STUDENT TESTIMONIES
It’s Gettin’ Real!
Praised be Jesus! I am a child of God, and an heir to the Kingdom of Heaven, which makes me a Prince of the Kingdom of God! That's some cool stuff! What is even more amazing is that I am a real disciple of Jesus, only in the 21st century. When He said "and you will do...
Holy Spirit is Alive in ME
After coming off quarter one, where I have learned of, and now feel grounded in my identity as a daughter of the True King, my heavenly Father, Papa!, I have now been embracing the Anointing of my Baptism... Priest, prophet, and king. In this second quarter on...
BACK!
As the first quarter began I was suffering from back pain, which became worse when sitting. Driving to Brighton from Grand Rapids for class and then back home again meant approximately 7-8 hours of sitting. I would lay down in the very back seat of the car to and from...
No More Doom and Gloom!
I have been so transformed by the teaching of the Encounter School. It has completely changed the way I view the world. Instead of focusing on all that is wrong, I have learned to put my focus on God and what He is doing. The more I do this the more I see Him acting...
Equiped for the New Evangelization
Encounter Ministries school has taken me from reading and hearing about the New Evangelization to being a soldier in the effort to win the battle. The school has given me the tools and confidence to boldly team up with the Holy Spirit to have encounters with family,...
Who am I?
As I listened to the talks and participated in the activations in Quarter 1 on Identity and Renewal of the Mind, I became more solidly rooted in my identity as a beloved daughter of the Father. I had been experiencing growth in my identity for the last 5 years or so,...
Bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth
Learning in a new way that healing is God’s work and doesn’t depend on me has given me great freedom to speak the good news in boldness and confidence. Upon returning from the Encounter Conference, my husband and I went to the hospital to pray with friends of a family...
Listen to the Father and Look with Him.
I think I have a control issue rooted deeply, which comes with not trusting the Father and being worried about myself all the time especially in prayer ministry. Something I’ve learned is His great love for me and that he wants me to love with his heart not my own. So...
Hearing God is the Doorway to God’s Manifest Presence and the Power of His Holy Spirit.
During the first quarter, I experienced a 100% focus/anointing/ability to stay in God's presence in prophetic worship for ~15 nights in a row for 30 to 45 minutes after I went to bed. On two of the nights, God indicated that he was breaking different strongholds. The...
Ministry Will Not Fulfill You
"Ministry will not fulfill you." When I heard those words on my very first night at the Encounter School, it was like a punch to the gut. That sentence was quickly followed up with, "Only a relationship with Jesus can do that." The past several weeks for me had been...
Faith to Heal
God wants to use you to heal people. All over the New Testament are stories of Jesus healing people, and the disciples healing people in His name. The idea that God wants to use me to heal people has been one of the harder things for me to understand, even though I...
Truly Letting Go and Letting God
In the Fall of 2019, after an in-class Activation, I saw an image of an enormous golden lock and a key that Jesus was trying to unlock, but couldn't. My heart was crying out to open this. I made an appointment with Sarah Kaczmarek and she guided me through a beautiful...
We Should all Pray for the Sick.
I received a lot of appreciation for healing and a desire to pray over others for healing. Before the 2nd quarter, I was more content just doing prayer ministry or prayer ministry on steroids! I was so excited about hearing God that healing seemed like something I...
LOVE the School!!
Year two has taken me so much deeper into the Father's heart. I have learned to minister to others out of the love of the Father's heart. It is so rewarding to be able to share God's love with others in multiple ways. I have learned so much more about intimacy with...
I Got Healed!!!
While I was watching a video of Fr. Mathias speaking on faith for one of the lessons, Fr. Mathias told his audience that if anyone had any of the conditions he mentioned to stand up. Well, he had mentioned scoliosis which I happened to have, so although I was alone in...