Last Saturday's trip to the mall

Six of us met at the mall this time out. We prayed for revelation at one of the tables in the food court. Two had already gotten some clues. (We pray for clues which will lead us to the ones Jesus has already intended us to find Eph. 2:8-10)

We set out into the mall walking in pairs, not far from one another.

One of our team members felt led to approach a woman in a wheel chair who agreed to receive prayer. Her son did as well. As we left them I noticed that the man had a pocket watch hanging from his belt buckle. This was one of my clues. Interesting that one team member would feel led to approach them and another would see a confirming clue. We trust that J. felt loved, encouraged and healed as a result of receiving prayer.

While waiting for some team members to return from an errand, I spotted an old acquaintance from a group I once attended. We prayed for her after chatting. We prayed for healing. She felt the Lord tell her that what we were up to was from Him even though it was outside her box. She was encouraged, and we pray healed from her neck pain and shoulder pain.

We found a fellow in a department store who eventually received prayer after he tried to sell us new windows. He needed a job which would pay him enough to move out of his parents, we prayed for his need. He felt a bit awkward receiving prayer in a store, but went along with it.

I pray that soon this will become more of the norm in O.C. That is; praying for one another in public.

We happened upon a fellow church member who let us pray for him. The Lord began to download prophetic words and proclamations. He received them, was blessed. Several of us prayed over him, and interestingly, we had no interruptions in the TV isle of the department store while we prayed.

We continued to walk the mall. I decided to shop one of the Kiosk's for a new cross, one that included a grave cloth hanging over the cross which symbolizes the risen Christ. I explained what I was looking for and used the explanation to share the gospel, one girl identified herself as a believer and let us pray for her. The Lord gave me a word of knowledge which I incorporated in my prayer. The other girl moved to the other side of the kiosk, she watched us pray for her co-worker. We moved on so they would not loose customers.

We continued to walk the mall. I happened upon another Kiosk selling crosses. I repeated my explanation, the young clerk was also a believer. The Lord showed me something about her which I prayed after she consented to receiving prayer. The Holy Spirit began to rest on her and she started to sway back and forth gently. She enjoyed the Lord's presence, then she realized she was standing in an open court of the mall and was a little shy about it. She was very touched and encouraged and gave me a big hug. Yeah God

While I was talking with one gal, another team member was engaged with a clerk at another Kiosk. She had an opportunity to share with her and pray for her. C. called me over, we prayed for T. who reported that she felt heat on her back as we prayed. We blessed what the Lord was doing, T. was very encouraged. She has only been in this country for 10 months. The nations are right here amongst us!

Next we shopped a Kiosk selling blown glass necklaces. The clerk is Muslim. We talked for a while about Islam and Christianity. He was born in Turkey and is a not a devout Muslim, but considers himself one since he finds the teachings compelling. I told him my testimony, encounters which I was having which demonstrated that God is alive and wanting fellowship with us. O. said that if these mystical encounters were possible than he wanted Jesus to come and find him. I asked him to repeat it, which he did and I prayed for him a second time! I am praying for him to begin having encounters with Jesus as a result of this meeting.

We talked and prayed for a fellow we had seen a few times in the mall. We prayed for him to find a job for provision to come. He said he needed to go back to church. Hmm, yeah God!

On our way out I nearly bumped into a fellow at a Kiosk where hair curlers were being demonstrated. He showed C. how the curlers worked by curling her hair. While he did so, we chatted which led to a discussion about Jesus. L. was born in Israel but was not religious. We prayed for him since he accepted the offer. When his co-worker saw what was happening, he began talking to him in another language, he was wanting the prayer to stop. We did not continue prayer much longer. L. shook our hands as we left. By the way, he fit C.'s clue received before coming into the mall. Yeah God. Oh, mind you, we bumped into him and realized later he fit a specific clue. Confirmation we talked with the right fellow.

We were able to minister to all of these people in the span of about 3 hours. Very cool. Yeah God!