In the early 80’s the Holy Spirit was teaching me how to stay tuned into the voice of God,
praying without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
The Lord was teaching me to keep my
mind stayed upon Him. It was a real training in learning how to
abide in Him. My prayer time consisted at this time of 30 minutes in the early
morning and 30 minutes in the evening of concentrated prayer. I was also
to pray throughout the day silently to myself at every opportunity. I was
learning to obey the lessons of prayer given to me personally by the Holy
Spirit. “Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints…” Ephesians 6:18
I worked at a shopping
mall and my office was located at the back of the store. One day I was sitting
at my desk and before I realized what had happened, the Holy Spirit had picked
me up gently, and I found myself standing at the front door of my work
place. I looked at the clock, and thought, "It's too early for
lunch,"- it was a few minutes before eleven. I said, "Holy Spirit, what do you
want?" He gently nudged me out into the mall, into the late morning
traffic of shoppers. I walked very softly, allowing the Holy Spirit to lead me
I kept repeating, "What do you want? Where do you want me to go?
Lead me, speak to me." Finally, I stopped in front of a ladies fashion
shop where my oldest daughter worked, but again I thought, what am I doing
here? Am I supposed to ask her to lunch, but I knew I’d just seen her earlier
that morning. I walked up to the check- out counter and asked the clerk that was
standing there where I could find my daughter?
She was busy with a
customer, but nodded briefly and said, “Your daughter is in the back."
I walked around the corner and opened
the door to the back room, and I could see her standing there with another
young woman. As I walked towards them, the young woman began to fall and all
of a sudden, she was on the floor and was having what looked like a
seizure! Immediately, I knelt down beside her and began to pray for her and
call upon the name of the Lord for help. I rebuked the devil, the spirit
of destruction and death upon this young woman. Finally, she seemed to
come out of it. She was weak and could barely stand so my daughter and I
helped her over to a chair. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that she was
on some kind of drug. I didn’t want to embarrass this young woman, so I
asked my daughter to step back. I leaned over and whispered in her ear,
"Have you been taking any drugs?" She began to cry and told me
that she had been on the go for days with very little sleep or food and had
been taking pills (uppers) to keep her going.
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