The Waterhose
When Max and I first got together as friends to talk and pray, the power of the Holy Spirit moved in on us like a flood. It was an exciting unexpected encounter that changed our lives forever. Prophesy broke out in words and pictures. One of the most amazing things Max saw was a garden hose. Max said, “whatever you receive from the Lord is what I’m going to get, and whatever I receive you’re going to get”. We had only known each other for 6 days, so we had no idea what this could possibly mean. We had no idea the power of this amazing Waterhose word we had just received!!!
After that initial meeting, we went to a conference together and the waterhose word came to pass immediately. Every time Max would be touched by the Holy Spirit I was beside him feeling it. In one particular encounter, Max laid hands on me and I fell out on the floor laughing hysterically. Our encounters continued like this every time we were together.
What really floored me the most was when we would wake at the same time at night and particularly when I was in a different state and prophesy would break out and we’d write similar things to each other or I’d have thoughts in my mind and he’d literally speak what was in my head. As our relationship turned from a friendship into an immediate engagement the waterhose kept increasing.
We began immediately prophesying over people in tandem. We would feel each others hearts and we would naturally flow together as if we had known one another our entire lives. It was the weirdest yet most amazing relationship I had ever had with anyone in my life.
We were in sync to the point that it scared us at first. I would look at Max and say “what is He doing?” We knew God was not just building a marriage, but He was building a dream team for himself, and while he was at it, He decided to increase the power of His presence in both of us, so while we were not only falling in love with each other, we were also getting wrecked almost every day in the Holy Ghost. It’s like we were kids playing with our new toys—all because He was allowing the waters to flood through this amazing waterhose.
It was heavenly, glorious and so deeply exciting. We began spending hours together getting into the Spirit. We couldn't wait for our next encounter. It was so good that it felt as though I was dreaming. Its what I had always wanted in a relationship but I didn't believe it was possible. Max would quiet me in ways no one else could. Peace would flood my soul and we’d lay for hours just soaking in the glory.
Max carries such a deep level of peace and calmness and I was always full of energy and very anxious at times, but because of the waterhose I was receiving all of his goodness and he was receiving all of mine.
This all makes perfect sense. Many times in the Bible water represented the Holy Spirit. Jesus said out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water. The joy of that water is like no other. Its cleanses, it purifies, it makes one clean and brand new. He used the waterhose image to let us know His water would flow through us in ways we had never experienced before. It was a DOUBLE ANOINTING! I totally believe this is why we were engaged within a few weeks. When everyone else doubted we had zero doubts because of how God had connected us in the Spirit.
I (Max) still remember the image I saw in my mind that day. It was a short green waterhose that was about a foot long with water flowing in and out of both sides, and immediately I had the interpretation of the picture. I was only just learning of the gift of prophecy and how the Lord would begin to speak to me when ministering to others—almost exclusively in images and sometimes words.
The Lord said that whatever would flow to me would come out of Tina and the reverse was also true, that whatever Tina received from the Holy Spirit I would also receive. We have learned over time what this truly means. This image would become part of the foundation of our unity. Ever since we fell in love, our unity has been attacked, ridiculed, and mocked and often times from the least likely of sources.
I began to pray for out unity and lean heavily on this word we received and soon it came to pass. Everything I saw, felt, heard of, experienced, Tina would also experience. My prayer over this strange and wonderful prophetic word began to transform our relationship to the degree that we truly are unified even in our thoughts, impressions and leadings from the Lord.
I wanted to push the boundaries of what unity in marriage could be like. I asked these questions of the Lord: what could a unified marriage look like and feel like and to what extent could a married couple be unified?
When I asked that last question, I started to dream. That question was the key to my imagination and belief about what was possible in the Holy Spirit. I began to press into the reality that anything is possible with God. Even in our everyday conversations a phrase that comes up often is: “It’s funny you said that…” Generally because we just read the other person’s mind prophetically and it’s time to get the recorder because He is speaking to both of us.
The Lord has used this gift in many ways since He gave us that word. We have seen the Lord minister through us many times with strangers at gas stations, coffee shops and churches. Often times our ministry looks like a ping-pong match or an old tag-team wrestling tournament. When one of us sees, hears, feels or gets an impression, the other one has the other half. I’ve seen this too many times to count.
I remember the conference we went to after knowing each other for nearly two weeks. We had four different people who either thought we were married or had been life-long friends. They were always surprised when we told them we were not married. The older couples just smiled as if knowing something we didn’t…
We are still learning to lean into this kind of flow in the Spirit and he is still teaching us new things. When we first got together I operated more heavily in the seer realm. Tina operated in more of the knower and the feeler realm. I would see pictures and have visions and she would simply know exactly where to go, who to pray for and what was wrong in a particular situation. But now she operates way more in the seer realm and I’m definitely feeling more in the Spirit than I ever have due to this incredible gift that the Lord has given us. I have grown in compassion and I’m learning to listen to my heart and feel the pain of others while Tina is seeing more in the Spirit than she ever has. The increase in our giftings has been used by God in ways that we never knew was possible.
One of the most phenomenal ways that the Lord has used this prophetic word is the way in which we write and build. He founded us on the Spirit and linked us together in such an incredible way that when I write, Tina can catch the wave coming from the Waterhose and immediately partner with the Spirit in what I’m writing.
This is what makes us such a great team—we work together in the Spirit and what flows to one goes to the other as long as the hose is clear. If there is pride, bitterness, unforgiveness or hurts, the water doesn’t flow and we know our unity is blocked as if there’s a blockage in a waterhose… And if the water isn’t flowing, it’s time to get into the river and clear the blockage.
This journey has been incredible. Our encounters together are other-worldly. We can feel when the Holy Spirit is flowing through the other and it’s always an invitation to see what He wants to do or who He wants to touch. I am still waiting on some of my prayers to come to pass as I continue to pray for more of Heaven’s unity between us and with the Holy Spirit.
If you are married, begin to ask questions like I did and push the envelope of what God wants to do and can do when a couple is unified like the Son and the Father are unified. Begin pressing in to everything God has and be amazed at what he will do!
We welcome you to walk with us and follow the River with Jesus.
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