Catherine operates in an impacting prophetic gift, with a strong revival thrust on her preaching. Catherine's passion for Christ and His kingdom is contagious. Wherever she ministers people are envisioned and mobilized. She has spent several years working with young adults and children.
Since the year 2000 Catherine has facilitated several national prayer tours and conferences. Catherine has also ministered throughout the United Kingdom and overseas in churches and conferences and the Lord has graciously blessed her ministry. Catherine has had the privilege of seeing people saved, baptized, healed and delivered in the glorious outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
"Glory, Glory, Glory!"
"For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea . . . " Isaiah 11:9b
Yesterday (05/05/05) whilst swimming I had an extraordinary experience with the Lord. I saw the light of His glory dancing on the water. Almost in unbelief, I swam back and forth to see if it was just the light of the pool that was catching my eyes. But to my great delight I discovered it was not a manmade light, but the light of the glory of Christ Jesus! When I reached the point where the water seemed to be alive with light and motion, there were no spotlights and neither was the outside light penetrating that particular part of the pool!
Silent Prophetic Prayers for the Unsaved
Interestingly, just before the Lord allowed me to witness this visual miracle, I had been silently asking the Lord about my fellow swimmers (all of whom were unknown to me). Lovingly, the Lord spoke to me about a mother and her son who were swimming in the pool, showing me areas to pray for in their lives. As this dialogue with the Lord continued in my heart, I became more and more aware of a marked increase of the Lord's manifest presence and glory. My silent prayers were, "Lord, heal and save these precious souls."
Show Us Your Glory Lord!
Five years ago I had a phenomenal revelatory experience during which I saw the Lord literally appear before my eyes as a pillar of cloud/smoke on a placid Scottish loch. The pillar hovered over the waters, full of the presence of the Lord. I was traveling from Fort William to Skye with a group of children and young people on a Holy Spirit praise and prayer mission. At that time, I had been praying, "Lord, I will not go if your glory does not go with us." The Lord graciously granted a sign to confirm my petition and to answer that He was with us by revealing Himself in a theophany.*
(*Theophany: a temporary, visible manifestation of the presence and glory of the Lord, which may be in natural phenomena such as cloud or fire, in human form, or in prophetic visionary experience.)
At other times when I have seen the glory of the Lord, it has appeared as the consistency of a dense cloud, sometimes filled with iridescent glowing particles. In a recent conference in France, whilst my colleague and Messianic believer Avner Bosky was teaching, the glory of the Lord was so thick that I could barely see Avner's face.
Yesterday, I watched in awe as the spiritual DNA of God's glory danced before my eyes on the water. God's glory sparked and bounced off the water and then burst into a shimmer of light. It was like watching a miniature firework display as the water cascaded with the glory of God. Other bathers may have wondered why I just stood (almost with my mouth wide open) and marveled at the water. I wondered if anyone else could see it!
Isn't it wonderful when God does something new and opens our eyes to see something in a way we have never seen before? It is a work of grace, and glory and grace go hand in hand.
Swimming in the Glory
Having stood at the edge of the pool rejoicing in God's glory for what seemed like an age, I decided to swim into the glory I could see on the water. As I swam in the waters, my physical body experienced the touch of God's glory, and as the water touched my skin, it was like I was bombarded with the rush of a million tiny bubbles. A glory spa! Wow! I experienced immediate joy in my spirit and also a release of God's healing power. I had to drag myself out of the water. I could have sat all day and watched the miracle before my eyes.
"See My Glory," says the Lord.
"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me before the creation of the world." John 17:24
Why am I telling you all of this? God wants us to experience his glory in every area of our lives. The Lord's desire is that we will see Him in his glory. God dwells in the glory. The glory is a shade and a shelter. Miracles happen in the glory.
The waters are often a symbolic image of mankind. This prophetic revelatory experience speaks to me of the outpouring of God's glory that is about to be released in the nations -- to call men, women, and children to salvation, healings, deliverances, baptisms, and resurrections.
"And the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." Matthew 25:14
PRAYER
"Father, in the name of Jesus, I ask that you open our eyes to see your glory, because when we see You as You really are, then we will worship You and surrender our lives. Give us yielded hearts to pray and reach out with tenderness and compassion to those who do not yet know You and also to bless Your Bride. We ask for faith for creative miracles, because the whole earth is full of Your creative, miracle-working power. We declare the earth is full of your glory! Give us hearts that are hungry to reach out in Your love with the spiritual DNA of Your glory.
"We bless You, Father, for Your holy presence in our lives. Conform us to Your image by Your Holy Spirit, to the glory of Your name. Amen."
Catherine Brown
Gatekeepers
Million Hours of Praise
