It was a
Thursday night and it was anything but ordinary. While in Pattaya, Thailand, we
had met a coupled named Sherri and Craig. They are missionaries from Canada and
have moved to Thailand indefinitely with their three younger boys.
They started up
Pattaya House of Prayer (PHOP). It is a prophetic prayer house that stands the
middle of the open bars which are lined with women and lady boys prostituting
themselves.
We had been
there about 1-2 times for Thursday night worship, soaking and prayer. The first
time we visited, it was very eye opening. To get to the prayer house we walked
about 5 minutes down a street where women were pulling men into their bar to
make some money. It was horrific seeing men fondle these women and watching the
women allow it. At the same time, I wasn’t shocked. These women choose this
life. At the end of the day, they honestly don’t know how valued, cherished and
loved they are. So, selling their bodies becomes a commonly accepted night job.
The men….they are wounded too. You see, I can let myself be judgmental and
angry, but reality is that they need God’s love and redemption just as much as
the women do. They are both broken people searching for love, affection, and
security in life.
As, days passed
by my team and I felt led to have a 24 hour prayer night at this prayer house.
Sherri and Craig said it would be okay. So, on our third Thursday we planned to
go to PHOP to join in with worship and prayer and then after it was over we
would stay the night and continue to pray.
To our surprise,
no one but our team and Sherri and Craig showed up. This was not typical for a
Thursday night. Usually it’s pretty full. So Sherri and Craig decided to pray
over us and prophecy into our lives. Wow, let’s just say the Lord completely
rocked each and every one of us!!!
In a quick note,
some things they spoke over me were honor because I have honored my mother and
father, value over me as a woman, and prophesied a prophetic and apostolic
anointing over my life.
WOW!!! Praise
God!!! I had known about the prophetic anointing and have been pouring into
that a lot. But, the apostolic anointing was something new to me. But, it was
actually confirmation in the spirit because the Lord was already beginning to
reveal that to me. I still don’t know much about it, but I am excited to learn
and step into more understanding of the gifts God has given me.
After that, my
team and I stayed up and began our 24 hour prayer. We prayed about what is in
store for our team, and where we should be going for our ATL month in Asia
after Cambodia. The next day rolled around and it was about 3pm and we were
leaving at 6pm. We still hadn’t agreed on a country for our ATL month. So, we
decided to dedicate 1 hour to praying just for our ATL month and asking the
Lord to supernaturally let us all speak the same country when the hour is up.
The hour came
and went and it was time to tell each other the country God laid on our hearts.
1….2…3….SHOUT!! We all shouted out our country and to our surprise it was THE
SAME COUNTRY!!! Praise The Lord!!! We all fell over, screamed, cried and jumped
up and down beating drums like crazy. It was a really powerful moment that the
Lord actually did that for us!! Praise God! Now we are working on finding a
contact.
Unfortunately, I
cannot reveal the country to you. It is for our protection that we do not. I
hope you understand!
Anyway, God
showed up in huge ways, even more than I have written here! But, as we all
know, I am a wordy and lengthy writer. So, for your sake, I will end here!
Our God is so
powerful and mighty!!! He loves surprising us and speaking to us! Press in more
you guys! He WILL show up every time!
