Here is a message about maturing in His presence. The basic principle: The Spirit reveals the hidden things, that which is revealed becomes transformed by the Spirit and this transformation is a testimony or a revelation to others. Eph 5:1-21 and Is 60
[audio:http://www.ignitioncenter.com/audio/2010 07 25 Graeme Morris Maturing in His presence short.mp3|titles=Maturing in His presence]
The greatest thing for me to see is the testimonies of Jesus. I really really really love how He works. Especially when He partners with people and changes the paradigm of how to access His presence. This week has been rife with miracles, healings and testimonies. Some of which happened as a result of the teaching we are doing. This is a great reward for us. It is one thing to teach people the principles, it is a another thing to see them put it into practice and see the fruit. I am again just in awe of God’s favor in this time. Praise Him from who all blessings flow!
Last night I was in Managua Verbo Central, it was my honor to teach them the principles of keeping the testimonies and the promises.
However before I got to the podium, I went to pre-service prayer with some firecracker intercessors. Oh I love intercessors…. and did we get drunk. They put oil on my hands, my head my knees, my shoulders, my chest, my feet and my translator. They prophesied up a storm. It reminded me of my new favorite scripture: Is 45:8
Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it.
I, the LORD, have created it.
[I can just picture his honey dripping from heaven and the righteousness falling like a thunderstorm. ooooooo!]
I went into the church and they were singing, ‘Ancient of Days‘ – ‘Your Kingdom shall reign over all the earth!‘ Best ever, better than the recording….
Then they started to testify of how God has begun to move in the church with a spirit of generosity to break poverty thinking. Since the conference Pastor Ricardo went to in Ecuador with Kris Vallotton, Joaquin Evans & Chris Gore, and since last week when these Guatemala pastors came and taught them about generosity, people have been bringing their possessions into the church and seeing breakthrough in their lives. The church had cars for sale, beds and stereos out in the front. It was awesome. One man came up and told a story of how he owed $26000 and someone gave him the money to pay his debt. Another and another came up with testimonies of how God has blessed them financially and with healing. It was simply amazing.
I spoke about how keeping the testimonies and the promises perpetuates revival from one generation to the next. I could barely get a sentence out, and they were cheering and freaking out. It was so so so good. I was humbled and I could feel His presence thick like honey on my body. I said testimonies and promises take you outside of time to a place where future provision for your ‘now’ is made available. They cheered. It was electric. I used the ‘David Model’ to explain the power of testimonies and promises and told them testimonies are pregnant with the prophetic anointing to do it again. They cheered. Honestly something has shifted in this church since the last time I preached here 2 weeks ago. I ended with the above scripture and we prayed it as a church – I bet if I could have seen the angelic, the heavens were open and angels were ascending and descending…. wow! When the team comes in March, you will see., they are crazy for His presence.
Afterwards at supper, Pastor Ricardo shared a testimony of a boy he prayed for who had a tumour in his back. He shared how he prayed the way I had shown him and how simple it was. The rest of the testimony is at healingherald.org. Simply incredible. God is so good. Also afterwards I prayed for a man who’s right leg was shorter than the left. Before I could pray it started to GROW! So I quickly said, “In the name of Jesus, right leg grow!” LOL. It totally grew out. He told me he has been praying for people since I last spoke there, and people are getting healed. I am having so much fun. Thank you everyone for this access.
It was an amazing weekend in Diriamba. The Holy Spirit came faithful to His promise to show up whenever we call on him.
On thursday night, I shared a testimony of a twisted foot being healed. The presence of Holy Spirit was on me so strongly. I knew God wanted to do it again. The leaders in the class were reminded of a guy, Francisco, who does maintenance for the church. He had a twisted hand. Someone went to look for him and returned to the classroom a few minutes later. I planned to teach the leaders the healing model so took this opportunity to demonstrate it to them. I was holding Francisco’s twisted hand with both my hands while I prayed a simple prayer. As I prayed, I could feel his whole hand pivoting in mine while his wrist remained still. It was amazing! When we finished praying I asked him how it felt. His hand was still twisted, but the pain was gone! So I asked him if I could pray again. Once again, while we prayed I could feel his hand pivoting in mine and his fingers and knuckles straightening. It was so good. The translator and I could barely believe our eyes.
This demonstration of God’s love set the stage for an awesome encounter with God. The faith of the leaders was growing as they heard the testimonies and watched God touch Francisco’s hand and heal a woman’s back pain. I spoke with them about words of knowledge and how God highlights a particular thing that he wants to accomplish in that moment. Everyone waited on the Lord for a word of knowledge and several things were called out like bone disorders, bronchitis, ear problems among others. People raised their hands and then I encouraged them to start praying for one another, to invite the Holy Spirit to come and minister to them, to command any pain to leave. It took a few minutes of clarification and reminders to keep it simple and suddenly you could see the joy start to erupt as people realized that they were healed and those praying realized how God had just used them in power. As testimonies came forth, more of the leaders came forward for prayer and I welcomed those who were just healed to pray … And more testimonies came forth … and more requests!! It was like supernatural dominoes as pain and affliction bowed at the name of Jesus. At least 9 people were healed in the meeting that night (knees, forearms, bronchitis, sore throats, ear problems, backs). The joy was bubbling over as they gloried in the demonstrations of God’s love.
On Friday night, I shared with the leaders about SOZO, focusing mainly on the father ladder. I walked them through the tool corporately to give them a taste of the healing that it brings to walk through forgiveness of people and see the Godhead in a different light. Afterward, I took them on an encounter, a “first date” of sorts, to start their journey with the person of the Godhead that they felt least connected to. It was beautiful to see so many men and women touched by the presence of God, completely surrendered in the hope of knowing Him more. Many people testified after, through tears of joy and release, of a love that they had never felt, a sense of being in a place that they had always longed for. What a privilege it was to listen to their intimate love encounters.
Saturday was the icing on the cake. We learned together about Supernatural Evangelism, getting drunk and then taking the love out to the world. The healing that they experienced over the past few days and weeks had evidently become a new wine skin. The people were courageous and filled with a sense of hope and adventure as they dipped their invisible cups in the river and drank as much as they wanted. They were excited by the accuracy of their hearing when they went out with treasure maps to find the treasure that Holy Spirit was leading them to. One guy in particular, was dancing in the park with excitement when his treasure found him! A man matching several of the clues on his map approached us and asked us to pray for him. He was healed immediately and it glowed in the smile on his face. The team was as happy as he was. Back in the classroom we shared testimonies of people healed and treasures found and the leaders were filled with excitement. They couldn’t believe all that they had encountered in the past few weeks.
No matter how many people you touch or encourage, I’m realizing that every outreach is an inreach because every time Holy Spirit moves in power you are once more in awe of the mystery revealed again … “Christ in you, the hope of glory!”