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!