NorthGate Church of Atlanta is a non-denominational church in the North Atlanta suburb of Woodstock, GA. Committed to seeing true Kingdom Christianity established, we are ablaze with the power and fire of God. We are experiencing the Everyday Miraculous and regularly see miracles ranging from the healing of cancers, paralytics, blind eyes and more. Jesus is King!
*A group of young people regularly go to local area football games, looking for opportunities to demonstrate the power of the Gospel. This is an email we received from one of the young women on the team.
"Several of us were in a group...we walked around for a bit...talked to a few people and nothing happened. Now, when I say "nothing happened" I mean, we gave some people prophetic words, and they were totally right on. We prayed for them, etc. But nothing really "took off". :)
So, I had this thought, "I'm not leaving until either something happens, or I preach the gospel to all of these kids".
Sooo, I stood up on the stone wall and shouted "Hey guys! I have some awesome news! Jesus is King and the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
I then told them we were here to prove it, and asked em if they needed healing, etc. They didn't, but they had friends and family that needed healing . So we prayed for them---which kind if got the attention of some kids... Bottom line, an hour later we were still there---healing kids ankles, knees, and hands. We taught the kids that since Jesus healed them, they had authority over that particular thing now. And we encouraged them to heal their friends and themselves...which they did!!! And their friends got healed! It was awesome!!!"
*This is from one of the parents of kids that attended a recent outreach we did with young people ages 7-12 at a local hospital.
"On Sunday, September 27, 2009, I had the distinct privilege of taking three youth from NorthGateChurch to GradyHospital in Atlanta.
We encountered a homeless man who was obviously mentally and physically challenged. The demonic effects were so bad that his speech was indiscernible, he could hardly look up, his arms were drawn and to stand and walk he bounced back and forth from leg to leg in manner that was nothing like walking.
We prayed for him and saw no results.
Next, we encountered an 18 year old who moved to Georgia two weeks prior. He said he moved here because he was looking for God. We preached Jesus and the kingdom of heaven to him and gave him prophetic words that he said he knew were right. He got born again and filled with the Holy Spirit, saying that his body was vibrating and he felt like he was buzzing. He pointed out the guy we had just prayed for and said he had been trying to take care of him out on the streets of Atlanta.
As he shared this, a righteous anger against the devils that held him prisoner and the compassion of the Lord came over me at once. We told him that it wasn't right for the homeless man to stay in that condition and we went back to pray again.
Our boldness increased and faith for his healing was palpable. As we began to pray he began to weep. As he wept he started saying "Thank You" over and over. His speech was discernible and we knew the power of the demonic spirit was broken. We told him to stand and told him the power of God to heal him would allow him to stand straight, walk calmly, hold his head up and relax his arms to not be drawn. Every healing we declared manifested within minutes. The joy that came across his face is a treasure that words cannot describe.
I was looking at a man who moments earlier appeared so mentally and physically damaged that hope would seem lost. He was full of life, holding his head high, standing straight, walking calmly and filled with joy! I hate demons of mental illness. In January of 2009, a guy from our church prophesied that we would see victory over mental illness. This was my first victory over these demons and how awesome it was!
Two days after this event, I walked through my kitchen and thought of the young man who got delivered. I wept as I remembered the joy on his face as he got his life back. I realized in that moment that this is treasure in heaven. I saw with greater clarity that this world offers nothing that compares with the treasures of heaven.
Heaven came to a man from whom most children and many adults would flee. Three kids participated in doing the impossible. They saw the power of God in love.
Now, that is Sunday School worth having your kids attend!"
An outreach team was in a local neighborhood and ran across a group of about 8-10 young people and started prophesying over them, releasing the Kingdom and telling them about the power of God.
A few minutes later, they went into the home of a lady we have been ministering to for several weeks and found out that she had injured her wrist, was in severe pain and was wearing a wrist brace. Not content to merely tell them about the power of God, they decided to SHOW the young people what they were just talking about. They called the kids and had them pray for the lady with the injured wrist. It was healed INSTANTLY! No pain, full mobility and she gave us the wrist brace! It's been added to the trophy wall!
We recently sent out our Kids Ages 7-12 on an outreach to a local hospital. Two young men, ages 12 and 11 walked up to a young man with a broken ankle, that had literally been split in two in an accident. He rated his pain at a 10 out of 10. The kids prayed for him and all pain left. They then instructed him to put his weight on the once broken ankle and before they left he was jumping up and down on the ankle, without any pain!
They prayed for another guy with a weird Halo type brace for one of his legs. They found out that the man was a firefighter that had fallen and broken his leg. Infection had set into the leg/bone and he was scheduled to have the leg amputated the next day. The young men prayed for him and all pain left the leg. They asked him to put weight on the leg, something he had not done in 8 weeks and he began walking and moving normally on the once dead leg! He promised that he would walk into his doctor's office, show the doctor what God had done and have the surgery canceled!
* This came in from a young man in our church that had an unusual healing take place on the job.
"I just found one out today, a lady that I work with, her mother had cancer. About 3 months ago I called her after work and told her a tad about some Kingdom principles and she latched on to them. I prayed for her and then about a month later she said she was feeling improvement so I prayed again and sent a hanky (Acts 19:11-12).
Long story short, I just called her today to volunteer to come pray and she said "Pray for what? The cancer is gone and it isn't there anymore". Doctors are perplexed and have told her that it will most likely return since this doesn't happen but she is speaking all kinda good Kingdom stuff like "I know it aint coming back, God knows more than the doctor". Ive never seen her and she lives in TN."
* This email came in from one of the men in our church, telling of a healing that happened at the office.
"A 23-year old girl at my office was diagnosed with kidney stones, and had a dye contrast procedure done last Friday, preparatory to surgery or ultrasound ablation. She had passed some smaller stones, but still had a 1 centimeter stone remaining (ouch!OUCH!). I had prayed over her last week and she came in this morning, looking stunned. "You and my mom freaked me out". [Me: wha? Why?] "My kidney stone is gone. My urologist couldn't find it in the scan he looked at yesterday. You and my mom prayed for me." [Jesus is SUCH a great doctor!]"
One of our outreach teams prayed for a woman that had several lumps in her breast. After coming back they found that she had gone to the doctors, had a mammogram and the lumps had dissolved!
They also found out that she had pain in her ankle for the last 5 years after breaking it in an accident in two places. She couldn't go up or down stairs or put pressure on that foot and her toes wouldn't bend very far and always felt like they needed to pop but wouldn't. We prayed and she tested it out and she then went up and down stairs 3 times with no pain and then she moved her toes in like she couldn't before and when she moved them every time they would pop!
An outreach team was in a local neighborhood and prayed for a lady with severe hip pain during an equipping event we hosted recently. As they prayed for her, all pain left and she was able to walk normally without pain or lack of mobility. But that's not the best part...
The team came back a couple of weeks later only to find that she had been to the Doctors and demonstrated her lack of pain and mobility to her doctor. The Doctor was so surprised that he ordered a batch of X-Rays to see what had changed. What our outreach team did not know was that she had no cartilage in her hip, which was the cause of her pain. She was actually scheduled to have hip replacement surgery.
The doctor verified that where she once had NO cartilage, she now had PERFECT CARTILAGE! She is now pain free and has cut down on many of her once needed medications.
*This is from one of our outreach teams that has been working a particular neighborhood for the last couple of years.
"The big news is the impact we are having on this place. We were talking with one lady tonight who has lived in the neighborhood for 8 years. She said the neighborhood had really changed. The drug dealers are gone and there are just a few gang types that like to act up at night. I asked her, "When did things change?" She said about a year ago. I told her that we are to blame for the change--we are finishing up our 2nd year in their neighborhood. We have been calling in the Kingdom into every life there and it is being transformed.
The kids in the neighborhood ask their moms if their can go around with us, so we have a lot of the kids in there praying with us and holding hands and hugging us the whole time we are there. We are taking over a life at a time. It seems slow as we go, but I know it will snow ball one day. I am pumped!"
