signs and wonders

over my life time i have seen some really cool things and sense my life in a way has only just begun i am looking forward to bigger things. yet there is a time in every-ones life where we are looking for a sign from God something to tell us that we are on the right path. then suddenly the sign shows up we all wonder was that God? and yet we pray all the time “reveal your self God” it is the nature of man to want to see God. it is something that is part of our heart is to see him and his power. even unbelievers will tell you “show it to me” they challenge it out of the hope that it may actually work and that God might show up.   i am 18 teen and my heart brakes every time i see a kid sitting in church and i can see that they are totally out of what is being said and done and what hurts is i cant blame them. my life i have seen a good truthful gospel being preached yet i see that a revelation of the truth with out a application of that truth does nothing. in Hosea 4:6 it says “My people perish for lack of knowledge. because you have rejected knowledge” the reason why we perish is not because we did not know, the reason why we perish is because we know yet we reject it. i worked with guy who was an atheist yet his mom worked at a church he went to the youth group (to play pool) he new that there was a God and as we talked it was clear that God had really nothing to offer him in his mind. he told me one day “if i had to choose id be a Christian” he knew what he needed yet didnt want to leave a life of “freedom” to live a life of “rules”.  we would talk and talk about God and what life was about. he did drugs had “relationships”  and had enough of religion he was my age and truly wanted a destiny yet he was so wounded by the church that he couldnt see a loving Jesus. during my time there i trained a guy who was a bit older than me and had one of the most messed up views on everything spiritual so he would pump me full of questions about God and healing and stuff and he was genuine in the things he would ask me, there were several times we would be in the middle of stocking shelves all the while having a discussion about God and several times i had a well meaning christian would interject a comment about Jesus being the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings and this guy would just look at them like what does that mean? i truly believe that people dont care what you know until you know that you care. youth dont care what you know until you get on there level and look at them straight in the eyes and begin to see what they are dealing with. i had met some kids this last week at church and decided to go hang out at youth group with them a lot of these kids have crazy stories even though i dont know all of there stories you can tell some have been through junk and that is putting it nicely and so i go and hang out and talk to some of them before it starts. i had decided i would keep quiet and not cause to much trouble. they talked about the prophetic and hearing God and as i listened i could relate to how a lot of these kids were feeling they had gotten excited about God and all they wanted to do is get to know God yet they were dealing with the confusion of voices and feelings and “how do i” and “what dont i”.  has i was just listening to what was being spoken my head began to get very hot. witch is usually it is God telling me he is about to show up and show off. the youth pastor looked at me and said “what is your story?” i started telling everyone about the things ive been apart of. healing rooms, firestorm, mentorships, and healing and prophetic schools. i started talking about miracles and seeing legs and arms grow and as i began telling testimonies of healing. the whole time my head getting hotter and hotter. then i felt like i just needed to do something supernatural so i said “hay is there anyone hear with back pain right now” sure enough one girl had some back pain and so i said to youth pastor is it alright if i pray for her and he said yes so i said “stand up and stick out your arms” she stood and stuck out her arms and sure enough one was shorter than the other one by a half an inch i said “watch this it is going to grow out” i began to tell the arm to grow and with out even touching her they began to grow she got very hot and started to shake. they grew out until they were even and i turned around and said “it is that simple” the other kids started asking all these questions and some wanted prayer for healing this one kid who had a ball hit one of his fingers while playing baseball got completely healed as i was praying for him his hands got covered in gold dust and oil. another kid who had flat feet had instant improvement. the same girl who had her arms grown out asked me to pray for her tail bone. so i told her  to reach down until it hurts and she could only go about as far as her knees.  so i grew out her legs and then told her to reach down and touch her toes, so she reached down and touched her toes the power of God was so real in that place it was so good. after stuff settled down this guy said to me “when you started talking about growing out legs and stuff i thought you were full of crap, but now i apologize”. youth are looking for a real gospel and i intend to give it to them. i pray that this will not make you applaud, or feel warm and fuzzy, i pray that this will embolden you. i pray it will make you jealous. i pray that it will make you hungry. jes                               

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