Treasure Hunt 5-22-2009

Tonight Jaz and I went out on a Treasure Hunt with two other people from school. We had a half-dozen good encounters, and wanted to share a couple of them…

Episode 1

Our team had “Sundial”, “Bridge”, “pink shirt” and “lab” as four of our clues on our Treasure Map. We met a lady named Chelsea wearing a “pink shirt”, walking across the “Sundial Bridge” with a guy and they were walking their “lab(rador)”. So we explained the Treasure Hunt and ended up praying for her about her relationship with her son, and we prayed for the guy about his back pain. Before we prayed, if he bent over, when he stood back up, his back would have pain. After praying twice, the pain was gone and he could touch his toes! Nice!

Episode 2

I had on my list “Two shirts on—one green and one white”. We saw this lady on a “bench” (also on our map) with the two shirts on, sitting with another lady. We explained what we were doing and she told us her name is “Carol”, which Jasmine had on her map. She asked us to pray for her son and we did. We had fun with her friend Heather and their husbands who had joined us while praying.

Episode 3

Then we were leaving the Bridge, and I saw the “guy, 22-ish, with red T-shirt and blue jeans” from my list… He was another student also out doing a Treasure Hunt, and his name was “Mike”, which Jasmine had on her map! We prayed for his popping shoulder and didn’t get any breakthrough. We also prayed for his “financial need for college” which we also had on our list, and he was getting rocked by God’s presence… Get him, God!

Episode 4

Three of us had written down “Starbucks” on our maps, so we headed there. We were walking down the sidewalk, and there was a couple sitting in chairs there and as we passed I overheard the woman say “…treasure hunt…” and that’s all I heard. I thought, “What are the odds of that?” So I said, “Sorry to interrupt you, but did you just say ‘treasure hunt’?” They said that they were talking about doing a treasure hunt for their upcoming VBS (Vacation Bible School) at their church. I explained that WE were on a Treasure Hunt too, what that means, and asked if they wanted prayer for anything. They were the Children’s Pastors of a local Foursquare Church, and asked for prayer for the VBS. We prayed some things prophetically that bore witness with them and they were blessed. We also found out that the husband has MS (Multiple Schlerosis). I relayed a testimony I heard last night from one of the pastors at Bethel that “Within the last WEEK, we have had THREE reports of people totally healed of MS—God is up to something!!” They were encouraged by that so we prayed for him too and he was very touched, although there was nothing we could test out on the spot. But they were very blessed that God had arranged this divine appointment! God I thank you for touching and healing Blake’s body, in Jesus’ Name!!

All in all, a good night!

Episode 5

While we’re talking Treasure Hunts, I’ll tell you another quick one from earlier this week… I went to Wal-Mart to get an oil change. They said it would be about 25 minutes, so I figured I’d do a quick Treasure Hunt while I waited. I asked the Lord to show me who he wanted to bless today in the store. He showed me an image of a “woman, 20ish, with pale yellow horizontal stripes on a white, sleeveless, button-up shirt”, so I wrote it down on my paper and went to find her. After wandering around the store for a few minutes, I saw a girl with that shirt on, walking towards me with a guy. She said “Hi” to me, and I asked if I knew her and she said she recognized me from church. I said “Cool, you go to Bethel too, so I don’t have to explain what a Treasure Hunt is to you right?” She said no. So I said, “Cool, well, YOU are my treasure. I showed her the clues on the map and she was stoked. She said she had a problem with her joints being easily dislocated, specifically her “hip and knee”, which was on my map next to her description. I prayed for her, but she hadn’t been having problems right at the moment, so there was no way to test it out. Then we prayed together for her guy friend who was in need of some direction and he was very blessed! They both were!
Just a reminder that we’ve got to try to make the most of every moment! Let God use you wherever you may find yourself… Your oil changes—or DMV visits, or grocery shopping—will never be the same!

Treasure Hunt Testimony 2-21-09

ENCOUNTER 1

Jasmine and I went on a Treasure Hunt today to look for God’s treasures in the community of Redding, California. We had “Sundial (Bridge)” as our location, so we went there. Two of our physical description clues that the Lord gave us were “red T-shirt with large white screen-printed design on front”, and “rainbow printed”.

We saw a lady with a woven red hat (a girl on our team had “red hat” on her map) standing next to a lady with rainbow hat. When we started talking to them and told them we were on a Treasure Hunt, they were excited. The lady with the rainbow hat said she had thought we were probably a Treasure Hunt team and that they had been waiting and hoping we would come talk to them!! She then unzipped her hooded sweatshirt and revealed a red T-shirt with a big white face on the front!

So we asked what it was we could pray for and the lady with the red hat (Jean) said that she had ovarian cancer. We prayed with her and she was very touched and appreciative. Then we asked the lady with the rainbow hat what her name was and she said “Jennifer”, I showed her the name “Jennifer” on my Treasure Map, and she got excited. We prayed for her arthritis in her knee and she said it felt better!

She then mentioned her that Jean’s son Jeff had a daughter that needed prayer. I showed her the name “Jeff” on my Treasure map. Woo-hoo!! Jennifer called over Jeff and his wife, who were just now coming across the bridge, and she was getting more excited. They told us about their daughter Catherine, who had a condition that the doctors couldn’t identify. They had misdiagnosed it as “Irritable Bowel Syndrome” (IBS). Jasmine showed her “IBS” on her treasure Map. I showed her “digestive problem” on mine.

Then Jasmine got a word of knowledge that Catherine had also previously been into dancing, but that her body had begun to feel too much pain (unrelated to the unnamed condition we were dealing with) to dance much anymore, which her parents confirmed. We prayed for Catherine with the group. She was not there on the scene to test anything regarding pain, etc.

Then Jasmine got a word about Jennifer having a seer gift, which she confirmed. Then I got a word about her ministering to kids, and she confirmed that she had worked with the youth ministry for many years. We blessed her, and the rest of them, thanked them for taking the time with us, and continued on our Treasure Hunt.

ENCOUNTER 2

We were walking and talking with a new friend, Sylvia, and she was talking about the unusual way that God was confirming that she was supposed to move to Virginia. A man on a bench nearby said loudly to us, “What was that you were just saying about God and Virginia?” We met him and he explained that he had driven back and forth across the country between Redding and Virginia six times in six months trying to connect there, but it wasn’t working out. He thought it beyond unusual that he happened to overhear our conversation that echoed his own thoughts at that very moment.

His name was “Kem”… Jasmine showed “Ken” on her Treasure Map, and he told us that most everyone he knew just called him Ken! When she showed him here Treasure Map, he happened to see her clue “777”, and he was kind of shocked. He was like “Why do you have THAT on there? … That’s the combination to the RV I live in.. it’s right here in the parking lot!” Nice! We got into a long conversation with him, and he was suffering with some serious confusion, lack of peace, needing wisdom, direction and provision.

He also said that as of yesterday his eyes had been feeling dim and blurry. I showed him “Eyes dim/blurry” on my Treasure Map. He said that right then they felt fine, but we prayed for his eyes anyway. He was mentioning some strange spiritual things that he had been into. Jasmine spoke powerfully—right into him—about the fact that even in these “deep” experiences, he never experienced peace; but that the “light” and “energy” coming from us that he had told us he sensed and enjoyed very much, was coming from Jesus, and that the real Jesus would give him this same joy, peace and light that we enjoyed. I told him something like “If you’re CONFUSED about this Virginia thing, it’s NOT GOD.. He’s not the author of confusion, He’s the God of Peace! He’s a good Dad, and he wants to lead you in peace and clarity.”

We ministered to him for about an hour with three of our friends from the Treasure Hunts and it was cool.. He would tear up and wipe away the tears every so often and was visibly touched by the love of God. He said he would be at church tomorrow… We pray for a mighty deliverance and salvation for Kem!

Well, we just wanted to keep you up on some of the exciting goings-on here in Redding and give God glory!! Your giving and prayers got us here and keep us here, growing in the things of God... Please continue to pray for us during this crucial time in our preparation for destiny! We love you!!!

Treasure Hunt 1-17-09

First of all, for those of you that don’t know what a treasure hunt is, it is where we ask God who He wants us to bless or minister to today; and He tells us various clues to help us find them, such as: location, name, physical description, what they need prayer for (specific injury or illness, finances, lost job, marriage problem, etc). We write this all down on a sheet of paper (the Treasure Map), then go find the person (God’s treasure). We then meet them, explain what we’re doing, and offer to pray for them… We’ve seen multiple people blessed and healed as a result of this evangelism that relies on the direction of the Holy Spirit.

Last Saturday, Jasmine and I went on a Treasure Hunt. We walked into Costco, and around 20 feet inside the door, we saw a kid with his right arm in a cast and a sling. Jasmine had on her treasure map “boy with brown hair w/ arm in sling” and I had on mine “right arm in cast”. We decided to go for it based on those clues. He was standing there with his mom. We talked for a minute, then his dad came up to join us. He was on a “motorized cart” with a “cane” in the basket… both of which I had on my treasure map. Awesome. We shared the map with this family and they were curious and said we could pray for the boy (Matthew)’s arms. They were already believers that attend a Charismatic-type church in the area, so we could speak plainly with them.

We prayed for his arms and he said that 100% of the pain left his arms immediately. We then asked the dad (Curtis) why he was on the motorized cart, and he said he had bad arthritis in his knees and it hurt to walk. Jasmine had “knee problems” on her map. We prayed for his knees and the right one was immediately 100% pain free, but the left one still had about 20-30% of the pain left. I got a word of knowledge that he had serious “low back pain” (turned out to be on Jasmine’s map). I asked him to stand up so we could pray. We prayed for his back and 100% of the pain left. I then asked him to check out the left knee, and he reported 100% pain was now gone. “Pain? What pain?” he said, amazed. Then Jasmine got a word of knowledge about the mom (Carrie) working with kids and teaching, which she confirmed that yes, she teaches kids every week.

I said, “Hey, we’re on a roll… Is there anything YOU need prayer for? She said that she also had low back pain. I asked what it was from, and she said she had a car accident. I pulled out my treasure map again and showed her where it said “low back pain from a car accident” on it… “No WAY!” she said. We prayed and 100% pain left immediately. I got a word of knowledge that she had problems in her right leg coming from the hip area down the leg and she confirmed that she had sciatica that shot pain down her right leg. I quickly repeated all the clues God had pegged them with so far, “boy with brown hair w/ arm in sling”, “right arm in cast”, “motorized cart”, “cane”, “knee problems”, “low back pain”, “low back pain from car accident”… I said, I don’t even think we need to pray, just check yourself out and I think God already did it. She did and God had already healed it. She said that there had been pain in her hip and leg even when we first started talking, but now it was 100% gone.

I got a word from the Lord that He was imparting to her right then a serious increase in the gifts of healings and working of miracles and that He wanted to use her to heal people. She said excitedly, “My hands are burning! My hands are burning!” I wanted to find someone for her to pray for, but didn’t see anyone in the immediate area that had any obvious physical problem… Darn! Anyway, they were all still 100% pain free. They said that Matthew had an appointment for a checkup on his arms the coming week. We are hoping that the doctor’s report confirms the work of God in him. Praise God.. it was a good encounter and God’s love was revealed to this family and He received much glory!

UPDATE:

We ran into them at Wal-Mart the other day (Redding is not a big city), and we got an update from them:

Carrie told us that since we all prayed together at Costco, both her and Curtis’ backs, the sciatica and knees were all better. Perhaps the coolest news was that Matthew immediately stopped taking pain killers after he was prayed for because the pain did not return. He was supposed to have the casts on both of his arms for SIX weeks; but he went for his scheduled checkup appointment a couple of days after we prayed, and got his casts off after only THREE weeks because his arms were healed!!

Isn’t God AMAZING?!?! It’s always nice to hear when doctors confirm what God did…

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever… He’s still walking through cities, preaching the Kingdom, and healing the sick today.. through His Body (that’s US!)

PRAISE THE LORD!

Bob Jones Propetic Word Confirmed in Nature--One Day Later

Eaglets Prepare to Leave the Nest!

Prophet Bob Jones came and gave a prophetic word to our school that he's been waiting 18 years to see come to pass. It is regarding three "Eagle's Nests" (prophetic training centers) that were prophesied to come to the Pacific Northwest. Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry is the first of the three.


It was prophesied that when the school had 1,000 students, it would mark a timing for the release of this word. The "eaglets would leave the nest". We would become like 1,000 points of light like, a sunburst that will go throughout the world, signs and wonders would never ebb or end; and the "Billion Soul Harvest" would begin in earnest as we raise up the family of God around the world.



He gave this word to us on our Graduation Day--Sunday, May 17th. On Monday, May 18th, this word was confirmed in the natural on the FRONT PAGE of the local (Redding, CA) newspaper (the Record Searchlight) with the article, "First Flights Still a Few Weeks Away for Redding's Young Eagles"!! You can view the article at:http://www.recordsearchlight.com/news/2009/may/18/first-flights-still-a-few-weeks-away-for-young/

And oh, by the way, the eaglets' names are: Freedom, Spirit, and Hope!!

It's awesome how God arranges natural signs to confirm what He is saying in the Spirit to His people!! Even the heavens declare His glory, and the firmament His handiwork!! All of creation groans for the manifestation of the sons of God!!

Getting Ready to FLY!!
Josh & Jasmine

South Africa Trip Report

Mar/Apr 2009
SOUTH AFRICA

Josh & Jasmine Greeson were part of a team of 20 from Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM) in Redding, CA; and are back from their Missions Trip to South Africa.

With our Team!

First, we went to Pretoria, where we trained Oasis Revival Church in Prophetic & Power Evangelism, and led them onto the streets for 2 days--We saw many saved, healed and blessed.

With Pastor Colin McGeer of Oasis Revival in Pretoria.

We visited a small Assembly of God church and a few other ministries operated by a 70-year old woman who had been healed of severe asthma in a healing meeting back in 1951.

Assembly of God Church in one of the townships.

One was “Race Relation Church” in the townships where we preached and ministered prophetically to the whole Youth Ministry and some of the adults.

“Race Relation Church” in the Lakeside township

Jasmine with team, prophesying over the youth.

We also went to a couple of children’s centers. One is run by a woman who has taken about 12 abandoned kids into her home. She’s seen several of them healed, of both physical and learning disabilities. They are destined to be world-changers!!

Jaz with one of the kids at the orphanage.

We also ministered to about 100 Christian boys in a Prison for ages approximately 14-21. We worshipped and called out the gold in their hearts.

Josh preaching on “Redeeming the Time”.

While there, we also spent time in Johannesburg. We went to a hospital in the townships, where we went room-to-room, bed-to-bed, praying for the sick. Two notable miracles we saw were: Arthur, who had experienced a stroke. His right hand could not move at all. After brief prayer, he could move his wrist and fingers again! His wife gasped and looked like she was going to faint... it was AWESOME!

Josh with Steven at the Hospital—The lame walked!!!

Then there was Steven, who couldn’t move or feel from the waist down. Our team prayed and first he could feel us poke his legs. Then he could move his toes, then feet, then legs. We got him up and had him walking and even laughing a bit. God is SO AMAZING!!!

Government subsidized block houses in the townships.

We visited a home for abandoned elderly people. We prayed for them and hung out with them for a short time.

Typical aluminum shack house in the townships

After Pretoria, we flew to East London, on the coast of the Indian Ocean.

With Pastor Nigel of His People Church in East London.

A lot of people showed up from all over (including Namibia and Botswana) just for our team, it was amazing… they were HUNGRY!!

We had some great times of soaking together in the presence of God. Our team trained and activated them in doing Treasure Hunts (prophetic evangelism), healing the sick (power evangelism), and prophetic art.

Worship at a His People Church Healing Service.

We did outreach with them and saw many more saved, healed and blessed. One lady’s deaf ear was healed, so she decided to bring her 18-month old daughter with cerebral palsy to the evening healing meetings. Before anyone could even pray, the child was walking, then running!!! The next morning, she fed herself for the first time… Praise God!!!

Jasmine praying for Pastor Debbie Desmond.

On our last day, they threw us a big braai (BBQ) at the Lion Park. We saw lots of animals and even got to hold a baby lion!

With a baby white lion on our day off visit to Lion Park.

On this trip, a lot of people were born again, healed, encouraged, trained, empowered and blessed—and it happened due to your faithfulness in prayer and giving. Thank you so much… God is your rewarder, and much fruit abounds to your account!

Blessings!
Josh & Jasmine Greeson
OMGMoments@gmail.com