my first experience with a demon was when i was quite young - our church didn't talk about such things so i knew nothing of what to do.
it was in nightmare fashion but horribly different in a way that my vocabulary is still unable to describe.
i was basically tormented by demonic attack in my sleep.
by some undescribable - what i can only say as "feeling".
what had been the "open door" for this to happen, i'm unaware of yet today. although in ignorance my parents had at one time bought us a ouija board game.
it wasn't until after i'd rededicated my life to the Lord and attended the Assembly of God church - and i discovered in the bookshelf a book from a woman who got her information from a snake familiar. i read it just enough to confirm what i discerned about it.
i realized the dark nature of that book and quietly took it to the trash to be burned. i think the book was purchased because my dad was curious about supernatural things, but unfortunately chose the wrong book to get such information from.
during the halloween season when i was a teenager i remember partying with neighbors who focused on anything spooky related. trying to corporately levitate a table and foolish things like that.
during this time, i was aware of a supernatural being, a benevolent one, being near me.
when i told those kids they reacted as if i'd said that a ghost or demon was standing nearby and they scattered away.
that was my first recollection of an angel.
in later years when i was riding with my dad as he was driving me to my job, the car caught on a patch of ice and skidded over into the other lane. the car stopped just before the oncoming cars hit.
i wondered if if the situation had been nothing or if we/i could have been seriously hurt.
while setting up for work, i walked in front behind the grill counter to get something i needed in the kitchen while preparing certain foods. and when i stood up i saw (in the spirit) about 7 feet in front of me stood the angel that had seen to it that all cars had stopped and no one had been hurt.
so my thoughts had been settled concerning our being protected.
the only time i've yet seen the most detailed of an angel was when i saw my grandma being carried off to heaven when she died in the hospital.
otherwise all times of awareness of angels have been by discerning and not by physical eye indications.
not long after i'd rededicated my life to the Lord, i was sitting on the back porch when i heard a sound of strongly blowing wind. it reminded me of years earlier when i'd be outdoors playing in the yard near the clothes hanging on the line and the whipping sound the bedsheets would make flipping about in the wind.
then i realized that the sound had localized over to my right. again i couldn't see anything physically but i discerned a number of beings that gave off an evilness. then as they continued moving across our lawn, they cleared all the physical obstacles and then i could physically see the grass effected by the strong wind of their presence. making the grass lay down flat to the ground, making a circle of about the size of a large pizza.
this time, in contrast to the first experience with evil demons, i was not afraid, and praying i wondered what i should do.
then like i would not like people walking through our property i realized i certainly don't like demons doing it.
so in the softest voice (not wanting to draw attention of neighbors), i said, in a slow but serious manner, "in the Name of Jesus."
and i could tell that they had all squeezed together, like someone said, "freeze!", cowering in fear of what i'd next say.
i took the time to think it over. i wanted to be specific in telling them what to do.
since they were not respective of property i wanted them to be bound from not only our property but everyone else in the entire town. so i said as much. i told them they had to leave and not stop till they reached some place well away from anyone in town.
i also told them that they had to scatter and no more travel together or close to the ground.
and it was only when i released them to leave that i could discern them doing exactly that.. and i could physically see the nearby branches of the trees, bobbing up and down as they traveled up into the air and not close to the ground.
the most recent time that i saw an angel/had a visitation was when i was typing on my manual typewriter while listening to worship music.
and i felt an unusual feeling on my hands - to stop my typing. i was not frightened as i scooted myself from the typewriter. and began focusing inward because i realized that the Lord wanted my attention.
i sat on the couch as i began to pray. then i looked across the room and i was at that time aware of an angel standing there. i could describe his looks but i could not physically see him.
then i knew that it was he that had touched my hands.
i thought perhaps he wanted to speak but he didn't. although a scripture came to mind so i quoted it concerning myself. and went into intercessory prayer.
when that subsided the awareness of the angel subsided. and i immediately wrote down what had happened and the time of day.
about 3 hours later i'd been hit by a truck when crossing the road in the evening, coming home from the grocery store.
the injuries were minor compared to what they might have been if none of that had happened.. if i had had no sense of what God had sent the angel there to prepare me. to intercede and lessen the circumstances.
i only heard of such a thing as "lessoning what the devil had planned through prayer" all these years later from KCM and them talking about "the wake up call".
btw: the night of the accident had been the same night that a great aunt of mine who used to "babysit" me, had died (of old age). i had been thinking about her as i'd gone to the grocery store and later found the announcement of her death that same night in the local newspaper.
it was in nightmare fashion but horribly different in a way that my vocabulary is still unable to describe.
i was basically tormented by demonic attack in my sleep.
by some undescribable - what i can only say as "feeling".
what had been the "open door" for this to happen, i'm unaware of yet today. although in ignorance my parents had at one time bought us a ouija board game.
it wasn't until after i'd rededicated my life to the Lord and attended the Assembly of God church - and i discovered in the bookshelf a book from a woman who got her information from a snake familiar. i read it just enough to confirm what i discerned about it.
i realized the dark nature of that book and quietly took it to the trash to be burned. i think the book was purchased because my dad was curious about supernatural things, but unfortunately chose the wrong book to get such information from.
during the halloween season when i was a teenager i remember partying with neighbors who focused on anything spooky related. trying to corporately levitate a table and foolish things like that.
during this time, i was aware of a supernatural being, a benevolent one, being near me.
when i told those kids they reacted as if i'd said that a ghost or demon was standing nearby and they scattered away.
that was my first recollection of an angel.
in later years when i was riding with my dad as he was driving me to my job, the car caught on a patch of ice and skidded over into the other lane. the car stopped just before the oncoming cars hit.
i wondered if if the situation had been nothing or if we/i could have been seriously hurt.
while setting up for work, i walked in front behind the grill counter to get something i needed in the kitchen while preparing certain foods. and when i stood up i saw (in the spirit) about 7 feet in front of me stood the angel that had seen to it that all cars had stopped and no one had been hurt.
so my thoughts had been settled concerning our being protected.
the only time i've yet seen the most detailed of an angel was when i saw my grandma being carried off to heaven when she died in the hospital.
otherwise all times of awareness of angels have been by discerning and not by physical eye indications.
not long after i'd rededicated my life to the Lord, i was sitting on the back porch when i heard a sound of strongly blowing wind. it reminded me of years earlier when i'd be outdoors playing in the yard near the clothes hanging on the line and the whipping sound the bedsheets would make flipping about in the wind.
then i realized that the sound had localized over to my right. again i couldn't see anything physically but i discerned a number of beings that gave off an evilness. then as they continued moving across our lawn, they cleared all the physical obstacles and then i could physically see the grass effected by the strong wind of their presence. making the grass lay down flat to the ground, making a circle of about the size of a large pizza.
this time, in contrast to the first experience with evil demons, i was not afraid, and praying i wondered what i should do.
then like i would not like people walking through our property i realized i certainly don't like demons doing it.
so in the softest voice (not wanting to draw attention of neighbors), i said, in a slow but serious manner, "in the Name of Jesus."
and i could tell that they had all squeezed together, like someone said, "freeze!", cowering in fear of what i'd next say.
i took the time to think it over. i wanted to be specific in telling them what to do.
since they were not respective of property i wanted them to be bound from not only our property but everyone else in the entire town. so i said as much. i told them they had to leave and not stop till they reached some place well away from anyone in town.
i also told them that they had to scatter and no more travel together or close to the ground.
and it was only when i released them to leave that i could discern them doing exactly that.. and i could physically see the nearby branches of the trees, bobbing up and down as they traveled up into the air and not close to the ground.
the most recent time that i saw an angel/had a visitation was when i was typing on my manual typewriter while listening to worship music.
and i felt an unusual feeling on my hands - to stop my typing. i was not frightened as i scooted myself from the typewriter. and began focusing inward because i realized that the Lord wanted my attention.
i sat on the couch as i began to pray. then i looked across the room and i was at that time aware of an angel standing there. i could describe his looks but i could not physically see him.
then i knew that it was he that had touched my hands.
i thought perhaps he wanted to speak but he didn't. although a scripture came to mind so i quoted it concerning myself. and went into intercessory prayer.
when that subsided the awareness of the angel subsided. and i immediately wrote down what had happened and the time of day.
about 3 hours later i'd been hit by a truck when crossing the road in the evening, coming home from the grocery store.
the injuries were minor compared to what they might have been if none of that had happened.. if i had had no sense of what God had sent the angel there to prepare me. to intercede and lessen the circumstances.
i only heard of such a thing as "lessoning what the devil had planned through prayer" all these years later from KCM and them talking about "the wake up call".
btw: the night of the accident had been the same night that a great aunt of mine who used to "babysit" me, had died (of old age). i had been thinking about her as i'd gone to the grocery store and later found the announcement of her death that same night in the local newspaper.
