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My first encounter with God's presence occurred while reading the book Good Morning Holy Spirit
by Benny Hinn in the early
1990's.
After praying a few sentences as suggested in the book, I began to laugh not
knowing why. What I was reading was serious stuff. After about
10 min I became concerned
and using some effort stopped the laughter.
In 1993, I had been reading the book by Kenneth Haigin Bible
Prayer Study Course
and was praying before leaving for
work one morning about
some health concerns. I was following the teaching about praying to God in Jesus' name.
After saying Amen,
the laughter began and it felt good. It lasted all the way to work. I
was feeling happy and giggling for several hours at the job. I asked a
Christian friend at
work about what was going on and she said the laughter was connected with the Holy Spirit.
In the 93 - 94 period, I remember watching Rodney Howard-Browne services from TBN and
laughing in the same manner. Things
really stepped up in mid 1994.
I had been laid off from a company at which I had been working for 20 years in January of
1994. Not having kept up with the computer
field, I soon found by June that I unable to
find a job. I was quite "down" emotionally. A woman in my apartment building
came over to
offer some help with my resume and brought me the video tape "I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy in the Holy Ghost 
.
She said she felt led to give it to me.
As I began to watch the tape, the laughter began. But I found that soon I was laughing and
crying at the same time.
This session with the Holy Spirit lasted a good 45 minutes. There
was a change in me the next day. I felt different but it was a change
"inside".
Unrealized burdens were being lifted. I continued to watch the video several times a week.
After a month, I found that the
Holy laughter would start when I would say something to
God out loud, without watching the tape. It was "staying on me"
as Richard
Roberts speaks about in the Joy video. Each "session" of laughter brought about
CHANGES within me. I could not
analyze it with my mind but something was different in me.
I bought and distributed 10-20 copies of "I've Got the Joy, Joy, in the Holy
Ghost" video at church and to friends because
I knew this touch of God was something
that everyone needed. I began to see that some were receptive and others not.
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After completing a 9 month CNE training program, the Lord provided a job for me with
EDS. There I became familiar with
the Internet. Eventually, I located the site for Rodney
Howard-Browne. I was hungry for more information on this touch of
God so I ordered some of
Rodney's video sets:
Revival at ORU
and
Revival Continues at ORU
Through watching these 3-video sets, I began to gradually understand more and more
about renewal by the Holy Spirit,
1800's and 1900 revival background, and the transference
of the power of the Holy Spirit.
The 3 DVD Volumes of the two visits mentioned above and a third visit to ORU in 2005 are available
from
Rodney Howard-Browne's Web Site: Revival Ministries International
for $45 each.
Revival at ORU Volume 1 Revival at ORU Volume 2 Revival at ORU Volume 3
I also ordered some of Rodney's mini-books and gave copies to pastors and friends.
. "God is waiting for the Church to move toward Him, but the Church thinks it's supposed to be waiting on God. God is waiting for us to get out of the way and let Him bring revival."
It was wonderful feasting on these videos and books. There is an actual increase in
hunger for more about this touch of God.
In 1996, Richard Roberts came out with a book "The Joy of the
Lord, How to Get It and Keep It". I ordered this from
the ORU site read it and then
was directed by the Lord to give it to my Pastor. It is no longer on the Web Site but can
be
ordered by calling (918) 495-7931.
Richard goes through his encounter with the Joy of the
Lord and following events in detail.
I began to search the internet via search engines and links from various sites to locate
other revival sites. I
t was and still is exciting to see how this renewal is spreading
around the world through all denominations.
I was really excited when I found the Catholic Church website in Pennsylvania had visited a Rodney
Howard-Browne meeting and In June of 1997, I attended two days of a 3 1/2 day Rodney Howard-Browne
Revival meeting in Fresno,
asked the Lord to bring this to the Catholic Church.
Church. Unfortunately, they are no longer offering Revival materials.
This is so important that I am inserting some of it here . . .
In Chapter 3 he states "This new anointing goes beyond laughter,
just as Charismatic Renewal goes beyond praying in tongues.
However, laughter is the most easily recognized (and sought)
manifestation. Before July 1994, I knew people who experienced
holy laughter. I didn't know that the gift could become so
widespread.
This laughter has a very important sign function. It points out
that the Spirit is doing a new work. Just as praying in
tongues was evidence of the Baptism of the Spirit and
encouragement to seek the charismatic gifts, so laughter
awakens us to the new anointing and encourages us to seek
the more powerful Revival manifestations.
Some Practical Points
1) Most people yield to laughter by some contact with a Revival
group. Just sitting in a group where holy laughter is
present can trigger the gift (even at the first meeting).
Many receive the gift through the laying on of hands.
Some experience laughter by watching videos of Rodney Howard-Browne.
In other words, people coming to a Revival group
see and experience people laughing . . .
2) Many see other people experiencing this gift in the large prayer
group but experience it for themselves in a smaller
setting, or by the laying on of hands.
3) Holy laughter is an abiding gift. Once a person has experienced
this touch of God, they tend to experience it again and again,
usually during a prayer gathering but also privately.
4) The laughter can happen any time or any place, although the
person can exercise some control over the gift. The greatest
and deepest experiences occurs in the Revival group where praise
and prophecies prepare the person for
this manifestation.)
6) No reason exists why this gift cannot be for everyone just as
the charismatic experiences of
Baptism of the Spirit and praying in tongues were for all.
8) Our experiences have shown that laughter has many purposes.
(This is why laughter must not be set aside as an optional
gift.)
a) Laughter makes prayer much easier and invites the group
to pray longer.
b) Laughter lifts burdens and opens a person's heart quickly
to God's action.
c) This joy opens the person and the group to other
Revival manifestations.
Videos are no longer available. (2003) ONCE YOU ARE TOUCHED, YOU WILL
WANT TO SPREAD THE "FIRE"
,TOO!
California held at Victory Christian Center. His
messages included teaching on giving and the "new wine of the Holy Spirit".
Rodney laid hands on all Friday morning attendees. I could feel the power on him
as he approached from 10 ft away.
I was down on the floor for nearly an hour.
While laughing, some painful experiences from my job surfaced and were removed.
At the Church in Fresno, I also bought a cassette tape and CD copy of the
Revival Down Under
music and preaching from Rodney's
Camp meeting in Australia in 1996. I gave a copy to my friends and my Pastor.
This is very
inspirational music to listen to each morning. Rodney relates some inspiring examples of
how God has
demonstrated His power at Rodney's meetings in the area of dramatic healings.
By leaving my name and address at the Toronto
Airport Church site, I have been receiving their magazine
Spread the Fire
.
Back to deepening of the "gift" .Earlier this year, the laughter began
manifesting in me while singing praise music at church .
I found that after singing for a
while I then began praying in the Spirit and laughing at the same time.
A few Sundays, I
keep on laughing (belly shaking) during the entire service.
A few months ago, Al Fury, a visiting evangelist spoke in our evening service at Cottonwood
Christian Center.
He taught that the laughter happens in his meetings. He invited the
Holy Spirit into the meeting. He related the current move
of God to Joel 2:28
and the reference to it in Acts 2:17-This is
That!
During the meeting some people were touched by the laughter. Since he encouraged the
Holy Spirit and explained the
laughter manifestation, the Holy Spirit was free to move. I
laughed in the Spirit during the service and felt a little bit "drunk"
after the
service. Revival/renewal is on its way but has not quite begun at the church I attend in
Los Angeles.
As Rev. Vincent Walsh states, the laughter can occur anywhere.
I just received and watched a video from the TACF church,
"Go Inside
the Toronto Blessing"
.
I had
been wondering if what was happening there in terms of manifestations and results matched
that at the
Rodney Howard Browne, Catholic Church meetings. After watching the video, I
can see that the Holy Spirit is very consistent.
At that time I highly recommended this video as a source on the revival
manifestations and the results. I ordered 7 copies to give out to Pastors and
friends. The video is no longer available in 2007. There was a 10
year DVD at TACF last year.
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