Laura and I met with Diane and Colin Campbell yesterday. They are a neat couple who have walked through a lot of the fire like us. There are many parallels.
We prayed at the end of our coffee time, and I saw a balsa wood airplane over them with God’s finger turning the propeller – slowly, twist by twist.
Well, as it turns out, I prayed for them when they came into Bridgeway Discovery. I had given a word on a catapult being drawn back. That led to two more encounters with other people giving the same word.
Diane emailed me the entire word – see below. I didnt even remember praying for them.
The amazing piece? It was exactly one year to the day that I gave them the first word.
God has control of time. Way cool. He got us together that anniversary. It says tons.
I have never given the same word twice to a person (that I know of), especially over such a long period of time.
The LORD is amazing.
October 23rd, 2012
From: John J. Stein [mailto:john.stein@johnjstein.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:54 PM
To: Diane Campbell
Cc: Laura Stein; Colin Campbell
Subject: Re: Smile
Just for fun… what was the date on the discovery prayer?
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Diane Campbell <preciousd@comcast.net> wrote:
Yes! J
From: John Stein [mailto:john.stein@johnjstein.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:22 PM
To: Diane Campbell
Cc: Laura Stein; Colin Campbell
Subject: Re: Encouragement for you, John, from our October Discovery Prophetic time. God is SO GOOD to bring the point to me again and again. Thanks for starting the chain reaction of this. 🙂
Are you saying that I prayed over you guys a year ago? Man, i don’t even remember that.
This is way cool. Thanks for sharing.
I dig it.
JS
On Oct 23, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Diane Campbell <preciousd@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi you two,
I wanted to share how the Lord began a series of connecting and confirming words for me and it began last Oct. in the Discovery prophetic time. Words offered were so good when our team prayed over us but ONE WORD of the Lord stood out very distinctly at the time and even afterward. This past July, the Lord kicked in a one-two punch that confirmed His October word that started the series. I wrote them out below and I want to thank you for listening to the Lord during our Discovery time and sharing what he gave you, John. I laughed out loud on the runway when the third one came. It was fun and comical to hear God be so clear about what he is about to do.
Last October, Colin and I did a newcomers orientation at Bridgeway Church in Denver. Part of the orientation was for a team of prophetic people to listen to God on our behalf. When it was out turn to receive a word, each prophetic person shared what they sensed from God on our behalf as a couple and personally too. One of my personal words had to do with a man seeing a catapult. I will paste that word here.
Diane- I saw a catapult that was being lowered. I saw you doing a musical chair game in that you are looking for a place in ministry and in the meantime the catapult is getting lowered and you have been looking for that place in ministry, through seeking a seat to land in around the circle, that God has on your life and that place of even wanting to do that dance. All along, God says that this is not your dance b/c I am getting ready to launch you into a place that you don’t even know yet. So all of the preparation and all of the things that God has been doing has been behind the scenes. Do not strive or press into something that is not ordained of the Lord b/c he’s got the better for you. It is already there and you do not have to worry about it b/c you have not missed the mark and God has not left you out of the game. (John)
John talked about feeling the tension of this catapult being drawn back and of the incredible speed of my flight when it is released into the new thing that God is about to do.
Last week, at our (July) conference in CA, the main speaker and pastor spoke a word of knowledge. He said that some of us feel like we are going backwards and that there is a tension building that has been building for a while. He said that he saw a sling shot where someone was about to be launched out into the next thing that God had for them and that the release of the hand of the Lord upon this person (or persons) was going to take them out into their destiny very quickly.
Later we were getting on our airplane to return home. We found our seats, buckled in to prepare to depart, and as we said hello to the young man sitting in the third seat near the window, we noticed that he was very afraid to fly. He said he has been afraid since the Asiana flight went down a couple of weeks ago. He looked over at us and said, “It feels like we (as a society) are in this tension like a rubber band being pulled back. It feels like something is about to let go or release us into something different or new.” I could tell that he felt afraid of that. He looked at me and asked, “Do you know what I mean?” I said, “Yes, I know what you mean.” J
That was the third time hearing this in nine months. On our flight home, I asked the Lord about this b/c it is a repeated word. He said that this word is for me personally and for a larger scope of people as well. I am going to paste what I wrote the pastor of this conference so that you can catch the wording of the moment.
Jerry, one thing that is STILL resonating in my heart is a word you gave as you were closing down one of the sessions. You mentioned a felt tension like a sling shot pulled back ready to be released and you said that it was for some people there. I felt like that word was for me and me ALONE as God gave me a word in Oct. very specific to that same word and when you spoke it I KNEW that God was revisiting that October word again. What is really interesting is that we sat next to a young man on the plane (a lost young adult male that Colin shared Jesus with) as we flew home who said… “You know, it feels like our society is suspended in this rubber band that is pulled back and we can all feel the tension in America and the world of what is about to be released.” I took note of that again… spoken for the third time!
Although what you shared confirmed an earlier meaningful word for me personally, I also sense that God has a corporate word over our nation and his people that speaks to the tension that we are feeling as a society. My sense is that God is about to release his abiding ones into GREAT kingdom exploits while the world will be experiencing something very different. It feels almost like a Egypt-Goshen kind of dynamic about to happen.
I sense God doing a broad range work in so many and it feels so uncomfortable. I sense him positioning people geographically and spiritually in certain places to prepare them for what is coming. I sense a kingdom wave of outpouring coming to the US and maybe across the globe that will reach many souls for Christ. Difficult things are coming but kingdom outpouring will be so beautiful at the same time.
I am not clear about what this specifically means but I do enjoy it that God is speaking to me so personally around what he is about to do in me personally and in the larger scope of our nation.
The three chapters that God has given me in the past six months also hit a bulls eye in me. I Sam. 13, 15 and I Kings 13 all speak of obedience to the spoken word of the Lord and the consequences of not obeying. King Saul had his kingdom ripped from him and the man of God from Judah was mauled by a lion. God has been instructing me and warning me about believing what he has been speaking to me. I am getting his message loud and clear and want to pass my test of obedience to honor him.
That is the next update on what God is doing personally and on a larger scale. May we all lean into him and hear his heart beat for the nations and for each of us.
Peace,
Diane
“Where my heart takes up residence that is where my identity will hang its hat.” Diane Campbell
From: Colin Campbell [mailto:colinkcampbell@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:51 PM
To: John & Laura Stein
Cc: Diane Campbell
Subject: Our Time Together
Dear John & Laura,
We enjoyed our time with you two and would enjoy meeting again to get to know you better. If you have some time in the next couple weeks for extended lunch or dinner or just to hang out, let us know.
Peace
Colin and Diane
Peace and favor,
John Stein
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