my journey

My Journey into the Spiritual

September 25, 2007 – I met with Steve, along with Tim, at the Jack in the Box. Our purpose was mainly to talk with Steve about what God was doing in him, and in The LORD Will Provide ministries. After a little while, Steve looked at me and asked me what my “experiences in the Lord” were. I told him about some things that have happened to me – the night of the great battle at Geoff’s house, the things at Ceta, and some times that I heard the Lord. It made me miss the old times when I could hear the Lord so clearly. He told me about a prayer meeting that he wants to start at his house. I saw in my head his fireplace…but I didn’t say anything. I felt like this was going to be a place where God would restore the brokenness in many people’s lives.
My prayer is “God, open my mind to the prophetic once more. Let me in on what you are doing – let me see you. Let me hear you. Please.”

February 11, 2008 – I had a conversation with God. It’s not over, but I just want to write it down. I was reading (on the thrown in the office) 2 Samuel and I prayed for God’s grace. He said clearly, “Stop doing the things that you are doing.” “How?” I said. He said, “What are you doing right now?” “Talking to you,” I said. Then it hit me. I haven’t had a conversation with God in a long time. Then he said this: “You do a lot of good things. But I care way more about you and our relationship than all of those things you do for me.” That was awesome. I’m going to go talk to my friend….

March 13, 2008 – I am at the Embracing God’s Glory conference in Temple. It is a breath of fresh air. I feel God’s presence; I’m worshipping him for the first time in a long time. It’s like IHOP. It is incredible. God is saying to me, “Fix your eyes on me.” Where are my eyes? They flutter from one thing to another. Please can I go beyond the veil? Let my eyes be fixed on you. (I just wrote psalm 8 )
I’m reminded of the first time I heard God’s voice clearly. He said, “You are special, you are worthy” Let me hear you again. Let me feel you. Let me enter the circle. Let me enter the Holy of Holies. Be here. Let me be fully here.

May 12, 2008 – I was driving down 6th Ave. and when I came to the gas station on the corner of Main Street, I saw Steve getting gas in his car with The Lord Will Provide signs on the side. I drove about a block and I knew that God was telling me to turn around and talk to him. So I turned around and pulled up next to him. He was going in to pay for his gas, and I yelled at him, “Hey Steve!” He turned around and was like, “Hey man.” We just made small talk until he said, “Are you getting gas, or what?” And I told him that I had passed and turned around just to see him. Then he understood that we needed to get together. So we decided to meet at the next day. Then I drove off and continued on my way.

May 13, 2008 – I met with Steve at the Jack in the box. We met and talked about the prophetic. We both recapped stories of when the Lord really moved in our lives. Then he looked at me and said, “You are really prophetic.” I sort of smiled and acknowledged his words. Then I told him about how dry I was. I told him I was in the desert. That I hadn’t heard the Lord in a long time. I told him I longed to hear the Lord again and that I couldn’t wait to just meet and worship with other people the way I use to. He said that he wants to start doing a prayer meeting (this was the second time we talked about doing something like that). Then I asked him if he had ever heard of harp and bowl worship. He hadn’t a clue what it was so I told him about it. Then we went out to my car and listened to an IHOP harp and bowl session. He really liked it and said we should do it. I agreed.

Late May, 2008 – Our first harp and bowl worship gathering. There were only a few of us there. It was super awkward and we just sort of flew by the seat of our pants. Mark and I played guitars and led the singing. George was there, as well as Sue, Jade, and Steve. It was mainly singing and praying. It was good. But there would be a lot more in store for us.

June 18, 2008 – Crazy God things are happening. I met with Steve at Dee’s Deli– I have been talking with him a lot lately. He is way into the prophetic aspect of being a follower. Today he prophesied over me.
There is going to be a fire and I’ll know it right away. And I’ll get up and bring kids into a passionate relationship with God. These kids are hidden and I’ll have to go on a windy road to get to them. But I will lead them to this fire and show them things they’ve never seen before.
After Steve told me this, Shelli Mollenbrock came up and immediately asked about my vision for a youth center where kids can come to worship. They both began to pray and prophecy. It was crazy. Shelli said that I was the shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep to go after the one. Steve also told me that I will teach a group of guys. And I will meet a friend to encourage me and I’ll encourage him. We will become good friends.

July 11, 2008 – I met with Steve to talk about prayer and worship. We decided to make the harp and bowl worship a semi-regular thing.

Late July – We had our second meeting. It was different than the first. It was more of a sharing/praying time. We sang a few songs. Then worshipped a little bit. Then more sharing/praying.

Early August – We met a couple of times at Steve’s for harp and bowl prayer and worship. It is weird how every time is different. We always start in prayer, blessing the Lord and asking him to move. And He always does!!! Singing, praying, reading scripture aloud and over people, and prophesying over people are things that happen during our meetings. But it always happens in a different way or shows up in different areas. The spirit is moving. He is showing us how to do this.

August 14, 2008¬ – Harp and bowl worship and prayer. This night, the Lord gave me a word for Steve. I had the picture of his feet walking on the path. But he didn’t know where the path was leading. It got clearer and clearer as I spoke it. Sometimes the path would disappear completely and didn’t come up until his foot made contact with it. He was going to be following the Spirit in a way that he did not know which way to go and the Spirit would be only a split second in front of him. The path went up and I saw the bricks or stones coming together, but it was like they didn’t make up the path until his foot connected with it. Other people spoke words over each other. This was a good night.

August 27, 2008 – I spent this morning in the Labyrinth. God spoke to me.
The first thing he said was, “I am here.”
He showed me an illustration of my struggle. I’m praying about my addiction to my flesh. There was a tree root in the pathway of substantial size and the Lord stopped me. He said, “This root is your struggle. You might fall over it sometimes. And it might hurt you and potentially those around you, but you learn eventually to step over it. Without it, there is no victory. You won’t always trip on it and the more you face it, the easier it will be to step over. After a while you won’t even notice that it is there.”
When passing the center for the 2nd time, the Lord had me pray for Dennis, specifically about his burden. (He told me a few days later that this was extremely significant for him.)
At one point a tree was near the edge of a turn and the Lord said, “You can take the easy way or the hard way – I chose the latter and when under the tree.
The Lord stopped me and said Isaiah 41:24 – “but you are less than nothing, and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.” The Lord showed me that I have NOTHING to offer. I can only rely on him. Then is Isaiah 42!
The Lord stopped me and told me to listen. He said “don’t write this down.” Then told me something. (The FIRE is coming!) He didn’t want me to write it down because he wanted to burn it into my memory.
I began to pray for a building or meeting place and my pace quickened a little.
I stopped at the top outer edge of the Labyrinth. Tim was in the center praying. I stopped and prayed for him.
God stopped me and I prayed for my kids, specifically the leaders. Trevor, Hefty, Kristin, Rachel.
In the center, I prayed that God would take me into his presence and he did. I laid down praying facing up. Jesus said, “I Love You,” and then he said, “You rock.” And I opened my eyes to see for a second the shape of a heart in the clouds.

September 4, 2008 – There were only four of us this night. Steve, Ryan, Paul, and myself. I think Hamp showed up later this evening, but I cant remember. We talked for a while about things and when we started to pray, steve said that there was a cloudy, plastic-like membrane separating us from God that we needed to break through. We started talking and confessing sin to each other. We each confessed and shared struggles that we had, and also victories that needed to be celebrated. Steve told me that there was going to be a strengthening coming to me and that I needed to put on the armor of God. Ryan was on this night. Pictures were coming to him and words and actions. He said that when he prayed for me, his fingers tingled and twitched. He said my fingers are anointed. Steve confirmed this and also added that when I play my guitar, the instrument itself is anointed. Ryan also said that because of the fingers thing, anything creative that I do with my hands is blessed.
Steve said my highs will be on a whole new level and my lows will be brought up to where my highs are. I will have a way to bring others up. And I am going up to higher places just to be there, or like sit there. Places where the air is thin. It reminds me of the mountain in Enter the Worship Circle.
God showed me that Ryan was going to be preaching. But it wasn’t like to a church, it was to small groups of people. He has a gift of analogies and illustrations that make sense of the Gospel.
Steve said that I was liquid in the spirit.
Ryan told me that God loves my humility. Steve confirmed it by saying that I have a moldability and that God is molding me how he wants me. He said that I am liquid in the spirit. I go quickly into the presence of God, where it might take someone else a while to get there, I get there quickly.

September 11, 2008 – This was a singing night. The spirit really moved through song. Steve told Paul that he needed a drum because he was banging on the chair.

September 24, 2008 – I got alone and prayed. The Lord spoke to me clearly. “I am talking you to higher places.” I prayed for our coming harp and bowl session, that God would pour out his Spirit upon us. The Lord led me to Psalm 23:1-3.

September 25, 2008 – This was the night that changed things for our gatherings. The Holy Spirit really moved. Everyone was on the same page. It was Weston, Ashley, and Jessica’s first time to be there. Paul, Paige, Hamp, Ryan, and George were also there. God spoke and confirmed and then re-affirmed several times through out the night.
Steve began to pray and got a word for Ashley, just that she is very prophetic and God is about to open up that in her. I asked her to begin to pray and she did. That got us all rolling. We sang and worshipped and prayed.
Steve told me that God is taking me to higher places again, but that it comes with a cost.
Everyone was getting the image of a flower for Jessica. That she was in the process of blooming. She is God’s flower.
Ryan said that he saw me on a mountain top with my hands outstretched. Ashley confirmed and Steve said that God is not focused on my temporal worship. He is focused on my path up to the mountain top. He is pleased with my journey. Ryan confirmed.
Steve added that he is still taking me higher – to where the air is thin. It is the place he wants me to sit and just be.
Ryan got a word for Hamp that he is in the rocky path and there is destruction all around. I confirmed and so did Steve.
Paul spoke to Weston about insecurities. Paige also read a scripture over him. It was Isaiah 61. Ryan said he was feeling that same thing for him. Then Hamp began to laugh because he had his bible opened to Isaiah 61 and said God said that it was for Weston. Weston was in shock because he has been reading that chapter for the last few weeks.
Ashley told me that I have the spirit of John the Baptist. God loves my passion. She confirmed Ryan’s word about the mountain. She said she saw me standing in front of Jesus arms outstretched and then like at the martyr of Stephen, Jesus is standing at the right hand of the thrown of God.
God was moving and speaking in more ways that this. It was amazing that everyone was all together, all on the same page.

September 26, 2008 – (a facebook message I sent to Steve)
man. last night was incredible… I cannot tell you how good I feel. Its like im whole again. Ive been through the desert. And last night was just another cool drink of water. I feel like this oasis is here and now im in a time of growth and development. We were rolling last night. And it excites me that God is using me… ME… to do his work. I just want to say thank you for listening to God. And telling me that I did not lose my gift.. and that God can still speak to me. Im so blessed to have a friend like you.
I spent an hour and 15 min soaking this morning. God is showing me the higher places… im not there yet but im beginning the journey up the mountain to meet with him… to walk with him on top of the mountain.
Just wanted to share.
Much love,
Kyle
(Steve’s response)
I am so grateful that the Lord has blessed us bro… and blessed us together. We will see this fire grow and spread beyond what we ever thought. This is His desire for His creation to know Him and we are merely His instruments. May we constantly seek to touch His face and allow Him to touch us in the deepest places within. Intimacy. Whispers of love. Breath of His breath. Deeper Lord, we yearn to go deeper.
Peace,
Steve

Early October – the Lord is teaching us how to worship, pray, and roll in the prophetic. It is all about him. Also, we became friends with Tom and Jonathon Mills in Kansas City. Tom offered an open invitation to come to IHOP-KC and his home for us to stay. A few days after this happened, Steve and I decided to go. A few days after that, I had a dream. Brian Hume was helping me pack my suitcase. We were putting my clothes in the suitcase, but I didn’t know why we were packing. He looked at me and said, “You are going to IHOP in Kansas City. This is an important time for you. You are going to meet with God.” The next day I remembered the dream and Steve called me and said, “I really feel it is urgent that we go to IHOP. The Lord is really putting it on my heart to go soon.” We then planned on going the first of November.

October 16, 2008 – This is the night that things were a little off. We didn’t realize it. Bob Jones began to pray over people. He sort of gave a little sermon in the middle and when he gave a word for someone, it was almost a sermonette. When he prayed over Shelli, she went down. She really didn’t know what to think about that, but the Spirit did move in her. He spoke over me and told me that there is a library in heaven that God has allowed me access too. It is the music of heaven that God wants me to learn. It seemed hard for me to get anything from the Lord. Steve felt the same problem. God shut him off until the very end. It was only Steve and I and Bob and his son, Matt, when the Spirit started rolling. Heavy night.

October 23, 2008 – Paul had a dream that we were at Steve’s for our gathering. We were in a circle and Jesus was moving through each of us and things were awesome. He saw Jesus in the middle of the circle and he was ministering to everyone. He was working through other people. Everyone was in tune with the Spirit and Jesus was present in the gathering.
Then Paul had another dream. It was the same setting but something had changed. Jesus was ministering to people in the middle of the circle but then someone stood up and bumped Jesus out of the way and started trying to minister to that person without the help of Jesus. Jesus would then go to the other side of the room and begin to minister to another person. Again, someone would jump up and move Jesus out of the way and take over ministering to that person. This happened repeatedly until Jesus finally left, frustrated that he could not fully minister to his followers.

Paul shared this dream with us during our gathering. It was amazing because of what happened the week prior. We realized that we have to protect our gatherings and keep them organic and agenda-free, only letting the Spirit lead us.
This was Dusty’s and Katy’s first time in our session. They were very moved and touched, especially Dusty. The first thing Steve said at the beginning of our session was that God was providing finances for someone, and to not worry about it. Dusty began to cry and get emotional. God brought him much victory, and really victory in everyone’s life. The night was worship-filled. I even began to dance around with my guitar as we all singed, chanted, and prayed.

October 31, 2008 – Steve, Bob, Paul, Paige, and I met for lunch at chick-fil-a. After lunch we went to the mansion to pray and seek the Lord. Several words were spoken over me, as well as everyone else.
Bob Jones said that I am in a transition stage. God is stretching me. He is going to open my path to use laying on of hands and people will fall out in the Spirit. I spoke over Paige a vision I saw for him. It was an old fashioned light bulb that was barely illuminated, but slowly and steadily it got brighter and brighter until you had to shade your eyes. He said it made sense to him.
Paige told me that God is going to do something with me at KC. It is important and strategic.
Many other words were spoken and the Spirit was thick.

November 1, 2008 – Steve and I headed to Kansas City to visit IHOP. On the way there, we talked much about what God was doing and what God had shown us. Steve felt he needed to call Sylvester Mathews and after he chatted a while, he handed the phone to me. As soon as I said, “Hi,” Sylvester jumped in to prophesying. “You are worshipper. I see you dancing before the Lord. You are worshipping.” He said that God was giving me these arrows with which I will shoot with a bow. The arrows are the Word, which is truth. Then he said, “This KC trip is strategic for you. God is going to meet with you!” Wow! He also said that I would meet two guys with the same passion as me and they will be important to my visit at IHOP.

November 2, 2008 – The prayer room is amazing. I cannot even describe it. The Lord is present here. The Lord wants me to spend time in worship and prayer with him every morning. (I wrote Psalm 11).
God met me at IHOP. It was a time for me and him to just be together and to enjoy each others company. The next day I was in the prayer room almost all day long. I only left a few times. While I was there I bumped into a guy while prayer walking, and when I turned around Brent Rempe, an old friend from high school was staring back at me in amazement. We went outside and caught up with each others’ lives. It was incredible to see what God was doing with him. He ended up buying me some books and praying for me. This was one of the guys Sylvester prophesied about. I prayed all day. That night I dreamed about praying. I even woke up praying and fell asleep only to pray some more. The next morning I awoke in the Spirit of God. It was incredible. The final night we had dinner with some friends of Tom and Debbie. They do deliverance ministry and spiritual warfare classes in the mission field. It was a great night with great discussion. Before we left on the last day, we visited with Tom and Debbie over breakfast. We talked about IHOP and the different things that go on there. Tom basically invited me to come and teach Hebrew and Old Testament at the school. It was an incredible meeting. (Tom was the other guy that was important). It was an incredible time with the Lord.

November 6, 2008 – Our gathering was good. We practiced letting only Jesus be in control. Many new faces were here. Words were spoken over people, and our worship was sweet. Bob spoke over me and said that persecution is coming to me. I am to love those people and know that I am doing what the Lord wants.

November 13, 2008 – The Spirit was thick tonight. There were many people at our gathering, a full house. Some of the new people were Don Lentz, Jess Pearson, Amanda Gigante, and Jessica’s dad and sister. It started out with about an hour of talking and story telling – something I hope will not happen again. After that, we began to pray and seek the Lord. The Spirit came on thick as we sang and prayed and read scripture. “Bless the Lord, O my Soul and all that is within me, Bless his Holy Name.”
The Spirit really began to move, and some people were standing and jumping and praying and singing at the top of their lungs. “I’m in love with God and God’s in love with me. This is who I am and this is who I’ll be and that settles it.” Mark also came this night to play, which was good because I was free to stop and speak over people, or read scripture, or pray. After singing and praying I began to roll. I spoke over Jessica’s dad that he was on a path and it was like he was stepping on pillars and he was going higher and higher. It is a difficult path for him to be on but it is the Lord’s. I also got a word for Amanda, that she was looking through a hole in a wall at what the Lord was doing. She was very curious about what was on the other side and slowly, brick by brick the wall began to come down. The hole became bigger and bigger until she could walk through and see the fullness of what God was doing.

February 5, 2009 – Harp and Bowl has been awesome lately. God is growing us in many ways. Jessica’s mom, aunt, and mom’s friend, came to our HoP. The night was great, but it started slowly. Steve was in a wrestling match with God this night and I felt like it took a while to get into the Spirit. No one got a word until way into the evening, when Jenny, Jessica’s aunt, spoke up with a word for mark. She said that God was going to use his music to do even bigger things than he could imagine and that his expectations were way too low. She said that he had a heart like David’s and said he God was going to use him to reach a lot of people. After that the Spirit started to flow and brought us into a time of “Restoration.” One of the best things for the evening was for Jessica’s mom’s friend, Dodi, when we circled around praying for her. This was really good for Weston because he began to speak prophetically over her and prayed deeply in the Spirit for her. It was just as much important for his coming out, than it was for her receiving the things from the Lord.

February 12, 2009 – This was a warrior night! God started us off quick in the Spirit. We were liquid in him, melting into his heart from the moment we arrived. The day before, Steve heard the Lord leading him to LifeWay but he had no reason to go. While sitting in the parking lot, a woman came up to his car window. Steve rolled down the window and she said, “The Lord told me to come and talk to you.” As they talked, Steve invited her to our HoP and she asked to bring her son. Then she said that he plays the drums. Steve was amazed because just the last week the Lord had him to buy an electric drum kit for “no reason.”
So Retha and Brent were there and the Lord brought us into his Spirit quickly. Not many college students were there, but that was ok because the Lord wanted to use the smaller group to wage war over the enemy. Among our songs and chants were, “Only one word comes to mind, theres only one word to describe, HOLY HOLY, HOLY, is the Lord God Almighty,” “I’ll Stand…” “Shout out to God with a voice of triumph, shout out to God with a voice of praise, shout out to God with a voice of triumph, we lift Your Name up, we lift Your Name up!” That ROLLED!!!! God was so near. Brent played drums, and at that point, mark put down his guitar and started playing the djembe. it was powerful!

February 19, 2009 – Tonight was sweet. Jesus just ministered to us all night. We started a little later, but went into the Spirit very quickly. It started with prayer. There was just a heavy sweetness on the room. God was so near to us. Steve got a word for Brent that he was very prophetic and his gifting would start to come out. Ashley saw a vision of a desert turning in on itself and revealing these evergreen trees that were very green, along with everything around them. Then she saw Jesus say, i’m not at the center of the room but im at the center of all of your hearts. a little while after that i prayed that same thing, that God would be at the center of all of our hearts. God wouldnt let steve go about brent and so we stopped prayer and worship for a little while and prayed over him. everyone was getting a word for him of power and prophecy. while we were praying over him God showed me that he was going to be speaking to people older than him and they were going to say, “who is this kid who is so young?” but i wasnt suppose to say this out loud. I walked to the other end of the room to try to figure out why God was doing this and to argue with him to let me say it. I finally just submitted and said nothing. a few minutes later after we sat down jade spoke up and said to him, “i feel God showing me that you (brent) will be speaking to people older than you who will say things like ‘who is this kid thats so young?’ But God will bring you through that and you will say it anyway.” !!!! That was so awesome for me that God spoke the same thing to my wife! It was great!
Halfway through the evening a heaviness fell on the room and steve spoke up about it. Katy and Jessica were burdened, Kate wasnt sure why, but Jess i guess was dealing with some stuff. God just ministered to them sweetly. Connie prayed over Jess which was awesome and God was moving throughout the room. A song came out, “you are my hope, you are my love, you are my Jesus. and even in my weakness you call me lovely. revival fire, revival fire, revival fire.” It was beautiful. God ministered to all of us this night. It was also an important teaching night. The Lord taught us how to go deeper and use our giftings to edify the body. Praise the Lord for what He is doing!!!

March 5, 2009 – Intense night in the Spirit! Three guys that I met from Austin came down and joined us for house of prayer worship. Jordan, who I met at a coffee house the week before, and two of his friends, Scott and Aaron, came with focused hearts. They really poured out scriptures and prayers, but also soaked up the Spirit. God really did work in Laurel this night and God taught us how to minister to the brokenhearted.

March 6, 2009 – Steve and I travelled to Marble Falls to help out with a prayer and worship gathering there. It was a great trip and God moved triumphantly throughout the night. It was cool to see how the lessons that God has taught us applied through the night. God was keeping us on track with what He wanted to do.

March 12, 2009 – This group was intimate. Shaunte and her husband, Darrell, came and added such a sweet element to the gathering. Connie prayed a blessing over them which was super sweet. God really swept through the room and there was a feeling of power over the enemy. We did some intercession and chanting that really flowed. God was sooo there!

March 13-18, 2009 – MISSION ACADEMY in Tulsa, OK. God swooped through a hundred 6,7, and 8 graders. I got to lead worship and speak throughout the week. The worship times were super intense and I got to watch, front row, what God did. Kids were praying over each other, praying in the Spirit, laying hands on each other, and prophesying to one another. God was moving through his children! The Spirit of power was there and hearing a hundred kids yelling, “I wanna be for you, not against you, I wanna be with you where you are!” and “Shine your light and let the whole earth sing, singing for the glory of the risen king!” It was incredible. Several times I could just step back and let them get after it! God moved in mighty ways.

March 26, 2009 – This was the largest gathering we have had yet. The night started with powerful worship to our King. Voices lifted high as we exalted Jesus through singing, reading poetry and writings, and exalting prayer. This lasted a little over an hour and then something weird happened. There was a mass exodus of people, many of which had to be at other places. Our group went from a large group to a small group in the blink of an eye. What is crazy is some people didnt notice that everyone left. God kept us in a spirit of prayer and unity. What was also strange is that the ones who normally speak out in the prophetic got completely shut off by God. It was as if he shut off the nozzle of the prophetic flow. This brought an oppression to us and we felt a heaviness that we didnt know the origins of which it came.
Then slowly, new people began to speak out in the prophetic. Theresa started flowing in accuracy and detail. She spoke with precision and was dead on. There was even confirmation by other people. A verse was read about the circumcision of the heart and Theresa revealed a word that she had written down earlier. The word was, “circumcision.” Jade also was speaking prophetically throughout the night. We began to pray over and for the Poppys, specifically for their sons. God really ministered to them and new people began to pray and speak prophetically over them. In hindsight, we realized God had shut off the nozzle of the regular prophetic speakers in order to raise up new people. The oppression we felt was the hand of God holding us back. Praise God for His teaching, correction, and training.

April 2, 2009 – Powerful night. Mark and Judy Price were in town from Alaska. This whole week was anointed and their time here was, well, priceless.  The night started with sweet prayer and moved into intercessory prayer fast. God put a firey spirit in us from the get go. We sang, “Baptize us in the Holy Spirit, Baptize us with Fire.” It rolled for a while. Juliet had a little vision of us worshiping around campfire. Then She saw the outbreaking of fire. It was like a bright light, and then she recognized the light as coming out of Jade, like she was radiating and pouring the light of Christ out among everyone. After singing and praying the prophetic started to roll. Ashley saw a huge lake of fire. The color was indescribable. Then a figure was dunked into the lake of fire. The fire was purity. The this figure had a face and it was mine. Trough this fire, this purity, many will catch that fire and worship God.
Steve had a word for Mark that when he chooses God, God takes him to new levels. His happiness was because he chose to worship God tonight. Then Steve spoke to Daniel, saying his worship style is so pleasing to God and that God will use that to break religious molds. The Steve told Brent that God is taking him to whole new levels that he cant imagine.
Jennifer spoke and said that when we were singing, “send your fire, let your fire fall,” she saw the fire. It would flare and then it would go back to Steve and it was dancing on his tongue.
Judy started praying and asking for revival fire and said that God has said, “I have sent revival fire. I sent YOU.” Then we sang an intercessor song: “Jesus, I plead your blood over my sins, and the sins of my nation. Send Revival, send revival.” Judy said that revival happens when the fire is in every man’s heart.
Mark said that we are God’s end time bride, and we are the Revival. He then said we are God’s army and that when God says go, you say, send me!
Steve and Ashley then said that I am hitting the end of a cliff and I’m about to fly. It’s like I’m taking off and the end of the runway is coming. It’s a faith thing and I’m about to fly. The end of the cliff is coming.
Incredible night of prayer, worship, and prophetic flow of the Spirit.

April 30, 2009 – This was a super weird night. We hadn’t met for 4 weeks and it took a long time to get into worship. There was sort of a heaviness on the room and it felt like we all were having difficulties connecting with the Spirit. There were things blocking me that I had to deal with the following week. Sort of a confusing, yet worshipful night.

May 6, 2009 –  Because of the circumstances of last week, there was an anticipation and expectancy for God to move in big ways. Personally, God dealt with me in MAJOR ways in the past few days. There had been some things piling up in my mind – anxieties, fears, pain, sin issues, and pride – that God wanted to deal with. I had a lunch meeting on Wednesday with a good friend who is discipling me and Christ spoke through him concerning some things that I had to do. As soon as I got done with that lunch meeting I went and picked up Jade from her work and told her everything that had been going on with me for the past few months. There was such a release of burdens and a weight completely lifted from my shoulders. Thursday afternoon I also had a conversation with a student who Ive ministered to for several years now. He confronted me on some things and the Spirit of God spoke through him and the Spirit brought conviction and I had to repent and ask forgiveness for things. God was breaking me down. Taking my pride away. Making me completely humble before Himself and others.

May 7, 2009 — Thursday  night at our gathering, God spoke immediately. It was as if we jumped into the river as soon as we got here. Steve even said the moment I got there he saw a cleansing over me, that I was glowing with lightheartedness and freedom. And I was!
The night started with prayer. God was speaking. We began to pray for Mark hardcore. God was speaking through Steve, Paul, GEORGE, and me directly to Mark. He is coming into a new place musically and there is a fusion coming between the Word and music. He is going to be on a whole new plain lyrically and God is going to take him to so many new levels. We prophesied over him for most of the beginning of the night. Then Steve and Paul began to speak over me… concerning my relationship with Jade. They said their is a connection between us that is making a solid marriage, and that we are more and more becoming best friends. We had actually just talked about that the day before! Then we sang for a little while. George was cracking us up and the fellowship in the room was so communally perfect.

Steve said that there was ministry coming out of my guitar.  I will be delivering messages that will cut through stone.  There has been a humbling in me and God is cleansing the river of the flow.  There is a taking away and I shouldn’t be afraid because those things will be given back.  I am on a step and about to go to another step.

Then the Spirit began to move on Retha and we began speaking over her and ministering to her. The prophetic was really rolling this night and there was an accuracy and detail that was on a level we havent experienced before as a group. Everyone was speaking over everyone and the Spirit was guiding it all.

Praise God for this night!

May 21, 2009 — Tonight there was such a sweet presence as we worshiped our king.  We worshiped for two solid hours through spontaneous singing.  There was so much power in our voices as we sang.  The angels were singing with us.  We went into a time of prayer and spoke truths of who Jesus is – sweet king, deliverer, name above all names, etc.  Then the Lord ministered to Ashley. Steve spoke over her that God has hidden all these truths in her and there will be times when she will pull those out and minister to people when the time is right.  She is in the shallow dirt but will move to the rich soil.  God loves her so much, she is his special child.   Ryan spoke 1 Samuel 16:23 over me, our music and our intercession.  ”²³ Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.”  Ashley prayed that God would release legions of angels over our city to heal broken hearts.

May 27, 2009 — Powerful worship tonight.  The flow started early.  ”Take me there, to the place where we first met, where I fell in love with you.”  The Copples showed up tonight.  I was very surprised to know that they were like-spirited people and they were right in front of me the whole time.  David spoke over Steve that he has a key of activation and will travel around, switching on signs and wonders and the prophetic flow in people.  He has “hot feet” and will be traveling all around, even to Africa.  There is an old man there that has been praying for him to come.

June 4, 2009 — God ministered a lot through everyone speaking over each other.  California has a new thread that, when pulled, will unravel a whole new thing.  It like a lid that will open and an outpouring will come out.  God will bring pole to Ashley that he will sort of form around her.  He will use her to build up these people in the faith.  There will be a new movement at the Vista.  Change is coming.  This new movement will explode spiritually.  It will start with the students and kids in worship and prayer.  It is like a ground breaking when a plant springs up out of the ground. More and more people will catch it.  The fire will spread.

July 11, 2009 — The Poppys were ministered to tonight.  There is a spiritual pregnancy in Jennifer that is growing within her.  Things might be getting dull but so much more is coming, and its on the horizon.

August 15, 2009 — The night started with sweet songs of worship.  ”Open up the heavens and let it rain, let it rain.”  Matt read Psalm 91 and we began to ask God to break down the walls.  Then we moved into a time of burning for the Lord.  ”Lord is gracious.” “Less of me.” “Burn us up” We moved into a time of intercession, praying violently for the lost and hurting people in our area.  Then Matt read a Psalm and said he felt like dancing.  We started singing “There’s something bigger going on, there’s someone bigger than me, there’s something bigger going on. Holy! Holy!” Everyone started dancing before the Lord. After that, people started praying over each other.  It was cool because it sort of broke out into individual ministry as small groups of conversation and prayer broke out.  Retha, Iddie, Larry and Jackie, and Ronda got spoken and prayed over.  God really moved.  David and Aamber really ministered tonight.  We prayed Revelation 4 over our group and over the musicians.  God is really developing the harp and bowl.

August 22, 2009 — The journey was very different tonight.  The intros took a long time, almost an hour.  Several new people were here tonight.  It was such a blessing to have Dorthy here to give her vision about the eagles.  She is so anointed and it was awesome to hear her testimony.  We transitioned into worship quickly but without explanation of what we were doing.  The worship can really be divided into two parts.  Part 1 was very showy and fleshy, meaning the feeling in the room was more like, “look how good I can worship you Jesus,” instead of, “Jesus, can I worship you with all I have?”  There were several distractions around the room, including a shofar player, several words that seemed out of place, and just a spirit of distraction.  This went on for quite some time.  At one point God had me get up and walk outside.  Then he had me correct with scripture some things that were said.  Paul was in the corner pleading with Jesus not to leave (like in his dream last year).  We talked and prayed for a little while and then finally got refocused on Jesus.  This began part 2.  Jesus began to roll.  The worship was powerful and the words spoken over everyone were direct, impacting, and encouraging. God really taught us this night that explanation in the beginning is very important.

August 23, 2009 — Last night I had a dream that was interesting.  I dreamt that I was on the road with Steve and Paul and we were in Northern New Mexico.  It was the middle of the afternoon and God led us to a motel–not to stay but because we had to meet someone there.  This was a divine appointment.  At this point my alarm went off (in the natural) and I hit the snooze button and I remember looking at my phone and hitting the snooze button and thinking, “five more minutes.”  I went right back to sleep and right back into the same dream without missing a beat, which almost never happens to me.  We were at this motel and went into the room to pray.  The room was a typical one bedroom, three star motel that smelled like smoke (even though it was a “non smoking” room) with a TV that didn’t work.  We waited around and began to pray and seek the Lord.  A TV repair guy drove up and Steve said, “This must be our divine appointment,” as me and Paul looked at each other like, “Really, Steve?”  This guy was a good 300 lbs and had messy, shaggy hair and scraggly facial hair.  He came in with his tool box and we began to make small talk.  The room sort of changed like we jumped time a bit.  We were praying and prophesying over this guy and he was balling like a baby.  We turned around and there was a young couple praying on the couch on the other side of the room.  We began praying for them and ministering to them.  The scene changed again and Steve and I were looking at a map.  The map was a topo map of Northern New Mexico.  I saw a trail at the top of a mountain that I had been to prior to that trip.  I said, “Man, I wish we could go up there!”  Then steve closed his eyes and was hearing from God.  Then I woke up with no alarm and it had been 40 minutes since I hit the snooze button.

September 12, 2009 — The whole first part of this night was all about God ministering and meeting with us.  There was such a sweet spirit in the room.  It began with, “”All the pieces of my broken life you put together.” We sang, “Pour out mercy, Reveal Your heart, And You open up your heart time and time again, All men’s empty promises laid at Your feet, You’ve never broken one… All men’s empty promises lie broken at Your feet  You’ve never broken one.”  God poured out his mercy on us.  We sang, “You open up your heart time and time and time again,” and God continued to pour and pour and pour.  We prayed over Zachary and Michael, who were there for the first time.  God spoke to them in many ways.  We prayed over Lane and Bill.  God totally was blazing through Ryan.  He was dead on and was speaking so much truth into their lives, and everyone else’s as God revealed it to him.  We prayed for Jacque as well and then began to minister to her, speaking into her.  It was a great night.  Something interesting is that more than half of the people who came are from the Vista. God is moving! Amen.

October 24, 2009 – This was both a great and different night.  Firstly, we had 27 people at our gathering, our largest group yet.  It’s interesting how the number of people who show up make such a difference in the flow and feel of the night.  We started with some sweet worship and it felt as though the Spirit moved quickly throughout the group.  One thing we were sure to do in the beginning was to explain that Jesus is at the center of our gathering and he is the one that we are to focus on.  This made such a difference (so different than the first shofar night as this time it blended so well this time, August 22). It seemed we were all tracking on the same page.  In the middle of the journey, spontaneous individual prayer ministry broke out.  There were several small groups of conversation and prayer going on.  At this point many people were praying over each other.  I prayed over Lisa and called out a few of her burdens and prayed for healing over them.  The God had me pray over Jacque and had me quote Hebrews 12 over her and the balance in her life.  A few guys started praying over me and Aamber came over and spoke very clearly over me.  I felt the anointing so strongly, the strongest I had in several years.  The Spirit was rolling through me.  After this, I touched Michael and he busted out laughing in the Spirit.  He was overwhelmed.  Then I went and put my hand on Aamber’s head and she almost went down as she said, “Whooooaaa.”  Ministry was happening all around and then Mark and I began to play again.  Mark, Aamber and I began to sing loudly and finally after a little while we jumped back into the river. God was doing powerful things and I was singing loudly.  God sustained my voice through this ministry time and then after a while the mood was turned inward as we jumped back into the river.  At this point my voice was shot and Mark lead the rest of the night.  God is so BIG!

October 30, 2009 – We decided to meet on Friday as Saturday was Halloween night.  The evening began just with sweet worship.  God really wanted our hearts to be on him.  The night was very dualistic as there were two different things happening.  I’ll explain this further in a little while.  From my perspective, it was a little difficult jumping into the river.  Intros lasted longer than normal.  We then sang for a little while and then Steve asked a few people to share some stories.  Faith shared about her heart for China.  Lane shared about God’s faithfulness. Then Carl shared some stories of God calling him to greater things.  This was awesome testimony of God’s faithfulness and His heart for calling people to greater things.  We sang a little more and then God had us pray over Holly and Nathan.  God did so much in this.  At this point a few more people showed up and jumped right in.  It was still early in the evening as we were praying over Holly and Nathan, and then individual prayer ministry started to brake out.  I felt that we really needed to jump back into the river before we broke out and I didn’t sense that breaking out was what God wanted.  He wanted the attention on himself.  It was difficult getting back into the river as it felt some people were reluctant to stop their individual prayer over others.  Finally everyone was back in seeking God.  For me, it felt as though Mark and I were singing at the feet of Jesus.  God sang through us and then a prophetic song of love came out.  I even put down my guitar and Mark played as I sang the words from God.  My voice had been weak all week but I sang as though nothing was wrong (this is how I know it was God singing through me).  It was a song of healing and began with some old songs: “carry me away,” “Lord I long for more of you,” “be still and know I am your God,” “overwhelm me.”  Then it moved into spontaneous song and ended with a dance.  It ministered to the depths of our souls.  God is soooo good.  Many people left after this.  And then prayer and prophetic ministry took place.  After this Mark began singing in the Spirit saying to the enemy to get out.  I was playing the djembe at this point and God lead us again into prophetic song.  It ended with a chorus of voices, oohhs and ahhhs from Mark, Aamber and myself.  It was awesome how God knit us together in harmony.  Then Mark played music as I read Revelation 5 and then chapter 4.  It was very visual and God ministered through His word.  Then Steve said, “Kyle, what do you see?”  I shut my eyes and narrated the vision before me.  I’ll try to get the details right.  I saw first a mist that was the Spirit.  It was over a lake of fire which burned bright blue.  The fire was the fire of the Spirit.  It was at the bottom of a mountain which rose high into the heavens.  Flying around the base of the mountain were eagles all in a row.  In the middle of the mountain, I saw climbers seeking to reach the top of the mountain.  They were climbing up and up and as they ascended the eagles circled higher and higher.  When they reached the top they went up one at a time.  They reached their vertical limit and could not go any further.  Then a rescuer came and brought them to the top and there was God. And all the while the eagles soared higher and higher.  After I said this, God just held us there in the sweetness of his Spirit.

After this we began to talk about the night.  Many people said they felt a dark spirit come in earlier in the evening and could not get away from it.  I got a little frightened because I totally didn’t sense this at all, and feared it might have been me that brought it in.  I spoke my fear and was comforted as everyone affirmed that that was certainly not the case.  We discussed how God really set apart the musicians this night as it was sort of God’s spotlight (almost literally as Mark, Aamber and I were under the light near the fireplace).  We talked about how we need to be very careful that every word that is spoken is criticized and carefully scrutinized by everyone and if it is not from God then it shouldn’t be counted as prophetic (this comes directly from 1 Corinthians 14).  We decided that at our next journey we will make known to everyone that we are to speak our words that we hear to the entire group for it to be considered by everyone whether it is from the Lord.  It was a very good night.  But it was God correcting and showing us how to be more in tune with Him.  He is teaching us and humbling us as we go on this journey with Him!