A teenager at a charismatic healing service in the early 2000s felt an overwhelming presence during prayer, describing it as waves of water cresting over his body. After hands were laid on him, he fell to the floor feeling dunked underwater. He later experienced similar sensations when praying for the sick in his own ministry.
I was at a powerful healing service, early 2000s, I was a teenager. The man of God who was ministering called for the preachers of the gospel to come down and receive impartation. I ran down to the stage. It was a stadium, so I had a long run. I get down to the platform and the platform reached my shoulder height. As I'm standing pressed up against the stage with a crowd pressing behind me, also trying to get on stage, I watched as the man of God was laying hands on people and they were being touched by the power of the Holy Spirit. And as he ministered, they sang that song, Holy, Holy, Holy Are You, Lord. Choir singing, the people receiving the touch of the Holy Spirit, the atmosphere electric with God's power. I began to sense peace and joy, the weight of the glory of God pressing on that platform. And then I felt something interesting. I felt like waves of water cresting over my body as I stood next to that platform. It was as if there was a stream of power on the platform itself Overflowing like a waterfall and rushing over me. I'm telling you, it was one of the most wild sensations I've ever experienced in a church service. Eventually I get on the platform, the man of God lays hands on me. I don't even realize I go out under the power. When I open my eyes, I'm on the floor. When the ushers picked me up to take me back to my seat, I felt as though I had been dunked underwater because when I came up, it was like refreshing. It was the presence of the Holy Spirit manifested like a river. In fact, even in our healing services, I'm praying for the sick, I often tell them there's a river of healing flowing through this place. This is as we're singing hallelujah. And that river of healing does manifest and people report like waves of water coming out over them as they receive their healing miracle. That is a manifestation of the Holy Spirit's power as water.
