I think this topic is touchy for many people. I am going to attempt to give you my honest testimony of the night. You can find more testimonies here: Andrew York (Leader), Josh Hjelmgren (Student), Elizabeth York (Staff) and the actual guy that had gold dust on him (videos included), Chris McClimans.
We started our Mystery Fun Night with a movie that I watched in my DTS, Finger of God. Its meant to build faith in a God that heals, does miraculous signs and wonders and is moving around the world. The whole time 
during the movie I was feeling this impression of a struggle in the room. I think it was many of the students wrestling whether what they saw was real or not as the documentary showed people having “gold dust” on them, healings, and other miraculous things.
One student came to me after the whole night and said he was mocking it in his head but prayed to God that if it is real that he would reveal it to him. That’s just what God did.
After the movie, we tried to get on with showing outreach locations as all of us staff were super excited to show the students. I about hit play on the movie but had to make a change. Just then I saw people enclosing around Chris and Shalom, our married couple. I pretty much ran over because at this point people were shouting, gasping and everything in between. What I saw was Chris sitting in shock with tears streaming down his face. I looked at his body and it was COVERED with what I guess can only be called “gold dust” but it looked more like glitter to me.
We asked him to get up and speak about what happened and he said he saw a little gold dust even before the movie but played it off. By the end of the movie, he was covered and couldn’t deny this was from God.
We were all stunned, some of us trying to rationalize it by looking around for where they could have rubbed against a place, some of us laughing and clapping because that’s all we could formulate into a response. Andrew, our leader, got on the mic and just kept saying, “I don’t know what to do with this, I just don’t know” A thought had popped into my head that maybe, just maybe this was a step to build faith so I made a suggestion to ask if anyone needed healing of any kind. Andrew announced it and students and staff started praying for Jesus to heal each other!
It turned into a session of laying on of hands and praying over all areas of sickness and injury! and, man, were the people healed! As I prayed for people about every few minutes I’d hear a shout of joy from another group and then from my group! One guy got healed from something in his back (I wasn’t praying for him so don’t know exactly what it was) and just took off running and jumping for excitement! All I know is he was free of pain. Backs healed, legs healed, colds healed. A few people were not healed (also a mystery we must trust God on).
So do YOU believe it? Its hard to fathom why God does this. Some websites I’ve seen say well its not of God, its of Satan. Satan is doing a pretty bad job of getting people to go farther away from God as we praised God well into the night. These manifestations brought us closer to God and got us more hungry and excited to read the Word and get to know more about the God who heals (Jehovah Rophi, Exodus 15:26).
Can I explain it? Nope. All I can do is continue to bring all things before God, but rejoice when He decides to do something amazing and touch His people.
I just want more of you God! The real, out of the box, raw, authentic, one and only God! Open up our eyes to your wonderful workings and mysterious ways. All glory and honor to you, my God. AMEN
My wife and I are part of the Awaken Community. We desire restoration and reconciliation in the broken and lost. We both love God and are committed to following his will. I enjoys taking photographs of my travels as well as blogging about awesome things God does or teaches me. To see more photos, visit our gallery. More about Calvin and Camille
11 Comments
BRO
LOVE IT WHEN GOD MANIFESTS HIS SHEER GLORY UPON HIS CHILDREN!!
PRAISE JESUS!!!!!! THIS IS EPIC!!!
STIR IT UP GOD, STIR IT UP!!!!!!!!!!
matt kang
7/29/2010
You picked the perfect picture for this blog. Michealangelo understood heaven touching earth!
Jed
7/29/2010
Intense. I watched the film.yesterday with a friend and freshly moved. Nothing is impossible for Him.
gary
7/29/2010
HA! WHOOO!! I pray for increase in Jesus name! Miss you guys terribly. Praying for heaven to rain down on you guys, and that this is only the beginning of amazing signs and wonders to come.
MUCH LOVE,
Joel Reid
7/29/2010
This is SO RAD, you guys!! Gary and I were just talking about this exact topic lastnight. How awesome that God revealed Himself to your group this way–I wish I could have experienced it with you! Thanks for sharing. It has lifted my faith. Love you two!
Anna
7/29/2010
Yes JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rachele
7/29/2010
Amazing Calvin!..that is beautiful!
..God just keep on working!…for Your kingdom!
justin Hilman
7/29/2010
I wish you all could have been there! It was truly amazing, fun and impacting for all of us. Jesus truly is always doing a new thing! What’s it going to be today LORD!?
Calvin
8/4/2010
wow!!! Thanks Hanson’s for the part you are playing in Emily’s life.
Mike Silva
8/6/2010
That’s sick bro! I’m glad you guys are having a blast. I also can’t wait to hang with you guys again.
John Flowers
8/6/2010
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