Today (9/09/15) during our last session the Holy Spirit moved through me in a way that it never has before! At the end of our session, the leaders of AIM gave us the opportunity to have them pray certain gifts into our lives. We had the options of having the truth of God, the boldness, the celebration, the wisdom of God, and much more spoken into our lives through prayer. I immediately went to the lady that was speaking boldness into lives, and she began to pray to everyone in a large group. After she was done praying she told each of us that she could see the boldness within us and encouraged us to go out into the crowd and pray for someone. Whenever I turned around, I found Laura standing next to me asking me to pray for her. We made our way to an area to pray, and then she proceeded to tell me that she was wanting freedom in her life. She explained to me that she could see a freedom in me in the way I worshiped and she wanted exactly that! So I began to pray, and saw an image of a girl trapped in a cage that wanted out but was afraid because the cage resembled “comfort”. I then began to describe the image to Laura and explained how the girl in the cage had a deep desire to leave the cage and walk into the Kingdom of God, but she was afraid to leave the comforts of the cage. After I closed the prayer, Laura looked at me with tears in her eyes and began to tell me that she felt like a bird trapped in a cage and she has been wanting to spread her wings and soar.
I was amazed! I’ve been praying that I could receive messages and images from God and speak them into people’s lives. I have heard a ton of these stories and my heart wanted that ability so badly. That was the first time that I received an image to speak into someone from the Holy Spirit. I was so excited and happy!
We haven’t even left for China yet and the Holy Spirit is already moving through all of us and using us to speak life and encouragement into people. I can’t wait to see how the Lord is going to use us during the next 11 months! I’m ready to do His work and be the vessel He uses to touch people from the complete other side of the Earth!
