Today I want to share with you how God works all things for our good (Romans 8:28) Even though I miss hubby terribly when he is gone, I can appreciate the time he is gone now, its almost like God brings healing into an area of my life every time. God always has a plan to grow, restore, or renew me in a new and different way, every time. it NEVER fails. :)
So the first business trip he went on was to North Carolina back in 2010, and the LORD called me into a fast around the same time he was leaving. God had been dealing with me in this one area of my life (which I struggled with since my teenage years on and off) at the time. A few days into my fast I had been feeling oppression upon me. All around my home I felt afraid, one night in particular I was at home and I'd just finished praying in my room about that fear that was very real and almost tangible in my home. I got up from the floor and seconds later I heard a very loud crash in my living room...I was petrified, so I called my husband.
From my room it sounded like something had been knocked down. I was very hesitant to check the situation out, because I was alone, and nothing to defend myself with! (for the first time in my life I wished I owned a gun) imagine my fear.... so I'm on the phone with my husband, I slowly open the door to my bedroom, and stepped into my living room slowly, it turns out, my entire shelf above my television decided to fall THAT night, right AFTER I finished praying. For the skeptic, this is just coincidence, but I know it was the enemy wanting to make himself manifest to scare me further. That shelf had been installed a while back, it never gets touched, it just had a couple candles and a floral arrangement from our wedding. That night the enemy was determined to scare me and he did.
My heart was pounding when I saw what had happened, it made no sense, there was no reason why that shelf fell that night, then the Holy Spirit prompted me to start speaking my authority over this demonic force that was clearly in my home. I started with asking out loud for the help of the Holy Spirit, I rebuked the enemy, by the authority given to me through Jesus Christ, I spoke the blood of Jesus in my home, around my property, and I called the angels that God assigns to protect us to move into position to fight on my behalf. And just to make sure, I prayed for my husband in N.C and my children, who were with their father that night. Then I anointed my home with oil, every door post, every window, every room, and even myself. Now many of you may never experience seeing actual demonic activity in your life because that is not something God needs you to experience (you can thank him now), but this is something God has gifted/chosen me to experience for HIS glory and the deliverance of many. Here is a little background info:
What is the gift of DISCERNMENT?
In I Corinthians 12:10 it says, “and to another distinguishing between spirits” (NIV) Discernment means to be able to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. It is having a logical, judicial ability to think through issues. It is the ability to “discern” whether a saying, teaching, doctrine, written word, or event is good or evil; true or false; and if the source, meaning or intentions are of God, the person or Satanic deception. There is an ability to “read between the lines” and get to the truth of an issue. The“gut” tells them when something doesn’t seem to be right. There is an urgency to pray and ask for wisdom.
Source: http://spiritualgifts.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/do-you-have-the-spiritual-gift-of-discernment/
So now that we have that cleared up, due to the calling the LORD had placed on my life, I always had a curiosity about spiritual matters, good and evil. Not to mention that there were generational curses in my family that automatically tied me to witchcraft. This was not my first demonic manifestation, I had experienced other situations scarier than this. The enemy came to kill and destroy, and he is the father of lies, and whenever God creates something, he likes to twist things, and that is exactly what he did with my gifts for a long time. I have several family members who were involved in some form of witchcraft or another so naturally, the enemy had territory in my life so I was inclined and exposed to Wicca and other forms of witchcraft prior to serving God. I was well aware that this was another way the enemy was trying to scare me. But God always has a perfect plan for our lives. :)
God is so wonderful how He plans everything to fall into place for us, my hubby leaving to North Carolina, God prompting me a few days prior to start a fast, falling into a depression for the first 3 days, and on the 3rd night of him being out of town, I went into spiritual warfare (due to incident) with the tools my church, the Word, and the Holy Spirit had taught me, I was able to have that spirit of fear broken off me that same night. For the first time since my husband left to North Carolina, I slept through the night and there was peace in my home.
As I was entering this blog this afternoon, I met up with hubby to have lunch and he told he is going to the Virgin Islands next month.. haha! I don't know how long or when just yet, but I do know one thing, God is up to something wonderful again.
For now, I'm off to enjoy my time with my wonderful husband. Be Blessed!
