Recent letter received: August 04, 2006

Hi Craig:

On Sat. night of the FFM Partners Conf. I asked you to pray an anointing over a cloth I had brought in (actually it was a clean grease rag from the car and all that I had at the time--doesn't God have a sense of humor!) I had originally thought it was for my daughter, but upon arriving home she said the baby of a teacher at her school was having a difficult time breathing due to Asthma. The baby s 6 months old and her Mom, a Catholic had been up most of the nights with her, and told my daughter she was willing to have her prayed over. They came to my home a week ago, the day after a particularly troubling episode in which her Mommy was up all night with her. (Mommy is a pre-school teacher, as is my daughter who works with her.) I didn't have a long prayer, but laid the cloth on the little one, and told the Mommy this was a point of reference for the Lord to heal. The next day she called excitedly to my daughter and said the baby had slept soundly through the night. I believe this cloth will be used in praying for others God will send my way.

In regards to my own healing--the touch I received in the Conference in which I was totally pain-free from arthritis throughout my body has continued and I am praising God daily for His manifold blessings and continuing healing work in my body. Thanks for praying for me.

In Christ, Marlene Nichols

Testimony of a Pastor

"Joels Army Conference was far above what I could imagine or think, it was phenomenal.   At Joel's Army conference I  begun to see the manifestation of what I have been calling forth in prayer where the move of God can no longer be targeted upon a man, but it is a mass movement of believers, the nameless, faceless generation.  It was a Modern day Pentecost experience.  What blessed me more than anything, yes the teachings were right on, yes their were healings and salvations, but greater than all, was seeing young and old praying and prophesying over one another.  We were a very wounded church, there had seemed to be a big insurmountable wall put up between each other, this wall was clearly broke down at this conference.  I feel now a total openess for the gift of God to flow out of my life.  My ministry has been confirmed and can now be received.  The testimonies of the encounters our teens had during the fire tunnel on saturday night were incredible.  The Greater Awakening that has been prophesied here in the east coast has begun."

Joshua Kennedy - Praise Tabernacle

Loydminster, Alberta, Canada ~ July 2, 2006

This past weekend a young boy (approx. 13 yrs. old) was, shall we say, "coherced" into coming to Craig for prayer for healing. The boy had diabetes and came for prayer for his diabetes to be healed. The boy was somewhat reluctact, but Craig prayed anyway. Within 24 hours, the boy came running to Craig, "I have checking my insulin levels all day and they are completely normal! I don't have diabetes anymore and I can eat whatever I want!'

Craig encouraged him not to eat absolutely anything he might want, but was excited at the changed he saw in the young man. When the power of the Holy Spirit touches a life, they are never the same!

Hi Craig.

I'm writing about the transferance of anointing that was imparted to me as I attended the meetings in California. After sitting under your teaching and preaching in Redlands and San Jose, I have now recognized that the Holy Spirit has come upon me to teach/preach also. The first night back in Ontario, we went to our friends conferance at Still Life Retreat. That evening the Holy spirit began to download info so quickly, I could hardly keep up writing it down. After worship ended, the host of the conferance asked if I had something to share, for he had seen me writing so much. I was able to get behind the pupit and release the fresh word for about twenty minutes. Afterwards the speaker came to me and said that everything he had spoken on the previous two days I had wrapped up and put it together as a package in that word. I just praise God for this new anointing, and want to thank you for personally for your hunger and love for the things of God.

God Bless you Craig, and your lovely wife, Lori.
 Love in Christ,

Dave M.

 

"Bob, Bonnie, Larry, Laura, Craig and Lori,
 
Again thank you all for coming to our conference.  I have heard many testimonies and stories of people being stirred to something greater for themselves and Michigan.  We also had a MI State Rep from our state capitol at the conference.  The words over Michigan are now working through the believers in our state government.  All of the words are being transcribed and will be sent via typed copy to those who benefit from them.
 
 
Craig called out a young man to prophesy over him.  Well it turns out that a young man that you all ministered to in the speakers area Saturday night who responded to the alter call is his brother.  Their father came to the Healing Rooms Thursday last week and confirmed much of the word Craig spoke over his son.  That was good to hear since he had a "doe-in-the-head-lights" look when Craig spoke to him.
 
The women who got "new" kidneys indeed got them.  (Word of knowledge from Craig)  I ran into her in the State Capitol building at a meeting for intercessors that meet there once a month.  She has had no problems since and could feel movement in her back as the kidneys grew into place."

- Mark Gurley

 


  
"I must admit, around the time of the meetings, I was feeling very low and committing the same sin I had before. God had not turned His back on me, but I had started to turn mine on Him because I focused too much on the flesh and not the spirit. I wanted so badly to go to these meetings as a last attempt to find God...and I succeeded tenfold.I arrived just in time to go to Craig's 7:00pm session Saturday night, where I was completely consumed in God's healing fire. I got deeper into worship than ever before, and I hungrily held on to every word Craig spoke afterwards. I saw gold dust on my hands for the first time...something I thought was an absolute myth! Then, when the pastors were praying for everyone, a miracle happened within me. I was standing in line, watching as people were slain in the Spirit all around me. I was nervous and quaking inside, scared that I would be unable to submit to God when Craig reached me. Scared that nothing would happen once his hands were on me. However, it was only like three seconds after Craig touched me that I found myself on the floor, bathed in light and heat...and the sounds of marching feet all around me. Light was literally burning my eyelids, and I thought I had wound up under a spotlight or something. (I checked the next day...the lighting in the building was actually quite dim where I wound up). My face was also so hot I was almost sweating. I looked in the mirror afterwards, and saw a heat rash on my chest! It was just like sitting in front of a hot, hot fire. Only this one didn't hurt. And while I was deep in the Spirit, I asked God to save my one friend whose very lost right now. He replied by sending me a very vivid dream about her that night, involving my church and her being unable to enter due to being unclean right now. I'm still working on the courage to share the Good News with her, but I'm going to soon! I attended Craig's session the next morning with a renewed passion to hear and pracice the Word. - Melanie

 

 

 

The folowing is an excerpt of a testimony from a young girl that was on the verge of completely walking away from God:

 

A humorous testimony from a teenage girl who's life was changed: here

 

 
I grew up Christian Reformed and all of this Holy Spirit stuff was really beyond me.  But as I have grown in my relationship with God over the last 22 years, God has also grown me in the knowledge and gifts of the Holy Spirit.  Last year at the conference I was overwhelmed and freaked out.  This year my heart and soul were in a different place.  The conference strengthened my belief and faith. I so appreciated your down to earth and practical teaching.  You made it all seem possible.  I am asking God for more, for bigger and expect to see it.  I also know that I need to keep my eyes open for him not the experiences, it will be great when they happen, but I want to keep my focus on him and his presence.  Over the weekend God already showed more of himself to me in ways that had not happened before, it was very cool.  You are a blessing, keep hanging tough to God and moving in his direction! - Carolyn