I feel as though I owe all of my readers an apology as in the main description of my blog I wrote about how I wanted to fill my blog pages with the works of God…yet I haven’t written out those stories. Maybe it was because I didn’t think that they were big enough or great enough, but who am I to judge the works of God in my life. 
With that in mind, I will tell of two situations where I experienced God clearly working in my life. Some back ground information about myself that you should know in order to understand these situations is that I have always dealt with fear in my life. Even from a young age I battled fear, and not just fear of heights or something like that but I feared that bad things would happen to me or my family such as being attacked, killed or worse things. I also feared the supernatural, specifically demons and such things. Hence I never liked scary movies or stories.
Over the last few years the Lord has done tremendous work in my life to set me free from these fears. Some of these works included learning about spiritual warfare, learning to pray with authority and guarding my mind in what I listened to or watched. All these gave me victory over fear but the one work that finally brought the break through was dwelling upon the truth that God in His infinite love for me (and everyone) sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect life here on this earth, die on the cross paying the penalty for my sins and then rose up to life by the power of God offering me (and everyone) eternal life and freedom through faith in Jesus. That God would give up His only son, the best of the best, to save my life…how much more will save me now in this moment! Therefore, I have no reason to fear for my God has over come death. He loves me, has chosen me and has saved me.
The first situation took place in Arroyo Palenque. We went to one of the houses in the village to pray for a man who was “sick.” After hearing about his story and how he suddenly become “sick” or shall we say mentally disturbed and quite violent, most of our group was pretty sure he was demon possessed. The ministry group that came through the village last year had prayed for this man everyday and as a result he was no longer violent and did not have to be bound any longer. In hearing about this situation, it would seem to be the very situation that I feared my entire life, but God is so mighty! I stood in that room and I was not afraid! I did not have any fear while I laid hands on his head and prayed for his restoration! That is a huge work of the Lord in my life.
The following week we returned to pray for that man again. This time I had heard more about his story which only confirmed the idea that he was demon possessed, yet the moment I set foot in that house I was almost giddy in prayer being filled with the joy of the Lord prophesying for his restoration. I am blown away by the power of God in my life! The joy of the Lord truly is my strength!!! Praise the Lord for this is a huge victory in my life!
The second situation also took place in Arroyo Palenque about 3am the weekend that our ministry partner and his family had left town for a fiesta leaving us at the “farm” alone with one or two caretakers. I woke up to the noise of dogs barking loudly, lots of dogs and other noises. I instantly knew in my spirit that we needed to pray. The last thing I wanted to do was wake up my team mates at 3am, so I started praying but I heard the Lord telling me that it couldn’t be just me, but “where two or more gather together in my name there I am with them” Matt 18:20. So I started whispering Jessie’s name, Jes woke up, I asked her to pray with me. We prayed for maybe a two or three minutes and already the atmosphere in the room changed from tense and unsure to one of peace and joy. Tara then woke up and we prayed again for maybe 5 minutes. The dogs quieted down, the room was filled with peace and I was filled with joy! The name of the Lord is POWERFUL! Even just the mention of his name and evil must flee! I don’t know what the enemy was doing in the spiritual realms that night but my Jesus took victory!
Psalm 18
6 In my distress I called to the LORD;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
9 He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.
10 He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared on the wings of the wind.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the LORD was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Savior!
