On August 13, 2008, I was in attendance at the Global Awakening Conference on Impartation and Healing in Castle Rock, Colorado. I had never attended such a conference prior to this. In the opening session, Randy Clark spoke of the ‘word of knowledge’, which is written in 1 Corinthians 14:6. Without making this turn into a short novel, I will just say that a word of knowledge comes when you ask the Holy Spirit to give you a word, a feeling, or knowledge in some form (an image) of what the Spirit of God wants to reveal. If the Spirit reveals something to you, it is confirmation that God is present and the ‘atmosphere’ shifts where you can expect a miracle to happen for this specific revelation. When the some 500+ conference attendees were asked to pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal to us a word of knowledge, I did just that. In less than 1 second after doing this, I heard (not audibly) in my mind ‘deviated septum’. I instantly thought that strange, as because while I had heard and read that term before, I hadn’t heard or read that term in well over a year.

Randy then asked “I would like 20 of you who have never received a word of knowledge before, to come forward, if you received one”. I boldly got up and went forward, with about 20 others. Randy proceeded to go down the line and ask what word each person received. When the first person told theirs, Randy turned to the conference attendees and asked how many of them had that condition, or illness. About 6 or so people raised their hands. Randy then announced that when all 20 of us had given our words, that the people in the crowd who had that particular condition, were to come forward and the person who gave that word that applied to them was to then pray for all of these persons! At that moment, I kind of wished that I was still in my seat!

At the conclusion of the words being given, the six people with deviated septums came forward and stood in a line before me. I decided that if God was going to heal them, He would do so, as I had no power or perfect prayer that could do this. I also sensed that if I had fear, it would be an obstacle to the potential of seeing a miracle. I decided I just needed to be obedient and do what He asks of us. Before I laid hands on the first person and prayed, I said to myself “Lord, I cannot do this, but You can.” I then asked the first person about their condition, to loosen things up a bit. After listening to them, I laid my hand on their nose and prayed. I did this for all six persons. I felt a little awkward each time, but at the same time, prayed with faith that the power and presence of God would heal them. The last lady said she felt a ’shift, or something move’ in her nasal passage. I was elated and I followed her to her seat, where she was seated, continuing to talk a bit. I felt faith arise in me and I asked her if I could pray for her one more time. She said, yes. She then introduced me to her daughter, who was seated. She told me that she also had a deviated septum, but was too shy to come forward. I then asked her “can I pray for you too?” She said “sure”.

I then prayed for each of them, one at a time, each time laying hands on their noses. I was filled with faith in this moment, believing God was at work. I then smiled and went back to my seat. That was about 10 in the morning. This was a four day conference, with three speakers, and went from 8 AM to 9 PM each day. Each night, attendees could stay after and linger a bit and visit in the sanctuary or lobby area. At the conclusion of this first day, I was speaking to someone I met at the conference in the sanctuary. It was about 9:30 PM. There were only about 30 or so people left lingering in the sanctuary. I was near where my seat was. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the daughter who I prayed for was running through the aisle of seats where I was and she was screaming with exuberance “God healed me, God healed me, God healed me!!!” She was not only exuberant, she was all smiles and crying as well. When she reached me, we instantly embraced. It was a stunning moment that I will never forget. I then asked her about it. She told me that during the day, her right nasal passage began to open and she could breathe through it for the first time ever. I saw her the second day, at lunchbreak and once again asked her about it. She told me that it used to be 100% blocked and now it felt ‘about 75% open’. This is my first personal testimony that I will hold in my heart forevermore. Praise be to our Great God! I then realized, if I had not stepped out in faith and was obedient, this woman would still have a 100% blocked right nasal passage. Our OBEDIENCE and stepping out in FAITH allows our God to bring His supernatural signs, wonders and healings to the world, with our life submitted to Him.