Good evening brother Steve. I have a praise report for you. A friend of mine Nicole just emailed me and said she just asked Jesus into her heart as her Lord and Savior. She said your video testimony really touched her and led her to salvation. Thanks again Steve for all that you do for Christ. Heaven is partying right now
Neal
Hi everyone! I know that some people are still curious about my name change and have not yet heard the whole story. I thought I would put it here for you all to see.
It occurred during Easter break of 2006. I spent that Easter break with a group of friends from GCC; we traveled to the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, MO to spend the week praying and drawing closer to God. We spent our days at IHOP (International House of Prayer- not pancakes 🙂 and our evenings with the wonderful couple we were staying with. Every night at their house we would worship God and pray specifically for some of the people in our group. God did amazing things in all of us while we there.
Even a couple months before the trip, though, I had already prayed for God to give me a new name. I had been through some traumatizing experiences, and after a period of time during which God did some amazing healing in me, the name Mara had really started to bother me.
It had never bothered me before- I had always loved having a unique name. But Mara means bitter; I had known that most of my life. After my experiences, though, it began to really mean “bitter” to me every time I heard it, and I thought, “I am not bitter anymore.” I did not like being called something I was not, and when I heard Mara I was only reminded of what I once was and what I had once experienced. That bitter part of my life was over, and I disliked being called Mara so much that I asked God to give me a new name. I had no clue how or if He would, but I told Him that I would not pick out a new name for myself or let anyone else. I wanted Him to name me, and if He did not do it, no one else would…I would just have to live with the name Mara for the rest of my life.
Thank God that He heard me!
One evening during the trip, everyone prayed and waited on God for me. After a time of waiting and listening to Holy Spirit, a friend of mine read part of Isaiah 62 to me: “you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah [my delight is in her], and your land Beulah [married]; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married…They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.”
Then a minister who I had just met on that trip told me that God was changing my name. He took me to the book of Ruth where Naomi, who had lost everything and everyone dear to her except Ruth, said, “Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.” Then he told me that I was to say “Do not call me Mara. Call me Naomi.” Naomi is the complete opposite of Mara- it means “pleasant/delightful”.
Amazing! I had not told anyone that I had asked God to give me a new name, and here He was using a minister I had not even met before that trip to tell me that He was giving me the name Naomi! I was and still am absolutely blown away by His love and care and just how real and involved He really is. Wow- that He would really answer me and name me Himself! I probably should not have been so overwhelmed as I was- He did, after all, die for my sins and a made a way for me to be with Him forever. There is no greater expression of love than that, but such a personal answer to my personal request absolutely flooded me with an awareness of His love and presence. The name Naomi is such a precious gift to me, and in it is also a promise/reminder to me of what God has for me and who He has made me to be.
Wow!! What a GOD we serve! I witnessed dozens of people who had present pain in the meeting claim the pain was gone immediately when the prayer teams layed hands and prayed. One person had constant pain in their arm for several months just vanish and they were full of tears and praise! Thank you for coming to Coast Christian Church!
Brother Steve Trullinger .. Greetings ..
A while back, maybe 2-3 years ago, you came and spoke at one of home groups here in the K.C. (Kansas City) area, one associated with the International House of Prayer.
I’m glad you came. I’d been wanting to hear testimony of the Work of God through the Body of Christ…testimony of such as you gave.
I kept “amenning” you, and since I was really close by you, I think it was a bit distracting to you. But you allowed the Holy Spirit to perfect it, and He grabbed it and increased it like He did the little boy’s lunch.
Here’s what he did; I’ve been wanting to tell you this testimony, ever since then.
You told us testimony of the miraculous that goes on regularly in and through your ministry and those involved in it. Made we want to leave with you …
So I kept amenning you. The testimony and teaching and exhortation you gave was very needed, wanted, and desired. Amen.
So, you said something about the amenning, and I made a comment that we were eager to hear the testimony of what you were telling us. So, you said if I kept ammenning you’d get me two scoops of ice cream.
You didn’t realize what you’d just said, what Jesus did …..
Two Scoops of Ice Cream
When I was about 9 years old, my dad was working about 12 hours a day to support his family of 3 kids and his wife, my mother. Praise the Lord for them.
So, one day my dad comes home early from work. He got off work early in the day, just as a gift.
I heard him tell my mother that he was going to do something he never gets to do: take his son down to Baskin-Robbins for some ice cream. Just him and me, walking the 4-5 blocks to the ice cream store.
We ordered ice cream. I got 2 scoops on one of those pointed cones. Sure looked good. My dad got 2 too.
So, my dad asks me a question, and I tilt my arm sideways and …. plop… my 2 scoops of ice cream fall on the ground. I’m kinda looking at it like, oops, now what?
But my dad acts quick and says, “No problem, it’s not your fault. I think I’ve got enough change for 2 more scoops to replace those. So he checks his pocket and counts it out with the ice cream clerk, and he has just enough change to get me 2 more scoops.
Now this time I am very much more careful with my 2 scoops of ice cream, as my dad and I walk back to the house eating our ice cream and having needed fellowship.
About 25 years later ……..
I’m spending some time with the Lord at the House of Prayer. The Lord keeps reminding me of the walk with my dad to get 2 scoops of ice cream on a day he got off work early. I have this revelation about it. It wasn’t the ice cream; it was the walk with my dad.
God our Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, is the same way, even more. He provides many things for us to enjoy, but He is the Real Enjoyment, and the walk with Him is The Event, continuously.
So, He goes out and finds the “book” I want. Him bringing it is the joy; He is The Joy.
So, when you said, after my amenning you so much, that if I kept amenning, you’d get me 2 scoops of ice cream ……..!!
That’s why I replied to you, “I’m going for 5 scoops!”
Joy in Jesus,
Charles B.
Belton, MO
Recently, my daughter called me to ask for some medical advice about an intense itch that she was experiencing in her body. After giving her some very limited medical input, I asked her if I could pray for her, and she was happy to receive it. So I prayed for a few minutes and then stopped and asked her how she was feeling. She was so amazed! She said that as soon as I had started to pray, a cooling balm came over her body and that the itch had totally gone away! And, the itch has not come back! So we are both saying, “Yeah, God!”
S.H., Pasadena, Ca
Dear Steve:
I thank God for you and the Father’s Touch prayer team. As you know last Wednesday your team prayed concerning a sleeping problem I have had for years. At the prayer meeting I traced the problem back to 1980. After the meeting, however, my wife reminded me that the problem was exacerbated then, but that I had the problem even before then. In any case I have experienced a dramatic improvement in the quality of my sleep since Wednesday and feel refreshed when I awake. Please feel free to share this with your team. I praise God for his wonderful love. May your team continue to extend the father’s touch.
P.S. I have had two sleep studies concerning this problem.
T.H. – Pasadena, CA
Steve,
Wisconsin misses you (okay so I’m taking the liberty to speak on behalf of my whole state). We are looking to be more activated in the gift of faith and healing. The seeds you planted are sprouting. Local denominational pastors are even preaching the supernatural and healing. Some churches are writing “to become a center of healing” into their mission statements. And others are ready to launch into regular community healing services, and I know a few who go to the streets looking for opportunity to pray with people. I’m so blessed to see a shift in attitude. I’ve always known my region was a “religious” area that valued the religious do’s and don’ts, so this is exciting to watch. Its becoming normal to believe for the supernatural. I just want to thank you for speaking into my region and planting seeds in our atmosphere. I wanted to share with you a few things I see and hope to encourage you. And if you’re ever in Wisconsin again you know you have a place. Be blessed.
Hi Steve!
I met you at The Refuge Manifesting Miracles!
I applied the principles you taught & experienced my first healing with a woman at the altar! Woohoo! My Daddy can do anything!!
The Australian Apostolic Restore Community (AARC) Healing Explosion on Saturday on the Gold Coast provided a powerful activation time for the whole gathering to respond to their calling to heal the sick! [Mt 10:8] Many of those present were healed by their brothers and sisters as the power of the Holy Spirit and the authority given them by Christ were abundantly displayed as they believed! [Mk 9:23] The army of healing ministers in Australia has experienced a powerful explosion on the Gold Coast that will spread rapidly as these believing believers ignite “fuses” throughout the land! Praise the Lord!
3/18/2017
On the third night of our 5-night Freedom Festival in Kisumu, Kenya, we were blessed to encounter a greatly increased level of joy and freedom at the field when we arrived. One major reason for this shift in the “atmosphere” had to do with the crowd exerting authority over the demonic realm on the previous night.
On that second night, I preached on the authority demonstrated by Jesus (see Mt 8:16) when he drove out evil spirits with a word. A single word! The Gospel writers do not record what that word was, but I guessed that it was “Go!” So, I encouraged the believers in the crowd to issue a one-word command in Swahili to all the demons who were afflicting the people present on our Festival field. That word was “Nenda!” – which means “Go!” Many people indicated that they were delivered because of that authoritative one-word command!
On the third night we began by asking for testimonies of healing/freedom from the second-night Festival, and a man named Sylvester came to the platform to testify that he was delivered of tormenting bad dreams as a result of the “Nenda!” command. Sylvester finally had a night with only “good” dreams, after 32 years (his whole life!) of persistent “bad” dreams! He gave all glory to God and praised Jesus for his freedom that came through the one word command issued by the crowd: “Nenda!” This was but one example of why the “atmosphere” shifted at our Festival field: there is authority in the voice of the believer!
-Steve Trullinger
12/09/2016
