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Andrea is a spiritually gifted young adult who has a heart for the homeless and supernatural calling in deliverance. Pastors Jason and Bekah Amarant, of Harvest Project, and myself and my wife have had the honor of watching this young woman spiritually grow and witness deliverances and supernatural healing. Andrea has ministered in the Tenderloin with Night Strike and the Haight -Ashbury, through Lion's Pride. Andrea gave her first {of many talks} on spiritual warfare. And her testimony of her first deliverance on Night Strike ministry. To listen to Andrea's podcast, click the link below. podcast of Andrea's talk on Spiritual Warfare at Harvest Project

Our first evening in Cambodia we met two host pastors who would stay with us for the duration of the trip. I can't mention names here because, one is an underground church leader in Cambodia, and the second is a person heavily involved in rescuing kids from sex trafficking. The two pastors hosted us on a trip through the city of Phnom Penh. The city tour had us stop at one bridge that made global news headlines back in April 2010. I was mildly familiar with the story in remembering I had read about it on Yahoo.com. I didn't remember the details at all. Only many people died on this bridge. The pastors explained to us how the Buddhists worshipped the dead from this bridge. When the team heard this, the call in the bus was for Mike (me) to go out and do some warfare. As we approached the bridge I was cautioned in the spirit from praying warfare at the bridge. I could see in the spirit women spirits the Buddhists worshipped at the bridge. As we departed the bus to walk on the brid...

The mission trip to Vietnam and Cambodia was phenomenal and an eye opener to many things. The missionary team was comprised of about 20 people. Each from different walks of life and ministries. Peter and Chinga Pan organized a flawless missions trip to these countries that executed like clockwork. I felt the call to go to Vietnam with Mark Neitz back in the summer. Lisa, Conni and I had just completed a deliverance prayer session that opened our eyes on children trafficking and the affects on the rescued children in orphanages. After that, my heart was called to go on the trip. Kimberly Johnson from iDignify in Redding also joined the team. Don and Maria Whitney were on the team and our now living in Vietnam at orphanage, they and the Neitz family are setting up. The Neitz family moves to Vietnam in July. In Vietnam we met with the Vietnamese underground church pastors. Evangelicals are still being persecuted in the more outer villages so we aren't posting pictures of the confer...

The following is a transcript of a testimony I captured on video. The testimony is from a Vietnamese pastor and he shares with us how a woman was raised from the dead for God's glory. The sentences in this testimony are not grammatically correct. I tried to preserve the translation from the pastor to the interpreter the best I could to maintain the authenticity of this incredible testimony. I can't post the video on the web since Christian's are being persecuted in Vietnam. Therefore, the next best  route is to type up the transcript here on the M16 blog. The testimony was given at a pastor's conference, which I video recorded while I was there. Here is the testimony, as translated by our interpreter. This miracle happened not because of his  power, but because of God's power. This time around his local church a lot of people received Jesus because this miracle happened. The pastor was asked to come preach at a funeral for a Christian man's aunt who had ...

 I met a pastor, named Tom, here in Cambodia who had an incredible testimony about becoming Christian. The testimony begins around 1975, when Cambodia is still fighting the Khmer Rouge (Red Communist Cambodians). Pastor Tom's family were all practicing Buddhists. Pastor Tom's brother-in-law, Jim, was a school teacher in Phnom Phenh. Jim was teaching class,writing on his chalkboard, one morning and he felt someone standing beside him. It was an eerie feeling. Jim turned from what he was writing on the board to see what it was. He turned and froze and then let out a scream. There was a manifestation of an evil spirit standing next to him. The spirit lunged towards him like it was going to grab him and then it vanished. Jim was terrified and all the children in his class were laughing at him. They didn't see the evil spirit. The very next day Jim was in his class and the evil spirit returned. It frightened the whits out of him. And again the children couldnt see what was ter...

Time is flying here on our trip to Vietnam. I am out here with a team of people. A few days back we ministered in a rehab facility. The rehab facility has about 40 young men and about 15 young women. Our team ministered and prayed for the young people in the facility. I had to work with an interpreter because I don't speak the Vietnamese language. Speaking to a group of people through an interpreter is not an easy task. When I finished my teaching I had a prayer call for the people in attendance to come up for prayer. The people raced to line up in the prayer lines. The first person in my line was a young woman with a sprained wrist. She held up her arm to me so I could see the wrist bone was out of alignment. I started praying and the interpreter started interpreting over the microphone what I was praying. I told my interpreter, Sally, to put down the microphone and we'll pray together for this woman with the injured wrist. We started praying together and the young woman said...

It's October and everyone loves a good "Holy" Ghost story. This one comes from our adevntures at Burning Man 2011. Lisa and I went with a team, put together by Cindy McGill of Hope for the Harvest, to go to Burning Man and help people have encounters with the Holy Ghost. This story occurs mid-week in our Burning Man adventure. It's Wednesday, around dinner time, and one of our team members, Marilyn was working with a woman who was having a spirit manifestation in the encounters tent. Sometimes during Holy Ghost encounters, people with spirits will manifest in the presence of the creator. This woman, whom we'll call Alice, was doubled over and her stomach was in pain. We usually work in groups, and Marilyn was alone. One of our team members came out and got me and told me of the spirit that was manifesting. I entered our encounters tent and asked Marilyn what was going on. Marilyn told me she was working with Alice, a returning person who had a similar experience o...

My passion is Christian mysticism, which has it's foundations on the mystical body of Christ. I am an avid student of the rich history of Christian mystics, St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, and Padre Pio, to name a few. St. Teresa of Avila did a marvelous job of documenting the prayer life of a mystic, and no where in any of these writings is the Centering Prayer (CP) technique mentioned. In a recent tweet by Rick Warren of Saddleback church, he encouraged his tweet followers to practice CP. As a student of mystical theology I must protest Rick and his current apostasy and, shout "No! No! No!". The tweet leads to this site, Centering Prayer Trusts Jesus Brings Transformation . Mr. Warren, centering prayer is eastern mysticism, which draws from divinity from self and not from God. New Agers use mantras and yoga to go to a higher consciousness. As a deliverance minister I am already aware of the dangers of yoga and the harm that Christia...

I found an interesting documentary on youtube that investigates, through the spiritualists' eyes, the demonic possession of two young girls in the 1800s. These spiritualist beliefs are carried over today in paranormal television shows and ghost hunting. Be aware of what you're watching! I arm chair quarter backed this one with my comments below. And I inserted scripture which counters what the documentary is trying to convey -spiritualism. It's an hour and half documentary. So turn off the cell phone and microwave some pop corn. The documentary is presented in six parts with my comments on the demonic possession. There are 6 videos in the playlist for this documentary. Each part corresponds to the video and time sequence being played. Enjoy! Part 1: 7:35 seizures - Matthew 17:14 Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy 14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. ...

Paranormal shows are on every popular cable network now, including Animal Planet (with the Haunted series). Paranormal is a cheap reality tv cash cow and audiences can't get enough of it. Some speculate the shows are faked others stay glued to the evidence being displayed with religious fervor. When we see a chair move or hear a disembodied voice on these shows what are really dealing with? Some say it is the proof of an afterlife. Is it? Are there really ghosts? Well, there must be we see them on paranormal reality tv, right? We must tread carefully, as Christians, when we answer these questions. What does the Bible say about ghosts? It doesn't really mention them at all. Some Christians have let spiritualism, the spiritual beliefs of practicing pyschics and mediums seep into their faith. I have been drawn into arguments by Christians, the first case is with 1 Samuel 28. Where Saul consults a medium for advice. From the NKJV, we have the encounter. And the woman said to Sau...

M16 Ministries Prophetic Evangelism and Healing: Love The Sinner Many times when we go out on the streets we'll encounter people involved in the dark arts. Every person in creation is a child of God. We pray with these people too. So will let us pray for them and some won't. That's just the way it is. If they allow us to pray with them, God shows up in big ways. And we let God handle the encounter. You may want to double-click on the video below to watch it full-screen, youtube videos get poorly cropped in these blog pags.

Many people e-mail M16 requesting training in deliverance. Here is a snapshot of our training we provide to churches. The videography isn't all that spectacular. It was actually shot and meant for our own review as speakers. But there is a lot of content to worth sharing in this. May God Bless you and enrich you through this.

What are you doing May 21 at 6 PM? By now you're all to familiar with the FamilyRadio.com Judgement day prediction of May 21. A false prophecy from Harold Camping. Who is Harold Camping? He is the head of FamilyRadio.com, a small media empire of over 60 radio stations in the United States. This doesn't include the number of stations overseas. FamilyRadio.com is listener supported and has an estimated net worth of $120 million dollars. With this extensive funding Mr. Camping has plastered billboards all over the United States with the advertising campaign, "Blow the trumpet, warn the people!". Mr. Camping is falsely prophesying that Judgement day is coming May 21. More specifically, around 6:00 PM. This is the date time and the hour Jesus is supposed to return to earth. Mr. Camping made a similar prophecy back in 1994. People gathered in an auditorium waiting for Jesus to return. Jesus didn't show up. This time, Mr. Camping has data to back up his false prophe...

As Christians we tend to avoid the word 'mystic' or 'mystical' in any of our vocabulary regarding our prayer life. We are openly aware of the eastern mystics and the associations to New Age practices and meditation. The word mystic is another Christian heritage vocabulary word high jacked by the enemy. And so is meditation, another word that has been taken from us. The Bible tells us we are to meditate on the word of God, Psalm 1. 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.  Psalm 1 We are to meditate on God day and night. This is not an eastern meditation practice where we sit in a lotus position, do strange breathing, and dwel...

Our close friends Jimi and HollyJean Merrell were interviewed on CBN for their work in dream interpretation. The Merrells have worked with Lisa and I quite a bit in spiritual warfare too. This time we're just going to relax and listen to dream interpretation. The Merrells are incredibly gifted in dream interpretation and Lisa and I have worked with them in out reaches. Their ministry is incredible and has integrity. Jimi has a great teaching on how he interprets dreams. The Merrells are also interviewed on CBN with Marguerite Evans at this site, Spiritual Gifts CBN interview with Marguerite Evans If you would like a dream interpretation, you can go to their web site at: Dream Fusion

I wrote in the Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare , how the Holy Spirit would have me in different seasons of learning. One season was on the streets, where people would walk up to me and have the spirits oppressing them identify themselves. We had this experience recently, on the streets, we were training seminary students in street ministry. The seminary students were able to approach one individual, but a ministry friend of mine, Katie, and myself, were growled at by this person and his spirits told us to stay away from him. The spirits in this individual could see our authority in Christ. It’s good to see it’s not just me, but the Holy Spirit is raising up our friend Katie too. The Holy Spirit will lead you through seasons to reveal the supernatural to you. And many times in this season the Holy Spirit will break you -to make you usable in the new area He is training you in. If God is training you to work in the supernatural he has to break you of your own soul-ish shortcomings and...