Team Member Steps Out And Leads Others To Treasure Hunt!

I have been talking to some close friends and family about the treasure hunting and asked if they'd be interested in going while I was visiting in Phoenix for Christmas; they were!

There were six newbies and myself! :) We spent some time soaking...God's presence was very apparent and He was already ministering to each of their hearts! I did a short teaching...showed a clip from the Finger of God video and discussed treasure hunting and what that looks like. God gave me the words! We practiced moving in the prophetic and God did some POWERFUL things. Many got pictures and words for one another that really went DEEP and got to the heart....many tears were shed. GOD IS AMAZING!!! (It wasn't something they were used to moving in)....and it was some of the MOST POWERFUL ministry time I've had the blessing of witnessing!!!!

We made our way out to the mall and as we approached and talked to people many, seeds were sown! 14 got ministered to. One instance...we approached an older man, John, sitting by a bedding display in Macy's (someone got the picturing of bedding/sheets....2 got the picture of a star...the man was holding a bag with a star on it). We approached and spoke to him, told him he was God's treasure and shared His love...he looked like he was about to cry. His wife, Carol, came up as we were talking and we also shared with her. She was blessed as he also (both believers)...they told us about the their daughter Laurie who was battling depression. We were able to pray into that briefly before they needed to leave. Carol also shared, in excitement, that she and John had been married for 11 yrs. She had 2 husbands prior that had passed away...and John had a previous wife that had passed on as well. They expressed there love for God and thankfulness. I don't know who was more blessed by the encounter....us or them!

More stories...but all in all God moved powerfully! I was able to see a peaked excitement and desire to on the groups part to hear from God in new and extraordinary ways...and to minister in love.

I'm excited for us to go out again soon! Blessings!!!! :)

Testimony of Team Member!

Just wanted to share with you an experience of Jesus touching people I had yesterday.
Our message in service had to do with peace to men on earth. Luke 2:1-14

After service we were going to breakfast & have our usual places but this morning for
some reason (only God knows, right) I blurted out "lets go to .............,"
which is out of our way.

Walking up to the restaurant there was a young man walking the side walk with his 2 - 4 month
son (during worship God showed me a path lit along the sides with the light of Christ), as I went
up the stairs I had a sense to turn around & ask if I could pray God's blessing into this baby.
The dad gladly allowed me to do so & said thanks as I was leaving he said something about finances &
I extended my hand & said yes- ok, that is the "more" God gives.

During our meal the Lord kept having me focus on our waitress, she seemed somewhat
frustrated or rushed. When we were just about to leave I called her over & asked if she was
feeling either of these, she said no & began to ask if she had done or said anything that would
have us not enjoy our meal, I reassured her that was not the case then I asked if I could bless her
with God's peace & I had a sense something was not quite right.
I reached out to touch her arm & she was flooded with tears & said "you just don't know,"
"you just don't know." I said your right I don't know but God does & preceded to bless her.

She said she was about to cry, thanked me, took a few steps, turned back & said "this means so much
to me, you gave me hope....you just don't know, thank you very much."

Wow, what a move of the Holy Spirit for the ones God has on His heart. This is what the "going out"
is about, this is the move of the Lord. I am getting to understand how its so much about God & His
hurting, lost children-- what an impact He makes when we step out & do what He has us called to do.

I thought the joy of blessing those that come to the healing room for prayer was awesome, this was
way too cool ! !!!
LUUUUUUUVING IT ! !! YEAAAAAAA GOD ! !!!!

Rachael (I was also blessed cuz I wasn't in a group to have the courage to do this) :)

Pressing Through Sees Victories!

After a time of preparation, the team set out to a local shopping area to Treasure Hunt.

We encountered warfare to begin, we just kept on moving forward and later a lot of people were ministered to!

If you allow discouragement or resistance to define your ministry, break through will continue to remain just outside of your grasp!

We split up into a couple teams. One team carried a large camera to video tape encounters. After watching the effect it had people, we put it away and named it the spoiler! It was intimidating to folks, get a new plan, not sure how Todd White does it......

One team ventured into a vitamin store. The owner matched a clue, he allowed us to pray for him, felt the Spirit rest on him. He (a believer needing encouragement) hugged us, was grateful, he knew God had heard his earlier, he blessed what we were out doing.

Two women matching clues were approached resisted any and all conversation. Move on....

One believer in a watch shop (wrist watch having been a clue) was eager to receive a blessing over the business!

Another couple was approached who matched a clue, identified a relative in the Philippines needing prayer, accepted prayer in front of the department store....

A woman matching a very specific clue received ministry, felt the Holy Spirit minister to her, cried some, received, Yeah God!

The team packed up and moved over to the other side of the busy intersection towards shops matching our location clues.

At this point it is hard to describe all that occurred simply because the team paired up into several teams and ministered to many people!

A man was found wearing suspenders...talked to him a bit, blessed him quickly, reinforced that Jesus sent us to find him.

A young woman matching one of the clues received prayer along with her mother in front of a pet store.

Another individual walking a white dog, (one of the clues) was found and ministered to.

A man sitting in front of a sign which matched a clue (fish fry) received prayer ministry, his grand parent had just passed.

A woman wearing a head covering appearing to have lost her hair was approached, asked if she was battling cancer. She replied yes and allowed us to pray...during which my cell phone rang, the ringtone an excerpt of a Jonathan David Helser song. The Words? "healing power is coming down...." How timely! Declared that a sign from the Lord that indeed healing was happening!

Another team member bumped into an old friend and asked "do you know someone who is bedridden?" (one of the clues) "Yes" the young women replied. She agreed to prayer for herself and her mother. We prophesied over her life, she was touched by the HS and encouraged.

By the way, I had just put this ring tone on my phone, not anticipating it would ring during moments like these!

Several team members joined together and headed over to the bikes in a department store. We approached a young woman standing there. She was in a hurry to make a purchase and get out to her waiting grand mother, but received a quick blessing. Her name? A Russian version of one of the names on our clue list! She was an intended Treasure! Sometimes a lot of ministry occurs, sometimes seeds are planted, we call all of it good!

Almost as soon as Y. left the isle, another woman approached with two girls. We engaged her in conversation. She turned out to be Spirit filled and was joyful over the opportunity to receive blessing, but asked if we could pray for the mother of one of her daughters classmates. As she was describing who we'd be praying for, my cell phone rang again. "Healing power is coming down..." We all took that as a sign of confirmation, held hands and began to pray. We asked her young daughter to pray, who has an obvious healing anointing. The young girl prayed and the power of the HS fell!

I bent down and asked the girl if she sees angels, she said yes. Then I asked her to describe them, she held her hands up to her face and said "really bright" using her hands to emphasis the radiance coming off their faces. Two of us bent down and asked if she would pray for us to see them like her. She prayed and the power fell again!

One woman employee was approached due to a clue she matched, interesting that as the team found her, she was walking past a particular fragrance which was another clue! She received prayer. Interesting to note, she had bumped into one of our team members earlier who once worked at the same store. Seems like a set up for later ministry. God knows what He is doing, it is important to allow Him to lead!

On the way out of the department store, I noticed a man matching a clue, then realized we had found him and his wife several weeks before several miles away at another venue. We approached him and declare, "you are our treasure for the second time!" He was purchasing bikes which was another clue. With a smile, he tried to diminish what we were up to, though he greeted us warmly. He is an evangelical who is skeptical of ministry led by the HS. He also happens to be a neighbor to one of our team members. HMMM. I think God is reaching out to stir something new in this fellow. His wife said, "we do not normally come to this store" she understood that God had arranged the meeting!

Many people were reached during out reach today, there are more stories, though I cannot recite them all since we formed multiple teams.

The team was having so much fun at the end, we did not want to stop hanging out with each other. We opted to drive over to a restaurant, which happened to be one of our location clues. When we arrived, we found a man sitting on a bench who matched three clues. He received prayer for his cancer. A couple of us got a little emotional since the compassion of the Lord began to rest on us as we prayed.

It was a great day of fellowship and comradeship, team work and friendship!

Downtown, Not Many Around, Just Those We're Meant To Meet

The team gathered yesterday, preparing much the same way we've become accustomed. We headed out to the market place after talking through our location clues.

God sent us into an area that becomes quiet just about the time we arrived! That can make one feel insecure, or question, did we discern the clues correctly?

Only 10 minutes out of the cars, we found one of our treasures. A poor man collecting cans, a Vet. who walked with a cane. We approached him, explained our mission, at first he was hesitant. Then he let us pray for him. Pain left his back, which turned out to be one of the clues as well.

The team spread out in a few directions. One group prayed with four men who lived in a nearby half way house. One was noticeably touched by the HS as he received prayer.

Another team met up with yet another in a music store which happened to be one of the location clues. We did not find customers inside the music store, then one team member noticed a word painted on a brick wall inside, "Risk", so R. did just that, he approached the store owners who stood their ground and did not want "Christian" activity going on in their public store. More team members gathered. One owner explained that they are believers but live so their lives are a testimony, but do not endorse witnessing.

It could have turned into an uncomfortable discussion, which we intentionally avoid. There has been enough debating, smashing in the name of Jesus. We kept the conversation light, actually, one of the store owners recognized me, which broke the way to a light blessing which they were initially unwilling to receive. (I once sold product in a store next to theirs, M. recognized me as familiar, interesting the result, God uses all things for good...)

Once outside the store we walked the lonely street towards another clue location. At this point we are questioning once again, "did we hear correctly?" It was getting dark.

On our way to the clock store I noticed a detail shop with a few men standing idle. I called out to the team, "let's go, these are the only people standing around the next location clue."

We went up the the three men and began sharing our mission. Each responded in various ways, then the owner came out of his office and everything shifted. Turns out he is muslim. A couple of us engaged him in conversation. He was firm in his beliefs, especially with regard to his view of Jesus, who he believes is a minor prophet, not the Son of God. Two of us managed to talk with him, he was on his way to prayer, which was an opportunity to challenge him to ask Jesus to reveal himself more. A couple of our team members interceded and could feel the HS fall powerfully as they prayed. I have no doubt we were meant to speak to these men. Did we seal any "deals" as once taught in evangelism classes? No. No one accepted the Lord as a result of our encounter. However, we gave testimony about Jesus, seeds were planted, the HS was present. In God's time, some one else will no doubt come along to water those seeds.

After talking with these men, we turned back on our route and noticed three of our clues in a store front next to the detail shop. More confirmation we were meant to speak with these men.

We headed towards the main street through the downtown area, it was dark. We passed a couple on a park bench. We walked past. Then I felt the HS pull me back. I turned, engaged them in conversation.

This led to praying with a young woman who had stopped to rest on a bench due to pain in her knee. She's scheduled for surgery on Monday, was freaked out, hurting after walking, resting for a few in the arms of her boyfriend.

We asked if we could pray for her, she was eager to receive. First we prayed off the anxiety attack, she felt peace, then we prayed for the knee, which she said felt better when she stood up and tested the leg. She hugged us and explained that earlier in the day she questioned God, "Why me?" Then we come along and minister His love and healing power. Her boyfriend received prayer as well. They identified as believers, yet there was opportunity to encourage them, disciple if you will in the power of Jesus, His Kingdom.

Two people came out of the bar we were standing in front of, they were curious about the gathering and activity. Someone in the bar actually locked the door! Very interesting.

A few individuals were spoken with, more seeds planted. One fellow had passed us earlier, and here he came again past our group. R. took the opportunity to say something quickly to him.

We parted from the young couple, turned towards our cars. On the way we saw two young women window shopping. I approached them and asked outright if they needed any miracles in their lives! One giggled, the other observed and smiled. Turns out they are believers who attend a conservative church. One allowed us to pray over her talents. I noticed some of her gifting in the Spirit and called it out. Initially she did not own up to it, then did so, but explained that there was another gifting she was pursuing, one I am familiar with. She allowed me to pray for her while her friend watched. We chatted a bit and went on our way.

Just yards from our cars, out of the dark, comes a young man wearing a yellow jacket, one of the clues. We stopped him, engaged him in conversation, explained what we were doing. B. said he was not a believer, but had pain and coldness in his feet. We prayed and he said his feet got warmer, some pain left. R. explained the gospel quickly which he politely listened to. R. hugged him and off B. went. Healed, but not ready to make a decision, seeds planted. Lord send the water!

All in all, we ministered to many people. The out reach was different, began with a lot of warfare, which began earlier in the day, evident as soon as we got out of our cars. We managed to press through and saw God move upon many people!

We walk in a simple trust that however much or little God gives favor and anointing to accomplish is good. We only want to do what the Father is doing.......

We talked with one

Testimonies From November 7th

Three of us headed to a local busy venue, parking was hard to find at first, then one opened up right in front of us! Yeah, favor!

Almost immediately we saw a woman walking with a cane, which fit one of the clues. We approached her and talked with her, explained that we were on a treasure hunt and that she was the treasure we were looking for! It turned out she is muslim but allowed us to pray for her. We spoke into her life for as long as the "door" remained open, we blessed them and went our way.

We headed towards a juice bar and on the way noticed a young man wearing shoes with blue shoe laces. One of the team members walked quickly behind him for quite a ways finally catching up with him. The team member explained that we were on a treasure hunt and that he matched the clue. J. thought it was cool that he matched the clue, so did his friend. They explained that the night before they had been drunk and were talking about Jesus. Now how fun is it that Jesus followed up their conversation by sending us to find them the next day. It was discerned that one had a gifting/talent which was spoken, then prayed over the young man. Another word was spoken then prayed over his friend. The two young men were quite receptive, seeds were planted! Yeah God!

Next we headed back towards to juice bar which we eventually went into to see if any treasures were inside. No one immediately matched a clue, however we talked with one woman K. who was asked if her name happened to match any on our list. This led to a conversation about Jesus who she declared she is not ready to consider. She asked what we were doing which we explained, we pointed to our circled clues which represented "treasures" we'd already found. I told her that we were really hoping to find the person missing a tooth which initiated more conversation. I told her that if she found the person, she should explain that he/she was the subject of our search and that Jesus was wanting him/her to be found. She said that if indeed, she found that person, she would know what we were up to was God. We prayed she would indeed see the person with the missing tooth as a demonstration of the kingdom that she would herself believe in Jesus!

We left the juice bar and walked a ways to a coffee store which matched another clue. We sat at the tables watching people pass by. One team member called out a name as a woman passed, she turned her head, alas, her name was similar, not the name were looking for. Then another woman passed with a blue scarf, a clue we were looking to find. She was not interested in talking, oh well, it happens.

We decided to walk again, however we turned back after a few minutes towards the coffee store where we saw a woman sitting who was wearing shoes with blue laces. The second person with blue laces!

A team member approached her. She was quite open to talking. We explained that she is God's treasure and that we wanted to bless her in some way. She said her life was coming together, pointing to the man across from her, further explaining she was happy with the wonderful things going on in her life. We turned towards M. who was intrigued by the whole conversation. He identified with the back pain clue, received prayer, felt the pain leave! Then we spoke into his life which caused him to become teary. One of the team members apologized to him for difficulties experienced with a previous leader. M was touched. We talked with L. again who long story short ended up making a decision to give her life to Jesus!!!!!!!!! She felt something happen in her body as she prayed the prayer of salvation! They shared with us that they had been talking the week before about going to church, hm, I think the Lord was following up that declaration with a personal invite to a church in Costa Mesa! Jesus is amazing.

Jesus brought some Sozo ministry to this couple and the man's son all due to a clue received back at the church before leaving for out reach. Too fun!

We did find another man who matched a very specific clue. Black long sleeved shirt, jeans, and running shoes. He turned out to be Buddhist, he was carrying his friends child, the friend is a believer. Q. allowed us to talk with him a bit, we shared what we could, trusted that seeds were planted or watered.

In an hour and a half we were able to minister to 8 people. One became born again. One felt pain leave his body, admitted he had been talking with his girlfriend about going back to church, ministered to a Buddhist, a Muslim and two Catholics who had been talking about Jesus the night before while drinking the wine of the world, may they find the true wine of the Spirit!

Great Day! Yeah God!

Streams Unite, Head Out Into The Market Place

Today our Saturday team of Treasure Hunters traveled to Costa Mesa to impart our break through to a couple churches hungry for market place ministry.

Wow. What a fun day!

Following some simple training, we presented a skit depicting a typical market place encounter, then we got almost all involved in praying for one another. We handed all a 3 x 5 card and asked them to write down the first word/impression they received. We collected the cards and read them out loud. Those who identified were asked to stand for prayer, the rest were told to pray for those standing as though it was a market place encounter.

Following lab time, we soaked in worship music while some went around the room and prayed over those soaking.

Finally we handed out clue sheets and asked people to write down any impressions, words of knowledge they received. Then we broke into teams who were assigned the task of figuring out the location God was highlighting through the clues.

The teams talked over their clues while eating lunch, which led to impartation accomplished through a fire/prophetic tunnel. Wow.

The teams recovered from their journey through the tunnel and loaded into cars for the market place!

A couple hours later we reconvened at the church to share stories.

I would estimate that we managed to minister to roughly 75 people who were told they are God's treasure. Many accepted prayer and blessing.

There were so many great stories, I am trying to recall some of them as I type.

One team included a woman who worked in one of the clue locations, so she did not go into the store. However, she was able to identify one of the employees who matched two clues. The woman was found by another employee, she had been working in the storeroom. She was called out by name and by the condition she was suffering. She was uneasy receiving prayer while working, but was assured by the team they would be praying for her.

One team found three sets of people in one isle that matched clues, they hit the jack pot!

Another person was found through a name clue, he was a ticket taker at a venue the team was sent to.

Another woman was found in a pet shop due to location clues, and appearance clues. She received prayer/prophetic ministry.

another man was found through a clue and was eager for he and his son to be blessed in prayer by team members.

There were several more stories told...need to get team members to send in testimonies.

Stay tuned......

Seeing The Gold In A Person!

Following church, I ran into a large warehouse store. I shopped for a few groceries, the men at home were hungry!

I was called to by a young man handing out fudge samples as I walked past. "Did I want to try a slice of fudge" Sure I replied.

I looked up at his face and the Lord gave me a word of knowledge about the call on his life. I waited till there were few around and shared the revelation with him. The Lord showed me he was a believer, which I confirmed by asking. C. was intrigued and thanked me, his co-worker was annoyed, which happens. Just stay positive, bless the one with whom you have favor and move on.

I continued to shop, I passed a young man. The Lord told me in a word of knowledge,
"mighty man of valor". I do not normally use that language, and felt it was the Lord, but was it something to share. The Lord confirmed it by bringing us together in another part of the store.

His mother and sister were with him. I asked mom if she is a believer, she said yes. I asked her a question about her son having to do with something the Lord told me in the moment. She answered yes. I told her what the Lord had shared with me about her son, who was honored and built up. He stood straighter, came from around the cart and said, "I have to give you a hug"

The sister broke in and said "what about me?" I looked at her and the Lord gave me a revelation in the moment, which I spoke. She started to cry happy tears. I prayed for her since we have similar gifting in song.

I love calling out the gold in people, the things that God sees in them.

People know how they fail, where their sin is, yet when you call out their destiny or speak the Lord's heart to them, they rise to meet Him, the power of the chains fall away......

Let's endeavor to speak out words that bring life, hope, desire for God, change......

Selah.

The Team Is Seeing Increase!

Today eight Treasure Hunters showed up for out reach, though a few of our regular team members were out of town.

We spent time "soaking" in worship, praying over the team members, waiting on the Lord for clues, shared those clues with the group, then went out to the location best fitting the clues received.

In two and a half hours, we managed to find 48 people who were either highlighted in some way, or matched the clues we received in prayer. We prayed for most of them, only a few declined.

It is interesting to us when someone matching a clue, I mean, really matching a clue to the T, declines prayer. We know that God has picked them out, and of course we're thrilled to find them, especially bless and/or pray for them. Sometime, the Treasure declines. I appreciate God all the more. He continues to reach out to those who openly reject Him, His mercy, His grace is all the more amazing to me each time I witness this.

Today, most of the people we talked to allowed us to pray for them.

A few of our team members felt more bold than usual, something we attribute to the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. One young woman especially saw break through in this area.

Show up, allow God to flow, and He does. Fairly simple equation. We make it so difficult sometimes. Jesus raised up the disciples and before long, sent them out with the power of Kingdom. They did not have a four year ministry school degree, nor scads of books on modern evangelistic trends and tips.

Jesus anointing them and sent them off to do Kingdom ministry. And it happened.

I Asked God To Tell Me That Somehow This Morning.....

I turned into a local grocery store that I don't often shop, why, well, I was not completely sure other than I felt hungry for something that was not at home?

I went in, walked down the second isle, passed a woman and felt an overwhelming urge to turn around and tell her that Jesus really does love her.

I thought to myself, that is not a really profound message but the sense to turn around was strong. I obeyed.

I turned around. I went up to her and said "excuse me", I paused feeling a bit silly since the phrase is so over used...then I just decided to say it... now her face looked puzzled. "I just felt such a strong sense that I should turn around and come back and tell you that Jesus loves you"

She started to cry. She does not attend church but believes in God. She asked Him in the morning due to the difficult circumstances she finds herself in; "Do You really love me?"

She told me what was going on, I asked her if I could pray for her, place my hand on her shoulder, she replied yes. We prayed as a few shoppers passed us by.

Tears streamed down her face.

God is so loving, gentle, kind, compassionate, gracious......

God continues to amaze me with His love for His creation.

Are You Albert?

This has got to be my most favorite of all stories from yesterday's outreach, and the shortest.

Our group met as usual, soaked, practiced our gift by speaking words over one another, waited on the Lord for clues, read them to one another, discerned through the clues, where God was wanting to send us, took off to the location.

Once there, we formed three teams and went our separate ways.

Back at the meeting place, during the time we read off the clues, we took special note of the duplicated clues. One in particular, a name... Albert. Two team members got the same name, not a common name either.

During each encounter we ask people their names and compare with those written on our lists.

Yesterday we found four people whose names matched those on our list!

However, we did not find Albert until we were ready to leave. We were just about to break and go to our separate cars.

The other leader and I were just remarking, "we did not find Albert", up walks a couple towards us, and R. calls out, "hey, is your name Albert"? Stunned the man says, "Yes, my name is Albert".

The group was stunned, Albert was stunned. Turns out he and his wife are believers, and apparently Treasure Hunting was unusual to them, they did let us bless Albert who just kept chuckling and laughing. He was amazed. We reinforced that he is God's treasure and sent us to him to personally to communicate that to him!

Timing, God is the master of timing. Remember, we were about to leave. The two people who had gotten the name separately had been on two different teams through out reach, we had only recently come back together with our respective teams. We both felt a conviction that we were really supposed to find this fellow, and lo and behold, God worked it out so we could!

All said, we do our best to keep our eyes open for those matching the clues written on our paper, but more important than that, we walk in a simple trust that God is in charge and is enabling us to find the Treasure's He is wanting to connect to through us.

Throughout the out reach, we counted at least 30 people who received some sort of ministry, sharing the gospel, blessings, words of destiny, prayer, encouragement, healing prayer, etc.

The first goal is to communicate God's love to the person who matches the clue, the Treasure, the second is to "discern what the Father is indicating we should release to the individual".

One group approached a woman who matched a clue which led to praying for a condition which matched another clue.

One clue opened the door to praying for three people wearing a T-Shirt with a heart on it.

My group spotted a young man wearing a T-Shirt with a large graphic design which formed a distinct heart shape. We stopped him and explained we were on a treasure hunt and that he matched one of the clues we were attempting to find. This led to sharing some prophetic ministry, which spilled over to his two friends. We prayed for each one, encouraged them according to the leading of Papa God.

We talked with a group of teenagers chatting on the sidewalk, seeds, the gospel planted.

We prayed for a man whose knee bothered him after working hours moving merchandise, we also encouraged him as led by the Holy Spirit.

A man who was sitting in a wheelchair allowed our team to pray for his injury due to a motorcycle accident, interesting to note, two team members had clues including a reference to motorcycles.

Each group managed to find many of the clues on the sheet. When we gathered back together, we compared notes. We were able to find a high percentage of the clues which filled the notebook sheet.

It's just a great day when at least 30 people come in contact with the Kingdom in the market place, Praise the Lord!

14 Go Out To Location, At Least 20 Ministered To

Today, 14 of us gathered to "Treasure Hunt". There are so many stories, some I was present to see, others I only heard about.

Just out of our cars, we saw two young men walking our way, one wearing brown shorts, matching a clue. Two of our guys walked up to the young men, immediately one said yes, I have pain in my abdomen, which left after we prayed for him a couple of times. (Sometimes pain leaves in stages, it is good to press in and continue to pray for continued healing)

The first young man matched several clues. Brown pants, three rings (on shirt), the number three (again referring to the three rings on his shirt), International House of Pancakes ( They'd just came from an IHOP conference, we went to this location since there is an IHOP restaurant onsite, is that too fun) parking lot, (we found them in the parking lot) Hot sun, (the sun was shining bright on us, most often we find people in places, so two clues told us we'd find people outside), we were standing near palm trees (another clue).

We showed this young man all the clues he matched which amazed him and demonstrated how intentional God was in leading us to him. We prayed for his healing, which came.

Then we looked at his friend and said are you wanting the same prayer of blessings and impartation? "Yes" he said! Tears fell from his eyes. He stepped forward, I noticed he had braces on his teeth. I asked him if he had problems with his mouth, braces, teeth. "Yes" he said, "Someone bumped my cheek and now three teeth are loose" We prayed....... Yup..... Jesus put those teeth in tight, he checked, discovered they were no longer loose, he was amazed.

We prayed and prophesied over him as well, both young men were rocked by the Holy Spirit!

After leaving them, we split into a few groups. This is where it is difficult to share all the stories, but they are all good!

Three young men were approached and were spoken to about the gospel. A family with a white dog was prayed for, the white dog being the identifying clue. Another fellow passed us with a blue and white sports uniform, we approached him and told him he is God's treasure, he said he knew about Jesus but was not walking strong, we prayed, he received. We prayed for an older man who was driving a car with a crystal ball hanging from the rear view mirror, he also walked with a cane which matched a clue. We prayed for a young woman with a black and white checked shirt/dress, also matching a clue.

We prayed for a woman who matched several clues. Beauty Shop, Sally, watermelon, angel rally monkey.

We prayed for A. who approached us on a sidewalk, his job is to hand out flyers for his store. Another woman in a grocery store fit the visual profile of another clue, she received prayer. A young man got healing in his wrist as a result of prayer. Another young woman repeated the prayer of salvation in front of her clues, she also matched a clue.

We prayed for a woman who does not speak much English, fortunately one of our team members could speak her language. We stopped to talk with her since she was wearing a shirt with feathers that matched a clue. She was out of work and going through a divorce. We prayed for two women shopping together, they were both eager for prayer, one lost a loved one, the other had a niece with breast cancer needing prayer.

So many needs, A great Big God who is eager to meet people out in a parking lot and bring His Kingdom into their lives through a band of everyday people.

We prayed for more than I can recount since the team fanned out over the entire shopping center.

It was an awesome day! Yeah God!

Cancer Healed In The Market Place!!!

Just getting word today that a woman prayed for earlier this summer who had a cancerous tumor, who received prayer on the beach during an out reach, is reporting her cancer is gone!

One of our team members spotted a co-worker during an out reach with a church in Newport Beach. We approached her, told her what we were doing, she agreed to receive prayer, the Holy Spirit came upon her powerfully.

She did not tell us what the condition was, but we were sure God had done something!

Today we find out that she eventually underwent surgery for the cancerous tumor which was discovered to be cancer free when they got to it!!!!

Yeah God!!!!

Cancer gets healed on the beach!

Team Of Fifteen Spread Out In Two Locations In Long Beach

Recently our team traveled to Long Beach. We "soaked" in God's presence for a while, prayed for one another, waited quietly in prayer in order to receive clues for the treasure hunt.

We read off the clues from each prayer taking note of duplicate clues. We focused on location clues and realized God was sending us to two locations. We broke into teams and off we went.

One team went into a pet store and immediately saw a man by the fish tanks. Two people had gotten a clue about fish, so we followed the man into another isle. He stood by the bird cages which was another clue. We stopped to talk with him, we eventually prayed for him, the Lord came on him powerfully, we was very grateful for the prayer.

Two teams met up together, we wandered the store and literally bumped into two young men matching a clue, "skate boarders". They were each holding skate boards. We talked with them eventually two of their friends walked up who joined the conversation. Turns out one of them had been talking to his friend about Jesus, he was glad to see us come and do the same. We asked two of them if they had ever had an encounter with the God, they said no. We pulled them into an isle and began to pray for them. Soon they were feeling something. One swayed and one began to shake his hands, his eyes fluttered. We told them they had just experienced the presence of God, then asked if they wanted to accept Jesus, both said yes!!!!!! We led them in prayer and encouraged them to listen to their friend who was available to help them understand the decision they had just made. We commissioned L. to disciple these new believers!

Our team members found many people matching the clues we had received earlier praying for people in two locations. It was a great day.

People encountered the presence of God, allowed us to pray and speak positively into their lives. The love of God was demonstrated in power, seeds were planted.

It's all good, planting, watering and harvesting!

25 People Found In Less Than Two Hours!

Last weekend we found 25 people to pray for who for the most part matched clues we received from the Lord prior to our leaving to minister in the market place.

Two young women accepted Jesus in a dress store. Many were blessed, encouraged, prayed for according to their needs.

One woman, a buddhist received prayer. She matched clues, we showed her the paper asked if we could pray in any way for her. She said yes, she would be taking another test within days to confirm possible breast cancer. We prayed for her in the isle of a craft store. We gave her a card to a local healing room and encouraged her to come visit us for more prayer.

One young college student was prayed for who worked in a shop matching a clue. She is a believer who works with church youth. She had never heard of this type of out reach, but allowed for us to pray. She was really touched and stretched by such ministry in public. We prayed for her ministry, her school studies, and her immune system which was down due to exposure to sickness in the young children she was watching as a nanny.

Two young women accepted the Lord in a dress shop in the center we were directed to by clues the Lord gave us. They were overwhelmed by the out pouring of God's love, prophetic ministry which accurately spoke into their lives. They had a casual understanding of God through their mother, but due to the encounter, decided it was time to give their life to the Lord! wahoo!

All in all, six of us broke into pairs and managed to pray for 25 people in less than 2 hours.

We followed God's lead through the clues He gave us ahead of time, and in the moment as He highlighted people along the way.

It's a blast to follow His lead, it never gets old!

Timing Is In The Hands Of The Lord

Our team went out to a local department store in search of our "Treasures". We split into two groups. One headed over to the garden department.

Just inside the garden section stood a cashier whose name matched one of names on our clues! We talked with her, explaining that she was the treasure we were here to bless her.

She was surprised and not sure how to take our announcement at first. Then we discovered while talking with her that she matched a second clue. She looked at out sheet and began to realize that the Lord had actually set this up on her behalf.

She agreed for us to bless her, specifically pray for her daughters. She explained a little then one of our team members began to pray and wow, up walks one of her daughters who just happened to drop by mom's work place!!!!

We were stunned at the timing. We explained to the daughter who was with her daughter, an elementary school aged child. She was amazed and taken aback. She was distant from the Lord and was not sure in the moment how to take what was happening. She received the encouragement but needed to leave to purchase an item for her daughter.

After the woman and her daughter left, the grandmother, our original contact, became teary eyed. She had just witnessed a demonstration of God's love and power, an answer to her prayers for her daughter. We were all impacted.

I love seeing God move. I love seeing God demonstrate His Kingdom love to people!

Healing Breaks Into A Large Family At The Beach

I will start with the last story first.

Three of us went out to walk the board walk in Newport Beach. We had so much fun tonight.

The last family we talked with included 7 children. J. one of the team members approached the family at the waters edge. He talked with them a bit, then his wife V. and I approached as well. Soon we were praying for the knee of one of their children. He felt improvement, we prayed again, still more improvement, we prayed again. Then another says, pray for me, he feels improvement! Then another one says, "do me".

We pray, he stretches out his ankle and says its better. A daughter says, pray for me too! We do and she is asked to do something she could not have done before prayer. She stretches out her ankle and smiles, kind of shouts, "the pain is gone, it's gone!"

Now four out of the seven have received prayer. This leads to praying with mom and dad for all the kids teeth which are prone to issues. Prophecy begins to flow. This leads to praying for a young woman related to the family who is going away to college. She is not used to having people prophesy over her, but she receives it and appears encouraged. We talk some more with the family who says that their faith has been raised from a place of believing some people carry a special anointing to heal, to receiving encouragement that the Lord is releasing healing through normal every day folks like us, and now them!

By the way, in talking with this family, we discovered they matched two of our clues, which was not initially apparent. They found it amazing that they matched the clues after we showed them our paper, became convinced our meeting was not random but set up by God.

We spoke to a Vietnamese grandma on the pier who matched a clue. Her family is budhist, and was not so sure about being blessed in Jesus name. We encouraged them, wondered what we accomplished, later, they ran into us off the pier. Yup, pretty sure they were meant to hear what we shared and God led them our way to back that up!

J. approached a father and son who allowed him to speak into their lives. J. also spoke to a group of former students who just happened to be hanging out at the beach. Hmmm.

Val and I got to pray and prophesy over a young unwed mother. We did not know that information until talking with her. I just happened to look over at her and got a word of knowledge as I was passing her. She did not own the word at first until her friend acknowledged it. Ch. agreed to let us pray. As we prayed we got words of knowledge which we spoke into her, she began to tear up. Her young son was brought our way. The Lord touched her fears with love and compassion, her friend listened and got teary eyed. This young woman was greatly moved by the encounter. So was one of the team members for personal reasons. God is amazing.

V. got to speak for a short time to a fellow in line at the grocery store, and a man fitting a clue fishing off the side of the pier. J also talked with some folks from out of state which V. and I shared God stories.

It was a fun night. It is just so much fun to partner with God in the market place. I love to watch the transformation appear on peoples faces when they realize God is breaking into their lives with His love.

A Healing and Salvation Pool Opens In Front Of Grocery Store!

Several of us gathered a couple Saturday's ago to go on out reach using the Treasure Hunt method. We soaked in God's presence, prayed for one another, then waited on the Holy Spirit to give us clues which would point to the "treasures" we'd find later in the market place.

Our clues sent us to Brea, first to a hamburger place.

On the way, in one of the vehicles, we prayed for a team member who'd had an accident earlier in the day. She dented her skull by standing up too quickly resulting in a dent when she hit the edge of a hard plastic rim.

The team prayed for the dent to come out, which it finally did int the parking lot, after the second load of team members joined in and commanded the dent to return to smooth bone. Several minutes later, no more dent. You know, this is just a great way to start out reach!!

The owner of the burger establishment did not allow us to pray for his employees after he discovered us talking with him. So we ordered lots of food and ate in the lunch room. Eventually we approached a couple people in the parking lot, nothing remarkable happened.

smile, and move on!

We walked to a park and approached two people who we talked with and prayed for, yet nothing amazing happened. We pressed in and continued to walk through to the shopping center beyond the park.

Break through!

Three team members headed over to a burger place, a specific clue, three people got saved when one of our team members said near the back door, "does anyone want prayer for anything?"
Three folks said yes, they had been approached earlier in the day at the beach. Now they wanted prayer which led to accepting Jesus, became born again.

Another team member led someone to the Lord before meeting up with the team.

At the grocery store, the manager accepted prayer after being told she matched a clue.

Outside the grocery store one young woman accepted Jesus, then her two companions got prayer for healing. One got hit by the power of the Holy Spirit as she received prayer, the other said the pain left her tooth as she got prayer!

Another fellow walks up to the grocery store where other team members were standing, waiting for us to finish praying for the three women. He gets healed, doesn't need cane, and was seen a few days later without the cane, thank-You to Jesus!

Another woman walks past the group who was limping. She had part of her leg amputated, we prayed for the pain to go away, which it did. And by the way, her name was M____ which matched a clue one of our team members had written down. M. yelled out with joy when she saw her name. She was incredibly touched, filled with the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Altogether, 6 people got saved that Saturday. And 5 got healed, one radically.

There are other stories, I just don't know all the details since we split into teams. I can say this, when we gathered to tell stories, there were lots to share!

Many people were found who matched the clues given to us by the Holy Spirit. Many heard the gospel of Good News. Many received prayer, were encouraged, received prophetic ministry.

It was an awesome day, faith increased, expectation increased. Yeah God!

So Many Stories, Getting Behind In Blogging!

It's just a really great problem when all of a sudden more and more folk are going out into the market place to reach people with God's love, the message of Good News!

I am behind in blogging, and that is just a good problem. I am eager for the day when the stories I am telling are common place.

In the last three weeks, teams I've participated in have seen 14 people become born again. Many healings, much encouragement through prophetic words, also destiny called out in peoples lives.

Last weeked 15 of us went to the mall and split into teams. One gal we had ministered to a few weeks ago decided to become born again, prayed with one of our team members who decided to sit next to the fountain and intercede for all the teams. God called her attention to the young woman, and after three short conversations in between customers, made a choice for Jesus!

Another person using a cane reported healing after prayer.

Another fellow was surrounded by God's presence and two team members who spoke into his life at the Apple store.

Several people were found who matched clues received earlier during prayer, agreed to prayer with varying results, all positive.

I only heard some of the stories, and there were many, it just all good and exciting when you think about the fact that 15 people were able to release the Kingdom into so many peoples lives within one and a half hours, in public no less.

Some people did not want our prayer as well. It happens, we smile, bless them and leave on a positive note.

One of my favorite stories of the day.

A gal who came for the first time saw a fellow holding sports shoes which bore a symbol matching one of her clues. She stopped to talk with the young man who agreed to receiving prayer for his sister who has been depressed to the point of concern. We also prayed and prophesied over his friend. Later we felt compelled to go to the food court to a particular vendor, when we reached the counter, there were the two young men again we'd prayed for earlier. We called out to them to say hello. We told them the food vendor was another clue, remarking how interesting we would see them again. One of them explained that the night before they had tried to reach out to some homeless folk with a bible study group, yet the results were not that great. We further explained the type of out reach we were doing, along with the name of the book which launched us. They asked us to pray for them to learn to do the same!

Now that is just a good thing altogether! Our efforts multiplied by sharing the vision with two hungry guys stirred to reach people for Jesus!

The regulars in our group are encouraging those visiting us make this a lifestyle. Soon, Orange County is not going to be the same!

So Many Stories, Getting Behind In Blogging

Salvations and Healing at the Mall.

Today a group of us gathered at my house where a wonderful 80 year old healing revivalist came to pray for healing then accompany us on out reach.

George, upon walking into the house, greeted us warmly and was soon praying impartation and healing as folks arrived. This dear man walks in a lot of anointing, soon we were praising God for healings felt by those who received prayer. George kindly prayed impartation for service over me, I was hit by the power of God which rested heavily on my for a couple hours. I'm not sure how I walked to answer the door a couple times.

Several reported pain leaving, and/or improvement. After praying for most in the room, George shared his story then the group asked questions.

We transitioned into our routine, which is to wait on the Lord in quietness for clues, specifically those which would lead us to the people God wanted us to find and bless, pray for, share the gospel. This is called Treasure Hunting.

We waited on the Lord for clues, then we shared what each received. We pinpointed our location, due to the numerous clue pointing to a local mall.

We formed a fire tunnel through my house and sent each through to anoint for out reach, fun I must add.

At the mall, we broke into teams. Immediately a young woman was found who matched a clue including her name and specific appearance. This from a first timer! Come on!

We prayed for S. and prophesied over her, prayed impartation and blessing. Then we broke into teams, whew, great start.

I can tell you that my team went out and prayed over four people including an African woman whose daughter interpreted. We see the "nations" in the market place! She was resting on a mall couch, she was breathing oxygen through a canula. She allowed us to pray, we also prayed some words of knowledge over her, she reported improvement. She lives not far from a nearby healing room so we gave her card hoping she will connect back with us in the future.

We pressed in to find a clue in one of the Department stores which led to A. who received prayer and prophetic ministry.

We also passed E. who was highlighted to a team member, he allowed us to prophesy over him and pray blessing. He received the words which were affirmed by his nieces.

Later we joined George and his group who had prayed for two people suffering from pain, one in the leg another in the knee I believe. Both received healing, saying their pain left! I understand that a number of people accepted the Lord when in Georges presence.

Eventually our group became smaller as some had to leave. We all walked together finding J. who agreed to receive prayer. We spent a lot of time with her which was quite powerful including deliverance right in the middle of the mall outside of the food court. We laid our hands on her shoulders, or back, eventually on her forhead. People watched as they walked by, the looks were interesting. This young woman was so impacted and grateful she eventaully brought her friends to George who prayed the sinners prayer. There are many more details to this story but are too private to share. Let me just say this, as I watched her encounter with the Lord play through, I had the distinct feeling this was a picture of what the future would look like. Sozo ministry on the spot, in the open martket place. Maybe common in other regions of the world, not so much in O.C.

The other teams have their own stories, quite a few were prayed for today. All said, we saw healings, salvation and deliverance. God is just up to good, and He actually wants to involve us!

The encounters today began through various means: through a clue received prior, in prayer. As a result of an unction received while passing a person. The individual had a visible healing issue, such as a leg brace, wheel chair, etc. Or they were approached through a "cold call". All good.

It is just a good day when the Kingdom is released in power!

Salvation by the Waterfall! Healing outside of a department store!

Five showed up today, others attended a memorial. We prayed, soaked in worship for maybe 40 minutes as people showed up. Then we prayed for clues, shared.

Three people felt the Lord directing us to Target, the other clues received confirmed which one.

Off to Target. We split into two teams, we walked in the store for a while, one team found someone matching a clue to pray for, my group zip though we approached several men wearing black caps which was one of the clues.

We met up with the other team and decided to head to the grocery store around the corner, another clue received. On our way we found an old woman hobbling behind her cart. I stopped her, P. translated, we prayed for her spine, she began to feel the presence even giggled, laughed that the pain had gone away! It was powerful. She said she already believed in God, read pamphlets every day about him. Off we went. We saw a healing! Woo hoo!

We walked for quite, not much happened. One team member talked with a woman who turned out to be an athiest, attends a Unitarian church he once attended. He shared with her a bit, was hoping for more. This is where I have to trust God. When a connection is made like this, I trust that seeds are planted that God will water later.

We got to the grocery store, one group approached man, he fit a clue, did not want prayer. Two team members approached man fitting clue, he allowed us to pray for he and mom who is sick. He perspired when we prayed, something was going on, he said he felt something in broken English when we prayed for his mom. We kept him only as long as we had grace, off we went.

I passed woman who the Lord highlighted, when I turn back to talk with her, I noticed she fit a clue, she received prayer for herself and her daughter.

We left the grocery store, walked across the parking lot towards a fountain which was clue. I prayed a lot since it felt like we were walking a long time without much fruit.

The group walked to a small plaza near the main fountain. I noticed a group of hispanic women with children. I walk up, "Does anyone need prayer for healing, any issues, we are walking around praying for people" No they say. Two leave with a few children. One stays. I ask her if I can pray for her? After chatting a minute she says yes. I think it made a difference that her friends had left the scene.

I took her hand as I prayed. I could feel a powerful release from the Lord, I asked her if she felt anything, yes, she says in my heart, I pray again, I explain that God is touching her emotions. Her whole countenance changed, I decided to talk with her a bit. I asked her questions and in her her broken English she answered. I explained why one needs to become born again, then I asked her if she wanted to give her life to Jesus? She SAID YES! I asked P. who speaks spanish to lead her in the sinners prayer, while she was doing so, I noticed the water feature next to us included waterfalls which was one of the clues. Earlier two of the gals on the team got the clue wheat. I realized that the woman in front of us was more than a cold call, she was the "wheat" harvested next to the waterfall, a planned appointment by God! We were all very excited now that we were seeing breakthroug!

We crossed the street, went to Toys R Us to baby section, we found L. who was in the baby section which fit another of our clues. P. spoke to her in Spanish about the gospel, we blessed her quickly when a phone call from daughter in another part of store ended our conversation. No one else in store matched clues we left.

We decided to walk across the street to a large outlet type store. From a distance, I could see a woman standing at the corner light with a large store sign. I felt we were supposed to talk with her. When we crossed the street, I noticed she was on cell phone, we paused, I just felt such a strong conviction to talk with her, so I waited for her to finish her cell call. I looked up and noticed we were outside of a Steak House, now I was positive we were supposed to talk with her, one of the clues was Filet Mingon! Now that she was off the phone I decided to walk up to her and explain that we were on a treasure hunt and that she matched a clue we were searching for. She was eager for prayer, a believer, her mother had a leg amputated due to diabetes. As she's holding up the sign up, which was big enough to shield us, we prayed, she totally felt the holy Spirit, we prayed for mom D and her, prayed again it was powerful, she was so touched, I had my hand over her hand which was holding up the large sign, she adjusted her fingers and just grabbed onto my hand. The compassion of God was flowing.

We passed a woman by Michaels. Older, I appraoched her, both daughters, one teen, one preteen came close. We explained what we were doing, could we bless them in prayer, sure why not she said. Then I got words for the one teen who was resistant to what was going on. I asked her to step in the circle we had formed in order to hold hands and pray for the three. She did, I took her hand, the power began to flow.. She felt God's presence, it her whole attitude changed, she began receiving from us.

She allowed me to speak words of prophecy and destiny. T. got a word for G. she received it, then I gave her a word too. Then mom tells us that our meeting was God at work. She explained she doesn't go to church much, however she'd just gotten a text from a cousin she'd not seen in six years who wanted to take her to church the next day! God's timing!

We walked around the corner to another large store, we finally found woman who fit a description I had gotten. Again, P. translated, addressed another woman in Spansih, B. received and was blessed.

We called it a day, it had been hot, we walked a long time, went to Ruby's for dinner and sat and talked about each other dreams, interpreted them.

We prayed for twelve different people, talked to a few who would not let us pray, we saw a healing, a salvation, a good day.

Thank-you God for allowing us to partner with You today!

Three From 1 Family Accept The Lord

Tonight our group started off with four, later two more came along. We began by praying for clues. When the other arrived, we prayed for more clues, added the clues that one of the new team members brought with them.

During the first hour there was just four of us treasure hunting. (see previous stories for explanation to treasure hunting) We wrote our clues and left for the boardwalk in Newport Beach. Soon we came to a man smoking a cigar which was one of the clues. We stopped and told him we were treasure hunting, showed him the clue written on a paper and asked if we could pray to bless him or pray for any need he had. After chatting about the fact that he matched the clue and how interesting that was, he agreed to let us pray for his fractured foot which was not yet in a cast or boot. When we asked him his name he said Tom. Pleasantly surprised we pulled out our paper and showed him the clues once more. THE ONLY NAME WRITTEN ON THE LIST WAS --- TOM! This got his attention. We prayed for his foot then a couple buddies ran up to us and were put off by our praying for the foot. The back off, one runs away completely. Tom pulls one of his buddies into the conversation by telling him the story . . . Our finding him through one clue which led to matching a second clue! He was definitely impressed by the encounter. We tried to engage his friend in conversation, which was pretty much a closed door. At that point the grace was lifting so we left on a positive note.

The next person we found matching our clues was a lifeguard, D. who was seen putting away a red jacket into a back pack while he was still in his watch tower at the shore. We walked over to him, engaged him in conversation. He allowed us to pray blessing, also prophetic personal ministry.

Next we found a woman with tatoos who had the word peace written in Japanese incorporated in the artwork. J. approached initially hoping to see a peace sign on her tatoos, peace sign being one of the clues. We showed her the paper of clues, she was intrigued, we explained why we were on our treasure hunt. She allowed us to pray and when we asked her name, she replied d--- which is the same as mine, one vowel spelled differently. What an interesting coincedence? Even more unique since our name is not common. D. allowed us to pray for her and bless her. yeah God!

Next, and this was extrememly exciting, Three from 1 family accept Jesus on the beach!

J. was on the look out for his clue. A beach ball near the pier. We had walked almost to the pier itself, when J. saw a large beach ball between two groups. The first denied owning the ball. The second group said it was theirs. J. told them we were treasure hunting and held up the paper of clues. He asked if he could bless or pray for them in any way.

The husband said yes, their marraige was in real trouble. J. waived a couple of us women over so were could pray. I bent down and heard their story which they were now telling with tears in their eyes. I had a strong leading to ask them if they were ready to accept Jesus as their savior before we prayed for their marraige.

Usually I do not make the prayer of salvation a requirement before praying for someones need or blessing. This time I had a strong leading to ask the question.

They replied "Yes"!

We led them in the prayer of salvation, they both cried quietly. Their teenage daughter prayed the prayer along with the mom and dad!

We spoke encouragement into their lives, discipled a little, offered a card to a ministry they could contact with questions or need for prayer.

They were very moved by the encounter, we teared up ourselves, it was so moving to see them receive Jesus. Who by the way broke into their lives with timing on He can orchestrate. They were very upset with each other, Jesus broke in, they became born again, encouraged that God would make a way for them to forgive one another and start new from this point out!

We continued on and ministered to many people. An LDS couple sitting on the pier. A couple who were highlighted to J. who just happens to be visiting from a place that he is leaving to go see on friday for two weeks. Can't explain more for now, but those two couples meeting on the pier in Newport was a radical set up by the Lord. We prayed and prophesied over them, with blessing from a family member watching from the side lines.

We prayed for a fellow with back pain, collecting cans. We approached M. sitting on a concrete wall who ultimately did not want anything we had to offer. Bless and go on. One team member prayed for a woman and her dog who had cancer, she matched two clues two team members had received. We prayed for and spent some time with a fellow playing a guitar from his wheelchair outside of a restaurant. Two shop keepers were prayed for since they matched clues recevied earlier.

We talked to and blessed a couple whose wife matched one of the clues. We talked more to them about the method of evangelism were out doing since they happened to be believers already. It felt like our explanation of clues was more about planting seeds about evangelism. They felt awkward about their initial request for prayer, but we prayed into it anyway. Send water on those seeds Lord!

We also prayed and blessed a woman who was wearing an ankle bracelet which matched a clue. She allowed us to pray then anther woman sitting with her identified herself as a pastor's wife. I took the opportunity to explain this method of evangelism which she blessed. More seeds planted.

There were other people who were stopped and prayed for by other team members that I didn't have a chance to see myself. However, six people reached many people tonight, and come on, three people were added to the Kingdom today, so it was an awesome evening all said.

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Treasure Hunt Stories From The Mountains

Three of us gals drove to Big Bear to help out a Missionary couple who was invited to share testimony then lead teams into the downtown area.

DJ shared stories with the youth group then invited his teen and pre-teen kids to share their personal stories doing the same. More stories were told, the group was ready to break out and do the same.

We gathered in a circle, DJ prayed impartation, then the group began to call out clues as they received them.

We ended up writing down TWO PAGES OF CLUES! I was amazed at the amount of revelation, as most of our group was youth. The group drove to an area which was confirmed through multiple clues, from multiple people.

After we drove to the downtown area we formed groups, I think there were four groups maybe five that went out in different directions.

The youth pastor K., myself and his son went out together. It was not long until we found a group of three matching a couple of our clues. Upon closer inspection we noticed they matched a third clue, then a fourth became apparent, then a fifth!

In all my experience doing this sort of evangelism, this is unique. And I must say that each time there is multiple clues matched to an individual or group, the more God stuff happens whether in our presence or following the encounter.

They allowed us to pray for them, we spoke words of prophecy and destiny over them which they received. I set my hands on the shoulders of both young woman as we prayed for them. Received words of knowledge but assigned the words backwards, i.e. I got good words but addressed them to the wrong person. Humbling moment. Next time mention the word, ask who it applies to!

The youth pastor got some great words for the young man which he received. Turns out the three of them live not far from me, yet we met up in Big Bear!

Next our team of three walked into an arcade. we saw a family that resembled some of our clues but I just kept feeling like they would not receive, so I suggested we go since it appeared they owned the place. OK, humbled again, another team went in, pressed through some negative initial reaction by one I seem to recall from later testimony. It was a great encounter, lesson two, press in past the negative read.

The youth pastor K, his son and I continued walking through the downtown outdoor mall. We passed a group of three going the opposite direction and as we did I felt such an incredible unction to turn around and engage them in conversation I could not not follow through!

We told them what we were doing, took notice of the crosses they were wearing and asked them if K and his son B could practice praying for them since this type of evangelism was new to them.

They agreed. Turns out L. has glaucoma, a right eye condition which matched a clue received earlier. We prayed twice. She did not sense anything while receiving prayer but was glad for the prayer. We discovered she lived only a short distance from my house back in OC. I handed her a card from a ministry I oversee, I asked permission to stay in contact with her, she will be having surgery soon. She gladly accepted. As I handed her the business card to the Healing Room, her sister-in-law asked if I knew a woman by the name of ----, turns out I do. One of my team members pray regularly with L's sister-in-law and has been hearing stories about the Healing Room. Here we are in Big Bear meeting because I am out with teams doing market place evangelism.

I felt a rush of God's presence jolt through me, which caused me to have to sit down.

God's power to orchestrate circumstances in order to demonstrate His power and Kingdom overwhelmed me. When you consider the connections, which were made nearly one hundred miles from home, six people in two groups of three walking past each other, having no clue of a mutual acquaintance, meet, begin to talk, pray, talk, then realize God's hand in bringing us together for multiple purposes I have no doubt.

It's amazing for many reasons. But let me emphasize that not one of the six of us had to work at making the encounter happen. My team was out making ourselves available to God's leading, while L and her brother and sister-in-law were enjoying a day in the mountains. God made sure we met. I just love being amazed by God.

If we, the body of Christ, could just stop our striving long enough to get a hold of this dynamic. He has been speaking to me about His rest, even when I am "out" in the market place sharing the gospel. I don't have to strive or push to "make" encounters happen.

I can tell multiple stories now which would testify to God's power to lead us right into the perfect place at the perfect time in order to accomplish His purpose in the moment. In each case God set up the clue, the timing, and the words to speak, all I had to do was walk with expectation, alert and ready to move under God's leading in the moment.

Newport Beach Boardwalk

Four of us set out with one purpose, to follow God's lead during our walk along the shoreline of Newport Beach.

We waited on the Lord for clues before setting out. What were the clues like?

Red emblem on hat. Coke can. Green Shirt. Bandanna said one person. Handkerchief said a second person. Character from Der Wienerschnitzel - the running hot dog. Yellow something, by three of the four team members. And a couple more I cannot remember. Those listed we found, in fact we located most of our clues that night!

First woman we run into with yellow allowed us to pray blessing on her, as well as address her two friends who came up while we were talking. We explained that we were on a treasure hunt and that she matched the clue we had by three people. The group allowed us to speak into their lives, off we went to find the next "treasure".

We walked for a long distance without seeing anyone who matched our clues. In fact we all felt like something was coming at us, so we prayed. Whatever it was, left. Woo hoo.

We happened upon a van whose antenna was adorned with a small rubber replica of the Hot Dog Guy. Clue found. No one was around the van so we began asking people if they were the owner of the van. No one claimed it. We proceeded to the pier to find more "treasures", wait on the Lord's timing before returning to van,

We found a family standing next to two coke cans as revealed in prayer. We prayed with the family, they were out from New Mexico visiting family here in CA. The husband was out of work and allowed us to pray for a new job upon his return.

We continued on the pier. We found a fellow wearing a green shirt, he listened to our team member share with him, but declined prayer. The three of us stood near and prayed quietly. He declined prayer, at least he listened to what V. had to say.

We walked a short distance around the end of the pier and saw a man who was wearing a bandanna. The first one matching the description. We'd had a feeling the person matching the clue would show up on the pier and sure enough, there he was. And by the way, he was the only one we saw that night wearing a bandanna. He allowed us to pray, speak to him prophetically. He was raised by a devout Mormon mother. We set a hand on his shoulder with permission, and released the Kingdom. He received, and he was eager to return to fishing off the pier. It is important to go only as long as there is favor!

One of our team members found the fellow matching the description of a clue he'd seen in prayer. Then he bumped into a former student. I don't know everything said, but know both contacts were divine appointments.

We left the pier, headed back to the van still parked at the curb. We sat in front of it and waited. Soon a woman with a cap and red emblem stepped in front of us. She matched the clue. One of us jumped up and stopped her, explained what we were doing, did she need prayer for anything? She said yes, her husband needed a job. The person who received the clue just got a job after months and months of prayer and seeking, so we had her pray since she got such an amazing answer and breakthrough in her life. Pass on the victories you've gotten from the Lord in prayer!

We continued on, K. got a call from her son miles away in Brea who had a clue. White hat. We found a fellow in front of the grocery store matching that clue, we prayed for him, he was greatly touched when we explained how it was that we came to him.

All said, it was a great fun night sharing the Kingdom with the folks God intended for us to find!

Saturday Night Out Again!

A handful of the folks present Saturday afternoon, went up to Pasadena with the visiting missionary to break into the market place with a church group in the area.

We listened to testimony, waited on the Lord, wrote our clues down, walked to the park to find our "treasures", the people matching the clues.

What were the clues? Simple things like: Red bike. Torn jeans at the knee. Dave. Migraine. Wheelchair and white blanket, April, red converse, left wrist brace, someone pulling at necklace.

We found more than half the people matching those clues, in fact, showed them the clues on our paper which gained their attention.

Each was ministered to as God led. Some felt the presence of the Lord, some not.

One large group picnicing in the park were approached with the statement, "Does anybody need a miracle?" One couple and another woman received prayer.

In fact, the woman challenged one of our team members to tell her what was wrong with her as a test of his authenticity. R. waited on the Lord and got the two conditions she was struggling with!

Another couple declared they were happy smoking their pot and drinking. They received prayer, and the gospel message of God's love towards them. Meet people where they are at and God WILL do the rest.

Jesus went into the darkest places to share the Father's love, the message of truth. It was the broken, poor, the demonized, who often responded to the gospel. Paul was one of the greatest opponents of the Jesus, was blinded by the Lord, and became the chief apostle after Jesus ascended into heaven.

We have to take off our critical glasses and look at people through God's lens. The gospel if full of testimony of lives changed, transformed by Christ. We are commanded to do no less, even greater works.

I want to see the same works, even the greater works while I am still on Terra firma.

Team Hits The Local Mall

Saturday, June 27th, a group of friends listened to the testimony of a visiting missionary who ministers healing prayer outside of the country and then formed teams to go out and do the same in the market place.

We held hands in a circle and prayed for impartation, then waited on the Lord for clues through revelation given by the Holy Spirit. (clues which would lead us to people in the market place God wanted us to pray for)

After a few minutes, the group began to call out impressions of physical healing needs, conditions, clothing, etc. The clues were written down on paper, copied off, handed to each team member. Teams were formed at the location, off we went.

There are so many stories. We gathered back at the fountain in the mall to tell what happened.

The bottom line is this. The Lord moved out into the mall through this team of 20 people, touching dozens of people.

The stories included testimony that people felt God's presence during prayer, a lifting of pain, words of destiny were proclaimed over people, the gospel message was shared, people's lives were intercepted specific to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

God is relational and is sending out His people to bring that message to the masses.

It was fun, challenging, encouraging and empowering, Yeah God!

Intercessors Meeting Goes Cellular Once Again!

The intercessors called the sick from the prayer meeting. More lives touched, yeah God!

One woman was asked to place her hand on the tumor in her neck while the team prayed through the speaker phone. The tumor began to shrink under her hand! We prayed again, the tumor shrank again, we prayed again, it was small by the time we finished praying.

Waiting to hear results from any further tests and/or Doctor's appointment!

Cancer Healed!!!!!!!!!!!! Through A Cell Phone Call!

The Intercessors at our church began calling those who had submitted prayer requests. Carol, who was about to have surgery for cancer in the colon was called, team members took turns praying over the cell phones speaker. Carol was asked to put her hand on the area where the cancer was and Ken (her husband) began smelling a very strong and toxic burning smell which Carol said she had been smelling on and off for days here and there. He said it became almost overwhelming as it filled the room.

The lab results on the colon section removed just tested negative, there is no cancer anymore! Ken and Carol both said something changed during the prayer call. They are so happy, so thankful, giving Jesus the glory! She will give a testimony to the church when she recovers.

JESUS IS SO GOOD!!!!!

Come on, Orange County, Cancer Healed through a cell phone call!

Woman healed! Woman with MS feels the presence of God during prayer!

Tonight a few regulars and some visitors went out to a Downtown amusement part shopping area to release the power of the kingdom.

Today was interesting. We really had to press through. However, we saw the power of the kingdom manifest at a new level.

We stopped a short woman who was walking with a cane. We asked the reason for her cane, then would she accept prayer? She agreed. We prayed, she began to feel release. We prayed more and she was able to straighten up and walk upright, something she could not do for four years!!!!!!!!!!!

I asked her if she had a relationship with God to which replied, " I am angry at God" I asked her if she was ready to forgive God, she said yes with tears. I led her in a simple prayer of forgiveness towards God, she cried, her heart was softened. We prayed for her husband to release healing through his hands and prayer in greater authority.

So here is the bottom line, the woman got a healing and then forgave God!

Selah.


The team continued on. Today we experienced more refusals for prayer than usual, however we continued on our way with our treasure hunt papers in hand.

Two of us had the same clue. Orange flip flops. Last week, when we both had the same three clues, it led someone who accepted the Lord. So, lesson learned. Pay attention when clues are duplicated! So, we kept our eyes peeled for orange flip flops.

We'd been walking for some time when we finally saw a person with orange flip flops. We caught up with the woman and her family, explained we were on a treasure hunt looking for the very thing she was wearing. She liked the fact that she was our treasure. Then we explained we prayed for our clue, which was OK, she even let us pray. However, when we began to pray for unstated healing issues, her husband became uncomfortable and stopped the prayer when our words of knowledge seemed to hit too close to home. They were uncomfortable, best to honor them so the whole experience is not leave a negative impact. We had been expecting a great encounter due to the fact that two team members got the same clue for orange flip flops. We chalked it up to more to be revealed.

However . . ..

Later, after ministering to a couple people, on our way to our cars, we found a store with orange flip flops hanging on a display at the door. We entered, two male clerks began talking with us. We told them we're on a treasure hunt, pointed to the orange flip flops. Started explaining how we got the clues, which had an interesting impact on them, when in walks "lisa", another clerk. I see her name, grab my paper and pull her into the conversation. The name Lisa was a clue on my paper! I explain to her what we are doing, show her my two clues, orange flip flops and Lisa, another team member shows her his clue, belt buckle, which she was wearing. She was amazed, said she knew Jesus, and is Mormon. We asked if we could pray to bless her, she said yes. I am not going to argue about her religion while she is working, she was willing to let me pray for her, which I did. I stood side to side with her and hugged her from the side, prayed over her trusting that this was all God was asking me to do at the moment. I concluded the encounter by reminding her that it was Jesus who gave us the clues, and Jesus who sent us to find her. She could not wait to call a friend and explain what had just happened she was so impacted!

Our team member R. saw a woman limping before she sat to rest. He approached asking if she would allow us to pray for her since she was seen limping. She explained that she has MS and had just been telling her niece only moments before that after 26 years of battling the disease she was having a hard time maintaining faith. Then R. walks up and offers to pray for her! Come On! God is breaking in! She got it, is a believer and allowed us to pray.

She felt tingling in her leg as we prayed, we pressed in and prayed some more in the other leg, though she did not feel anything in that leg, we prayed again with her permission. Then two of us prophesied over her which she received, we prayed some inner healing, prayed encouragement. Following prayer she remarked at the timing of the encounter, she was greatly touched by God's intentional break in at a moment she felt weak in her faith. GOD IS SO GOOD, HIS GOODNESS ABOUNDS.

We stopped to talk with a woman who was wearing a wrist brace. She allowed us to pray, which we did three times. She felt nothing, and no change. She was agreeable to prayer for only so long and then it became apparent, even though we told her the story of the first woman who could stand up straight after four years, that we needed to stop. We told her that sometimes people see their healing manifest later, and if that indeed happened, give glory to God. Not everyone we pray for feels something happen, but I am praying for the day when all will.

It was a good day out, two woman were tangilby changed after encountering God. One stood up straight, feeling that indeed muscles and ligaments had lengethend as we asked in prayer. She forgave God for her anger, and committed herself back to Him in tears. Another woman was strengthened in her faith, received an encounter with the Holy Spirit, and was renewed in her faith. A mormon came in contact with Jesus in a way she had not yet experienced, was eager to share the news with a friend, seeds planted! Two other people received prayer which came up against belief systems and fear which interviened during the encounter. God is good, and I trust that He will continue to reach out to them in the future in other ways.

Boardwalk

Last Wednesday, a few of us went out to Newport and walked the boardwalk, looking for those God wanted us to offer prayer.

We walked for a while without any particular leading. We pressed in and began to pray, soon J. saw some men which fit a profile he has a heart to reach. He walked over the them and began to dialogue with them. Soon he was praying over one of them. J.'s wife and I stayed off to the side and interceded for the encounter.

Back on the boardwalk, we continued to walk towards the pier. Just up the initial section of the pier, I happened to look down and see a pastor whose church I once attended. I called down to Pastor M. and his wife, greeted them, told them we were looking for folks to pray for and could we pray blessings over them. Sure they answered.

We quickly walked back off the pier, onto the sand where M. and Sh. were waiting. We began to pray over them, soon they were agreeing with our prayers with nods and such. The prayer was led by the Holy Spirit and hitting targets only they understood. When we finished, they testified to the accuracy of the words spoken and that the encounter was encouraging to them. Yeah God!

We continued walking, back onto the pier. We saw a couple with children coming towards us, we each felt a stirring to speak with them. The husband made a comment about J.' shirt, which opened the door to conversation. As they talked I began to get words of knowledge about the husband. I asked him a question which affirmed the word of knowledge. Then I began to describe his personality, his gift, which his wife affirmed. I encouraged him that his heart for people was actually a pastoral gifting. I felt that the Lord wanted me to encourage this man to embrace the gift and walk in it in his secular job. He received what I said, V. prophesied too. They were encouraged, off we went.

We headed back to the church, and on the way, encountered a couple we felt mutually drawn to. We prayed and prophesied over them, they were deeply moved and encouraged. They were leaders who were questioning a decision to leave all behind in another state to move here to CA and work in a particular organization. We encouraged them along the lines of the words we got for them as we prayed. They received such and blessed us for praying as we did, saying we hit the target.

Why do I report that? We hit the target?

Our purpose is to demonstrate the Kingdom as Jesus did. When people say they saw something otherly occur, they are moved to question why, who? When we demonstrate the power of the kingdom and give glory to God, we have done what Jesus did!

6 Went Out To A New Location, 12 Received Ministry

Six of us prayed for clues, over one another, out we went to find our treasure!

(Treasure Hunt is the name of a book describing evangelism done through words of knowledge which point to people through clues received through prayer prior to going into the market place)

We went to a new location and quickly discovered that several clues we'd received described our location more accurately than first perceived! Wa-hoooo!

We broke into small groups, entering a drug store to look for our treasure, those matching the description of our clues. No one in the store matched, out to the parking lot where one team member stood watching for anyone matching our clues.

While two team members walked over to a tattoo store, four others stood watching the parking lot. Finally, we approached a man with an arm bandage. We asked him if he wanted prayer for his arm, I guessed him to be from India. He replied, "When it is God's will to heal, He will do so", I asked him if we could pray for that healing to which he replied yes. We prayed for his arm, then his foot which matched a clue received earlier, which we proved by showing the clue written on one of our papers. We prayed for his foot. He told us that the second clue beneath the one matching his, matched his mother's condition. He said we could pray for her. We walked over to the car, he explained what we were doing, she agreed to receive prayer. We prayed over her knees, prayed for the Lord to move in her life. She stood to test her knees and said there was some improvement after we prayed twice. One of our team members noticed a stuffed elephant in the back of the car, this also matched a clue. The mother was so thankful for our prayer, she presented us with a vase of flowers she was holding!

We left Sh. and S. to find our team members, the were still at the tattoo parlor talking with T. who was discussing with R and B the merits of the bible, God, personal relationship and His presence. They prayed for T. a bit, talked with him, planted seeds, yeah God. Oh, the fellow working with him in the parlor, yup, a Christian. Our team was no doubt an answer to prayer! Back up!

Off we went. . . . . At the corner, next to the stop light we noticed a young woman wearing orange, matching a clue, she was asked if she need prayer, she was reluctant, the light turned green, she said she is Catholic, turned to enter the crosswalk, "What's your name we asked?" "Mary", she matched two clues, stay tuned, we encountered another Mary. . .

In Big Lots, we found C. and W., who matched a clue. He was wearing a belt, the specific clue written on paper. We approached W. and told him we were on a treasure hunt, showed him the paper where belt and buckle was written. M. a team member, held up his paper and showed C. that her clothing matched his clue, green and white clothing. W. was intrigued, listenend. His wife, C. was not as open at first, but did warm up to our invitation of prayer. She explained that they were involved in ancestor worship, but would allow us to pray for them. We laid hands on these two on their shoulders, prayed blessings, prayed that they would encounter God who loved them and sent us to find them. Then C. explained that she does attend Catholic church, in addition to her other beliefs. We reinforced that it was Jesus who we prayed to for the clues that led us to her and W. her husband. They expressed gratitude, hugged us for stopping to talk with them. I handed C. the flowers given to me earlier by the other woman who received prayer. The blessing continued . . .

The other half of our group ministered to a woman they sensed needed encouragement inthe parking lot. A few of us stood at a distance to interced, when we noticed a woman come out of the Goodwill store limping. She'd been seen by a team member earlier standing at her register, favoring her foot, which matched an ailment clue. We approached L., explained what we were doing, she allowed us to pray. We prayed for a while for her injured foot to be healed. She did not feel anything improve, nor God's presence. Then the Lord prompted to pray for her emotional needs. As soon as that was done, she began to receive from the Spirit. A psalm was read over her, a verse in Galations, which she received, saying she'd put both in her new bible. She needed the comforter to help sustain her, which we prayed into. She seemed grateful for the loving ministry brought her way during a break from the stress at her store. Yeah God!

More to write, stay tuned, it gets even better!

On The Boardwalk Again

The evening began with three of us, quickly there were four. We prayed, discussed a few clues, met up with our fourth member, prayed for her, off we went, two by two.

We walked towards the boardwalk by the water. J. stopped to talk with a fellow at the corner while we waited for the light, he shared God's love with the fellow, we continued on.

We had a clue, issue with arm, from a distance I saw E. who appeared to be wearing something on one wrist. We crossed the Albertson's parking lot to investigate. Nope, another object. Well, we came this far, we could ask if she needed prayer? We asked, after a short discussion she said yes. We prayed for healing for a few issues, she felt some peace and warmth come through her chest. She asked us to pray for her son, we did. We gave her a card to a Healing Room with an invitation to come for more prayer. Off we went . . .

We reached the boardwalk, walked for some distance, no one fit our few clues, or seemed to stand out. When we reached the parking lot, we came upon a couple standing next to a car, which had seat covers matching a clue. We explained the treasure hunt we were on, which took some doing since there was a cultural and language barrier. It took hold, yes, they wanted prayer, now they understood. We prayed, the woman was greatly encouraged, the husband took it all in, responded to our compassion. Off we went. . . .

A short distance away, we were approached by a man who wanted us to take his picture with his girlfriend who just accepted his marriage proposal. We explained to H and C that we were on the boardwalk looking to pray for people, would they accept our prayers of blessings after taking their picture. "Yes" they replied! We did so, we prayed blessing, prophesied, prayed healing for her foot, they took pictures with us they were so touched, I noticed a man close by agreeing in prayer with us for the couple. I called him over.

Patrick had just arrived from Montana, we prayed for him, direction, wisdom, clarity, blessing, we sensed some things going on in his life, choosing to pray silently while others prayed out loud. He was grateful for the prayer, off we went. . . . .

We came upon J and C, at first we chatted, then we discerned that God was moving us in the direction of praying for them. They accepted, we prayed led by the Spirit, with words of knowledge, they were blessed. They were here on vacation from Oregan, the Lord directed our paths to meet, how cool is that?

I Am Wrecked Over The Implications

Tonight, myself and a couple from a local church went out into the community to follow the lead of the Lord as we walked. Goal? Spread God's love, Kingdom in whatever way He direct.

We were only a few hundred feet from our starting point when a man standing next to a parking meter notices the T-shirt of the man in our group.

Nebraska! the man says. J. stops and engages conversation. J. says what does Nebraska mean to you? T. answers that he became a football fan when he lived there, the Corn Huskers. J. asks him who he remembered? The man thinks for just a moment and replies, J.O., to which J. replies, I am that man. T was totally astounded. He had not recognized J.O., both men shake hands. J.'s wife and I intercede as the two men talk football, we know God has designed this encounter so we watch and pray.

T. was young when he was introduced to football, J. played 40 years ago. Here they meet on a side walk! J and T have a very similar background in the church which gives J. the opportunity to speak into T from personal experience. The longer the men talked, the more it was confirmed this as a divine appointment!

The conversation turns to our intent, which is to pray for people according to God's lead. We ask T. if he wants prayer. He is surprised and willing to let us pray, which we do according to the leading of the Holy Spirit. T. is clearly ministered to, mission accomplished.

As we walk away from T, I repeat one of my favorite verses, Eph. 2:8-10. Then it strikes me, T. had become a football fan as a child which is when he became familiar with J.O.'s name. Forty years later the two meet on a sidewalk, an encounter engineered through Intelligent Design. God's design. Just in time to receive ministry tailored to fit T to a T!

God planned for the two to meet before He laid the foundation of the world. Forty years ago, T. became a football fan who followed J.'s team. It struck me that this is like a seed planted which takes forty years to germinate!

Those verses in Ephesians just took on a deeper meaning. God is at work far before we actually realize!