Saturday I met
with the Pastor that we are staying with and made plans for the week on going
into surrounding cities to pray for the streets and pray for families. He asked
if we could make time at some point during the week to go pray for a woman who
is dying of cancer, and to pray for her family. He said they are basically just
waiting for her to pass away because she is in so much pain. My immediate
response to the pastor was that we would do it first thing Monday morning. So
Monday morning we went to her house. We walked into the bedroom and she was
lying on the bed. You could see the anguish and pain on her face, in the way
she was moving, and in the noises that she made. I sat on the bed and placed my
hands on her back and on her head. The 13 of us just began to pray for this
woman, Lydia. I believe my God is a healer, but in my spirit I felt like I
needed to pray for peace.
We prayed for
her for about an hour and a half. I continued to lay my hands on her head and
pray in my spirit. The Lord spoke to me and said, today is the last day that
she will feel any suffering and any pain. So I prayed over her body, mind, and
spirit that she would experience the peace of the Holy Spirit. I began to speak
to her spirit and tell her that she would look into the eyes of her creator,
this very day. I told her that she would walk on streets of gold, and that she
would receive a new body that would bring her the utmost joy and would bring
the most glory to God. I felt that I needed to tell the family that she would
be received into the kingdom of heaven that day but because I am weak in my
faith, I doubted and I feared that if I was wrong I would look foolish. So I
didn’t speak up. I continued to pray for peace over the household and over the
family.
That evening
after dinner, word came to the pastor we are staying with, that Lydia had past
away that afternoon. The family wanted to express gratitude for our visit and
for our prayers that morning. Lydia had been on that bed in pain for 8 months. They
said that they are happy she is not longer suffering and they have a peace in
knowing she is in heaven with our Father. How crazy is it to think that God
spoke to me that this very thing would happen. It overwhelms me to know that
the discernment in my spirit was clear. I am so blessed to have had the
privilege and the opportunity to pray with Lydia and her family. And I am even
more blessed to know that God has chosen me to be here and be Jesus to these
people. As I learn to trust His voice, I stand firm and declare that I will no
longer live, act, or speak in fear of anything besides the holy and righteous
fear in reverence to my heavenly father.
