Dawna Desilva - SOZO Ministry God is in me for me, but on me for you! Hook into your destiny, then all comes into alignment. If your ministry is not fun, then think about another ministry. Even when you're pushing, it should be fun, even in discouragement, it should be fun. 3Jn 1:2 Beloved, in regard to all things I pray that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. What happens when my soul is not prospering, the equation is out of balance. And when it's out of balance, it's not healthy. God's trump card is GRACE. Joh 14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes on Me, the works that I do he shall do also, and greater works than these he shall do, because I go to My Father. Joh 14:13 And whatever you may ask in My name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Joh 14:14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. When you are prayng and praying for someone and then they die, you put that on the "coat hanger" of mystery. Put all of your failures on the coat rack. The enemy doesnt' want us to do the greater works, he wants to discourage us. Don't buy into the lie of the enemy. Enemy wants to attack your destiny, it's okay, it just means you got one! God wants you in good health and wants you to prosper. WE have many misconceptions inside of us: Ex: "Time heals all wounds." No, it just keeps us from remembering what is destroying us. Lies that we believe from childhood: We dilute the power of the word by our experiences. Ex: 4th time we pray for someone and they don't get healed, we ask why, or ask "what's wrong with me." Our children don't get a junior spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zep 3:17 Jehovah your God is mighty in your midst; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He is silent in His love; He rejoices over you with joyful shout. Zep 3:17 The LORD your God wins victory after victory and is always with you. He celebrates and sings because of you, and he will refresh your life with his love." (He quiets me with His love: peace) He leaps, and twirls and dances over us just because He likes us! The physical mimics the spiritual.
Children & Healing Isa 60:22 The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time. W/O an understanding of what the calling is on this generation you will miss it and revival will not perpetuate itself. Teach them how to worship and they will die for the ONE they love. How far are we removed from recognizing the greatness on our children just as Jesse didn't know that David was destined to be king of Isreal. Quit looking for a father, just start being one. After you teach a child how to worship, teach them how to pray for the sick and prophesy. 1. Model prayer for them. At very least tell them to speak the name of Jesus because it is more powerful than any fancy prayer. Do not disrespect the age of a young child. They are partnering with God, the more we practice, the better we get. We're getting closer and closer to being like Jesus. All the children need is someone to show them what to do. If you want healing revival, include the kids.
Prophetic word for the group: God is going to get the church out of the wheelchair. God is raising up thousands of Todd Bentley's. Just as Todd bought a tent, so God is giving us cities because God has ordained us to take the land. Theresa Dedmon: prophetic artist takes her work to art festivals. Bill tells the story about a Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman. Does he ask the person to buy the vacuum without demonstrating that it truly works? That person would be a fool. This is what the church is asking the world to do. Cultural restraints: -Religious system that says who I am is squealched because we have to fit into a set of beliefs. (If you can draw a straight line you are an artist.) -A message (sermon) is not only with words. Art leaves a picture behind to last and last. Eph 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, Eph 1:18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, Eph 1:19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us, the ones believing according to the working of His mighty strength Eph 1:20 which He worked in Christ in raising Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies, Eph 1:21 far above all principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name being named, not only in this world, but also in the coming age. Eph 1:22 And He has put all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, Eph 1:23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Paul is praying the "eyes of our hearts be enlightend".
Examplw in Eze. when he prays to God to open the eyes of his servant: God wants to open your eyes to see the armies that are with you, not the ones that are against you. God wants to create, and when you create in God's presence it is "very good". We were never meant to copy, we were created to create! WE were born to release heaven in a unique way to encounter God and give it away. God likes who you are or He wouldn't have created you. -Whatever we look to, that's who we become. What are you drawing of yourself? IF you want to transform a nation, give them a picture of what they see. God created out of pleasure. Mat 13:11 Jesus answered: I have explained the secrets about the kingdom of heaven to you, but not to others. Mat 13:12 Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don't have anything will lose even what little they have. God is ready to kick the church out of the church. God is out of the box, One painting can be worth 1,000 sermons. Sickness destroys body, soul and spirit. God uses the Holy Spirit in art to tell a story of God's love and goodness. When art can happen there are encounters, it becomes a gateway for people to see how God really is.
Banning Liebscher leader of "jesus culture". Psa 2:7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. Psa 2:8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Jon 1:1 Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. A whole new breed of revivalist is being raised up on the earth because of God's heart for nations and citites. God is going to give the nations of the Earth to His Son as His inheritance. The book of Jonah is about Ninevah turning to God, God's heart for Ninevah. In the midst of Ninevah's sin, God's heart longs for Ninevah. God's heart is burning for a nation, that's why my heart burns for....(Homestead, etc). So God raises up, separates, sanctifies, and then sends them out. Healing revivalists have got to understand our history. We need to understand our lineage, and what he (revivalist) has gained, "I get what He fought for, we already have it." If we don't understand this, we lose our inheritance and we end up pressing into the place where they already were and had already won. Healing revivalists are going to be released in mass to those who want it. They are being released in the nameless, faceless, selfless and fearless generation. "Power was lost, but it's being restored when we go out. The power is being given to take cities." A prophet word given while in Alexander Dowey's house. God is burning for my city. I am a healing revivalist.
Walk in thanksgiving in what did happen, don't just focus on what didn't happen. When we speak in someone else's church, honor their boundaries, work with relationship, gently push the envelope, don't deny what is happening in your own life. Leak out a little bit at a time if you speak in a series. Know your primary senses in how you are wired to experience God: seeing, feeling, hearing, smelling. Many times one is stronger, but it's good to develop all of the senses. When you pass by a person who needs healing how do you know it's time to pray: anyone is an open legal target. THE GREEEN LIGHT IS ALREADY GIVEN (go into all the world...). Sometimes there is an obvious divine appt. God has already given us the commisision and the anointing. Having fellowship with another Christian is also God. The whole Bride of Christ is being raised up. We don't have to be everybody's solution. We can give ourselves the permission to make it easy. COMDENATION IS NOT MY FRIEND. When the Holy Spirit is flowing, we do not have to "worry" about critters jumping on us as long as we are "leaking" the Holy Spirit. (When a hose is put into muddy water, the only time muddy water goes into the hose is when the hose is turned off and no water is coming out of it!) Set people up for success, not failure. Create a safe environment. Don't be afraid of messes. Don't have to reprimand, we disciple. What about working with people who have addiction? With every addiction there is a lie, ask the Lord what is the truth, where did the addiction begin, find the root, find what's missing and fill it with the Holy Spirit. Pray for a Spirit of Breakthrough, Divine Appts. This is a great way to pray for revival to breakout. We don't need to tell someone when we see a demon on someone, we don't need to expose the person, we're here for the results. Dust off "clingons", the others are critters because that person is believing a lie, take care of the root. You can use SOZO on the street when led to. Taking risks: when you pray for someone and you really thought that person was going to be healed, then they die and the other person says you were a false prophet. That's just living out of the Old Covenant, but we are in the New Covenant of relationship. GET "LIVING IN GRACELAND" by Chris V. One of the key things in life is to RECOGNIZE WE ARE IN A GOD MOMENT. ALL OF HEAVEN IS BACKING US UP!!!! YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ANGELS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVE TO PARTNER WITH US. THE KINGDOM WILL COME (ANGELS ARE IN HEAVEN ALSO AND THEY HAVE ASSIGNMENTS). We don't worship them, just know they are here to minister. Do we commission angels? They belong to Jesus and are here to help us. So before a meeting, whatever, you can ask for angels to be released to do specific stuff. Don't try to fight a battle of offense that is someone else's (especially your own child) when they have not seen the fruit. They are only one encounter away. Pray for them.
Notes from 7/22 afternoon - Paul Manwarring (NOT BILL JOHNSON) THE SUPERNATURAL PASTOR: Learning to pastor from heaven to earth. Apostle is an office . Apostolic is a world view. We were meant to have more than 1 father. A pastor has to have an apostolic world view, but doesnt have to be an apostle. EVERYONE IN THE BIBLE WHO GOT A MIRACLE NEEDED ONE FIRST!! Pastoring from a apostolic mindset = -Pastoring while you wait -" " while they recieve -" " people receive -" until fully recovered Eze 34:4 You have not made the weak strong, nor have you healed the sick, nor have you bound up the broken. You have not brought again those driven away, nor have you sought that which was lost; but you have ruled them with force and with cruelty. Do not reduce pastoring to a place of only providing physical needs: must heal the sick. All 5 fold ministries are supernatural offices. When it comes to praying for healing: Find out what the most distrssing sympton is, start there and procede. Waiting @ the gate: Some people did not get their healing when Jesus passed by the 1st time, but they were waiting at the gate. All of us need to learn to live in the place of divine tension. Body, soul and spirit. Does everyone get healed......not YET!! We have to have tension in order to live. Mental health: the ability to live healthy while chaos is around us. We cannot let revival become routine: example, Salvation Army.
Live in a place of supernatural planning (HS is the supernatural architect, Genesis 1). Prophetic Word creates an energy for the tension to cause activation. Bill: "If you are not a supernatual minister, you are not a minister of the gospel." God is gooder than you think: change the way you think. Learn to roar with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. ********The greatest enemy of a supernatural pastor is the fear of raising a false hope.********
Stopping hoping is what makes you sick. Prov. 13 He heals and sometimes He uses doctors!!!!!!!!!!! Being healed is the deal...doesn't matter who's done it! The Divine Contiuem of Healing: The supernatural is more natural than you think. God lets His goodness pass before Moses...his face shone...which is ACTUALLY the 3rd time Moses is with God!!!!!!!!!!! We cannot leave glory in a supernatural cloud OR we leave it out of touch. We are called to be the carries of this glory. A cut hand healing is directly related to a leg growing out to the correct size. Caring for the very sick in a faith culture.: WE get to do something here on earth that which we cannot do in heaven. WE must worship Him in the midst of our not understanding WHY it's happening. When we get to heaven, we'll still worship Him, but WITH all understanding. It takes incredible courage & energy to live, fight or die. Grief & Faith: grief is normal, and healthy and can lead to faith. Put the stuff that you don't understand in the cloud of His presence. Payback: biblical principle; payback for faithfulness, payback for loss, God is a rewarder of faithfulness Scars: many world class leaders have scars, walk with a limp. God works so closely within what the enemy is doing, this is why so many people want to blame God when they focus on the negative in the event, instead of the positive. Show me the scar and I'll show you the man. 30 Attributes of Supernatural Pators: see attachment They hear God Understand times and seasons Connected with community Pastor from Heaven Create a culture of hope see the whole picture lay down their life and are sources of life they feed themselves on GOOD news, addicts of testimonies they know where their help comes from hearts are filling and giving know the word and spirit honor care givers and doctors NEVER give up respect and honor the sick they don't change their theology to suit circumstances They don't know all the answers and arent' afraid to say so They know their weaknesses and are vulnerable and transparent they know their destinies (Who he is; where he came from; where he is going) They worship and know the goodness of God
They rejoice (Can't be a weeper only) They are hungry for more of God Understand justice (restoration of relationships) Have boundaries, not walls Content Don't walk alone Have a history of faithfulness Lifelong students True sons Notes from 7/22 late afternoon-Bill Johnson Learn to be a person that God will rest upon. He is in all of us, but not on everyone. He is in me for me, but on me for someone else's sake. AS faith increases, the weight of HIs presence increases, aswe are faithful.. He has been given to us without measure...whatever we are willing to jealously guard that is the measure He will give us Faith; authority; responsibility. Learn to host the presence of the HS. Jesus was baptized in water, HS decended and REMAINDED. How do we walk into a room and not have the dove leave: every step is taken with the HS in mind. This is how Peter shadow healed someone. Whatever overshadows me will be in my shadow. WE have to live offensively in order that our surroundings don't overtake us....we overtake it by the power of the HS. Have to stay connected to the PRESENCE, what you are aware of increases. If you know how to worry, you know how to meditate, just change what you are meditating on! When you learn to host the presence of the Lord you end up getting breakthroughs more by accident than by purpose when you weren't aware of the Presence you were carrying. Don't prostitute the relationship...God doesnt' entrust His glory with just anyone. If I try to use His presence to glorify me, or if I use it for healing and He wants to deliver someone, I have prostituted Him. Hoist your sail to find out where the wind is blowing...healing, deliverance, worship, etc. It's good to plan, and principles are good for planning: presence is good for living. Faith comes by hearing, not by what was said. Yesterday's anointing is like yesterday's manna. Hearing comes from the word. As kingdom principles get established in us, sometimes we begin to assume.....like when Peter used the sword just because he had it. Principles are what you fall back on when you stop hearing. They also help you to discern. Presence and voice, one in the same.
When you host the presence, you carry the atmosphere of another world into this one, now that atmosphere has to change. Miracles are the signs of a greater reality....which is the person of JC. WE pray for the sick so that Jesus gets what He paid for. Remove the options that don't include God. When Jesus curses the fig tree, it means that He is the only One that has the right to ask the impossible. So what do we think He excepts of us when He puts that same spirit in us that is in him? Produce fruit out of season. We have an inner knowing that we must produce the impossible. In the ministry of healing: the inspiration that we feel when someone prays for us is the confirmation, but then the "landowner" leaves. It's what you do when the landowner is gone is how you get more, or don't get more. Use the talent when the landowner is gone. Referring to the scriptures when Jesus says that if Sodom and Gomorrah had seen what you have seen they would have repented, Jesus was saying: Miracles are how you turn a sin filled city. Ninevah: an excedingly great city....the devil cannot create, only destroys. A city can only fall into sin in the measure they have been called to greatness. After the Jews rejected Paul, then he went to the Gentiles to make the Jews (church) jealous. To a famished man even the bitter is sweet, this is why some experience revival and some don't. By overfeeding we develop a resistance to what we're trying to impart (Todd Bentley and what the people have said against him) because they are no longer hungry and begin to reject the very food they need. This is why the pharisees did not recognize Jesus, but the prostitutes & tax collectors did notice Him. There is something in the nature of man, that if we do not live conscience of the need of God, we build up a resistance to the thing we need. Don't let your training take the place of your awareness of your need for God. What you know can keep you from remaining in office...recognize when God is shifting, changing, moving. God doesnt contradict his word, but he's comfortable with contradicting our understanding of His word. Luk 19:11 And as they heard these things, He added and spoke a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately. Luk 19:12 Therefore He said, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom for himself, and to return. Luk 19:13 And He called his ten servants and delivered ten minas, and said to them, Trade until I come back. Luk 19:14 But his citizens hated him. And they sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this one to reign over us. Luk 19:15 And when he had received his kingdom and had returned, then it happened that he commanded these servants to be called to him; the ones to whom he had given the silver; so that he might know what each had gained by trading. Luk 19:16 And came the first, saying, Lord, your mina has gained ten minas.
Luk 19:17 And he said to him, Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in a least thing, have authority over ten cities. The moment I prayed for God to save my city, he heard it and released a responsibility to me. He is looking for a breakthrough in the realm of the impossible. The stewardship of the seed releases the answer to the prayer we just prayed. Everything the Lord gives us is to position us for increase and advancement. We are designed to go from glory to glory. Proper watching over the heart gives you advancement in the Kingdom. With the armor of God, there is nothing on our back, we are not designed to turn back. Process is what prepares you for the "and suddenly" events. Jesus lived with such an awareness of the presence, that when the woman who touched His garment, He knew that there was a demand made on the account of that presence. Everything Jesus did was done by one who was in complete righteousness with God....walking in perfect standing with God. Pool of Bethesda: Jesus walked by the pool, there was a crowd, angel stirs the water, Jesus asks the man, what do you want? The guy was healed and the bible celebrates the miracle of the ONE man who got healed. Today, we interview the other 20 who didn't get healed. In a skeptics theology, our doctrine is formed out of what didn't happend. But the bible celebrates what DID happen. Greatest sin is unbelief. Unbelief is coming into agreement with a demonic spirit that wars against the knowledge of God. *****Jesus wasn't trying to show what God could do, he was trying to show what one man can do who is in right relationship with God.****** Our theology must be formed around what Jesus said and what he did, not around what he didn't do. Jesus functioned as a man rightly related to God. He laid aside his divinity so that we could see what he could do through a man. Don't let spiritual failures form our theology. Don't blame God for failures. Jesus Christ is perfect theology; we're required to be like him, not like God. What about Job? We're not called to be like him, we're to be like Jesus. We have a bent toward racionalization that demands an answer even if it's wrong. The problem comes with leadership when we are pressured to have an answer for something that is not understood still. Denominationalism is when people gather around a particular truth. It's better to be drawn together around spiritual mothers and fathers because then we are drawn together because we are family, not because we have to agree about a certain truth. There are absolute truths that are essential, but we all come into truths at different times and progress. We shouldn't create a climate that agreement about a truth is essential for fellowship or when we are not all at the same place in that truth then we can't be a part of that truth. We can't say that Jesus chose not to heal someone when they don't get healed. What we do know is that Jesus paid the price for healing so it's always his will. We sometimes must be at peace understanding that sometimes we just don't know why things happen. We should not be too introspective either. There are a lot of tragic situations that we don't understand, but that shouldn't change what we know to be true.
We will never go inward in perspective and feel better about ourselves; we'll jsut find more junk. Guilt and shame will only motivate us for about a day. A lifestyle anointing creates an atmosphere for the supernatural. We shouldn't be reactive but proactive by our lifestyle. Instant in season and out of season. Proverbs is one of the most profound books of the Bible on healing! We should underline every verse in Proverbs and meditate on them. We should aspire spiritually so that we would see a generation that doesn't ever get sick. The only generation that ever lived like that was the Exodus generation that was in rebellion most of the time against God! The more we learn to host the presence of God determines how much that he trusts us to broker the presence. (release it) We are positioned to release the presence of God to others. That's what we do when we lay hands on people. In us is the Kingdom that is superior to all that is outside that Kingdom. We must turn our heart of affection toward Him. We become so aware of Him (Holy Spirit) that we begin to co-labor with Him instead of asking Him to bless what we are doing. The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus who reveals the Father.
Joaquin Evans: 3 ways to carry god's pres. -Spirit/word ofGod comes alive with us and grips us (active = energy) truth = reality, have an encounter with the information -manifstation -anointing = smeared; become compfortable with it In, On, and Around, you move in the realm of it being in the atmosphere Must enjoy working for God, Enjoy the Process Col 1:19 For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell; Col 1:20 and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace (to be set at one again; meaning the way it was in the garden, to abide and have fellowship. That's why Jesus is our redemer. We line ourselves with the Kingdon instead of vice versa.
Striving and toil are attibutes of the curse. Gen 5 & 6 Destroyer of the curse. Enoch walked with God. Maturity and childlikeness: we must become like children, it's a continual process to become like a joy, children walk in exuberant joy, they dont know how to crry an offense, they are in awe of the world around them, walk in unbridled freedom. Supernatural breakthrough: Foundation for the miraculous: Miraculous power of heaven is meant to draw people in, God is s good, & God and is a good mood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAITH IS SPELLED RISK. What to do when someone doesn't believe in that stuff: give them a prophetic word, word of wisdom, etc. Matth 10:1Mat 10:1 And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Luk 10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: Luk 10:9 and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. Healing, signs and wonders are part of the gospel. this is God's way are telling the world that the KOH is at hand, and all things are possible. We are called to extend love to the world. We are the hands and feet of Jesus. The message is: God is extremely in love with you. Works of good deeds is part of it. But also laying hands on someone in the supermarket. The reality is the KOH is at hand and it's just touched you. Don't miss the need. KOH is a REALITY! When Jesus prayed that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven...Jesus prayed that the KOH would come....Jesus is the doorway. This is caught more than taught. Create an atmosphere of faith where people just show up and God heals them without even being touched Eph 3: Manifold wishom of God, He has over 30 names, He is manifold in all His nature. The question is: What nature of God are you operating or are your becoming familiar with. They are all available. What are we pulling on? Maybe we just need a shift in our perspective. more than healing HE is the healer. Wherever 2 or 3 are gathered......more than just those who are informed of Jesus, but when it comes alive inside of me and the other that I'm with, and we are in agreement, the nature of God shows up and rests in that place. Now the people walk into that place and they get healed.
Luke 7Luk 7:20 And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? Luk 7:21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. Luk 7:22 And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them. Luk 7:23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me. Jesus in response did not break out the Torah, scriptures, etc: He said "Go and tell him what you have seen and heard." At least believe the works. Healing is not just for fun, but part of the message: The KOH has just come near to you. Luke 4 and Mark 6, Jesus quotes Isaiah 61: The SOL is upon me: The only limitation put upon the Lord: In His hometown:Mar 6:1 And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. Mar 6:2 And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and, What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and what mean such mighty works wrought by his hands? Mar 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him. Spirit of offense was upon them. Instead of awe, and wonder, there was offense, and it limited the Spirit to move. How is it that we pray and many things happens, and then it doesnt' happen the next time. We respond..."I dont' know". And DO NOT take on offense, we cannot withdraw from faith. We put our burden back on Jesus, tell Him that I am not the one in charge, don't let offense creep in. Don't take my foot off of the excellator, in a year I'll have more breakthrough, 2 years later even more breakthrough. Act 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know; Jesus was attested to you by God by the MIRACLES SIGNS AND WONDERS! Rom 15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; If we do not have miracles, we do not have the FULL message of the gospel, I've only given it to you in part by preaching only, 1 Th 1:5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake. Miracles, signs and wonders are not the most important thing, Love is. But under the umbrella of love, miracles, signs and wonders, partner with love. I don't have to work y way into a miracle anointing. It is reserved for those who lay down our lives to believe. Create opportunity Go into all the world to preach the gospel Preach the gospel, say little In biblical times, the seed was scattered, then they plowed. The plow followed the seed. God YOU want to do it, I'm just a laid down lover. The bride of Christ is being equipped and raised up to change a city! I do not have to be someones complete and total solution. All we need to offer is the seed, because the plow follows the seed. We take the responisility that doenst belong to us in the 1st place, put it back onto Jesus and dont' try to be the whole solution. Understand the power of blessing that releases the Holy Spirit.
Mar 6:4 And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. Mar 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
**********HONOR RELEASES LIFE!***************** Don't just bring a message....be the message! Be transparent. What we're experiencing doesnt line up with the WOG, it doesnt deny the WOG, we're the one who's wrong. Our striving and performance does not get God to move. God's Goodness & Grace & Glory: It's a process and you don't have to have everything worked out. God is wildly in love w/ me, and I am with Him. Create a culture and environment that our people don't feel a need to perform. Ps 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good. And he's better than I think, so change the way I think. He is good regardless no matter what happens to us. We cannot allow someone else's experience to dictate if God is good or not. God is not angry with me. He is always in a good mood with me. What happened in New Orleans (Katrina) because N. O. is below sea level!!!!! Focusing on His goodness displaces dispair all the time. We must have a revelation of the Father Heart of God. HE IS IN AN EXTREMELY GOOD MOOD!! Offense: How we deal with situations that come into our lives today, determines the fruit of tomorrow. #2 offense: His daughter was born with cerebral palsy. He takes no offense. God is not the author of sickness. God is good all the time! We don't have to try and understand it all. We cannot become interspective because NO ONE comes out smelling nice when they are interspective! It's all about what the Lord has done, not what I've done. Because that's performance Christianity. We have to feast on what God has done, and what He will do, not what He isn't doing. The miracle of healing is always His heart. Deal with internal offenses, because without doing this, it's like having shackles on our legs and we will not be able to go forward. Get over the offense and feast on the goodness. GRACE: Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. ***Justice is getting what we deserve ***Grace is getting what we don't deserve ***Mercy not getting what we deserve Grace is a free gift, more than a ticket out of hell and into heaven Grace is an enpowerment to live a supernatural life
Grace brings us into a place of rest Because it is FINISHED. We contend out of a place of grace, a place of divine empowerment. STRIVING VS CONTENDING: STRIVING IS WHEN CONTENDING IS NO LONGER FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How do we appropriate grace? By faith, not striving and performing. When we fast, it's because we're hungry for HIS presence. I want to know his word today. (WHAT IS FASTING: THE LANDING PAD FOR REVELATION!!!!!!!) If I ever question the will of God to heal someone, then I just look into His eyes and the question is answered. God wants to use us more in revival, more than we want to be used in revival. Release permission not to just have revival..... BE REVIVAL. Let yourself burn for God, you'll have revival. Have your own revival even if no one else wants it. Put a greater emphasis on obedience and revival will come. WE ARE LIGHTS TO THE WORLD....NOT REFLECTORS. WE ARE TRYING TO POLISH THE REFLECTORS....THAT'S PERFORMANCE CHRISTIANITY. THAT TAKES US TO A PLACE OF GOING FROM GLORY TO GLORY WHEN WE CREATE A CULTURE OF GRACE. The glory will fall when we shine our lights. The conditions will never be "right" nor perfect. We still are called to live holy lives. KEY: It's about soaking in His presence and then releasing what He has given us. Have a love chat with Jesus. Jesus, fill me up. Get lost with Him. How do we get faith.....hang out with the FAITHFUL ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soak and leak, soak and leak! This is how healing comes. ***********8Seriousness is not a fruit of the spirit. Cast out the spirit of sobriety. I command you to be drunk in the name of the Lord!*************
Atmosphere of Faith - Joaquin Evans Do the same thing with the SAME faith even if you don't see anything happening at first. Atmosphere marries itself with expectancy, and things begin to happen. Healing rooms: they go after the hardest cases. It became daunty, taxing and teams are dwindling down because the banner over the healing room was come to us and we'll get you healed; so we changed the banner to worship and inviting the presence and glory of God Why do people come to church - connect with jesus -get lost in worship Jesus is the solution, not the condition. Take your eyes off of the condition and put it on the solution. Mar 2:9 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? Mar 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), Mar 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. Mar 2:12 And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. Mar 6:50 for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he straightway spake with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Mar 6:51 And he went up unto them into the boat; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves; they were in shock and awe of God. Get lost in the majesty of God, commune in the presence, have a Jesus party and then God shows up when 2 or more are in agreement, Jesus shows up in their midst and stuff begins to happen and an atmosphere of the tangible presence of God appears - faith. Learn how to get out of God's way. Create an atmosphere of heaven. The glory has no agenda. It just is; be still and know that I am God." The presence of heaven is an increase of the glory, and the anointing comes for healing. Testimonies increase the awe and expectancy, then breakthrough begets breakthrough. Now the waiting room is the Encounter Room. Intercessors now keep the atmosphere in the room stirred up, not looking for warfare. Get rid of what's blocking the entrance into the garden, because we already have access to the garden. "Your kingdom come, your will be done on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN." Awe releases presence which releases power. Pull on the glory until the presence comes then open the doors and let the sick in to be healed.
When you go into prayer, focus on the glory, the presence; for that is the solution, not the condition . Act 5:14 and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of them and women; Act 5:15 insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them. Act 5:16 And there also came together the multitudes from the cities round about Jerusalem, bring sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. Your shadow releases what overshadows you. How did Peter's shadow heal people: Mar 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power. Mar 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them; Mar 9:3 and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. Mar 9:4 And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. Mar 9:5 And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. Mar 9:6 For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid. Mar 9:7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him. What is the connection with Peter's shadow? Peter didn't grow up as a Christian but a Jew. All he knew was the 3 years with Jesus and Him doing His miracles. Jesus leaves to be alone to pray to Father; and then one time Peter and others get to go with Jesus and sees what happens when Jesus was praying....He was transfigured. Jesus walked under an open heaven, He was CLOTHED WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH!!!!!!!!!! Now it's Peter's turn. Go into your prayer closet and get the glory, then take it with you everywhere you go! The word anointing means "smeared". Peter was smeared with His glory.
While treasure hungintg, this is a great opening question: Have you ever asked why God made you? Prayer before going into a public place: "God, who do you love most today?" Then look for the "tag" on that person. God thought up this conference just for you (me). This is a time of intimacy. Definition of Spiritual warfare: healing service that releases the Kingdom of God!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's get out of the box because we serve a boxless God! Taste and see for it is good....that's a spiritual buffet. Learn how to live in a place of continual blessing....by honoring, loving, being a releaser of life. When we say God is looking for a generation...not just the young people, but a whole group of people of all ages....THIS GENERATION! In order to get to new levels, you have to take risks. Models and formulas are good...but relationship is best. God's first language is not English...He's speaking to us many different ways.
God wants to "rest on" a whole generation. WE are called to be in a place where we are stewarding His presence. The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus and remained. FAITH IS RELATIONSHIP. Our faith is directly related to our relationship with God. Isreal walked in unbelief because they started walking backwards and was out of relationship with God. Satan will always question what you thought your heard. ********Jesus was a man in right relationship with God. We are not called to be like God, but to be like Jesus. Jesus set the example of how to be in relationship with God.************* Joh 14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes on Me, the works that I do he shall do also, and greater works than these he shall do, because I go to My Father. (This is Jesus passing the baton.) Joh 14:13 And whatever you may ask in My name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Joh 14:14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. What we are carrying is not just for us. We owe the world an authentic encounter with a real God. Giants were made to fall. This is the way Caleb, Joshua and David viewed life. When a person comes to your meeting who has cancer, get excited! We are all called to have fruit. The fruit comes through relationship. Mar 5:25 And a certain woman who had had an issue of blood twelve years, Mar 5:26 and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and had not been bettered any, but rather came to worse, Mar 5:27 having heard about Jesus, she came in the press behind and touched His garment. Mar 5:28 For she said, If I may but touch only His clothes, I will be cured. Mar 5:29 And instantly the fountain of her blood dried up. And she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. When you pray for someone over and over, do you have the same faith that you had in the beginning? So pray for that person as if it is the fist time. The Father loved Jesus before He ever did the 1st miracle. We are called to be stewards of heaven. After Jesus was baptized and God spoke: "This is My son with whom I am well pleased." He was making a public declaration that this is my son and He has permission to take over the family business. (This was typical Jewish custom when a young boy was coming into manhood.) The gift of faith comes but it demands that my measure of faith grows at that moment and is an invitation to grow. When we encounter God, it's an open invitation to encounter Him again and again. Mar 9:17 And one of the crowd answered and said, Teacher, I have brought my son who has a dumb spirit to You. Mar 9:18 And wherever he seizes him, he dashes him. And he foams and gnashes his teeth and pines away. And I spoke to Your disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not. Mar 9:19 He answered him and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me! Mar 9:20 And they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, the spirit immediately convulsed him. And he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming. Mar 9:21 And He asked his father, How long ago has it been since this came to him? And he said, From childhood.
Mar 9:22 And oftentimes it has cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us. Mar 9:23 Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. JESUS CHRIST IS PERFECT THEOLOGY.
Healing Revival: One person's ceiling is another's floor. Before Bill was a pastor here, he was a pastor at another church, he cries out to God for years, the HS comes. But he did not know how to host the HS and he tried to add the HS to the programs he already had. In six months, the HS was gone. Bill repented, and told the HS he would never do that again. Act 19:1 And it happened in the time Apollos was at Corinth, Paul was passing through the higher parts to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, Act 19:2 he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit is. Act 19:3 And he said to them, Then to what were you baptized? And they said, To John's baptism. Act 19:4 And Paul said, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into Him coming after him, that is, into Jesus Christ. Act 19:5 And hearing, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Act 19:6 And as Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God: Heb 11:6 and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him. Enoch pleased God without a single recorded miracle, but was well pleasing to God because of his faith in God, because of his relationship with God. Which takes a greater activation of faith: leave your chair and ask someone if you can pray for them, or when they got healed?....it takes greater faith to leave your chair. We are to walk with God. We are to partner and co-labor with Him to just step out. There is no such thing as a hard place (spiritually speaking) once you show up. You cannot take a whole city, but with the HS you do the stuff over and over again and look back one year later and see the change. The world is waiting for an encounter with a God that the church only talks about.
The Ultimate Treasure Hunt THE CHURCH SHOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE IT'S ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give away and God will give back in His measure. 1Co 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. The lost don't need a sermon, they need an encounter with God. A person with an encounter will always trump someone with an argument. (Whenever his kids call or come in during a meeting he always allows the interruption because sons get access all of the time, servants dont) Sons and daughters come everynight, servants only on Wednesday night and Sunday morning. We go out into the community not the streets because God wants to save the lawyer, grocery clerk, banker, drug addict, etc. because that's where the God's beloved are. This is to become not an event, but a lifestyle and that's when city wide transformation takes place. - Intercession is not a gift.....it is a responsibility. -Witnessing is not a gift...it is a responsibility. Jesus sent out ALL of the disciples, they ALL healed and ALL preached. To step out in faith, you still have to have the right equipment. but knowing we are anointed way beyond our ability. Core value: When I pray, He comes. And when He comes, He is good and in a good mood!!!!!!!!!! When we miss up it doesn't affect His mood. We don't discipline our children out of anger...so God never disciplines His children in anger. Jesus always had the green to heal. God's nature is that He always wants to heal. His name is Jehovah Rophi, there are 330 names of God just trying to describe Him. If there is ever division in your life it is always from the enemy. The bible doesn't say..."may your Kingdom come." That verb is a declarative state: "Your Kingdom come." Meaning right now! Don't declare that it happened then, declare it as happening now. When we pray that, it happens every time, because we are sons and Daddy is always available to us. So don't rely on what I am seeing, hearing, feeling but on knowing the truth. Just release who we are even when we don't feel the anointing. We are all physicians assistants. It's not just enough to believe that God exists, but HOW He exists!! Revelation comes reading scripture just like looking for "Waldo". W/O it's impossible to please God. It doesn's say without perfection, performance, etc. it's impossible to please God. God rewards RISK (faith) not success. Revival rest is not about taking a vacation, it's about resting from the inside and rest surrounds us.
The harder I try to heal people the less it happens, just rest in being a branch of the vine. Artifical apples are man produced, that is religion. Apart from God we can do nothing, cease all striving. Just takes drinking and leaking, over and over again. In HIS presence there is fullness of joy and the Kingdom is released in joy. Joy is 1/3 of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is righteous, peace and joy. In His presence healing happens. If anyone is thirsty, let him come to ME and drink. We drink from the river that has life. Three rules: Got to get drunk, because drunk people don't have inhabitions, don't care waht they eat, where they sleep They have to stay drunk And they have to get other people drunk How big is the measure of joy that God has? Is it a small bottle, a pitcher. It's without measure. Jesus' measure of joy is without measure. When we receive from his immeasurable source of joy and it overflows from us as we leak everywhere we go. Jesus said I pray that they would have a full measure of my joy in them. Joy is not peace, joy is expressed through laughter. Happiness is joy. God has made us to laugh, with the promise that joy would come in the morning. The church needs to be gladwrapped. Stretched with gladness until there is a permanent smile on them. The Bible says that God laughs. That means continually laughs. He laughs at the plans of the enemy, circumstances, etc. and He laughs because he sees them from His perspective which is in the context of total victory. Even John the Baptist lept with joy from his mother's womb when he came into the presence of Jesus even from his mother's womb. In Hebrew it means that he threw a party and danced. Sometimes we get things so out of order that we want to stop people from laughing in the spirit in church while we think it is holy and in order when someone is crying in church. We say that it is a sign of sensitivity or maturity in the spirit. Joy is a choice. It needs to be cultivated, just like laughter.
Bill Johnson 7/20/08 Evening Service (Night before Hem of His Garment Conf.) (Job 22:28) Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. (Job 22:29) When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save. (Job 22:30) He will deliver even him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
You shall decree a thing and it shall be established for you. My decree solitifies the purpose of God and sets Him into motion on my behalf. ************Our ability to complain reveals our ability to hear the devil's voice.*********************** oh God, help us all! The Lord worked with them (disciples), then through them, confirming the declaration by causing it to come to pass. Pray into a place of faith, then decree it and declare it. Walk with purpose then leave The Presence behind. Outreach and Healing: Power evangelism. There is none (power evangelism) apart from the Holy Spirit and angels. Do we pray for the sick to see another miracle and gain another testimony or do we do it because we love them? We need to have the right motivation. The right motivation is God's motivation. We don't need any more notches in our belts. God heals because He loves. Our motivation must be out of His love working through us. Everything we do needs to be wrapped around the Love of God. God loves people and everything He does is because of His love. Power gifts come from God's love touching people. Testimonies are not what He does through us as much as what He does to others, sometimes through us. God wants to do signs and wonders through our lives, but even more He wants us to become Signs and Wonders. The gift of faith lacks nothing. It doesn't see the present condition, it sees the end result. God wants to challenge us to raise the bar and seek to see miracles, signs, and wonders happen on a level like we have never seen. Seven different ways that the HS can give you a word of knowledge: 1. Feeling pain in your body
When the word of knowledge comes so does faith! Miracles, signs and wonders is to lead people into an authentic encounter with Jesus. 2. Strong impressions. Inner convictions that you know something about a person's health. 3. A mental picture that shows what's going on in someone's life. We can ask God to show us what's going on, we need to pursue that. 4. God highlights something about that person. Can be a highlighted focus on a body part. We need to honor the people we minister to. Treat them like people not projects. We need to ask permission to pray for them. We need to ask permission to lay our hands on them as well. 5. Hearing the Lord speak. God may tell us in our spirit, an impression, about a condition. 6. Dreams We may have dreams about a future event where we will encounter someone with a need. 7. Remembering past testimonies. God may remind us about a past testimony which is directing us to pray for someone at the present time. (Joh 14:12) Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do. How to go to another level in miracles, signs, and wonders: We need to visualize and allow our hearts to dream what we want to happen in our ministry. By doing this we activate faith in our hearts. In our own secret place we can dream about leading people into salvation, healing, raising the dead, deliverance. After we dream, we need to wait with expectation! We sow by dreaming and we reap by expectation. How to lead someone into a triune salvation: Jesus wants to be savior, healer, and deliverer.
Toddlers and Healing: We can catch an understanding of God by watching how he works through infants and toddlers. 1 - 6 year olds are having amazing encounters with God. God is actually using even infants through their laying on of hands to heal people. We need to understand that there is so much that the kids have to offer. We shouldn't just see them as ones that need to be entertained and kept quiet and begin to see them as ministers of the power of God. "Child care" is not what we are looking for, "Children's ministry" is what we are after. Children are also called to heal the sick, raise the dead, get carried away in the Spirit, even have supernatural manifestations and even levitation. Dreams and visions. God wants His voice to be heard through the mouths of children. We teach children by hearing it, seeing it, then doing it. We need to combine the knowledge with experience. The children hear us teach them that they have the Holy Spirit and that He dwells in them. They get an awareness early on about being carriers of the Holy Spirit. Kids are at their best when they feel safe. When they feel safe, there is freedom. We teach our children that God is in a good mood all the time. They hear and believe what we teach. They are like sponges so we have to watch what we expose them to in our beliefs. We model everything before them as we teach them. Jesus always taught by this method. First He taught, then He demonstrated, then He released His disciples to do what He had taught. Many of our staff seek us out so that our kids will pray for them.