Dani and Selah

n Sunday 18th May, Joe and Dani Meyering visited our young people's growth group. Some parents also were there as we had missed the Saturday evening with them.

The evening began with some praise led by new boy Gavin playing guitar. There was a good time and very strong sense of God's presence. Dani (Joe's wife) sang a prophetic song which was discussed at some length. She prophesied that God would give a freedom from tradition, a freedom to worship and praise God in new ways under a new flag - a prophecy that everyone felt was directed especially (but not solely!) to the young people. Dani has a very beautiful singing voice and it was a real blessing to hear her.

Joe had hidden some small envelopes containing £1 coins around the room and got the youngsters looking for them - an exercise to show that we can't necessarily just turn up to a meeting and wait for God to turn up. Sometimes we have to look for Him much like the teenagers looked for those pound coins!

Joe talked about praising God and the sense of His presence that accompanied it. He encouraged us all to cultivate our praise and worship and to learn to play musical instruments to further this. I felt he was a real encouragement to our children, particularly in the area of chasing after God and seeking His presence, and it was great to hear someone close to their age saying it. It was good to see the young people relating so well to a visitor, I felt Joe and Dani were very good for our group.

Chris

nce in a while you'll meet someone who really has an impact on your life, maybe the kind that will change your life forever. Joe and Dani's visit has had such an impact on me. I only met them for a short while, informally, at Pastor Colin's house, then at their generous offer of lunch together. I knew there was something really different and precious about them, and I quickly felt a deep spiritual bond with them both. What set them both apart was their love and experience of God, which has caused me to hunger deeply for more of what they have.

I've been greatly honoured to experience the miraculous in my own life. I lived and worked in Cairo, Egypt for a year and a half, during which time I saw the Lord move through me when ministering to others in terms of notable healings, demonic deliverance and people being filled with the Holy Spirit and with 'holy laughter'. Worship is the key to entering into a deeper, more powerful anointing, as we 'Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise'. (Psalm 100:4). Joe and Dani are flowing powerfully in this truth, and what they shared stirred me, and caused me to hunger for more of the Lord.

We related our testimonies over lunch, and what they had to say amazed me. God is moving in a new way in the earth today, and is breaking into the physical realm in ways that are truly astounding. I've heard reports of similar miracles before in various parts of the world, but to hear of them first hand is truly awe inspiring. How could I not be greatly impacted by their first hand experience of the Lord producing gold dust and nuggets out of thin air upon people? Gold, which when analysed by professional scientists, was found to be gold unlike anything found on earth, 'living gold', from heaven! How could I not be stirred by reports of children receiving handfuls of anointing oil that dripped from their palms? Or astonished at people receiving Manna; heavenly bread upon their Bibles, which tasted of honey one day, the next of fresh wafers, because it too is 'living'. Or of growing limbs, dramatic healings, or gold teeth, or signs and wonders in the sky, or miraculous financial provision?

uch wonders are truly wonderful, but primarily I have been deeply stirred to hunger for the Wonderful Lord Jesus Christ, who is truly wonderful, powerful, active and alive today. It is He who wants to break through into our lives to stir us from our complacency to live a life which is holy, pleasing to Him, and results in others coming to know Him too. I've begun to seek the Lord in prayer and fasting to see more of God's power and anointing in my own life, as well as here at Kings in Tavistock, and to be able to move in, and minister to others, a powerful anointing that is followed by notable signs and wonders. My own heart's desire is to be able to take such blessings back to Egypt and see Him move there in ways I've only ever dreamt about. Thank you Lord for sending Joe and Dani, but thank You more for what You are about to pour out upon Your Church!

Gavin