How did you know that?
“How did you do that?” seemed to be the common response from
participants after receiving “creation prayer” at the prominent London New Age
festival known as Mind, Body, Spirit.
For the third year in a row, we offered “creation and healing prayer” inside an
exhibition booth among other booths that offered psychic readings, past life readings, and meeting with fairies. After inviting festival
goers into our stall, we listened to the Holy Spirit for specific
words about God’s original design for a them as they sat in the chair next to
them, then we basically just told them that God loves them and has a plan for their life. If I could describe Mind Body Spirit this year in two words it would be 'open
heavens'. There was such a rich mixture of Gods blessing being poured out,
numerous healings, several salvations and many have a real encounter with the
living God.
Story after story
came each day of hope, redemption, and
a God that is furiously in love with His creation. Word of this hope got around the festival, and news traveled
that the “Forever” Stand was offering something free, something real. There were parts of the day we were so busy, we had a queue of
people lining up waiting to be prayed for and people from all over the festival
coming on recommendation from their friends. One of the ladies receiving prayer said “I love your
stall, it seems that I could stay here forever. It is almost a shelter and refuge place from all the chaos
around this fair. Its full of light, full of peace, and full of dignity!” We had people lining up and waiting to come and sit down and basically hear the gospel!
Reiki Healers, Hara Krishna (Hindu sect), and other stand owners began
to show up and see what the commotion was about. We had a group of Hara Krishner’s
come one by one through word of mouth.
The first man, after receiving words of Grace and Beauty, cried tears of
brokenness and joy, saying ‘I have never met any Christians like you and I have
never felt loved like this before.’ The second woman was completely healed from
a back and hip injury, and the last Hara Krishna to visit committed his life to
Jesus. The last Hara Krishna man to
visit, God gave us pictures that Jesus was anointing him with oil. In their Religion, they anoint oil on
the heads of diety statues as a sign of devotion or on themselves for purification,
so this was really significant for him because it was meaning that Jesus
(diety) was reaching down and purifying him for free. Which is amazing that in
one word the gospel was presented in a way that met him where he was!
I have just learned when hearing the voice of God, you just
go for it 100% and trust that what God lays on your heart was the truth and
exactly what He wanted to say.
This year I was able to speak boldly and with confidence even if it
seemed harsh or blunt because I knew it was truth that brings freedom.
One
man who was particularly interested in the booth, came by a few times
throughout the day perplexed by the idea of how we work, why we work without
selling our services or a product, and where we get our power. He came testing us and ready with an
argument full of skeptism, and left claiming he had searched all day for something
he could believe in. What he
experienced at the booth was peace and a God he could trust. In the end himself
along with others describe their experience as the best encounter all day
because it wasn’t about the people at the stand and their service, ability, or
spirituality but rather about a God who loves them, a God who is pursuing them, and a God who uses ordinary
people to proclaim he has a plan and purpose for his creation. How did we do
it? We didn’t, God chose to pour out his love and we just got to come along for
the journey.
Our Prayer booth
pay 50 pounds to put coat hangers on your head :)
One booth that played a gong the whole time...good times!
