Meahgan Whatley submitted the following testimony! Thanks for sharing with others...
When I was about 7 or 8 I was bound by a Spirit of fear that took over my life. Being afraid of practically everything especially death. God delivered me from that spirit of fear after a long battle. This past year as a College student,20 years old, I was spiritually attacked by fear again. This time much worse affecting my body physically and mentally, battling tears and unhappiness. I trusted God and spoke His promises daily knowing I was Healed. Pastor Chris and his wife as well as others prayed over me after a Sunday service. A couple nights later I had this crazy dream that encompassed so much fear and anxiety where everything was out of my complete control. The dream ended with a Giant Piece of glass shattering! The next morning I remembered the dream vividly and God spoke to my Heart and I knew I had been set Free! Thank God! He is Amazing! I am a Victor and Not a Victim and I know that I am Destined to Reign in this Life full of Purpose! I hope that my testimony can help others! If there is one thing I could tell others battling fear it would be that God will Complete His perfect work in You, no matter your struggle He is and Does what He says He will!
Love, Meahgan
The Power of Prayer Testimony!
Teresa Crockett submitted the following testimony to the FLC website. Thanks Teresa!!!
"My father was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer about 10 years ago. After many tears and a lot of prayers, my father had surgery and five years later we were having his first five years of remission celebration. That was about five years ago. About two years ago, he was told that his cancer was back but that they did not know where it was so he went through six weeks of radiation. About a month ago, we were told once again that his blood tests indicated that his Cancer had probably returned. After filling out a connect card asking for prayer (i love you all!) i received the news this past Sunday that his bone scan revealed that there was nothing to be seen! Praise God! Now we can go on vacation and enjoy our entire family this month and savour every moment that God has blessed us with! Thank you Lord! You are the Healer and are in control of ALL!. Thank you all for your prayers."
"My father was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer about 10 years ago. After many tears and a lot of prayers, my father had surgery and five years later we were having his first five years of remission celebration. That was about five years ago. About two years ago, he was told that his cancer was back but that they did not know where it was so he went through six weeks of radiation. About a month ago, we were told once again that his blood tests indicated that his Cancer had probably returned. After filling out a connect card asking for prayer (i love you all!) i received the news this past Sunday that his bone scan revealed that there was nothing to be seen! Praise God! Now we can go on vacation and enjoy our entire family this month and savour every moment that God has blessed us with! Thank you Lord! You are the Healer and are in control of ALL!. Thank you all for your prayers."
I was amazed by the POWER OF THE WORD Testimony...
The following is an awesome testimony from my friend, Charis Blacka. I asked her if she would email it to me after telling me what had happened. Thanks Charis! I pray that this will empower others to do the same...
"I was feeling frantic about a training class for work and the day ahead. I thought back to the verses you gave me regarding my finances. I figured if reading and saying those verses out loud helped me with the worries of my finances, I would try it over my fears of the day.
"I was feeling frantic about a training class for work and the day ahead. I thought back to the verses you gave me regarding my finances. I figured if reading and saying those verses out loud helped me with the worries of my finances, I would try it over my fears of the day.
I went to the computer and pulled up www.biblegateway.com. I typed in 'fear' in the topic search and tons of scriptures came up in reference to fear.
I began writing them down and saying them as I went. I read them on the way to work and I read them again before I got started on the phones that morning. It totally worked! My fears were calmed and I had a great day. I truly believe that repeating God's word to myself and knowing that His word is truth got me through that morning. I was amazed by the power of the word."
Testimony of Using the Power of God's Word!!!
The following is a testimony from Yvonne Klich, Reflection's Women's Ministry Leader. She finally had the time to type it up since I have been bugging her to do so after I heard a shortened version of it one Wednesday night at women's ministry. I found it very powerful and something others needed to hear about. Thanks Yvonne!
"Fear had been a part of my life since I could remember. As a young child my dad would sit on the end of my bed until I fell asleep, because I didn’t want to be left alone due to my fears. I was afraid of the dark and I often sensed an evil presence. I can express it now, but as a child it just felt like someone bad was in my room or outside my window. It got a little better as I got older, but if I read a book with some sort of evil in the story line, I wouldn’t sleep in my room, so I would have to sleep on the floor of my older sister. None of my four sisters were tormented by fear, just me. Sometimes even now when we get together and the subject of fear comes up, they will all reminisce about my various episodes of fear and me ending up in my sister’s room.
"Fear had been a part of my life since I could remember. As a young child my dad would sit on the end of my bed until I fell asleep, because I didn’t want to be left alone due to my fears. I was afraid of the dark and I often sensed an evil presence. I can express it now, but as a child it just felt like someone bad was in my room or outside my window. It got a little better as I got older, but if I read a book with some sort of evil in the story line, I wouldn’t sleep in my room, so I would have to sleep on the floor of my older sister. None of my four sisters were tormented by fear, just me. Sometimes even now when we get together and the subject of fear comes up, they will all reminisce about my various episodes of fear and me ending up in my sister’s room.
When I was 23 years old, I had just moved back to my parents’ house after graduating from college. On one particular night I was getting ready for bed as usual, but when I attempted to go to sleep, I couldn’t, because of fear. I felt an evil presence around me and I was afraid to close my eyes. It was so tangible, it felt as if I could almost touch it, and the hairs on my arms were standing on end. This was a familiar battle, but the evil presence seemed to be increasing in intensity. I knew it was a demonic attack and I began to sing praises to God. As I sung, I felt the presence of God and I felt His strength, but the evil was still present and very palpable. I kept singing and speaking to the evil spirits rebuking them in the name of Jesus and using the word against them. The demonic presence was so great and I knew who was behind it, so at one point I even spoke to it and said, “Satan, I know you’re here, so you might as well manifest yourself.” He didn’t appear, but I felt bolder and more peaceful as the night progressed. This went on for two or three hours, I can’t remember, but it was at least that much. I recall the hour, but at the culmination of the battle, and after much speaking of scripture and singing praises to God, the evil presence broke. I felt the Holy Spirit flood me with peace and the demonic force left. The evil left, it did not gradually go, it left all at once, and broke as if a large chain had been snapped. I know that battle was a decisive victory in the heavenlies, because, ever since that night, I have no longer been tormented by a spirit of fear. That’s not to say that I don’t sometimes feel a little fearful, but I am no longer tormented at night by demonic spirits of fear."
Please email prayer@freedomlifechurch.com any testimonies of your walk with God and the tangible way that He is involved in your life; we would like to share them here to empower others...
Praise, Petition & Persevere!
What's New with Interface???? The old but new is returning to FLC...
...back by popular demand, the new & improved 'soak': now called 'DRENCHED!'
6:30-8PM, live praise & worship.
Beginning Thursday August, 14th
and then every other week in the FLC Sanctuary.
Did you know that praise & worship is a powerful form of intercessory prayer? Once our complete focus is on God, then everything else just takes care of itself. Once your relationship is straight, then you become refreshed. Your cup gets full and out of the overflow you have strength to do anything you are called to do!!! Please join us, you WILL leave refreshed, we promise! Feel free to worship extravangantly, or to grow in your intimacy at your own pace. Prayer sections will also be available for a little quiet space.
QUESTION MARK
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Okay, as many of you know by now, I am only having 1 baby! OUCH!!! I was totally expecting to see twins at my appointment. BUT all I can say is SHEEEEEEEEEEW… (that is supposed to be a BIG sigh of relief).
It was crazy because everything in my dream happened in the doctor’s office! They did a regular belly ultrasound and only saw 1 heartbeat. Then they also did a 2nd internal ultrasound which would verify for sure if there were multiples. They stick a long thing up you know where… and when they did in the office, the equipment malfunctioned! They could not get the picture to show on the screen. The malfunction was not in my dream. So the doctor said she only 1 heartbeat with the other ultrasound and she was pretty sure there was only one baby!
So now what? I know I was hearing you clearly God. So I have been searching for the answer. This thing with twins
I was hoping to post this blog sooner because now I do know what the TWINS thing is about but I cannot reveal it until about 1 month from now. I got revelation of the whole picture while I was driving back from a church in Virginia Beach on Wednesday night. We have been going there with my brother-in-law to try to get him connected to a church home. It just all came to me at once, this big light bulb went off! All I can say is that a major thing has happened during the 14th week of my pregnancy (which ended Thursday) and will continue during my 17th week… I promise to post all the details in about one month.
Does God Speak Through Fortune Cookies?
I posted the picture of the twin fortunes I got along with the receipt showing that it was on Saturday the 26th. The funny think that I did not mention in the last blog is that my fortune stated, "Ideas you may believe as absurd ultimately lead to success!" Okay God! I do think He uses everything to speak to us as long as we pay attention. I stole this title from Shawn, my husband, after he shared with me a fortune cookie incident in which he asked,"Do you think God speaks through fortune cookies?"
I got a call today and my appointment is Tuesday the 13th @ 10:30AM
10:27 (New International Version):27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
10:3-5 (New International Version) 3The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice."
I keep having these doubts and fears like, “What if I missed it God and just put myself out there?” I have to constantly cast all of that aside and remember that I KNOW how the Lord speaks to me and when those verses are brought to my mind, it calms my fears.
On Thursday I saw my old boss and was prompted by the Holy Spirit to tell her how God has been speaking to me about these twins! She is not a believer that I know of. She just sort of looked at me and said, “We’ll see.” After I ran into her I went to BJ’s and I saw a lady pushing a cart in the parking lot with twin boys in it! That same day a friend had a dream about me with my 2 older boys with two smaller babies!
I was thinking about baby names since I thought they were both boys. I was going over all of my favorite boy names that I used to fight Shawn for when deciding our other 2 boy’s names. One name we have agreed on and with the second name, nothing sounded right at all. It was strange because all of my favorite names were just not appealing. Then I figured one must be a girl! YAH! I want a girl so bad. Maybe I am wishful thinking.
Shawn and I decided on the name last Monday: Alexis Brooke. So then, Thursday at the play ground a lady goes to get her daughter and she says, “Come on Brooke!”. Friday I took David to a doctor's appointment and I signed him in under another signed-in child's name “Alexis”. I only could focus on that name and everything else was blurry. Coincidence? Okay God, one is a girl?!?!I was talking to someone about it and she was thinking that one is a girl too!
Hearing His voice takes a lot of practice and when you know it, you know it. Like when you know your child’s cry or you know your husband's voice as soon as you answer the phone. It is all about spending the time with Him and learning how He speaks. I use the same confirmation technique when doing anything with the Prayer Ministry. I never want to do something that is just my idea before moving forward. I want to make sure it is ordained by God so it will flourish. I want to make sure I get confirmation over and over from Him. So I have to tell my self everyday, I know your voice God, I have no fear and I know I will see 2 little beans on the ultrasound next Tuesday, I know You will show up BIG! I would not even post this twin thing or have told anyone seriously in faith about it if it weren’t for Him, His purpose and His idea!
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