May 3 we were up at 4 a.m. PST, flew back from Florida and Joe picked us up at the airport at 3:30 p.m.  We then rested for 10 minutes and I went off to Church.  By the time we were finished and unpacked it was close to one in the morning and we were up for 21 hours-WHEW what a day.

The ANOINTING IS TRANSFERABLE!!!  That is the message of Florida from Todd Bentley and from everyone we met.  When they had the line for anointing senior pastors, it must have been over 1000 deep.  Our goal is to stir up the fire and release the healing and that is exactly what is happening.  At the beginning of service, Theresa had a word that everyone is to intensify their prayer for Linda and myself to receive more of the anointing and because of the expected retribution.  I thank all of you who pray.

As we worshiped, we explained that we are committed to pray for the sick and the anointing began to get heavier and heavier.  We were singing “God is My Redeemer” as waves and waves of glory began to overtake us through the room.  We asked for those who had heat/power coming from their hands and there were about a dozen that came forward.  The rest of the people lined up and received prayer from each of those in line.  We will be setting up a special page on the Blog to document the healings.

With the youth, I gave them a homework assignment.  A major key to our walk with the Lord is to know where in His Word He has us.  In other words, it is impossible for the entire Bible to become part of our life so He feeds us either verses or chapters at a time.  The assignment was to seek the Lord to know what is the verse/chapter that He is working into their life now.

On our trip to Florida, I read an absolutely fascinating book entitled The Told Me Their Stories from the Azusa Street revival.  http://www.amazon.com/They-Told-Me-Their-Stories/dp/0977968804 It was an interview of a young man who lived with many of those who were central figures at Azusa Street.  The young people prior to service would look for those who came in to the building sick, infirmed and in wheelchairs to pray for their healing even before things began.  They would almost compete together to see who could have the most people healed on any given day.  One day a lady brought in over 30 deaf people from a special home where they lived and learned sign language etc.  He asked her if she was willing to be out of a job.  She said sure and everyone of the deaf received their hearing.  AMAZING!

The way I see it from a more modern sense would be from the movie The Lord of the Rings where Gimli and Legolas would compete to see how many demonic Orks they could slay faster.  I see this happening with our youth that there will be such a hunger and zeal that they will be running after the sick to see the glory of God heal and deliver.

Another amazing image from the book is that the glory of God would be so thick that the children could play hide and seek in the cloud.  Nevertheless, neither wind nor other physical means could disperse the cloud - WOW Come Holy Spirit Come

What the Lord spoke to me of my example of humility and seeking Him is that I am to wear a blindfold so that my focus is fully on Him and nothing else.

While we were away for a few days, we were relaxing and seeking the Lord about what He wants to do next.  I heard clearly that we were to begin a late night service starting after 10 p.m. for the hungry, young people seeking God.  We announced its on May 19 to start the following week and we’ve had up to 20+ joining us every week.  Now, they are also coming earlier to be part of the worship and ministry, and it is magnificent what they add with their uncompromising zeal and faith.

My heart is to instruct them on understanding the heavenlies, walking in the Spirit and seeing a release of evangelism on their campuses.  We have had participation from Chapman, Azusa Pacific, Biola, USC, UCLA and Pepperdine plus some younger youth group members from their churches.

The first evening, we set up the furnace and explained what it says in Malachi 4 that the last day would be burning like an oven against the pride of sin.  Uncategorically, we have had the furnace of God come on multiple occasions and sovereignly burn off sins of the generations and other stuff that we could never understand in the natural.  The key is to keep a humble heart and say to Him that you are presenting yourself for His cleansing and that He is to have His way.

We always recognize and look for the Spirit of Elijah to be poured out as it says at the end of Malachi, but preceding that is the burning fire and healing grace.  Without submitting ourselves to His cleansing and healing, the fullness of the Spirit of Elijah cannot be realized.

Speaking of Elijah, last year we had one of those unusual coincidences.  Many of you know and love Paul Cox and what he brings to the Body of Christ.  Here is an interesting story related to his being in our area. Last year when we were meeting in Hawthorne, I saw the mantels of Elijah falling from heaven.  We had a glorious time receiving has His marvelous grace poured out on all of us.  Towards the end of the evening, Dale joined us and was astounded by what was transpiring.  The day before, Paul was at her house (less than 2 miles away) as they were editing his latest book (Dale teaches English and is a valuable resource in such matters).  However, they kept being interrupted and were having difficulty focusing as Paul stated that Elijah was there and his presence was occupying their thoughts.  So, I guess he was in the neighborhood and came by to church to say hello the next night.

Back to the youth briefly for this post: there is such a glorious desire for God in their hearts that it can bring one to tears  This past week, one of the girls was lamenting because she had to go home for the summer and would miss what was happening on Saturday night.  It is hard to imagine a person in college not wanting to go home from school to get away for the summer, but what she was experiencing in the Spirit was so driving her into the arms of the Lord that she looks forward to getting back to school just to come to Saturday’s in Him.

Well, blessings upon you and my next post will be about Florida and the transferable anointing that is touching The Church around the world.

First, allow me to apologize for my protracted absence from keeping us abreast of God’s move within us.  The last few weeks of April saw us caught up in many details as we began teaching a class in releasing prophetic ministry at Jubilee Church in Camarillo and then went to the Florida revival.  Unfortunately, I went to a healing revival and came back with a terrible cold - how ironic.  As a result, my blogging has been very restricted as many of you know I use voice activated software and do not type because of wrist problems.  The cold severely hinders my clarity and boy was it a nasty bug.  Here it is the end of May and I am finally feeling human, though my voice is still not working properly requiring editing as unusual words keep appearing on my screen as I speak.

Linda and I had a few days to get away April 14-16.  We were given two free nights at a resort San Diego.  We went out to the Gaslight District for dinner, walked and rode the tram through the San Diego Zoo and generally relaxed. 

There has an interesting correlation of events that occurred the week of April 13-20.  We began teaching the class in prophecy utilizing books from Bill Hamon’s ministry, Christian International.  At the end of the class, the host informed everyone that Bill Hamon would be ministering the following Sunday evening and we would not be able to meet.  Linda and I had lunch with Bishop Bill on Monday and it was good to see him and the other Christian International ministers.

Linda and I have also been going through a training from Christian Resource Ministries.  This has been one of the most worthwhile endeavors in my Christian walk and I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to find their call in the Lord.  You can find more information at http://www.crmleaders.org/ministries/usministries/iteams/refocusing  We will be taking a group of facilitators through the reFocusing retreat after we conclude our prophetic training.  We then hope to take anyone interested in joining this amazing process.

Well, that’s about it for now, but I will get back to you shortly.

April 12, 2008

Bill Johnson, a friend and prophet from Christian International was with us.  Bill’s comment throughout the evening was his enjoyment in experiencing the heavy presence of God through worship and the continued dwelling of His presence during this time of ministry.  Bill’s message is also available for your listening or downloading pleasure via the Media page. 

Bill is an absolutely amazing prophet.  He began to minister to couples and individuals and it was as if he had read their recent prayer requests to God.  For the next hour, Bill ministerd to person after person with such insight and depth that they came away confirmed, affirmed and prepared for what He has for them next.

Again this week, the prophetic spirit that was moving in the room was unquenchable.  The teams came up to minister to people and wound up in the glory for hours.  I went out for a bite to eat with Bill and got home at 12:25 a.m. which preceded Linda by 15 minutes.

Thank you Jesus

April 5, 2008

Thank you Cindy for arranging for Jeff to join us for the evening.  He was in town to participate in a series of meetings in downtown Los Angeles and was available for Saturday.  Thank you Jeff!

The evening belonged to the Lord as Jeff told us about his encounters with the Seven Spirits of God, angels and other glorious events.  Jeff was given a 50 carat ruby by an angel and I got to hold it while he was describing the meeting.  You could feel the heavenly glory coming from the stone.  We will be linking a picture for your edification (curiosity).

There was such an outpouring of God’s love and glory that Jeff and his traveling companion Chris both remarked to us of the warmth and love that filled the building.

Jeff brought a tremendous message which is available for your listening and downloading pleasure via the Media page.

As Jeff prepared to leave, the Spirit of God was still l moving so powerfully that we brought up prophetic teams who prayed for people for the next hour plus.