It is difficult to give testimony of things that don’t happen….that should give you a little laugh and comment, “really”.   When we pray in advance against anything and it doesn’t happen, we have no witness or fruit to our stand on that issue.   We just rejoice and thank God!  "Rebuking spirits" is unknown to many, especially in advance of what we think the devil may do--the Holy Spirit and experience has taught us the value of both, in our lives.  We share these examples with humility, and appreciation to a faithful Father!

Our prayers are not based in superstition or fear, but in faith based in our relationship with the Almighty.  For those things we have seen and experienced we offer the following.

•  Driving with a friend, through an area of Phoenix, California, Shirl saw another car going through the intersection and at the same time a fifth wheeler also heading that way.  Impossible to stop the accident, Shirl and her friend began to pray.  Shirl bound the spirit of accident, injury and death, and pulled to the curb and rushed to the scene.  She could not help the young woman out of the car, so she told her she was going to pray for her, to trust God and she would be fine.  The young woman told Shirl that she was pregnant and asked for prayer for the baby.  Shirl blessed them both, commanded no permanent injury, no bleeding, no broken bones, no whip lash, no back or head injuries, etc. (everything she could think of that might happen) all in the name of Jesus.  The officials arrived and whisked mother and baby off to the hospital.    The next day Shirl stopped by to see how they were doing.  Both, mother and baby were doing well and doctors were amazed and stated that she should have been killed in that accident.  God is soooo faithful!!! 

• A similar event happened to Carol.  After taking a family member to the airport, Carol thought about going down to the ocean (5 minutes away), to read and just enjoy the Lord’s beautiful work.  Something inside said “no” go on toward home.  Earlier that morning when Carol left her home she prayed, “Father, I pray the blood of Jesus over this car for holy use, the angels of heaven around it for protection (actually the blood is a protection as well), and then commands no accident, injury or death to come near her, in Jesus Name.”    As she started home from the airport two lanes right of her car she saw one car side swipe another car.  The driver of the car closest to the side of road pulled the wheel sharply and the car jerked, and flipped over three times onto the shoulder.  As Carol saw this she began to bind the spirit of death and commanded no permanent damage.  She quickly pulled to the side of the road, ran back to the accident.  The car was mashed, and upside down—looked pretty awful.  Several other people had stopped and were around the car.  Carol had started praying against everything she could think of—no broken bones, no bleeding, no back injuries, no whip lash, no head injury, no permanent injuries of any kind, and kept thanking Jesus for the mercy and grace of God.  The man on the passenger side of car was able to crawl out of the window.  He seemed to be OK.  The fire department and ambulance came, and the driver, a young woman, came up out of the car, with help, and walked to the ambulance.  Absolutely amazing!!!

•   Nine years ago Carol was working in her kitchen on a Sunday afternoon.  She heard a very small voice say, “Go to Colorado, July 4th.”   She smiled and thought it must be some little devil teasing her.  She and her husband Willie had planned a trip to Colorado in October, and this seemed totally unreal.  However, when she heard the same thing about 6 more times in the next couple of days—her husband said, “That must be the Lord, you’d better go.”  She called the airlines and to her delight there was a July 4th special and the round trip was only $150.   Still wondering why she was going, Carol thought about her son, his wife and children in Colorado on the flight to the area.  It was July 2nd.  On July 4th her daughter-in-law began to have labor pains—five and ½ months into the pregnancy.  They rushed her to the hospital.  Then Carol knew why she was there.  She had just learned to rebuke the spirits of death and anything else that came against the children of God that would not be allowed in heaven.  She shared the knowledge with her son and they began to seek the Lord for help, blessings, healing, strength, etc.  and then confronted the enemy.  They said “no”, absolutely no premature birth, no death, no miscarriage, no damage to mother or child, no birth defects, etc.  In a couple of days she came home, but was told she must stay in bed until delivery.  Carol stayed a few days to help and then flew home.  On the flight the Holy Spirit spoke to her heart, “The baby will not go full term.”   Carol replied,  “Thank you Lord.  I pray right now that baby will be perfect in every way when he is born, and no weapon formed against him will prosper.  Thank you Lord.  You are so gracious.”  Carol continued to pray and thank God.  The baby was a few weeks early, but he was perfect and still is. A couple of years later another baby was expected and the same thing started at 5 ½ months.  They went into prayer, and the same result came in the way of a perfect little girl.  Praise God!!

•  Shirl and a friend went to her parents home a few year ago for Thanksgiving.  Her parents were keeping an eye on their neighbors property, especially their dogs, as their friends were out of town.  Suddenly as they were sitting down to dinner they heard a terrible noise from the yard next door.  They all ran outside.  As they looked over the fence, they saw a vicious dog fight. Shirl without thinking walked into the yard and commanded the dogs to stop in the name of Jesus.  She bound the spirits of violence and continued speaking to them.  She told her brother to come in and take one of dogs out of the yard—which he did with fear and trepidation.  Shirl slowly backed out of the yard.  When she realized what she had done, fear swept over her, but gratitude took it’s place, as she thanked God for his protection and the authority Jesus gave us over the forces of darkness.  WOW!