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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Pastor Randy got this report from Pastor Raymond England at Trinity Lighthouse. You gotta love the Kingdom!
We invited Summit to come and bring the fire of revival they were experiencing to our church. They came and a word was given to my wife that the 34 years we had been pastoring had ruined her suspension and that God was about to redo her suspension and equip her so the last days of her ministry would be the best days. The word continued with God is giving you “Mercedes Suspension”.
We had dinner with my wife’s brother and wife on Tuesday evening. They began questioning her on her “new make up” saying, “you look so young,” and “what are you doing?” I’m not sure we ever did convince her sister-in-law that God touched her on Sunday night and that was the reason for her youthful appearance. She has felt so much better this week.
Praise God!!
Tags:answered prayer, Kingdom, restoration
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
I wanted to let you know about what happened at Trinity Lighthouse in Denison Sunday night. Brother Raymond asked me to come and preach after he had been here for a sectional meeting. At that meeting we had a prayer time for the pastors and again I had invited several of our family to join us not knowing that they would be praying for the pastors. We began to share the testimonies of the miracles that had been happening in our services and on the streets when we went on treasure hunts and God showed up and showed off in our sectional meeting. The next week Pastor Raymond called me and asked me to come and bring the fire we were experiencing here.
I told the congregation that I had been invited to come and impart the revival fire and that I needed a team to go with me and the church family is my team. We began praying about the meeting 6 weeks ago and we went up this past Sunday night. We ended up with 45 people from Summit going up with us.
Here is a snap shot of what happened…
In the music portion Brian Moyer released a testimony of a treasure hunt he had gone on, two ruptured discs were healed at Wal-Mart, I then stood and released the testimony of Scoliosis being healed at the Holy Spirit Conference and called for anyone with Scoliosis or a back problem to come forward for healing. One young lady came forward with Scoliosis and God healed her as I was calling out other maladies. When the shout went up I turned and asked what was going on. She stated that her back bone that had been in the shape of an “S” was now straight. When I questioned her as to how she knew she snapped at me and said, “Listen I know what a crooked spine feels like and now I know what a straight one feels like, I am healed.” We had a Chiropractor on our team and I had him examine her and he said the spine appeared to be as straight as could be.
This opened a flood of healing. Arthritis in a hand was healed, Deaf ears began to hear, blind eyes began to see, 6 hips were relieved of pain, depression and anxiety lifted with several stating they felt the darkness lift, asthma was healed, legs were lengthened, 2 cases of scoliosis were healed. I release another testimony about a rotator cuff being healed during worship and the Children’s pastor’s wife said, “I will take that for myself” and she was healed, no pain and full range of motion was restored. One lady had feeling restored to her finger tips. She had not been able to feel anything and was feeling different textures before the night was done.
WOW!
God showed up and showed off. The presence was tangible and everyone was touched. There were people all over the floor being prayed for, several people who had come in with depression even looked different when they left. It was a GREAT NIGHT!
Tags:answered prayer, arthritis, asthma, back pain, deafness, depression, Kingdom, miracle, outreach, rotator cuff, scoliosis, Testimony
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
What’s the GOOD NEWS?
We always begin our staff meetings with reports of what God has been doing. Here’s the latest.
- We had 38 visitors on Sunday morning.
- We received great reports from Northpointe church and Folic that their services were totally rocked and there were healings and the Spirit was moving.
- At the Holy Spirit Conference this past weekend, there was a couple that attended and God did an awesome work. Here is a little bit of their story. He had just revealed to her 2 days earlier that he had an affair. They have 3 children and the oldest who is a pre-teen realized something was up, He asked his mom if everything was OK. She said, no it isn’t but I know it will be OK. While they were here at the conference God helped restore the relationship and she actually said she feels NO anger. On Saturday she talked to her son and he asked how she was and she was able to tell him that everything was doing good and it was going to be alright. He told her that he was praying and she was able to tell him that his prayers worked.
Another cool thing that happened is that Alisha got a word for her, she felt like she was to give her a name tag that said Princess and that God was giving her a new name. When Alisha gave her the name tag she burst into tears and told Alisha that she was praying for a new name but she felt like God said He would bring it to her. WOW! Isn’t God Cool!
- Sunday morning we had 1 saved and 2 filled with the spirit with the evidence of tongues.
- Someone said that Sunday morning she felt a boulder that had been present in her life for 12 years had been removed.
- Amber was healed of back pain after the word of knowledge came forth Sunday morning.
- Kalin’s broken toe was healed
- A word was given to call people and pray for them over the phone. Anna a friend who has been diagnosed with Bi-Polar and after we prayed for her she said, ” I feel Happy.” Also Sharon called her mom who was suffering with terrible knee pain. After they prayed she felt the spirit all the way in California and she was walking around and crying. Totally Healed!
- Linda’s Back was healed
- Amy O. was healed of Scoliosis and rheumatoid arthritis! At lunch after service, she said, “My finger hurts, and I am so happy!” When she was asked her if she wanted prayer for it and she said, “No, I have been in so much pain that i didn’t even notice that my finger hurt, but now all the other pain is gone I can feel it. I like this pain. It makes me happy!”
Tags:answered prayer, arthritis, back pain, broken toe, healing, Holy Spirit, marriage, pain, physical healing, prayer by phone, relationships, salvation, scoliosis, staff meeting, Testimony
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
What’s the GOOD NEWS?
We always begin our staff meetings with reports of what God has been doing. Here’s the latest.
- Russ and Hutch both had their kids call on Father’s Day. Praise God for renewed connections!
- Sandra’s parents have had 2 close encounters with car accidents, and they said they believed God moved the car out of harm’s way.
- Javed is starting to realize his discernment and starting to act on it!
- Sharon had a headache on Sunday and after a word of knowledge about God healing headaches, it was!
- Karen’s shoulder was prayed for and it is greatly improved in range of motion. She also received her prayer language!
- Christy was experiencing stomach pains and she recognized it as a word of knowledge so she spoke it out and when Sandra went to pray with her, Christy told her that she thought it was for someone in their family. Sandra’s mom, scheduled for surgery soon, has (well, had) cysts on her ovaries and all that weekend was feeling sick all weekend. When they talked to her on Monday and she said she felt good!
- Debra and Ladene were both healed of stomach complaints!
- Mark was still having pain from lymphoma and when we were done praying for him he was pain free!
- Micah’s shoulder was healed!
- Briana & Noah were both healed of headaches!
- Luis received a report that there are no more masses on his liver!
- Ginger had tendinitis in her right arm and Karen (who’s shoulder was just healed) prayed for her and she was completely healed!
- Amber’s Dad was healed of stomach issue!
- Debra and Catalina are both receiving a financial settlement
- Jeff is starting to see those things that were plundered from him returned!
Tags:discernment, finances, headache, healing, Holy Spirit, lymphoma, restoration, shoulder, staff meeting, stomach, tendonitis, Testimony, word of knowlege, wrist
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Here is a list of the testimonies from the past Sunday service time in the altar. There were two rounds of healing and here is what God did…
- Becca’s stomach was healed
- Crystal’s shoulder, wrists, and back were healed
- Terry’s elbow was healed
- Troy’s back was healed
- Lee’s hand was healed
These are some additional reports we have received about what God is doing lately…
- Bernice received a report about a month ago that her white blood cell count was high and there were white blood cells in her urine. Their first Sunday here someone gave a word of knowledge that God wanted to heal blood disorders. We prayed for her and this past week she received another report that everything was normal!
- David and Debbie’s daughter who was an addict and in jail has been released and she is healthy, going to church, and has a job that she is excelling in. God has turned her life around.
- Debbie’s father was diagnosed with lymphoma. Recently he went in and the Doctors told him that the cancer cells had not grown any, in fact the may have even shrunk. The doctor was not able to say he was in remission but they are going to do one more round of chemo. So keep him in your prayers!
- David has been mentoring Ronnie who is in Eastham unit in Lovelady TX. One Sunday David had a strong burden for him, so he prayed and when they had a chance to talk, David asked what happened that day. Ronnie told him that on that day there was a motorcycle group that was there and God showed up.
There were gang members laying down their colors, homosexuals laying down their lifestyles and many people were saved. Ronnie teaches a
bible study and his class attendance in now at 47! Praise God!
- The church van’s air conditioner which was not working has begun working again! God cares about the things that matter to us!!!
Tags:addiction, answered prayer, back pain, blood, cancer, elbow, finances, hand, healing, lymphoma, restoration, shoulder, stomach, Testimony, wrist
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
God is always doing something. We can see it and participate with Him if we are paying attention to what He shows us.
Here’s a report from Regina on some of the things God has been using her for recently.
I just wanted to give you a quick update on what God has been doing.
I talked to my Mom yesterday and she got the test results back from her blood work and it came back normal. She explained that her blood work hasn’t been normal in two years. She was in stage three renal failure and her liver enzymes were high. She said everything in her blood that was abnormal is now normal again. Praise God; he is restoring my Mother. The healing that is taking place is also bringing my Step-Father closer to him; he is starting to have faith. God is so good!
Gail and I have been praying for the restoration of her family. God has given me visions and I know the healing is taking place. We had a breakthrough yesterday and Zack agreed to go to rehab. The steps that lead Gail to the rehab facility and the counselor was all God. The work God has been doing on Zack’s heart and preparing him to accept the help offered is truly a miracle. The kids had been at odds with each other and they all came together and his sisters drove him to the rehab facility. Gail said it couldn’t have gone smoother and the kids were healing their relationship with each other and closer than they have been in years. God is so good and so faithful to his promises. Even when we can’t see what is going on behind the scenes he is paving the way for the healing.
Yesterday the Holy Spirit highlighted someone to me that needed a healing and we gathered in his office this morning to pray for the ACL tear in his left knee. As we prayed God healed his knee. I asked if he could feel something and he said yes I actually can feel a sensation. I told him the healing will be confirmed by his doctors because he is supposed to go in for surgery in the morning. I said don’t be surprised if they put you under but discover that there is nothing to do. Give God all the glory that your testimony will cause others to seek out God’s healing in their life.
There are so many more testimonies to tell you about but those are the three that I want to highlight and say Praise God for his kindness and mercy. Thank you Lord for your healings and everything you allow me to be part of to bring Glory to your Holy Name.
Tags:ACL, blood, physical healing, rehab, restoration, Testimony
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
The testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy . (Rev. 19:10)
- Linda’s back was hurting her on Saturday and Russ laid his hands on her and he could feel the inflammation go down and the pain left her. Also she has had confirmation that she is hearing form God.
- There are people who are starting to get excited about getting a cash flow plan in working order.
- There are reports of dyslexia and autism being healed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Ashley has an interview tomorrow at 10 for a promotion!
- The number 1 radio station in Turkey (a 99% Muslim nation) is a Christian radio station.
- In Turkey there are limbs growing out and tumors disappearing!
- Brian and Jessica’s mortgage payment was reduced!
- A few people told Joel on Sunday that when they walked into the sanctuary the smelled something sweet! The presence in such a sweet smell!
For those who might be wondering why we are including reports of what is going on in Turkey: we believe that if God can do it there, He can do it here! We will testify of what God has done no matter where it happens, and always say, “Do it again, God!!“
Tags:autism, back pain, dyslexia, finances, healing, staff meeting, Testimony, Turkey
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Denis went to Dallas to minister to the homeless. Here’s a report of what happened.
I went down to minister to the homeless of Dallas. We had around 40 show up for the service. We had them in a circle for prayer and I went around breaking the spirit of addiction off of all those in the circle.
There was one man who had been shot in the arm and was having problems moving his
fingers. I prayed for him and his fingers started moving better.
I took a friend, Tyrone, who had been a pastor before but had taken a back seat and was sitting out of the war. The minute we started praying Tyrone stepped up and began to pray for people and the Spirit of God hit him and there was real renewal of destiny. Tyrone will fulfill his
God given destiny.
Tags:answered prayer, destiny, healing, homeless, outreach, renewed faith, Testimony
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Here’s another story about God using a member of our body to speak life into someone.
I work with a young lady named Stephanie. She was crying and I asked her what was up. She said the Dr. had told her that her liver was shutting down and she probably only had a couple of months to live. I asked her if I could pray for her and she said yes. I prayed for her and she was still upset but had stopped crying.
After praying for her I didn’t see her again until this month, April 7th or so. She looked good, had color in her face and I asked her how she was doing. “Well I have just gotten removed from where I live and need a place to live.” Then she smiled and I asked her about how she was doing physically. She smiled and said she had just spent two days in the hospital. They had run tests for the two days and the Dr. couldn’t find anything wrong with her. She smiled again and said she knew God had healed her!!!
Yea God!!!
Tags:answered prayer, healing, liver, physical healing, Testimony
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
God even restores relationships that have been broken for a long time… Thank you Regina for sharing this testimony of hope.
Over the last few weeks God has made so many changes in my life. One of the things he wanted me to do was go to my mother and ask her for forgiveness. I cut her out of my life about seven years ago. God was very clear when he spoke to me about honoring my mother and my father. Wanting to be obedient to him I called and asked her for forgiveness.
She was very receiptive and was so happy that I wanted to have a relationship with her again. I asked if I could come see her; and that turned happiness to joy. God was clear that he wanted me to go see her and that my kids were to be part of it. They need to see what forgiveness looks like. God had put Easter weekend as the time to go. We didn’t have the funds to go on this trip but I knew God would provide. Taking a step of faith I started making reservations and told my mother I would let her know the details in a few days. True to his word, God provided the funds for us to go.
We arrived on Good Friday and we hugged, kissed and cried. I spent the weekend sharing with my mom what God has been doing in my life. During one of the times I was sharing she told me that she had stopped believing in God. I was really surprised because she grew up in church as a child and young adult. Her father was a pastor and I couldn’t imagine her not believing. She told me she stopped because she couldn’t imagine that if there was a God he would allow all the pain and hurt to happen to us in the past. The loss of the relationship with her kids was just too much. I shared with her what I see when I look back on my life and how I always knew Jesus was with me. Through the darkest times of my life he never left my side. I can look back now and see how the experiences I had as a child and teenager has molded into the person I am today. She told me that since I see it that way that she can start to believe in God again.
Before we left to come back home I asked if Bryan and I could pray for her. She said yes, so we prayed and part of my prayer was that God would heal her and give her strength. I want her to see herself the way God sees her. I shared with her that we need to let go of the guilt and pain of the past so it doesn’t hold us back from what God wants to do in our life. God not only restored my relationship with my mother; he also is using that restoration to restore her back to him. My mother emailed me on 4/14 and is interested in listening to the pod cast on the church website. I can’t promise that asking for forgiveness will always look like this, but I do know that by obeying God and having him plan everything out is so much sweeter than anything I could have ever tried to do myself. I hope this message blesses someone and gives them hope of what God can do and wants to do for us. I never asked this for myself out of ignorance; but God knows what was best for me.
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