I love the fact that the Holy Spirit keeps us on our toes. He is always changing the way He reveals things like 'words of knowledge'. If He kept things the same we would have no need for faith and stepping out and risking it.
One night recently I had a dream that I was ministering to a woman .....suspended over her head was a Welsh name...the name of a woman that I had known years ago.
I realised in the dream that this woman was not my friend, so it seemed a bit confusing why I saw her name suspended over this woman's head.
In the dream, I started to minister to the woman and said " both of your parents were perfectionists ....one more so than the other. You are also a perfectionist but the root of your inner pain is feelings of rejection. The enemy has kept you bound to this."
I woke up....the dream was vivid. When I got into the shower I remembered that I was ministering in Wales in 2 days time.....and the woman's name was Welsh. Maybe this was the Lord giving me a word of knowledge for someone in Wales.
Two days later in Wales during the ministry time after I had spoken , the Lord reminded me of this word of knowledge.
I shared the word exactly as I had seen and heard it in the dream, and asked the person concerned to see me at the end of the ministry time as I wanted to pray for them.
I only expected one person to respond so it was amazing to me that at the end of the service, out of 4 people waiting to chat with me, each one said that the word was for them.
I questioned each one to check that the word fit.
Three out of four were a fit. I ministered to them one after another. It was wonderful to see that three out of the four women were able to allow Jesus to come and visit their inner child.
To let their grief of rejection rise and express it. Each one pushed out their pain with groans and cries. Each one of the three women released their pain in a very similar way. Each one was able to confess to Jesus that they had rejected their inner child, receive forgiveness and be reconciled to themselves, integrating and expressed love for their inner child.
One woman I realised had also rejected traits of personality in herself that were like her Father. She confessed this to Jesus, received forgiveness and chose to embrace and accept those traits that she had cut herself off from.
The ministry time for all four women lasted about 20 minutes in total. It was amazing to see what the Lord had done in such a short time.....these ladies had been carrying such a lot of pain for many years.
The fourth lady needed a different style of help that would have involved spending at least 4-6 sessions with her. As this wasn't possible as I was leaving I suggested she read a book re inner healing that had exercises she could work through with the power of the Holy Spirit interacting with her.
Apart from the speed that the ministry took for them to be released of their pain (they had made a start) it amazed me that the Lord has spoken so clearly in the dream. It made me wonder how many other times something similar had happened and I had ignored it!
I am used to giving words out during ministry times but this was different.
For some reason, I would expect prophetic words in a dream but not words of knowledge. It has made me take more notice of different ways of how the Lord would reveal something supernatural.
I have become complacent and expecting Him to speak in the 3 or 4 ways He usually speaks.
Will you join me in being expectant during this next season for the Lord to 'enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back, lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes, for you will spread out to the left and the right.....Isaiah 54:2-3.
Let us keep encouraging one another to 'go for it....step out ...and watch what He does. Praise God He does all things well.