Sudden and Dramatic Turnaround

When the Unexpected Miracles Happen

Article by John and Carol Arnott
07 February, 2017

Does it sometimes appear like circumstances are not in your favor? Fear not, we can see many examples in history of the unexpected happening, going up against the odds, and surprising many people. Stories of the Superbowl, Donald Trump in the elections, and Andrew who was imprisoned can inspire us and point us to hope. As John Arnott says, “We need to turn the page from disappointment and see what God is going to do.” Hear of some of the ways that God has moved churches in Iceland, New Zealand, and Toronto. Be reminded that miracles do happen.


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The Super Bowl: Sudden and Dramatic Turnarounds

The Super Bowl is the big highlight for American football which took place last Sunday. The game was between two very strong teams, the Patriots and the Falcons. We have been following the American election and we were thrilled and amazed that Donald Trump won and he seems to be bringing and nurturing so many conservative values to the nation that they so desperately need.  

I don't know how caught up you are with anti-Trump stuff but now he is the president of the United States. Carol and I watched an interview with Trump on Fox news on Sunday and at the very end the presenters asked him who's going to win the Super Bowl. Trump finally answered that the Patriots are going to win. 

Donald Trump: Sudden and Dramatic Turnarounds

We are in a season of sudden and dramatic turnarounds. For example, when people said Brexit was not going to happen, the British government approved it. Then we had the whole US election itself.  Against all odds, Trump is now the president of the US. He's bringing so many Christians on the team. 

In speaking with Bill Johnson about our up and coming conference in Europe, I asked him how he’s feeling about their new president. He encouraged me to watch this incredible prophetic word given by Kim Clement in 2007 regarding Trump. We need to recognize that it is a whole new day. What we need to see is a global implication as a conservative input as a Godly thrust and Christian thrust. God is going to make us the head and not the tail. I'm seeing sudden and dramatic turnarounds in situations after situations. Even the Super Bowl made history. Never in history did a team that has gone so far down come back and win.  We need to turn the page from disappointments and see what God is going to do. 

Andrew: Sudden and Dramatic Turnarounds

Andrew has been in jail since early October so we arranged to do a courts of heaven session with Trevor, Keith, and Patricia. We wanted to pray about the legal rights the enemy was holding on to him. In the midst of the session, Norene (Andrew’s wife) called and explained that President Trump was going to be talking to the President in Turkey and she wanted us to pray that Trump would be aware of Andrew’s plight. It was a sudden turn around. 

Some of you need a new building, some of you need the government out of the way, some of you need more people, and some of you need healing. There must be something you can bring before the Lord and we can go into agreement on it.  We are praying for sudden and dramatic turnarounds for this year. 

Patricia: I was playing poker with my son-in law. I had no idea how to play. I was losing and all my chips were going down and down. Then it came to the point where I literally only had a little bit of chips left, and I said. This is the time of the great turn around and I bet all my chips on the table. I won that round and won every other round after that! It literally cleaned up everybody. 

Testimonies | God Is Moving

Baldur - Reykjavik, Iceland

It's been building up for a month. Last Sunday Holy Spirit moved so amazingly. There was a man who always said the right thing, was always proper, had perfect Icelandic, but at the meeting he couldn't even speak. I took the microphone from him and it was like an explosion that took place. 

This young lady that came was really broken she wouldn't even look you in the eyes. She started to hyperventilate during the meeting. I was asking God what's going on and I felt God saying, she couldn't handle the love He was giving her. She came back on Sunday, laughing and totally healed and totally free. 

My sister has been injecting drugs for 6 years. Her liver is ruined, she has HIV and she came to the meeting. It's been super. What I could see is that there were a lot of broken people in the meeting, more than usual. All of them were touched with so much joy. You could see how fulfilled they were. Everyone in the meeting got healed. We are trying not to be in the way.

It was just crazy. I feel like God said next year we will see full blown revival in the streets not just in the church. Three weeks ago, Holy Spirit told us to go more into the word. We had an altar in church for that, do you want to make time for Jesus in your schedule. Personally, I have a business, I work full-time, I have a church, I have 8 kids, and I was asking Holy Spirit “where do I put this time away for you.” He said I have to wake up early. I asked the Holy Spirit to wake me up because I couldn't put the alarm on. The Holy Spirit started to wake me up at 6:00 in the morning every day. I feel this is the move of God in Word and Spirit. 

Lynley - Auckland, New Zealand 

When it comes to “suddenlies,” during worship the glory of the Lord fell in such a dramatic way. I couldn't MC and I ended up on the floor for the entire meeting. On the floor as in people couldn't pick me up. 2 strong guys tried to pick me up but I couldn't get off the floor. When I did get off, there was a guy with casts on his shoulder and arm. I laid hands on him and all the pain left and he was able to move his joints for the first time in weeks. I haven't been pinned to the floor or incapacitated in probably 10 years. This was on a completely different level. I just believe that something is happening to our vine and it is really exciting. 

Ruth - Toronto, Canada

All of the sudden we've had eight to twelve people coming off the streets say things “like I've walked by here a million times and I've never seen you. I love it, I’m coming back.” Even a guy who lived across the street came in this week and was like “I've never seen you.” What's cool is that Tuesday one of our people felt in the spirit there was something covering the doors and she pulled it off in the spirit and within 15 minutes there was this line up of people in our coffee shop. What’s even cooler is that every single day this past week, we've had a chance to pray and prophesy over different customers and they all broke down crying, encountering the presence of God, and we've had three or four of them join a small group because of it. They came back that night because of small group. We had a guy come sit in the house of prayer who is deep in drug addiction who is now encountering and empowered by God and was crying for so long. We just continued to prophesy over him and just nailed it. We've just been seeing God doing a lot. 

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