The Outpouring Begins

Watchnight 2008
During our watchnight 2008 service it was clearly evident that there was a move of the Holy Spirit that was different from our customary Watchnight agenda. We began a prayer of worship about fifteen minutes before the 10pm start time and there was a sense of the presence of God that was tangible.

As we moved into the 10 o'clock hour and we were ready to start the formal agenda, nothing went the way we planned. There was at first a healing flow of the spirit resulting and a woman who was at the church for the first time, received her healing.

Woman's Healing
She was bent over and walked with a cane. As she sat in the congregation, I heard this question as I looked at her, "Why Do You Walk With that Cane?" I asked it aloud and she explained ... so we prayed for her as she sat in her seat then I began to walk away when the Holy Spirit said to me, "that is not faith, have her get up and walk with you!" I did so and noticed the obvious bending forward as if she was suffering from signs of osteoporosis. We walked around the pulpit a few times and then we laid hands on her and there was an immediate straightening of her back as if someone had place her in some kind of device straightened her, it was uncanny to see it as it occurred. There was also an extremely powerful presence of the Holy Spirit present upon her as she herself began to worship.

The Prophetic Flow
Then we entered a vein of the Prophetic anointing, one after the other, the Holy Spirit ministered to the people in specific terms for life and business for 2009.

Young Men In Prayer
One of our teen Prayers, Chris, mentioned to me how he has been compelled to pray during the services for the last couple of weeks and he was joined by another teen doing the same thing. They have been providing their supply to the work of the ministry as we have been engaging this new phase of God's flow in Christ Alive. One teen, who is also on the young men's prayer team has been interpreting the prayers that we pray in the Spirit over those that have come to the altar. It is remarkable to hear and to see the move of God in the lives of these young men who have been joining me in prayer.

Sunday's Report
A young man came to my office this morning just before I left for our Service and gave me an amazing report of what occurred with him the previous Sunday. We had planned the final message of the Series, "THE GIFT," which would be a transition message to the "Living A Visionary Life" to begin in January.

During Praise and Worship, one of our worship leaders began to flow in a vein of the anointing that she had before and there was an outpouring of the Spirit that occurred and several individuals were slain in Spirit at their seats. The manifestation resulted in a tangible healing anointing released into the room.

I called up those that had physical ailments and we prayed for them, some were slain in the Spirit, others were not. But the reports were remarkable.

Wayne, the young who came to me this Sunday, told the story of a long time athletic injury to his knee area that has caused pronounced pain for the last 4+ years. He had been to several Orthopaedists and said they could not find the source of the pain but it was plaguing him and he had resolved that he had to live with it for the rest of his life. He also told me that he wore a brace every dayand that the pain had started to spread across his lower body.

On Sunday, morning as he was ministered to, he said a warmth came over his body and went down to his feet. As it did so, there was a snap and click in his knee and the pain immediately went away. He has been pain free since then.

The Lord is showing us just the cream on the pie, let's press in and experience even more.

More Healings
There were several other healings that were noted during the last months of 2008, deaf ears opening along with depression being lifted are just a couple that I will mention.

The Season of the Outpouring has started and we must contend for the power of God to be released in our midst...

Financial Miracles
I cannot get into the details because of confidentiality but we have seen some major financial miracles occur in our church family ... God is interested in doing great things in our lives. We are destined to do great exploits in every aspect of our lives as we press into his grace.

Blessings,

Pastor Watson