirit gave us and wrote them down on our treasure maps. The ones I’ll share about are black on top, daughter, black and white hat, ball cap, lower back pain and a name J_ _ _ . At the door I asked Brett, one of the Healing Rooms leaders, “Which way should we go - left or right?” He thought for a second, and said, “left”.

We turned left, went half a block, and found a couple that matched some of our clues. As Roger approached them, one of them asked him, “Are you treasure hunting?” He said yes, and they said, “We don’t want any.” Not too good of a start. L We kept walking west, crossed the street across from the Sports Page tavern, and then we noticed a person at the end of the block that was wearing black on top.

It turned out to be three guys gathered in a doorway trying to get out of the wind. The guy on the left was black, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt; definitely black on top.  The guy on the right was also in black with a black and white hat, a ball cap.  We had found our treasure.  What happened next was the mind blower.  Two weeks before Cindy and I had found this same young man, Matt, along with two other guys named Levi and Shannon.  Matt had split as soon as he found out they were the treasure and we wanted to pray for them.  Levi and Shannon both had an encounter with Holy Spirit and then went and told him what happened.  I told them to tell Matt that he could run but he couldn’t hide, God had his number.

Now fast forward and this same young man, Matt, is saying, “I can’t believe it’s you!  Oh man!”  At the same time Roger is talking to the black man whose name was Albert explaining what we are doing and how we had his description.  It was apparent that we were focusing on Albert so Matt said “I’m not leaving this time, I gotta see this”.  We then asked if any of the letters we had for names fit any of them.  The black guy, Albert, said he had a daughter whose name started with a “J”, her name is “JAEL”.  We then showed him that on our maps we had the clue of “J” followed by three dashes for his daughter’s name.  I told him we could fill in his daughters name right there.  I then said he really felt like somebody might have something going on that concerned a daughter. Albert was then going “oh man, oh man”.  “I’m from New York and I’m here because I have a one year old daughter by a woman here in Kennewick”.  We queried a little more about the relationship and he proceeds to tell us it was really rocky and he and the mother were at odds most of the time.  We asked if we could pray for him and he said yes.   It was pretty obvious he had been raised to be respectful as he was very well mannered.  Roger prayed for him first and then I prayed...  The tears were running down his face like a flood.  When we were done we blessed him and then he said he had to go inside to use the restroom (maybe gather his composure?)  The guy in the back split with him and then we turned out attention to the young guy, Matt.  As we talked to him about what had happened two weeks ago and what had just happened, Roger asked if he needed prayer.  He said his back had been hurting ever since that night two weeks ago.  Roger then showed him his treasure map with lower back on it; he said “how do you guys do that?”  We explained we don’t do anything, God does it.  So I asked if I could pray for him.  He consented and after a fairly short prayer I asked him to check out his back.  He did and was in shock, the pain had left.

I then laid out the plan of salvation, asked if I could pray for him again, and then I stretched my hands out over his hands and prayed. Suddenly his mood had changed; he was no longer flippant and laughing; he was serious like a heart attack.  His face was dead serious.  I then asked him if he would like to receive the same Jesus who healed his back and whose power he had felt in his hands and he said, “yes.”  I then led him in prayer to receive Jesus.  We then invited him down to the Bridge Church the next Thursday for a bible and more prayer.

What just happened? God had showed up again and His presence manifested on the sidewalks of downtown Kennewick. I don’t feel so cold now!