A woman bed ridden for the last 16 years didn’t just walk but she danced with joy being healed by God.
A man who suffered a stroke at the age of 8, still not having full control on the left side of his body, unable to freely stretch out his hand, gained the mobility to stretch out his fingers by the grace of God.
A girl around the age of 15 possessed by demons, tortured by impure spirits with nightmares, being silenced for days on end, and to the point of being physically abused by a spirit set free in the name of Jesus Christ!
This day will be a day that I will never forget. I wasn’t there to witness the woman getting out of bed but I was there to see her dancing and walking up and down this ramp that has been a mountain to her. In awe of God’s power. As I prayed for Jhon, the man that had a stroke at the age of 8, I prayed over his hands and saw the hands of Jesus as he stretched out his hand. I don’t want to miss these miracles that God preformed but I want to mainly share with you what happened with a girl named Julie.
We got word that someone wanted us to come and pray for this girl who had been battling in spiritual warfare. Not knowing much about it we gathered and prayed before heading out, the only thing we knew was there was a battle going on and we had to prepare by the only way we knew how to, prayer. As we head to the apartment I just feel this blanket of peace over me as I was about to enter into something I had never seen before. We went in the apartment and as soon as we get in there their dog, who come to find out is normally a friendly dog, starts going crazy, she went and hid from us but continued barking nonstop.
As we were being introduced, without even being told I knew who we were there for. As she stood there I felt as though there was a fist wrapped around her vocal cords enabling her to speak. She looked trapped and hopeless. As we get ready to pray for her the pastor’s wife points to me to pray over her. As I start to pray over her I am at a loss for words, it was so hard for me to speak so I just start speaking in tongues knowing God would take over. After a little bit I proceed to put my hand on her head, I prayed that anything that wasn’t from God to come out of her mind and for her to filled with Jesus. As soon as I said that she collapsed, Luis caught her and laid her down. I was overcome with a confidence in God that I have never felt before, I was overflowing with the Holy Spirit that all I could do was weep and let the Spirit speak through me.
She got up in a daze and said she didn’t feel any different, we knew that some of the spirits were casted out but there was still something there. Pastor Diego began to pray with her more, while he was doing that we felt led to pray over the area. A few of us went into her room where to dog was still going crazy, hiding under her bed. We felt that the dog was possessed as well; sounds crazy but think about it, demons know Jesus Christ and His authority, they hid in fear of Him, my team and I are unified with the Lord and one with the Holy Spirit, so it makes sense that the enemy wouldn’t want us there doing the Lord work. After a while we finally got the dog out under the bed, with him attacking and almost biting Luis we put a muffle on her and start praying more.
I was near Julie and felt led to pray over her again because she still unable to speak and didn’t feel any different. As I prayed I had my hand on her back, I felt as though we had casted out demons in her mind but there was still something in her soul. So I took my hand that was on her back did a grabbing motion and threw away the impure spirit. Come to find out later, my teammate Caleb, told me as I was doing that he made eye contact with her. He felt so much anger and he himself got angry. Then as soon as I threw away the demon she closed her eyes and reopened them, Caleb said she completely changed. He saw joy and freedom in her eyes instead of anger and bondage. The dog stopped barking and settled down and we asked Julie how she was feeling. She spoke and said that she felt a burden lifted off!! I then hugged her, she would let go and I wasn’t going anywhere. As I hugged her I prayed that my Spirit would flow unto her and fill her up because she had been tormented for so long, she held me tighter not wanting to let go.
As we closed in prayer, we were all amazed at what just unfolded. I put my arm around Julie and she rest her head on me. I could feel that she was finally at peace and could rest in God’s love.
We celebrated the victory that unfolded in front of our very eyes, that God’s child was freed. And wouldn’t you know it the dog was a friendly as could be. We wanted to be clear with her that they will try to come back, we encouraged her as much as we could to seek the Lord with all her heart and to find refuge in Him. I pray that I see her again this Friday at our woman’s ministry, so that I can give her another hug and tell her how much her Father loves her and how much joy He has in her.
I’ve read stories and heard testimonies of such a thing happening, but I had doubts that I would get to witness it, let allow be used by God to cast out demons. My prayer coming into the World Race has been to gain a confidence in God, it has only been 3 days of ministry and I already see the growth. I’m excited to see what more He has in store!
“Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” Matthew 10:6-8
We are His disciples. Don’t limit Him to what He can do. He has freely given us His power, are you using it?
