- Hi, this is Joan Hunter.
Welcome to another
episode of Miracles Happen
as we tour around France, and
we see the historical sights,
and we see the prophetic sights.
So, stay tuned.
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Joan Hunter has been
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because wherever she
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- Bringing people here
and sending them out
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That's my job.
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♪ God is a god of hope ♪
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- We're gonna take you
all over France today,
in particular Paris area.
Show you lots of
really neat things,
but currently, I'm in
front of the Louvre,
which is the most famous
art museum in the world.
Is definitely the largest.
It encompasses
blocks and blocks,
and blocks, and
blocks of buildings,
and memoirs and so
forth, and paintings.
And most of you are
familiar with the Mona Lisa.
And the Mona Lisa
picture was painted,
and it was here in the museum,
and it was stolen.
And it's kind of an
interesting story
of why it was stolen.
Da Vinci is a Italian artist,
it was here in France,
somebody came and stole
it because they thought
it needed to go to Italy.
So when it was recovered,
it was brought back here.
Once it was found, it made
the painting really,
really famous.
Now, I have actually seen
the picture of the Mona Lisa.
Now, the replicas
usually show it 24 by 30,
or huge, but it was
actually about eight by 10.
A very, very small
painting of the Mona Lisa,
which is here in this
building behind us.
And it's kind of an
interesting scenario
of they really didn't
know how valuable
that particular
picture was until
it was stolen and then returned.
And sometimes there's
revelation that we get that
maybe we have been
talked out of,
You know, like whether
the Holy Spirit,
or whether the
anointing or power,
different things like that.
And so what God wants
to do is He wants
to resurrect what's
on the inside of you.
And whatever was stolen,
He wants to restore.
And whatever was stolen,
He wants to not just
restore one for one,
but it's gonna be a
whole lot better and make
it more valuable than you ever
thought would be imaginable.
Now, it's kind of an
interesting minor scenario
that kind of relates to this,
is I have a friend who
came to the ministry,
and he says, "I didn't know
how bad I was until I came
"into one of your meetings,
"and I got so healed
and so set free."
He says I thought I was
free, but now coming in,
and all this, the freedom had
really been stolen from him,
'cause he thought he was free.
How he came in and
he got totally,
completely set free of his past.
He was a Vietnam
vet, and got free
of the memories that he had,
all different things like that.
I just wanna encourage you,
now's the time to get free,
and really recognize how
valuable you really are.
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- Here we are in front
of the Eiffel Tower.
We tried to get a little closer,
but it's kind of an
interesting thing
because you never really
know what's going on.
Wisdom said to kinda
stay away at this point.
You think, well why?
Well there's two
or three guys that
have actually
climbed up in there.
They don't know the purpose
of why they're climbing up
in there at this point,
so we're not allowed to go
really anywhere near it,
but isn't this an
absolutely spectacular view?
I just look over
here and I think that
is absolutely majestic,
and just amazing.
And it was built of
behalf of the World Fair.
And then Hitler came
in, took over France,
wanted it torn down,
and miraculously it
didn't get torn down.
And it's really an icon.
I mean, on the streets here,
you see everybody trying
to sell whether key
chains, or larger copies
of the Eiffel Tower, and
replicas of it and stuff.
And it's just a
that when you think
of Paris what do you think of?
You think of the Eiffel Tower.
So I'm really, really glad
it didn't get torn down.
Sometimes you need
stand and believe God
for things in your life.
Sometimes they need
to be torn down,
but then sometimes
there's things when
you need to stand your ground,
and you know that what
you're doing is right.
And actually many times it
will be gone down in history.
I know some people
try to discourage you
from writing a
book, but I stayed,
I wrote my book, and
I was determined.
I was gonna write my book,
and I have my books out.
And it is really to
honor God on that.
And so I just, I
love sharing all
the different places
that we're going,
and just stay tuned
'cause we're gonna
be going another place
here in just a second.
Are you in need of a miracle?
Well, I was many years ago,
was in a real desperate
situation for a miracle.
And God healed me.
He healed me supernaturally
of breast cancer.
He healed me of a broken heart.
He healed me of financial ruins.
And I am so excited to tell
you that what God did for me,
God wants to do for you.
We are here for you.
And I want you to
contact us so that
we can agree in prayer with you
so that your miracle
is gonna happen.
We believe in signs,
wonders, and miracles,
and you know what?
It's great if you
can come to service,
I can lay hands on you,
but if you can't
we're here for you.
And we wanna pray with you.
And it's not like,
oh we wanna pray.
No, we wanna pray with you.
We wanna interceded with you.
We want you to experience
a miracle in your own life.
Because, once again, we
believe miracles happen.
(joyful music)
And here we are in
front of Notre Dame,
one of the most famous places
and churches around the world.
Many, many things
have happened here,
and you know, in fairly
recent history, it was burned.
Which, in my opinion,
was very, very tragic.
It's over 900 years
old, and it burned.
And by now you know
that the cross stood,
but a lot the church actually
stood and is still there.
The money that has poured
in because they want
to rebuild I think is
just really awesome.
And they are rebuilding.
Of course, it won't be
exactly the same what it was,
but in some ways it will
be better, and newer,
and prettier, and cleaner, and
different things like that.
And as I was looking at this,
I'm gonna tell you a little
bit more about the story
of the this because
there was a folklore,
potentially partially
true, partially not,
of the story of the
hunchback of Notre Dame,
and how he came
in here and he was
the one who rung the bell.
And he lived in there and
he would ring the bell,
and ring the bell.
They tried to capture
him, and he kept going,
"Sanctuary,
sanctuary, sanctuary."
And as a result of that,
he knew that he was safe
in the sanctuary of the church.
And sanctuary is a
word for freedom.
And how ironic it is
that our churches today,
and our ministry headquarters,
the inside is called
the sanctuary,
is where people can come
and actually get free.
I just thought that
was a neat analogy.
And also another analogy
is when I went through hell
in my own life, and it was
like I went through fire,
though I don't smell like
fire, but I went through fire.
And after that, I had
an opportunity to die,
but I made the decision, no,
I'm gonna live and
not die and declare
the works of the Lord.
And at that point
God rebuilt my life,
rebuilt me into who I am today.
Much better, and doing a
whole lot more God than
I ever thought I would
in my entire life.
And I'm excited
about the fact that
they are rebuilding
rather than tearing
the whole thing down
because I believe it's going
to be absolutely gorgeous
beyond words when it gets done.
And it will accomplish more
than what it did before.
And I know it will
take a few years,
but I'm looking
forward to coming back
and showing you more of an
inside view of Notre Dame.
(upbeat music)
I'm standing in front of
the statue of Joan of Arc.
How awesome is this?
And I love her name, of course,
which her name actually
means God's gift.
She was God's gift to France.
They have several
places in France where
you can come and
actually put a lock on.
A husband and wife, or
boyfriend and girlfriend,
when they make a
commitment one to another,
they put a lock on it.
You can see there's
like literally
hundreds of locks here.
Each other represents a very,
very powerful and strong
commitment one to another.
And I think we need
to do something like
this in the church.
I think that it'd be great.
As people get saved they put
the lock on there and say,
"Seal our salvation, Lord."
It's a time when we can lock
in to what God has for us
and make a recommitment
of our lives to Him.
(cheerful music)
And now we're off to
the Arc de Triomphe.
And this was built as
a memorial to those
that have fought in
the wars around here.
Now, underneath this
was where there's a tomb
of the unknown soldier,
which signifies,
and represents, and
in honor of those
in particular that died and
they didn't know who they were.
It's very similar to
ours in Washington, DC.
And this is built for a
monument, it's 164 feet up.
And if you look at the top,
there's actual people up there,
but we opted not
to walk up there.
And here we are, right
in the heart of Paris.
And behind me is a beautiful
flame that is a replica
of the flame on the top
of the Statute of Liberty.
Now if you remember history,
the Statue of Liberty was a
gift from France to America.
And so it's a replica of
actually on the torch,
the flame that was on the torch.
And it's the Flame of Liberty,
is what they call this.
Also, right below me,
is right at the point
where Princess Diana died
in the automobile accident.
It was a very,
very traumatic day.
Traumatic day for France,
traumatic day for
England, in her death.
And I can still remember it,
it was very vivid in my mind.
And it was a very sad
day for many people,
especially her children.
And here we have an
interesting time,
and this is where they
chose, at this liberty flame,
this is where they chose
to make it a memorial,
even though it was not
originally that way.
Even today there's people
that have left flowers there,
they've left candles there,
they've done different
things to honor,
even though it has been
over 20 years since
she passed away, that
they're still honoring
her here in her memory.
And I just wanted
to take a moment,
I remember in her own
in particular story,
especially like basically
a Cinderella story,
that from rags to
riches, that she was just
a very shy little lady
and married a prince.
And at that point
became Princess Diana.
And we all have an opportunity
in just making decision what
God has called us to do.
And different people
are gonna come
into our life, they're
gonna help make that happen.
So keep your eyes open, 'cause
you never know who that is.
We all have opportunities
to overcome.
And I was kind of reminiscing,
and it was like the year 2000
I was faced with divorce.
Two days after the
divorce I was diagnosed
with breast cancer.
All of you are getting
ordained, you know that, right?
- [Audience] Yes.
- Yes, 'cause you read it in
my book, "Healing the Heart."
And so my life was
over, you know.
And then not a whole
lot of churches,
especially 20 years ago,
would have you come in a speak
if you're divorced, okay?
And different
opportunities to overcome.
And I'm like, well,
my life is over,
my ministry's over,
we lost the church,
we lost this, we lost our house.
We literally lost everything
and had to start over.
Me and the girls.
And it was kind of empty
nest at the same time,
three of them were in college,
one was already out,
and it was a very,
very devastating time,
given two years to live.
That was the year 2000.
(audience applause)
Okay?
Yes.
So, at that point I said, no
I'm gonna live and not die,
and declare the
works of the Lord.
I first of all had
myself in the grave,
but I had to get myself
up out of the grave.
And going back, this might
be, oh this is great,
she's got her 19th book,
just like her mother.
You know, my mother
has 70 books.
My mother was a genius IQ.
She could sit down at the
typewriter and she would go,
(fingers tapping)
Okay, here's the next
manuscript right there.
And they wouldn't
have to edit a word.
They would not have to,
there would not be
one word misspelled.
(audience murmuring)
Hallelujah.
(audience laughing)
This doesn't come
out that easy for me.
(audience Laughing)
I'm missed the genius
train, but that's okay.
My brother got on the genius
train, and I missed that train.
But I missed the
train, seriously,
because in process of
growing up I was told
I was told dumb,
stupid, retarded,
I would never be able
to read or write.
(audience murmuring)
And I lived that my whole life
until I was actually in my,
oh gosh, late 20s,
something like that.
And I just accepted it,
because that was a diagnosis
from a teacher.
And I would never
learn to read or write.
I might be able to wash
dishes as an income.
I've washed a lot of
dishes, you got four girls,
I still wash a lot
of dishes, okay?
I think 16 people
staying at my house.
We got bunks everywhere,
I mean it's just,
we're having a blast.
And in between all
this blast here.
But the thing is, we can succumb
to what the world
has set over us.
We can succumb, but it's
like talk to the commander.
Let the commander
handle this, okay?
And when you get
this revelation,
all kinds of incredible thing
are gonna happen to you.
And sometimes it's easy,
sometimes it's not.
And I'm gonna read a story,
and I had her write it up.
This is about Teri Secrest.
A lot of you know Teri Secrest.
She's been here before.
She's an amazing woman.
She's very tall.
She's somewhere between
six foot and six, two,
somewhere in the general area.
And she wanted to get married.
She hadn't been married
in like years, and years,
and years, 20 years, and she
really wanted to get married.
And a couple people
were coming after her
for a side benefit of her money.
And you gotta be very careful
on something like that.
And God has sent her the
most godly, wonderful man,
and they got married
a few months ago.
That's not what the
point of the story is,
that's just a side benefit.
And hold out for
the right one, okay?
And this is like so awesome.
This is from her,
and this is really awesome.
Now when you're, I'll enter
in a little bit later.
"When I was five years old,
my mother and father came
"to us five children and said
they had a surprise for us.
"They said that they had
been saving their money,
"and that each one
of us could choose
"a extracurricular activity.
"Piano lessons or dance lessons.
"Being the youngest,
I got to choose last.
"My immediate response
was I wanna take both."
I think she's still that way.
(audience giggling)
"My parents lovingly
explained that
"we did not have
enough money for both.
"I chose piano."
She is a phenomenal pianist.
"And it turned out to be a
wonderful part of my life,
"along with playing the flute,
"but in my heart I
always longed to dance.
"Once I got married,
I had children,
"there was always seemed
to be something missing.
"Something we needed,
"but there just not
enough money to do that.
"Dancing got pushed
to the very back,
"until one day,
about two years ago."
Now, she's in her 50s.
"I woke up in the morning
and thought this is it.
"If I don't learn to
dance now, I never will."
Her first reason for learning
to dance the waltz was
to worship the Lord and dance.
"Another unusual thing
happened around this time.
"I noticed that
every time I went
"to a conference of some
kind, if there was any kind
"of music at all,
especially praise music,
"all I wanted to do
was jump in and dance
"with no training at all."
She was very self-conscious,
'cause she's very tall,
very long arms, long
legs, everything.
Just long and skinny, okay?
And she was very,
very self-conscious,
but in her heart it
would not let her go.
She wanted to do it.
And so she went to a conference,
a man came to her and
prophesied over her and said,
he had a word for her,
"He said that he had
seen me walk past,
"and inquired to
the Lord about me.
"He said that the
Lord had responded
"that this lady
lives to praise me.
"Wow.
"Said I'd never heard that.
"Such an incredible word,
so I got to thinking
"about this idea of dance
being a way to praise the Lord.
"My dream had always
been to learn the waltz.
"I just love watching
people waltz.
"And I even tried to waltz on
ice skates when I was little."
God bless her.
(audience chuckling)
"So finally, I
got up the courage
"and signed myself up
for ballroom dancing.
"And before you know it,
one day my phone rang."
She is the most elegant,
one of the most
elegant worshipers in
dance I've ever seen.
I mean it is so from her heart,
and it just flows, okay?
"Then the phone rang
on the other end,
"and she says this was
from an organization
"that was hosting a big gala
"to help underprivileged
children get music lessons.
"And long story short,
"it's called Dancing
with the Stars.
"It's a competition
in September,
"and they asked if
she would consider
"being a celebrity dancer."
She went with me to the
Philippines and danced,
and gave them hope that God
will fulfill your dreams.
"And that was awesome."
And in the competition she says,
"I almost fell off my chair.
"After months and
months of practice,
"aching feet,
avoiding hurricanes,
"the competition finally
took place Saturday night."
Just the other day.
"September 14th, I was
the oldest dancer there,
"but to my absolute
joy, and surprise,"
With her pro dancer
coach, Allan.
"And I won first place."
Amen.
(audience applause)
And there she is.
She's the one in red. (laughing)
They're all in red.
And, by far the
oldest one there,
but it doesn't matter your age.
Some of you might be in
your 70s, 80s years old,
but you didn't give
up on your dream.
And you're here because you
have resurrected that dream.
And they had three judges,
and all three of
them gave them a 10.
(audience applause)
So I wanna encourage you,
don't give up on your dream.
Because this is
very, very important.
Very important, because,
see, the thing is,
you can give up on your dream,
and then it's over.
You go to heaven and God says,
"I have so much more for
you, but you just opted out."
Lemme tell you,
there is no Plan B.
(audience murmuring)
Some of you need to hear that.
There is no Plan B.
Some of you go, well, and
if this doesn't work then.
No.
No Plan B, okay?
We've gotta get
our mind centered
on what does God wants us to do?
And that's Plan A.
But we need to be willing to
do what he has called us to do.
And it takes
sacrifice, you know.
It takes sacrifice of
money, or time, of energy,
of soreness in the
feet like with Teri,
dancing for hours with Allan.
Just trying to get better.
She never thought
she would ever enter
Dancing with the Stars.
For real?
Okay?
Much less win.
"Cause she started dancing
it was like, you know?
And then all of the
sudden the anointing hit.
Some of you are here because
your now has arrived.
Amen?
(audience applause)
Amen.
(jazzy music)
I'm sharing a little bit
more of my day with you.
Now we're ending the day
topping it off with a crepe.
I got an Nutella, banana,
and just a little dab of
whipping cream, and the crepe.
And I'm going to have
a few bites of this,
I'm not gonna eat
the whole thing,
because I had the fabulous
Italian dinner here,
which was amazing,
and so the only way
to top off the day
is to have a crepe that
is, like, so awesome.
And I've seen people eating
their crepes differently.
Some of them pick it up and
just put it in their mouth,
some of them go, oh yes,
and they wanna eat the
whip cream off first.
Which is real whip
cream, by the way.
So I'm going to probably
make you a tad jealous,
which I don't mean to do,
I'm just sharing an absolutely
incredible day with you.
Topping it off with a crepe.
It's much better than it looks,
so sorry to tell you
that, but I can't lie.
So, anyway, y'all
have a good day.
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