Taste and See

Last week at Barren No More the Lord worked in ways that I had not experienced before in my own walk. I am writing this as someone who was exposed to the real supernatural workings of God only a year ago and up till that point was a member of a conservative church. My first taste of God working was a prophecy spoken over me by Brian Johnson during worship. He said that this week I would be given an opportunity that would move my life in a totally different direction and he also saw me as a writer that would write prophetically. Later when talking to him he found out that I taught Math and told me that he also saw something with math over me but he thought it was just a silly thought. That day before the conference I spoke to my grad advisor and he presented me with a research opportunity in which I would be writing programs and eventually it would lead to a thesis that is on the cutting edge of Math. I do not think these things are a coincidence and I truly believe the Lord is going to show favor in my Math career and prophetically speak to me about this so His kingdom is evident in the Mathematical world. The Lord wants to set up his Kingdom not only in churches and christian culture but he wants his Kingdom to overtake every aspect of the World. Who better to work in a creative field like the arts or sciences then someone who has the Creator living in him and speaking to him all the time.

During the last night of the conference I got to join the Lord in what he was doing and pray for healing in people's bodies. I do not know how I got up to the front calling out words of knowledge I felt during the service, but I was there and the Lord was doing something great. The first woman I prayed for had back pain that comes and goes but was not present at the time. I prayed for her and the presence of the Lord fell on her and she was on the ground before I realized what was happening. The second man I prayed for had pain in his back that went around to his front. The Lord came upon him and took the pain away and he told me that his back felt on fire (which happens sometimes when the Lord heals). He too ended up on the ground. For someone who was experiencing this for the first time this was all really cool. Another lady that I got to pray for had a pain in her shoulder, that went down to her arm. The Lord took away the pain in her shoulder and her arm and her arm was tingling afterward. She also could not hear very well out of one of her ears. I prayed for the ear and the Lord made it pop and at the same time He even popped my ear. She said that she felt like there was something clogging it so I kept praying for her ear and all of the sudden the Lord started popping her ear over and over again until she could hear out of it better than she ever had before.

I am not posting this as some holy person. This was the first time I ever was a part of something like this and I had to apologize multiple times to the people I prayed for because everytime they reported healing I would say, "Nah ah... Really?" The Lord healed those people not because of what they did, but because of how good God is and how much He loves those people. God could have healed without my prayer or laying my hands on those people, but because He loves me so much as His son, he wants me to share in His business and his glory. I hope that this gives you all a taste of how good the Lord Jesus is and gives you a burning hunger to go after the supernatural aspect of the person of God.