Going deep

My second week has flown by. I went to City of Refuge with my small group women this morning. Sitting at the beach we overlooked the shallow water and palm trees on the horizon. What a blessing to be able to wind down after a long and busy week.

Amy Sollars taught about the Holy Spirit this week. We had a time of baptism in the Spirit and she taught on the gifts of the Spirit. My heart was stirred to ask for the gift of Faith and Miracles and Healing. So I asked God for them. Then one of the team leaders came up to me and prayed with me and she prayed for these same gifts over me. I believe that from that moment on I received these gifts.
Today I prayed with another person for an ankle and the ankle was healed! She had been having pain and didn't know where it was coming from. So we just released the healing of Jesus on her. I felt so much joy in my spirit as I prayed for her and I felt like I had just received prayer myself!!! When all the pain was gone she shouted and ran around the cafeteria "I am healed! I am healed!" The other person who prayed with me said that she had never seen something like this before.

My outreach team is already meeting as a 'small group' every week for debriefing times and also to get teaching and training on how to preach the Gospel. We have started practicing on each other. I actually am discovering that I like it! and I didn't know I would. Preaching the Gospel is not just for the 'preacher-type personalities', preaching is for everyone- it's not us who do it anyways, but it's the power of God in us who says what we say and does what we do.

Our daily times in the prayer room are amazing! We have two hours of worship and intercession every day. The over 100 something group of us is starting to unite more during worship and prayer. There have been times when the presence of God was so strong in the room that I felt the warfare the angels were doing. I am also learning that when I intercede for someone or something that I can lay my own feelings and thoughts behind and get into the moment of prayer together with our group. Our personal issues don't determine so much whether or not we can intercede, it is more about surrendering to God in his presence and then aligning myself with his heart for the situation or people we are praying for. I don't pray in my own strength, Holy Spirit prays through me!! I am discovering that I don't have to wait until all my own issues are settled, which could take years, but that I can be a releaser of the Kingdom of Heaven now.

Please pray for me during this time! I am going through a lot of obstacles every day. God is refining me so much. I need strength and hope!!
May His blessing rest on your life, I thank every one of you for your support! You are so awesome!