i now remember why i love your blog. i’m adding it to my favorites.

You said he isn’t talking about money much…why talk about money at all?

the reality is Jesus does care about the human body, or else why would he spend so much time healing people who were desperate for healing… why would healing be a sign of the kingdom? Satan wants to destroy our bodies, not heal them…

besides, if this were about money, then for those watching the revival, why isn’t he talking about money more?

Grace, have you watched the revival yet? if you haven’t then you are grossly mistaken on who is being exalted at Lakeland. There are many reasons that I would call this revival legitimate..

1. the Healings… the resurrections, those are not fake… Todd is meticulous in documenting healings and such.

2. He has emphasized time and time again that it’s not about him or money… he has said time and time again that when the glory isn’t there, he’s gone

3. We have been praying for revival with healing miracles signs and wonders for years and when one comes around, what do we do? accuse the minister of being a false prophet and faking everything and deceiving the masses. If that were the case then do what a CHRISTIAN does… PRAY FOR THE MAN… PRAY FOR THE TRUTH…

The reality is that Todd Bentley would be our last choice to lead a revival… he has tattoos, piercings and he doesn’t even dress like a revivalist… but the proof is in the pudding… God is healing, touching people, saving souls and it’s obvious that the religious would be offended that it’s Todd… he defies all tradition, breaks all the rules that we have made up…

Todd Bentley is GOD’S Choice… not ours…

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

I haven’t been to Lakeland Florida so I can’t say but I will say this…the Word says that people who cast out demons and people who do many wonders all in Jesus’ name will be cast out because they do not know Jesus. Any people who claim to be Christians must align themselves with the Word of God. The fruit of the Spirit is the real result of revival. What fruit is coming out of this revival? Is Jesus being lifted up or are people establishing thier own name? Is love, joy, peace, patiences, kindness, gentleness and long-suffering showing in the lives of the people who visit there? Or is it about someone raising alot of $$ ?

I don’t have the answers but I think that even our enemy can perform some “miracles”. How are these things building God’s kingdom?

I’ve been saying the same thing — Satan can’t heal. He can fake it by not attacking your body, but he cannot bring the kind of instant restoration we’ve been seeing at this revival, let alone the resurrections.

That said, I do have some concerns with the revival and the prophetic movement as a whole. I would sum them all up by saying that I pray that the Lord would bring us all into a greater purity in the anointing — that we would be pursuing Him and His heart as our primary desire. We have no lack of fivefold gifts in the body of Christ (more or less)… but I feel that there is a tremendous lack of the Mary of Bethany type… the lovesick worshipper that does not bring attention to themselves.