"My brothers and sisters, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."
(James 1:1-4)
All these trials I have been overcoming are only making me a stronger person, so that I am able to easily endure whatever challenges are to come my way in the future. I have many stories to share about various spiritual attacks I have been experiencing and many prayers being answered, but today I would like to share something that is going to help someone reading this, and may it Glorify the One true God, creator of Heaven, Earth and mankind.
Recently my little cousin, Lenay, was staying with me for a weekend. We decided to head to the movies, at Grand West's cinema and I just need to speak to God while we were both sitting on the back seat. So I said a prayer to God in my mind, with a very desperate heart that went something like this: "God almighty, please help me, I need a change. Show me what I must do to stop suffering like this. There must be a way I can still be happy throughout all of this. In Jesus name. Amen" and it was then that this thought came to my mind "Familiar spirit" I didn't know what a familiar spirit was, but I felt like it had something to do with a spirit that was familiar lol don't know how I came to this. So I said in my mind: "I rebuke you familiar spirit, in Jesus name! I believe that Jesus was crucified, that he was buried in the tomb and rose again. Leave my life now in the name of Jesus! You will no longer manipulate me!" and immediately after this prayer I started feeling physical sensations on my body - mostly on my legs. I'm not sure how to explain it perfectly so that you understand it, but it felt like a Goosebumps, like something was indeed leaving my body, or my spirit. The strangest part was that when I got out of the car and started walking I physically felt lighter. It was like I always felt heavy while walking around everyday without noticing, and I only realized that heaviness when it left me. The biggest miracle is that all the negative thoughts/ delusions and confusions were 100% GONE! It was like I entered a new world, because my perception (the way my mind interpreted it) changed instantly.
I walked around Grand West in shock at this immediate change in perception and began thinking about how real all of this is (this spiritual battle). While we (Lenay and I) were in the cinema I left to the bathroom alone, to say thank you to God and just to pray because I was feeling a bit afraid. I carry my Bible with me everywhere so I took it out of my bag and opened it at a random section after praying, and it opened at Proverbs and my eyes were immediately drawn to the following verse:
"The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the Godly are as bold as lions."
(Proverbs 28:1)
I then prayed again giving thanks and asked for one more sign, I'm not sure why, but I felt like I had to and so I again opened my Bible at another random section and my eyes were drawn to the following title only:
I'm not sure what that means yet, but my spirit became excited as I read it. I then messaged a fellow youth leader to pray for me, because I was feeling a bit light headed and generally I just wanted to speak to someone, because I was going through all of this alone (with God of course, but with no other people) I couldn't obviously talk to my little cousin about this lol so there is nobody standing beside me saying "Sydney I'm going through the same thing" or "I went through, the same thing, this is what you have to do" yet at the same time I am thankful for it, because it has caused me to put my full reliance on God and not on human beings, it has proven to me that God is indeed faithful, God indeed hears and answers our prayers and I am grateful for every experience - good and bad. I later researched what a familiar spirit was and it was indeed a spirit/demon that is assigned to people to make their lives difficult. The definition is: "A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal." And I just thought, that is so rude lol how dare anyone or anything attempt to write my life with their curses and bad wishes. God is the author of my life! So I encourage you as fellow children of God to read the word of God, do the research, become wise and stand up strong against the enemy, because without taking it personally remind yourself that the enemy of God is simply trying to stop God's will from happening, by distracting you with worthless temptations to get you to sin, and using people to discourage you. The next day I shared this whole experience in our youth leader group and finally today (22 June 2015) is the day I managed to share it on my Blog after a prayer for God's will to be done and for this to be a productive day. I hope this post has helped you. Remember that YOU have the authority now:
"Esther becomes queen."
I'm not sure what that means yet, but my spirit became excited as I read it. I then messaged a fellow youth leader to pray for me, because I was feeling a bit light headed and generally I just wanted to speak to someone, because I was going through all of this alone (with God of course, but with no other people) I couldn't obviously talk to my little cousin about this lol so there is nobody standing beside me saying "Sydney I'm going through the same thing" or "I went through, the same thing, this is what you have to do" yet at the same time I am thankful for it, because it has caused me to put my full reliance on God and not on human beings, it has proven to me that God is indeed faithful, God indeed hears and answers our prayers and I am grateful for every experience - good and bad. I later researched what a familiar spirit was and it was indeed a spirit/demon that is assigned to people to make their lives difficult. The definition is: "A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal." And I just thought, that is so rude lol how dare anyone or anything attempt to write my life with their curses and bad wishes. God is the author of my life! So I encourage you as fellow children of God to read the word of God, do the research, become wise and stand up strong against the enemy, because without taking it personally remind yourself that the enemy of God is simply trying to stop God's will from happening, by distracting you with worthless temptations to get you to sin, and using people to discourage you. The next day I shared this whole experience in our youth leader group and finally today (22 June 2015) is the day I managed to share it on my Blog after a prayer for God's will to be done and for this to be a productive day. I hope this post has helped you. Remember that YOU have the authority now:
"The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord [Jesus] even the demons submit to us in your name.” He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
(Luke 10:17-20)
You can choose not to believe in a lot of things, as God has given you the gift of free will, but whether you believe in demons and curses etc or not, there are in fact devil worshippers in our world, who practice magic (which God's word forbids) and go around cursing people. I've learned that not all devil worshippers do go around burning churches and killing Christians, most of them are just deceived by, who Jesus calls "the father of lies" into thinking that they are God's themselves and that they have self-power - which is what the world is being taught today. So I pray that God blesses you, heals you and protects you mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. In Jesus name! Amen
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