This Doesn’t Make Sense
July 03, 2008
Vacaville, CA
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SUPERNATURAL PROVISION
My hope is that this will be an encouragement to anyone who is believing for a supernatural financial breakthrough, and struggles with that little voice that keeps reminding you “But this doesn’t make any sense.”
PROPHETIC WORDS = CHANGE
Many prophetic words last summer—“a change in your ministry,” “A shift around the end of Oct, beginning of Nov ’07,” “An increase in authority, shift to a new level.” All great. But what did it mean? Then September ’07, Cali, Colombia. Prophecy from an apostolic couple whom we trust, but who know absolutely nothing about us.
“New office. Don’t be afraid to leave the old office for the new (because it’s unknown). I am making a big change. You’re going to set whole churches into a whole new level of revival. And the world is going to seem like just as familiar to you as your backyard. I’m gonna’ sustain you because where you go the fire is going to go with you.”
“I’M GOING TO DO IT — ‘REST’ IN ME”
And this is the part that started to really hit us (especially me)—“And you’re going to look at it and go Lord, I don’t understand. Where is it all coming from? All this power, all this provision, all these resources? The Lord says to enter into His (another word for ‘trust’) ‘rest.’ And you’ll know His rest in a new dimension because it’s so out of your reach, so out of your understanding. It’s so impossible. No matter how you’d humanly work at making it come to pass, you still couldn’t do it. I will do everything, I’ll put the pieces together, bring all the people, all you need.”
I KNOW IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE — BUT SELL & LEAVE THE FAMILIAR
January – God made it abundantly clear, such that even we couldn’t miss it, that we were to return home to San Diego. It was about family, and about a new assignment He had for us. Carol’s mom and step-father had just moved into an assisted living facility. She couldn’t sell her home in this market. Would we want it — yes. So, re-modeling began — and here was the sticking point for me — but we wouldn’t know exactly how much it would cost until we had begun the process (but, that doesn’t make any sense. You don’t commit to start spending money before you know all the financial ramifications — can anyone relate to this?).
And what about our house in Vacaville? We bought at the very height of the real estate frenzy 3 years ago — we couldn’t sell — that didn’t make any sense. Once again, God through a series of prophetic acts made it abundantly clear, “Unplug and reset.” Those are the things we had to do 10 times to our computer, printer and DVD player over a 24 hour period. Once — coincidence, 5 times — better pay attention, 10 times — God’s talkin’ to ya!
House on the market. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it has been less than a stellar real estate market lately. Depressing financial news every day. And the improvements on the SD house should be ready by early April. Vacaville house hasn’t sold yet — how’s that going to work — double payments? But we ran into problems that had to be solved before we could take possession of the house. In the meantime, we lowered the price of the house to the absolute lowest we could go, now wondering if a sale would appraise. That’s a whole new ballgame for real estate these days.
SO CLOSE TO BLOWING IT
We set June 13 as the day to have the moving truck come. We had just about decided we had heard wrong from God about selling and would have to lease (that’s how the enemy works — fear), when a buyer came in, agreed to our terms, and said “The house is going to appraise, I’ve got a good appraiser and the loan will be no problem.” Our real estate agent is more left-brained, analytical, logical thinking like me. A believer, but also a realist. But, remember what God said. He would take care of everything. There’s so much more to tell, but the bottom line is the appraiser came in, loved the house, gave it a good write-up, the loan went through like the buyer’s agent said it would, and the house closed a week after we moved out. Oh, and the house in SD was finally finished — exactly on time — the day our moving truck picked us up in Vacaville on Friday the 13th (no triscadiscaphobia here). We moved in the following Monday.
A GOD ORDAINED TRANSACTION
God brought the exact right buyer for the house, great credit score, loan approved, the right appraiser, and got us moved into the SD house right on time. As I look at all this I have to shake my head. In so many ways, it didn’t make any sense. It wasn’t logical to sell in this market, but we are convinced we did absolutely the right thing. And we saw the hand of God on this transaction. It makes me go to that place that says I’ll never NOT trust God again — for anything. Just thought this might be encouraging for some during these interesting, challenging economic times.
We will be in Wyoming the weekend of the11th, have a little time off, and then begin traveling quite a bit in August. We’ll be ministering in Ankeny, IA, a Healing Seminar in Dear Park, WA in Sep, and the Sozo School in Vacaville the end of Sep. You can sign up now on our website, and please check our website for meetings near you. Blessings.
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
Healing Revival Not Just In Lakeland
June 25, 2008
Antioch, CA & Lena, IL
THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT
We are in an historic outpouring of God’s healing power. God is truly doing something amazing in Lakeland, FL, and it’s not coincidental or accidental that the extended meetings started in Steven Strader’s church. He is the son of Carl Strader who hosted Rodney Howard Browne for extended meetings in ’93—before the beginning of the last outbreak. And there is definitely something about “going and getting some”—which we intend to do when our schedule allows. But, His Glory and anointing is bigger than can be contained there, and it is contagious and spreading.
“HIS GLORY”—HEAVINESS LIKE A MIST CAME IN
Several weeks ago, we ministered at the Wednesday night service of The Light Ministries Church in Antioch, Ca. I had been hearing for about 5 days prior to that—“Glory.” The heaviness of His presence. So, as I got up to take the meeting and began to pray, I invited “His Glory” to come in. It was as if “someone” walked in and began moving from the back to the front of the church, as a wave of tears, or laughter, or shaking hit various ones. I began describing various words of knowledge of conditions for healing I had gotten, and people were healed. After the prayer I had one more so I said, “If anyone has a problem with their shoulder, stand up.” Eight people stood. I said, “I’m going to pray over you and when you realize something has happened with healing, just sit down.” I started to continue with my description of what I was about to do, when they all sat down! “Wait—I haven’t prayed yet.” I had them all stand and questioned them. “You mean you had pain and/or limited mobility when you walked in and now you don’t?” They all said yes, and demonstrated how they could now move their shoulders and arms with no pain! We’ve seen this in Latin America, but rarely here. Needless to say, the rest of the evening was a blowout.
THE DOCTORS CALLED IT A MIRACLE
We then went to Lena, IL—about 2 hours west of Chicago—out in the rural area. Great church pursuing the power and presence of God. Friends brought (almost had to drag) a woman suffering from cancer. She said she felt so bad she just wanted to go home. As she shuffled in and then sat there, she literally looked like “death warmed over.” We found out she had cancer around the lining of her brain, was in tremendous pain, and confused such that she wasn’t sure of her name. Carol prayed for her before worship. Later, she looked better as she left for the evening. Two days later she came back after having gone to the doctor the next day for tests. There had been some test which was a cancer marker for her—it showed 216 (normal should have been around 25). The doctors had told her a 25% increase would be very bad, and a 25% decrease would be great, but unexpected. And if it was down 50% it would be miraculous. Her test that day showed the marker down to 108!! They called it a miracle!! And you should have seen the life in her—she was radiant, and not from exposure to radiation, but from exposure to the radiant power of His presence!
PRESS IN FOR HEALING—OUR MEETINGS OR OTHERS
We have always contended for a greater healing anointing, but now more so than ever. And, we’ve seen a difference in our meetings lately. And the stories of miraculous healings from our meetings and those of others are stunning. No matter what your condition, I encourage you to press in now more than ever. We’ll be holding healing meetings in La Barge, Wy, Vacaville, Orangevale, Sacramento, Washington, Alaska, and Casper Wy in the next few months. Check our website at www.dewnamis.com for details. The church we’ve been associated with, The Mission, will be holding monthly Healing services, and there will be many other churches and leaders holding meetings. Press in—He is the healer.
We have now moved our ministry to San Diego and are in and settled. While we love the supernatural power of God to heal, deliver and save, we love all the aspects of God and we have a great story of His provision to share in another report. Blessings.
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc.
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
More Than Healings On Missions Trail
April 14, 2008
Medellin, Colombia & Philippines
Thoughts on the mission trail. A team of 19 to Rio Negro and Medellin, Colombia. Then to the Philippines, where we taught on healing at a ministry school of 40+ Philippine pastors and leaders, along with the students from our church’s ministry school, and 10 Australians from their ministry school. Yes, God is pouring out His power to heal and set free like rarely before. We’ve had the privilege of seeing these things for years now, but for many, it’s new or at a different level—like what’s happening at the Lakeland, FL meetings.
**So, I pointed at the woman and she clinched, went outside and threw up, got led in deliverance by one of our team members from 10 years of being a witch, and is now set free.
**A young man with diabetes was checked the next day after prayer by his doctor—no sign of diabetes!
**The broken hand with a pin in it moved freely with no pain—what happened to the pin?
**Five years of a young man’s arms being unable to turn correctly or bend because they had healed incorrectly, wiped away with a prayer.
**A young girl, 11 surgeries, never walked on her own, had to be carried to the prayer minister, walked for the first time!
**A liver tumor shrank under the hand—she had been facing surgery in a week—not now!
**In the Philippines, a man blind for 12 years could see after three students prayed for him on the street!
**A Filipino woman prayed for a woman’s blind eye during an outreach—and she saw! That was so big, because it’s soooo against their culture. Needless to say, neither one will ever be the same!
SPEAK INTO A DREAM—MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Yes, we saw all that and sooo much more on a 2 week missions trip—but this is what I want to share. In Rio Negro, we got to encourage a Foursquare pastor who has taken a lot of heat for going after the gospel, having a dream, growing faster than the other pastors who have much smaller churches and have pastored longer—sound familiar. We had mentioned to our coordinator that we would like to minister at an orphanage or hospital during the day if possible. It spurred the dream of this pastor to begin reaching out to a very poor neighborhood full of kids who have nothing and no hope of having anything. In the week before we got there, they had started a school and an outreach to these kids—all because our comment had blown on the dream in their hearts.
In Medellin, we walked into a church that has gone toward excellence in worship, a great pastor, many young people, but all desiring more. I know we challenged them—they said they had never seen meetings like these. But, I had a prophetic word for the pastor—read his deepest secrets and told of some of the things that were happening to him, and he couldn’t deny it was God.
One of the fun things for us was several of their key young leaders were with us all day Saturday. They got rocked in their theology, got baptized in the Spirit with speaking in tongues, and became even more hungry. Now, they all have choices to make—their dignity and control or more of God.
CULTURAL WAYS–BUSTED
In the Philipines we taught about taking the power and presence of God everywhere we go, and then we broke the three nationalities into groups. Many had gotten words, pictures, places, colors and it was amazing how accurate they were. A treasure hunt, only they weren’t looking for the treasure, they had the treasure to give to God’s people—gifts of love and healing. Culturally, the Filipino people are very shy about approaching others, and the concept of praying for someone you don’t know in public just wasn’t done. And frankly, the same could be said about Australia and the US. But oh my gosh, how the three groups embraced this challenge and how many were healed in the stalls and in the mall and in the coffee shops! Finally, joy oh joy. WE got to do this too in a very prestigious mall in Hong Kong on our way back to the US. Carol and I encountered a young woman off the USS Kitty Hawk, limping thru the mall on a crutch with a boot cast on her foot. Torn tendon, much pain. She allowed us to pray, it went numb and then all the pain was gone. Yes, this works even in the mall in Hong Kong!
After the Pastor’s Advance in Redding next week, we’ll next be in Sonora, CA for training on healing and deliverance. Great church in a great mountain community—might be a great getaway for you—come join us. Website for details. Blessings.
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
Great Healing Story
March 21, 2008
Vallejo, CA
YOU MUST BE DESPERATE
You know, there’s just something about this “pressin’ in” thing. This Foursquare Church in Vallejo has been fasting for a greater breakthrough, and they invited us to speak at their monthly “Fire Night,” and then to speak at the Sunday morning service on March 15, 16, 2008. The speaking fell to me. I was particularly excited about Saturday night because I knew it was to be about “impartation”—and I kept hearing this phrase to say to those who would show up: “Why did you give up your Saturday night—you must be desperate.” And it was a good night—better than even I thought, as I was to find out later. And then the attack came.
THE ENEMY ATTACKS
We had just attended Graham Cooke’s “Way Of The Warrior” Conference at our church in Vacaville before the Saturday night meeting. Many times after a great event like that, you’re excited, on a high, you’ve received revelation. It’s logical then for the enemy to attack, but for some reason I didn’t think it would be me!. Before going to bed, I prayed a prayer I often pray—asking for protection, only God thoughts, binding the enemy from causing bad dreams, etc. At 3 AM I was suddenly wide awake from a very disturbing dream, and my first thought was “God, you didn’t protect me.” And then the enemy was there to reinforce that thought and run with it. And here’s the point where I made my mistake: I turned to the enemy and came into agreement with his lies. Over the next few hours, I was in and out of a very fitful sleep, and was sinking down further and further with the attack of the enemy’s lies—I mean, he is the “father of lies” isn’t he? Then, the enemy attacked me with my own words. “You told stories tonight about healing—that autistic boy being healed, that woman not having to have serious female surgery after prayer—you don’t really KNOW that they were healed.” Can anyone relate to this?
REMEMBER!
But then he overplayed his hand! He said “You’re in this healing ministry, but you’ve never been healed.” While it’s true that I’ve received more spiritual and emotional healing than physical healing, there is this one time I REMEMBER. And that was my weapon. The word “remember” is found 164 times in the bible—might just be important, huh? I had hit bottom, but now I could remember a time when I was healed and it was not up to dispute. And it was of something I had had before and I knew it could not be emotional, it could only go away with surgery. But a day of prayer from 3 different groups, and the problem was solved without surgery—and I remembered. I walked into church Sunday morning thinking “the enemy sure went to a of trouble to discourage me—God must have a lot planned for this morning.”
Oh, did He ever!! The healings just flowed, and the church was so receptive. There was a grateful, party atmosphere. We just celebrated every healing. These are a few:
**TMJ pain of 10 years—gone.
**Knot on the shoulder disappeared, as did a painful bump on a teenager’s arm.
** A young man had injured his tailbone and couldn’t sit down—now he was jumping up and down on the seat.
**Years of severe back pain—total mobility with no pain.
INCONTINENT
So many more. But this woman wanted this one told. She’s been incontinent for about 10 years. Her activities over the years have been affected, as you might imagine. Constantly having to go to the bathroom, never getting a good night’s sleep. She came up for “impartation” Saturday night. I didn’t know any of this, even though she has been one of our faithful prayer warriors and contributors over the years—after all, it’s not exactly something you talk about. I approached her as she was waiting for an impartation, pointed at her forcefully, but never touched her—and then there was a “power exchange.” After the service Sunday morning, she came to tell us that she slept the whole night through, she had just sat through the whole service—without going to the bathroom! This was so big for her! And we’ve confirmed it four days later—she’s a completely new woman, totally healed!!
LEARNING LESSONS EVERY TIME
So, what do I take from this: Often times after a great event, we are open to attack. The enemy tries to get us to come into agreement with his lies. When we’re under attack, it’s a great time to remember who God has been for you. When the enemy goes to that much trouble to get you off your game, it’s many times because God has something great planned. And it really is all about Him, isn’t it? I have no idea how that woman got healed—I didn’t even know she needed healing from that, and that’s not why she came up. I just got to be the donkey Jesus rode in on. That’s what happened and I’ll take that any day.
HEALING SEMINAR
Our next ministry opportunity is one I’m excited about. We’ll be conducting a Healing Seminar at The Mission in Vacaville, CA on March 28 and 29, and then putting the training and impartation into action with a Healing Service Sunday Night, March 30th. Jesus gave all of us a mandate to “heal the sick” and we believe this will be a step for many people to begin to move into a greater anointing to see the sick healed when they pray. One of the things we continue to see is a lot of sick people—there’s a need for this prayer ministry, and what the Lord is doing in this time is absolutely stunning. If you’re in our area—come. Blessings.
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
Fun Stuff From Brazil–w/pic & video
December 16, 2007
Brasilia & Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
HEALINGS BY WORDS IN BRAZIL
We led the 23 member team for Randy Clark’s Global Awakening ministry to Brasilia and Ribeirao Preto (heb-ah-roun, pray-toe, phonetic pronunciation). This was the first time for GA in these two cities, and we led the meetings in Brasilia and the first 2 meetings in the second city, until Randy came in for the last 3 days. Great meetings. Literally hundreds of people healed through words of knowledge, and many more when the team was released to pray for the sick.
WORD LEADS TO HEALING—AND SALVATION!
In the first meeting, I had a word of knowledge for a “soccer star who kicks with his right foot, but had injured the left foot.” A young man found me at the end of the meeting with one of the young leaders of the church. They had been witnessing to this young man for months. The first thing out of his mouth was “How did you know—that was exactly what was wrong with me. I haven’t believed any of this was real, but I was healed tonight—how did you know?” I explained it to him, and then heard myself say “Jesus came and touched you on the outside tonight, would you like Him to touch you on the inside?” He said yes, we led him in the prayer, and the power of God came and put him on the floor weeping. He said later he felt completely different, light. I’ve always said the word of knowledge is a great evangelistic tool—when we introduce Jesus the healer, it becomes easier to introduce Jesus the savior!!
“SHE CAN SEE!”
In the second city, Randy was interviewing several people who had just been healed of something they had for 10 years or more. A woman testified about her healing, but then said she still couldn’t see past 18 inches—everything was just a blur. Randy directed her to Carol on the front row, and Carol ended up doing Sozo with her. Her blindness started when her father was murdered, there was a lot of generational stuff through the occult, and Carol led her in renouncing this. As Carol was finishing the healing prayer with her she exclaimed “I can see Randy on the platform.” When the screen picture changed she described in detail what she was seeing—remember, she had not been able to see past the person sitting directly in front of her before the prayer. Completely healed!!
Click here to see video http://gallery.mac.com/dewnamis#100124
IT WASN’T PROPHETIC—IT WAS RAIN!!
Now, I’ll be very transparant and open with you. On the day before we left Brasilia, there had been such a connection with the church and the team that they wanted us to come to their retreat center and participate in a prophetic act with them. We arrived and immediately started about a mile trek out thru a field toward a small mountain we could climb. The intent was for all of us to take communion together and do a prophetic act to pray for the city and to unite these two cultures in this prayer. When the first people got to the top of this small mountain, it started to rain. Now, if you’ve ever read my Fiji story form several years ago, you may suspect my first thought was “I’m leaving tomorrow, I can’t afford to get my only jeans and shoes wet.” On top of that, I REALLY don’t like rain, and wind, and especially not together. By the time we all got to the top, the wind was HOWLING and the rain was pounding down at an angle. And the Brazilians were so excited! You just knew the prophetic woo-woo people were about to have a field day. “Every time we come up here, it rains.” Now, I don’t want to be any more negative than I already have been—Graham Cooke preached on negativity in church today, but I still seem to have a ways to go. BUT—it’s the rainy season! It had rained EVERY day we had been there, several times a day! Come on—it’s not prophetic—it’s rain. And it cost me $25 to have 2 hour service to get my jeans ready for the next day. And I spent most of the night blow-drying my shoes dry to wear the next day. But, we DID have something happen that was definitely God!
PILOTS GOT SAVED DURING FLIGHT–AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T MANIFEST
One of the team members from Alaska, Craig, is a plumber by trade—and a tenacious evangelist. As we got on the TAM airplane for the flight to Sao Paulo, he looked into the open cockpit. Perhaps because he is an American, the pilot invited him in. They talked for a little bit, and then he went to his seat. But shortly before we were to take off, he felt the Spirit tell him to go back up to the cockpit. The pilot invited him in again, and then left to go to the restroom before taking off. The co-pilot told Craig “This is soooo illegal, you’re not supposed to be up here, but the pilot invited you, so stay.” We kept waiting for him to come out, knowing he wasn’t supposed to be there—but he never came out until we landed. The whole trip, he had shared Jesus with them. They told him they had never met a Christian like him. Somewhere on the trip, he led them both in the prayer and they got saved! Now, THAT was a God-thing!!
SOZO SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
A really great trip, and now we’re home for the holidays and preparing for this next year. We’ll be down in San Diego right after the first of the year to do some ministry at a closed meeting. We will return to the San Diego area on February 21-23 to do a Sozo School in Carlsbad, in North San Diego County. Details are on our website under the Itinerary section. This is really important ministry training for the Body, and what a great place to hold a school. See you there. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc.
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
