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Topic: "A Lot of Times Revival Comes Through the Back Door" Kathie Walters, Macon, GA
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August 6, 2015...from Elijah List
"A Lot of Times Revival Comes Through the Back Door"
Kathie Walters, Macon, GA
When God Takes Over – What Are We To Do?
I am sure you know, or at least have read, how many times
revival has come through the back door. That is, not the
way people were expecting.
Did you know that very often in history, revival has come
through children? Do you know that God is much more
willing to "take over" than we are willing to let Him? We
believe we are willing, but God sometimes does "strange
acts" that we are not familiar with. In Isaiah, chapter
64, it says that when God came down He did terrible (i.e.
awesome, powerful, unimaginable) things "we looked not
for."
So, when God takes over and He does all kinds of powerful
and wonderful things – what are we to do? Definitely NOT
try and work it out with our mind. The mind, however
great, will never understand the mysterious ways and
mysteries of God but by the enlightenment of the Spirit.
This is where we have to listen closely to the witness of
the Spirit within us. He is there to teach you the truth.
In 1 John it says that "you don't need any man to teach
you because the anointing within you is to teach you" (1
John 2:27, paraphrased).
Does that mean we don't need teachers? Of course not,
because they are given by God to instruct the Body of
Christ in truth – anointed teachers who teach under the
anointing of the Holy Spirit and impart spiritual truth
that brings you, ultimately, into a closer relationship
with Jesus. Truth from God, of necessity, always sets you
free, because that's His nature. "(He does not bring you
into) bondage again to fear..." (Romans 8:15).
That being said, I think sometimes we assume that God
wants to use someone, but there are times when God does
things all by Himself! He comes through the back door.
Keep your spiritual antennas up in the coming days!
Where We Least Expect It
When my husband, David, went to the schools in England
years ago, they sometimes had to close the school because
the power of God came into the school. The kids were
under the power of the Holy Spirit, in the corridors and
laying all over the playing fields. No one prayed for
them. David preached, and then God took over. He chased
people. (Photo via Pixabay)
In the Hebrides Revival the presence of God came down and
chased people in the fields and pubs and dance halls.
They ran to the church or the police station. In that
revival, whole towns were saved.
When and in Ways We Least Expect
Another time, I was in a meeting in Columbus, Ohio, where
my husband, David, had been preaching and the Spirit was
moving everywhere at the end. At that time, the little
ones had been released from the nursery because they
thought the meeting upstairs with the adults had
finished. A small girl came up to me. I knelt down to ask
the little girl what she wanted (she was tugging on my
skirt). She started to speak to me when suddenly God came
upon her.
The little girl was gesturing with her arms, and she was
suddenly "frozen." That's an expression I use and has
been used in times of revival. I don't know if this has
ever happened to you. If not, don't worry, it will...but
the presence of God comes on you so strong that you
really can't move. Not even bat an eyelid. The person is
encased in the presence of God. Usually you are taken by
the Spirit into Heaven, or even to another country, or to
a place somewhere in the Spiritual realm which is not of
this earth. The little girl was what I call "gone away."
In Scotland, years ago during times of revival, when
people were encased like that in God's presence, they
would say they had "gone away" (in the Spirit). I waited,
and two other small children came and leaned around the
girl to see what she was doing, but as soon as they got
close to her, this awesome presence fell on them too, and
they all stood frozen, like statues with their hands
raised. One girl had her arms stretched out in front of
her...and they stood like this – frozen. The presence
around them was so strong.
I stood up and was keeping an eye on them, because I know
when that happens, you can't tell how long they will be
"gone away." Maybe an hour, three hours, 24 hours? Well,
after about an hour, I saw one of them move very
slightly. When the anointing lifts like that, it is very
gradually, not suddenly. I knelt down again and waited.
When the Holy Spirit lifted from the first little child
who had been talking to me, she opened her eyes and
looked at me and finished the sentence that she started
before this anointing came. I asked them afterwards if
they remembered anything. One said, "Jesus was hugging me
close and whispering to me about my future." (Photo by
Jennifer Page "Dance with Me" via elijahshopper.com)
Funny thing was, we were at the back of the room. God
sometimes comes in the back door.
With Whom We Least Expect It
In a camp one time, in Ohio, we were ministering to the
youth and adults. The youth were like concrete – you just
couldn't get through to them. They were so resistant to
the Holy Spirit, because they were all together, and the
guys were trying to be "tough" and not yield to God. The
third day we asked the Lord about it, and He said, "After
supper, minister and pray for the children." So after we
finished eating, we gathered the children in a room and
David began to preach to them. He preaches the same to
the children as he does to the adults because they don't
have a junior Holy Spirit. He preached and then prayed.
The power of God fell on them. They were all over the
floor. They were weeping and praying and were truly in
another realm.
Someone came and said we needed to make our way to the
meeting place at the top of the hill, so we ushered the
children out, although they could hardly stand. They were
still weeping and laughing. Halfway up the hill they
caught up with the teenagers who were dragging their
feet, not wanting to be at the meeting. But as the small
children caught up with them – bang! – the power of God
fell on the teens, all of them at once, and they fell out
on the side of the hill and started sobbing and weeping
and repenting. After a while, when they tried to get up,
they were so drunk in the Holy Spirit, they all helped
each other, the big kids and little kids, pulling and
pushing each other up to the meeting place.
David and I had gone ahead and sat with the other 200
people attending the camp and waited. As they hit the
doorways, the power of God fell on the whole place –
everyone was tipped out of their chairs onto the floor.
Even more weeping and sobbing and laughing, and the whole
place so was drunk in the presence of the Lord. I don't
think we really had another meeting after that. When the
kids and youth came near, the whole place would just fill
up and get lost in God. He took over. He wants to. He
loves to. He loves to show Himself strong on behalf of
those that love Him... Sometimes He comes in the back
door.
ElijahList Prophetic Resources
"Revival" or "Move of the Spirit" – What Happens When God
Can Be and Do What He Pleases
It's natural for people who have had some kind of
encounter with God to want to experience Him more. If God
is God and is a supernatural God, which He must be, then
it's normal to want to experience and know His
supernatural acts. After all, He's our Dad. I was
thinking of this the last couple of days...inside it felt
like I was groaning. There is a groaning of the Spirit
that stirs you up inside.
I remember when David and I first came to America, it was
during the full-blown Charismatic move. There was
speaking in tongues and prophesying, words of knowledge,
etc...but I would feel something missing – and I would
find myself praying, "Lord, please show people what You
really can do. Let them see You when You are really in
charge."
At first, I couldn't figure out why I didn't see the
kinds of things I had seen before in other places. Now,
we were in places where God was moving and things were
happening, and there was a measure of God's presence, but
it was not what I had seen before. I was hungry for more.
I remember we were ministering to a group of Christians
from Portsmouth, UK. They were having a "camp" meeting on
the Isle of Wight, which is a small island off the south
coast of England. We were staying in a "Bed and
Breakfast" guest house owned by some Christians, and we
had access to the meeting hall of the Plymouth Brethren
church next door. In the evening, we would use the
meeting hall for our meetings. During the daytime we did
the normal holiday-type things: beach, sightseeing, etc.
After the meetings, we went back to our B&B for an
evening drink and snack. (Photo via Pixabay)
We had a great time, and then we came to the last day. It
was very quiet, though, as we joined in the Plymouth
Brethren service, and then went out in the afternoon, and
had a meeting in the evening in the fellowship hall. The
evening meeting was good; people were blessed. Then most
people went back into the house for the pre-bedtime
snacks. David and I also left, leaving a group of
teenagers standing in a circle, still worshipping the
Lord, so sweetly.
Drinking our hot chocolate and chatting in the guest
house, we had not thought anymore about the teens.
Suddenly we heard the sound of feet running and someone
yelling, "David! David! Kathie! Come quick!" Well, we
didn't know what on earth was happening. We followed the
young guy back into the meeting hall.
When we entered the room, it was filled with a heavy
presence of God. Some of the teenagers were yelling. In
the middle of the circle was a young man of about fifteen
years old. He had been saved earlier that day, so he knew
nothing of the Spirit realm. He was kneeling on the floor
and his arm and finger was raised and pointing. He was
slowly turning in a circle on his knees. As his finger
pointed, moving around the circle, the person he pointed
to fell to the floor and started to get delivered. Some
were crying, some were laughing, some were making other
sounds as demonic spirits left them.
The teens who had not yet been reached by Andrew's
pointing finger were trying to run away, but their feet
were "glued" to the floor and they were unable to move –
that's why they were yelling. We just stood and watched
as Andrew's arm and finger slowly moved around and
pointed to them. Then each just crumpled and fell in a
heap. The Spirit of God started moving on them and they
began to get deliverance from lots of things from the
past. We waited until the last one hit the floor. Andrew
was still kneeling in the middle.
I wanted to explain that it was like watching a movie.
Like they were not there. I'm not sure how to explain
that if you haven't experienced it yet. We left them
there and went back into the house to join the other
adults, drinking their nightcap tea and munching cookies.
I remember hearing a noise like a train and thinking, "I
didn't realize we were near a railway station." Well, we
weren't; we were in a little village. Then this sense of
POWER came slowly into the room. The lady I was talking
to knew something (i.e. the presence of God) was coming
towards us, and she was trying to put down her cup of tea
before it did. (Photo via Pixabay)
Suddenly everyone fell down on the floor and started
weeping or laughing or making other sounds. After a while
it was quiet and people were whispering to one another.
People were confessing things to one another. Then the
room was very bright and silent.
We took a breath, and suddenly there was another noise
above us, like when the wind blows. Then the children
came running down from upstairs. They had all gone to bed
and were asleep, but the Holy Spirit went up there and
woke them up and began to convict them and touch them in
a powerful way. They ran down the stairs and flew to
their parents to ask forgiveness and tell their mom and
dad how much they loved them. Does it surprise you that
God doesn't think, "Oh, little children are asleep, I'll
come back tomorrow"? He sees them the same as you and I.
Because they are small it doesn't mean they have a baby
Holy Spirit.
The next day we left and went home. No one was the same.
Sometimes God comes in the back door. Keep an eye on it.
God doesn't always use the ones in front. Sometimes He
doesn't use anyone in particular – He uses Himself. This
is on the way – don't look just for what you are used to.
He is the door – He can be and do as He pleases. When He
shows up, it's really better to move out of the way.
Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries
Email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com
Website: kathiewaltersministry.com
Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings
freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She
also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the
supernatural realm is for everyone.
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