** TESTIMONIES **
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
THE BEST PROPHETIC WORD I NEVER DELIVERED
Our living room was full of people, as was common for a Friday night because my husband and I held practice on Friday nights for hearing the voice of God and demonstrating through what we call ‘The LOVE SEAT’. People always flocked in, in hopes of being the one chosen to be in that seat. You see it wasn’t just Tony and I that practiced. You could have up to 20 people hearing from God on your behalf and it was always a very special evening. This particular evening one of our regulars brought a friend. We always tried, first, to get people in the LOVE SEAT that had never experienced it before. This friend was one of those fortunate ones. When she got in the seat I started seeing her as Esther and she was created for ‘such a time as this’. Several others also received ‘Esther’ words for her. One thing I heard very clearly and I can hear it as clearly today. The Lord told me, ‘She may be an Esther, but her BOAZ is coming’. Well after hearing this, instead of speaking what I heard, I made a mistake. Others wouldn’t know it was a mistake, but a mistake it was. I asked her if she was married. She told me, ‘Yes’. Well in my reasoning, I decided I could not call her ‘BOAZ’ in - if she was married. All night, even after she left - those words almost haunted me: ‘She may be an Esther, but her BOAZ is coming’. After everyone had left I even told my husband how much this bothered me. As I sat in my ‘comfy chair’ while Tony and I recounted the different events of the evening, I looked at the sign in sheet. That’s when I saw it!! The reason God wanted me to speak those words out! This young woman’s last name was: BOAZ!!!
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
THE OPERATING ROOM. (A TESTIMONY FROM A RECIPIENT OF The love seat opportunity)
What is a “Love Seat,” I thought to myself? As a follower of Jesus I had read about the gift of prophecy in the bible and even known friends and family who had experienced it, but I had never experienced it for myself. More so, I had never equated prophecy with a moment of love. This was all to new to me and I wasn’t sure what to expect. As a human being currently struggling with sin in an area of my life, I didn’t know what God would say to me. One thing is for certain, I had seen the life of Tony and Kristy Hill. These were two people whose lives made it very evident that they walked with Jesus and that they knew the Holy Spirit. I had no doubt that God would speak through them that night concerning me, but what would He say about all my mistakes and my shortcomings? What about my doubts in things He’s called me to? As I sat in that chair in the middle of the room, all attention was suddenly on me, but in a moment there was a sense of peace, of warmth, of…could it be, love? I didn’t feel like the spotlight was on me as I thought it might feel. I just felt so calm and open to whatever the Lord was ready to say. There was no pressure at all. No guilt or shame. No condemnation. My worry about a God who judges and points out our flaws dissipated in an instant and I found myself eager to know what my Heavenly Father wanted to say to me on this night. There were five other individuals whom I had never seen in my life that were part of the team that prophesied over me. There were many things said that night. All of it emanated the love of God in my life and showed me He knows me more intimately than I could ever fathom!! He is not mad at me. But one particular thing that stood out to me was when a gentleman on the prophetic team said these words. “I see you in an operating room.” He proceeded to describe seeing an individual on a table with a leg that had been severely injured. “You could see everything inside through a hole in the thigh,” He continued, “...and when you placed your hand on that leg it began to reconstruct itself and God said, ‘I have anointed him with that power’.” At that time, another individual spoke up and said, “I saw you in an operating room as well and as much as the healing that occurred was for the individual to lead them to Christ, I really sense that it was for the people in the room as well, to lead them to Jesus!” Two other individuals in the room spoke to me and said, “You have the gift of healing… and you have the authority.”
The only way these five people could have spoken such things is if THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN who spoke directly to them! They did not know me and I had never seen them. What they did not know is that I was a medical student! Even more incredible, just prior to this night the Lord had begun to stir my heart to pursue a career as an orthopedic surgeon! It would take too much time to describe how inadequate I felt when it came to this, but the words God spoke through these people into my life began to stir my faith up to believe, “maybe I can be an orthopedic surgeon”. It was kindling for a fire in me that God would ignite to take me on a faith journey. After 55 applications, 6 sub-internships, and only 2 interviews, the recording of their prophetic words from that night was an instrument that God used to continually remind me of His promise during times when everything I could see was contradictory to what the Lord had spoken. I listened to these encouraging words repeatedly. They brought such encouragement and peace. To grant you perspective: of medical students who apply to orthopedic surgery across the nation less than 1/3 will be offered a spot! And the others will have to choose another field! It is extremely competitive, ….BUT GOD!! It is with great humility that I can say, the day before I wrote this testimony, I was offered a spot to begin training as an orthopedic surgery resident where I will be working on many injured legs and learning to reconstruct the musculoskeletal system. I happily accepted and signed an agreement today, 2 years later. - Joseph M.
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
the apple AND THE SCHOOL BELL
We had a couple of young ladies show up one evening. No one in the group knew them. When one of the young women got in the LOVE SEAT God showed us that He was handing her a HUGE beautiful shiny red apple. As others prayed, one person saw a little school house and a school bell going off. As it turned out - this young lady had just made the decision that she was going to go back to school to become a school teacher.
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
uP uP & AWAY
We had another prophetic ministry team over one evening for our people to practice hearing from God on behalf of others. When the very first woman sat in the LOVE SEAT I saw her in a house like in the animated movie called UP. It had all of these helium balloons attached to the house and she was going UP. As soon as I spoke that out, as strange as it sounded - another woman in the room who wasn’t going to say anything - immediately got very excited! She said that she saw this woman in a giant hot air balloon! It disappeared behind the clouds and then she appeared from behind the clouds in another hot air balloon!
As it turned out, this woman is a CREW CHIEF for a HOT AIR BALLOON TEAM! (You just can’t make this stuff up!)
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
surrounded by lots and lots of children
One woman came and got in the LOVE SEAT. Someone in the group told her they saw her surrounded by lots and lots of children. The woman’s ministry is an orphanage in Mexico.
prophetic words/wORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
BABIES, Babies and MORE Babies!
Over the course of about 2 or 3 years we have had THREE women that God let us know in various pictures or words, or ‘feelings’ that they would be MOTHERS. After the 3rd woman miscarried her twins, we made a rule that we wouldn’t prophecy BABIES or WEDDINGS. The first two have BEAUTIFUL babies!! And the third woman is currently pregnant with HER beautiful promise!
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
MONEY will supernaturally come into your bank account, from an unexpected source
While several of us have been trained and often get prophetic words, every once in a while THE PRESENCE of GOD will show up in the room and since the Spirit of Prophecy IS the Spirit of Jesus…. Prophecy gets THICK! Almost TANGIBLE. Well this happened one evening in our living room. My husband asked us all to just lift our hands, our voices and begin to THANK GOD!! As the entire room began to do this…. GOD SHOWED UP!! (That’s not WHY we were thanking God)…. One woman began to sing under the anointing the most amazing version of WORTHY IS THE LAMB! It was MESMERIZING!! People began to fall on their faces!! I recorded seconds of it, but it was just such a HOLY MOMENT that I didn’t want to cheapen it! It was just TOO HOLY to record!! Right after that one of our group members began to prophesy. One of the things she said was, (This might be a paraphrase, but it’s to the best of my memory) ‘There is someone here whose bank account has fallen into the negative. It’s not like you are used to that happening. In fact it caught you off guard, but GOD wants you to know that within the next couple of days – HE is going to PUT MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT from an UNEXPECTED SOURCE!!!’ The next week when we all met – the woman that prophecy was for – came AND TESTIFIED THAT GOD DID JUST AS HE SAID HE WOULD DO!!
THE RESISTANCE: Intercessory PRAYER Assistance
From the DESK of PROCRASTINATION
While praying for one of our Intercession clients about a contract that had been long delayed…. I heard/saw the Lord tell me to pray that the contract move from the DESK of PROCRASTINATION and move to the DESK OF MOTIVATION. And they would be MOTIVATED to sign the contract. Then I saw a hand come down and with a big rubber stamp – stamp the contract with the word ‘APPROVED’.
Just a FEW DAYS LATER the contract was signed!
Since that day last month, I have had TWO OTHER PEOPLE who have different agreements/proposals/ or contracts held up without cause. Both times I prayed this same strategy – and within LESS THAN A WEEK BOTH had been signed/approved/released! HOW FUN!
PROPHETIC WORDS
A GIFT FROM A WOMAN OR WOMEN IN HER ANCESTRY LINE
We had a visitor to our group. As we began to pray over her in the ‘LOVE SEAT’ The Lord showed me an old jewelry box and I felt like she was about to receive a GIFT from a woman/or women of her genealogy. (I didn’t say this, but I had thought it might be a spiritual gift). The next time she saw me she told me that right after that evening – she found a beautiful tiny ring in HER OWN BACKPACK! Since her sister would often borrow her backpack, she asked her sister if it was hers. Her sister said she had never seen it. When the woman showed her mother, her mother recognized it immediately!! She asked, ‘WHERE DID YOU GET THAT??? That was your GRANDMOTHER’S WEDDING RING!’
PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
ELLEN DeGENERES
We had a married couple visit and sit in our LOVE SEAT. So many people had LOTS of words for them. One that really stands out to me is when God showed me that this woman was going to be like Ellen DeGeneres! (Even though this woman looks ENTIRELY different than Ellen – I sensed this very strongly). She was going to have a program where she takes issues that people have a very difficult time seeing the POSITIVE in. She was going to SHOW THEM the positive in NEGATIVE situations and circumstances (like the Presidential campaign etc). After the meeting, I found out that they already had a program IN THE WORKS!!! And it’s JUST LIKE GOD SHOWED ME. IT’s called, ‘PERSPECTIVES’.
TESTIMONY – PROPHETIC WORDS/WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
JULIA ROBERTS
My husband and I went to an event at a different church. I saw the most beautiful young teen. She just captivated me! The speaker asked us all to step out and find someone we could practice giving Prophetic Words to. I went to this young lady. I told her that just as Julia Roberts had captivated the world with her smile – so would she! Her smile is STRIKING. And just as the CAMERA loves Julia Roberts – the camera would love her as well.
By the end of the word, the Lord let me know that this young lady’s name is also: JULIA!!
TESTIMONY – PROPHETIC WORDS
CINDERELLA
At one of our meetings, we had a woman we had never met come to sit in the LOVE SEAT. As we were praying and thanking God for her, my husband began to see her as Cinderella. At the moment he spoke those words over her, she BROKE DOWN crying so hard. She said that she was always treated as the step daughter and treated unfairly and unkindly….. Yet she had always felt inside like perhaps she was indeed a Cinderella! And now GOD was calling her HIS CINDERELLA. A lot of healing takes place from one prophetic word spoken in love at the right time.
PROPHETIC WORDS/words of knowledge
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
We had a woman who has been a member of our group for quite some time. Her demeanor had been very downcast and troubled the last couple of times we had seen her, so my husband, Tony, asked her to get into the LOVE SEAT. As others began to pray over her – a vision began to play out in my mind about her.
I saw her as Jeannie from the old tv series, ‘I dream of Jeannie’. She had the big balloon like pants with deep pockets. I saw our friend inside the bottle wearing those big pants. In those pockets were so many gifts they were almost falling out.
I also saw that the part of the bottle she was in was likened to a WOMB. Only RIGHT NOW she was in the SQUEEZE of the NECK of the bottle – which is likened to the BIRTH CANAL!! And God wanted to encourage her that she is about to COME OUT INTO HER WIDE-OPEN PLACE! And He told me that if I were to ask her I would find that her middle name is either Jean or Jeannie! IT WAS JEAN!!
Everything in her life was a very difficult struggle at this time: All of her roommates, her boss, she was a very trained and qualified worship leader but the church God had led her to wouldn’t even call her back about her audition tape.
RIGHT after this word….. She got a NEW BOSS (at the same job which she loves) and the new boss LOVES HER!! She got a NEW HOME!! And now lives ALONE and has her own art studio in the house! AND the church had lost her audition tape. Once she resubmitted it – SHE WAS CHOSEN to be one of the worship leaders at the 4,000 plus member church!!! NOTHING in her life looks like it did at the time God gave her these words.
The RESISTANCE: Intercessory PRAYER Assistance
REALTOR – God sells house
One of my first clients was a Realtor from Tulsa. Her husband got his dream job out of state and they had to move almost immediately. They had to get out of their Tulsa house, and they moved into a new home in Texas. They leased the Tulsa house while having it listed for sale. A year or two later – the house was empty, and it would not sell. She called and asked us to PRAY that the home would sell. I’m not sure how long we prayed before God gave me this, but I was driving and about to get onto the highway when I heard the Lord tell me to call the Realtor. Tell her that if she and her husband would get on their knees and pray TOGETHER, God would sell their house for them.
Knowing that they are beautiful Christians, I knew they had been praying but I called and told her exactly what God had said. Her response wasn’t surprising. She said, ‘WE’VE BEEN PRAYING!’….. I told her that I was sure that they had, but I reiterated what God had said about them praying TOGETHER, in agreement.
Perhaps the prayer strategy was too simple, but for some reason they didn’t do it. Well not right away at least.
However, THE DAY they did…. They got THREE OFFERS on their home and sold it for $15,000 MORE than the asking price!
The RESISTANCE: Intercessory PRAYER Assistance
BUSINESS OWNER 2 – Even God’s humor is a testimony!
THE RESISTANCE: INTERCESSORY PRAYER ASSISTANCE
BUSINESS OWNER NO 1 - NOT ALL TESTIMONIES ARE GOOD EVEN IF THEY ARE GOD
We had a client that is a business owner in business with a partner. We prayed for both, their new business, location, manufacturing, investors, their families etc.
During prayer one day, I was asking the Lord why their business has been suffering for so long?! The Lord answered me so quickly and clearly.
He said, ‘I told her that I’m not with her in this business!’. I told the Lord, ‘Uhhhm, Lord, you realize that she is PAYING me to pray FOR her business! Right?’ And I asked Him if He could give me an easier way to tell her what He had just revealed to me, because I HAVE to say what GOD TELLS ME TO SAY. He was very gracious and said, ‘Tell her that I have already spoken to her about this.’ When I told my client this, she assured me that God had NOT spoken to her and she said that IF HE HAD, she sure wished He would speak more clearly!’ Well, I never received another check from this client after that conversation.
Several months later I received a phone call from this former client. She told me that her business partner and her board members had just voted her completely OUT of her own business! She lost her business, her home etc. Very tough situation!!
THE RESISTANCE: INTERCESSORY PRAYER ASSISTANCE
NEW MEDICAL CLINIC - CRITICAL RELEASE
One of our clients called and was in a desperate situation regarding something that was being HELD UP and it was CRITICAL that whatever this was - be released IMMEDIATELY!! They were about to open the doors of their new facility ANY DAY!!! I told my client/friend I would pray immediately! I began to pray in the SPIRIT until I had the right ‘words’ to pray, but I had no sooner been praying FIVE or TEN MINUTES that I got a text from her that IT WAS A MIRACLE!! That which was NOT being released and they had been told WOULD NOT be released anytime soon - WAS MIRACULOUSLY RELEASED!!
PROPHETIC WORDS
NANCY SINATRA
We began our ministry as a small group that would meet in our living room until we outgrew our home. One of those evenings we had a new person show up, which wasn’t uncommon. As she sat in what we affectionately call ‘the LOVE SEAT’ (because God always demonstrates His extravagant LOVE for His people when we pray). My husband and I began to pray over her first. Immediately I kept hearing the Nancy Sinatra song: These Boots are Made for Walking’. The woman, who was not familiar with the prophetic was amazed! She proceeded to tell us that it is VERY uncommon for her to be at any sort of Christian group on a Friday night! Her typical Friday night is spent at the Karaoke Bar where she would be drinking her drinks and smoking her cigarettes as she prepared for her ‘song’ which was always…. Nancy Sinatra: These Boots are Made for Walking!