
How I was called by the greatest artist
The Lord taught Helen Yousaf to paint in five days, then sent her out to minister through prophetic paintings. She told Chris Rolfe her remarkable story
Imagine being in a service and mid-sermon the preacher points at you: “Could that woman stand up?
“Yes, you – you with the fake blonde hair!”
That’s what happened to Helen Yousaf at River Camp in 2017, and it’s how someone who hadn’t picked up a paintbrush since school came to be a prophetic artist.
In this moment, Helen recalls how Christy Wimber asked her if she was known for any creative gifts. Yes, Helen replied, she was a worship leader.
Christy told her: “The Lord says there’s something else in you and he wants you to find out what it is. It’s a different gift, nothing to do with music.”
Three months later, all became clear. “I was looking at some clouds and thought, ‘if I ever painted clouds I’d use my finger instead of a paintbrush’. I hadn’t painted since my teens, so where on earth did that come from?!”
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