Treasure Hunt.

Pizza. Prophetic. Prayer. Presence of God. Pie.

The 5 P's that began a beautiful night of prayer in St. Vital mall. I began at the Peters' house hangin out with Cassia, eating dinner and preparing our hearts to speak to people about the love of Christ. The first treasure hunt (about two weeks ago) that I did...was well... a disaster... but not really. I was super nervous and very ill-prepared...but it was a stepping stone. Tonight... I postured my heart beforehand, allowing the Lord to take me where He wanted me, and slowly released myself to Him, as the night progressed I literally committed myself (body, spirit, mind) into His hands. Everything just flowed easier when I finally allowed my spirit to lead my flesh.

So, the night started with a HANDFUL of clues, and the group was: Drew, Rebecca, Cassia and I. I'll give you the list of my clues that God gave me, it will be easier to tell the significant stories of the night:
- Flats with a flower on the toe
- Gemini
- Cameo
- Unique hairstyle (lots of colour)
- Bow in hair
- Wal-mart
- Neon hat
- Quilts Bed Store (bedding)

Ok, so I will tell you my accounts; my night started at Quilts, it's a bed store across from Gap - We headed over there almost immediately (a few pit stops along the way but nothing major), anyway. Immediately, I knew that it was a mom and daughter looking at the bedding I needed to talk to. Cassia, being the lovely girl she is, noticed a few other things on the daughter.... she had a bow in her hair, and she had an orange shirt (one of Cassia's clues) - interesting! So, Cassia and I stood at the front of the store freaking out about how to enter into a conversation with this young girl... I decided to target the mom and see if either of them wanted prayer... I pretty much blurted it out... annnnd a polite decline... no worries though. I was still really encouraged by the spot on prophetic words...3 in 1.

Next, we were heading over to Sport Check to head up some one's clue...when I noticed a man in at the wine tasting thing that was set up in the mall(packing up) - he had a neon orange tuque on. So, as Cassia and Rebecca went to Sport Check, Drew and I headed over to the man (without getting a nice wind of the spirit). Drew being the socially skilled man he is; calmly and casually struck up a conversation - it was a bust unfortunately, but still encouraging. Anyway, as we went to meet up with the other two, we ended up getting HIT with fire. Super badly - we were hot.

Anyway, we headed into Walmart; immediately, my right knee was in excruciating pain. Somebody in there needed to be healed - but first, we headed to the shoe section. After the shoe section, we went over to the Automotive section (Drew's suggestion ... he had a word a few weeks back about a man with a bum leg) - I knew it was a knee somewhere instantly, and Cassia's knees started on fire basically and said it was the bus driver; so, Drew and I headed over there and started talking to him. We asked if he had a bum knee, and he said yes, I actually do. So, we explained that we were Christians and we believe that God can heal; I asked if it was his right knee and if we could pray for it. He agreed! So Drew placed his hand on his knee and prayed for healing. The man's countenance completely shifted, it was wonderful - His name is Tony if you want to keep him in your prayers; anyway, there was no way to tell if it was healed then, he said that it acts up when he drives, so he'll know tomorrow! Praise God! Hallelujah, it's healed :) ; side note, I saw Tony 5 or 6 more times that night, and the last time I saw him he waved happily. The Lord certainly encountered his heart on that night.

After Tony, Cassia led us to the nail polish section, there were 4 girls huddled around, so us girls went over there and struck up a conversation about which nail polish I should buy (they told me blue cause it suits my eyes) anyway, when asked to receive prayer, they were all about it! One girl wanted a bright future, one wanted a good valentine's, and one wanted her parents to make the right decision to adopt a child from Haiti (marvie!!!). Anyway, I prayed for them and they were all giggling constantly, it was adorable, there were around 15 or so; on a side note...they ended up running into me right before we debriefed and apologized for giggling, said it just wasn't everyday that someone asked to pray for them, wonderful! Of course it was no big deal.

Alright, the next was the unique hair. I saw the girl...she was with a guy. Drew and I followed them for a bit, but I was being hit with a lot of stuff.... badly; anyway, we ended up just hanging back and praying for them away from them and going back to meet the bigger group for a re-grouping, we switched groups around and headed back out.

Last story, Cassia and I headed into a shoe store.. I wanted to see if the store clerk had on the shoes I was looking for ... she didn't... but there were no customers, and she greeted me, so I decided to continue the conversation. Cassia told me afterwards that just as I asked the girl if I could pray for her, she realized she was holding a flat with a flower on it and ran over to me (Divine appointment); it turns out that she goes to Bethel community...a church that is near my house that has been on my heart for months, how fab. Anyway, I prayed for her father to be healed from cancer and a bunch of other things. The wondrous thing about it; everything I spoke Cassia was praying (in her mind, under her breath); exact words.

So, this was my night. A night of encouragement and confidence. A night of committing myself wholly to the Lord. And it's made me realize something; I simply need to let go of my image and grab hold of the image of the Lord. My workplace and the Jennie's and Mike's (what we call the customers) are seriously on my heart and I must open my heart to the doors that the Lord will open for me, for He WILL open them, and He will provide life for me to speak. Oh Holy Spirit, guide me, and guide those reading, Father, guide your church to boldness. May the confidence of the Lord be with us always, would You provide us with perfect love that casts out all fear. Rid us of the fear of man, and would we grasp your image... Your identity, not ours. Amen.