Las Vegas Dance Conference Report
10-03-2007, 05:40 PM
One of the neat things that comes as an "overflow" of this event is that our pastor/bishop has asked me to share with our congregation about specifics of what went on in Las Vegas. Many of them know some of what we do, but don't always realize the impact, so he asked me to share. Helena asked that I share what I read to the congregation. And this week, I've been asked to share about the baptism in the Holy Spirit as it related to that conference (and our lives). Exciting. Here is last Sunday's report:
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I have three separate things in mind to share:
Power of the visible to affect the spiritual: In a class on spiritual warfare and after we prayed for about 22 people to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, the main instructor had the people gather in groups of five. They were carefully instructed about what was going to happen. They were encouraged to confess within the group some one thing that was a hindrance to their walk with Christ. They were taught to go through the physical motions of pulling down the stronghold in the life of the one who had confessed it. They then went through physical movements that signified wrapping that stronghold up, binding it up, and then casting it down to the ground. They marched and stomped on those bound strongholds and then asked the Holy Spirit to smooth His oil on those things and seal them from ever returning. Did that for each of the five in the group. I watched as the instructor taught them that this was part of what they could do when their spirits were troubled at circumstances in their lives, even as part of their normal lives. I watched some of the people and could see them trying to imagine themselves doing this outside the group. The Lord quickened a word in me. What youve just experienced can be seen as training wheels. Everyone here knows that we could not walk through a mall, in a casino, in a restaurant and go through the gyrations that had just happened; if we did, theyd call the men with the funny long-sleeved jackets to fetch us to the funny farm! Because we are in Christ, seated at Fathers right hand IN Christ, we have authority. When these things bother our spirits, Father is saying Do something about it! All we have to do is speak to it, just as Jesus spoke to the storm that caused such fear in the disciples. What did He say? The word in Hebrew is the same word that the master of the house speaks to an unruly dog: Sit down! It is about authority. What you saw today happens in the spiritual realm, not the physical. When we speak those words in authority, in the spiritual, those forces are pulled down, bound, put under our feet and sealed away from us in Jesus name.
Power of the visual to affect the spiritual: ZionFire was responsible to set the stage and establish the atmosphere. We did a tabernacles colors backdrop with a representation of the Ark of the Covenant at center. After a particularly powerful dance piece where the battle between the Holy Spirit and our reluctant flesh was excellently portrayed, there was ministry on the platform for about 20 minutes, using fire silks from the fabric hang to move over those who came forward. It was during that ministry when the word of knowledge came forth concerning someone contemplating suicide during the previous 24 hours. The speaker came shortly after that and asked, Where did His glory go? Did He take His shekinah back to Heaven? Did He leave us? WHERE DID HIS GLORY GO!?!?? She swept her hand behind to indicate the backdrop and the Ark. "It came from all this, and it went back into there." She then said that it was Gods intention was that His glory reside in US, not just in inanimate objects.
Power of the unseen to affect the spiritual: On the mercy seat, we needed to prop the crown just a little higher. Helena found something exactly the right size: the Las Vegas phone book was hidden under that crown, symbolically placing the entire Las Vegas community on the mercy seat! Five people gave their lives to the Lord that Saturday evening; at least two recommitted their lives. Eighteen of twenty-two received the baptism with evidence of speaking in tongues. One young man was delivered of the things that were speaking suicide in his ear. Lives were changed and eyes were opened to new dimensions.
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I have three separate things in mind to share:
Power of the visible to affect the spiritual: In a class on spiritual warfare and after we prayed for about 22 people to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, the main instructor had the people gather in groups of five. They were carefully instructed about what was going to happen. They were encouraged to confess within the group some one thing that was a hindrance to their walk with Christ. They were taught to go through the physical motions of pulling down the stronghold in the life of the one who had confessed it. They then went through physical movements that signified wrapping that stronghold up, binding it up, and then casting it down to the ground. They marched and stomped on those bound strongholds and then asked the Holy Spirit to smooth His oil on those things and seal them from ever returning. Did that for each of the five in the group. I watched as the instructor taught them that this was part of what they could do when their spirits were troubled at circumstances in their lives, even as part of their normal lives. I watched some of the people and could see them trying to imagine themselves doing this outside the group. The Lord quickened a word in me. What youve just experienced can be seen as training wheels. Everyone here knows that we could not walk through a mall, in a casino, in a restaurant and go through the gyrations that had just happened; if we did, theyd call the men with the funny long-sleeved jackets to fetch us to the funny farm! Because we are in Christ, seated at Fathers right hand IN Christ, we have authority. When these things bother our spirits, Father is saying Do something about it! All we have to do is speak to it, just as Jesus spoke to the storm that caused such fear in the disciples. What did He say? The word in Hebrew is the same word that the master of the house speaks to an unruly dog: Sit down! It is about authority. What you saw today happens in the spiritual realm, not the physical. When we speak those words in authority, in the spiritual, those forces are pulled down, bound, put under our feet and sealed away from us in Jesus name.
Power of the visual to affect the spiritual: ZionFire was responsible to set the stage and establish the atmosphere. We did a tabernacles colors backdrop with a representation of the Ark of the Covenant at center. After a particularly powerful dance piece where the battle between the Holy Spirit and our reluctant flesh was excellently portrayed, there was ministry on the platform for about 20 minutes, using fire silks from the fabric hang to move over those who came forward. It was during that ministry when the word of knowledge came forth concerning someone contemplating suicide during the previous 24 hours. The speaker came shortly after that and asked, Where did His glory go? Did He take His shekinah back to Heaven? Did He leave us? WHERE DID HIS GLORY GO!?!?? She swept her hand behind to indicate the backdrop and the Ark. "It came from all this, and it went back into there." She then said that it was Gods intention was that His glory reside in US, not just in inanimate objects.
Power of the unseen to affect the spiritual: On the mercy seat, we needed to prop the crown just a little higher. Helena found something exactly the right size: the Las Vegas phone book was hidden under that crown, symbolically placing the entire Las Vegas community on the mercy seat! Five people gave their lives to the Lord that Saturday evening; at least two recommitted their lives. Eighteen of twenty-two received the baptism with evidence of speaking in tongues. One young man was delivered of the things that were speaking suicide in his ear. Lives were changed and eyes were opened to new dimensions.
Blessings!
Dean
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