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Did You Know that George Washington Had a Prophetic Vision?

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

I was listening today to one of John Paul Jackson’s Fireside Chats and heard the briefest mention of a prophetic vision George Washington had. Yes, THAT George Washington. As in 1st President of the United States, face on the one dollar bill, and the man who apparently had an angelic encounter wherein he was shown prophetically some amazing things about the United States.

There are dozens of websites carrying the same copy of his vision. So here it is, without any editing on my part.

“This afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, a third and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes.

“By this time I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, as though it had become paralyzed.

“A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as if it had become filled with sensations, and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarify, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my Companion.

“Presently I heard a voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn,’ while at the same time my visitor extended her arm eastwardly. I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a strange scene. Before me lay spread out in one vast plain all the countries of the world-Europe, Asia, Africa and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific.

‘Son of the Republic,’ said the same mysterious voice as before,’look and learn.’ At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an angel, standing, or rather floating in midair; between Europe and America. Dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left hand he cast some on Europe. Immediately a cloud raised from these countries, and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of lightning gleamed through it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people.

“A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back to the ocean, in whose heaving billows it sank from view. A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn,’ I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them.
“Again, I heard the mysterious voice say, ‘Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn.’ At this the dark shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill-omened spectre approach our land. It flitted slowly over every town and city of the latter. The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I continued looking I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word ‘Union,’ bearing the American flag which he placed between the divided nation, and said, ‘Remember ye are brethren.’ Instantly, the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons became friends once more, and united around the National Standard.

“And again I heard the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’ At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: from each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. Throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America. Our country was enveloped in this volume of cloud, and 1 saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the villages, towns and cities that I beheld springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’ When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast.

“Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word ‘Union,’ end who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were well nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle.

“Again, amid the fearful noise. of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’ As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious!

“Then once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice:’While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.’ And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word ‘Union,’ he placed it upon the National Standard while the people, kneeling down, said, ‘Amen.’

“The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, ‘Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, but in this greatest conflict the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and the Union.’ With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.”

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My Favorite Supernatural Testimony

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

Skip ahead to the 16 minute mark and you’ll hear the testimony that most makes my heart sing. I ache to know this level of holiness and the Holy Spirit and fire that bring it.

I attended this conference in Dallas in 1998. It was a formative experience in my life. I did not become like the man speaking, but I very much wanted to be. There is no pride in his voice. He is more alive and real than anyone I can remember hearing. This is the result of the Holy Spirit dynamically at work in a person’s life. His name is Sergio Scataglini, and he was a leader in the Argentine Revival of the 80s-90s.

12 years later, I am listening to this audio over and over again. I am compelled to listen to it. When I heard it live, my heart was not ready. But I am uniquely positioned in my life today.

This is the most important audio I have ever heard in my life. Give it a listen if you have some time.

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The World Washed White as Snow

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

It’s amazing what the biggest snow storm in memory can do to bring a sense of newness to one’s life.

This is Dallas / Fort Worth, where just a month ago it snowed for the first Christmas in 80 years and is now more than four inches deep. We could reach nine inches by the time this weather is through.

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Looking Forward to the Amber Rose Conference

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

I was just informed last night of this year’s Amber Rose Conference at Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, March 4th-6th. Some men from my home group are planning to attend and participate in the healing rooms.

We want to see people set free, healed, restored, and experiencing the goodness of our God! What better way to bless others, increase our faith, and practice the gifts of God? Who’s in?

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A Prayer Against Speaking Judgments

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

During Sunday’s teaching, Dr. Jack Deere shared this passage as one of the prayers he prays to prevent himself from speaking judgments and criticisms against people: (more…)

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The Power of Your Story and Simple Choices to Participate

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

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It’s been a whirlwind of activity and sleep deprivation these past few days. I took the day off from work on Monday because I’d barely slept and was desperate to catch up. By the time Monday evening rolled around, it was easy to want to stay home and sleep. But Monday nights I meet up with a handful of guys from church and hang. I chose to go because we normally call or email in advance if we’re not going to make it.

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Call Forth the Pastors of Online Ministry

Posted on 09. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Dessinger.

It is time to call forth social media pastors, healers, and evangelists!

Have you noticed that the larger churches have made some serious upgrades to their website in 2009? Churches now have Twitter accounts, Facebook fan pages, and blogs. Their members who are getting it done in the workplace are stepping up and bringing their local churches kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

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What Is Your Experience with Prophetic Ministry?

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by Daniel Dessinger.

As I continue to “fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of (my) hands”, I find myself wondering what the majority of you have experienced in regards to prophetic ministry. If you’ve attended any churches like mine, you’ve probably encountered it at least once, where someone believes they have heard the Lord speak to them about something regarding you.

Maybe it was a word of healing. Maybe a caution. Maybe it was a word of encouragement during a dry and dusty time of your life. Or maybe it was bizarre, off-the-wall, and completely offensive or confusing.

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98 Times God Mentions Dreams

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Daniel.

Listening to Jim Goll today, I was reminded that in whatever are we want to grow, we should meditate on Scriptures about that subject. We’ve had a flurry of meaningful dreams lately, but we aren’t yet very confident in our abilities to interpret.

If you’d like insight on dreams, read through and study these passages of Scripture where God speaks about dreams. Remember, God says “Study to show yourself approved.

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Faith Comes By Hearing

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Daniel.

As you renew your minds, be aware that reading God’s Word, as your only course of action, may not be enough. We will read some Scriptures over and over and over again, and the meaning is lost on us. The reason that’s true is because we hear ourselves read these passages through the lens of our own experience or through the tone of the person who introduced these biblical concepts to us.

Faith comes by hearing

Hear this, Beloved. Faith comes by HEARING. There is something dynamic and mysterious about sound. I grew up hearing the austere Methodist preacher talk in a monotone and lifeless voice about the marvelous “love of God”. It all sounded so dreadfully boring. I associated his tone and expression with those words. For years, whenever I heard someone read a passage of Scripture, I heard it through the lens and filter of their understanding.

This means it’s all too important who we choose to listen to.

We can increase our faith and our understanding by listening to people speak who have a deeper and less cluttered understanding than we have. Each person, when sharing their story or even reading a passage from a book, emphasizes and interprets the words through the filter of their understanding. That’s how people choose what tone and inflection to add when reading. They see “love”, and they read the word as they understand it.

When I heard Mike Bickle speak about the glorious Bridegroom, he rocked my world. Suddenly, Jesus was this God-Man so glorious and wonderful that I had to learn more. When I heard Gary Wiens speak with certainty about his loving Father, I knew I wanted to know a God like that. I knew that Christianity suddenly made sense if God was an extravagant lover and giver. If life was REALLY meant to be a passionate romance and pursuit of the Bridegroom, I could sign on to that.

It was hearing the reality in their voices that tipped the scales.

To this day, I seek out people with deeper revelation than I have. Whether it’s a streaming video, tapes, DVDs, sermon podcasts, or a testimonial of God’s power, I want to hear the people share who have experienced God and been transformed. Their stories expand my expectation and hope. I am excited to seek God and encouraged to trust more.

Take the challenge: In whatever area you wish you had deeper understanding and greater revelation, find testimonials, talks, and sermons on the subject from people who are more alive in that area than you. Don’t let anything stop you from listening to the voice of revelation.

If you want to grow deeper in a particular area but aren’t sure who to trust or who to listen to, leave me a comment or fill out the contact form and I will share my personal recommendations with you.

This has been an amazing revelation in my life. Don’t just read. You need to hear the voice of the one who has experienced greater depths of revelation. That the eyes of your heart may be enlightened. That the breadth of your expectation may be increased.

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The Christian Life is a Supernatural Life

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Daniel.

Before we can expect to see supernatural things in our daily lives, we have to ensure that our beliefs line up with what Scripture says about healing, gifts of the Spirit, and signs and wonders.

If you’ve been accustomed to thinking that the gifts of the Spirit died out with the last apostles, read the accounts of believers throughout time who speak of healing and gifts of the Spirit flowing through the Church to the present day.

Justin Martyr (died 165) “For the prophetical gifts remain with us, even to the present time.” Dialogue with Trypho, LXXXII, in The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. by Roberts and Donaldson, vol. 1, p. 240

Irenaeus (died 202) “In like manner we do also hear many brethren in the Church, who possess prophetic gifts, and who through the Spirit speak all kinds of languages, and bring to light for the general benefit the hidden things of men, and declare the mysteries of God.” Against Heresies, V,6,1, Ibid., vol 1, p. 531

Tertullian (died 220), replying to Marcion, a Gnostic: “Let Marcion then exhibit, as gifts of his god, some prophets, such as have not spoken by human sense, but with the Spirit of God, such as have both predicted things to come, and have made manifest the secrets of the heart; let him produce a psalm, a vision, a prayer – only let it be by the Spirit, in an ecstasy; that is, in a rapture, whenever an interpretation of tongues has occurred to him…Now all these signs are forthcoming from my side without any difficulty, and they agree, too, with the rules, and the dispensations, and the instructions of the Creator…” Against Marcion, V,8, Ibid., vol.3, pp. 446,447

Novatian (died 257) “This is He who places prophets in the Church, instructs teachers, directs tongues, gives powers and healings, does wonderful works, offers discrimination of spirits, affords powers of government, suggests counsels, and orders and arranges whatever other gifts there are of charismata; and thus makes the Lord’s Church everywhere, and in all, perfected and completed.” Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity, XXIX, in The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. by Roberts and Donaldson, vol. 5, p. 641

Pachomius (died 346) was reported to have spoken “the language of angels…[and] after seasons of prayer, under the power of the Spirit, was able to speak languages which he had never learned.” Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints (1889 ed.), vol. 2, p. 218

Bishop Hilary of Poitiers (died 367) mentioned, among other things, “gifts of either speaking or interpreting divers kinds of tongues.” He concluded, “Clearly these are the Church’s agents of ministry and work of whom the body of Christ consists; and God has ordained them.” Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, VIII,33, in The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, ed. by Schaff and Wace, 2nd series, vol. 9, p. 147

Theodore of Mopsueste (died 428) “Many heathen amongst us are being healed by Christians from whatever sickness they have, so abundant are miracles in our midst.” A.J. Gordon, The Ministry of Healing, p. 62, quoting Christlieb’s Modern Doubt, p. 32

Augustine (430) experienced a revival that swept North Africa where he was bishop. He wrote of miraculous healings from breast cancer, paralysis, hernia – even raising of the dead after the funeral was arranged. In his own church, two epileptics were instantly healed after they had fallen to the floor in convulsions. “Praise to God was shouted so loud that my ears could scarcely stand the din.” Spencer Gear, “St. Augustine: The Skeptic Who Believed,” Charisma, Sept. 1984, p.45

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) “sang in unknown words with such facility and winsomeness that her utterances were known as ‘concerts in the Spirit’.” George H. Williams and Edith Waldvogel, “A History of Speaking in Tongues and Related Gifts,” in The Charismatic Movement, ed. by Michael P. Hamilton, p. 70

Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) spoke in other tongues according to some editions of the Catholic Encyclopedia. Bernard L. Bresson, Studies in Ecstasy, p. 38

Clare of Montefalco (c. 1193-1253) spoke ecstatically in French, although her native tongue was Italian. Williams and Waldvogel in The Charismatic Movement, ed. by Hamilton, p. 70

The Waldenses (c. 1217) These followers of Peter Waldo believed in visions and prophecies.R. Kissack, “Waldenses,” The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, ed. by J.D. Douglas, revised edition, p. 1026 Both healing and speaking in tongues were manifested among these heavily persecuted Christians. Gordon F. Atter, The Third Force, p. 13

Bridget of Sweden (1302-1373) Concerning this daughter of Birger, Prince of Sweden, Butler records, “To speak the language of angels was the happy privilege of Saint Bridget,” Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints (1895 ed.), vol. 4, p. 67.

Louis Bertrand (1526-1581), Catholic missionary to South America, spoke in tongues according to Butler: “The gifts of tongues, of prophecy, and of miracles, were favors conferred by heaven on this new apostle, as the authentic history of his life…assures us.” Ibid, 1889 ed., vol. 4, p. 73

Martin Luther (c 1540), According to the German church historian Theodor Sauer, Luther spoke in tongues: “Luther was easily the greatest evangelical man after the apostles, full of inner love to the Lord like John, hasty in deed like Peter, deep in thinking like Paul, cunning and powerful in speech like Elijah, uncompromising against God’s enemies like David; prophet and evangelist, speaker-in-tongues and interpreter in one person, equipped with all the gifts of grace, a light and pillar of the church…” Translated from the German work, Geschichte der Chrislichen Kirche fur Schule und Haus (Dresden; R. Kuntzes, 1859), 3rd book, p. 400 Whether this refers to the actual gift of tongues (I Cor 12) or the romance languages (i.e. Latin, French, etc.) is not certain. That Luther believed in miracles is certain. In 1541 when Myconius lay speechless in the final stages of consumption, Luther prayed and he was restored to health. He also prayed for Melanchthon who was near death and God healed him also. Melanchthon said: “I should have been a dead man, had I not been recalled from death itself by the coming of Luther.” A.J. Gordon, The Ministry of Healing, pp. 93-95

Early Quakers “We received often the pouring down of the Spirit upon us, and our hearts were made glad and our tongues loosed and our mouths opened, and we spake with new tongues as the Lord gave utterance, and as His Spirit led us.” Bresson, Studies in Ecstacy, pp. 48-52

John Wesley. Wesley’s journal record over 200 cases of Divine healing; including once when he prayed for his horse which had gone lame while he was on a preaching circuit, and the horse recovered.Journal, 11/1/50, cited by R.A. Knox in Enthusiasm.
People in Wesley’s meetings would be Spirit filled while he preached. “What so impressed and encouraged John Wesley and his followers, what so shocked, startled, and bewildered his contemporaries, is no mystery to the modern psychologist, to whom it is known as glossolalia, or “speaking with tongues”…After Paul laid his hands upon them “they spoke with tongues and prophesied,” and such displays…had accompanied all the revivals of the faith and all the persecution of the martyrs. It is no wonder then, that John Wesley refused to listen to the skepticism of Charles (Wesley) or to the reproaches of his opponents, and continued to note down with interest…the extraordinary effects that he was able to produce in those who came to listen to him preach.” Bowen, Marjorie, Wrestling Jacob, p.184ff

Thomas Walsh (one of Wesley’s foremost preachers) made this entry in his diary; “This morning the Lord gave me a language that I knew not of, raising my soul to Him in a wonderful manner.” Entry of March 8, 1750, quoted by Frodsham, With Signs following, p. 232

England (1830) There was a revival under Edward Irving where gifts of the Spirit were manifested. One member of the congregations writes: “The moment I am visited with the Spirit, and carried out to God in a tongue which I know not… I am more conscious than ever of the presence of God. He and He alone is in my soul. I am filled with some form of the mind of God, be it joy or grief, desire, love, pity, compassion, or indignation; and I am made to utter it in words which are full of power over my spirit, but not being accessible to my understanding, my devotion is not interrupted by association of suggestions from the visible or intellectual world: I feel myself, as it were, shut in with God in His pavilion, and hidden close from the invasions of the world, the devil, and the flesh.” A.L. Drummond, Edward Irving and His Circle, pp. 161-162

Charles G. Finney “I received a mighty baptism in the Holy Ghost…No words can express the wonderful love that was shed abroad in my heart. I wept aloud with joy and love; and I do not know but I should say, I literally bellowed out the unutterable gushings of my heart.” Charles G. Finney, Autobiography, p. 20

D. L. Moody “One the following Sunday night, when I got to the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. I found the meetings on fire. The young men were speaking in tongues and prophesying. What on earth did it all mean? Only that Moody had been addressing them that afternoon.”Boyd, Robert, The Lives and Labours of Moody and Sankey, p. 47 At a meeting in Los Angeles, Dr. R.A. Torrey told of a service in London where Moody took the pulpit to preach and instead broke into another language. He tried again, with similar results. The third time, after prayer and praise, he was able to preach his message.Lennard Darbee, Tongues: The Dynamite of God, p. 24.

Charles H. Spurgeon A British preacher told how Spurgeon once asked his audience to forgive him that when he got especially happy in the Lord, “I break forth into a kind of gibberish which I do not myself understand.” Ibid., p. 24

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