Looking Back, Looking Ahead–’04, ’05
December 26, 2004
Vacaville, CA
LOOKING BACK—IT WAS ABOUT IMPARTATION
I’m taking a moment to look back at this past year, and to look forward into 2005. We had an incredible year and God used us mightily in healing. There was the pastor’s 70+ year old wife, whose hand was useless to even hold a cup of coffee, restored; the young blind woman’s eyes being restored to perfect sight as Carol prayed; Carol doing two public SOZO’s and seeing the people totally set free; the 70 year old man who didn’t know Jesus and had been involved in spiritism having his blind left eye restored to perfect sight when I prayed in the Baptist church in Fortaleza, Brazil. And so many more! But this year for us was about impartation, impartation, and impartation. That is really the cry and joy of our hearts—to see someone get touched by God, come to an understanding that He really does want to use them, and then to see the expression as He pours thru them. Awesome.
THEME—GOD CAN USE ‘LITTLE OLE ME’
Hunger and passion. It’s got to be that to cause more than 100 people to come out for 6 straight nights in 2 ½ feet of snow to receive SOZO training. That’s what happened in January as we once again ministered at the Hood River Oregon Vineyard, pastored by Denny & Sue Anderson. What was so encouraging was that they really got it—that they could bring us in for an extended time of ministry and equipping, and their prayer warriors and the church would be changed. We’ve gotten the reports all throughout the year about the incredible ministry that has been taken up in this church, and the lives that have been changed. That’s going to be the theme of this report—a bunch of “little ole me’s” being raised up. Next, to Mountlake Terrace, a suburb of Seattle, with Matt and Su. They had us in twice this year and their church will never be the same because of their hunger. So much to tell, but what I remember most is the young 20+ year old woman who was holding back, not coming forward for prayer. While ministering Sunday morning, our eyes locked as she watched me from the congregation praying for someone. I motioned her to come help me, and she fell into God’s loving embrace. As God touched the person we were praying for, He also touched this young woman. Soon she was shaking, then down on the floor, but not afraid. After 45 minutes, she spoke and sung in a heavenly language, changed her work schedule to be there that night, and became a “little ole me.”
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL—TRAINING EQUIPPING, POWER
Coeur D’Alene (we go there again in April, 2005), Santa Rosa, Orangevale, Rohnert Park, Vacaville—all great meetings. Healing services started once a month at our church in Vacaville. Two medically documented cases of cancer being healed thru the prayer ministry here at our church, Christian Life Center. And we’ll be doing more healing services this next year—Jan. 30, Feb. 27, April 24 and May 29. Then it was off to our first of two trips to Brazil, this time to Sao Paulo. We went three weeks before Randy Clark and his team to train in 7 Brazilian churches to get them prepared to join the US team in a large crusade meeting of 10,000+ in a gym. At least 330 Brazilians joined us in ministering, and they saw signs, wonders and miracles just like the US team did. What was so encouraging was that there was more healing thru those who had never prayed for anyone, than thru pastors and leaders. When we were ministering in one church, a young Brazilian woman of about 23 got a little frustrated because she wanted to be prayed for by one of the US team members. But the anointing was on the Brazilians so she reluctantly agreed to have one of the Brazilian prayer team members we had trained pray for the cancerous lump protruding on her throat. Weeping with joy, she came to find us in the hospitality room after the service to show us—no lump!! And the prayer warrior—he had never prayed for anyone before. We saw this happen over and over on this trip.
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT!”
When we returned, we stepped into what we believe is to be our mandate for this next year. We taught a class on healing at a woman’s conference in Sacramento and we sent the women out into the marketplace to put into practice what they had learned. Incredible stories. Then there was the Seattle man who had been to some of our meetings. As he was checking out a lady thru the grocery line, she mentioned she was going to have heart valve surgery the next week, and how scared she was. Without stopping his checking he said “you don’t have to live like that. In the name of Jesus, heart valve be repaired.” Pretty simple, huh? The next week she came back and said the doctor didn’t know how to explain it but the valve had been healed and there was no need for surgery! Another “little ole me.” This time on the job in the supermarket. That’s a great place for revival!
BACK TO BRAZIL—BRAZILIANS EMPOWERED
Back to Brazil, this time to the Northern city of Fortaleza for 4 weeks before Randy and a team of 140 came to do meetings. We trained in 8 churches and spoke in several others. A woman’s breast tumor just disappeared and the pain left, a 12 year old deaf-mute girl since birth could hear during one meeting and began to talk. Many blind and deaf people healed as we prayed. But the most significant thing that stuck out to us, and the rest of the team when they arrived, was that almost 400 Brazilians joined the US team in prayer ministry during the 2 large gymnasium events to about 10,000 people each night. And once again, they saw the same kinds of miracles when they prayed. One man in particular stands out—John. He got radically touched in the first meeting upon our arrival in Fortaleza. He was healed of a long standing injury, got blasted by the Holy Spirit, and empowered—and hungry. He ended up coming to EVERY meeting we did, and to all the meetings once the team arrived. While we were there he led people to the Lord and went to the hospital and prayed for 5 hours for a friend—something he had never done before being touched by God. Then, one of our interpreters wrote us an email after we all left, telling us of a word of knowledge he got while getting a haircut. It was accurate and he prayed for the man and saw him healed right there in the shop! We continue to get emails from some of the friends we made and they are “doing the stuff” every day with great results. Probably the most exciting story of our two times in Brazil is the one about Taluanni (see the complete story on our website www.dewnamis.com under Reports, “Rise Up And Walk”). She is a 16 year old girl who bonded with Carol, following her during ministry. Carol had her begin to pray for the sick and they got healed. After we returned to the US, she began asking God for divine appointments out in the marketplace—to the drunks, cripples, prostitutes, even the rich. God answered her prayer and she prayed for a crippled man on the street on her way back home from English school. You’ve got to read this story—its incredible, and it will make you HUNGRY for MORE! Oh that we would all be so bold and hungry for God to use us.
“TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS”
After this trip to Brazil, we stepped into what we believe is on God’s heart for us this next year. We did a Healing School down in San Diego (we’ll be there again teaching on deliverance in February). What made it different is that we concentrated on praying out in the marketplace, and the goal was to actually go out and “do it!” We had several people say they didn’t want to come to the school because they knew from the description that we were going to be going out—but God had a way of persuading them. It was scary—but they did it anyway. (Our slogan is “Just do it. Sometimes we hear ‘But, I’m afraid.’ ‘Then do it afraid but JUST DO IT!!”) As we gathered back Saturday night for a celebration of the God encounters, the “Spoils Of War,” we heard one thing several times. They said “I asked to pray for this one person, but they said no. You know, I didn’t die—I just went and found someone else who DID want prayer.” It has been said about this present move of God that the first wave is about renewing the church, the second wave is about power to the streets. I think we are beginning to enter that second wave. And another word—“I’m coming to you gently now, so you’ll not be afraid when I come in power.” Get ready—I think we’re about to see awesome, incredible things when we take the power of God into the marketplace.
GOD’S HEART. WANT TO DO IT? WE’D LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU
Looking ahead—2005. God is pouring out His power all over the world. We hear so much about the power of God and signs and miracles in foreign countries. But He’s doing it here in the US, too. We are excited about doing these “Healing Schools To The Steets.” It’s His heart—to take the power to where the people are, rather than wait for the pre-christians to come to us in church. We already have three schools scheduled in the next 4 months. If you’d like to know more about this, check out the San Diego Report on our website, or email us at dewnamis@sbcglobal.net. We begin this next year in a great little AG church in San Bruno on January 7-9. Also, we’ll be doing the first of scheduled Healing Services at our church in Vacaville on the last Sunday of January. Check our itinerary for details. Blessings.
Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc.
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com
