July 3, 4 and 5 more than forty people from The Gate joined musicians, intercessors, drummers and lovers of Jesus for The Blaze. The Blaze was birthed in a vision by Josiah VanFleet. He saw Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg ablaze with worship and intercession in the womb of the nation. They came from all over to intercede in the Historic Triangle and pray that America would return to its roots and be “born again” in the plans and purposes of God. A few weeks later The Gate opened with 45 minutes of testimonies of the powerful Presence of the Lord in our lives including these that directly relate to our experiences as a people of His Presence at The Blaze.

Financial Breakthrough during Blaze Manifesto
My mom and dad had their house for sale last year and it didn’t sell so they took it off the market. They just put it back on the market. The realtor said you can’t sell your house for what you are asking for. My mom and dad are Christians and they said, “We’re not going to take the price down because that’s what we have to get for it and God is going to sell our house.” Then they got three offers that were not enough and the realtor was trying to tell them to sell it for that price. They said, “No, No, the Lord said no. We’re going to get what we ask for.” So the weekend of the Blaze Manifesto (3 days of worship intercession in Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg) I felt like the Lord said there was going to be breakthrough for everybody, and I said, “Wow, for everybody?” and the Lord said, “Yes for everybody.” So for those things you have believed for, that you’re pressing in for I believe the worship we did for three days and the declarations are going to release a shift for things to come. On the second day of the Blaze my parents called me and said, “We sold the house for what we were asking for!” Angie

Emotional and Mental Healing During Blaze Manifesto
The militancy of the worship and praise at the Blaze was extraordinary. The drum circles were fantastic. Oh my goodness. Very impacting. But what especially impressed me was when Josiah got up on Sunday evening and led us in militant worship and praise. Two and a half hours of militant worship and praise. The darkness cannot stay with that at all. I was impressed. Then we did the drum circle.
      I was amazed. The militancy and the aggressiveness of the intercession that Josiah led us in, I was astonished. We did not want to stop going with drum circle. We had been going for an hour and we did not want to stop. I have been battling with unemployment and severe depression. I was. I got home and the extent of emotional and mental healing this week because of the militant worship and prayer and praise on Sunday night. The level of, I mean I, was plummeting in depression. I was plummeting in depression. Glory to God in the highest. That generational mental illness has been broken. Emotions are being stabilized. God is good and His mercies endure forever.   ~ JG

Culture of Honor Revealed at The Blaze
At the Blaze Manifesto I saw the Body of Christ honoring and loving each other. Total strangers would come up to people. This woman came up to Jay who was just abandoning himself in worship in the hot son and this total stranger went and got an ice cold water and handed it to him as soon as he got done. I just saw honor like that all weekend long.   ~ Kathy

More Honor
I wanted to honor a few people that were at Blaze Manifesto. First Hugh, tambourine man. Pictures from the event have been posted on the internet and someone commented and said, “He needs to be MVP of the Blaze Manifesto.” Another guy said, “That guy has bionic legs” I wanted to honor you because you kept going and pressing through. You know how Holy Spirit comes some times and it’s just so thick and then it lifts but you just kept going.
      And then there’s Francis, Word man. Word man comes over to me on July 4th and says, “Read this Scripture” and I was like whoa…so then he let’s me go ahead and go up to the microphone and read it and everyone is going “whoa that is so great” I am thinking Frances needs the “whoa” He did this many times during the Blaze. He opens up the Word to what God is doing and that is just awesome so I just wanted to honor Frances.
      Then there’s Wally who was Mr. workaholic, praise-aholic and crazy man with his drum and I just wanted to thank you. You did so much. And Thomas who was everywhere doing everything all three days. And I want to say the worship band. I just thank the Lord for helping us with endurance.   ~ Maryann

Calling the Levites and Overcomers
One worship team at the Blaze released the spirit of adoption. There were flags behind the stage and the wind would blow occasionally, but when they released the spirit of adoption, she started sing about the spirit of adoption and the flags blew right over the team and straight out in front of them. It didn’t stop until she stropped singing. The Lord said, “I am here” and I heard Him say, “When I come I am coming with my entourage.” And He showed me the hands of the entourage and they were the angels that came with Him and they all had white stones in their hands with different names on them. They were going to deliver the stones to those they belonged to. When you read that in Revelation, in one place is speaks of the compromising church but it says of the over comers that I will give you a white stone with your name on it that only you know. I believe He is calling the Levites in Williamsburg. He is bringing them back.

A second thing that happened was that there was a de brief meeting in a home in Williamsburg. People that are 60 or more years of age who have been meeting in prayer groups and homes sowing into that area. They told Josiah and Ashley and everyone, “We had grown weary in our prayers and we never thought we would see this.” It made me think about what we do at The Gate. We will see what’s going to transpire from what we do here and what other churches do as well so Take Heart. Thomas

More Testimonies
Many more testimonies that were released during this mid summer gathering of The Gate and other gatherings are posted on the Testimonies page. We rejoice in the presence of the Lord and the powerful things He is doing in our lives and we praise Him for all that He has done and all that He is doing but we are first and foremost worshippers and we worship Him for who He is. We rejoice that we do see the Lord moving in the land of the living!

David at The Gate