I remember standing in the middle of my friends. They had their hands on me and were praying for me. Praying that the Holy Spirit would empower me and that I would be anointed by the Holy Spirit! I was told before this prayer that I should be ready to sleep after…I was confused, but here I stood, in the presence of God! I had no idea what was coming or happening around me. I took a deep breath and collapsed to the ground. The Spirit of God was all around me. I was no longer who I was. I was going deeper. Not on my own, but through the Holy Spirit reigning in me! I haven’t been the same since!
Debrief came after a long, intense 27 hour travel day (see Blair Brendle’s Blog). I was exhausted and a mess emotionally, but the Spirit of God was alive in me, and I radiated the love of God. It wasn’t known to me, but evident to those around me…God just keeps pouring out His love on me in so many ways. I was excited to be with my Squad even though my heart had been left in Zim!
My friend, Melissa, has been struggling with her health. To not be able to hug her when I saw her at debrief was hard. I was asked to join in a time of prayer with Renee, Amanda and her…setting her free, speaking truth, proclaiming deliverance and asking for healing. Melissa and I have known each other since last August, when we met at G-Squad training camp…and to see how God has still brought us together to travel the world is amazing. We have been through a lot together, and it was about to get deeper!
We began to pray over our sister – as the spirit moved, she went on her knees. We didn’t know what to pray for, we just knew we needed to pray and trust God for a miracle. As we prayed, she rested in the presence of God. She collapsed on the ground in the Spirit and we kept on praying. I was rubbing her back and holding her hand. Amanda was sitting beside her, holding her other hand, and Renee was at her feet…
As we prayed, God kept giving us the words to pray. We were not loud. We were quiet and hearing from God…then, just before the unthinkable happened, as I went up and down Mel’s back, I started praying in tongues. WHAT!? Hold on…this is ME…I don’t speak in tongues, and now all of a sudden I’m anointed by the Spirit and having the Spirit intercede for me. It was amazing…Renee looked at me in amazement, and I just kept praying! I was shaking and crying and calling out to God – I knew he could heal my sister!
Next thing we knew, Mel started to twitch. Her left arm went up in the air and twisted around in ways an arm should not twitch. As her arm was moving, her leg was shifting. As I prayed and moved my hand along her back, Mel would shake. We all had our eyes open at this time – seeing what was taking place before our eyes! Little did we know what all was truly taking place until Mel woke up, stood up and looked me in the eye. She was different. She was taller…she grew ¾ of an inch! Her back was in alignment. She could move freely and without pain. She had been healed. It wasn’t what we said that healed her, but her faith and the faith God gave each one of us that healed her. She was touched by the hands of the Lord…
We all truly believe that we witnessed and took part in a miracle. I didn’t know until after we prayed, rejoiced, danced and became drunk in the Spirit that Renee had been told she would witness me being empowered and consumed by the Holy Spirit, and that I would speak in tongues – and to have this happen while we were praying for healing was amazing!
I am still amazed at what all has taken place. I am in awe of our great and might God. He does things beyond our imagination. I am still shaking. I have no idea what I am called to do, but I know that God has blessed me with gifts and that I am going to use them for His glory! It’s all new. It’s all amazing! It’s going to be radical. It’s going to be different. It’s changing my life!
