Tonight I've just been reflecting on the past two weeks and God has just proved himself so good, faithful, and powerful! I thought I would share. I've been praying for the supernatural a long time. I believe it, I've seen it, and I've desired it but I've never experienced it for myself. Man has that changed!
I guess this story starts last Monday September 27, 2010 when a two ladies were praying over me and then after about five minutes, one of them asked me if I had any kind of sexual addictions. I said yes and she said that God had been speaking to her for five minutes that I was free. She said he bound it up and threw it into Hell! And He did! I had been doing better before, a lot better, but God has better plans. He never meant for us to struggle with some sin and repent, fail, repent, fail, repent, fail, and repent again. That is slavery not freedom. God freed me through his Spirit in an instant and I don't even have desire for it anymore! Living in freedom is amazing
Tuesday nigth rolls around and I got off work super early and went back to the prayer meeting. the guest speaker told us about a prophetic dream he had the night before about a mountain of God coming to Searcy and we were all like, "Yeah, we know." Then later on we had a "fire tunnel" where the pastors, leaders, and just crazy Spirit-filled people calling the fire of God down and just praying for us and speaking things over us. A guy told me that I was forgiven and my fried said I was a prophet to the nations and an apostle. Later on me and a friend were talking to someone about drunkedness in the Spirit and she prayed that we would recieve it and even just throughout the week. Then the guest speaker prayed over me creativity for the prayer room anf then to be a precher who is just filled with the Spirit and just spits out the Word (that I would eat the scroll and it would be sweet like honey, but bitter in my stomach so I spit it out). He also said that was a spiritual gift which is a confirmation for me. He also prayed prophesy, visions, and dreams over me.
Wednesday night at cell group, I heard the Lord for the first time. We were praying for a mission team going to Guatemala and broke up into groups. After my group was kind of done praying our leader just prayed and asked to Holy Spirit to reveal to us anything else we needed to pray for. So I closed my eyes, opened my hands, and listened. I immediatly heard. "Brandon" so I pressed in and asked what I needed to pray for. I justed heard feelings of insecurity about if people were supposed to go in the sense of preparedness or worthiness. So I just prayed about those insecurities. After I prayedBrandon said, "You know, it's weird that you prayed that because I've been feeling that way because I haven't been able to make it to all the meetings." I just sid, "Yeah, I heard your name. I just didn't say it..." That was pretty awesome!
On Friday I took a nap and had a dream about Dr. Burks soming to know the Holy Spirit in a whole new way after his wife dies and that it was going to be because of conversations with a woman who's name starts with an "A". I believe this was from God. Also Devin asked me if I wanted to speak at His devo the next Wednesday. That was my first chance after I was prayed over so it was a cool opportunity right away
On Saturday I was sitting in the identity corner of the prayer room and God gave me a revelation. I was just reading the words of identity that were written on the wall about us and realized something. All those things that we are, Jesus was. We inherit traits from Christ. In fact we are co-heirs with Christ and sons of God even. Everything that Christ is and was, we are!
The next Monday I woke up and had a picture in my head. It was a guy that looked so happy. He had a checklist above him with things like commands, his callings, and work that the Lord had given him with little checkboxes next to them that were all checked. There was a huge one that said "LOVE GOD" that was not checked. We can think we're doing great things but if we don't truely love God, then it doesn't matter.
Tuesday I got off work really early again and went to the prayer meeting. It was different this time and we were all just going to soak in God's presence together. Well it started that way and the Spirit was coming on me with like shakes and stuff and then it turned into a Holy Spirit dance party. Me and my friend that got prayed for a week before for the intoxication of the Spirit both got drunk in the Spirit and I got the Joy of the Lord and I was just laughing and laughing in the corner! And then a pastor friend and I went accross the street to a Baptist "Revival" (this is a story for another time). Needless to say it was awkward trying to hold in the Joy of the Lord!
On Wednesday I still had the Joy! People definiatly noticed. One of my friends asked what was wrong with me so I said I was hungover in the Spirit! I also got to preach and told them about God's heart for Searcy, Harding, and Kensett. I also told them about the mountain of God and prayer, intimacy, and worship. I told them some testimonies about healings (including a blind guy being healed the day before!), and my own deliverence and freedom. After that I went to cell and I got the Joy again when someone was praying. It was ridiculous!
On Friday someone asked me at work if I smoked pot. This may sound weird but it is a testimony. People have prayed, prophesied, and spoken about the peace the Lord has given me multiple times and I think he saw that! Along the same lines I got to be there for a friend who needed peace and pray for that in her life. I also got the pray for peace for another friend on Wednesday night come to think of it.
Today (Saturday) was celebrate:kingdom day. I got to help out in the community, prayer walk through neighborhoods aroung Harding and declare peace, freedom, love blessing, joy, boldness, and deliverence over those places and even discovered a hidden talent: facepainting! I met some good people today and helped plant some kingdom seeds.
God's been so good! He's just been giving me more revelations than I could put here and doing more things in me than I probably even recognize.I'm learning to live in obedience to his Spirit andfinding out more and more that that's where abundant life comes from and that the way His presence will increase in my life. I'm in love and just standing amazed! It's been an amazing two weeks of starting to walk in the Spirit and I know it only gets better. I'm getting hungrier and more expectant and I'm just all in!
Patrick, the Spirit is beautiful, but I hope you never forget truth, either. I don't hear it from you as much anymore.
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ReplyDeletePraise God for the work He's starting in you! The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself in love - and that's what you're doing brother!
Great idea to keep a blog through this so you don't forget hard lessons learned.