UPDATE on Teen Challenge girl

Dear friends

On March 13, 2002, I reported an amazing prophetic dream by a 15-year-old abused girl in a Teen Challenge group home. I will repeat the story below. At the time, I did not know her name but have since learned that it is Angie.

In the story repeated below, I mentioned that the very next day after her experience with the Lord, her adopted parents called, angrily berated her, and disowned her. I said, "Obviously, God is doing a work of grace in the girl, and the devil counterattacked the very next day. But we know who wins. Please pray for her."

GOOD REPORT! Some of you have obviously been praying! This morning, her counselor friend, Bea, told me that her parents had a miraculous change of heart, called, asked her forgiveness, and said they are coming to see her! This is an amazing turnaround -- an answer to prayer!!!

Bea asked her again what she heard in her dream. Angie confirmed that the Lord said, "There is no more time," that He is coming soon, and that she must give her whole heart to Him. Bea asked if, in fact, she had given her whole heart to the Lord, and Angie said yes. (From years of abuse, she is extremely shy, quiet and unexpressive. That is why her next-morning reaction from the dream described below was so unusual and out-of-character.)

Thanks for praying.

Jim

Here is the story as I reported on March 13

The young girl has a history of abuse, molested at age 8, and is one of 18 adopted siblings in one family. She is rebellious and has shown no interest in committing her life to Christ, and she has absolutely zero interest in or knowledge of Bible prophecy.

One week ago, on Wednesday, March 6, she came running out of her bedroom shouting, "You’ve got to hear my dream. You’ve got to hear my dream." Bea describes the girl as very quiet, and says that this outburst was totally out of character. The girl then proceeded to excitedly share about what had happened to her. Some would call this a "night vision."

She said that in her dream, she was taken to revival meeting after revival meeting -- several revival meetings. At each of them she heard the very same message, with the very same words, which were "I AM COMING SOON. THERE IS NO MORE TIME. YOU NEED TO GIVE ALL OF YOURSELF TO ME."

Again, Bea says that this is NOT like the young girl and totally out of character. It is obvious that something real happened to her. Bea says that the girl "doesn’t know the lingo" to be saying what she said. "Not her," Bea emphasized.

The very next morning the girl received word that her parents had "disowned" her because she revealed to the Teen Challenge counselor that she was molested at age 8 -- seven years earlier -- and the authorities had just come to see them and investigate. They had apparently covered it up and took no action and now may be in trouble.

Obviously, God is doing a work of grace in the girl, and the devil counterattacked the very next day. But we know who wins. Please pray for her.

The repeated message she received in her dream is profound and timely, especially in view of the many other signs and things happening in the world right now. I believe the circumstances confirm that the message was from God.

In my message yesterday I quoted the prophet Joel and his reference to "the day of the LORD" in chapter 2. In that same chapter, Joel prophesies, "I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy" (228).

God in His sovereignty knew that the girl’s prophetic message from Him would be communicated across the world on the Internet. In His grace, God chose an abused, molested 15-year-old girl -- a nobody, a foolish, weak and lowly person in the eyes of the world. "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things -- and the things that are not -- to nullify the things that are" (1 Corinthians 127-28).

It is also a message needed by all people everywhere. May this young girl’s message find its way on the Internet to many who need to hear it

"I AM COMING SOON. THERE IS NO MORE TIME. YOU NEED TO GIVE ALL OF YOURSELF TO ME."