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I related the story of my associate pastor, Tom Simpson, who saw an open vision three times in one day that resulted in a twelve-year-old boy being healed of a potentially terminal illness. Tom could not see anything but the vision. This was not a mental picture like a daydream; it was like watching a movie. Tom and I each received a visual word, but note the difference between them. Tom’s was more of an open vision that occupied his entire field of vision, with everything else disappearing from view. Mine was more of an internal mental picture, a split-second, fleeting visual like a daydream. Visual words can come either way. One of the most gifted early leaders in the Vineyard movement was Blaine Cook. He told me that once in a vision he saw a file folder open up with a person’s medical chart inside. He actually read the conditions the person had. He did not know what some of the conditions were, but he could read them off the chart. Once while ministering to my daughter’s friend, I asked her about a name as I was praying. I asked if this name meant anything to her. She responded that it did not. Later she told me she had lied. The name was her biological father’s pet name for her. A divorce had taken place when she was very young, and she had been adopted by her stepfather. She told me that she was not ready to deal with the emotions involved in this situation and had therefore lied, but she knew the name was from God. I just heard myself say the name without thinking about it. This is an example of words of knowledge coming as would that make you feel?” The person started crying instantly. I realized that what I thought was a random pick for a random illustration had actually been a word of knowledge. I said to the woman, “You actually have migraines, don’t you?” She nodded her head yes. I prayed for her, and she was healed. Later in another city, I used the same “random” teaching illustration in the same way. The random person I chose also began to cry. I stopped and said, “You have this condition, don’t you?” She responded that she did. These were not accidents or coincidences. Instead, they were so subtle that I was unaware that I was actually hearing from God for the person I was choosing. Extract from Randy Clark & Bill Johnson's book The Essential Guide to Healing Click here to order Bill and Randy's book