What does getting hit in the head with a pipe cutter have to do with God?

We need your testimonies and events. When you hear a great story of God doing stuff, let us know. Let us know as well about any upcoming events in the area.

Send us information at GreatRiverRenewal@gmail.com

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Several great events are upcoming. Please check out the calendar at www.GreatRiverRenewal.com

Here are a few examples...

Mike & Cindy Jacobs will be in Des Moines at Iowa Arise! this Friday, December 14th.

Plan ahead… Streams prophetic ministry training is coming to the Quad City area in April and May.

Keep you feet in different streams! This is an excellent way to ensure the fresh water of the Holy Spirit is filling your life.

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Christopher Olson from Heartland Assembly of God in Ankeny, IA let me know about their recent meeting with Joel and Linda Budd. Evidently, it was quite the meeting. I hate that I missed it.

Here’s just one comment he sent to me… “One guy, Fred, who has had colon problems for years was totally healed. Another guy, Bob, had been passing blood every day for about 20 yrs. because of colon problems was healed and has not passed blood since.”

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November 25^th – Howard reported that the previous Sunday, a chronic case of strep throat was starting again. He received prayer from a group at the Sanctuary. The strep was completely healed.

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December 9^th – Jim was working with his friend Lenny in the previous week to put in a bathroom in Lenny’s basement. They couldn’t find the copper tubing cutter. After searching for the cutter for quite a while, Jim asked God to show him where the cutter was. Jim’s attention was immediately drawn to two coffee cans. He opened one, nothing. He opened the other, nothing. The cutter then dropped from somewhere above and hit Jim square on the head.

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December 9^th – Last week Bethany was working when God gave her a song to sing. After singing the song through her work day, she ran into a friend who had a cold. She asked to pray for her. She told her the next day the cold was completely gone.

Later in the week she was leaving her church group, Bethany came upon a lady in a stalled van at 9:30 at night. She offered to drive the lady home or pray for her van. Since she was stalled on a snow route, the woman felt she couldn’t leave her van. So Bethany prayed a quick prayer, stepped back, and said “There. Your van should start now!” The lady turned the key, the van started, and she drove off. Leaving, the driver shouted out her window, “God Bless You!”

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Area Events Coming Soon

Several great events are upcoming. Please check out the calendar at www.GreatRiverRenewal.com

Here are a few examples...

• Tom Stamman will be traveling the area for the next several weeks in multiple locations.

• Danny Silk of Bethel Church in Redding, CA will be in Valparaiso, IN November 29th thru December 2nd.

• Mike & Cindy Jacobs will be in Des Moines on December 14th.

Keep you feet in different streams! This is an excellent way to ensure the fresh water of the Holy Spirit is filling your life.

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Here is a great testimony sent to us by our great friend Bill Dew…

FOLLOW THIS STORY—A KEY TO HEALING

I know I’ve spoken of this before, but we’re seeing it as so important and so effective. Revelation 19:10 says “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophesy.” It’s not just a nice little story when we tell what Jesus has done—it literally puts into the spiritual atmosphere that which can be duplicated! So, when we tell the stories, if the person needing breakthrough can grab hold of the testimony and say “He’s no respecter of persons, if He did it for them, He can do it for me,” many times we see the healing occur.

THE SET-UP

Follow me on this: I’m standing in front of the congregation in Cali, Colombia several weeks ago. I’m telling the story of praying for a group in Manizales, Colombia the year before, under a time limit. So I had the 30+ put their hands on what hurt. I then said I saw some put their hands on their head, some on their shoulder, some on their hip. Now in Cali, as I was mentioning this, I noticed a woman right in front of me in about the 4th row. She had her arm in a blue sling and as I talked about having the people put their hand on a shoulder if it hurt, her arm starting flapping. I pointed at her and said “You’re getting healed, aren’t you?” I knew she was about to pull her arm out of the sling—and she did. When she raised her arm and started waving it, the 900+ present went ballistic. Now, here’s the point.

THE POINT IS IN THE STORY—A DRAMATIC HEALING!

Ten days later, we went to Davenport, Iowa to minister in a church. When we walked into this church we had never been to before, I noticed a woman with a badge on, like she was in some official capacity—and she had her arm in a blue sling. Many times the Lord uses similar things to speak to us. I had just seen this healed—I have faith for this! And, Psalm 34:7 was coming true—“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” When I first saw her, my heart just went out to her—this just wasn’t right, it was illegal in the Kingdom! Toward the end of the morning service, I called her out and asked if we could pray for her, and she said yes. She explained she had torn her rotator cuff a year before in a fall down some steps, had bone spurs and some other complications. She had surgery 3 weeks before, would have to endure 3 months of physical therapy, and she was still in so much pain she said, “just don’t touch me when you pray.” I had several people I had prophesied and prayed over help me and we basically just prayed around her for about a minute. She had already taken her arm out of the sling and demonstrated her lack of mobility and where the pain would start, so we knew we would have a gauge. I asked her if it was any better and if she could now do something she couldn’t before. When she put her arm straight up, the place went ballistic—sound familiar? WOW, WOW, WOW!

God just continues to amaze us, and we want to continue to be like the little kid in the candy store---wow, God, soooo cool! Next, God gets the opportunity to wow us in Brazil, as we lead a 2 week Global Awakening trip, with Randy Clark coming to join us for the last part of the trip. Be blessed.

Bill & Carol Dew
Dewnamis Ministries, Inc
dewnamis@sbcglobal.net
www.dewnamis.com

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Testimonies... God does it for them, He'll do it for you!

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Email us at GreatRiverRenewal@gmail.com and let us know about your testimonies and upcoming events.

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Testimony: Marlene had been diagnosed since childhood with a mitral-valve prolapse. It had unfortunately become such a significant issue that she and her doctor’s were preparing for a medical procedure to correct the problem. Late in October, Marlene was at the Sanctuary in Davenport and went up for prayer, not necessarily for the valve problem. The prayer concluded with something to the effect of “and Lord, give her an overhaul.”

On November 11^th, Marlene reported she had been to the doctor’s office earlier in the week. They could find no evidence of the heart condition that she had for over forty years.

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Testimony: Ryan is a young man who had been in a very bad car accident a couple years ago. He had been in continual pain for more than two years. Recently, he visited the Sanctuary. During worship, the Holy Spirit led Inga to go pray for Ryan. Later that morning, Gary led Ryan in a prayer for salvation. Inga spoke with Ryan later that week. He said, “I don’t know what you did, but I haven’t had any pain since you prayed for me.”

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Testimony: Havilah Jones was recently participating in the All-State Choir festival in Des Moines (Congratulations Havilah!). For hours, she and a couple hundred other students were stuck in metal folding chairs for rehearsal after rehearsal. Sitting next to her was a young man who had problems with his legs that would cause significant pain if he wasn’t able to get up and walk around. That was pretty much impossible when you are in the middle of a sea of students, packed together with no room to stretch your legs, let along walk around. Havilah offered to pray for him which he less than enthusiastically agreed to. She prayed a simple prayer that the pain would leave his legs. At the next break she asked him how his legs were doing. The pain was gone completely.

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Testimony: On November 11^th, Natalie Schneckloth was at the Sanctuary in Davenport. She responded to a call for prayer that God wants to hear what you want. She and her husband Cory needed a financial breakthrough. On November 18^th, Natalie reported that she had just had the most prosperous week in the history of her relatively new Mary Kay business. The normal goal for someone in her position would be 30 meetings in a month. She had 30 meetings that week, and received more business in one week than she had seen in the previous five weeks combined.

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Calendar: Several new events have been added to the calendar. The calendar is located at the bottom of the page at www.GreatRiverRenewal.com .

Iowa Arise! with Mike & Cindy Jacobs is on December 14^th in Des Moines.

Check the calendar for more!

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WE NEED YOUR TESTIMONIES AND EVENTS!

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Bill Johnson just published his monthly newsletter. Have you ever wondered, "Does God ever make someone sick?" Bill addresses that question in this newsletter.

And there is a great message you can download for free. I highly recommend you check this out.

Click Here to go to Bill's newsletter.

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River of The Holy Spirit

Here in the Upper Midwest, our area is dominated by one geographic feature… the Mississippi River. Mississippi means “Great River”. But did you know that it hasn’t always been called Mississippi?

In May 1541, the great Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto became the first explorer to document the Great River. The first name DeSoto gave to this river was Rio de Espiritu Santo… River of the Holy Spirit.

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www.GreatRiverRenewal.com

and bookmark that page.

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Testimony: Mitch and Inga Stohl told us an incredible story of reconciliation and healing at The Sanctuary this past Sunday.

Inga was contacted by her ex-husband several weeks ago. He had been recently diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma cancer. He was in need of a bone marrow transplant and wanted to ask his daughters to consider being tested. What for many would have been an opportunity for the devil to exacerbate old wounds, turned out to be a great time of reconciliation between Inga, her daughters, and her ex-husband.

While visiting him in the hospital, Inga and Mitch prayed for him that a large tumor on the side of his neck would be healed. The tumor completely disappeared in a couple days.

Mitch and Inga also prayed with their prayer group that his disability income that was being held up by the state would come through. The money was released to her ex the next day, and it was more than he expected.

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Testimony: A friend of mine from the Quad Cities area visited Heartland Assembly in Ankeny last week and met with some of their folks trained in Sozo Ministry. Sozo is a model of deliverance and inner healing that relies on the active direction of the Holy Spirit. She was thrilled with the experience and got set free from problems plaguing her since childhood. In addition, the meaning of a vision that the Holy Spirit had been revealing to her for almost forty years was finally revealed to her.

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Keep your feet in different streams!

There is a great resource on the Web available to everyone from Bethel Church in Redding, CA. You can download the Sermon of the Week for FREE. Each week, Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton, and others bring some very powerful messages. If you are interested in what God is doing in this world today, I highly recommend you take advantage of this resource.

Click Here

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Calendar: Several new events have been added to the calendar such as the Bound4Life events in December, and the QC Prayer Drive this week.

The calendar is located at the bottom of the page at www.GreatRiverRenewal.com .

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WE NEED YOUR TESTIMONIES AND EVENTS!

Send your testimonies and events to GreatRiverRenewal@gmail.com

FORWARD THIS TO YOUR EMAIL LIST! The usefulness of Great River Renewal depends upon how many we can network.

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Upcoming Events & Subscription Info

Upcoming Events & Subscription Info
Scott Anderson
Oct 26 2007 11:08AM


Upcoming Events

October 27th -- Tom Stamman will be in New Milford, IL (between Rochelle and Rockford) on Saturday, October 27th, at Water of Life. The meeting starts at 7pm.

Water of Life
2420 New Milford Church Rd
New Milford, IL 61109
(815) 873-9656
www.wolmtoday.com

Map of Water of Life Ministries
2420 New Milford Church Rd, Rockford IL

For those of you not familiar with Tom, here is the link to his website... www.ImpactMinistriesInternational.com

November 8-10 -- Rob Stearns and Eagles Wings will be hosting Overcoming Faith Chicago on November 8-10 in Bolingbrook, IL. Speakers will include Lou Engle, David Butts, and Julie Meyer.

For more information, check out the Eagles Wings website.

November 9th -- On Friday, November 9th, our friends at Heartland Assembly of God will be hosting Joel & Linda Budd. The meeting will start at 7pm.

Heartland Assembly Church
1212 NW 36th street

P.O. Box 1024(Mail)
Ankeny, IA 50023
(515) 964-3006

Map of 1212 Nw 36th st, ankeney, ia

Here is the link to Heartland's website.
Here is the link to Joel & Linda Budd's website.

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If you know of any events in our area that you would like posted, please send them to me at scott_alan_anderson@yahoo.com

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Subscription Information

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Testimonies!

Last week, I posted some great testimonies from the previous three weeks. You can view them in the Great River Renewal archives.

We want your testimonies! What is God doing in your church? Who do you know that has been healed, delivered, saved, seen a breakthrough? God's doing some great things in our area! Let's hear about them!

Send your testimonies to me at scott_alan_anderson@yahoo.com

Testimonies

Testimonies
Oct 19 2007 12:13PM


Welcome to the very first posting on Great River Renewal. WOOHOO!!

Let's hear about some of the great things God has been doing...

Gary Ellis of The Sanctuary in Davenport, Iowa recently returned from a trip to Cali, Columbia with Bill & Carol Dew.

Gary prayed for a man who was blind. He couldn't see four inch letters on a sign ten yards away. Gary laid hands on his eyes and prayed for him. The first time his sight was better. So Gary prayed again. The second time it was really better. Gary walked him to the platform to report his testimony, while walking to the platform the man's eyes cleared to 100%.

A man came to one of the meetings in Columbia who had been in an accident six years before. He had not been able to get around without help and had been bound to a wheelchair for years. He was dramatically healed in the middle of the teaching while Bill instructed the man's wife to pray for him. The man walked to the platform saying out loud "Wow! Wow!".

While Bill was relaying the story of a woman who had her shoulder healed, another woman with her arm in a sling began swinging her arm around and around which had been immovable when she came to the meeting.

While ministering in Muscatine two weeks ago, Gary saw one woman get healed of chronic back problems. Another woman had an arm that was broken and had a steel rod in her arm. She couldn't lift her arm above her head. While praying for her, the woman lifted her arm effortlessly above her head. She hadn't been able to do that in two years. Another woman in Muscatine had her hip healed and was able to walk without pain for the first time in years.

Three weeks ago at the Sanctuary while arriving a meeting, we learned that the daughter of one of our friends became terribly ill and they rushed her to the hospital. Our church began praying and declaring the young girl healed. The next week Trish relayed how her daughter suddenly became well at the same time we were praying. The doctor's could not explain what happened.

For years and years and years, Denise McNeal wanted to know who her biological parents were, but could not get any information out of the state about the adoption. Four weeks ago she mentioned to a state worker about a life-threatening disease she had 10 years earlier. The state worker said they could use that as an excuse to get at least some information. That information was all Denise's daughter needed to finally put all the puzzle pieces together. Three weeks ago Denise finally had the opportunity to meet her birth mother and the family she never knew she had. What the devil tried to use to kill her, God turned around into one of the greatest blessings of her life.

Natalie Bickford received prayer to be delivered from fear at the recent meetings with Bill & Carol Dew. She has now been sleeping through the night with no nightmares for the first time in over ten years.

Two weeks ago, Phil Benson had a dramatic encounter with God at the Sunday service at the Sanctuary. The following week, Phil reported that he had been suffering from terrible leg cramps every night for the past 15 years. He has not had any leg cramps since receiving prayer and has been sleeping throughout the night.

Havilah Jones was prayed for at the Good News Center about two and a half weeks ago. She had been suffering from asthma and had to take treatments regularly. She was completely healed and hasn't had a problem with asthma since.

PRAISE GOD!!! Do It Again GOD!! Do It Again!!

Send me your testimonies. Let's here what God is doing in our region!