Sending out Prophecies; Sowing God’s Prophetic Word<\/h2>\n

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“The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward” (Proverbs 11:18).<\/p>\n

In the very beginning of this ministry in 1989, God made a promise to me that everywhere a prophecy was sent I would reap a harvest and that I would be prophesying to hundreds of people. When our Lord made this promise to me I really did not know how that was going to work, but one day in May of 1994 I found myself boarding an airplane headed for Norway, readying myself to share God’s word with people halfway across the world. It was at that point the Holy Spirit brought back to my remembrance what our Lord had promised.<\/p>\n

I traced within my mind the path that led me to visit Norway. Months prior, I had received a letter of invitation to prophesy at a church within the country. The folks who invited me were a group of men who had found my ad in Charisma magazine and received their prophecies. In our letters of correspondence, I learned that they estimated over 500 Norwegian people had received prophecies after having seen the ad.<\/p>\n

Once all the arrangements were made, the men in Norway raised the funds to purchase tickets for Wes Arnold, my brother-in-law, and me to travel to Norway. We made plans to hold three services each day for nine days in Oslo at a church building that had been closed for over two years. Prior to these Oslo meetings, we were to hold a few services in a church in the far Northern part of Norway in a town named Al. When we landed in Oslo, there were a few people waiting to take us on a five and a half hour drive to the Saturday night service in Al. However, our flight was delayed by a few hours. This created quite a rush to get us to the church; we sped through the mountain roads in a car packed with five people and lots of luggage.<\/p>\n

When we arrived the Pastor rushed us up to the stage without so much as a bathroom break. You must understand we had been traveling with layovers on three planes and an automobile, totaling more than 23 hours without sleep. We pressed on, however, and Wes began the praise service. When he had ushered in the spirit, I brought the message and prophesied to everyone in the house. It was about two o’clock in the morning before we closed out the service.<\/p>\n

The very next morning we were back at the church and we had communion service; more people showed up and received their word of prophecy. During communion, a man and woman entered carrying a young woman and laid her at the back of the church on sofa cushions. At the end of the service, the couple came to me with an interpreter and asked that I pray for their daughter. They said that about a year ago, as she was taking communion, she fell to the ground totally paralyzed and had not moved since. My energy was nearly drained from traveling and ministering; however, I knelt down to pray for the girl.<\/p>\n

To our surprise the very next day, that same little girl who had been immobile came walking in with her parents. Wes and I took a quick glance at each other as if to say, “Do you see what I see?” We knew we were in for a wonderful, Spirit filled service; miraculous healings were abundant, and the prophetic words were spot on.<\/p>\n

The next day we traveled back to Oslo to start the nine days of meetings. The first meeting was at nine o’clock in the morning, and there were only about 40 people in attendance. The afternoon meeting was challenging to say the least; one of the men stood up while I was teaching and wanted to argue with me about my message. After a few attempts at reasoning with the man, I finally realized he wasn’t going to stop, so I put the microphone down and Wes and I left the meeting, went back to our room and began to pack to go home. The men who sent for us came to the room and begged us to stay; we told them we did not come to argue. After much discussion we agreed to go back and minister God’s Word.<\/p>\n

“He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward” (Matthew 10:41).<\/p>\n

With an immense foreboding feeling upon us, we returned to hold the evening meeting. We walked into a room with 426 people anxiously waiting for us to minister to them. Our shock could not be concealed. From that point on, the meetings continued to grow.<\/p>\n

Once word got out, one of the Christian television stations came to televise the meetings. After a few days the owner and host of the TV station asked me to come on his program and prophesy live over those who called in for His Word. Hundreds of people hungered for more of the prophetic movement, and they continued to send for us. We made fourteen more trips over the next two years. Many people were healed, and His Word continues to bring in a harvest to this very day. So be it; Amen!<\/p>\n

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