6 hours ago I went for a short walk in my neighborhood. As I left my house I was thinking about how it’d be nice to meet some more neighbors, maybe have some divine appointments and was reminded of a time that someone had come up to me on the street asking for spiritual things. I started intensely praying for revival in this land and specifically in Apple Valley.

All of a sudden a friend from church comes sprinting up to me. Totally out of breath, he explains that while he lives in Shakopee he just came from a treasure hunt in Brooklyn Center where the Lord had told him to come to Apple Valley and release Holy Spirit at a home group that meets near by and he asked me to come. [Read more…]

I got to share the testimony of my life for a second time at the public school I work at. This time, a teacher asked me to share with her class because they were doing a unit on courage. We didn’t pray, the Lord’s name wasn’t mentioned, but my story is His story, so I believe He directed my words and what I shared. My story is touching people in ways I may never know. I’ve never had the opportunity to do this before, but I believe there’s more!

Update 3/18/15: One of her teachers called me and told me that my prayer for this student impacted her so much that she shared it with this teacher! It did help to calm her and as a result, we have a connection (which I’ve sensed since then). It’s nice to learn every once in a while that you’re making a difference in someone’s life. That seed has germinated….

~Donna, Savage

I was in the parking lot of a local store when I saw a woman crying to herself as she was putting her bags into her car. I said, “Are you OK?”  She ended up telling me about how she felt all alone in the world and shared some of her recent health problems that she was dealing with. I listened to her and prayed for her – declaring life, health, peace, and joy, and let her know how very much God loves her. She thanked me and said she believes He sends people to us during times of need. I talked to her about her faith and invited her to church and to our Engage group, and shared about how family is not always blood-related. By the time we parted ways, she was smiling, laughing, and hugging and kissing me.

~Kristin, Elko New Market

I took some traveling magicians to Rochester. Out of the 23 passengers I was able to engage James who decided to read my mind was his psychic powers. So after some general assumptions and guesses I asked him a question. “What is the purpose of knowing this information about me?” He answered, “To show you my skills and entertain.” “Okay, I have some skills too. Do you mind if I try on you?” He said, “You do?” With a smile of humoring me.

I responded,”But my skills or gifts have a purpose. They glorify God and bring the hearer into an encounter with Him.” He wasn’t smiling anymore and said,”Really.” “Okay let me show you,” I responded. “I see you at a bar with a lady sharing drinks and laughing. This was in Washington after a show. You were showing her your tricks, you were out so late you had breakfast together. Her name is Joni. You were trying to close the deal with her but she refused you even though you had chemistry and a connection. She said she had been down that road before and didn’t want a drive by relationship. You exchanged information and still talk today.” [Read more…]

I work in sales for a large IT equipment and software company here in Minnesota. I was on the phone with a new team member and in his discussion he mentioned being really busy as his mother had stage 4 cancer and was juggling going back and forth from the hospital to work. I paused, and said “wait, what?” Repeat that. So he did and I said “Let’s put work aside and address the real business. I want to pray your mother, as I’ve seen God show up and do healing of cancer in and around our church in Minnesota. Can I pray for you?” He said yes, I declared healing, the Kingdom etc…and as I finished I could hear him weeping and could tell that God showed up. I asked him to call me in the next few days and let me know how much better his Mother was feeling. He weeping, said “Thank you, thank you”….Just another day in the Kingdom!

~Paul, Prior Lake

It was conference night at the school I work at and a counselor brought in a student whose conference wasn’t until 5, and at the time, it was 3:45. I needed to leave, but I saw how downcast the student was, and she was one I’ve built a relationship with. She was apparently failing in every class and was in the spring musical. Just before I left, I asked her if I could pray for her. She was somewhat reluctant because I think it was unbelievable to her that God works in schools and in her life. I asked her if she knew Jesus, prayed for her briefly, then left. The next day, I got to ask her how it went, and she said it wasn’t as bad as she thought it was going to be. My response: “See, God DOES answer prayer!” I believe seed was planted in her!!!

~Donna, Apple Valley

I had the opportunity to speak kingdom into a young college student this week. She stood out to me among 50 other students at a job fair. I wanted to engage her but I needed the opportunity. She came over on my bus that was full but went back alone. Her name was Zoe. The thing that caught my attention was that she spoke of disliking the world’s system in the business world and in her college. I asked her a little about herself. She was business and agricultural double major. She was also.going to Ethiopia as a peace Corp volunteer. Her heart was in missions and towards establishing God’s kingdom but felt stuck in the worldly college or business landscape. [Read more…]

I try to be a positive person in life but it seems to have a big influence at my job. Because of this I have built a reputation, which brought a person of great influence to come find me. The Director of Culture at a large health group came to me and asked me a few questions. He made a couple of complimentary statements he had heard about me and about things he had seen himself. So he asked me if I would be willing to help him.

I explained that this was my lifestyle, not culture speak. He asked, “If you were to write a program to embody this lifestyle what would it entail?” I said I would call it cultivating a culture of honor. I gave him steps, a road map and even goals to help shift the corporate culture. He was furiously taking notes. The most important part of the conversation was telling him that this was a lifestyle change. That honoring people was to start at home then work then the community. [Read more…]

During my business open house week, I decided that we were going to do a member appreciation day to end the week on. I had bought bunches and bunches of flowers and a pack of note cards and spent the day writing prophetic words to all 146 who walked through my doors that day. Each person got a word and a flower! It was hard to keep up at times, but it was amazing to see people’s reactions.

There were a few people who had been closed in building a relationship with me or had a normally rude attitude towards me and my staff…they have NEVER been the same! [Read more…]