Sing it, Pray it, Say it, Scream it, Text it...

somehow i got up and switched off my alarm in my sleep, barely remember doing it. two hours later i get a text which woke me up and after seeing the time i realised i would have been late for church so just as well she (lol im trying not use names in this blog - really hard btw) texted to ask if i was going. she replied to my text and said she wasnt feeling well but basically she hoped to make it for 10:15am when we normally leave. my first response was to reply saying ohh dont worry if you cant, rest if u need to, theres always next week...but then the weirdest feeling struck me. it was like something rose up from deep within me, and i was like NO. enough is enough... see iv been going through some kinda emotional rollercoaster, and experiencing extreme highs and lows this week. its been a real mental battle. i know that i have the mind of Christ, blah blah (and btw i mean that with total respect for the Word of God, i just dont want to quote every scripture regarding the mind right now), but iv been finding it hard to stay consistently happy with the things that have been happening. its one thing for me to go through stuff but it gets me mad when i see those dear to me being troubled by the devil...

so when i got this text it was like i had some sort of spiritual anger that developed from the devil crossing the line. i was not going to church alone because he was inflicting pain on my sister. So i replied in a way that iv never done before. it was like a text message prayer. All i said was "i bind that sickness in Jesus name. Your body has no choice but align itself with the word of God. Be healed we are going to church". and she replied "AMEN!"... so long story short we went to church. Sometimes all we need is to hear faith being spoken into our lives for our decisions to change, and maybe thats the reason she came. but either way, i thank God because we got into the presence of our Father and theres no way we left the same way we entered... now you may ask did all the symptoms leave immediately? No. but was she healed? Yes - her body just hasnt realised it yet. i believe sometimes the working out of our faith in hard times can sometimes be greater than the actual miracle. Living by faith involves stepping out against human logic because you know that the battle has been won in the spiritual realm.

afterwards i was thinking maybe i should have called her and prayed over the phone, but i came to the conclusion that NOTHING is too hard for my God. Yep he even works through texts... i thought to myself this morning about the simplicity of the Word. sometimes we may like to sugarcoat it and add our own special sound effects to make it sound holy and think that God would definately hear and answer because the packaging was amazing. But really God moves out of his love and if he went by how we pray im not sure any of my prayers would be answered! if we remember the way Jesus ministered while he was on earth, it was all pretty easy, and like him sometimes we need to keep it simple. He has given us authority, its about time we use it. as i learnt today, that can be in any shape or form because the power of his word will accomplish what it is sent forth to do and not return to Him void... Don't let the devil play games on your territory.

Peace, Love and SMS

"I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven" - Matthew 18:18 (NLT)