Thursday, April 26, 2012

Untold Stories -Part 2

In the past post, I explained that these are stories I dont normally tell for various reasons, but I wanted you to get to rejoice with me and be encouraged and comforted if this is happening to you.

I like to read my Book before I go to bed. I love Gsus dreams. I know He doesn't have to give them to me, but I want to turn my affections and heart towards Him before I go to bed just to prime the canvas in case. Also, it helps me awake with my affections still towards Him and it launches the day better.

After a few days I realized a trend. If I fell asleep with the lamp on next to my bed, I didn't have any weird dreams. If I turned the lamp off before I went to bed, I had really weird, strange dreams. I just figured I was afraid of the dark or something so I just left the light on. A week or so later after talking to my teammates about it one night we remembered that Jesse (my old teammate who I now live in his apartment) used to have nightmares and really bad dreams also. It happened for a few weeks before he started leaving the hallway light on. If the light was on, no nightmares, but if it was off, nightmares.

It wasn't the first time, I've had a kind of "funk" come over me all of a sudden and hit me with depression, a funk, and other things. So I know that evil often tries to attack in this room. There's kind of a spirit of depression, funk, and apathy. No I'm not crazy, just giving you a background to the story (It's in the Book, just not heard in a lot of fellowships).

My teammate Tannah had mentioned we need to just get together in my room and rebuke it and kick it out. I liked that idea, but didn't want to make a big deal out of it (stupid) so we didn't.

Last week, I went to turn on my lamp as I was going to bed and PEWFH. It popped and burnt out. Before I could think or process I heard, "Do you trust me?" I knew what He meant. It was an opportunity for faith. "Do you trust to rebuke it in my name and trust that I will protect you?" I wanted to not make it a big deal so I stared for the kitchen to find another light bulb, then I realized. Wait a second. He's paid for this. I dont have to deal with this. I shouldn't deal with this. Do I trust you? ah....yea? It seems as if I could sense evil waiting outside to rush in as the lights went off and I tried to sleep.

Still fearful, I turned and raised my hands. I rebuked it in J's name and commanded it to go. I spoke His promises over the room and His peace over it because this is a place where He dwells. I invited the Spirit to come bringing more angels for protection and guard me as I slept. I rebuked the Spirit of fear that was causing me not to trust. I rebuked anything in or outside of me that did not stir my affections closer to G. I asked that He would wake me up full of love and stirred affections for Him. (Do I feel like I sound crazy sometimes? Yes. Do I believe the Book is true? Yes. Does it sound crazy when you do it in real life? Yes. Am I still going to do it? Yes.)

As I crawled into bed, still with some fear I began to state my trust to Him. I trust you J. I trust you because you've came through, because you always come through. I trust you because you've never not come through.

The next thing I remember is I rolled over to see the room full of the light of the morning. I woke with complete peace over me and the phrase.

Fear (of lacking) is never a brush to be used to make decisions.
I make all things new again.
How good is the Father. There is power in His name. There is Power In His Name. There is Power In His Name. We will rejoice because we re more than conquerors. Read through Romans 8 sometime and be blown away. It's phenomenal every time I do.

"For the Lord your G is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." - Deut 20:4

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