Word Confirmed With Signs Following

Mark 16: 17, 20 “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.  And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.”

I fasted for ten days prior to our 5^th China Mission and the Lord spoke many things to me including: 1) To be a servant to help the Chinese believers fulfill all God’s Kingdom purposes.  2) To proclaim the preeminence of Jesus as the Head and Builder of His Church.  3) Equip leaders in New Testament church principles and practices.  4) Help protect the Chinese believers from the Western church’s influence of the spirit of religion, materialism and unbelief. 

1. The “miracle” of Andrew (Yuan Dexu) in China spiritually connecting with me in the US.
2. Young artists and musicians who recently committed their lives to Jesus are being prepared and fitted by the Lord into His ekklesia in China for the future victorious church, i.e. Huge picture of Jesus standing and knocking at the Communists Party Headquarters; Huge picture of Tiananmen Square with Hudson Taylor, Watchman Nee, Moses, Abraham and Paul watching Jesus gather His sheep in China; Young musician who sang to us “new songs of the Kingdom”.
3. Abandoned babies found in gutters, toilets and trash binds rescued and ministered to by sisters with mercy gifts in spite of “abandonment” which was a prophetic word given.
4. A sister’s husband saved by her example of Christ living in her which she learned from the Scripture that was taught on Marriage and Family in Shanghai in 2004.  Four other couples gave testimony of life changes in their marriages, which were on the brink of divorce.
5. Couple’s marriage restored from an adulterous affair and their home and son dedicated to the Lord.
6. Four couples who attended a Marriage-Family Retreat. where Laurel and I taught 40 leaders in 2004, gave testimony of their marriages being saved from divorce.
7. One brother who attended Marriage-Family Retreat has taught on Biblical marriage to over 200 couples.
8. One brother who was our interpreter this year in 2005 will teach next month on Biblical marriage to 20 leaders of China’s largest network of house churches, some of whom were on the verge of divorce.
9. Prayed for the salvation of whole households.
10. Unsaved Chinese girl cried out in a gathering, “I want this Jesus you are sharing about.  Please show me how to know Truth!”
11. Shan, one of the sisters who was led to the Lord by one of our co-workers, led her 84-year-old Buddhist Grandmother to the Lord.
12. A sister was miraculously delivered by the Lord from being kidnapped by the Eastern Lightning Cult who would have drugged her and forced information from her that would have jeopardized the lives and safety of many Chinese house church leaders, training center leaders and students and foreign teachers, and then the Eastern Lightning Cult would have turned her over to the Communist authorities to be put on trial, imprisoned or killed.  This was the prophetic caution that the prophets heard from the Lord prior to our 5^th China mission and for which prophetic prayer and intercession was made and days of fasting observed that prevented the enemy from carrying out this devious plan.
13. God raised up and gifted 21 tent-making evangelists from the training center where we had taught to evangelize the Muslims in the Northwest and Southwest part of China.
14. God raised up and gifted 23 maturing shepherd overseers for the Northeast part of China.
15. God raised up and gifted 4 teachers to instruct and equip new students at the training center.
16. Church leaders had the spirit of oppression, depression and defeat miraculously lifted.
17. Noah and Ruth were delivered from a tormenting spirit that oppressed them about Noah’s potential arrest, imprisonment and death.
18. Blessed and dedicated children to the Lord for Kingdom service.
19. Gift of the evangelist stirred in a brother and other gifts of shepherd hearts, mercy, service and miracle faith and healing stirred in other servant leaders.
20. A sister’s vision of an “old woman paralyzed on the floor” being told to “Rise up and walk,” being interpreted by another sister who personally knew this “old woman” and had miracle faith to believe for her healing.  And prayed for the “old woman’s” nephew who was terminally ill and was healed “from a distance” like Jesus and the ruler’s son. 
21. A baby who had high fever and bleeding bowels healed.
22. A man with lung cancer healed.
23. Crippled man healed who had not walked in six years due to an accident.
24. Sister’s foot healed.
25. Sister’s head injury healed.
26. Three brothers with high fever healed.
27. Two sister’s painful female organs healed.
28. Two brothers and sister’s stomach pain healed.
29. Orphaned woman delivered from demonic oppression.
30. Tore down strongholds of demonic influence of false religion and cults.
31. Leaders filled with the Spirit and spoke in other languages as the Spirit gave utterance.
32. The Spirit moved prophetically upon the entire group of 50 workers at the training center as they received a prophetic word the Lord gave to them through me that, “They were soldiers and warriors of King Jesus who is going to lead them victoriously in conquering all of China for His Kingdom.”  Everyone present wept and cried out to the Lord and began to praise and worship the Jesus with loud shouting voices of conquering warriors!
33. The Lord spiritually connected leaders who humbled themselves and agreed to be servant co-laborers with other leaders throughout the church in China.
34. We miraculously and “spiritually connected” with all the leaders we met on this mission.
35. The Lord miraculously provided offerings for every need made known to us by His Spirit.
36. For the first time in our five visits, an offering of 3,200 yen was given to us as a love gift from the Church in Beijing gathered throughout the city.
37. Noah and Andrew are preparing to speak English so that they can travel with us throughout the world as co-workers along with other servant leaders from different language groups.
38. The Lord opened the door of opportunity for us as co-workers at the invitation of the Chinese Church to return to China in April and May of 2006 to minister in six major cities and provinces to equip, train and “spiritually connect’ more new leaders for His Kingdom service; teach major house church leaders throughout China on the Biblical subjects of “The Preeminence of Jesus”, “Principles and Practices of the New Testament Church Jesus is Building”, “Biblical Family and Marriage Relations” and “Unity in the Body of Christ”.