Gathered Around the Fire

This post is about the Minneapolis Miracle in 1971  October 1971 - Minneapolis Miracle It began with A special weekend prayer retreat at the campus of Camp Courage just west of Minneapolis. That weekend Dick Eastman used the gift of Word of knowledge to call out almost a hundred youth one by one telling them what God had called them to do, recalling events and conversations that had happened at the time of that previous event.  I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit that night with at least 30 others. God was present in a tangible way as the Spirit hovered over our camp. They closed the dining hall because none of the 120 students were showing up for meals, curfew was dropped because young men and women were staying up all night in prayer searching their hearts and seeking God, We all left there changed by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Dick Eastman went onto North Central Bible College in downtown Mpls.   Monday to lead their morning chapel service, ...

PRAYER SUMMIT 2016 Allen Hood Spoke Thursday Night at the Prayer Summit on the Key verse of Psalm 27, and it was not verse 4. O ne  thing  I have desired of the  Lord , That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the  Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the  Lord , And to inquire in His temple. He went on to describe that King David was in a terribly debilitating place. In the midst of a National Crises , involving a military rebellion , chased out of his palace home, away from the tent of the Presence. Shamed by an open display of sexual immorality on the very same rooftop where he had begun his choice of sin. Absalom (His son) becomes intimate with David's concubines (wives) Some of David's trusted advisors, joined the rebellion against him they even planned his assassination. The loss of the palace, the position, the presence and his dignity, David leaves and returns to a former life experience, that of a fugi...

This post is about my reoccurring connection to the Minnesota Miracle and how God has kept the dream alive for a revival in Minnesota that He wants to bring to birth.  October 1971 - Minnesota Miracle Seventeen years old and on my way to a weekend retreat at Camp Courage. There I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit on Friday night with many other young people. The rest of that weekend was supernatural, none of us (over 100 high school and college students) showed up at the dining hall to eat, many of us did not sleep, we sought the Lord continuously for three days from Friday evening until Sunday at Noon . God was present in a tangible way as the Spirit hovered over our camp. We all left there changed by the power of the Holy Spirit.  The speaker that weekend was Dick Eastman he went onto North Central Bible college in downtown Mpls. Monday to lead their morning chapel service, that chapel service lasted for three days! Monday 8 AM - Wednesday 7 PM. The Bible sc...