- Apr 23, 2020
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Hi everyone, hope you all are having a blessed start of your weeks! My family and I have been needing deliverance for a very long time and I felt the Holy Spirit as I was speaking to my dad last night, something came over me but I genuinely wasn't consciously realizing what I was speaking until I said it. It's been a while since I spoke with such conviction and it felt amazing and so right. He was really attentive and I got a piece of his heart that he normally shuts down and hides from the world. He said, "Well, Jesus has to open the doors for me," during our conversation. He says he is faithful, but unfortunately holds onto pride, arrogance, resentment/grudges, and feeling like he's owed and deserved something, something more special than others because he feels like a chosen one.
So, I stumbled across this amazing deliverance minister Evangelist Fernando Perez on YouTube (he is fruitful and humble, I encourage you to check him out if you have not already). I have been dealing with sleep issues and things and the first time I put on his video, my cheeks were twitching, I was blinking rapidly, I got very hot and lightheaded very fast--it was so intense I had to put my head down. After the prayer finished, I felt so light. I was literally ready to turn in for the night, but I was so happy and excited I stayed up an extra hour just thanking the Lord by journaling the experience.
I showed my dad his testimony last night. I prayed during it as hard as I could that he would be open and willing. He has seen a lot in his life and we had a bad experience with someone in the past who was overzealous and not actually a minister. He was very distracted throughout the video, kept picking up his mug and drinking tea every other minute pretty much. Like WAY too much and I saw and felt him resisting and trying to find the flaws SO bad. A couple of minutes before the video ended, he whipped out his phone, a serious, angry look on his face, to look him up. He asked what's this guy's name again? After a few minutes, I said I hate to break it to you dad but you're not gonna find anything bad about this guy online, I've already done my research. And he said I do my homework on people. I said I do too, he pulled up the site and said you see? This guy is trying to make money. That's what they all do, use other people for their own gain. I said dad, this is his calling (like he mentioned in the video) just liked God called you to do what you have fire to do, this is how HE makes money. He didn't say anything and then said, "Interesting," but I felt tension and reservation there. I tried to lightly and casually ask his thoughts and he said, "I think we need to read the Bible and trust Jesus more. And I have to keep trying harder to find more opportunities," I said, "Dad you've been doing that for nearly a decade and it hasn't worked. And you just said it yourself, you want to open doors. Well, God can open supernatural doors no man can."
He and I got along great the rest of the night (we tend to disagree on things, we are literal opposites). This morning not too long ago, he sent me Genesis 12: 2-3, which also happens to be the verse of the day on the Bible app. I said Yes Amen. He said So it's Biblical. That's why you need not worry. Love you. We are blessed and protected in Jesus' Name. We need to read the Bible. We will be fine. I said I never said I was worried and reminded him of what he said last night about angrily wanting Jesus to open the doors and doubting that He can with Jeremiah 17:5 and Deuteronomy 28:47-48. And he replied Amen. So true!
I would really appreciate your prayers for all these things. And pray for my family not to be concerned about his hardened heart because we very much are and are hoping he doesn't try to shut the idea completely down for good. This is long overdue and we cannot continue to live like this. He keeps waiting and thinking we will breakthrough through "our" strength alone, unfortunately, we are not born again, mature believers yet and we don't have the spiritual wisdom and guidance. I've gotten very close to Jesus since the start of the coronavirus (in turn experiencing heavy spiritual warfare) and am excited to continue getting stronger and I also want my family to have fire and desire to put Him first more. Thank you in advance. God Bless.
So, I stumbled across this amazing deliverance minister Evangelist Fernando Perez on YouTube (he is fruitful and humble, I encourage you to check him out if you have not already). I have been dealing with sleep issues and things and the first time I put on his video, my cheeks were twitching, I was blinking rapidly, I got very hot and lightheaded very fast--it was so intense I had to put my head down. After the prayer finished, I felt so light. I was literally ready to turn in for the night, but I was so happy and excited I stayed up an extra hour just thanking the Lord by journaling the experience.
I showed my dad his testimony last night. I prayed during it as hard as I could that he would be open and willing. He has seen a lot in his life and we had a bad experience with someone in the past who was overzealous and not actually a minister. He was very distracted throughout the video, kept picking up his mug and drinking tea every other minute pretty much. Like WAY too much and I saw and felt him resisting and trying to find the flaws SO bad. A couple of minutes before the video ended, he whipped out his phone, a serious, angry look on his face, to look him up. He asked what's this guy's name again? After a few minutes, I said I hate to break it to you dad but you're not gonna find anything bad about this guy online, I've already done my research. And he said I do my homework on people. I said I do too, he pulled up the site and said you see? This guy is trying to make money. That's what they all do, use other people for their own gain. I said dad, this is his calling (like he mentioned in the video) just liked God called you to do what you have fire to do, this is how HE makes money. He didn't say anything and then said, "Interesting," but I felt tension and reservation there. I tried to lightly and casually ask his thoughts and he said, "I think we need to read the Bible and trust Jesus more. And I have to keep trying harder to find more opportunities," I said, "Dad you've been doing that for nearly a decade and it hasn't worked. And you just said it yourself, you want to open doors. Well, God can open supernatural doors no man can."
He and I got along great the rest of the night (we tend to disagree on things, we are literal opposites). This morning not too long ago, he sent me Genesis 12: 2-3, which also happens to be the verse of the day on the Bible app. I said Yes Amen. He said So it's Biblical. That's why you need not worry. Love you. We are blessed and protected in Jesus' Name. We need to read the Bible. We will be fine. I said I never said I was worried and reminded him of what he said last night about angrily wanting Jesus to open the doors and doubting that He can with Jeremiah 17:5 and Deuteronomy 28:47-48. And he replied Amen. So true!
I would really appreciate your prayers for all these things. And pray for my family not to be concerned about his hardened heart because we very much are and are hoping he doesn't try to shut the idea completely down for good. This is long overdue and we cannot continue to live like this. He keeps waiting and thinking we will breakthrough through "our" strength alone, unfortunately, we are not born again, mature believers yet and we don't have the spiritual wisdom and guidance. I've gotten very close to Jesus since the start of the coronavirus (in turn experiencing heavy spiritual warfare) and am excited to continue getting stronger and I also want my family to have fire and desire to put Him first more. Thank you in advance. God Bless.
