Day 11 - Prayer Meetings & Prayer Lists

Day 11 of my 90 Day Journey to Experience More and there didn't appear to be anything spectacular happen today except for pursuing the Father's presence.  Out of the 10 people that I contacted only 5 people wanted to receive prayer; 4 people had an obvious need of prayer and 6 people did not.  I met a lady at the checkout who was concerned for her 22 year old daughter who was moving out of state.  I also prayed for an 88 year old man and his wife who was at home recuperating from surgery that removed a tumor from her intestines. There was an older man who was wearing a back brace that starred at me for a long time when I asked him if I could pray for him.  After awhile he said I guess so.  But when I asked if I could pray for him now, he declined and walked away.

I approached a wonderful Christian lady from a well known denomination that was telling me all about the importance of prayer and that she believed in the power of prayer.  Then she proceeded to tell me how she labored over praying for others every week with many people being added to the church's prayer list every week.

Day 10 - The Rain Stopped After I Prayed

Day 10 of my 90 Day Journey to Experience More and it was pretty much non-eventful except at the very end when I prayed for the rain to stop then it got really interesting.  After spending intimate time with the Lord (see Day 9 about Practicing the Presence) I asked the Holy Spirit where I should go.  I heard in my mind, "Walk down Main Street."  It was raining all afternoon and there were dark clouds still in the sky.  I thought maybe what I heard was not from the Holy Spirit but the thought did not go away.  I wanted to be obedient to the Spirit's call so I decided to park my car close to Main Street in my community and started walking.  Wouldn't you know it, the rain stopped right before I left the house but the dark clouds were still in the sky.  Read on to find out what happened when it started raining again. . .

Day 9 - Practice the Presence

The 9th Day in my 90 Day Journey to Experience More and it was a slow start for me.  I didn't get out the door until 6:30 pm because of some paper work I had to finish up.  It was about 3:00 pm that I was ready to go out the door but I lacked energy and spiritual direction.  I realized that since Sunday, I have not had any intimacy with the Father.  So I decided rather than going out to accomplish my goal right away, I went to my quiet place to be with my Heavenly Father and spend some time with Him.  Today's focus in my journey was not about how many people I approached (only 9) nor about how many people got healed (none yet confirmed) but about the importance of practicing the presence of God.

Day 8 - The Wave of God's Presence

Day 8 of my 90 Day Journey to Experience More I was still recuperating from yesterday's Church service that I preached and ministered to.  Today I played good Samaritan to an older man that I prayed for last week and I met up at the end of the day and had fellowship with someone else that I prayed for last week.  I only got to approach 4 people today including the 2 that I prayed for last week; 3 obviously needed prayer; and 2 wanted to receive prayer; and the 2 that I prayed for last week did not want prayer this week.  I figured I would take it easy today and recuperate from Sunday's service.  Yesterday, the Wave of God's Presence hit the congregation and the Holy Spirit fell on many people who received healing.  I was ministering to many people 4 hours after the service ended.  There must have been well over 40 people healed that day out of a congregation of about 80 in attendance. 

Day 7 - I Wondered At Their Unbelief

Today was day 7 of my 90 Day Journey to Experience More and it was a great week.  WOW! I have experienced more healings and miracles in one week than I have ever experienced - 6 healings in all. Praise the Lord!  With that said, today's experience was different than the rest.  I can say the same thing of my experience today that Jesus said of His home town, "[I] wondered at their unbelief" (Mark 6:6, NASB).  Instead of ministering in my home town today as Jesus did which caused their unbelief, I was ministering in a more affluent community then the past six days.  The results are interesting.  Out of the 10 people I approached today, only 3 said I could pray for them but even those 3 didn't seem to have much faith that anything was going to happen after I prayed.  And as they expected or believed no healing took place today.  There seems to be a correlation between the lack of response I got asking others to pray for healing and this affluent community.  Read on for more details of what I learned today.

Day 6 - Give Me One More

Today was day 6 in my 90 Day Journey to Experience More and I tried something a little different this time.  First when I arrived at my destination I spent a lot of time in intimacy with the Father.  Second, on two separate occasions today I asked God to give me just one more person to pray for right before I was leaving the Mall where I was ministering at.  God answered me both times and gave me someone to pray for in the parking lot.  I went to the local Mall two separate times today and approached 10 people to ask if they wanted prayer and 9 of them needed some physical healing; 9 people wanted prayer and only 1 person refused; and 2 experienced healing.  Wow! What a difference when you spend time with the Father.  Read on to find out more.

Day 5 - Act What I Believe Not How I Feel

This is Day 5 of my 90 Day Journey to Experience More and I decided that today I would simply act like what I already believed I was or what I wanted to be.  It wasn't that much different than before, I approached 10 people to ask if they needed prayer - 8 obviously needed prayer and only 2 did not have any obvious signs.  Out of the 10 people I asked to pray for, 4 people wanted to receive prayer and it didn't appear that anyone was completely healed today.  However, today I rediscovered a valuable lesson in my journey to experience more.  Read on to find out the lesson I learned and the rest of the story.