Be still and know that He is your God 2 Philsogman
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8/23/2008 8:39:29 AM
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I had to wait a few days before sharing this testimony, because I had to wait for God to carry me all the way through the things that He was showing me. On Tues. Tropical Storm Fay hit the Palm Bch. area with a lot of rain and winds. That morning I experineced the power and the presense of God in such an awesome way, that I could see the hand of God changing my heart and mind, fullfiling specific promises that He had given me in His word. As the storm came through I found myself sitting, looking out the window, listening for the voice of God. I searched through the word of God looking for passages that spoke about the voice of God. During this time, maybe about an hour, there was no mistaking the direction the Lord was moving me in. Little did I know where it was going to lead me. I had been prompted by the Holy Spirit earlier that morning to pray for my nephews, who are stuggling with the things of this world, in ways that are leading them directly to hells gates. There are about 6 young men who are throwing thier lives away right now, with drugs, sex and violence and causing thier parents a lot of pain and grief. As I began to pray for them, one stood out more than the others. I kept hearing his name in my head over and over. "Deion" He is actually my wife's (whom I am seperated from) first cousins son. Who has been hanging out with my sisters son (Chad) who is being sought right now for questioning in connection with a shooting that happen a few weeks ago. Now please bear with me as I attempt to make this clear for you. That morning the Holy Spirit told me to call Deion's mother Karen, who has been attending Church with me, my wife and my grand kids for the past couple of months. When I finally called her around noon that same day, she confirmed to me that God has been calling her son Deion for some time now and that he had just a few days ago expressed to her that he was tired of the way he was living. She was so glad that I had called, to give her confirmation of her prayers being answered. But the Holy Spirit had spoken more things to me. Her sister Gwen had been diagnosed with cancer around 5 yrs. ago. She is such a beautiful woman of God. But satan has not touched her faith during this ordeal. Although she has lost her hair, and a lot of weight, and she is moving with the help of a walker, Her faith inspires me every time I see her. Now I must share with you the beginning of our relationship. When Gwen was first diagnosed, I was lead by the Holy Spirit to go and pray with her for healing. And because she is an in-law, our contact is limited, and we don't see each other often, except at family functions. The morning of the storm, I could hear in a "small still voice" that I would personally see the manifestation of the Holy Spirit upon Gwen's life for total restoration and that through this would come a Unity in our Family. Now the biggest part of my call to Karen was sharing with her the words of knowledge that the Holy Spirit had given me. Yes I was scared, and there were moments when I felt as though I was going to look stupid or maybe she wouldn't recieve them, because 5 yrs. ago when I went to see Gwen I told her that the Lord told me that her sickness was not unto death. What was she going to say ? I was obedient to the voice of God and I shared with Karen, all that God had spoken. After hanging up the phone with Karen, I was taken back in my mind about the relationship that I once had with Karen. Back in 1984 I hated this women with a passion. I wasn't living as a christian, and was in a lot of bondage in my thinking. Her and her sister were living with me and my wife, and I resented it. We would argue every time we saw each other. It was common for us during this time, to insult each daily. Most of the time our haterd for each other even scared my wife, it was a really bad time for us. As I sat and looked out at the storms rage, I said to myself," I use to hate Karen with the same force that I was watching during that storm". I began to cry, and ask the Lord to forgive me for those things that I had said and done to her in the pass. For the next couple of days, I wanted to share this testimony with this body, but it wasn't done yet. My wife called yesterday asking for my help with some tile work that she needed done. She came to my mothers house as me and my son were leaving for my grandson's football pratice. Two hrs. later she was still there. Her and my mother were talking about the situation with my nephew, Chad. She came out and told me that her mother was in town for a funeral, and invited me to go with her, to go and see her while see was here. On the way there, I shared with her what the Lord had shown me during the storm. As I shared with her the Holy Spirit came on me and I began to cry and ask her forgiveness for my pass, with her. Then as we arrived to her sister's house, I saw Karen's truck and knew that all this had been arranged by the Holy Spirit, so that I could ask Karen's forgivness also for the past. It was incredible, we stood outside and I ask her to forgive me for my actions 24 yrs ago. and we praised God together for the work that He has given us today. We stood and agreed together for her sisters total restoration and her son's and my nephew's deliverence. This all happen last night, so I could share it with you all this morning. We serve an Awesome God. Grace and Peace Philsogmanifest
