Report from A Time To Mourn

Prophetic painting created during the 10 Days of Prayer

We had to move the Ten Days of Prayer from Northfield to Lowell, Massachusetts at the last minute, so I was able to sleep in Amherst, and commute. Last Tuesday we began to see the Holy Spirit moving in our midst. Throughout the week, the presence of the Lord began to increase in intensity, and with that intensity a number of manifestations of the Lord’s glory began to be seen. There several intense times of intercession in the afternoon sessions, and at night we experienced the Lord’s presence through one on one prayer.

Thursday morning we had an extended time of worship and waiting on the Lord. At one point a woman in the group said the Presence of God was so strong she couldn’t take any more. That night we sensed the Lord leading us to make a “fire tunnel.” A fire tunnel is when two teams of prayer ministers line up face to face, and individuals walk through the two lines, and receive prayer. This turned out to be a powerful time of ministry that ended with the group interceding for the healing of our nation.

Friday morning the Lord was obviously moving again, and a woman was delivered from a deaf and mute spirit that she had carried all her life. This manifested in preventing her from speaking up, and often caused her to have false thoughts about herself and others. As I prayed for her, the spirit left her and she immediately became peaceful, and there was an obvious change in her countenance. After that, another woman in the group asked

for prayer, and she too was dealing with an oppressive spirit. In the early afternoon a woman from the community came in and said she needed prayer for an eating disorder. She had never shared this publicly and had been carrying this secret for 30 years. I took the woman and another from our team into a classroom and began walking the woman through basic healing prayer. She had been carrying the guilt from a divorce since 1980. As we walked through the healing of memories and the forgiveness of past sin, the Lord ministered to her and she immediately felt a huge burden lift from her. Again and again I encounter men and women who are carrying sin from the past who have not been able to experience forgiveness. The need for the ministry of reconciliation is desperate for many in the church.

In my last update I shared about a young man who asked me to prayer over his apartment. Last Sunday he responded to an invitation to receive Jesus as his Lord and Saviour.

As you can see, God is doing a lot. I thank God for your prayers, and ask that you consider making a commitment to praying for this ministry daily. There is an old saying that when you move into new levels you have to deal with new devils. Please continue to pray for my protection as God opens new opportunities for ministry. It looks like October will be a full month.

The prints of the painting Opening Ancient Wells have arrived. If you have ordered one, it should be in the mail very soon. If you requested one, but did not send a check ($35), please do so as soon as possible to 333 House of Prayer, Congregacion Leon de Juda, 68 Northampton St. Boston, MA 02118.