Katy Cerny, her late husband, Tim, along with their five children, moved to Kansas City in 2006 to serve with the International House of Prayer (IHOPKC). Having served with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) for nine years in Amsterdam, Netherlands, they were burdened with the issues of injustice.
“And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry out to him night and day?” Luke 18:7
Prisoners of Hope (POH) was founded in 2009 in response to a call from the Lord of 24/7 prayers of justice alongside 24/7 works of justice being established in Kansas City. In Luke 4, Jesus emerged from the place of prayer and fasting with a declaration. His mission statement was Isaiah 61: to set captives free and establish justice and righteousness throughout the earth. The wholehearted lifestyle of prayer and fasting is our response to walking out the first commandment because of our desire for Jesus. Works of justice, the second commandment, will naturally follow. An anointing will be released upon a wholehearted people to set captives free. Prisoners of Hope is committed to seeing individuals set free by the power of the Holy Spirit through the process of healing, deliverance prayer and discipleship. We believe healing will come to the spirit, soul, and body (Isaiah 53:5)!
Greetings family and friends,
I want to give thanks to Jesus for His presence and power at the Isaiah 53:5 intensive held by POH last week.
As a POH team, we have recognized an increased anointing in 2024. There’s a greater depth in God‘s Word resulting in deep transformation in people’s lives.
At our December 10-12 intensive last week, there was such a weighty presence of the Lord, and we received many testimonies of deep emotional healing, deliverance from demonic oppression, and physical healing.
I wanted to take time to share some of the testimonies that came in and to thank all of you for your prayers and support in 2025!
Here are a few of the testimonies that came in:
-A woman had a trauma surface the first night. She remembered when her voice was silenced. When she left, she felt free and light. Her neck adjusted and she could turn her neck. She couldn’t do that for years.
-A woman had prayed through a list of childhood trauma on Monday. She got hit with a severe headache but when Katy was leading corporate prayer and praying through trauma, the woman felt the trauma leave her physically. Something left her spine and she knew she was free. She expressed with great joy that it completely left her emotions and her physical body!
-A woman’s rotator cuff was healed. She couldn’t raise it, but now she can raise it all the way up to her head. She was going to need surgery but now she doesn’t.
-A lady who hadn’t felt the Lord’s love in a long time felt His love without any condemnation. She came in heavy and feeling lots of shame, bound by demonic oppression, but now she is beaming and full of new hope.
-The Lord freed a man from witchcraft. When the demon left, he felt a massive amount of pain leave his body.
-A man testified of being completely healed in his neck and shoulder. He had had great pain from the neck through the shoulder for quite some time, but it was completely healed.
-The Lord healed a lady’s ears. Her ears were open and healed.
-3 individuals had ears which had been ringing for several years. All the ringing stopped. One man reported, “I just can’t believe this. I can’t believe how peaceful the silence in my ears sounds without the ringing“
-A man’s testified of his eyes being healed. His foot was instantly healed. He can stomp his foot now. The pain is gone.
-The Lord gave a word to a man about the spirit of Accusation. He personally repented for the way he had agreed with the spirit of accusation against the body of Christ and we prayed for physical hearts affected by this spirit. People felt pain leave. The man had been a prodigal and has fully returned to the Lord. He now has great zeal in his heart for the body of Christ.
There were many other testimonies. Many people testified of being delivered from depression and feeling all stress, leave their bodies and minds. Many individuals testified of being restored in their identity in Christ. Many other others, testified of deep wounds being healed, and lies being broken off of their minds.
We thank our Heavenly Father for the power of God Word and love that never fail. We give praise to Jesus for his faithfulness. And we honor the Holy Spirit for working mightily in this intensive and for releasing the resurrection life into so many hearts, minds, and physical bodies.
I pray for the Lord’s abundant blessings over each one of you and your families during this holiday week. And I pray for the Lord’s will to unfold in each of your lives in 2025.
God bless you, Katy