I have had it on my heart to do
this page for some time now,
but putting it into words is not
easy . I do feel, however,
that it is something the Lord
would have me do,
so I pray the Holy Spirit will
give me the words as I need them
and that this page will be a Blessing
to all who read it.
In Jesus Name. Amen.
We all have people that we pray
for. Particularly our loved ones,
as they are dearest to our hearts.
I would like to share with you,
if I may, some of the things the
Lord has taught me concerning prayer,
since I became a Born Again Christian
in 1976.
When I became a Christian
most of my family were unsaved.
Good people, but not walking with
the Lord.
Naturally with my new found joy
of the Lord I wanted for them
to experience it too. I
tried talking with some of them
about the Lord and how He had
changed my life but as most of you will know,
it is harder to reach your own
family than it is to reach strangers.
I decided that I would have to
leave them to the Lord.
Now that didn't mean I did nothing
about it. I read in Acts 16.31.
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
Well, I believed and so I knew
that I was saved,
but it also told me "and thy house."
That meant my family,
so I decided that if God's word
said it then I would claim it for my family.
I wrote down their names and I
"claimed" them for God's Kingdom.
Using the above scripture as my
basis for doing so.
I knew that it was God's will
for them to be saved,
so I knew I was not praying amiss.
I asked the Holy Spirit to work in
their lives and to draw them to
the Father - in His time.
Then daily I would thank God for
the day that they would receive Jesus
as their Lord and Saviour.
As the saying goes,
"it didn't happen overnight, but
it did happen".
" One by one, I watched as my loved
ones gave their hearts to Jesus.
Firstly my fiance Bill, who has
been my husband now for twenty two years.
Next my young son and then my
daughter and her fiance.
Next it was my Mother's turn and
eventually my Father.
That was just the beginning, I
have since had the joy of seeing two Uncles
of mine and members of Bill's
family also come to the Lord.
I truly believe that the key is
first of all believing and then having the
faith to THANK God before it actually
happens.
After all isn't that what FAITH
is all about?
I am still believing for my Father
in law to make that commitment.
In Jesus name. I urge you to try
this way of believing and praying for
your loved ones as I know that
it works.
Have faith in God's faithfulness.
.
We had the joy of bringing him
to the Lord on 3rd July 1999.
Hallelujah!! Thank you Father
God.
It took twenty years but we had
faith in God's faithfulness.
Further Update Regarding
my father in law
On the 22nd September, 1999, my
husband's father went to be with the Lord.
Three or four days before his
death, my husband visited him
and as he was leaving, his Dad
said to him, "Bye bye, I'll see you in Heaven".
To us, this was confirmation that
we would indeed see him in Heaven.
God is so good - He even gave
us those last words as a reassurance.
Years later I was to learn yet
another very important way
to get answers to my prayers.
We see our loved ones receive Jesus
as their Lord and Saviour, but
all to often that is all they do.
They receive Him, but never seem
to grow or do anything with their faith.
This too can be very frustrating
and if you are anything like me then you
would have spent hours praying
for what YOU thought they needed.
I too was guilty of this and the
Lord Himself stopped me in the middle
of a prayer once concerning my
husband and made it very clear to me
that I was praying for what I
thought my husband needed.
Not what God wanted to do in his
life. What an eye opener that was.
I asked God's forgiveness and
started to pray for
what GOD wanted in my husband's
life.
To cut a long story short,
I will tell you that God moved ME out of the
Church I thought God wanted
us in and put us both in a Pentecostal Church.
Things got a little better, in
that my husband came to Church with me
and seemed to be more interested
in what it was all about.
He never wanted to get involved
though and would almost rush out of
Church as soon as it was finished,
in case anyone asked him to do anything.
It was almost funny at times,
yet I knew in my heart God had so much
more for us both. Then one morning
we had a visiting American Pastor
by the name of Stuart Lawson,
who gave the message that morning.
He doesn't realise it but that
day was a turning point in my prayer life.
He asked for anyone that needed
prayer for any reason to come forward.
I was one of several who went
forward.
I had it in my mind that I was
there to have prayer for a
back condition which has troubled
me for years.
God had other plans though.
When it came to my turn he didn't
even ask me what I wanted prayer
for. He just said something like this.
"My dear, your husband is with
you, but he isn't with you,
if you know what I mean."
Yes, I did know what he meant.
Bill was physically with me in
Church but spiritually he wasn't with me.
He was in Church to please ME,
and that isn't enough,
we should go to Church to Worship
the Lord,
not to please our partner or anyone
else for that matter.
The Pastor then said, "You pray
for your husband a lot don't you?"
I said "yes I do." He asked me
my husband's name and I told him it was Bill.
He then said, "I want you
to stop praying for YOUR HUSBAND,
and start praying for GOD'S SON
BILL."
He explained that when I prayed
for MY HUSBAND,
I was taking part of the responsibility
for the answer to my prayers but
that when I prayed for GOD'S SON
BILL,
I was leaving the full responsibility
with God.
WOW!! What a revelation that was.
I knew that from then on,
that was the way God wanted me to pray for Bill.
He also suggested that as I daily
made the bed we sleep on,
I should lay hands on Bill's pillow
and ask the Holy Spirit to work in
Bill's life every he laid his
head on that pillow to sleep.
The Pastor then hugged me as I
cried and told me it was a hug from God.
You know it really was a hug from
God, I have never felt
a hug like it in my life. He told
me that God would answer my prayers.
Well, I went home determined to
get results and so daily I prayed for
GOD'S SON BILL and daily I laid
hands on his pillow and prayed for
the Holy Spirit to work in his
life. I found a peace I had never
known before, praying that way,
it was like a load had been lifted off
my shoulders and I knew that God
was in control.
Gradually I watched as God went
to work in Bill's life.
Bill has grown in the Lord so much
in the past few years.
He has become water Baptised and
has been involved with me
in work for the Lord. Together
we are able to Minister the love of
the Lord to many hurting and lonely
people. To God be the Glory.
Bill has become the sweetest most
lovable husband any woman
could wish for and God has blessed
us with a truly happy marriage.
God even made it possible for
Bill to retire five years earlier than
the usual retirement age, thereby
giving us precious time together
and time to be used by Him. What
a mighty God we serve.
I have adopted this style of prayer
for all of
my loved ones and Christian friends.
God has given me the opportunity
to share this
with a number of people and they
too have seen the same
kind of results that I have.
This is my reason for making this page really.
I have found that God is sending
more and more people my way
who are praying for loved ones
and wanting to get results.
I can now suggest they visit this
page and try praying this way.
It really does work if you have
the faith to believe that it will.
I have Bill's full permission to
share this testimony with you
and we pray that you have in some
way been blessed by this page.
If you have I would love to hear
from you.
We are always happy to share our
experiences with others,
to the Glory of the Lord. Also
should it be that either
Pastor Stuart Lawson or someone
that knows him should read this page,
I would love to be able to contact
him and tell him how
the Lord used him to bless my
family.
Thank you Stuart and most of all
thank you Father God.
Please do not take this Background
set.
I made it especially for this
page. Thank you.
