I am awaiting my flight's departure in Queretaro, Mexico after the Congress of Ministerios Vision Internacional. Sitting here with a little extra time on my hands (the flight has been delayed significantly), I'm reflecting on the events of the previous week. There were several speakers as a part of this conference and it was certainly a privilege to minister in the altars for these meetings. One of the speakers was Randy Clark of Global Awakening. Randy was the catalyst that God had used to ignite the fires of revival in Toronto, Canada several years ago and is still using around the world in revival and teaching the body to function in the grace gifts of the Holy Spirit. To me, Randy's "legacy" is not found in his moving in the grace gifts or even in his participation in the various revival movements. In truth, Global Awakening is not that large a ministry. To be sure, it's reach is great, but it is not a huge organization. Randy's "legacy," I believe is found instead in the resulting work of the Holy Spirit in those whom he has selflessly imparted whatever grace God has given him. Among the more widely known who have received impartation of the Holy Spirit through Randy's ministry are Rolland and Heidi Baker and Leif Hetland. Heidi received an impartation in Toronto and she and her husband Rolland (both were already active in missions around the world for years) went on to plant between 6,000 and 7,000 churches (to date) throughout Mozambique with over 1 million new believers who are attached to this work. Leif also received an impartation of the Holy Spirit through Randy's ministry and has since seen over a half a million of new believers brought into the Kingdom of God throughout the Middle East. Of course, these are among the more widely known of those who've received impartation from Randy, but there are certainly thousands more who have been used to create an impact for God's Kingdom. In essence, Randy has been walking out the "Catch and Release" principle (http://yrkingdomcm.blogspot.com/2011/10/catch-and-release.html): our Heavenly Father gives to us for the purpose of us giving away.
In the meetings in Queretaro, Randy ministered to crowds of around 1,500 in a few specific areas: Impartation, Healing, and Activating Words of Knowledge. In each session, there were hundreds that received a specific element from the Holy Spirit. During the session specifically devoted to healing, there were well over 400 different kinds of healings (that's nearly 27% of the total audience). I personally was privileged to pray over and see many different types of healings (from eye injuries that caused diminished sight to heart trouble to breathing issues to a paralytic from a motor cycle accident that we prayed over via mobile phone...these were a few of the healings from that night). On the last night, Randy called out ministry to those with metal or another foreign substance in their body as a result of a medical situation for healing. Out of the 12 that responded to this, all 12 declared that the metal was either gone, their limb(s) or back/neck that were previously immobilized because of the metal were now flexible and movable, and/or their chronic pain associated with these issues was gone. We shot some video of these testimonies which will be available from Global Awakening very soon, I'm sure. There was also an even greater number that received impartation as we prayed. It is my belief that all those who received a prayer for impartation, certainly from Randy but from all of us who were helping in the altar ministry, will go on to do great things in building God's Kingdom throughout Mexico!
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