Since landing here in Pennsylvania, I have recently joined the worship team at Soul Fire youth group. Every Wednesday night in between practice and service, KelLee and I have been praying in one of the side rooms for the Lord to break in on the leadership with the urgency of the hour and revelations of intimacy for the students. This past Wednesday night, Kels and I were going about our usual routine of praying before service and these 12 year olds randomly wander in. They grabbed two chairs and joined us in our petitions to the Lord. As KelLee began to pray, I felt the Lord’s presence rest on my frame and my spirit began to groan in travail. After her prayer was finished one of the girls (Emily) looks to me and says,” Are you alright?! Were you dancing?!”
Here’s a very important piece of information. This entire church has never seen anything like that before. There’s no new wine or healing and deliverance going on here. This church is stuck in their hymn books and enjoys it intensely. They are okay with the daily grind and never needing to experience the presence of the Lord. So I have to look like some kind of weirdo saying that the Lord sent me here and rocking back and forward during prayer.
I began to explain to them the presence of the Lord and why I move around during prayer. At one point during my description, Holy Spirit began touching me and I manifested in the spirit. That didn’t help anything at all!! So Kels and I are trying to put this into simplistic terms and finally I looked at Lincoln (the second girl) and said, “Do you want to feel what I feel?” She nodded and closed her eyes as I began to pray for her. I never placed my hands on her and I left enough room between my hands and her head that everyone in the room could see that. As I prayed for her, she grasped and jerked backwards.
When I asked her what she felt, she said, “I felt these hands pushing me backwards!!”
Kels and I looked at each other in amazement! The Lord had revealed Himself to her in a small way but powerful way. We believe that this is only the beginning of what He wanted to do with this youth group and this generation! Bless the Lord.
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