Art in Bethel's Healing rooms

I love the freedom in the healing rooms at Bethel Church. The role I play in the healing rooms is a painter and a prayer servant. I have to confess that I've come when I'm not scheduled just to soak and enjoy the atmosphere.

Here's some art from my time in the healing rooms this summer...

::Title: "Portal of Grace"

::Dimensions: 3 16x20 canvases (triptych)

::Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with UV gloss Varnish

::Date:Painted in the Healing Rooms at Bethel 6/12/10

When praying for healing, or anytime that we are praying for heaven to invade earth, it's all about partnering with the Holy Spirit. God is infinitely creative! He stays the same but what He is currently doing changes. It's not about formulas, It's about relationship. People have been known to be healed when we've had them stand in a certain place in the room. "Portal of Grace" is about just that.

It's a triptych- a three painting painting- I saw the image during the pre-prayer time before we opened up the healing rooms to the public. In a closed vision I could see that streams of light were coming down in different places through out the room. I knew that they were angels dispensing grace for healing. About that time Joaquin Evens lead a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to come and reveal to the prayer teams how to partner with Him rather than follow a formula and also to reveal where to have people stand so they would be healed without us even praying for them. Because I was assigned to painting that week, I decided to put down on canvas what I was seeing.

The next painting was Painted the Saturday following Hem of His Garment Healing conference.

::Title: "Tree of Life"

::Dimensions: 2 16x20 canvases (diptych)

::Medium: Acrylic on canvas with UV gloss varnish

::Date:Painted in the Healing Rooms at Bethel 7/24/10

A woman approached me while I was painting Tree of Life and gasp. She said that she saw this tree in heaven in her garden. She was all excited. She said that when standing under it looking out the other direction was the ocean. I've had several people come up to me and say that this tree looks really familiar, like they have seen it before. It reminded me a lot of Africa while I was painting it.

Owls-warriors of the night

This last year Kris Vallotton prophesied, “I feel like the Lord is changing the mascot of this season from the eagle to the owl because the owl is nocturnal, lives in the night, can see the eternal and knows who’s who”

-The next day Kris was meeting with a rapper whose on VH1 named Amad. Kris prophesied over him that he’s meant to be a prophet to the nations and that God has been giving him a sign to show him this. Amad told Kris how white owls kept swooping down and almost hitting him as he drove or walked and he knew it was the Lord trying to get his attention.

- Brian and Jen Johnson (our main worship leaders at Bethel) keep seeing white owls along with many others. In the night season the owl can see what is meant to destroy and he not only destroys it but it brings him nourishment. It has 270 degree vision as it turns its head around and can see far even in low light

-Gary saw a white owl about two months ago as we were driving. It swooped down over our wind shield after a church meeting one night.

Owls represent Christians moving in the prophetic with wisdom as they see past the dirt in peoples lives and discover the gold. Kinda like going into the enemies camp incognito and setting the POW's free, specifically in the realms of influence in society. Owls looks like a people strategically infiltrating the mountains of society, and gaining influence that affects society as a whole. Transformation happens to the mountain along the way as the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our God.

We are like sheep among wolves who are hungry for who we are. We are leaven in the loaf of society that permeates every part and brings life. Innocent as doves, but shrewd as serpents.

Two interesting links to visit:

Prophecy 101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzDydQJ_gQ

Common Misconceptions about the prophetic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6uQN0r8uvY

Legend of the Gaurdians -Movie Trailer

I don't know who is behind this video or if its any good, but it is interesting considering the significance of owls during this season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsAErYNyRuE