This past weekend Sulojana and I were blessed with the awesome privilege of ministering with anointed friends, Ron & Nancy Mills and Darren Canning at a Prophetic Conference in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

As anticipated, the Conference began to crescendo with every session. By the time Saturday evening came, we just had a sense that God was about to do something incredible.

It was quite evident that apostolic leaders Joe & Bella Garcia and their teams had ploughed the ground with intercession and watered it with the Word. Intimate worship turned into spiritual warfare that foiled every attempt of the enemy to run interference.

The atmosphere was pregnant with anticipation for something new to be birthed. Ron Mills decided to postpone the offering time and brought Darren Canning on to the platform right away.

Darren shared some wild stories in his inimitable “in-your-face” style of delivery. There was laughter, there were tears, there was the inevitable punch to the Body designed to evict every religious spirit that had taken up residence.

Now it was time to transition to Holy Spirit-driven ministry. Darren called up the anointed Worship Team to lead in singing: Break every chain. As we kept repeating the powerful lyrics, we were also waiting for Darren to give directions on what to do next.

Well, it did not happen right away. Holy Spirit totally took over the meeting and started to move with power. Some fell to their knees, some lay on the floor, some started to weep and even cry out aloud. Clearly we were all being touched in varying degrees.

To his credit, Darren simply let it all happen without any attempt to help Holy Spirit make further progress 🙂 After a prolonged break from speaking, he handed the microphone to Ron and then to me and asked us to pray as we were led. This resulted in a powerful time of repentance and cleansing as Holy Spirit released a baptism of fire.

And then the prophetic flow began. All three of us released words from the heart of the Father over Pastors Joe & Bella. Then the glory of God started to manifest in gold and oil on people’s hands. Virtually everyone received a tangible measure of the glory.

We then moved into a time of healing, followed by more prophetic ministry. It was an amazing time in the Presence of the Lord. Pastor Joe remarked that he had not been touched so deeply since an encounter at the Brownsville Revival nearly 20 years ago. Wow!

Clearly, there was breakthrough happening at the individual level. We also prophesied breakthrough for Woodvale and released it over the Region.

Holy Spirit pointed out to me that all of that happened because Darren obeyed His prompting to simply take a break and let Him move as He pleased.

Dear DWOD friend, as you race toward your destiny, don’t be surprised if Holy Spirit prompts you to take your foot off the gas pedal and step on the brake instead. It may seem awkward, it may be totally out of character for you to come to a standstill.

But you will be amazed at what He can do when you take a break at His bidding. You will soon realize, as we all did Saturday evening, it was simply the break before the breakthrough. Praise God!