On the Gift of Healing, Part 1

Recently, I was in a fairly intimate group setting, and a person came forth who had a physical ailment, for which he needed God‘s healing touch.  Right away, I began to hear the group utter, “Where’s Hannah?  Hannah, come lay hands on him.”

First of all, let me just very candidly say that my initial response was, well, THIS. IS. AWESOME!!  I mean, just to be really honest about it, I loved the fact that I was in a group of people, whom I consider to be big time giants for the Kingdom, and they regarded me as “the anointed one” who could come and effectively usher God’s healing, through the laying on of hands.  Wow!!  Excuse me?  … Read the rest

The Importance of the Secret Place

There was once a time when I thought my “Quiet Time” with the Lord had to fit into a prescribed method.  In fact, when I heard about people who avidly set aside time in their “prayer closet,” I always wondered how they did things.  What was the magic structure that made the time right before God?

Was it, like…:

  • 3 minutes – reading daily devotional
  • 14 minutes – reading the Bible
  • 8 minutes – praying, (using the ACTS method, of course!!)
  • ADORATION (15 seconds)
  • CONFESSION (30 seconds)
  • THANKSGIVING (15 seconds)
  • SUPPLICATION (7 minutes)

And, not only that, but I thought my quiet time was “supposed” to take place at a certain time of the day — namely before the crack of dawn — a time in which my body just simply doesn’t seem to want to function!!… Read the rest

My Worship Revelation

I’ve finally received the revelation I have been waiting for!  I’ve had all of the head knowledge in the world, but as Bob Hazlett so finely puts it, “Information changes thoughts, but Revelation changes beliefs.”

See, I am a worship leader.  We are all called to worship.  But, I have felt for most of my life that I have a call to lead worship.  That call lay dormant in my life for a long time. In fact, it was only recently (like, in the past week) that the Lord revealed to me that I actually felt this call even before I went to college, but I suppressed it, due to unfounded irrational fear of my parents’ criticism if I chose to major in “music.”  … Read the rest