Power and Love Conference (July '10): While I had ... - Echo of Infinity

the time. I had asked God for a message/something for a lady in a thrift store I went into, but itbombed out. But I tried asking God again in a different store for someone else, and I correctlypicked up that the person liked a particular music artist. I also got to pray for a lady who said shewas living in a homeless shelter. And while not on Saturday, one of the days of the conference Ifelt that God said to me "diner," which led my group and I to an old mom and pop's diner wheremy group-mates talked to the owner for like a half hour and later got to pray for him. I alsocorrectly picked up from God that he had a daughter and that he had an old car (like antiquekind of cars), which lead to me mentioning that God was going to help restore his relationshipwith his daughter more, and that God was going to give him the resources to fix up one of theold cars he may have been wanting to fix up (prophesying over him- 1 Corinth 14:3). After theafternoon session, I went out with 3 other people. We ended up stopping at a pizza place to eat.I didn't buy anything because of financial constraints, but I asked God if there was anyone hewanted me to do anything for, and I felt that he was pointing out a guy that appeared to be themanager. While the rest of my group was eating or waiting to eat, I decided to write down a notewith what I thought God was saying to me for the guy I felt God had pointed out. I asked him toread the note, but he said he would have to read it later. We ended up going to a nearby park rightafter eating, where I missed hearing God again when asking for something for whoever Godwanted to give me something about on the beach, but I was able to entertain a group of little kidsand the adults with them for a moment with my poi, and was able to amuse a couple teenagersby pushing them on a playground toy that gets people dizzy. On our way back to the church, I hadmy group stop back in at the pizza place to see if the guy had read the note. The guy told me thatI was "close," but that I had given the note to the wrong person. The guy still looked busy, so Ileft the discussion at that, and proceeded to go back to the church. Once back at the church, Ididn't stay for the final night session, because Dan was speaking, and I figured the topicwouldn't really be much different from the happy-go-lucky messages he had given previously inthe conference. I decided to go home early, and so that was the end of my conference experience.Overall, I think the conference was one that was necessary for me. While I didn't personallysee any instantaneous healings take place, God reminded me that I am indeed able to hear hisvoice at least at times. God also reminded me strongly how important the practical ways ofshowing love, like stopping at little kids' lemonade stands or simply asking how a randomperson's day was, are. The conference has encouraged me to engage people more while doingthings like buying groceries or walking around campus at school, and that people are oftenappreciative of others asking them if they have any prayer requests. It also encouraged me tobelieve that God's goodness and love really is as big and amazing as it is said to be, but thatpeople's blindness to it causes them to live out lives that miss out on a lot of the things thatcould happen, because they think and exist differently than they would have if they hadunderstood it (John 17:3), and they also make poorer choices than they would have if they hadunderstood it. Seeing has how I want to start seeing instantaneous healings take place when Ipray for people, and I would love to get into the habit of being able to "pick up on things" fromGod about people so I can bless them while I'm out in public, this kind of conference was thekind of conference I needed. And hey, I got in for free, so I guess I can't complain.